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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
AGRICULTURE.

WHITEWASHF FOR ROSE-BEETLES.
Correspondent Garden and Forest.
Referring to Mr.. Pearson's experience
in fighting beetles, as related in a
late issue of Garden and Forest, let me
present some notes of an experiment un-
dertaken by Mr.. E. A. Dunbar, an exten-
sive fruit grower of AShtabula county,
Ohio. Last year he sprayed his peach
trees with Paris green mixtures, of var
ious strength, when the peaches were
half grown, to stop the ravages of the
rose bug. continuing, in some instances,
the application until the foliage was half
killed and dropped off; but the bugs were
not diminished, and seemed rather to
thrive on the poison. Hand-picking was
tried, but with unsatisfactory results.
Early in June, this year, advised him
to try spraying his grapes and peaches
with a mixture of peck of air-slacked
lime to a barrel of water, putting it on
so thick that the foliage and fruit would
be well coated with lime when the water
evaporated.
In letter, written July 23, Mr.. Dun
bar SAYS: " A thorough appli-
cation of the remedy advised was un-
doubtedly the means of saving many
dollars worth of fruit. The
rose-bugs appeared this year about June
ll2. One application of a cOal-Oil emul-
sion to a few grape-vineS and rOSe-buSheS
| killed most of the bugs which were there,
but others soon filed their places. |
then mounted a field force-pump on a
| fOrty-gallOn caSk, set on a stOne-boat,
and Stacked about a peck of lime for
each barrel of water, and the motion (ot
the boat kept the lime in suspension.
One man worked the pump, and another
directed the spray, on one side of one
row of grape-vines at time, as fast as
the horse walked down the row, and we
soon had the vinevard thoroughly white
washed, and the lime well on the fruit
under the leaves. was disappointed at
| first in apparent results, as the bugs con-
! tinued to be quite numerous, but after a
few days they vanished, having hurt the
grapes very little, and l have heavier
crop than for several years past. Few
rose-bugs had attacked the side of my
peach orchard nearest the house, and
therefore l did not visit the further side
for several days. When l did the bugs
had already destroyed many peaches.
at once whitewaShed the peach-orchard
in the same manner as the vineyard
with the exception of one row, and the
bugs all emigrated to that row in the
course of a day or two. The whitewaSh
showed quite plainly after several hard
rains, and one application was sufficient
l think the effectiveness of the appli-
cation would have been increased had g
small quantity of crude carbOlic acid beer
added to the lime water. No danger tC
the foliage need be apprehended from
the application Of any amount of lime
At this station this season L have had
the fruit and foliage of some plum tree:
thoroughly coated with lime for weeks
and they appear even brighter ant
healthier than those not treated in this
way.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
Belutn11t Chronicle.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER p, 1SSs.
FACTssTRANGER THAN FICTION.


