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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

John T. Woodward was arrested il
Indianapolis for violation of the posta
laws in sending lottery circulars through
the mails.
Fred Roth committed suicide in Cir
cinnai because his salary was too scant
to properly meet the demands of bis in
creasing family.
George Mack, who murdered Richard
Parker at Great Bend, kas., Sunday, was
captured, hung by a mob, and his body
riddled with bullets.
The Eastern Nail Association has de.
cided tDat the mills will stop operations
at least two weeks between Nav l and
July l to prevent overproductisn.
Richard Drais, aged fourteen, who ran
away from his home at Washington C.
H., Ohio, to follow Sells circus. was
crushed to death by a train at Jefferson
vile, O., one day last week.
A tornado passed over Pleasant Hill
Mo-, damaging houses and other prop
erty. Thirteen cars of the Missouri Pa
citic were blown from the track, and foul
occupants of the freight caboose were
injured, one being killed.
Thomas c. Bishop. District Master.
workman of the K. of l., also Treasurer
of Baltimore Lodge X. of P, and mem.
ber of the l. o. .. F. of Wheeling. w
Va, has disappeared, taking with him
the funds of the Lodge. and leaving a
wife and six children. He informed his
wife be was going to England.
The express and baggage car or train
No. 3, Monon Route, bound for Chicago
was robbed near Smithville Hill, Ind.
Thursday, by one man. The express
messenger. George Davis, and baggage
master, Peter Webber, were shot through
the head, and the former fatally wound
ed. The money stolen is supposed to be
about $4,000.
John Parish, living near Fremont, o.,
diScOnSOlate over the death Of bis wife
took dose of arsenic with suicidal in
tent.
A mass meeting of Socialists in CHR
cago favored the destruction of the new
Board of Trade building. They attacked
a passing carriage with stones, and a
lady was seriously injured.
A corpse was taken from a vault in
Oe' oOSO ph . hPOu
a writ of replevin sued out by the mother
of the deceased, who desired to have the
remains inferred in Spring Grove Gem
etery along side the father.
John Childers, farmer living near
Point Pleasant, W. Va, and en- route for
home from Cincinnati. one day last week,
attempted. in temporary fit of insanity,
to drown himself in the Ohio. He jump
ed from the steamer St. Lawrence, lying
at Cincinnati about to sail.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has Sc
cured direct route into the city of Phil
adelphia.
Eight lives were lost in a tenment
house fire in New York early on Sunday
morning, and number of persons were
injured.
A hail storm passed over a portion of
Virginia and North Carolina, Friday af-
ternoon, destroying acres of growing
cotton and corn. In some places, the
hail fell to depth of twelve to eighteen
inches. Barns and fences were destroyed
by a hurricane that accompanied the
hail.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14
How a Treaty was Made.

During the French conquest of Algeria
negotiations for peace were entered upon
with the sheiks of certain Arab tribes,
and meeting for the settlement of
terms was arranged to take place at the
French headquarters. The French Of
icers received their guests of the desert
with great hospitality, and banquet
was given in their honor. At this the
to dazzle their eyes aud .captivate their
simple minds. AT its conclusion an adj
journment to a large hall was proposed
Here NJ. Houdin, the celebrated conjurer
who accompanied the French forces,
was to give them an exhibition of his
skill, which to them seemed supernat-
ural. They stared in open mOuthed
wonder at all the tricks that were per-
formed, and feeling of awe crept over
them as they saw the mysterious appear
ings and disappearings of various objects.
But the greatest marvel to them was the
apparent manufacture of cannon-balls.
The coDjurer passed around among them
a high hat. This they examined very
carefully, but without being able to dis
cover anything unusual in either its
make or appearance. When it was re-
turned to him, NJ. Houdin, placed it on
the floor in the middle of the stage in
full view of the audience He then pro-
ceeded to take from that hat cannon
balls apparently without number, and
rolled them across the floor into the
wings. This terminated the performance.
The chiefs consulted among themselves.
and came to the conclusion that it was
useless to oppose an army that could turn
out its ammunition in SO easy manner
They therefore signed the required.
treaty, aud departed to tell their friends
in the desert of the wonderful power of
the invaders-Editors Drawer, in Har+
per's Magazine for May.
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A Dearth of Corn.

