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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
SHERMAN AND OHIO.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
1t is absolutely nonsense to talk about
the Vice-Presidency on the Republican
ticket with respect to any citizen of Ohio.
The veteran and leading Ohio statesman,
John Sherman, is a candidate for the
Presidency, and very strong and hope
full candidate. There is no other candi-
date in Ohio for place on the PreSi-
Dental ticket.
Governor Foraker has been invited to
be one of the delegates es-at-large from the
State, in the Sherman interest, and he
has cordially accepted. The use of the
name of Ex-Governor Foster has no sort
of warrant. He is friend of Sherman
never more so.
Mr.. Blaine has many warm friends in
the State, and the great mass of the party
would enjoy fighting over the battle of
1884 and believe in success Mr..
Blaine offers no encouragement to his
friends to press him, and is in Rome in
the enjoyment of good health and high
spirits and the administration of ice
water to those who are urging that he
should be an unconditional candidate for
the Presidency.
There is no quarrel between the friends
of Sherman and the friends of Blaine
They are for the greater part in favor
with each other. In any event the So
lidity of Ohio for Sherman should be Sc
cured, and the indications all are that it
will be, as it should be, for him without
a struggle.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
SAID BY WISE MEN.

Death ends our woes, and the kind
grave shuts up the mournful scene
Dryden.
Dost thou love life? Then do not
squander time; for that is the stuff life
is made Of.-FTaaklin.
If you always live with those who are
lame, you will yourself learn to limp
From the Latin.
AS riches and favor forsake man we
discover him to be fool; but nobody
could find it out in his prosperity.-La
BJUyere.
If you would be pungent, be brief: for
it is with words as with sunbeams, the
more they are condensed the deeper they
burn.-Southey.
o Neptune! You may save me if
you will; but, whatever happens, l shall
keep my rudder true.-SeReca's Pilot.
The fate of war is to be exalted in the
morning, and then to be brought low
enough at night. There is but one step
from triumph to ruin.-Napoleon
Read not to contradict and confute.
nor TO OelieVe at 1lrSt sight and take for
granted, nor to find talk and discourse.
but to weigh and reason and consider
Lord Bacon.
There is rabble amongst the gentry
as well as the commOnalty, though their
fortunes do somewhat gid their infirm-
tiles, and their purses compound for
their follies.-BrOlDn.
Cheerfulness is the daughter of en-
plOyment, and l have known a man to
come home from a funeral, merely be
cause he had the management of it
Bishop Horne.
If rich, it easy enough to conceal our
wealth; but if poor, it is not quite so easy
to conceal our poverty. We shall find
it less difficult to hide thousand guin-
eas than one hole in our coat.-CoIton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
New Series, Vol. %, No. 8.
DEMOCRATS AND CLEVELAND.


New York Mail and Express.
No real Democrat desires the re-elec-
tion of Grover Cleveland The eviden-
ces of the truth of this proposition are
turning up every day The reason is
that Mr.. Cleveland is an migrate. He
has done nothing since his Inauguration
that has not appeared to him to be of
advantage to himself. He was nomi-
mated and elected by Democrats. OF
course, the MugWumpS helped. Every
vote helps, especially in an election SO
closely contested as that of 1884 But
where would Mr.. Cleveland have been
| but for the Democrats? He would have
received so few votes that ali who east
| them might have been drowned in Gen.
ScOtt'S ''haSty plate of soup" If it were
not for the Democrats he would have
never entered public life. His party
gave him his first chance and made him
President. \ good many Democrats
who knew him voted against him.
These are now Joined by still larger
number who have found him out since
he has been in the White House. One
Of the latter has written to the Sun up
braiding our esteemed contemporary for
abandoning its fight against Mr. Cleve-
land. and the San responds, in effect,
that it has simply recognized and adj
mitted certain recent Democratic acts
which the President has committed. 1t
refers especially to the fact that he has
''kicked the civil service humbug over
board"
When Mr.. Cleveland advocated Civil
Service Reform he thought that it was a
vote catcher. 1t was, perhaps, because
it captured the Mugwumps, while most
of the Democrats voted for him on the
theory that the reform cry was cam
paign dodge. But Cleveland was green
at politics and proposed to keep his prom
ises. Then the ''boys" revolted, and the
President discovered that he was about
to be left stranded without the bulk of
his party. If he had been sincere in his
professions of love for the new system,
this was the hour that he would have
shown his courage, but he yielded and
he is now one of the leading spoilSmen
of his time. In consequence, true Dem
ocrats, like the san, think well of his
recent conduct.
Nevertheless they do not desire his
denomination. The Sun says, in answer
to its correspondent, that it does not ad-
mire him personally, and that it will not
advocate his nomination. However, it
will support him if he is nominated. The
Democrats are all agreed on this point.
They will take Mr.. Cleveland if they are
obliged to, but they do not like him.
And they do not like him because it is
apparent that he was Civil Service Re
formers and is now spokesman to adj
vance his own interests. He was will
ing to turn his back upon the Democrats
when he thought that the Mugwumps
held the balance of power, and he is now
ready to desert the Mugwumps when he
finds that it is necessary for him to con-
cIliate the Democrats. The man who
thinks only of himself, and fOrgets his
friends when he is prosperous, is an in
CRATE, and ingrates are not popular
among Americans, whether they are Re
publicans or Democrats.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
THE LARGEST TREE.