New York Press.
According to Chauncey NJ Depcw,
the British mind is clouded by the sus-
pjeion that the Democratic party Of the
the United States is composed exclu-
siyelv of teetotalers. This delusion is
accounted for by the Democratic aceus-
alton that the Republican party is in IA
yor of free whisky; and as the Demo
cratic party is in British estimation the
fountain of all purity and reform, this
misapprehension of the habits OF the
Democracy is not at all unnatural
There never existed on earth a political
organization half so successful in taking
to itself things moral and material to
which it is not entitled.
And vet, ridiculous and extremely alb
surd as the British notion seems TO be
in the light of the facts, it is not bit
more ridiculous or presumPtuous than
tine pretenses of the Democratic party
in other regards. Its profession OF
friendship for labOring men, its lip love
for the Union soldier, its resolutions IA
yoring economy and purity in govern
ment. its fervid utterances about con-
stitutional liberty, freedom Of speech
and majority rule have no greater claim
to sincerity than the laughable presump-
ton that it is composed OF total alb
stainers.
For generations it posed as the cham
pion of the toiler while it drew the blood
and sweat of the black man and lashed
him on the back for pay. Its campaign
orators with shameless effrOntery are to-
day appealing for the support of wage
workers, while their desperate purpose
is destroy the material prosperity that
made labor intelligent, respected and
powerful. And vet, strange to say, II
regularly receives the support OF an
army of workingmen, without whose
suffrages 1t would inevitably perish in
every township of the North in which
there is public school.
1t appeals for the support of Irish,
Americans while it stands in alliance
offensive and defensive with the power
that robbed these same Irishmen Of al
material and mental advantages; and
while its chiefs at Washington art
even now plotting for the passage Of an
extradition treaty that would make the
machinery of Justice in America po
liceman for Dublin Castle, it poses as
the champion of the American fisher
men after seeking to surrender every
right that renders his existence tolera
BILE.
It's the bosom friend of the UnioT
veteran after it has defeated or delayed
every line of legislation intended for hi:
benefit during its term of power in the
national House of Representatives Or
ganized and existing for Southern su
premacy and the incidental emolument'
of ''plunder and spoils, it steadily mas
uuerades before the American people
concealing its deformities in every man
ner of mask. And countless thousand:
of otherwise sensible men listen to it:
pretenses and even believe them.
If it can successfully appear to b'
that which it is not on this side of th'
ocean under the very eye of the Ameri
can nation, why should we affect aston
ishment that men in England are ready
to believe that it is composed of tota
abstainerS?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
GIEANINGS.

In riding through the we'll cultivated
portions of the country, which were first
settled nearly a century ago, one is often
struck, says the Country Gentleman, with
the contrast between the smooth, clean,
luxuriant fields, and the weedy, rough,
neglected roadSides. There is too much
of disposition with many country peo-
pie or residents, to attend very strictly
to their own business, and to take care
not to expend any labor for the benefit
of their neighbors or the public at large.
But better and happier feeling would
result from at least moderate share of
public spirit, and from the enjoyment of
neatness on every side The public road
is so much respected by every owner of
a country house, that he always places
the best side facing the road; and why
then should he hesitate to make the road
something like a handsome landscape
garden, that he may enjoy it the hun
dreds of times he drives through it? If
others will not join him, he can try it on
his own portion.
An orchardist, recommending low
headed trees, pointed to his peach Or
ehard, with branches coming out of the
central stem only few inches from the
ground, and stated that at least one
half the peaches were picked while he
was standing on the ground, and the
rest with a short standing ladder. AS
the roots of the peach have been repeat
edly proved to extend much further from
the stem than the height of the tree, at
least nine-tenths of the whole surface of
the orchard occupied by the roots was
subjected to horse cultivation; and the
small portion covered with the central
branches caused little loss. When re-
quired to clear out few weeds near the
tree, it was done by hand with less labor
than to gather the whole crop with long
ladders from tall trees.
The autumn is a good time to make
improvements on the farm; new roads
may be built to advantage; the low land
may be ditched out, that it may be thor
oughly drained; old stumps pulled out,
and the land levelled and seeded down
to grass. Every farmer who has much
low land that is covered with wood
should clear a small piece every year,
and thus extend his moving lands. An
old swamp well drained, cleared up, and
seeded to grass makes very durable ad-
dition to any farm; ON such land a ten
of hay may be grown at half the ex-
pense it will cost on high land, and even
in dry seasons a good crop may be ex-
pected.
This fall the prudent farmer, if he
can, will fill his corn cribs for next sea-
sons feeding, carrying even more than
he thinks can possibly be fed. He who
stores corn when it is cheap, usually has
nothing to regret. Summer feeding for
cattle and hogs should attract far more
attention than it does, and soon the OPP
pOrtunity will come to store up the corn
necessary for carrying out this system.
Thousands of farmers will probably sell
corn this fall which they may have to
replace within a year at double price.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
St. CIairSviIIe Board of Health
Rules Governing the Same, Adopted Sept.
18th, 1888.

