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HAWK AND SQUIRREL.
Forest and Stream.

Forest and Stream.
Driving down the gentle slopes of So
noma Mountain recently-the mountain
is 2,340 feet high-we observed very
large hawk-the largest of the hawks, a
large brown spotted fellow, perhaps
rightfully an eagle-perched on the
fence by the roadside. AS we approach
ed he few quartering toward us, dove
down at the foot of a rocky hill and
arose in the air carrying full-grown
squirrel in his talons. The squirrel is
nearly the size of the timber gray squir-
rel of the East, and looks very much
like it, except that it usually has several
light colored bars on its sides, and old
specimens are of lighter colored gray.
1t lives in the ground, usually in dry,
rocky places.
The hawk flew about fifty yards, when
the squirrel reached up and bit him on
the leg This squirrel has very tough
hide, sharp, strong teeth, and is fight
or from away back. The hawk at once
released his talons, but the squirrel hung
on with his teeth quite little time, and
then dropped to the ground and started
for his rocky home. The hawk flew
down 100 yards further and alighted on
the fence. The squirrel was injured
somewhat, but made very good time
back The hawk waited until he was
within few yards of home, when he
darted for him again and arose with
him. This last flight of the hawk show
ed with what wonderful velocity the
great bird could pass through the air.
The hawk had flown only two or three
rods when the squirrel bit him again,
and he dropped it. The poor squirrel
was now badly used up, but he did his
best to get under cover. The hawk
again perched on the fence. The squir-
rel had reached within few feet of its
burrow when the hawk started for MIN
again. This time he seized the we'll
nigh helpless squirrel securely with both
feet, and sat down on his tail-the hawk S
stretched ont his legs to their full
est extent, and stretched his head and
neck away back out of danger, and so
held his victim until his struggles were
over, and then he flew on an old tree
to enjoy his dinner; and the show was
| over.
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FEMININITIES.

WRITE as few letters to gentlemen as
possible. A young girl cannot be too
careful in that line.
THE beautiful in heart is thousand
times of more avail, in securing domes-
tic happiness, than the beautiful in per-
son.
LEMON parties continue to be fash
ionable in the East. Each young man
is expected to bring lemon, girl and
sqeeezer.
MAN is continually saying to woman,
"Why are you not more wise?" Woman
is constantly saying to man, "Why are
you not more loying?" Unless each is
wise and loving there can be no real
growth.
A CHARLESTON druggist advertised
that the milk of the cocoanut would
remove freckles, and 1000 of the nuts
were sold in two days to women folks.
He got commission on all sales. The
freckles still abide.
THE mother of family was saying
that as soon as the youngest child reach
ed certain age she would break up the
nursery. "Oh, mamma" said one of
the children, 'that will be fine sport; |
will break up the chairs and John shall
break up the tables"
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NEWS BRIEFS.

THERE is talk of cheese trust.
DIR. 7. DEWITT TALMAGE sailed for
Europe last week.
JOHN FIELD has been appointed Post
master at Philadelphia.
JAMES MCCARTHY fell from a train at
Columbia City, Ind, and was killed.
THE new steel bridge over the Ohio at
Cairo has been thrown open to traffic.
THE cotton yield in the Memphis dis
trict will be much short of what was ex-
pected.
Four privates of the party which
captured jeff Davis have not been paid
their reward.
IT is said that Belgian glass manu-
facturers will erect large plate glass
plant near Pittsburgh.
THE New Yorks have defeated Brook
lyn in six of the nine games played, and
are the champions of the world.
A CHICAGO burglar, who saw his i'm
age in mirror, became so badly ratified
that he drew a revolver and fired.
THE Tradesmen's National Bank, at
Conshocken, Pa, has been closed be-
cause the cashier embezzled $4,000 Of
its funds.
THE total run of coal from Pittsburgh
amounts to 6,5S5,000 bushels, of which
4,045, 900 are for Cincinnati, and $780,
600 for louisville
THE Supreme Court of Indiana has
declared the $3.50 license law valid. The
revenues of Indianapolis will be increas-
ed about 100000.
A vEsTIBULE train was partly derail-
ed, near Kansas City, by the giving way
of rail. a number of persons were
injured, two fatally.
THE wife of an L. & n. engineer at
Louisville put on death robe and threw
herself before moving engine. She
was instantly killed.
THERE is great destitution in Dakota.
Crops have failed three times in success
sion, and many persons have neither
food, fuel or money.
Two trains on the Fl Wayne road
collided near Beaver Falls, Pa. A
brakeman was killed and an engineer
and fireman were seriously injured. The
passengers escaped with slight hurts.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