Notwithstanding the wonderful di-
mensions of California trees, the reputed
largest tree in the world is not to be
found among them, but is situated in
Mascoll, near the foot of Mount Ktna.
1t is called the chestnut Tree of a Hun
dred Horses" and moreover is believed
to be one of the oldest trees in the world.
It's name arose from the report that
Queen Jane, of ArragOn, with her prin-
cipal nobility, took refuge from vio-
lent storm under its branches. At one
time it was supposed that it consisted of
a clump of trees united, but on digging
away the earth the root was found en-
tire at no great depth. Five enormous
branches arise from one great trunk,
which is 212 feet in circumference. a
part of the trunk has been broken away
and its interior is hollow, and is large
enough to contain a flock of sheep or
two carriages driven abreast through it.
1t still bears an abundance of fruit, and
its collectors have built hut within the
trunk, the better to promote their work.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09

TIE Northwest is still urgently de-
manding more coal, and the Northern
Pacific Railroad managers have given
orders that the whole motive power and
rolling stock of the eastern part of their
lines shall be devoted to hauling coal
West from Duluth. If the supply at Du-
luth holds out it will be fortunate, and
next summer will see an unprecedented
movement of coal up the lakes. The
growth of the Northwest is drawing upon
the mines of Pennsylvania and Ohio at
a rate scarcely dreamed of until within
the last year or two, and the effect upon
the mining industries of the great coal
producing States will become constantly
more and more important. twill easily
offset the inroads of natural gas upon the
home demand for coal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
FASHIONS FOR FAIR WOMEN.

Liberty silks are the fashion par excel
lence for young English girls.
Pink tulle is favorite shade for young
society buds this season.
Shrimp pink with tan color is a pretty
combination in an evening gown.
The classic peplum is worn again and
is particularly well adapted to a graceful
figure.
In England the fashionable tea gown
is of brilliant red, whatever the fabric
may be.
Hankerchiefs are daintier and more
filmy than ever, and embroidered with
nuns work.
Barbarie jewels are very much in fash
ion this season, the more crude the more
effective.
Gold galloons are particularly effective
on evening costumes, and are now being
made the most of.
The toque composed entirely of velvet
is very stylish, and for very regular faces
it is most becoming.
The good taste of the Empress of Japan
in choosing the colors of the chrysanthe-
mum flowers is worthy of an artistic fol-
lowing.
The Tam O'Shanter bonnet is both
very pretty and very becoming to youth
full faces, and is made less severely plain
than hitherto.
Appropriate and very pretty are the
long silk mittens worn by young girls
with their evening gowns. This is an
English fancy.
1t is not the very prettiest length for
an evening dress for dancing parties, but
fashion dictates that the skirt shall Just
touch the floor.
Peau d'Espagne is a sachet powder
which is said to be the most durable of
any choice perfume. 1t is at once re-
freshing and strong.
Flowers and watered ribbon are the
popular decorations for evening cos
tunes, ostrich tips being more apprOpri-
ate to dinner costumes.
No wedding trosseau is now complete
without fan to correspond with every
evening toilet, and with an extensive
wardrobe this item is no small one.
Openwork hose are in bright red and
other new and fashionable colors to
match evening dress fabrics. Spun silk
or raw silk are equally well liked, and
the only real difference is in the price.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
CAUGHT IN 4 BIG TRAP.

