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Crusade against Slavery.

Cardinal LaVigprie has visited England
in order to appeal for sympathy, in his
crusade against the the Arab slave traders
whose cruelty and wicked operations thrra-
ten to eXterminate the natives OF Africa.
The Cardinal is Roman Catholic Prlmate
of the Dark Continent, and tor Wfll-Illgh
half a century has been COuSeCTated to the
service of his Church. The Pope has or
dered him to preach a crusade against tue
slave trade. The Cardinal has been inter
viewed by a representative OF The Echo
In answer to questions, he Said:-
IL headed a band OF Pilgrims who went
to Rome to offer to his Holiness the Pope
our respectful homage on his Jubilee, and
to express our gratitude for his splendid
resolve to deal with the awful subject of
slavery. l took with me twelve slaves,
bought in the market, as simply unexag-
gerated specimens OF the misery and Sut-
fering produced of the system. Could l
have brought them here, and shown them
as they were when | first saw them, such Il
thrill of horror would nave run through
London as this generation has not known.
Let me ask you to consider how MOhane-
danism has restleSSly and irreSistlbly crept
over half of Africa. / have lived among
these MusSulmans, and | would not say one
word against them, Tor undoubtedly MO
hamedanism is an advance upon heaUhen.
ism. But the saddeSt feature of their
creed is that they regard humanity as be.
ing divided into two races, one OF which Is
inferior, and destined to serve. Thus they
look upon the negro as a mere animal, or as
Leo Kill. remarked, ga bullock destined
to bear the yoke" They have put their
doctrines into effect, and bands of slave
hunters have pushed on further and fur.
Their, from Morocco and Tunis, past Tim
Ouctoo and the countries along the Niger,
from Egypt and Zanzibar, the Lake dis
tricts, and to-day are on the banks of the
Higher Congo, and even to the confines of
the British possessions at the Cape and iu
ZululaDd.
''These slave hunters" continued the
Cardinal, "carry off by violence any iSolat'
ed woman or child they can fnd, and, to
, 1888-09-22

But with Revd. Father Monet, we may
all saw, how is it that Governments do not
stir?
One might be tempted to think, with
Montesqni (the author of Spirit of Laws
CHAPTER 18th, that things that take place
in Africa, must be of little Importance, for
European Princes, who take such a length
of time to elaborate contracts between
themselves, have not yet thought to make
one for mercy and pity. 1t is what Car
dinal Lavigerie has just said.
He wishes first to attract and enlighten
Public opinion: what might not arise from
it, through such a man influence. AL
ready, since st. Sulpice conference, he re-
ceived proposals af enlistment many wish
to ioin the brave F~renchman, NJ. J%Oubert,
who spontaneously organized a detachment
of 600 men in Central Africa, so as to check
the slave trade. But 600 men are not
enough. However, as Cardinal Lavige-
RE is familiar with wonders, he might so
on rolling the SNOWFALL.
The Father, as he is commonly called III
Africa, in Tunis, in Algiers as at Carthage,
scan do any thing"
1t is really the vibrating heart OF the
century a great FEenchman, he brings to
France. statements of evidence to open all
eyes {; ne VIII IcHU6l pdlIdOlO C'h -"
that are a shame and that must be done
away with. After preaching the crusade
at ST. Sulpice, he will repeat it at st. Ger
main PAuxerois, before the united societies
of ST. Vincent de Paul, he will publish 1t
all over France, and his voice will also be
heard in Belgium and Holland.
After preaching and convincing pub.
lie opinion, he will organize committees,
who will raise subscriptions, under the
patronage of the Press, the entire Press.
1t has been asked: will he be able to res
SusCitate the order OF Malta? 1t p. feared
not. as such times are past. But may be
instead of that institution. a new league, that
of the knights Of tue Apostles, might spring
up, formed 10y the people, the working class,
Young men so readily disposed to sacrifice
themselves, with some also from amongst
the gentry. Once the men are collected,
public charity will arm them, and the
grand Cardinals work will stand up.
Formerly the saying was: BY Gods will /;
nova day, the Cardinal proclaimS 'humdAi-
IN lcjSheS 1t, and thank God, patriotic feel
ings have not died away out Of our hearts.
, 1888-09-22

