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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-05-19
GEN. ROsECRANs CONFIRMED.

The Senate yesterday, after delay
which admits OF no justification, con-
cluded to confirm the nomination Of
General w. s. Rosecrans us Register OF
the Treasury. This is as it should
bo-as it should have been months
ago, rather. II for political or
other reasons Republican who may
have been soldier is removed from an
Office where he has fourished for many
years, n cry is raised all along the truly
loyal line that the Democrats are perse.
cutting the defenders OF the Republic.
How has il been with the Republicans OF
the Senate and General Rosecrans He
was one oil the foremost of the Union
commanders OF the second grade. What
ever his successes or failures may have
been, his devotion to the cause in which
he fought and his character rs man
have never been questioned. Appointed
several months ago under De-
mocratic Administration, to an
important position in the Treasury,
the Senate majority have been doing
their best to discredit the old soldier by
delaying tho disposition of his nomina-
ton and sending out hints from time to
time that there was something shady
about his record. Everybody who knows
General Rosecrans' record knows that
the only objection the Senate could have
to him is that he is and always has been
Democrat. The hypocrisy OF the SEN
ate majoritys boasted love for the soldier
as a soldier is well illustrated in the
shabby treatment General Rosecrans re-
ceived at their hands.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-05-19
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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-05-19
SILVER BULLION.

Silver bullion has reached the lowest
point on record in New York and Lon
don. In New York Saturday silver hars
1000 fine were quoted at 9S cents pei
onnce, and in London bullion 1925 fine
was quoted at 45 pence per ounce. In
1876 silver bullion was quoted in the
London market at 4634 pence per ounce
very nearly as low as it now is. This
state OF things prompts the Winnemucca
Silper State-which, by the way, is one
OF the ablest Democratic exchanges we
receive-to remark: The assay value
OF silver, that is, the value at which
silver is equal to gold, il Sl.20
per ounce for silver 1000 fine, or $l.l0
per ounce for standard silver. that
is, silver 900 line, Consequently, when
bar silver 1000 fine sells at 9S cents per
ounce in New York, the price is 81 cents
per ounce less than the intrinsic or assay
value OF the metal. As this loss has to
be borne by the producer even when he
sells his bullion 10 the Government to bs
coined into standard dollars, the present
outlook is very discouraging for miners.
London brokers are permitted 10 fix the
price OF bullion produced in the United
States, and as they find it profitable, in
consequence of their trade with India,
where silver is the standard OF value, to
make it as cheap as possible, the price
OF the metal is constantly declining The
United States, now the greatest silver.
producing country in the world, permits
England to regulate the price of the
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12

EMBROIDERIES AND.LACES
in very large variety, and unequalled bar.
gains arc guaranteed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12
For Sale

A VALUABLE PLANTATION
N eight miles cast of town OH the Five
Chop road. Contains 800 acres OF land, 80
of which is under cultivation, and remain
der well wooded with pine, oak, hickory,
&c. Besides dwelling and other necessary
buildings, all of which arc in excellent con-
dition there is well appointed! steam gin,
saw and grist mill, with power cotton press,
seed crusIer, cotton elevator, wagon scales
and cut off saw. On the place is all excel
lent carp pond, stocked with scale carp (the
only pond in this county, to my knowledge,
that has raised carp.) This place is excel
lcntly located in the center OF thckiy
settled neighborhood, thereby possessing
excelIeni advantages as location for ply
sician. This place with stock and all other
appurtenanccs, together with crop made
upon it this year, except cotton crop, Will bc
sold on terms to suit purchaser. Apply to
w. S. BARTON, NJ. D.
'Starwall" Farm, Orangehurg, 5. {.
June 3-4mO
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12
PARASOLS

in all the newest designs at prices that defy
them all.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12
CHAPTER XIX.
THE EMPTY BEDROOM

y little before six in the morning 1. ray of
bright warm sunshine. Ike :. gol.Il w"nl
projected from the window, having crcpt
gradually along the well, sn.ote Ilr. $t!dnS-
field between tho eyes as !.c lag ",c,; 1t Ills
bed, and awo!lc him
Looking uro" his watch, which hung at
the side ol the bed, he roSc, without disturb
ing his wife FROM the deep Steep !:,to ~'h;rh
she had fallen scarce an hour before. after
long and weary wakcfulness
He hal almost flashed dressing h:n-4f
when his wife awokc, and, after th. first ~.
wilderment, asked him the TINA.
"There IS an hour before tho coach starts, y
he said. "See about getting the breakfast
ready. I shall be in tho yard until tho half
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12
MACHINE SHOP.

