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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03
BETHLEHEM AS IT Is TO-DAY.

BETHLEHEM AS IT Is TO-DAY.
Bethlehem is surrounded by a region
of country in which Mohammedans pre-
dominate; but the town itself manages
to preserve its own peculiar Christian
character. More than 1000 of its peo-
pie belong to the various Oriental Christ
ian sects. The Moslems number only
about 800. There is also Protestant
community of about fifty members, 1t
is one of the thriftiest places in Pales-
tine. Everywhere on a weekday you
hear the sound of hammers and turning
lathes at work on innumerable trinkets
to be sold as ornaments and keepsakes
to travellers and pilgrims. Large amounts
are exported and sold in distant parts
of the earth at high prices as memorials
from the sacred places. Most of them
are blessed by the priests and are very
popular with Roman Catholics in West
ern climes. Scores of Syrians are in
American to-day peddling these bits of
olive work and mother pearl from
door to door. Some of the articles are
of useful character, such as paper-cut-
ters and rulers, book-racks, napkin
rings, match boxes, handkerchief boxes.
breastpins, etc. Great quantities of
rosarieS are manufactured.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

A TENDER-HEARTED and compassion
ate disposition, which inclines men to
piety and feel the misfortunes of others,
and which is, even for its own sake, in
capable of involving any man in ruin
and misery, is of all tempers of mind the
most amiable; and though it seldom
receives much honor, is worthy of the
highest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

PRUDENCE is that virtue by which we
discern what is proper to be done under
the various circumstances of time aud
place.
THERE is scarcely any man, how much
soever he may despise the character OF
f1atterer, but will condescend in the
meanest manner to fiatter himself.
THE pleasures of the world are deceit
full; they promise more than they give.
They trouble US in seeking them, and
they make us despair in losing them.
WHENEVER our neighbor's house is
on fire, it cannot be amiss for the en-
gines to play little on our own. Bet
ter to be despised for too anxious appre
tensions than ruined by too confident a
security.
WERE to be angry at men for being
fools, could here find ample room for
defamation; but, alas! l have been a
fool myself and why should be angry
with them for being something so natu-
raj to every child of humanity?
WRITERS of every age have endeavor-
ed to show that pleasure is in us, and
not in the object offered for our amuse
ment. If the soul be happily disposed,
everything becomes capable of afTording
entertainment, and distress will almost
want name.
IT is not poverty so much as pretence
that harnesses ruined man,-the Strug-
gle between proud mind and an empty
purse-the keeping up a hollow show that
must soon come to an end. Have the
courage to appear poor, and you dis
arm poverty of its sharpest sting.
WOODEN frames are put under the
arches of a bridge, to remain no longer
than till the latter are consolidated.
Even so some pleasures are the Devils
scaffolding to build habit upon; that
formed and steady, the pleasures are
sent for fire wood, and the he'll begins
in this life.
POVERTY is, except where there is an
actual want of food and raiment, thing
much more imaginary than real. The
shame of poverty,-the shame of being
thought poor,-is a great and fatal
weakness, though arising in this cOun-
try, from the fashion of the times them
selves.
ALL that man does outwardly, is
but the expression and completion of his
inward thought. To work effectually,
he must think clearly; to act nobly, he
must think nobly. Intellectual force is
a principal element of the souls life,and
should be proposed by every man as the
principal end of his being.
A TENDER-HEARTED and compassion
ate disposition, which inclineS men to
piety and feel the misfortunes of others,
and which is, even for its own sake, in
capable of involving any man in ruin
and misery, is of all tempers of mind the
most amiable; and though it seldom
receives much honor, is worthy of the
highest.
IT is an undoubted truth that the less
one has to do the less one finds time to
do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates,
one can do it when one will, and there
fore one seldom does it all; whereas
those who have great deal of business
must, to use vulgar expression, buckle
to it; and then they always find time
enough to do it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03
CT. CLAIRSVILLE Il NORTHERN
y RAILROAD TINE CARD.
SOUTH BOUND

Time Sehodue, ia efeet May 18th, 1883.
Standard Time, So Minutes SlOIcer than Local Time
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

WERE 1 to be angry at men for being
fools, 1 could here find ample room for
a defamation; but, alas! l have been
fool myself and why should l be angry
with them for being something so natu
raj to every child of humanity?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03
1889.
Young People
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY,

