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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
AFRICA'S FUTURE.
HOW THE DARK CONTINENT CAN BE
OPENED Up To CIVILIZATION.

HOW THE DARK CONTINENT CAN BE
OPENED Up To CIVILIZATION.
New York Tribune.
The fate of Stanley is now attracting
the attention OF ChriStaGGom. The dis
appearance year ago in the mazes of
the Dark Continent of an expedition
destined for the relief of the only Eu-
ropean remaining in the valley of the
White Nile is an episode of unrivalled
interest in the annals of exploration and
adventure. The unforeseen arrival in
the Bahr-el- Ghazel district of mysteri-
Gus White Pacha leading legion of
warriors from Niam-Niam is almost as
| startling surprise as the return of Stan
| ley to the OutpOsts of civilization at the
mouth of the Congo after traversing the
Continent. The identity of this White
| Pacha is notyet cOnclusiVely established,
but the facts and probabilities all point
| to Stanley as the leader of this native
army which has created CONSERVATION at
khartOum. If what are now only reaS-
enable conjectures are fully confirmed
I by later and authentic advices, Stanley's
achievement will be one of the most
picturesque incidents in the history of
the Dark Continent. But while his per-
ilOus march and Emin's gallant defense
of the equatorial provinces rivet the at
tention of the world as events of sur
passing interest, the nations are rapidly
establishing continuous Gordon of set
Elements around Africa and are being
drawn gradually into an inevitable con-
test for supremacy in the interior. These
rivalries and extensions of sovereignty
pass almost unnoticed, yet are not with
out peculiar interest and significance.
The great work to be done in Africa
is the extirpatiOn of the horrible traffic
now cOnducted,by devastating hOrdeS of
Arabs. These MOhamedan savages of !
an alien race now have license to muir
der or enslave natives and to burn and |
destroy villages North, South, East and |
West. They have established over the
blacks a reign of terror. The tracks of |
slave caravans are marked by depOpu- |
lated districts and villages in ashes. The
fairest portions of Africa are haraSsed |
and devastated by these barbarouS ivory
hunters and cold blOOded traflickerS in
human souls. Germany and England |
by united effort can do much TO sup
press this infamous warfare and butch
cry, and thereby to restore peace in At
RIGA. Germany at Zanzibar aided by
England at Khartoum can control the
centers of the slave trade on the coast.
Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika, if pa
trOlled, one by Germany and the other
by England, can be delivered from the
ravages of the Arab marauders. The
Portuguese, who have always cOnnived
at the slave traffic at the mouth of the
Zambesi, can be forced by the united
action of these powers to cooperate in
the same beneficient work With the
slave marts on the coast closed and the
water ways in the interior, the Congo
and the Nyassa- -Tanganyika chain pro-
tected against slavers' raids, tropical Af-
rica would be transformed, paciied and
opened to civilization.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

EVEN poor old Judge Thurman is be-
ing dragged around the country at the
chariot wheels of Grover Cleveland to be-
wall the taxes poor men are compelled to
pay upon the clothing they wear. But
he is careful not to mention the tax on
rice Q00a per cent nor sugar (6S per
cent? which his friends propose to levy.
These are articles the families of poor
men are occasionally compelled to use,
and if each head of a family will estimate
the amount he pays for sugar yearly he
may approximate his contribution to the
Louisiana sugar planters. Judge Thur
man says the duty levied is altogether a
tax upon the consumer, which is not ex-
actly true; but taking him at his word in
this particular, each individual head of a
family may approximate the sugar tax
levied upon him.
The theory of Protection is that home
production shall be fostered, home mar
kets created, stable employment furnish
ed the people, at wages that will enable
them to live well and educate their child
ren, that the competition that is sure to
result will lessen prices, and that all these
benefits will much more than compensate
for the added cost people may pay for
articles upon which protective duties are
levied. But this theory will not apply tC
sugar. One State, only, is greatly inter.
ested in its production. The conditions
of soil and climate are such that the pro,
liabilities are we will always be COMPEL
ed to import 80 per cent. or upward Of
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