Farmers never entered the planting
Importance of the corn crop and of their
necessary Seliance upon it than they
have this spring. The crop of 1884, tax
| ing the country over, was the largest
ever grown; but the centers of liberal
production were SO irregularly distribut-
ed, and So many corn>growing districts
were practically without any apprecia-
ole quantity of home grown grain, that
a kind of corn famine has been felt over
vast regions in which serious trouble of
the kind was never before known
Farmers have of course frequently been
short of corn, but the lack of this cereal
has probably never before borne upon
them as severely as in the past few
months. The phenomenal severity of
The winter rendered rapid consumption
necessary, and supplies of grain melted
away with most discouraging rapidity.
The importation of corn still continue on
q pAOGCl llOOAdl oSdAC, anu many OdiAOuUo
from the West are weekly being distrib-
uted even now in this part of the coun-
try. From S25O,O0O to 100000 worth
Of corn has been distributed through the
upper Ohio valley since last fall, and yet
it is not to be found in bulk at any point
A result of all this is that the huge
crop of 1894, has melted away almost as
if by magic, and the country is now UNI
comfortably short of corn. There is
every reason, then, for pntting in the
largest available acreage this spring, and
for doing this work in the most thor
ough manner. ANY contingency result
ing in short crop shoald not be allowed
to rest upon the farmer. His work
should be so we'll done that nothing but
adverse cOniitions of season should be
responsible for crop failure. To become
normally prosperous again, the people
must have liberal and we'll distributed
crop Of corn. Let no pains be spent to
render the outcome less uncertain than
it has been in the past few years.
Stockman.
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The Magazines.

IN the May number of The Centu-
ry, which comes out properly according
to date, and not two or three weeks
ahead of time, there is more than enough
of good reading for several May days.
Mr. Howells and Henry James continue
their American or rather New England
studies in "Silas Lapham" and The
BostoRians." The military feature of
The Century is especially distin
guished in this number. for there are
seven articles on our civil war, written
by Generals Imboden. Joseph E. John
son and Gustavus w. Smith, of the
Confederate side, and Gen. Mcclellan,
Gen. Badeau (relating to Grant, Warren
Lee GosS ("Recollections of a Private")
and an anonymous writer on the Union
side. These, and the articles already
printed and those yet to appear, will
make up a most interesting and valua-
bic body of literature concerning our
great conflict. The illustrations, con-
sisting of portraits, landscape views and
maps, enhance their value. This idea
of the war papers for The Century has
been a most happy one. and il is carried
out so well tnat tue circulation of the
magazine has been nearly doubled in six
months.
The May number of st. Nicholas con-
tains Mr. Roe'S story, Driven back to
Eden;" Mr. Trowbridge's story of His
Own Fault" and Lieut.. Schwatka's ac-
count of the doings of Esquimaux chill
dren.. In addition to these matters. it
has variety of reading of various kinds
which will appeal to the likings of
young people, and it is profusely Illus
trated.
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NeuraIgia of the Face:

