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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25
On Monday six inches of rain fell on
the country surrounding Aberdeen.

SENATOR JONES, of Florida, is still
IN Detroit, and, according to the De-
trolt Times, when not p%romenading on
the leading avenues, can be seen sit
ting at the window Of his parlor, Just
over the Russell House cigar stand, in
his shirt sleeves, gazing ~contentedly at
the multitude as they pass beneath
his window,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

A DISPATCH from Hazlehurst to the
New Orleans Picayune indicates that
Copiah will instruct for Hooker. The
East and West precincts have already
instructed for him and the c1rrespon-
dent says the county can beput down
as solid for Hooker. Madison has in
structed for Barksdale, and the con-
test grows exceedingly interesting.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25
The National Credit Is No Mor.

soiidly founded than the reputation of Benson,s
! apclne PlaSters. They are known. annrecia'
teu ana used everywhere in AmerioaIifs hos.
p pnS ) al lts homes. Physicians, pharmacists
Ton, certainty and range of curative Qualities
Iney arS beyond comparison. Once used their
unequalled excellence recommends them. Tie
puDiIc are again cautioned against the cheap
,mmooTddnnligSSS ana shameless imitation offered by
S0Hndlng names. as 'CapsiciG," "Capsicum., j,
,,Uapucin, Z Capsicine," etc. ASK for Benson's
Duy Oh respectable druggists only, and make 4
RPSTTSOnas examination. The genuine has the
cine" cut In the centre. ~ "0tu zap
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

New ORLEANS, June 23.-The mud
drum of the International cotton press
exploded killing Adolphus Clark a
colored tiremen, and dangerously scald-
Ing George Ulann. Damage to build.
ing and machinery $1,000.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

SOUTH of Mason and Dixon's line
Mr.. Randall mustered six followers in
a total of III Democratic Representa-
tives. = Four of them were from
Louisiana, which was a protection
State before Mr.. Randall was born,
and one from Baltimore, Maryland,
which has been a protection city since
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad brought
the first load of coal across the Poto-
mac, and n from Alabama. The lat
ter is the joint production of the
Nashville Union, Birmingham Age
and Sam Randall, and lives within
sight of an iror-works and is a pre-
tfctionist, of course. West of OhIf
MI. Randall mustered three Democratic
n OIL the Pacific coast and two in the
city of Chicago. Behold this great
party leaders following. In the solid
South he musters six; in the giant
West two or three. His strength
lies in the East. Where the carcass is
there the carrion crow will hover
Louisville Times.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

IT IS probable that two brothers will
run against each other for the Gov
ernoEShip of Tennessee, The Republi-
cans have already nominated A. A.
Taylor, and his brother Robert Taylor
is the favorit9 with the Democrats.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

BEAR in mind the time of meeting
of the Democratic Clubs in Warren.
The time is the 9th of July, at noon
for county clubs, and s pm. for city
clubs.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25
THE PENSION QUESTION.

The discussion in the House on
Tuesday about the pension question
will prove of interest, and we hope of
value to the country. The Democratic
party has taken the position that when
pension bills are passed, a way of pay
ing them must be provided in the bills.
That is good faith. W. do not believe
in Congress appropriating money
to pay vast bills, when
there is no money on hand
And we do not say this in any spirit
Of stinting the United States soldiers.
who preserved the Union. We are in
favor of Southern statesmen going just
as far, and acting just as literally in
the matter of pensions as a majority of
Northern statesmen. In other words
we think the South should agree to
Whatever amounts the North wants,
but at the same time a way
should be provided to pay the
bills. Otherwise the measures will
dwindle into mere clap-trap to catch
the soldier vote. What the people
want, is a just and liberal pension to
every soldier deserving, and the way
made easy to secure its payment with
out any sort of doubt.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

IT must have been humiliating for
Randall and company TO follow the
lead Of Mckinley, a Republican, TO Sc
cure the defeat Of the Morrison bill.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

A Boston girl has eaten so MANY
caDdled violets this season that her
admirers now say she is sweet enough
to be picked.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

The annual Convention of the Amer
lean Bankers Association will be held
in Boston On the 18th and 18th of
August. Gen. Z. s. Butts, President
of the Vicksburg Bank is a member Of
the Association, and will probably at
tend the annual convention.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

FOR 10, these many days, the cotton
planter has looked nearer blue than
the sky.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25
The Facts to be Made Known.