Harpcr's Young People begins its tenth volume
with the first number in November. During the
year it will contain five serial stories, including
"DOrymates," by Kirk MunrOe; 1.-The Red Mus
tang" by w. o. StOddard; and "A Day in Wax
land" by j. T. Trowbridge; 1.-The Three Washes" :"
by +. Anstry and Brander Matthews; a series Of
fairy tales written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle
'Home Studies in Natural History" by DR.. Felix
l.. Oswald; Little Experiments" by Sophia b.
Herrick; "Glimpses of Child-life from Dickens
by Margaret f. Sangster articles on various sports
and pastimes, short stories by the best writer's,
and humorous papers and pOemS with many hun
dreds of Illustrations of excellent quality. Every
line in the paper is subjected to the most rigid ed
itorial scrutiny i'm order that nothing harmful may
enter its columns.
An epitOme of everything that is attractive and
desirable in Juvenile literature Boston Courier,
A weekly feast of good things to the boys and
girls in every family which il vsitS.-BrOOklUn
Union.
1t is wonderful in its wealth of pictures, inform
ation and interest-ChristidR Advocate, ". Y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

ALL that a man does outwardly, is
but the expression and completion of his
inward thought. To work effectually,
he must think clearly; to act nObly, he
must think nobly. Intellectual force is
a principal element of the souls life,and
should be proposed by every man as the
principal end of his being
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

POVERTY is, except where there is an
actual want of food and raiment, thing
much more imaginary than real. The
shame of poverty,-the shame of being
thought poor,-is a great and fatal
weakness, though arising in this coun-
try, from the fashion of the times them
selves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

WOODEN frames are put under the
arches of a bridge, to remain no longer
than till the latter are consolidated.
Even so some pleasures are the Devils
scaffolding to build habit upon; that
formed and steady, the pleasures are
sent for fire-wood, and the hell begins
in this life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

WRITERS of every age have endeavOr-
ed to show that pleasure is in us, and
not in the object offered for our amuse-
ment If the soul be happily disposed,
everything becomes capable of afIording
entertainment, and distress will almost
want name.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03

IT is not poverty so much as pretence
that harnesses a ruined man,-the Strug-
gle between a proud mind and an empty
purse-the keeping up a hollow show that
must soon come to an end. Have the
courage to appear poor, and you dis
arm poverty of its sharpest sting.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

Doylestown Intelligencer
From the news columns Of the phila.
delphia papers we learn that meeting of
the Prohibition State committee was held
IN that city, on the evening of Januarv
llth, with the purpose of Organization
ana preparation for supporting the pro.
posed constitutional amendment. which
VIII presumably be presented to the pnb-
nc oy the Legislature at a not distant dav
rms Is q huge impertinence on the mart
OF the Prohibitionists, but entirely con.
sistent with the attitude of these parti.
sans IN the past, and il win work ali the
harm to the measure that they can posi-,
They have had no part or share in Sc.
curing the passage Of the amendment Nv
the Legislature. II has been done ii
spite Of Prohibitionist efforts-becanse n
Is broad and proper legislation to submit
such questions to the people and afford
lhem opportunity to record their views
against the party and the individuals who
We're publicly committed to the submis.
sion policy. The Prohibition party an.
tagonized the broad Republican policy
ana IN some close districts defeated nj
candidates, without electing Prohibition.
ISIS IN their stead Now the latter nre.
sumo TO assume some control and are pre-
pairing to lead and manage what thew
nave had no hand in producing and are
incompetent to direct.
The issue should receive earnest con.
slderation and Conscientious determine.
tion from every citizen. It needs nd mar.
tisan support, but should stand or fail an
its merits, and for that reason we urge n
should be acted upon at a special elec.
ton. The assumption of leadership by
Prohibitionists is not only unwarranted
and unwise, but from the distrust IN
which that party is held and the lack az
practical ability it has shown. its cham
pioning Of the constitutional amendment
would but prove a grave source of weak.
ness before the public.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15
SENATOR ANTHONY HIGGINS