NOR TILE CONVEN1ANCE OF
L. Farmers and Mill Men, we have open-
cd REPAIR AND SUPPLY SHOE Oh
Mr.. II. Riggs corner and will be prepared
to do all necessary ENGINE AND GIN
REPAIRING with promptncss, guarantee
inc satisfaction in every instance.
In connection with our Shop we are
Agents for the sale of The Talbot Engine,
Saw and Grist Mills Also the best Cotton
Gins. Condenccrs and Self Feeders. The
Handbook lnspirator kortiDg Universal
Injector, the best Boiler feed in the market,
Eanuuzcn jet Pump, for lifting water
out of wells of any depth.
We will keep on hand Il full line OF
BRASS FITTINGS, STEAM AND WA.
TEE GUAGES, STEAM AND GAS
PIPING, ELBOWS. NIPPLES, Ne
PACKING. LUBRlCATlN'i AND Cl
LlNDER OILS, and il fact rVcrythn? t"
iii UP your Machinery. Oldrre for l'ul-
irys and Shaltimg filled At lowest prices
We would respectfully solicit the patronage
Of the people "f OranGrhitr" and rurr"nnd-
in9 country.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12

gaze was forever upon Ilc opcl "ltiuo", ''
her ears pricking for every little sound.
But expectation was wrought by fear into
insuprortablc pain ut last, and, unable To
endure the hard silence, she cried out:
'Michael she doth not come"
He looked ut her vacantly. aroused by her
speech out OF deep thought, and pulled out
his watch He roso from his chair instantly,
his whole manner changed. and he eNcinlnca:
at IS TOO late for the coach. Now what DO
you say to your girls lone,!y::'
"Oh, Mirhacl.' size cried, "whrre do yo"
thinl; our child is. Why should she not be
here Did you say anything to her yesterday
to scare her: Last night she kissed Iii:
swcetly, and thanked me for my love, and
sic would not break nly heart by leaving
me- Oh, Michael, what diJst thee say 10
her
~ said 10 more than bid her be ready Tor
the coach at o'clock this morning" he sad
speaking with difficulty through tn" tension
of his lips. "What is .hcrc to fright you III
this, Could you not have guessed that II she
had si,n"d she would lot 30 with NE 10
London. Would she rush upon her own
conviction, silly woman" He added Ill Il
fui,.t voice: What heavier blow than tbs
coull come upon man: would sooner see
, her dead. And after aM these ycarS--ii! Ills
little town where we are Lonor"d-how VIII
some people scoF to hear that pious Michael
Strargtielrs girl--
I'll not hear tLce say it!'' 'shrieked the
; :nothcr. raising her hands to her ears All,
chael, will YOU not go and Seek her: shall
We stand here wickedly raging at the poor
heart that hath been driven from our love by
our sorrow and your anger, when every
moment Is taking her further from usl Oh.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-12
POOSBR. NckBHD ( CO.
I.:un,t1 for Sale.

rjNilE WHO'LL: Or y FART or
l "y Farm, two miles below tEr town OF
Oran.rhurg. on the South Carolina Rail
way and The pubIir rcais lcaiinc 10 Char
lesion, containing about 500 acres. part
cleared, balance finely timhrrrd. Some
splendid >wamp land. - acres heavily
ril, timhrrrd. adjoining aud lying East
and West OF roads Ia Charleston. |" he
subdiyidcd in lots ol :" 10 ~ acres ana Sold,
unless sold in entire. These i";, VIII hr
line lois for rvSi,icHCrs.
Jan 1S-J; y. -. FkEDEhlN ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
Grains of Gold.