THE South is just beginning to under
stand the character of the martyr Pres
ident who was assassinated before his
work was done. Scarcely year passes
but that some incident is brought out of
the secret history of the late civil war to
illustrate the greatness Abraham
Lincoln. The forthcoming Century will
make public another of these incidents.
1t is the first publication ever made OF
the draft of a message and proclamation
which the President submitted to his
Cabinet on February 5, 1865. In it he
proposed the payment of s4OO,OOO,OOO as
an indemnity to Shareholders, complete
pardon for political offenses, and the re-
lease of confscated property except
under certain circumstances. Such
magnanimity was, however, too much
for his councillors, who unanimously dis
approved of the proposal. Along with
the document is given full account of
this best kept of Cabinet secrets.
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A DIG IN THE RIBS,

If on the right side and lower part of the
though playfully meant and
delivered, is calculated to evoke profani-
ty from chappy whose liver is out of
order. When that region is sore and con-
gested, pokes seem fiendish. Look at a
mans countenance ere you prod him un-
der the ribs. If his skin and eyeballs
have a sallow tinge, you may infer also
that his tongue is furred, his breath apt
to be sour, that he has pains not only be-
meath his ribs, but also under the right
shoulder blade Also, that his bowels are
irregular and his digestion impaired. In
stead of making jocose demonstration
on his ribs, recommend him to take, and
steadily persist in takiug, Hostetter's
stomach Bitters, the finest arti-bilious
and Alternative medicine extant. lncom-
parable is it, also, for dyspepsia, rheuma-
tism, nervousness, kidney trouble, and
fever and ague. lO li-4t
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New Series, Vol. 20, No 8
THE REAL REASON,

Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
What has caused the decadence of
iron manufacturing in the New England
States?
Free traders charge it to the tariff, but
it requires but slight investigation to
disprove this.
As to the downward course of the
great industry in that section, it is stated
officially that since 1879 there have died
out of the rolling mills in Maine, so per
cent; of those in Vermont, 100 per cent;
of those in Massachusetts, 80 per cent;
of those in Connecticut, 20 per cent; of
those in Rhode Island, 50 per cent. Or,
to show the same facts in another form,
in 1880 the New England mills pro-
duced 17O,877 tons of rolled iron and
steel; in 1887 they produced 102,711
tons. In these years, therefore, the an
nual production of rolled iron and steel
in New England has dwindled 40 per
cent. From the same reliable authori-
ty (the Secretary of the American Iron
and Steel Association) we learn that
during the period which witnessed q
shrinkage of 40 per cent in the reduction
OF rolled iron and steel in New England,
the production of the same commodi-
ties in the country at large increased 81
per cent.
The reason for this decadence of the
iron trade is that the manufactures were
too distant from the source of supply of
the raw material-the iron ore and the
fuel needed in its manipulation. The
ore had to be produced from the Lake
Superior or some other distant region,
while the fuel had to be brought either
from Nova Scotia or the Pennsylvania
coal fields, in either case rendering nee
essary the payment of heavy freight
charges before the fuel could be deliv-
cred at that point of consumption.
That the tariff has had nothing to do
with the falling away of the New Eng
land iron. industry is certain. In the
first place, dutiable coal was not con-
sumed, simply because experience had
demonstrated that it was unfit for the
purpose. Charcoal, which was largely
used in iron smelling, was not then nor
is it now subject to any duty. The duty
on coke, also largely used in New Eng
land furnaces, has been decreased since
1880. The duty on pig and scrap iron
was lowered under the revised tariff
which went into effect in 1888.
While improved methods of manufae-
ture have been introduced in the trade
and better and more econom-
ical forms of furnaces have been intro
duced, little if any change has been
made in those of New England, and it is
no wonder that that section has taken
back seat in iron making.
In this as in almost every other branch
of industry, the law of the survival of
the fittest has prevailed, and the trade
has gone to the more favored regions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