HALIFAX, N. S., June 23.-Capt.
Doughty, of the Portland fishing
schooner, Ella M. Doughty, which was
seized at Englishtown, G. B., last
month, arrived in Halifax yesterday
from the United States. He is on his
way back to Cape Breton to again take
charge Of his vessel, bonds having
been given by her owners. He will
make a deposition of the facts of the
Doughty case tomorrow.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

WE are informed that Rev. Mr..
Black, of Lauderdale, Gov. Colquitt, of
Georgia, and other distinguished
speakers are to take part in the Pro-
hibition canvass in this county. The
election GENES off on the 18th of July,
and the indications are that it will be a
very exciting contest. We do not pre-
tend to make any guess as to the result.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

WE publish elsewhere another VOL
untary tribute to the superiority of the
concrete gravel pavement OF Vicks-
burg, of which The Times-D Democrat
spoke some weeks ago. The gentle
man who writes us on the subj c. is
not a resident of Vicksburg, but has
been there frequently of late years and
to New Orleans also, enabling him to
compare the streets of the two cities;
and he is convinced that the gravel
pavement which has been so success
Jul in the Mississippi city would prove
equally good here.
He calls attention to a matter in this
connection to which The Times Demo
crat alluded in its late article, but did
not dwell on-the sanitary advantages
of a good pavement such as this gravel
affords. 1t does away entirely with the
unpaved, muddy and filthy thorough
fares, which affect the comfort, if
they do not the health, of the city dur
ing a rainy season it does away with
dampness and overtlowed streets and
all the evils that follow in their train
New Orleans Times Democrat.
We ssure the citizens of New Or
leans if they once give the concrete
gravel a fair trial, they will never rest
until all their streets, not paved will
stone, are grayeled. The value t.
New Orleans of well graveled streets
could hardly be estimated and the i'm.
provement is permanent.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

THREE negroes are to be hung in
Greenville next Friday, all for murder
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

TWELVE thousand callers greeted
the mistress of the Waite House on
the occasion of her reception last
Friday evening. Streams of people
poured in from nine until after
twelve o'clock.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

IT is thought Congress vii be ready
to adjourn by the middle Of July.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25
Faith in the President and COM
OrASS

greSS.
MONTREAL, June 23.-Hon. Mr.
Chaplain, secretary of State, referring
yesterday to the fishery question, said
it might involve Canada in serious
complications, but he had faith
President Cleveland and congress,
he had no doubt the question would
shortly be brought to a practical and
equitable solution.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-25

A Salute of One Hundred Guns
Fired.
New ORLEANS, June 23,-In New
Orleans on receipt of news of reduc-
ton Of liquor license, Capt. Sambola
fired a solute of n hundred guns in
honor of victory of Dundonhpffpr.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
THE WOOL INTEREST.
Vermont Growers Petition for the
Tariff of 1867.

WASHINGTON, March 81. Resolutions
of the Vermont Merino Sheep-shearing
Association IN relation to the tariff on
wool were presented in the House to
day, and referred to the Ways and
Means Committee. The resolutions re
cite that the census returns for 1880
show that over fifty million pounds of
shoddy are used yearly in the manufac
ture of cloth in the United States; that
the use of shoddy displaces the con-
sumption of wool to that extent, and
that cloths in which shoddy is used is
sold as all>wOol goods. Therefore it is
asked that Congress shall pass suitable
laws to regulate the use of shoddy in the
manufacture of cloth or clothing, so that
the public shall know what part is shod-
dy and what part wool not previously
used.
The reduction of the duty on wool
having seriously crippled the industries
of sheep breeding and wool growing in
the United States. the sheep breeders
and wool growers of Vermont ask Con-
gress to restore those duties to the same
standard as they we're before the reduc-
tion, and most earnestly protest against
any further reduction, or the adoption
of any tariff that shall admit materials
to manufacturers free. The rates estab-
lished in 1857 are earnestly advocated.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
LabOr's Tribnte to the Rum Power.