1. The Health Officer shall be the eX-
ecutiYe officer of the Board, and shall eX-
ecute and enforce all orders, rules, and
regulations made.
2. He shall investigate, as soon there
after as possible, all complains of nuis-
anceS reported to him, or to the Board,
and shall take immediate steps to remove
or abate the same when found to exist.
3. He shall issue all permits authorized
by the Board of Health, and shall see that
the records of the office are properly
made and kept.
4. 1t shall be the duty of the Health
Officer. within twelve hours after receiv
ing notice or information of contagious
or infectious disease, to notify the Super
intendent of Schools of the name and
residence of the person so affected, and to
adopt such other reasonable measures as
will prevent the spread of such disease.
). The Health Officer shall make an
annual report to the Board of Health on
or before the third Monday of February
of each year, with such recommendations
for sanitary improvement as he may
think desirable, and shall attend all regu-
lar meetings of the Board.
6. The Health Officer shall hold office
during the pleasure of the Board of
Health, and shall receive such compensa-
ton for his services as the Board may
Stipulate.
l. No privy vault, cesspool, nor reservoir
into which privy, water-cloSet, stable,
or sink is drained, shall be established or
permitted within fifty feet of any well,
except it shall be water tight.
s. No butchers offal, garbage, nor any
dead animals. nor putrid or sinking ami
NAL or vegetable matter shall be allowed
to collect on the premises of any person,
or be thrown OF allowed to run into any
street or alley.
9. The cleaning of privy vaults and the
removal of other filthy or offensive sub
stances shall be done only in such manner
as prescribed by the Health Officer.
10. No calf, pig, or lamb, or the meat
thereof, shall be offered for sale for hu-
man food which when killed was less
than six weeks old.
II. No hitching posts shall be main
tanned on the streets.
II. No pigs nor hogS) shall be kept in
pens within POO feet of any dwelling or
place of abode within the town.
13. The Board shall meet on the last
| Monday evening of February and the
second Monday evening of August, of
each year, and at such other times as it
may be called by the President.
ii. The Board of Health shall semi
annually on the first Monday of May and
! September examine the Outbuildings and
drains of the town, and inquire into the
sanitary condition of the town generally.
10. The City Clerk shall be Clerk of the
Board of Health, and shall receive such
compensation as the Board may allow.
Adopted by the Board this 18th day
of September, A. ID. 1888.
GEORGE, LINN, President
Attest: w. W. McMONIEs, Clerk pro tem.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

The eIectioneering campaign in America
ought to be most interesting to the English
people for historical, political, and phiIosoph-
icaI reasons. The main question at
issue is English Free Trade against the Cont
mental system Of Protection. The Republic is
on trial. Good, conservative government un
der Cleveland, is opposed by the rule and ruin
party of Blaine, whose friends nominated Har
rson. Thus the American people
are directly involved in the contest through
their pockets. which will be affected by the
tariff, and their future, which would be ser-
ously influenced by the restoration to power
of such a fire brand as Blaine, with his home
rule sympathies and anti Canadian policy The
American election is infinitely more important
10 EngIishmen than their own internal politics
Just at this juncture, and they should observe
every phase of the campaign closely and un,
derstandlngy It is from this point Of view
that the copious dispatches to the Sunday
Times are cabled The result of the Amerf,
can election will help to decide many import.
ant issues in Great Britain.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

Our scheme Of tdgGtjon by means ot
aDhich this needless surplus is taken from
the public and put into the treasury, con
Sists Of a tariff or d1tty Jeojed alDo1 ia'-
portations from abroad and internal
taDes leoied upon the consunptjoR Of TO-
baoco and sptrjtuous and malt liquors.
1t must be concealed that none Of the ar
ticles subjected to internal rs1e11lte tda'a-
tio1a are necessaries. There appears to be
no complaint Of this tG.ratjon.
But oatr present tariff IalCS, the gicto1ts,
inequitatIe and dlogjcaI source Of u'lne-
ceSsdTy taxation, OiLght to be at once re-
Uised and Gmefded.-President CleVe-
lands Message.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
TIME TABLE
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
July 29th, 1888.