Always say kind word if you can.
Man is caught by his tongue, an OK
10y his horns.
The purse had better be empty than
filed with other folks money.
A good way TO make children tell the
truth is to tell it yourself
When we try to avoid one fault, we
are led 10 the opposite unless We are
very careful.
Things are ours that we may use them
for all, sometimes that we may sacrifice
them.
Let Us try to help ourselves first, and
then. if we fail, we cannot be accused of
Incidence.
One may commit no actual sin, and
yet fail in that be does Lot do something
be ought to have done.
Excessive indulgence to others, espe
cially children, is, in fact, only self-in-
dulgence under an alias.
Reputation is what men and women
think of US; character is what God and
the angels know of us.
Every adjuration of love, every oath
of fondness,a always contains this mental
reservation: "As long as you are what
you now are"
We dip from the river of life with a
teaspoon. where we should use large
sized pail. We act toward grace as if
Gods storehouses were scant in meas
ure.
He is the greatest man who chooses
the right with lnvincible resolution, W he
bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully,
and whose reliance on truth and virtue
is the most unfaltering.
Everything in nature grows either
heaithily or unhealthily; and character
is no exception. 1t Is either expanding
into new and more lovely forms, or it is
tougbening and hardening into deform-
ity.
Every evil to which we do not sue
cumb is beDefactor As the Sand :
wich Islander believes the strength and
value of tie enemy he kills passes into
himself, So we gain the strength of the
temptation we resist.
Every man in bis own life has follies
enough-in his own mind troubles
enough-in the performance of his own
duties DEFICIENCIES enough-in bis for.
tunes evils enough h-witbout mindipg
other peoples business.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
Goose Huntinc in Dakota.

a goose hunting expedition in this regie
requires extensive paraphernaia. There a e
no roomy farm houses on the plains in VIII n
one may spend the night. Hunters mrst,
therefore, take with them a tent for covering,
blankets for beds, wood to Ourn for all the
wood here is hauled long distances from the
Missouri bottom), provisions, and drink.
This is an alkali country, and if you find a
house that has a well, the chances are the
water is too full of alkaI to be drinkable.
We looked when we started like party of
immigrants in search of a new home. One
large wagon, drawn by pair of mules, was
piled high with camp outfit, provisions, ETC.,
and surmounted by two crates containing a
dozen tanned wild geese-our decoys. In an
other wagon we rode, with guns and other
light articles
A hunters concealment in goose pit is
very perfect, unless the birds fly so high that
they can look directly into it. To deceive
even the high flyers we wore hats the tops Of
which consisted of the backs and heads of
stuffed wild geese. With this equipment we
merely added to the number of our decoys as
we turned our heads from side to side. While
hiding in pit affords almost perfect conceal
ment, the situation is not luxurious one for
the hunter. The wind drifts the soft black
dirt upon him, the morning air is apt to chill
him, and his quarters are SO cramped that
even with board to sit on, he may be glad
when the flight is over for the time being.
Before sunrise a great many focks of geese
had passed north in sight of US, filling the
air with their cries, but we were evidently
not in their line of fight. Our decoys, with
gooselike treachery, called loudly to entice
their fellows within range of our guns, but
only one flock gave us cnll, and that so wide
a one that we got but two of them.-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
STREET FAkIRs OF PHILADELPHIA.
Familiar Figures on the SidewaIs,-The
Handkerchief and Suspender Man.

Familiar Figures the SidewaIs,-The
Handkerchief and Suspender Man.
The suspender and handkerchief gentlemen
are curious looking objects in business hours
They are literally loaded down with their
wares Dozens of suspenders of all grades,
from the very cheap to the cheapest made,
dangle from both arms, and in each hand are
large quantities of coarse handkerchiefs
ranging from 5 cents to Is cents apiece. 1t
is not unusual to see four or five Of these fel-
lows talking together over the state of trade
in general and suspenders and handkerchiefs
in particular. They are looked down upon
by the fakirs who own stands, and they move
in a circle of their own. They make about
81 a day each.
The lamp shade fakir is a character worth
studying He sells nothing but tissue paper
lamp shades, but he understands this business
from top to bottom. He can always gather
crowd by showing the many wonderful
shapes into which he can twist shade, and
he is constantly practicing the most graceful
personal attitudes to catch the eyes of the fair
pedestrians He is very dramatic in all hi;
gestures and has deep bass voice, which he
uses with great effect.
@Penknives: Best Sheffield and American
make; take your choice for 25 cents, is the
sign tackled on to the side Of an elaborate
stand on Market street. Dozen of knives are
displayed in confused heap on red cloth
table. They range in size from delicate lit
tie pearl handle penl1nife to a gardener's
pruning knife, but they all cost the same.
The steel, it is needless to say, is not of the
finest, and tine knives are finished very
roughly. They are all good counterfeits of
the better grades and would fool any one who
was not a good judge Of cutlery. They sell
rapidly and the knife fakir makes money
He is an Englishman and speaks with a cock
ney accent Philadelphia Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
si,ters at the Race Course.