AMONG the parallels between the pres
ent and the 1910 campaign it may be
noted that it, like this campaign, was
entered upon with confidence by the
Democrats. The odds given at first in
the betting on Cleveland's election were
less than were given on Van Buren. The
belief of the Democratic leaders was that
Van Buren, would sweep all before him.
The Democracy made a brave show of
enthusiasm, and they had their cam
paign song with its chorus Of
rig, Jig, jig, Wen tear the husky rae
coonS down"
which they sang as Justify as the Wings
did their carol of 'TippccanOe and Tyler,
Too" but when the returns came in the
Democrats had only sixty out of the 2.D4
electoral votes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

No do3tJt aRy longer eriSts IN the mind
Of any man as 10 the purposes Of the Dem
GcrGtic party totrdri the tariff. What
ecer doubt mag hare eriSted as to the
meaning Of dny phrase Of that instrU-
H2ent is YeHOced 6y the declaration that
the DdTty reiteFdfeS those declarations as
Interpreted Jy the Message Of Mr.. Clece-
land, and tbe subsequent dpprOrdt 9f the
action of Democrats Ia COHgTtSS.-LOuls
vile Courier Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

EXCURSION to West Virginia Exposi-
ton at Wheeling, via b. X O. On Au-
gust 27 to 81 inclusive the b. X o. II. r.
will sell round trip excursion tickets to
Wheeling at one fare, with 90 cents added
for admission to the fair grounds; tickets
good returning until September |, inclu
sive. On Thursday August 3Oth, spe.
cial train will be run and excursion tick
cts with admission coupon attached, sold
at the following low rates train leaves
st. Clairsville Junction at 7:3l A. NJ
fare 81. Returning train leaves Wheel
ing at p. NJ. Tickets good returning
only on date of sale. I'd.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

THE old Harrison Almanac" of 1910
contains great deal of matter that is
strictly pertinent and timely for the sec
ond Harrison campaign. For instance,
these questions and answers:
"WhO will vote the Van Buren ticket?"
"An who wish to see the price of labor
reduced to level with that paid in Eu-
rope. All such as prefer the interests of
the olliceholders to the interests of the
people"
'WhO will vote the Harrison ticket?"
"All who believe that the condition of
our workingmen has been better than
that of the workingmen of Europe, and
who wish to have it remain so.''
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

BENJAMIN HARRISON is the Republic
an candidate for President, not James
G.. Blaine, and Benjamin Harrison is as
sound and safe upon the question of
trusts, and everything else that concerns
the welfare of working people, as any
man in America. He is more nearly like
Abraham Lincoln than any Presidential
candidate since Lincoln.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

THE few dollars tax man may pay
upon his clothing is a small matter, pro-
viding he has employment, good wages,
and is getting along in the world; and,
on the other hand, it matters little to
him how cheap clothing is if he has no
money and is out of employment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
TIIFUANDSONEST LADY

In 81. Clairsville remarked to friend the
other day that she knew kemp's BalSam
for the throat and lungs was a superior
remedy. as it stopped her cough instant
ly when other cough remedies had no
effect whatever. SO to prove this and
convince you of its merit, any druggist
will give You a sample bottle free. Large
size 1nc and 81. q.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
THERE was heavy earthquake shock
at Stevenson, Ala, last Thursday.

SO stubborHly haze al Efforts to rtarm
the present condition been resisted bg those
If oar .tej!o1c-citizeuS thus engaged that
they can bdrily compIGia Of the suspicion
entertained 10 a certain erteRt that there
eriStS dn organized combination al along
the line 10 mGiHiGiH their GdrdHtGye.-
President Clevelands Message.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

HAY FEVER sufferers ought to know
of its efficacy. Ely's Cream Balm was
recommended 10 me as preventative to
HAY Fever; have been using it since the
9Th of August and have found it specific
for that much-dreaded disease. For ten
wears / have been a great sufferer from
August 9Th till frost. and have tried many
alleged remedies, but Ely's Cream Balm
is the only preventative | have ever
found.-F. Il. Ainsworth, Publisher, In
dianapOlis, Ind zSI
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