WHERE A LARGE COLLECTION OF GAME
WAS FOUND BY \ WYOMING HUNTER.
Laramie (Wy. t. Boomerang
Mr.. AlsOp and one of his men, John
Jackson, were looking around the rocks
one morning after their sheep, when the
latter saw creviee leading into basin
in the solid rock, which was about forty
feet in diameter at the top and was
shaped exactly like the upper half of an
hour-glass. He thought he would 90
down into this basin and see what it
was like, when he observed another inlet
close by which seemed to offer easier
passage. Jackson walked around the
corner of the rock and brought up
very suddenly when he found himself
face to face with an enormous mountain
lion. Mr.. Alsop happened to be close
behind him and coming up at this
iuncture shot the lion, which rolled to the
bottom of the basin and disappeared.
Being anxious to secure the hide of
the lion, a careful investigation was
made, and it was discovered that the
bottom of the basin was hole about
twenty feet in diameter, opening into a
cavity beneath, into which the beast had
tumbled. A rough ladder was con-
structed and Mr.. Alsop descended into
this curious cavern, where he met a
sight that fairly paralyzed him for a
moment. He found himself in the low
er half of the hOur-glass shaped hole in
the rocks, which carried out the simile
completely. The floor, which was of
solid sandstone, was forty feet across
and the sides sloped upward and inward
to the neck dividing the lower half from
the basin above. As this neck was but
twenty feet wide it will be seen that a
person or animal who fell to the bottom
would be in a rocky room shaped like
an ink-bottle right side up. 1t would
be impossible for a human being or
beast OF any description once in there to
escape without aid. BY standing on tip
toe 1t was just possible for tall man to
reach the roof with the tip of his fingers
and as impossible to cline out as it
would be to scale the wall of HOLIDAYS
opera-house backward without a ladder.
In this cavernOUs room Iay the dead
mountain lion, but he was not alone.
Nine more mountain lions of tho largest
size, so recently fallen in that their hides
were still whole, lay about, while the
whole was filled from one side to the
other with bones of every species of an
lmal ever known on the plains. They
had fallen into the trap formed by nature.
and being unable to get out had starved
to death.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
DIGGING INTO THE SURPLUS.

DIGGING INTO THE SURPLUS.
New York Sun.
On Tuesday the House passed four
bills, each appropriating 100000 for new
Federal buildings in four small towns.
Greenville gets 100000. Greenville is
a city in South Carolina, with a popula-
tion, at the time of the last census, of
6, ,160 souls. In other words, it is about
as big as Bloomfield, in New Jersey, or
Flushing, on Long Island. Asheville, in
the North Carolina mountains, gets $780,
900. Asheville is the capital of Bun
combe county. At the time of the last
census the town had 2,616 inhabitants.
1t may have grown somewhat since then.
Springfield, in Missouri, gets 100000.
Springlield's population was 6,522. The
town already contains cotton mill
which cost 100000, but that was pri-
vate enterprise. Monroe, in Ouachita
county, Louisiana, gets 100000. The
census reports the population of Monroe
town at 2,070. Fifty dollars per capita
on the entire population ought to give
them a pretty fine post-office building
This is merely the first stir in the stag
nant atmosphere, forerunning and pre-
saying the mighty hurricane that is close
upon its heels. Similar bills, aggrega-
ting about $20,00000O, are waiting their
day, and the House has already set apart
five days, from February q to 25 inclu-
sive, for their consideration. The surplus
may well tremble. We were under the
impression that the Hon. William Steele
Holman had been reelected to the Fifti-
eth Congress.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09