A gentleman picked up on one of the
streets of Toledo the other day soiled
and worn grocery pass-book. evidently
belonging tn some laboring man. The
cover is so dilapidated that the name of
the owner can not be made out, else it
would have been returned to him. The
finder. on examining the book to seek
for some clue 10 its ownership, was so
struck with the moral it teaches that he
handed it to the editor of the Blade.
1t Was an ordinary pass~book, such as
are common every where-one of those
given by grocers to customers to whom
they give credit, settlements being made
every payday. The customer brings it
with him when he buys anything, the
grocer enters the purchase in the book
and also on his own ledger. and the pass
book is returned to the custody of tie
buyer, it serving as his memorandum.
and preventing disputes on settlement.
The one in question affords stronger in
ternal proof of the enormous tribute
that labor pays to the damnable Rum
Power than any words that we can
write. We copy literally the last four
pages of the book, the latest page bear
ing date of February s. From the way
the entries run, we should be inclined to
say they cover about two weeks pur
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
Some Bad Results of Strikes.

Ore of the most unfortunate results
of strikes is their tendency to withdraw
capital flom investment in channels
where it is most useful to society in
general. 1t may be set down, as a rule,
that there is no more careful class of
men in a community than capitalists.
Thep invest or lend their money only
when they are confident that they can
receive safe return for it. They will
be very backward about investing in
railroads when they know that there is
danger of frequent railroad lockouts,
the destruction of their property, and
the suspension for weeks or months Of
its earning capacity. They will not invest
in manufacturing establishments if they
have reason to believe that the men en-
ploy4d in them will frequently strike.
The same reason will prevent them in
vest 'ng their money in tenement houses.
occupied by workingmen who are likely
to b. unable to pay their rent promptly
on eccount of prolonged strikes. As
consequence of all this it may be said
that one of the direct effects of strikes
is - materially narrow. the field in
whish labor looks for steady employ
ment. while the number of workingmen
will continue to increase. Capitalists
will invest their money in municipal,
county, State, and national bonds and
upos the latter they will pay no taxes
In act, they will manage to evade the
taxes on all of them. They will seek for
investments in foreign countries, upon
which they will pay no taxes here, for
there will always be found a way of
evi.aing it. They will manage by every
meas to withdraw their capital from
t.5 aannels of industry unless they are
assured that its earning power will not
be suspended or interfered with by frer
quent lockouts.
These are facts which men should
think over carefully before engaging in
strike.-Cleveland Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08

"IT has been definitely and fully deter
mined" says the Allan (Gal Constitu-
lion, that the gauge of all the railroads
in this section of the country shall be
changed on Monday, May 81, and Tues
day, June 1, to the gauge of the Penn>
sylvania Railroad-namely, feet 9
inches. AS ninertenths oe the mileage
of the country has gauge of 4 rect 81
inches, a compromise wheel gauge has
been adopted, so that the cars of all the
BROAD gauge roads in the land will be liz
terchangeable after the first day of June.
The change of gauge in this section will
embrace 1928 miles of road, made up as
follows: South Carolina, 1920 miles
North Carolina, $50; Georgia, 2,4l3;
Florida. 1850; Alabama. 1908; Mssis-
sippi. 776; Louisiana, 3l3; Kentucky,
LIS; Tennessee, 1856, and Virginia,
9S1. 1t will be the greatest change of
gauge ever simultaneously attempted in
this or any other country. At the close
of the first day of June there will not be
a mile of fve-feet track in the country,
outside of few scattered and detached
switches and abandoned tracks"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
Homemade Candy.