quote Pere Monet, one of my missionaries,
ga woman or child who goes ten minutes
distance from the village, has no certainty
OF returning" But that is not all. They
organise their expeditions with as much
care as a war. Sometimes in extreme re.
tinement OF their brutality, they induce
neigbbOuring tribes to JOIN them, by an
offer of a share in the pillage, and c~ontrive
later on, to capture them into the bargain.
The slaves are on foot in the caravan
march and they tie the hands and feet of
all the men who appear strong enough
to offer any resistance or flight, in such a
manner that every step is painful. Fort
whole day they drag along their wretched
way, and at night a handful of raw grain
is given them as food. In a few days, grief,
pain, fatigue, and privatiOn have broken
numbers down. Then the brutal captOrs
pass down the lines, and to save gunpOw-
der in shooting them, deal a heavy blow,
with a bar Of wood carried for the purpose,
on the back of the unhappy victims neck,
who with one piercing cry, rolls on the
a in the ag0niSed commissions of death.
In the slave market, decency is ignored,
and blood ties go for nothing; husband
and wife, parents and children, are ruth
leSSlX separated.
"Now," added the Cardinal, "my mis-
sion is to declare in all Christian lands
these horrible facts, which / hare seen and
kNo1cn to eriSt. 1t is a great opportunity
for international coalition, and all may
unite in a work that appeals to the com.
mon moral sense of men, apart even from
religious groundS."-Tbe Christian.
In a book on the jews, by DR.. Kellogg, of
America, it is stated that there is at Cairo
the largest college in the world. There are
800 professors who teach MohammedaniSm,
and 10000 students. At the head OF this
university is a Jewish pervert to Islam.
Surely this suggests the amazing energy of
the Jewish nature, and that the recovering
OF Israel t0ChriSt would be ''life from the
dead The Mohammedan propaganda
goes out from this institution with this
only as his outfit turban, a cloth round
his Ions, and a Koran. There has been a
tendency Of late, through recent discus
sons, to dlSpalage missionary zeal among
MohamInedans. But have We not, as fol
lowers OF our crucifpd Lord, something to
learn from them Ibid.
, 1888-09-22
Barbados News.
From the agricultural Reporter.)

The weather for the past fortnight has
been everything that could have been
wished by the most grumbling of the plant
tiers for the growing crops. Last week waS
a week of ralu-rueSday and Thursday
particularly, frequent and heavy showers
fell. Sine Saturday last we have had
some bright and hot days. Wednesday
WAS an excessively hot aud sultry day, in
town, but heavy rain fell to Leeward the
sun sank below the horizon in Il sheet of
fiery red, IA vast cloud rs of LIQUID fire ex-
tending over Il great part of the western
horizon. Opinions were freely expressed
to the effect that heavy weather. was not
far off but this ended only in a long and
heavy shower last evening. The young
first crop canes, all over the Island, are az
healthy and vigorous as the most ~erigeGnt
could possibly wish them TO be. The suck.
eIage is fine, and the canes are thick and
forward. "FertilizerS" of various sorts,
according to the opinions of the different
Attorneys, have been pretty generally used,
and nave made their decided mark
on the 10uriShing appearance of the grow
ing canes. 1t is TO be regretted that some
few proprietors have expressed their pc.
cuniary inability to apply foreign manure
since, with a wet year as the present one,
its application will pay in the increased
production. The 'ratOOns' cannot be spo-
ken OF as a whole in such favourable terms
AS the plant canes. In some few places
they are looking hard and yellow, owing
to an excess of moisture, in which cases
the application of some stimulant for a
little more) would not be amiss. In other
places they are low and thin, owing to the
~lateneSs of the reaping of the canes from
whose StumpS they are grown. 1t is fear
ed that in the case of some of those estates
on the deep soils, One-third or more of
whose crop dependSupontheir 'ratoons, their
prospect as regards their ratoous is not
very encouraging at the present moment.
But, with a continuance of the fine wealth
er we are getting, the Island can look
forward with confidence to another large
crop next year. With the exception now,
we are glad to note, of a very few estates
inot more than half a dozen or SOY, the crop
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
THE COWBOY.

From Theodore RoOSevelt'S illustrated
article in the Midwinter Century we
quote the following: "Singly or in twOs
or threes, they gallOp their wiry little
horses down the street, their 1.-THE, sup
pie figures erect or swaying slightly as
they sit loosely in the saddle; while their
stirrups are so long that their knees are
hardly bent, the brides not taut enough
to keep the chains from clanking. They
are smaller and less muscular that the
wielders of ak and pick; but they are as
hardy and Self-reliant as any men who
ever breathed brOnZed, set faces,
and keen eyes that look all the world
straight in the face without f1inching as
they flash out from under the broad -brim-
med hats. Peril and hardship, and years
of long toll broken by weeks of brutal
dissipation, draw haggard lines across
their eager faces, but never dim their
reckless eyes nor break their bearing of
defiant self-confidence. They do not
walk well, partly because they so rarely
do any work out of the saddle, partly
because their chGperGjOS, or leather over
alls, hamper them when on the ground;
but their appearance is striking for all
that, and picturesque too, with their
jingling spurs, the big revolvers stuck in
their belts, and bright silk handkerchiefs
knotted loosely around their necks over
the open collars of the flannel shirts.
When drunk on the Yillainous whisky
of the frontier towns, they cut mad an
ties, riding their horses into the saloons,
firing their pistols right and left, from
boisterous light-heartedneSs rather than
from any viciousness, and indulging too
often in deadly shooting affrays, brought
on either by the accidental contact of
the moment or on account of some long
standing grudge, or perhaps because of
bad blood between two ranches or local
tiles; but except while on such sprees
they are quiet, rather self-contained
men, perfectly frank and simple, and on
their own ground treat a stranger with
the most whOle-souled hospitality, doing
all in their power for him and scorning
TO take any reward in return. Although
prompt to resent an injury, they are not
at all apt to be rude to outsiders, treat
ing them with what can almost be call
ed grave courtesy. They are much
better fellows and pleasanter companions
than small farmers or agricultural Ia
borers; nor are the mechanics and work
men of great city to be mentioned in
the same breath"
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THE OLDEST AND BEST.