His eyes were dry now, and so was
his throat, no sob, no tear.
"Where's father?" cried the child as
the minutes sped on
'.Gone to get you the oranges you
wished. dear" was the answer.
"Oranges," cried the child "Oh, how
nice, but mother l didn't ask for oranges.
We are too poor for that, little mother,
too poor"
The wife's heart sank.
"a lie," she muttered' ga lie built up
on the sufferings of his child. Alas! he
will not come back!"
Hours passed. Colder and colder
| grew the room. Shivering, the mother
| lay beside the child, the scanty covering
over both.
Il am i'll, l fear she mIrmured land
there's such pain at my heart
Ever and anon the child groaned.
The clock from an adjoining steeple
struck one.
"Has father Gomez" cried the little one,
opening her eyes.
"No! he will be here presently, though,
! wearily answered the mother.
The clock struck three.
"Has father come," more family now
the question.
'No, my child, no.
The white dawn of morning crept into
the room.
The mother slept; the little one ceased
to groan. The sun lifts his head, and
rosy-red bushes the dawn. SmilingIv
the god of day arises and peeps into the
attic window, creepS over the floor, and
shyly kisses the face of the sIeeping
mother and child
Eight o'clock rings out from the steeple.
"Father," suddenly cries the child, un-
closing her heavy eyes, "come, kiss me
gOOd-mOrning."
The mother made no response.
Lenas eyes closed again
Nine from the steeple clock.
Hark! heavy football upon the stairs.
fumbling at the latch.
Father has come home "In bed vet"
he mutters angrily. "Here, get up"
shaking the sleeping woman's shoulder;
'.get up and make a fire, I'm cold.
His wife stirred not.
Wayeringly he makes his way to the
chair beside the empty stove, drops his
head upon his breast, then sinks into
drunken Slumber.
Noon passes. No movement breaks
the silence
Twilight again ere the man raises his
head. Dazedly, at first, he gazes about
him, then recollection sits enthroned.
"Lena,'' he cries, STOPPING over the
quiet little figure, "Lena, father was too
late to kiss you gOod-morning, but he
will tomorrow, indeed he will. Your
father is going to be man"
Cold and rigid were the lips he touch
ed with his.
"Dead!" he cried, starting back, "dead!
Wife, wife, wake up; see, our Lena is
dead"
The wife made no movement, and in
terror he turned her face to his, that
face whose lips were forever dumb,
whose ears were forever closed to his
frail promises; eyes, to which his vain
words had brought the last CLEAN of
hope, closed in an eternal sleep.
His dead for years filled pauper's
grave, then one day prosperous man
stood beside new mound in a beauti-
full cemetery. Upon the head stone was
the simple inscription, "Hope Grey
"Our Lena"
A kneeling figure, chissle in hand, was
adding few words "Too late"
"Yes," said the man in anguished
tones, falling upon his knees when the
work was done, ''for them it has come
too late."-By Mrs. Nora Marble, in ".
Y. Obseroer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09

CURIOUS as well as interesting and in
structiye facts can be CLEANED from new
edition of the congressional directory
Representative Morrow, of California,
used to be clerk in the Treasury De-
partment, and Fuller, of Iowa, was en-
ployed in the Interior Department at the
same time. Allen, of Michigan, was an
Indian agent when the present admins
tration came in and was removed for
" "offensive partisanship." Senator Cor
man was once page in the Senate, and
afterward Postmaster of that body. Mr..
Scott, of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Town
shend, of Illinois, were formerly pages
in the House of Representatives.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
IMPROVE THE POSTAL SERVICE

Utica On. " Globe
Congress and the President are puzzled
over the surplus, and the latter believes
a cutting down of customs duties will
afford the desired relief. One channel
to which the surplus could be directed
to the advantage of the people is the pos
tai service. This is far from what it
should be, and is much inferior to that
of France and Germany. In these cOun-
tries the government acts as carrier from
the time the letter or paper is deposited
in the poSt-office until it is delivered to
the addressed party. In the United States
the mails await the pleasure of the rail
way company and are subject to frequent
delays, cramped quarters, a restricted de-
livery, few trains, and in other respects
is behind the times and needs of bust
ness. y Now if the government
would devote S20,000,0OO of the surplus
to improving the postal service it would
be of incalculable benefit to business and
those who extensively use the mails.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
Brlntnut Chronicle.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1883.
WHEN it is a patent fact that duril