THE Ohio Supreme Court has just
rendered decision to the effect that a
railroad company cannot refuse to hon
or its regular tickets, even if they have
passed through the hands of So-called
scalper. AS most of the roads of the
country have adopted the rule of refus-
ing to recognize the validity of such
tickets, the new ruling is of no little
Importance. As matter of fact and of
common sense, a railroad ticket repre-
sents contract to carry passenger be-
tween certain points, and it ought not
to matter to the carrier who used the
contract so long as the provisions there
of were in force and effect.
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Established in 181 8.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

ERESBTTERIAN CHURCH-Rey. r. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
young people's society of Christian endeavOr, Mon
day evenings; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday
evening Strangers welcome To all serHirFS
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Ke..
7 II Hollingshead pastor Sabbath preaching, II
a. m: D. IN; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings: general prayer meeting, Thursday eve
lings; mems meeting. Friday evenings; Sahbatn
school 30 pm. Strangers cordially invited 10 all
eryices.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN HURCH-Rev.
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m {;
public worship, ii a. m: weekly prayer meeting,
Friday D. m. monthly prayer meeting, last Satur-
day OF each month. p. m: woman missionary
sDciety last Saturday of each month, p IN dis
trict PRAYER meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, p IN. I;
each month at the parsonage, p. m
AFRICAN ". Z. .CHURCH-Rey.J :. NJ Wilkes,
pastor Sunday service, iO;3O a. M; p. m; oaD-
Thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
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MRL LEE. "why, Addie you needn't CRY about
it, / only said Mrs. Allen was a very we'll
Informed woman, and wished you would follow
her example"
Mrs LEE. "Yes, and last week you said you
wished could manage 10 look as stylish as Mrs.
Allen,-and she makes all her own clothes. But
she has what / haven't
MR LEE What is that 8"
Mrs LEE. "Well, she gets all Of her informa-
tion from the Magazine they take / admit that
she knows all that is going on, and is bright and
entertaining in conversation but / could do as
well as she does if I had the same source OF
Information She lent me the last number Of her
Magazine lately and learned more in one hours
reading about various social matters and the
topics Of the day, than would pick up in amonth
by my occasional chats with friends. II certainly
covers every topic of interest. from the news Of
the day down TO the details Of housekeeping;
Every time Mamie goes over to the Aliens she
comes back and leases me to get you to take
Demorest's Family Magazine, as the stories are
so good. Even the boys watch for it every month,
as place il found for them also in its pages; and
Mr.. Allen swears by it. 1t is really wonderful
how it suits every member Of the family -
Mr. LEE. Well perhaps had better send fora
Specimen Copy; for il it Is anything like what You
sayiti is it viii amuse and instruct the whole Of u.s.
MRS LEE. L see that W. Jennings Demorest,
the publisher, Is East 14th Street. New York, is
offering to send Specimen Copy for 10 cents, so
we can't lose anything as each number contains
a Pattern Order emitting the holder to any
Pattern she may choose, and in any size-which
alone makes each copy worth 80 cents: and Just
want a jacket pattern like Mrs Aliens The
subscription price is only SO 90 year; and
must say / can't see how they can publish 50
elegant Magazine for SO little money
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

ONE reason, and very good one it is
why the Americans cannot compete with
Europeans for the trade of countries
which are separated from us by water,
is that there is no means of transporta-
ton. Vice Consul Blackjack, in his re-
port to the State Department, aptly il
lustrates this fact regarding Samoa,
where the merchants of Europe enjoy
monopoly of the commerce because of
better facilities for getting their goods
there.
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THE minutes of the General Assembly