For making candy the best granulated
sugar should be used if confectioner's
sugar is not. though it is but trifle
more expensive. Homemade candy not
only affords amusement in the making,
but is sure to be pure and wholesome.
A new recipe is given for making nut
candy. that has been tested. To two
cups of granulated sugar and one of
boiling water, add one large tablespoons
ful of butter. Boil till it readily candies
when dropped in cold water. Then re+
move from the IRE and stir in nearly
two cups of Brazil nuts, cut up small,
and one tablespoonful of Royal lemon
favoring. Pour out upon three large
buttered plates to cool. Always use a
silver spoon in stirring candy. Home
made candy is very desirable adjunct
to tie dessert, and consoles the children
when deprived of the pastries or pud-
dings that prove SO attractive to them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
Deferred from last week.
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

MARCH 23-Senate- Bills introduced: !:
Regulating partnerships in assignments.
limiting lease of property by board of
public works.
Huuse-Bills introduced: Repeating
law for railroad examinations for color
blindness; for condemnation of property
for free turnpikes; insuring real estate
titles; making general application of
street railroad laws; suspending opera
tions of free turnpike laws; amending
the mechanics lien laws; preventing
fraud in canning fruit or vegetables.
MARCH Observation-Disclosures Offer
ed to close Investigation at Cincinnati
April 6.
Bills passed: House bills fixing terms
of county officers; reimbursing Kate
Connor.
Bills introduced: Requiring defend
ants in replevin to give bond; for dam>
ages against railroad receivers; regula-
ting taxes for road repairs; for towns to
invest in electric lights; for sale of Mus
kingum County Railway company's
property.
House-Bills passed: Senate bills for
incorporation Of industrial and mechani-
cal institutes; House bill changing
names of corporations; regulating sale OF
morphine; dismissing schools on Wash
ington's birthday and Decoration day :;
regulating dissolution of special dis
tricts probibing marriage of divorced
persons within one year; regulating
transfer of boys to Lancaster Reform
school; protecting hotel keepers from
dead beats.
MARCH 25-Senate-Bills passed: II.
bills allowing fees to witnesses in cases
of sheep killed by dogs; Senate bills, for
boards of education to purchase rights
of way; for repair of National road by
county commissioners.
Bills introduced: Preventing use of
charters till after organization; requirr
ing detailed reports from all state insti
tutions; for change of venue in suits
against municipal corporations; for COM
pletion of roster of Ohio soldiers; for di>
viding personal property taxes into diff
ferent funds; enlarging from $50 to
S100 the exemption tax; for appoints
ment of assessors in cities; for taxation
insurance premiums in companies where
collected; regulating reports of county
officers, and filing of abstacts of delin-
quent taxes.
House--Bills passed: House bills pun
ishing PROGRESSES, paying interest and
principal of state debt. giving township
trustees charge of school books, Guern
sey county to issue bonds; Senate bills
for rights of way to school houses, re
lieving fremen and militiamen from
jury duty. for guardians of i'm beetles to
act in partition case, regulating fires
and costs, regulating pleas to criminal
charges.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08

The principal was appointed librarian;
the skeleton of the Ohio school library
was gathered together; the board of edu-
cation added books of reference; the cit
liens contributed money; and the dra-
matte club remembered the school libra
ry to the extent of fifty dollars more
The teachers had their township insti>
tute, the pupils their literary s1ciety and
the citizens their lecture course. All
this came of the energy and persistence
of the two country teachers. The
Monthly says truly that the country
teachers of Ohio have it in their power
to double the efficiency of the country
schools.
The township of N started high
school three years ago. 1t had preca-
rious existence for the first year. A
change of teachers made the next two
years much more successful, and the
fourth year starts under very favorable
conditions. The principal has been
uldUC tOHHoulp ilOA dAlouS anu ShO nag
ments of the old libraries are coming to-
gether. Twenty valuable volumes found
their way back in the first ten days,after
wandering for fifteen years, and the
board has just added cyelOpedia and
other books of reference.
The townships are falling into line;
one after another, they are finding the
better way. May the day soon come
when every township in Ohio shall con>
stitute an organized school district, un-
der one board of ecHcation, with its high
sshool, its graded course of study. and
corps of trained teachers under the gen.
eral supervision of an efficient princi-
pal. Fellow teachers, prepare for it;the
day is coming. ]. R. DAVIS.
Norton Center, Ohio,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF OHIO
4 SYMPOSIUM.
)hio Educational Monthly.