Trains leave Wheeling for st. Clairsville at O5 a
m, 90 m, 90 p IN, 10 H., daily, except Sun
day.
Accommodation leaves Cambridge at 80 a III,
GAINESVILLE at 30 m, daily, except Sunday, and
arrives at Columbus 8 80 a m Cincinnati II A. III.
Accom-. leaves Columbus at 90 p m daily, except
Sunday, arriving at Newark at 90 p m, Nit. Yer
non at II IN Mansfield at Z 30 p m.
Accom-. leaves Wheeling at % a IN daily, except
Sunday, arriving at Cambridge at IL % a m.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

o listenl On the breezes glad voices come
to-day,
From many wife and mother, and this
is what they say:
"The FavOrite Prescription works cures
where doctors fail.
Best friend of suffering women, o blessed
boon, all hail!'
If every woman who suffers from dis
eases peculiar to her sex, knew of its
wonderful curative properties, what a
mighty chorus of rejoicing would be
heard throughout the length and breadth
of the land, singing the praises of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t is the
only medicine for women, sold by drug
gists, anoier q poSitice guarantee, from
the manufacturers that it will give sat
isfaction in every case, or money will be
refunded. This guarantee has been
printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faith
fully carried out for many years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
TO BOOK-KEEPERS.
If YOU wish To borrow

If You wish to borrow
A book from our shelves,
Remember! tomorrow
y We may want it ourselves.
You can call in and read
Whate'er you desire;
We Il furnish You books,
And We II furnish YOU fire.
But we don't like to lend 'em,
For books cost us cash,
And so few ike to send 'em
Right home the first dash.
Laid aside, they re forgot,
And borrowers become
''BoOk-keeperS, +" and not
One in ten is brought home.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
COL. YERGER AND HIS OLD COAT.

COL. ERGEh AND hlS OLD OOA1.
Texas SiftingS.
Col. Yerger came home not long since
clad in a new coat. "Where did you get
that coat?" asked Mrs. Yerger, critically
examining it. splendid coat, amt it?
Only gave five dollars for it. bought
it at Levy's second hand clothing store" :"
"Well, let me tell you that it is your old
coat which l sold him last week for 35c
He has fixed it up little and palmed it
off on you as new" rs that so?' eX-
claimed Colonel Yerger. 'NOw l know
what he meant when he grinned and
said it fitted me just as if it had been
made for me. l thought he was lying,
but l see now that l was deceived in
him. And l paid him seven dollars for
the coatr' He goes to hunt gun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

When the number Of farmers engaged
IN o0Ool raising Is compared aOith the far
mers in the country, and the small pro
portion they bear to oar population is con
Sidered; Dhe1 1t IS made apparent that
R the case Of q large part Of those a0hO
OoOn sheep, the benefit Of the present tariff
on aOOOI is UlusO1y;; Il reasons are
suggested 1Chy the remOoaI or reduction Of
this duty should be incl,tGled IN q recisiOn
Of our tariff laaOS.-President Cleveland's
Message.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

*Trains run daily. tDaily except Sunday.
Accommodation leaves SaGduSky at 100 p IN
daily, except Sunday, and arrives at Columbus at
Z 30 p m. Accom-. leaves Newark at 90 a m daily,
except Sunday: arrives at GAINESVILLE 8 40; Cam
bridge IS, Wheeling 30; Pittsburgh 4 90 p m
Accom- leaves Columbus at 20 a IN daily, arrives
at Newark at % IN; GAINESVILLE at 50 am.
Trains leave st. Clairsville for Wheeling at u
m. 20 am, IL 30 IN, los m, daily, except Sunday
Accom- leaves Mansfield at 10 a m, Mt Vernon
- a m daily except Sunday, Newark at - a IN
daily arriving at Columbus at % am.
Accom-. leaves Cambridge at 10 p m daily, eX-
cept Sunday, arriving at Wheeling at 10 p M
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains
w. W. PEABODY, c. q. SCULL,
Genl Manager, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Chicago, Ill. Baltimore, Md.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all Skin EruptiOns, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by Patterson & Sons. ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