We congratulate the people Of Della.
ware this afternoon upon the work of the
Republican members of the General AS.
sembly az Dover last evening. After a
long and intelligent struggle they Sc
lected Anthony Higgins of this city and
thus assured unto themselves and their
Republican constituents fulfllment Of
that victory and dominance which had its
beginning in November last. The great
trust could not have been confided to
safer and worthier hands We know that
he will use the command
ing power and influence which the
position confers for the best
interests Of the state and his party. No
man has greater pride and a more abid-
ing interest in the welfare of the state
than Mr.. Higgins and no man has proved
himself more loyal to his party in the
History Of the last twenty-five years
Moreover Mr. Higgins has received this
honor without pledge or promise to any
man, except in that his whole life IN this
community is pledge, an unquestion.
able guarantee that lie win sustain il
with fidelity to the state and with lustre
to himself
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

In front there will be fine slope OF
lawn laid out in walks, and O driveway
entering through a broad iron gateway.
Inc new dormitory will cost $3.50. O0O
ana VIII be ready for occupancy at the
beginning of the academical year 1889.
Yale college, too, is looking up IN tho
matter of handsome new buildings. and
the memorial structure that IS to he
formally dedicated at the commence.
ment Of 1889 will be notable addition
to the institution. The stvle az the
structure is composite. Its total length
will be l55 feet, width 100 feet. Included
IN these dimensions are the north eli.
which Is 50 feet in length, and the west
ell, which is go feet The building will
be two stories high, with very roomy
basement and commodious attic, which
VIII be equivalent to four story build
ing. Over the main entrance, which is
dodecagon in form and somewhat pro-
Jecung, the top Of the peaked roof viii
rise 40 feet from the ground and be Gov
cred with an open ventilated tile roofing.
while on either side Of this win be 4
tower, the one on the Chapel street side
helng II feet in diameter and so feet
nigh; that on College street side will be
q feet IN diameter and 80 feet high; the
two ellis are each 60 feet high, the end Of
the west ell being square and that Of the
north being hekadecagonal ia form.
with an entrance on each side.
There are, in all, four entrances TO the
building. Over sixty men are now at
work on 1t. The estimated cost of the
new structure runs anywhere from $780,
600 to 5000. 900. The name of the liberal
donor Of this stately gift to old Yale re-
mains a mystery which, probably, will
not be revealed until the day of dedica-
ton.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15
a CONFESSED EREE TRADER.

During consideration Of the Tariff bin
IN the Senate last Friday General Hawlev
OF Connecticut, forced, by systematic
catechising, an acknowledgement from
Nh. Vance of North Carolina, which is
politically important After declaring
that he would like to see representative
Democrat who would frankly aclSnow.
ledge the position Of his party on the
tariff TO be just what everybody knew It
to be-namely, in favor of the English
system Of free trade, General Hawley
inquired Of the North Carolina statesman
s-Nhat form Of government taxation do
you most admireY' Mr.. Vance hesitated and
stammered, but finally s-replied: 1.-THE
system of taxation which seems to be
nearest right is the English" General
hawley then said it had taken him
great many years to get this direct nc.
acknowledgement from Democrat either
on the floor Of Congress, the stump or in
the press, although everybody who was
intelligent knew that the inevitable ton.
dency Of the Democratic policy was
toward British free trade. Headed that
It was physically impossible for England
70 adopt our protective policy, even
II she were inclined to do So and that
the Democrats being in sympathy with
England wanted to 60 to the English |
and embrace their free trade. He only |
regretted that he could not have secured
this answer before the recent election
although the admissions of representa-.
tlve Democrats were sufficient TO con.
denim them before the polls. Mr.. Vance
iaoored under great embarrassment and
SAID that he meant to say that he ad.
mired the British system Of taxation
most, after the American" This
brought forth immense laughter from
every body who heard it. Proceeding
Mr. Vance put his foot into it all the deeper
BY saying that he and his party did not
believe in any kind Of tax upon imports
Tor any other purpose than to raise reve-
nue. to pay the expenses Of operating the
government. He declared that he pre-
ferred British free trade absolute to the
bill now under consideration.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

IL began early in August. when the little
schooner EnIxn took on ZOO pounds OF
opium, AZ an 1ulet near Sarnia A woman
there informed the American inspector,
Lynn out Durant was too quick for him.
ana got the stuff landed and concealed in
the michigan woods. A second cargo
was landed at Sand Beach, fifty-dye
miles up the lake, on the American side:
the officers got there In time to seize the
boat, but there was no opium on board
and consequently no proof. Then four
detectives took up n regular watch of the
woods, where they knew the stuff to he
buried; but the woods were so dense and
paths so intricate that Capt. Durnnt al
ways evaded them. At last they located
the immediate vicinity Of the concealed
opium and fixed an ambush for the can
tam. lie rode into it and the battle be-
gan; Each side alleges that the other
hred iirst. lie says they could not con-
vict him, and therefore designed 10 rn,,r-
der him; they, that he fired when they
ordered him to halt. They were aIl
around him and well armed, and still he
aot away. But they captured 600
pounds OF opium. This excited the neigh
boring farmers, so they hunted diligently
and discovered the rest, $4,000 worth
in all.
Capt. Durant and his colaborers are
now quiet for awhile. This is their first
big loss, but they look on it good ma
turedly rs one of the chances Of war.
and 70 be sure, the loss Of a sec. 900 cargo
isn't much, when $40, 900 can be made on
the smuggling of one good cargo. OF
course, they viii open new route some
where else for time. Tho sad feature
of the inquiry into these cases "a the
proof made that the use Of opium Is in
creasing so rapidly. 1t is asserted bv
some investigators that there are TODAY
more topium eaters" in the United
States than in any other nation EXCEPT
China.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15
without number

Now they are to have a new dor.
mitory. It is III process of erection and
is to be called Walter Hastings Han. II
VIII contain accommodation for 115
students. It's dimensions are to be ol0
by 10 feet, to be built Of mottled brick
from Perth Amboy, N. j.
There IS a suite of rooms for the ianitor.
rooms for proctors-proctors are Young
men who constitute sort of detective
force for the fuculty-and studies with
bedrooms attached. The studies will
nave either one or two bedrooms. and
each study will have a bay window
where the undergraduate may sit and
absorb knowledge, or the contents of
sporting papers and French novels II he
be not studiously inclined. The studies
and bedrooms are all to be provided
with dados of oak three feet high. an ex-
cellent provision against injury from
such students as may wish to turn them
into gymnasium.
AS 70 the halls. the walls nre to be Of
red faced brick and the floors Of tiling.
The building Is 10 be heated by stream.
and there will be freight elevators IN
every hallway.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15
wELL-KNowN PERSONS.


The health Of the Empress Frederick
is said to have been greatly improved by
her sojourn ia England.
DR.. Mackenzie is believed to have
straightway ordered another edition of
his book when informed of the action OF
the Royal College of Surgeons in con-
demning him.
Cleveland's defaulting city treasurer,
Axworthy. tells the Toronto reporters
that he has given up everything, and is
about to begin anew life of hard and
honest labor" He is lucky not to have
had court specify the period Of its per-
Torrance.
Not long ago the Rev. DR.. Smith, pres
ident of Trinity College, Hartford re-
ceived letter of advice and exhortation
from Mark Twain concerning the Ohio
bishopric, to which be has been elected,
but which he has not yet accepted. 1--WE
want TO beseech you, wrote the humor-
ist, ito tell those Ohio people-and make
1t sharp and strong, so that they will un-
derstand-that people are very well sat
ished with you where you are, and are
tired of this intermeddling. We can't
AFFORD to furnish bishops for every Mary
land and Ohio that comes along.
and we cannot have our
selves being annoyed and made uneasy all
the time this way. OF course it is a
delicate thing for you to write those
people the kind letter needed, and SO If
you would rather have me do it. | will
attend to it, and it will probably be best
all round to fix it that way. lean say very
strong things when am warmed np. and
am warmed up now. can write a letter
that will just make those people never
mind about details You turn the whole
thing over into my hands, leave this Ohio
instruction to NELL make short work
Of it.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

side" TO protect the revenues Of the great
republic, and as the captain often makes
$4,000 in q single venture, he need MOI
be sparing in the appliances necessary to
local good will.
A heavy operator whom the detectives
knew as Boss Harris had his first con-
signment Of opium shipped 20 Sarnia in
small tin cans, and his trusted men car
red It over in their overcoat pockets. on
their regular daily trips, as business men.
Once within the charmed circle Il was
easily. put into big boxes, well dis
guised. and in four weeks after leaving
Victoria it was in California and mid
for-Sl00,000 being its value there; Mr..
Harris profits being $4,000. Tie do
tectives are positive a rich San Francisco
merchant is in the syndicate, but the
trouble IS to prove it. In fact smuggling.
like selling whisky Illegally, is one Of
those curious things in which nobody can
legally prove what almost everybody
knows to be fact. Even Capt. Eurart
could not have been convicted in omen
court, until in the last hunt lie was found
ar tie location ri his ccaceciea ccaJs.
The hunt for him was long and curious.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

Old Gentleman Ito young man with
unlighted cigar in lis mouth)-Young
man, / want to say a word to Won abouf
the evils of smoking. It ruins the dires-
ton, destroys the appetite. skaters the
nerves. is offensive to almost everybody.
and weakens the mental and moral fac
ulaes. These arc but a few Of the evils
winch are caused by smoking tobacco.
1oung Man-Yes, sir: have you rot a
match IN your poclet?-New York Sun,
Evening journal., 1889-01-15
OPIUM SMUGGLERS
THEIR DARING AND SUCCESSFUL
WORK ON THE CANADA LINE.

Tho Usc Of Opium Increasing Seven Times
as Fnst as PopuIation-smugeiers Syn
dictate In British Commissioning Capt
Dumnt-His Fight with -Four Detectives
Everybody knows that there is great
deal Of smuggling into every country
that maintains n high tariff, and that
from the nature of the case nearly all Of
II L. of articles in which there is much
value In small bulk But everybody does
not know, and few would suspect, that
opium Is one of the smugglers' favorites
and that they have been SO successful Of
recent years as TO drive many regular
importers out of the business. The pro
sumption would be that each person
needs 30 very small an amount Of opium
IN lifetime that the price would be Of
no consequence; but careful investipa-
tors tell us that since 1850 the consump-
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

~
PHILADELPHIA Tuesday. Jan. Is, 1850.
Bear in mind some of the
points Of special interest :
Muslin Lndeya0ear.
Women'S 1ackets.
Girls Dresses and Hrabs.
MEMS and Boys Clothing.
Linens.
Books.
Upholstery.
Furniture.
House FURNISHINGS.
And dozen more that haven't
had a word in the papers.
Evening journal., 1889-01-15
TnE Manitoba wheat crop before frost

THE Manitoba wheat crop before frosts
was estimated as high as 10, 000, 900
bushels. But the frost did considerable
damage. affecting, it has been estimated,
sone-quarter to one-third of the crop. The
damaged grain, however, is not wholly
spoiled. The farmers have, it is said.
paid their notes given for farm imple-
ments to the extent Of 80 per cent. Of the
whole The Dominion, taking all the
colonies together, win have scarcely any
wheat for export, and may have to i'm.
port from the United States to a limited
nxfenf
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

ton of the drug
in tn Q United
States has in
crease d seven
times az fast as
I h Q population,
and the imports
regularly an
nounced In the
government re-
ports are start
ling in tn eir
amount.
W hat must we
conclude, then. Of
the struggled inn
ports when it is
known that thnv
far ayraagi th
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

Philadelphia Ledger.
His John WanamalSer) appointment TO
the Cabinet, if it should be made. would
pc mere recognition Of his prominence as
puolie-spirited merchant and citizen. of
ms worth as a man, his ability as mer
enaht ana man Of affairs. II conspicuous
htness moral and intellectual. would ius
slly ms selection it would be fully justi.
leo, II the Ledger believed, which it
Goes not, and as the New York Evening
fost evidently does that his selection
t 20 eaoinet position was suggested BY
me money he raised, or that he raised
que qollaI 70 Improperly influence votes
selection for any Office of trust and honor
u as vigorously as orr contemporary does
through, as we think, an entire misnn'
Outstanding Of the truth. The Ledger
oepreeates, as the Post does. the corrSnt
use of money I'm political camnairrs o1s
wlil do as much 70 try and educate public
sentiment against the practice, hut we
Evening journal., 1889-01-15

Don't commit suicide If you have dys-
pepsia; with headache. heartburn, dis
tress in the stomach, no appetite, and are
all worn out-but take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and be cured. 1t creates an appetite,
and gently regulates the digestion Sold
by druggists.