"READ both sides of the tariff ques-
tion," says the G0zette. Exactly. Well,
suppose you give your readers an oppor-
tunity to read the Republican declaration
of principles, to begin with.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

A BALL nine feet in diameter, bearing
the portraits of Harrison and Morton,
and the names of the thirty-eight States
and Dakota, has been started from Dres-
den, O.. and will be rolled through the
country until the close of the campaign.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

DEMOCRATIC civil-service reform at
tains Il very drastic quality when an Of
iice-holder's campaign assessment is
made more than his whole salary. The
Carthage (O) Postmaster only gets SO
a year, and he has been notified that SlOO
are expected of him. That is frying out
official fat with clnnibalistic thorough
ness,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

the sugar consumed in the country. In
stead of paving good wages to laborers
and helping them.to lift their children to
a better manhood, employers degrade
them in every way possible, even deny
ing them participation in the affairs OF
government unless they vote as their en-
ployers direct.
Notwithstanding the fact that but one
State is interested in the production of
sugar, and that this country can produce
but a small part of the sugar used by its
people, Protectionists have been willing
to extend to it the protection needed,
providing its friends accord fair treat
ment to the laborers employed in its pro-
duction, and acknowledge the universal
ity of Protection. They do neither of
these things. In the North it would be
thought dreadful invasion of the rights
of men if an employer should say to his
employees You may vote as l vote, or
will discharge you; but in Louisiana
they say ''YOu must vote as l vote, or
not vote at all" And without exception
representatives of that State in Congress
have voted to make the people of Ohio
pay duty of 6S per cent. on sugar, and
voted that no duty whatever shall be col
lected on imported woods.
THE Republican nominations at Gin
cinnati do not surprise any one who has
watched the drift of things in that city
and studied the methods that prevail
there; nevertheless, the defeat of General
Charles E. Brown for denomination for
Congress, under the circumstances, was
so shameless that it must meet with in
dignant protest throughout the State, and
the rampant BOssism of Governor Fora
ker's appointees George B. Cox, con-
spicuOusly-was intolerable. Intense
dissatisfaction is expressed among Re
publicanS at Cincinnati, and conscienti-
Gus men among them Will make their
disgust felt at the polls.
Cincinnati politicians are a bad lot,
and it is our impression that neither pO-
litical party down there has any especial
advantage over the other.
------
THE ticket nominated by the Repub-
licans of West Virginia means a brave
fight for the control of that State. Gen
eral Nathan Golf for Governor, William
P Hubbard for Attorney General, and
Augustus Pollock at the head of the elec-
toral ticket, means business.
Now, let the Republicans of the First
Congress District complete the good work |
by nominating A. W. Campbell for Con-
gress. Mr.. Campbell would at once step
into the front ranks in the House, and is
so well equipped for the public service
that he would be able to do more for his
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

ONE thousand houses were burned at
Orenburg, Russia, last Thursday, and
ten thousand factory operatives made
homeless by the fire.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
TRUSTS.

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The Democratic press is making much
ado about certain references to Trusts
made by Mr.. Blaine in his Portland
speech. The point made by Mr.. Blaine
was that the subject is one that has no
connection with the tariff, and he in
stanced the fact that Free Trade Great
Britain is plastered with these Trusts.
1t may be added that the pioneer and
greatest of the Trusts in this country is
the Standard Oil Company, controlling
an article on which there is no tariff
duty. The utterances of Mr.. Blaine par
ticularly singled out for comment are
his remarks that he would mot venture
to say that they Trusts are altogether
advantageous or disadvantageouS," and
that "they are largely private affairs,
with which neither President Cleveland
nor any private citizen has any particu-
lar right to interfere" These remarks
are obviously incidental and were in no
sense intended to be full expression of
opinion, but there is nothing in them to
show that Mr. Blaine is in favor of
Trusts. How the Republican party
stands on the subject is expressed in the
following plank of the Chicago platform:
We declare our opposition to all combinations of
capital organized in trusts or otherwise to control
arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citi-
ZenS, and we commend to Congress and the State
Legislatures in their respective Jurisdictions, Sue
legislation as will prevent the execution of all
schemes to oppreSS the people by undue charges
their supplies, by unjust rates for the trans
pOrtatiOn of their products to market.
That is the Republican doctrine, and
there is no doubt that Mr.. Blaine is
heartily in accord with it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
Die M0NENI 5000 AGENTS WANTED
D1O WONL ! once to supply Ten Miili'
rioters with the only Official Loves of
HARRISON AND MORTON,