SAM SMALLs, late private Secretary
for Gov. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia,
ex-Vice President of the Southern Con-
federacy, is making speeches in West
Virginia. Under the guise of Prohibi-
tion Sam devotes his time to whole
sale abuse of the Republican party.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

For a good education, at a first-class
college, at the lowest rates, go to Frank
lin College, New Athens, o. Only 1O
miles north of St. Clairsville. Boarding
$1.32; furnished room 30 to 35c; books
Tentedl &c; total less than $1.75 per week
Music 33c; Art 25c; ElocutiOn lie per les
son. Address Rev. w. A. WILLIAMS,
President. 8 soft
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

The increasing demand for safe and
certain remedy for worms i'll children is
shown in the sales of PattersOn's "WOrm
Syrup" All persons using this valuable
remedy unite its praise. Safe, sure and
pleasant. "Children cry for it." Sold by
all dealers; 2octs. 10 6,S7-tf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

THE best bargain and the best paper
we know of is THE SCRAP Book, pub
lished at GAINESVILLE, o. 1t is only tJCen-
ty,tice cents a year in all nearly 400 pages)
and each subscriber also receives pair
of Suspenders worth more money. This
is reliable. Write for it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
B. & o. EXCURSIONS.

The following Special Excurson Rates
are announced by the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Columbus and Cincinnati Rail-
road Companies:
Cincinnati Centennial Exposition, July
4 to October q, 1SS8-LoW excursion
rates will be made from all points in Ohio
Ohio Centennial at Columbus Septem-
Der to October 19-ROund trip excur-
sion tickets will be sold Oh September 4
to October 19.
Guernsey County Fair, at Washington,
Ohio, September 26 to 2S-Rate, one fare
and third from BarneSville, Cambridge,
and intermediate stations to Campbell'S.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
INTERESTED PEOPLE.

Advertising patent medicine in the
peculiar way in which the proprietor of
Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds does,
is indeed wonderful. He authorizes all
druggists to give those who call for it a
sample bottle free, that they may try it
before purchasing. The large bottles are
soc and 81. We certainly would advise a
trial. 1t may save you from consump-
ton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

WHAT is becoming is honorable, and
what is honorable is becoming.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

He that does not know those things
which are of use and necessity for him
to know is but an ignorant man, what
ever he may know besides.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

1t may serve as a comfort to US. in all
our calamities and affections, that he
who loses anything and gets wisdom by
it is a gamer by the loss.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

IT is our relation to circumstances
that determines their influence upon us.
The same wind that carries one vessel
into port may blow another off shore.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

CHRISTIANITY, which is always true
to the heart, knows no abstract virtues.
but virtues resulting from our wants,
are useful to all.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

THE desire of appearing clever often
prevents our being so.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

DEBT is to the man what the serpent
is to the bird; its eye fascinates, its
breath poisons, its coil crushes sinew
and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

EX-PREsIDENT HAYES is in his sixty
sixth wear.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

DANIEL STEELE, a 17-year-old boy,
was sentenced at Mansfield to two years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
forgery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

BALD headed Indians are becoming
numerous since the adoption of hats and
caps by the race.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

JACK RODGERS, Deputy Sheriff of
Crook county, Wyoming, captured un-
assisted five horse thieves and two hun
dred animals
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
O listenl On the breezes glad voices com,

HAY and straw were used for the first
time to make paper in 1923.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

MUCH as worthy friends add to the
happiness and value of life, we must in
the main depend on ourselves, and ev-
eryone is his own best friend or worst
enemy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

OUR SPICES are Pure and Best quality.
Try our Sealing Wax.
9 30-2t PATTERSON q Sons.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

A SMALL town in Michigan has seven
brass bands. Windy!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

GEN. ROsECRANs has been elected
President of the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland, to succeed the late
Gen. Sheridan.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27

BALLOON aScensiOns are made by
moonlight in Cincinnati.