Capt. John Orr, Pearlington, Miss, has
been a most intense sufferer from facial
neuralgia for over twenty years. He has
had seventeen operations performed on
the nerves-that is, had them divided, cut
off close to the bone from which they
emerge. But this never did him any good;
the most excruciating pain continued
without the feast interruption. He often
wished for death to relieve him of the in
tolerable pain. The best physicians failed
to relieve him. They finally advised him
to consult Drs. Hartman & Miller, at the
st. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, which
he did. They prescribed PERUNA, and
in less than a month was entirely relieved
of the pain. Before consulting these doc
tors the least touch to any part of his face
or nose would cause the most fearful pain,
while now he can blow his nose and wipe
his face without the least fear of pain.
The captain is grateful beyond measure
for this unexpected and unhoped for result.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kenner,o8 Laurel street,
New Orleans, has been one of the great
est sufferers from Neuralgia of the face
during the past year that we have ever
heard Of From morning to night, and
from night to morning, there was one
constant, racking, tearing, burning pain,
extending clear around her head and deep
down through every muscle, tooth and
bone in her face. No rest and no sleep.
All physicians failed to relieve her, as
well as all remedies. She was constantly
in the most agonizing despair. She called
on DR.. Hartman, who said the cause was
chronic catarrh. He prescribed PERUNA
for her and now every pain has left her.
She feels like another person and can eat
heartily and sleep soundly.
Mrs. c. J. Miles, Gallipolis, o., writes:
"DR. S. B. HARTMAN & Co., Columbus.
o. My aff1iction has been rheumatism, To-
Gated in the right arm and shoulder, of
more than two years standing, and after
trying great many remedies without any
relief, commenced the use of PERUNA,
which, after using three bottles, found a
decided change for the better. / contin-
ued to use it and now feel entirely we'll"
Huldaf Ward, Wellston, O., writes: 81
have been afflicted for years with that
dreaded disease, catarrh. I tried great
many different kinds of medicine, but to
no effect. l commenced taking your Pc
RUNA about nine months ago; have TAX
en- about ten bottles. 1t is doing me much
good. BY its continued use hope to be
entirely cured"
DIR. A. B. Lovejoy, Dadeville, Ala,
writes: al have a fine run on your Pc
RUNA and MANALIN. Please send me
lot of books. The Ills of Life"
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WORTHINESS.

Whatever lacks Purpose is evil; pool
without pebbles br-eds slime;
Not any one step hath Chance fashioned
on the infinite stairway of Time:
Nor ever came Good without LABOR, IN
Toll, or in Science or Art;
1t must be wrought out thro' the mus
eles- born out of the soul and the
heart.
Why plow in the stubble with plow>
shares? Why winnow the chat from
the grain?
All. since all of His gifts must be toiled
for, since Truth is not born without
pain! A.
He giveth not to the unworthy, the
weak. or the foolish in deeds;
Who giveth but cbaff at the Seed-tlme
snail reap but a harvest Of weeds.
AS the pyramid sbuilded of vapor is
blown by His whIrlwinds to naught,
So the song without Truth is forgotten ;
His poem to Nan is Mans Thought;
Whatever is strong with a purpose, IN
humbleness woven, SCULPTURE,
Is known to the Master OF Singers: de
toucheth it, saying, Endure.
Charles J. O'Mally.
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THE BEST ESTATE.

Art thou thine own hearts conqueror
Strive ever thus to be;
That is the tight that is most sore,
The noblest victory.
Art thou beloved by one true heart?
o prize it, 1t is rare.
There are so many in the mart,
SO many false and fair.
Art thou alone?. o say not so!
The world is full, be sure;
There is so much of want and woe,
So much that thou cast cure.
Art thou in poverty thyself ?
Thou still canst help friend;
Kind words are more than any pelf,
Good words need never end.
Art thou content in youth or age?
Then let who will be great;
Thou hast the noblest heritage,
Thou hast the best estatel
F. E. Weatherly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