Two black robed figures stood patiently
waiting near the betting ring at the Sleeps
head bay race course the other day. They
never moved except to address aword TO each
other occasionally. They were sisters Of a
religious order, and as the throng of men,
some laughing and careless, some wild eyed
and bitter of face, passed them, dollar after
dollar dropped into the reticule which one Of
the sisters held open, but unobtrusively, be
fore her Il have watched them before as I
have to-day" said Newarker. "They are
always just so calm and cheerful, and just so
Indifferent to the passion which you see in
almost every mans face They are levying
a tribute for the lord in the DEVILS abode.
That's what 1 call it. The tribute is bigger
than you think The winners give because
the money came easy; tie losers give to pro-
pitiate fortune. l know men who would not
dare to pass without leaving something with
the sisters New York Cor Chicago Her.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30

we should not think that his week is of the
same length as ours (Ps. xl, 4; Peter
iii, s., any more than we should that he is
like one of ourselves.
The Seventh Day Of Rest and Worship
", 3.-Two elements are recognized in set
ting apart the seventh day mot yet called
the Sabbath-Ex. xvi, 23)-1. 1t is a day
of rest from toll: 2. 1t is sanctifed-that is,
it is set apart from ordinary and common
usages to a sacred purpose There is now no
difficulty in theory in getting men to OBJ
serve the Sabbath as a day of rest from la
Dor, but there is a growing tendency to for
get that God sanctified it to be employed
in his service Men do not realize that in
proportion as they break down the sacred
ness of the day, in the plea that they make
for the poor to enjoy a holiday of rest and
recreation, that they are opening the flood
gates for robbing them of it as day of
rest, as is so often seen on the continent In
mans degenerate thought it is in danger of
becoming holiday. In Gods purpose it is
a holy day.-Sunday School World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
Real and Personal Property.

Ohio is not the only State 10 which q
large proportion of personal property
dodgrs the tax gatherer. The situation
is even worse in New York than Ohio
and general demand is being made for
reform in assessments in that State.
Ohio returns for taxation oLe-half as
much personal property as real estate;
New York onr-eighth as much; while
! Massachusetts returns twice as much
personal property as real estate. Both
| Ohio and Massachusetts return more
personal property than New York. Hi
nois is also waking up to the fact that
an unjust burden is imposed upon real
estate By the failure to properly assess
personal property, and the Legislature
of the State will be urged to adopt a
reform measure at its next session.
! Pennsylvania returns, propOrtienately,
smaller amount of personal property
for taxation than any other Northern
State, only one-twentieth of the aggre>
gate of all property; and, naturally
enough, there is a good deal of grumr
bling about it. The real value of the
personal property in all of the States
named above is probably as great as
that of the real estate. and the agitation
of reform in assessments is likely to go
on until personal property pays some
thing like its fair share of the taxes.
The following figures, showing the av>
erage personal property assessment per
family of five persons in the States
named, being the only ones at hand. will
be interesting as showing the inequality
and eccentricity of personal property
valuation for tax purposes in some parts
of this country: Every family in Illinois
is assessed for 1858 worth of personal
property; in Indiana, $3.50; in Massa+
chusetts. ST.. 400; in New York, S345; il
OHIO, $3.50; iu Pennsylvania, Sl33; and
in New Hampshire, 81, 400. The figures
from other States would probably show
as great a diversity. If the personal
property in all of these States were
divided equally among the respective in
habitants' thereof, On the S0cIalistic plan,
it would prof ably be found that the avs
erage holdings per family in one State
as compared with another would not
vary 500; whereas, the variation in
assessment is moie than ten times that
sum. The difference is in The method
of assessments, and it is time for the
people of Ohio TO adopt the method that
produces the largest return. Cleveland
Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
NEW YEARS RESOLVE.