EXquisit steel portraits; Voters Cartridge Box,
Protector, Policy &c, complete 5000 agents at
work report immense success. For best work. best
terms, apply quick and make $500 to $500 a month,
Outfit S5c JAS. NORRIS & Co., 81 w. 4th street,
CINCINNATI. Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

When the number Of farmers engaged
in rool raising is compared toith the far
merS IN the country, and the small pro
portion they bear TO our population Is con
Sidered: WheR ii is made apparent that
ia the case Of a large part Of those 1oh0
opn sheep, tie benefit Of the present tariff
on irool is HiuS0Yy:; reasons are
S,tggeSted mhy the Temordi or reduction Of
this daty should be iRciuded in a reriSi0R
Of or tariff Id'cs.-President Cleveland's
Message.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
TO BE ATTENDED TO.

Washington Letter, August %.
The violation of the postal laws by
certain postmasters in Ohio, who have
inserted in Republican newspapers Dem
ocratic campaign circulars, has been
formally called to the attention of Post
master General Dickinson by General
GrOsvenor, and an Inspector has been
detailed on the case. The Postmaster
General informed Gen. Grosvenor that
he would not wait for House resolu-
ton to direct the inquiry, but would at
once institute a searching inquiry.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
DELMoNT COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge-JOhn b. briggs.
Probate .Judge-Isaac II. Castor.
Clerk of ColITts-William B. Cash.
Sheriff-Oliver +. FOulke.
Auditor-R. X. Barrett.
Treasurer-George Robinson.
Prosecuting AttoTney-JeSSe W. HOlllngwOrth.
RecOrder-JOhn NJ. Beckett.
Commissioners Cope, William j. Berry
John G.. Israel
SurveyOr-C Chalkley Dawson.
COroner-A. NJ. f. Boyd
Infrmary Directors = Burget McCOnnaughy,
president; William Lodge, clerk; John A clark,
auditor.
Superintendent Infirmary john SidebOttom,
s-lrs nichIand. -
Superintendent Children's Home-Peter Gliiln,
BarneSyille 80
School Examiners. II. Waters St Clairsyllle
ii. l.. Peck, Barnesve; s. c. Murphy, Ohvett
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
Total ....... %, ,O75, ,0SSl
The Territories:

1t will be seen that three States-Cal
ifornia, Michigan, and Ohio-had NOR
sheep at the last census than were founC
in the entire South, and Ohio, alone, NOR,
than half as many.
The very gauzy declaration of the de
moralized and frightened Democrats ha
no foundation. The South has, cOmpar
atively, little interest in the production
of wool, and what little it has its Demo
cratic leaders are willing to ruin, in ordel
to break down great industry of tht
North, while they would tax the people
upon every pound of sugar and rice they
use 68 per cent. and 1009 per cent, re.
spectively. And what gigantic robbery
this sugar tax Isl
Compare the duty received from i'm
ported woods with that received from i'm.
ported sugars, and see how the account
stands. On page % of the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury for 1887 is a
statement of the ordinary customs duties
cnllncted dnrinr the year The s1nl To-
tai amounted to $212,O32,424. OF that
sum there was collected upon "sugar,
sugar candy, and molasses $58,016,6S6
more than one-fourth of the entire or
dinary customs duties while upon woods
the duties collected amounted to but S5,-
S99,S17, and upon manufactured wool
ems $29, ,729,717-a total upon woods and
manufactured woolens of S35, ,629 ,534, or
so, ,397,1 ,152 less than upon sugar. Let
us make another comparison. The cen
sus statistics show there were in 1880 in
the United States 1,005 establishments
engaged in the manufacture of iron and
steel, employing 140,978 men, whose pay
yearly amounted to $55,476, ,7S5, and with
an annual production valued at $780,
557,685. Like wool, every State in the
Union is engaged in this production
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Illinois,
Missouri, New Jersey, the two Virginias
and Connecticut the most largely, but in
not a State did the census takers fail to
find one or more factories. Upon the
manufactures of iron and steel imported
there was collected $20,713,234, or $37,
3O3,452 less than upon sugar. Here are
figures that are instructive:
Sugar. sugar candy and molasses. .s5S O16, Csc
MOOlS -....--: :.---.. 5.S99,SlI
Excess of sugar tax S1,G73,9ls
More than a million and half dollars
more collected off imported sugars, alone,
than from iron and steel and woods and
manufactured woolens! And all of that
vast sum of fifty-eight millions levied on
the people for the benefit of few sugar
barons of Louisiana, while the represen-
tatives in Congress of that State unite in
voting beggary and ruin upon the North.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

SEVEN prisoners escaped from the
Clinton county Jail, at Wilmington, o.,
last Thursday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
TOWNSHIP AGENTS WANTED
FOR THE
OHIO CENTENNIAL ADDITION
OF THE
Historical Collections Of Ohio,
In TWO Volumes.

UENTEN Agents to sell 'ElwOods Grain Tables
M hN L LII (S1.25l for every miller, grain dealer,
- and Martins Average Tables lS5l, wanted by
every business house; large demand; liberal terms.
Address L. DARRow & Co., Pubs, Rochester, NY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

REVENUE tariffs are good things for
lawyers and Sheriifs and money sharks,
but bad for all other kinds of people.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30

ALL the trusts, pools, and combines
are supporting Cleveland.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
RATES OF ADVERTISING

One square one insertion. tion..................s1 81 90
Each subsequent insertion. On............... so
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Local advertising 10 cts per line for first inser-
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Rates for commercial advertising furnished on
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ES~All kinds of job Printing done at reasona
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-30
DEPUBLICAN TICKET.
Election, Tuesday. Noyenbt

Election, Tuesday, November c, 1888.
Secretary Of StGte-DANIEL J. RYAN of Scioto
Supreme JudGC-.ICSEFH 7. BRADBURY. of NseigS.
Board Public U0FisS-WFLIS : .t8NF.S of Pike
GOHgroSs-JO d. TAYLOR, OF Guernsey
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-03
PARTNERS FIGHT.

A Lively Time and Lots of "Blud"
on Soledad Street.
John Fl. Copeland, the well known
lawyer, was badly beaten on his head
yesterday afternoon on Soledad street
by Theo. KunZman, q prin ter, with a
heavy mallet. Copeland and Kunzman
have been at outs for some time
past because as president of the
Tribune stock company, Mr.. Cope
land had taken the secretaryship and
business msnagership from Kunzman.
Yesterday Mr.. Copeland had been talk
ing politics with Mr.. Newoomb and
went into the county clerks Office to
consult the records. Coming out the
two men walked up to the johnson
Brothers printing Office, where Mr..
Newcomb is employed, and entered, and
Mr.. Copeland began talking business
with Mr.. Charley johnson. Walking
back In the Office he had come words
with Kunzman and the two began fight
ing, Copeland throwing heavy
cut, used In printing the Stock
man and Farmer paper and
which contained a horse upon 1t, at
Kunzman's head. Not liking the whole
animal, Kunzman lodged the horse and
then began pounding Copeland upon
the head with the mailet, until peace
makers and Policeman Massey stopped
the deal. The cuts made by the mallet
bled profusely. Both men were arrest
ed and gave bond. This morning ir
the recorders court Kunzmsn was dis
missed and Copeland's case was con
tinued for his appearance, as he was no
present.