EXCITEMENT over Miraculous cure in
England.-The newspapers of Great Britain
art filed with accounts of the wonderful re-
covery of a young man who had been SO i'll
with asthma and rheumatism that he was not
able to lie down in bed for nine long years;
this cure was due to the Shakers of Mount
Lebanon, N. Y; they say that this, like near
ly all others, was the result Of indigestion and
that the Shaker Extract of Roots (Siegers
Svrup) effected this wonderful cure by restor-
ing the digestive organs to a healthy condl-
tion, obviating entirely those disagreeable
turns of sick headache, biliousness, etc. The
Shakers say they have spent fifty years in
perfecting this remedy for dyspepsia and that
its effects upon the digestive organs is some>
thing wonderful; for diseases of the throat or
lungs they recommend the Shaker Tar Cap
snles. 23>4w
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14
SAMF0Rn'S
RADICAL CURE
For Gatarrh
Witch Hazel, American Pine, Canada
Fir, MarigoId and Glover Blossoms.

single dose of Sanford's Radical Cure in =
stantly relieves the most violent sncezing or
head colds, clears the head as by magic stops
watery discharges from the nose and ewes
prevents ringing noises in the head, cures
nervous headache and subdues chills ami fe>
yer; in chronic catarrh, it cleanses the nasal
passages OF foul mucus, restores the senses Of
smell, taste and hearing when effected, frees
the head, throat and bronchial tubes of ofIen~
sive matter, sweetens and purifies the breat h
stops the cough and arrests the progress Of
eatarrh towards consumption.
One bottle Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal
Solvent and the Improved Inhaler in one pace
age may now be had of all druggists for 81 .
Ask for Sanford'r Radical Cure, q pure dis
tillati0n wit h>hazel. Am. pine Canada fir
marigold. clover blossoms etc.
Potter Drug & Chemical Co., Boston
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

BARTHOLDI writes to the World from
Paris: Il take pleasure in announcing to
you that the Colossal Statue of Liberty
is ready to be embarked on the Govern
ment vessel Isere. The shipment is
composed of two hundred and some odd
pieces, and we presume it will arrive in
New York about the Goth or 25th of May
We hope its arrival will contribute to the
completion of the pedestal"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14
4 Good Breakfast.

Mrs. E. w. Carpenter, Overlee, Balti-
more county, Md, writes: | was greatly
benefited by the use of Red Star Cough
Cure, when suffering from severe cold
Ny cook was seriously i'll from deep
seated cough. She had consulted her
doctor without relief. BY my advice she
used the Cough Cure in connection with
an external application of st. Jacobs
Oil to her side. In one night the change
wrought was most gratifying and aston
ishing. In the morning she was like a
new person.
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Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. ThomOs, of Newton, Ia.says
My wife has been affected with a cough
for 25 years, and this spring more Sc
vereiy than ever before. She had used
many remedies without relief, and being
urged to try DR.. Kings New Discovery,
did so, with most gratifying results. The
first bottle relieved her very much, and
the second bottle has absolutely cured
her. She has not bad so good health for
thirty years." Trial bottles free. Trial
bottles Free at Patterson 81 Sons drug
store. Large size 81.
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BuckIen's Arnica SaIye,

The best Salve in the world for cuts. bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; it is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction or money refunded; price CSC. per
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st.
Clarsville, Ohio. 2 19-1y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

THE death of Gen. Mcdowell is re-
minder that the men who fought in the
late war, as generals, are rapidly ap-
preaching that time in life when death,
by disease, if not old age, must sweep
them away. OF the class in which Gen.
Mcdowell graduated at West Point,
nearly all gained distinction. A ma
jority of them are dead. In the classs
were Generals P. G. T. Beauregard,
VIM. F. Barry, Wm. J. Hardee, r. S.
Granger. BraxtOn Bragg, Jubal Early,
E. D. Townsend, B. H. Hill, VIM. H.
French, John Sedgwick. John c. Pem>
berton, Joseph Hooker, Wm. f. T.
Walker, Henry W. Halleck, E. o. c. Ord,
E. r. S. Candy, VIM. 7. Sherman, Geo.
H. Thomas, R. S. Ewell and H. G..
Wright.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

J. F. GRASSLAND & Co. are prepared
to do regular prescription business, and
all such entrusted to their care, will have
prompt attention. None but pure and
reliable preparations used in the cons
pounding of prescriptions. Our motto,
purity and accuracy" 7-2t.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