AS The dead year is clasped by dead
December,
SO ist your dead sins with your dead
days lie.
a new life is yours, and a new hopel
Remember
We build our own ladders to climb to
the SKY.
Stand out IN the sunlight of promise, for
getting
Whatever your past held of sorrow or
wrong;
We waste half our strength in useless
TegIetting;
We sif by old tombs in the dark too
long.
have you missed in your aim? Well,the
mark is still shining;
Did you faint in the race? well, take
breath for the next;
Did the cloud drive you back but see
yonder tl.eir lining;
Were you TEMPTED and fell? let it
serve for text.
As each year hurries by let it join that
procession
OF skeleton shapes that march down
to the past,
While you take your place in the line of
progression,
+ With your eyesion the heavens, your
face 10 the blast.
| tell you the future can hold no terrors
For any sad soul while the stars re
yolve,
If be will but stand firm on the grave
of bis errors.
And instead of regretting, resolve, re-
solve!
1t is never too late to begin rebuilding.
Though all into ruins your life seems
hurled.
For look! how the light of the new
year is gliding
The worn, wan face of the bruised ole
world! Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
GhOulish GIee.

Mr.. Watterson, the great mouthpiece
of Southern Democratic sentiment, has
this to say in anticipation of Mr.. Cleve-
lands denomination: Between Mug.
wump in the White House and Stall
wart Republican, We shou,i prefer to
take our chance in the future in, square
band-to-hand fight on principle with the
Republican. getting with our victory. if
we should win a victory, change Of
public policy, rather than to exc out d
prerdrious milk and wafer servitude to
a fast-and-oose, pig-and puppy, now-you-
see-it-and-nOw-you don't, too-guod-to-be-
honest, and oo-grateful-to- be- useful Ad-
ministration, of Cheap-J Ohm statesmen.
wearing second hand and pinchbeck
Jewelry." And Mr. Dana, who speaks
for legions of Northern Democrats.
transfers this ripper" to- his columns
with "ghonlish glee."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
rar.hnn.Le Rooords or the Rocl,..

In many parts of the world the process of
denudation has left detached columns and
pinnacles of rock which are readily over
thrown or destroyed, while in countries once
worn by glaciers there are thousands of poised
powders which are equally sensitive to
shocks. These natural seisInometers furnish
a means OF determining whether severe earth
quakes have visited, since a very remote
period, places where they have never been
recorded A study Of such evidence has
shown Professor N. S. Shaler that certain
portions of the Rocky mountains, the re-
gions of the upper Tennessee river, the coast
district of Maine, with Saxony and some
other parts of Europe, have been exempt
from great shocks for some tens of thousands
Of years, ,-Arkansaw Traveller.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-12-30
THE OLD YEARS BLESSING.

| am fading from you.
But ore draweth near.
Called the angel guardian
OF the coming year.
If my gifts and graees
Coldiy y"u forget,
Let the New Years ansel
Bless and crown them ye.
For we work together;
He and l are one,
Let him end aud perfect
All have undOne.
| brought good desires,
Though as yet but seeds;
JeI;..e New Year make them
Blos5 M into deeds.
nosrh: joy to brighten
Nc happy days;
Let the New Years angel
Turn il into praise.
If | give you sickness,
If | brought you care,
Let him make one patience
And the other prayer.
Where | brought you sorrow,
Through his care at length,
1t may rise triumphant
ILto future strength.
If l brought you plenty,
All wealth's bounteous charms
Shall not the new angel
Turn them into aims?
l gave health and leisure,
Skill to dream and plan;
Let him make them nobler
Work for God and man.
If | broke your idols,
Showed ysu they were dust,
Let him turn the knowledge
Into heavenly trust.
If brought temptation,
Let sin die away,
Into bouniless pity
For all hearts that stray.
If your list of errors
Dark and long appears,
Let this new born monarch
Melt them into tears.
May you hold this angel
Dearer than the last
So | bless his future
While | crown my past.
Adelaide r. Proctor.