THE minutes of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian church of the United
States of America for 1889, just issued,
show that the membership of the church
es in ten years has increased go per cent.
and the increase in congregational ex-
penses, covering the items of pastoral
support and care for the Lords house,
has been 80 per cent. The entire gifts
of the people for the support and spread
of the Gospel have advanced from an
average of Sl4.37 per member in 1879 to
S17.75 in 1889, a gain of S3.3S per men,
Der, or 23a per cent. The purely benel-
olences to the boards are like agencies
of evangelism have advanced "a per
cent, from $3.50 per member in 1879 to
$3.50 in 1889, or a gain of s2.17 per
member
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

PRESIDENT CARNOT, who has not half
the work to do that attaches to the Pres
idency of the United States, get sala-
~ of $4,000, while the President of
this great nation gets $4,000. Yet
there are plenty of people in this coun-
try who are willing to take the Office
and worry along en- the smaller sum.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

Mr.. MOODY in recent sermon de-
elared that those who played progressive
euchre cannot hope to go to heaven
Mr. Moody evidently does not believe in
the doctrine of atonement on this earth,
or the sufferings of the euchre players
might lead to another conclusion.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE. No. IG, F. d A. M.-Meets
I X MFYFR. SecV f. ID. BAILEY, w. VI.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No II, Royal
Arch Ndsors.-Stated conyocatiOns first Friday OF
each month. =, =,
j. b. MEYER, Rec. r. d. BAILEY, H. H.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d S. NJ
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Secy. j. B- RAAN, l. l. M
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 26, X. T.-Stated
conclayes first Tuesday of each month.
II n. MEYER. Sec'y j. B. RYAN, E. C.
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SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

allow cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They say, "Oh, iG
will wear away" but in most cases it
wears them away Could they be induced
to try the successful Kemp's Balsam,
which is sold on positive guarantee to
cure, they would see the excellent effect
after taking the first dose. Price SOC and
81. Trial size free. AT all druggists. 3t.
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FARMERS AND PRICES.

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The farmers of the Mississippi valley.
who recently met in convention at st.
Louis, have been pretty sharply criti-
cised for having proposed method
whereby the could regulate the supply
of wheat so that the demand will moi be
so excessive as to result in disastrous
competition" 1t has been charged that
in as much as their sole purpose was to
obtain better price for their grain it
made no difference how they sought to
accomplish that end, nor in what phrase
ology they expressed their intention, it
was an unwarrented interferences with
the laws of trade, and in direct viola
ton of certain laws which have been
passed through their influence to prevent
combinations for the purpose of restrict
ing the supply or enhancing the price of
any product.
There is not much danger, however,
that the farmers will ever accomplish
much through combination or pooling of
interests. Their business is not of the
kind which will permit of trust manage
ment with any likelihood of success
There are abuses, ,nevertheless,w which they
can legitimately combine against, and
chief among these are exorbitant freight
charges. One of the subjects discussed
at st. Louis was the injustice done the
farmers by the giving out of false re-
ports concerning the condition of the
crops and the probable yield. These re-
ports come from Washington, with the
sanction of Government officials who are
supposed to be fully cognizant of the
facts set forth, and it is alleged that for
several years past the statistician has
persistently exaggerated the yield of
grain.
The effect of foverestimates of the yield
whatever the motive may be in making
them, is injurious to the farmers. When
it is believed that there is to be large
surplus, prices are correspondingly de-
pressed, and it is not until the great
bulk of the crops have passed into other
hands that the true situation is revealed.
The Agricultural Department should see
to it that hereafter no haphazard, much
less doctored, estimates are sent out
Above all things the Government should
be careful not to lend its sanction to
any schemes intended to play into the
hands of those who speculate in the
common necessaries of life. The farmer
has not been getting as large a return
for his products during the past few
years as he is justly entitled to, and he
is certainly justified in demanding fair
play in this particular.
THE Westinghouse Electric Light
Company, of Pittsburgh, has secured
/ the nnntrn Of To arnct q nantral ct tatinn
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Bel,1tnitt Gthrn,tirle+
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1889.