Mr.. JAMES HIssoM, of Jackson town
ship, this county, is 10 years old. He
has been voting the Democratic ticket
for about 80 years. He is enjoying fair
health ind we hope he may live many
years yet Woodsfield Spirit.
This explains what we have often
wondered about-how they got the Dem
ocratic majority in Monroe county. Ac-
cOrding to this. Mr.. II. commenced vo-
ting before he was of age, and kept on
long enough to beat the tombstone sys-
TEN. This frank acknowledgement of
Bro. West entities him to the Marshal
ship for the Southern District of Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

TRUsSEs, abdominal supporters. sus-
pensOry bandages, shoulder braces-a
complete assortment at Pattersons' drug
store. 4 30-3w.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

For SALE.-Early and late Cabbage,
Tomoto and Celery plants, in season, at
ALEXANDER's, north of NJ. E. church,
St. ClairsYille. Ohio. $50 St.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-14

The celebrated Myres force and lift
pumps and North Bend chilled plow. for
sale at D. II. MCBRIDEs, East Main ST.,
st. Clairsville. D 2t.
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The Future Life.

The march of the mind in its great
quest for truth is like work of tunnel
ing through a mountain. Marvellous is
the engineers sagacity that directs the
advance; mighty are the forces that
slowly blast the rock; strong are the
arms and resolute the hearts that push
their way on through the darkness to-
ward the light beyond. But out on the
mountain side the glad sunlight is pour
ed every dew drop glistens in it, every
flower drinks it, birds sing and children
play in its embrace. So, while thinkers
are working their way, there are count
less folk, simple or learned, who daily
live in untroubled and happy sense of a
divine love, from which they can never
escape.
1t is Life itself which, with its vari
Gus voices, teaches US the things best
worth knowing. And the voices which
come home to US with sovereign author
ity are those of Love and Death, land,
for the mothers sake, shall we add
Birth? Let one of the chief Of women
interpret for the mothers,-it is Eliza
beth Barrett Browning, speaking to two
parents who mourn their child as lost:
"'God lent him and takes him. you sigh;
Nay, there let me break with your pain;
Gods generous in giving, say |
AND the thing which he gives, deny
That he ever can take back again.
He gives what He gives. l appeal
To all who bear babes. In the hour
When the veil of the body we feel
Rent round uS,-while torments reveal
The motherhood's advent in power,
And the babe criesl-ha each of us
known
By apocalypse God being there
Fall in nature) the child is our own,
Life of life, love of love, moan of moan,
Through all changes, all times, eVery>
where.
He lends not; but gives to the end,
AS He loves to the end. If it seem
That He draws back a gift, comprehend
IT'S to add to it rather,-amend,
And finish it up TO your dream,-
Or keep, as mother may toys
Too costly, though given by herself,
Till the room shall be stiller from noise,
And the children more fit for such joys
Kept over their heads Oh the shelf"
So speaks the woman. And what has
the man to say? Here is he whom We
boast as the wisest and highest among
our American authors,-a man, too, so
wrapt in philosophic thought, SO happy
in bis lonely contemplation, that he
seems generally to stand apart from the
struggling, work-a-day word, where
most of us live. But the man is
father, like other men; his boy dies, and
how does he bear it? He puts his heart
into the tenderest poem he ever wrote,
the "Threnody." He looks loUgingly
back on just such pictures as ether par
ents do,-the throng of children about
the baby in his willow wagon, led by the
buy with sunny face of sweet repOse,"
the painted sled, the snow fort, the
sand castle, the garden of which his
"blessed feet" had trod every step,-and
now the boy is gone. TIE lonely father
thinks of it, and will not drown or forget
his grief; and slowly there comes to him
the sense that love can never lose It's
own. The rainbow, the sunset, all beauty,
all experiences of the soul, teach him a
new lesson: