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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
BfIutnttt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1889.

WITHIN two months the Republicans
of Ohio will enter upon a political cam
paign of tremendous Importance. Bel
mont County will be an important factor
in the struggle, and it is important that
the Republicans of the county shall be
in position TO make an aggressive and
vigorous fight. THE CHRONICLE will be
found a useful helper in the good Cause.
We hope to largely extend its circula-
ton. and to that end offer it in clubs OF
ten and upward from the 4th of July
until the 9TH of November for p cents
This low rate ought to add one thous-
and, or more, to its circulation, and 1t Is
safe to say five thousand more persons
would weekly have the opportunity tc
read Republican paper. Brethren is
there anything else you can do likely to
produce such good results? One thOus
and, or more, campaign subscribers car
easily be procured if Republicans at eact
post-office in the county will appreciate
the mighty help this increased constitu
ency will afford in the campaign.
The cash must in all cases accompan!
the order.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
THE INSTALLMENT PLAN.


Toledo Commercial, May 81.
The decision of the Supreme Court of
Ohio in the matter of selling goods on
the installment plan is very important
one This business has grown to be
one of considerable magnitude. 1t was
tempting plan to people who were not
able to pay cash down or obtain full
credit. Under it people have suffered
terrible hardshipS. Even when able to
meet the installments they paid exorbi-
tant prices for the goods. 1t was much
worse than usury, such as the State has
carefully guarded against; but the usury
practiced under the installment plan is
worse than Shylock ever thought of.
A person failing to meet an install
ment when due forfeits all that had pre-
viously been paid and the goods are
taken possession of without any process
of law. This is mOnStrouS injustice. 1t
is a species of robbery. This is the
feature the decision of the Supreme
Court of Ohio has broken up, so far as
Ohio is concerned. The decision is that
all installments paid must be returned,
less a reasonable allowance for the use
of the goods. The effect will be to
break up the installment plan. This
will be good thing for the people who
have been tempted to walk into the trap
so artfully set for them by that class of
so-called merchants. Out of this, too,
will no doubt grow numerous suits for
damages.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
GRAINS OF GOLD.


Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
4 mind content both crown and king
dom is.
That is true plenty, not to have, but
not to want riches.
Poverty is not a sin, but it is twice as
bad in the opinion of the world.
We do that in our zeal our calmer mo-
ments would be afraid to answer.
If you should escape the censure of
Others, hope not to escape your own.
1t is right to be contented with what
We have, but never with what We are.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be
paid, but which none have right to ex-
pect,
We grow wiser as we grow older, but
it is by forgetting what We thought we
knew.
Without content, we shall find it al
most as difficult to please others as our
selves.
Cautiously avoid talking of the do
mestic affairs either of yourself or Of
other people.
Happiness of your life depends upor
the quality of your thoughts; therefore
guard accordingly.
Man is thinking being, whether ht
will or not; all he can do is to turn hi:
thoughts the best way.
We oftener say things because we car
say them well than because they art
sound and reasonable.
From David learn to give thanks il
everything. Every furrow in the booE
of Psalms is sown with seeds of thanks
giving.
If thy words be too luxuriant, cOnfn'
them, lest they confine thee; he tha
thinks he never can speak enough ma.
easily speak too much.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
THE DECISION ON WASTE.

Pittsburgh Siockman.
Final action has been taken on the
"waste" question. The Treasury De
partment has sustained the Collector al
Philadelphia in assessing duty at the
rate of 60c per pound, and 10c pei
pound respectively on lap waste, claim
ed to be dutiable as an entirety at the
rate of 10c pound as wool waste. This
''waste" consisted of 33 per cent. of
broken tops, and this portion was re-
turned for duty at the rate of 60c per
pound, under the departments ruling
of April 20, 1888, and March %, 1889,
while the remaining portion, 81 per cent,
was found to be a substance which might
be termed waste, and which was return
ed as dutiable at the rate imposed on
waste. In its decision the Department
says that hereafter GUsuch merchandise
which may consist of secured woods of
classes and 2, imported in other than
ordinary condition, although mixed to a
certain extent with what may be deem
ed legitimate waste, should be classified
as secured wool, "imported in any other
than ordinary condition." and subject
to duty at the rate of 60c a pound.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
THE NEW DISCOVERY

You have heard your friends and neigh.
bOrs talking about it; you may yourself
be one of the many who know from per,
sonal experience just how good thing il
is; if you have ever tried it, you are one
of its staunch friends, because the won
derful thing about it is, that when once
given trial, DR. Kings New Discovery
ever after holds place in the house: if
you have never used it and should be af
tlicted with a cough, cold, or any throat.
lung or chest trouble, secure a bottle at
once and give it a fair trial; it is guaran-
teed every time, or money refunded: trial
bottles free at Patterson's drug store. 6
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE?

Read the following: c. H. Morris, New
ark, says, "Was down with abscess OF
lungs, and friends and physicians pro
nounced me an incurable consumptive
began taking DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption; am now on my third
bottle, and able to oversee the work on
my farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made" Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio
says: Had it not been for Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died of lung trouble; was given up by
doctors; am now in best of health" Try
it. Sample bottle free at Patterson 4
Sons drug store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
MERIT WINS

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfaction.
We do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to refund
the purchase price, if satisfactory results
do not follow their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity purely
on their merits. Patterson Il Sons. l
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
A WONAN'S DISCOVERY

another wonderful discovery has been
made, and that too by 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 a 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. c. Ham
rick & Co., of Shelby, n. c.. Get free
trial bottle at Pattersons' drug store, 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
,P>rv OF CATERPILLARS.

AN ARMY OF CATERPILLARS.
R.rgor Ne. Special to Columbus Dispatch, ,May3o.
The caterpillar migration now going
on in Piscataquis county along the line
Of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, is
alarming the entire northern portion of
the State, and much alarm is felt
throughout this section that the more
southern counties may yet be ravaged.
The strange phenomenon has been 60
ing on for nearly three weeks now, and
and no solution has been given the mys
terv. Early in the month great swarms
of green caterpillars were noticed south
of the MattamiscOntis mountains in
Penobscot county, but no attention was
| paid to them. Two weeks ago, people
/ in the vicinity of Milo were astOnished
bv the visit of an army of the insects
nearly five miles wide passing the town
and following the railroad. Sunday,
two weeks ago, they crossed over to the
south side of the road, swarming over
the rails for a space of ten miles, block
ing all traffic, as reported at the time,
delaying trains over ten hours, as the
insects when crushed made the rails so
slippery that the engine wheels would
/ slide regardless of the sand used on
them.
Over three hundred section men and
citizens failed to keep the track clear,
and it was five DAYS before the long pro-
cesSion passed. Once across, the little
travellers started toward the northwest,
following the road between Dover and
Brownville, seemingly heading for Sc
bee Lake. Their number is lnestlma-
BILE. being millions on millions, and their
passage like that of the destroying an
gel, for every speck of green vegetation
disappears under their yoracious attacks.
Fortunately the region they are still
confined to is almost entirely confined to
numbering, so the cultivated fields are
few and far between, but these belong
to poor settlers, utterly unable to with
stand any direct loss, and those whose
plantations have been in the way of the
invading host, have been financially ru-
ined, for the early crop has been swept
away. The loss has already gone way
up into the thousands, with no immedi-
ate sign of abating, as the migration is
still steadily progressing. The greatest
ANNOYANCE is to the railroad company,
whose line has been selected by the cat
erpillars as the best promenade; and be-
ing unable to cope with the difficulty,
they are meeting great obstacles in run
ming their trains, all of which are from
two to eight hours behind daily. The
entire county has risen up for their de-
struction, but it is impossible to manage
them, and the subject under discussion
is the feasibility of firing the forest
in and along the side of them, so they
will be destroyed. Where they are 60
ing is as much mystery as their origin,
and if they change their course south
ward again and visit the agricultural re-
gions, the damage they will do the young
crops will be something enormous. Last
Sunday the army was over five miles
wide, being stretched along for ten
miles or more.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

W. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
titles: q can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief in every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured rheu-
matism of ten years standing" Abra-
ham Hare, druggist, Bellville, O., affirms:
"The best selling medicine | have ever
handled in my twenty years experience,
is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
ters do cure all diseases of the liver, kid
neys or blood. Only a half dollar a bot
tie at PattersOnS' drug store. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
TEACHERS QUESTIONS.
Examination held at Bridgeport, Satur-
day, June Sth.
l. 5. HISTORY.
L. H. WATERS.
fDJDif flGDl


I. 5. HISTORY.
LII. WATERS.
(Omit tlro)
l. Name the epochs of L. S. History,
and give five important dates and name
the event connected with each.
2. What attempts did the Confederates
make to invade the North? The decisive
event of each?
3. How did President JOhnsons recon
struction policy differ from that of Con-
greSS?
4. Describe Washington's retreat from
Long Island.
! 3. Give the nationality of each of the
/ following. and tell for what each is noted:
| Gilbert, Narvaez, Champlain, Cartier,
| Hudson, De Soto, VerraZani, Drake, Co
! lumbus, COligny.
6. Locate each of the following, and
tell what event is connected with it:
! Petersburg, Murfreesboro, Lundy's Lane
/ Fort McHenry, NauvoO, Lexington
Bemis's Heights, Wyoming Valley, Pitts
burg Landing, Mt. Vernon.
I. Name five treaties made by the Z
5. name the nations with which they
were made, and state the object of each.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
(Onit tlpo.)
1. Define primitive word" and "de-
rivative word and give five examples OF
each.
2. Define each class of affixes, and give
three examples of the use of each, with
their meanings.
3. What is the difference between artic-
ulation and pronunciation? Vocals and
vOwels?
4. Classify sounds with reference to
the organs by which they are Obstructed
or modified, and give definitions.
.. What are the chief sources of the
words of our language?
6. What rule should be followed in the
formation of new words?
I. Indicate the pronunciation of the
following words, and define them: OrthOe
py, enunciatiOn, diphthong, enallage, by,
perbOle.
READING.
Ask five questions (such as you think
teachers ought to be able to answer Oh
the following, and answer them:
This was the most unkindeSt cut of ALL
For, when the noble Cesar saw him stab,
| IngTatitude, more strong than traitors arms,
Quite YanquiShed him: then burst his mighty heart
And, in his mantle muffiing up his face,
Even at the base Of POmpey'S Statua,
Which all the while ran blood, great Cesar fell.
Shakespeare.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

*Trains run daily. tDaily except Sunday. tDaily
except Monday.
Accom-. train leaves Columbus at so m daily,
except Sunday; Newark 40 p IN; arrive GAINESVILLE
30pm.
Columbus, GAINESVILLE & SanduSky Accom- leaves
Columbus q 20 a m; arrives Zane Syille 10 16 m;
SanduSky II 80 pm
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains.
W. W. PEABODY, c. o. SCULI.
Gen1 Manager, Gen1 Pass. Agent
Chicago, Ill. Baltimore, Md.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
f(lr,,t ,,ro \
THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING

Probably no one thing has caused sucf
a general revival of trade at Pattersons
drug store as their giving away to theil
customers of so many free trial bottles OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump
ton. Their trade is simply enormous il
this very valuable article, from the fact
that it always cures and never disap
points. Coughs, colds, asthma, bron
ehitis. Group, and all throat and lung dis
eases quickly cured. You can test it be.
fore buying by getting a trial bottle free
large size 81 Every bottle warranted. 3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
DITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AND
ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PANHANDLE ROUTE.
Time Card in Effect May II, 1889.
GOING EAST.
GOING WEST
Trains Run By Central Standard Time.


At Pittsburgh connections are made i'm 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.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THE older you grow the more you
know" says the old proverb. This is
another of those fallacious sayings that
time exposes. Just think how little the
old men of to-day know compared with
the young onesl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THE State Board of Health of Penn
sylvania has satisfied itself by inspection
that the waters of the Conemaugh, Ale
gheny, and the Ohio rivers must become
contaminated as a result of the recent
disastrous flood at JohnstOwn. 1t there
fore earnestly urges all persons who are
obliged to depend upon these streams for
their water supply to use no water for
household purposes which has not been
previously boiled.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THE friends of Hon. w. s. Kennon will
be gratifled to hear that his health is so
improved that he has been able to walk
up town every day for several DAYS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

1t is now almost certainty that dam
age suits will be brought by hundreds
against the owners of the lake which de-
stroyed JOhnstOwn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

New YORK dwarfs all other cities in
promises of help for the Johnstown suf-
ferers, but Philadelphia is well ahead in
actual performances. The difference is
characteristic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THE Republican Senatorial COnven-
tion of the Columbiana-J efferson district
met at WellsvilIe on the 4th inst. and
nominated Thomas H. Silver for Senator.
The nominee is a banker of Wellsville.
His first choice for Senator is Mckinley,
second Foster
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

IT took three days of hard fighting at
Gettysburg to kill as many people as the
flood killed in Pennsylvania in a few
minutes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
GRAMMAR.
S. c. MURPHY.
(Omit tUO.)

1. Employ compound relative pro-
noun in a sentence. Parse the relative.
2. Address a letter to a friend, saying
what an Institute is, and what advantages
are to be derived from it.
3. Classify elements as to use, form
and nature.
4. Is it true that the subject of propo-
SitiOn is always in the nOminative case
If not, show where.
3. Make use of a collective noun, COM
pound participle, relative adverb, modal
adverb, and defective verb in sentences.
6. Washington was elected Pres. told
him to gO Mary desires John to sing
Yes, shall go Immediately. Dispose of
words in italics.
7. Give directions for using shall and
will, by and with, in and within.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
(Omu tlUO)
l. Classify the powers of the mind.
2. When should children commence the
study of History? Outline few lessons
3. What is the law in regard to punish
ment?
4. What is intuition?.
5. What kind of exercises are suitable
for the last day of term or year?
6. How do yOu teach children to read
Z. Speak of the comparative value OF
pencil and oral work in arithmetic classes
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
(Omt tlCo.)
/. Describe the nervous system. What
is reflex action?
2. Describe the process of digestion
What is OSmOSiS?
3. How does alcohol hinder digestion
What effect on the circulation?
4. How is the heart itself nourished
What prevents the stomach from being
digested?
8. What is the composition of the blood ?
6 What artery carries venous blood a.?
What veins carry pure blood?
Z. What are the uses of the skin?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
RITCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE

The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
COrns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by Patterson 81 Sons. ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
CT. CLAIRSVILLE & NORTHERN
~ RAILROAD TIME CARD.
Time Schedule, in egect May 18th, IS,

CONNECTIONS-At Barton with all passenger
trains on c., L. 4 W. R'y; at Bridgeport with C. s
P. R'y for Steubenyille, Pittsburgh, and inteTme-
diate points; at Bellaire with B. & o, and B., T. &
C. Rys. ~ Direct with Street Cars to and from
Wheeling. Only direct route between st. Clairs-
vile and Wheeling.
A. c. DARRAH, F. NJ. TOWNSEND,
President. Superintendent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THERE are very few towns in Ohio but
have done something for the Johnstown
sufferers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THE thinker requires exactly the same
light as the painter; clear, without di-
rect sunshine, or binding reflection, and,
where possible, from above.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

JUST like man November 26, 1864,
Mrs. Hodges, of st. Louis, mailed let
ter to her husband, who was with Sher-
mans army. On reaching his regiment
the letter was given to Captain Bixby, to
be delivered to Mr.. Hodges. The Cap
tain naturally put it in his pocket. Two
weeks ago he found it in the same pocket
of the same coat, yellow and dingy with
twenty-five years incarceration, but in
other respects all right. He immediate
ly mailed it, and Mr.. Hodges received it
in the city from which it was originally
started. The news was little old, but
the family enjoyed reading it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CovETOUsNEss, like jealousy, when it
has once taken root, never leaves man
but with his life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

HONOR is but the reflection of mans
own actions shining bright in the face OF
all about him, and from thence rebound
ing upon himself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

WE should round every day Of stirring
action with an evening of thought. We
learn nothing of our experience except
we muse upon it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

A MAN really and practically looking
onward to an immortal life, on whatev-
er grounds, exhibits to us the human
soul in ennobled attitude.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
minutes.

THE arrivals and clearances and ton.
mage from Chicago exceed those of Liv.
erpoOl.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

IF you ask me which is the real her
edity sin of human nature, do yOu i'm
agine 1 shall answer pride, or luxury, or
ambition, or egotism? No; l shall say
incidence. Who conquers Incidence
will conquer all the rest. Indeed all
good principles must stagnate without
mental activity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

IN Leavenworth, Kan, man must
sign a certificate setting forth that he is
sick before he can get drink at drug
store. The highest record of sickness in
any one month was reached in June, 1886,
and the number of sick men was $4,000.
THE people of Pittsburgh and other
towns on the upper Ohio River are much
alarmed lest the decaying corpses float
ing down the river should contaminate
the drinking water and breed an cpl
demic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

IT is the goodIy outside that sin puts
on which tempteth to destruction. 1t
has been said that sin is like the bee,
with honey in its mouth, but sting in
its tail,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

IF thou desirest the love of God and
man, be humble; for the proud heart, as
it loves none but itself, so it is beloved
of none but by itself; the voice of hu-
mility is Gods music, and the silence
of humility is Gods rhetoric. Humili-
ty enfOrces where neither virtue nor
strength can prevail nor reason.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13

THERE is no security save in with
standing beginnings. Especially be on
your guard against depreciating the i'm
portance of conscientiOusness in small
affairs