AN investigation has revealed the fact
that the farmers of North Dakota are
suffering more from mortgage sharks
than from failure of their crops. The
Shylocks reap from so to 100 per cent.
per annum on money loaned, which is
not only Extraordinary usury.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

A PRoFEssoRsHIP of Biblical Litera-
ture in the Academical Department. has
been established at Yale. A few men,
who desire their names to remain un-
known, subscribed $4,000 for the par-
pose.
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DELMoNT COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge-JOhn b. briggs.
Probate Judge-Isaac ii. GaSton-
Clerk of Courts William b. CASH
Sheriff-Oliver- E. FOulke.
AuditOr-R. X. Barrett.
Treasurer-GeOrge Robinson.
Prosecuting AttOrney-JesSe w. H0llngwOrth.
Recorder-John III. Beckett.
Commissioners-Morri Cope, William J. Berry,
John C. Israel.
Sulrveyor-Chalkiey Dawson.
Coroner-A. NJ. +. Boyd.
Infrmary Directors : Burget McCOnnaughy,
president; William Lodge, clerk; John A Clark,
auditor.
Superintendent Infrmary John Sidebottom,
East Rchland.
Superintendent Childrens Home-Peter Gifin,
Barnesvile.
School Examiners-.James Duncaan Bridgeport;
S. c. Murphy, Belmont; L. T. Harris, Somerton-
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pITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AND
Il ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PANHANDLE ROUTE.
Time Card jn Effect Hay 12, 1889.


AT Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Station with through trains on the Pennsylvania
Railroad for Baltimore, Washington Philadelphia
and New York. on which are run Pullman Buffet
Sleeping and Parlor Cars.
AT Chicago and st. Louis connections are made
in Union Station with prominent railroads for all
points in the West, Northwest and Southwest
For further information call on or address near
est ticket agent. E. A. FORD,
JAS. MCCREA, Gen. Pass. Agent,
General Manager. Pittsburgh, Pa
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NEW NURSERY.

Ten Thousand warrantable first class
Trees, true to name. 1t will pay to see
my stock before purchasing elsewhere
IL miles south of St. Clairsville.
9-26 5t.* J. K. SVTTQn.
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The Montana Canvassing Board. has
been ordered to count the votes of the
disputed districts, where Democratic
skullduggery was practiced.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

PROTESTANT and Catholic factions
are at war in Marshall county, Kas., and
a riot is threatened.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

AN editor at Van Vert, o., was horse
whipped by an actress who objected to
being called "barn-stormer."
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CURE Fof fHE DEAF

Peck's Patent improved Cushioned Ear Drums
PERFECTLY RESTORE THE HEARING,
whethers deafness is caused by colds, fevers in
iuries to the natural drums. Always in position,
but inUisible 10 others, and comfortable to wear.
Music conversation, even whispers heard distinctly.
We refer to those using them. Write to +. HIS
cox, $40 Broadway, corner 14th Street, New York,
for illustrated book of proofs free,
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MERCHANTS. MECHANICS, MIN
VI ISTERS, FARMERS AND ATTORNEYS,

All require stimulant at times; every human be-
ing does; its absolute necessity your physician
will say so. No efficient substitute for Pure Old
Rye Whisky has ever been discovered. The Facul-
ty recommend Kleia's Silrer Age, absolutely Pure
Rye, as the purest and best. Always reliable.
Hospitals use it. Druggists sell it. 81 80 standard
quart. Headquarters, 81 Federal St, Allegheny,
Pa. MAN KLEIN, Sole Prop.
Write for catalogue. Price list with testimonials
mailed free Mention this paper. GuckGnheimer,
Finch, Gibson, or OUerhOH Pure Rye, years old,
81 per quart; for So. Ports, Cherries, Brdndies,
Gin, WHISTLES, ETC., soc per quart up Goods ship
order. lilly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

THE Westinghouse Electric Light
Company, of Pittsburgh, has secured
the contract to erect a. central station
for rye electric light plant in Pekin,
Chine. The machinery for the plant has
been sh pped.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

Prepared by Dr. J. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold all by Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, IS.