Ohio Educational Monthly.
THE country schools of Warren county
are in as good condition as those in any
other county of Ohio In many districts.
substantial and elegant brick buildings
have taken the place of the square white
wooden structures that succeeded the
round log school houses of the pionee rs
Their morning bells call the farmers
sons and daughters to rooms furnished
with the best single seats in the market !;
on the neatly papered walls hang the
freshest maps and charts; and in many
respects they rival, and in some excel.
the school buildings of the villages. The
teachers of these schools are scholarly
and earnest, and haye a fair share of
professional spirit. These schools are
not second to any her country schools
in Ohio; but they are inferior to the best
village schools. What are their needs ?
1. They need the opportunities of the
village schools under the law. Forty
years ago, the cities and villages had the
authority of law to vacate their sub
districts and form union districts, and
at once all over Ohio, union districts and
union schools were organized. The first
and greatest need of the country schools,
then, is opportunity. They have handi-
capped in the race. Let the sub-districts,
and special districts outside of city and
village limits, be vacated by law, by re-
pealing the acts under which such
schools were created; and let all of the
township outside of city and village
limits form the township district,
with one board of education chosen by
general ticket. The present township
and-and-sub-district system is so defect>
i've, so cumbrous. that under it the best
results cannot be attained.
?. There should be definite course of
study in these books. The pupils and
teachers should work with a purpose. a
well defined object being in view. The
pupils in every grade of the village
schools know they are working to com
plete particular study, and are stimu-
lated by hope of advancement to the
highest department. The pupils in the
country schools miss this stimulus, and
are often possessed by lethargy that
cannot be described or removed.
8. Good teachers in these schools
should receive good pay, that they may
be retained to do better work. The city
and village schools of Ohio pay their
teachers of the common or primary"
grades salaries ranging from $500 to
81 900, and to principals of such schools
salaries from $1,000 to $4,000. A ma
jority of all these teachers has been
CLEANED from the townships which do
not pay enough to retain their best
teachers. In this county of Warren.
salaries of So and 81 day have been
paid in sub-districts for the best teach
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-04-08
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
Iss5-6-Belmont County, Ohio.

I'd Saturday of Feb at st Clairsville
I'd Saturday OF Mar AT Barnesville
ID Saturday OF April at 9. Clairsville.
I'd Saturday OF May at Beliaire.
I'd Saturday of June at Morristown.
st. ClairsvilIe at close Oi Institute in Aug
RULES
Examinations begin at 9 o'clock a.. m.
Testimonials of character are required II
applicant is not known 10 the Board
Certificates will not be antedated nor ex~
tended.
Tests in the higher branches will be given
at close of Institute ONLY.
Certificates VIII be dated and issued by the
Board in adj journed session on Saturday foln
owing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
A first-class Is years. certificate is granted
upon an average of 80 per cent, including three
higher branches and the scnool law, with no
grade below rs, provided applicant has bad 30
months experience teaching.
A seeondsclass a years. certificate is grant
ed upon an average OF 80 per cent, including
two higher branches and the school law, with
no grade below 10 provided applicant has had
"a months experience in teaching.
A third>class g years. certificate Is granted
upon an average of IS per cent. including
no grade below IS. provided applicant has had
l9 months experience in teaching.
A fourth >ciass e years. certificate is granted
upon an average OF 70 per cent, including the
school law, with no grade below so, provided
applicant has had u months experience In
teaching.
A ffth class Il Year, certificate is granted
upon average of IS per cent, with n grade
below So.
[ L 4 ~ ~WATTERs. Board of Ex.
9>3 ly ]. A. HENDERSON,