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FRUITLESS INVESTIGATIONS.


Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The resolution which has just passed
the House authorizing the Committee on
Manufactures to investigate certain
trusts or combinations created for the
purpose of raising the prices of commo-
dities is a step in the right direction, but
it has been taken so hurriedly that any
proceeding in pursuance thereof is likely
to prove abortive. The desire to get
control of the subject was superior to
the real interest involved, and the result
will be simply to strengthen the grip of
those combinations which have thus far
defied popular sentiment and will not
scruple to take advantage of any legal
or other technicalities which may hap
pen TO be in their favor.
The resolution is defective in this,
that while it makes provision for "send-
ing for persons and papers" it gives the
committee no authority to use the courts
as a means for compelling witnesses to
answer The committee can summon
witnesses just as one may call spirits
from the vastly deep, but the point is to
get answer from either. This mistake
might have been avoided had the House
taken time to discuss the resolution and
acted in the light of all the facts.
The debate showed wide diversity
Of opinion not only as to the scope or
want of scope Of the resolution, but also
as to the power of Congress to investi-
gate trusts or business combinations of
any kind. Mr.. Randall thought, for ex-
ample, that such combinations as the
Standard Oil Company and the whisky
trust would bear looking after. Mr..
Brumm would include the anthracite
coal pool and the Western Union mo-
nopoly, while that doughty champion OF
free trade and the rights of workingmen,
the Hon. William L. Scott, was clearly
of the opinion that Congress had moth
ing whatever to do with the question. II
is quite within the range of probability
that the passage of this resolution will
not cause the monOpolists of the eOun-
try to lose any sleep.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
HOW TO COOK AHAM.

Davenport Qa.) Gazette.
There are plenty of places in this city
where good hams can be purchased. Let
me give you one of the late Sam Wards
recipes for cooking ham, which L have
never seen in print:
Take large, fat ham, weighing from
twenty to twenty-five pounds, parboil
then skin it. Then take one teaspoonful
of powdered mace, one teaspoonful of
powdered black pepper, two teaspoonfuls
of powdered cloves, two teaspoonfuls of
powdered allspice, one quarter of tea
spoonful of powdered cayenne pepper.
Mix the spices with enough brown sugar
to cover top of ham one inch thick; put
the ham in large dripping pan, into
which pour two quarts of port wine; bake
in hot oven, and baste frequently till the
ham absOrbs the wine. Now, sir, is not
that dish fit to set before an American
citizen or a Roman Emperor
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
LOVES SEASONS.

The wall-nOwerS TO the frolic wind
DO dance their golden aiEulets,
And elf-maidS steal the hawthorn beads
To wear for fairy amuletS.
The spring is here, the spring is here
The loye-time of the year, my dear,
All heavy hang the apple boughs
Weighed down by balls of yellow gold;
The poppy cups, 50 fiery bright,
Meseems would burn the hearts they hold.
The summers here, the summers here
The kss-time of the year, my dear,
The birds are winged for the South,
The elf-maids HE them 10 their bowers,
And dandeliOn balls do feat
Like silver ghosts of golden flowers.
The autlmn'S here, the autumn'S here
The wife-tiT,e Of the year, my dear.
Now are the heavens not more gray
Than are the eyes of her love:
More dainty-white than her sweet breast
The snow hes not the earth above.
The winters here, the winters here
But lOye-time lasts the year, my dear!
-Amelie Rirers IN Hdrper's for February.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
A NOVEL BUSINESS CALENDAR
AND STAND.