WHEN it is patent fact that during
much of the time in the winter season
many Of the public highways of the eoun-
ty are almost impossible, the alleged vote
at the recent Farmers Institute which is
construed as protest against any better
legislation than our present "time-hOn-
ored road laws" for the maintenance and
Improvement of our public roads, can
not be said to have reflected any special
credit upon the intelligence and good
judgment of the people of Belmont coun-
ty. We are informed that the slimly at
tended meeting which voted against the
proposed improvement of the road laws
had a large sprinkling of chronic road
supervisors, who, for reasons best known
to themselves, are not friendly to any Sys-
TEN which will interfere with their pres
ent methods; and as an expression of the
deliberate judgment of the people, there
fore, the vote should have but little in
fluence.
Any one who will take the trouble to
investigate the practical workings of the
laws now in force, can not avoid the con-
clusion that the major part Of the money
levied is wasted. Here in Richland town
ship, for example, the levy upon the du-
plicate of this year amounts to $2,20461.
The law permits taxpayers to "work it
out" A ten minutes glance at the road
receipts redeemed at the collection just
closed revealed the fact that, out of 81
receipts examined, % of them were for
sums ranging from cents to 90 cents.
Is it likely any one worked out 2 cents?
or IA cents? or IL cents? or 10 cents? or
q cents? or a cents? or 35 cents? or SO
cents? for that matter. Does not every
one who knows anything at all about the
matter know that S2,200 expended upon
the roads of Richland township under
contract, and under direction of an ex-
perienced and competent road builder,
would produce better results than four
times that amount expended under the
present loose and execrable method?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09

THE Rajl1cay RecjelC states that the
German government has passed law
making heating cars by means of steam
from the locomotive compulsory on all
trains running within the empire, within
seven years, and that this method of car
heating has been in satisfactory use in
that country for several years. The time
is certainly long enough to secure the
application of the system without any
hardship to the railways, and ought to
satisfy even the slowest German. At
the same time it is a hint that the bar
barous car stove is being forced out the
world over, and that the Ohio Legisla-
ture might as well fall into line with
Massachusetts, New York, and Germany.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09

THE bill to repeal the act providing for
a Board of State Charities is a bill to
abolish the use of the best non-partisan
instrument which has been devised to
enable the people to determine whether
their public servants are keeping pace
with or falling behind the requirements
of a progressive Christian civilization in
the care of the helpless and unfortunate
portion of our population. Can we afford
to dispense with thermometers" in any
public or private duty? That is the ques-
ton.
The Board of State Charities may be
defective in some things, for aught we
know, but it certainly has the merit of
being not only very useful in some other
things, but one of the cheapest ether
mometers" the people have.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
HANNIBAL HAMLIN.

New York World.
The only man, so far heard from, who
has beaten the billiards. this winter is
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine. When the
thermometer marked below zero in that
State the neighbOrs of the venerable ex-
Vice President watched his front door
about post-o office time with great interest,
expecting to see the overcoat at last
They were disappointed, for when Mr.
Hamlin appeared pair of new wooden
mittens was the only change to be seen
in his dress as he brisllly stepped down
the street. He obtained his mail and re-
turned home in triumph without a sneeze
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-09
DIR. WEBB'S STOCK FARM.

Albany Argus.
Dr. w. Seward Webb has just bought
l 1,800 acres of land in Shelburn, vt. The
extensive farm (or park, as it will short
ly become, contains 1900 acres of the
finest land to be found in Shelburn Val
ley, beautifully situated on one of the
most commanding points on Lake Cham
plain. A force of $50 men has been en-
gagged during the past season in making
improvements, at weekly expense of
$4,000, and the farm already presents the
appearance of a flOurishing village. DIR.
Webb will make blooded stock one spe-
eialty, and he will have one of the finest
stock farms in the country. He already
has $50 horses, thirty of which are fine
brood mares, and four stations. He also
has herd of fifty Jersey cows, 100 South
down sheep, and several hundred select
ed varieties of fowls. Mrs. Webb is a
daughter of the late w. H. Vanderbilt.