BY far the most novel, convenient, and
valuable business calendar for 1888 is the
Columbia Bicycle Calendar and Stand,
just issued by the Pope Manufacturing
dar propsr is in the o4m MaSs Of s pad fae een
tanning 1866 leaves one for each day in
the year, to be torn off daily. The leaves
are 51s by pa inches, and a portion of
each leaf is left blank for memoranda, so
arranged that the memorandum blank
for any coming day can be turned to i'm
mediately at any time. The pad rests
upon portable stand, which takes up
little more room than the pad itself, and
when placed upon the desk or writing
table the entire surface of the date left
is brought directly, and left constantly,
before the eye, furnishing date and mem-
Oranda, impossible to be overlooked. Be
sides the month, the day of the month,
the days of the yearpassed and to come
are specified.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
.VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE.

In the way of catalogue, Vick's Floral
Guide is unequaled in artistic appearance
and the edition of each year that appears
simply perfect, is surpassed the next. New
and beautiful engrayings, and three color
ed plates of flowers, vegetables, and grain
are features for the issue for 1888. Its
lavender tinted cover, with original de-
signs of most pleasing effects, will ensure
it prominent place in the household. 1t
is in itself a treatise on horticulture, and
is adapted to the wants of all who are in
terested in the garden or house plants. 1t
describes the rarest flowers and the chOic-
est vegetables. If you want to know any
thing abount the garden, see Vick's Floral
Guide, price only 10 cents, including a
certificate good for 10 cents worth of seeds.
Published by James Wick, Scotsman,
Rochester, New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
Catarrhal Dangers.

To be freed from the dangers of SufOcatiOn while
lying down; to breathe freely; sleep sOundly and
undsturbed; to rise refreshed head clear; brain
active and free from pain ache; to know that no
poisonous, putrid matter defeS the breath and
rOts away the delicate machinery of SMELL taste and
hearing; to feel that system does not through its
veins and arteries suck up the poison that is sure
to undermine and destroy, is indeed a blessing be-
yOnd all other human enjOyments. To purchase
immunity from such fate should be the object OF
all afliced, but those who have tried many remedies
and physiancians despair of relief or cure.
SanfOrd's Radical Cure meets every phase OF
Catarrh from simple head cold to the most lOath-
some and destructive stages. 1t is local and con-
stltutiOnal. Instant in relieving, permanent in
curing; safe, economical and never-failing.
SanfOrd's Radical Cure consists of one bottle OF
the Radical Cure, one box Catarrh Solvent and one
Improved Inhaler, all wrapped in one package
with treatise and direction and sold by all drug
gists for 81. POTTER DRUG & CHEMICLL Co.,
Boston, Mass.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
BRACE UP.

You are feeling depressed, your appe-
tite is poor, you are bothered with head
ache, you are tidgety, nervous, and gen
orally out of sorts, and want to trace up.
Brace up, but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bitters, which have for their
basis very cheap, bad whisky, and which
stimulates you for an our, and then leave
you in worse condition than before What
you want is an Alternative that will purify
your blood, start healthy action of the
liver and kidneys, restore your vitality
and give renewed health and strength
Such medicine you will find in Electric
Bitters, and only 80 cents bottle at Pat,
tersOns' drug store. 3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02

HERE are four sentences said to be
taken from a composition written by a
Philadelphia pupil after hearing lee
ture on physiology: 1.-THE human body
is made up of the head, the thOrax and
the abdomen; the head contains the
brains, when there is any; the thOrax
contains the heart and the lungs; the
abdomen contains the bowels, of which
there are five, A, E, l, o and L, and
sometimes W and Y"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING.

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at PattersOns'
drug store as their giving away to their
customers of so many free trial bottles of
Dr. Kings New Discovery for COnsump-
ton. Their trade is simple enormous in
ha s very S aWavs se aad OM newer s dsae
points. Coughs, colds, asthma, brOn-
chitis, Group, and all throat and lung dis
ease quickly cured. You can test it be-
fore buying by getting trial bottle free,
large size 81. Every bottle warranted. 8
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
A WOMAN'S DISCOVERY.
EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS OF

Another wonderful discovery has been
made, and that too by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her, and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital Or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she coughed
necessarily and could not sleep; she bot
of us bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, and was so much
relieved on taking first dose that she slept
all night, and with one bottle has been
miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther LutZ." Thus writes w. G. Ham
rick 4 Co, of Shelby, N. C.. Get free
trial bottle at Pattersons' drug store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
A VOICE FROM THE SLOPE.

San Francisco Chronicle
The public will not be astOnished to
find Messrs. Stewart and Stamford so
lenient in their judgment of Lamar when
they bear in mind the valuable services
rendered the railroads with doubtful land
grants at stake, by turning ont Sparks.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-02
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.

Boston Gazette.
"I have had very quiet evening at
home" said Snoozer, as he Strengthened
himself, after long nap on the sofa.
al haven't" replied his wife, who had
been listening to a series of snOres that
shook the house like young earthquake