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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
ALL THEY CAN STAND.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
There has for some time been in the
Eastern States cry against bad roads
and the complaint has worked its way
into Ohio. Country roads in this State
are comparatively good, generally speak
ing. To construct and maintain them
involves a great deal of expense in mon
ey or labor. A large part of the free
highway improvements is paid for from
taxes, levied in several counties. There
is besides road-tax on farm property,
which is usually .'wOrked out" by the
owners, each owner putting in his work
where it will do most good on the road
nearest his home. In the opinion of
Ohio farmers the present outlay on cOun-
try roads is heavy enough. Farms are
not paying large profits now, and the
percentage of taxation laid upon them
for road Improvements is about all they
can stand. 1t is to be hoped that theor-
etical road reformers, who drive over
highways that do not cost them a cent
of money or an hour of labor viii not
succeed in increasing the tax burden on
Ohio farmers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. Is, f. & A. M-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon.
II MEYrIt Sec'V F. ID. BAILEY, w. NJ
ST CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II, Royal
Arch UaSOns-Stated eOnyOcatiOns first Friday Of
each month. =, =,
j. b. MEYER, Rec. r. ID. BAlLE1, H. H.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d y. NJ
Meets second Tuesday OF each month.
j. Il. MEYER, Secy. j. B hhAN' l. l. vi.
HOPE COMMANDER, Nn. 26, 4. T.-Stated
conclaves first Tuesday Of each month
J. b. MEYER, Sec'y j. b. hhAN, T. u
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
A LIFE THOUGHT.

If drunk, We live in the present,
If grave, We live in the past;
If gay. We dwell in the future,
The only dwelling 10 last.
The maiden who greets the morning
With a smile that's all divine,
Is peering into a future
For brighter morn to shine.
The youth who studies the planets,
Or the diverse ways of men,
His heart is fixed on the coming
OF his rule by sword or pen.
The tOiler who drains his forces
In the stress of life for gain,
Wearily drops his weary head,
At the sightless future reign.
There's naught in gold or silver,
There's nothing in house or land,
Barring the greed to get it
BY the cold and worldly hand.
But the greed that's for the future,
Shall never that future find,
For the future always future
To the wish that rules the mind
If drunk, We live in the present,
If grave. we live i'm the past;
If gay, we dwell in the future,
The only dwelling to last.
Hugh Fdi1ur MdcdeTm0tt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE woolen manufacturer who wants
all his wool duty free, regardless of the
common interests in, and right to, the
protection which he enjoys. on his pro-
duct, cuts about as dignified figure as
The man Who condeInns GlIe Admini~-
tration as failure because he did not
get an office.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

TIE President is for reducing the
revenue of the Government, and very
quick too. Besides burdening the country
the surplus calls into use 'expedients for
putting it into circulation, of very ques-
tionable proprietv."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

TIE burden of eX-President Cleve-
lands last message was revision of the
tariff. President Harrison expresses
able length also in his message. But
there will be nevertheless very decided
difference between the reception Mr..
Harrison's views get and that given
Mr.. Cleveland's as the latter's were those
of free trader, while the formers are
those of friend of home industries who
advises only changes that will secure
just and reasonable protection.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE United States steamer Enterprise,
now in English waters and under orders
to come home, has been ordered by the
Navy Department to proceed to Antwerp
to receive the remains of ex-Minister
Pendleton and to convey them to the
United States for burial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

AT last Stanley has reached the coast,
and another letter has reached the press.
In it are the following striking passages:
'NOt an officer who was with us will
forget the miseries he has endured. vet
every one that started from his home
determined to march with the advance
column, and share its wonderful adyen-
lures, is here to-day, safe, sound and
well. This is not due to me. Lieut..
Stairs was pierced with poisoned arrow
like others, but others died and he lives.
The poisoned tip came out from under
his heart. Jephson was four months a
prisoner, with guards with loaded rifles
around him. That they did not murder
him is not due to me. These officers
have had to wade through as many as
II streams and broad eXpanses of mud
and swamp in a day. They have
endured a sun that scOrched whatever it
touched. \ multitude of impedimeuts
have rutfied their tempers and harassed
their hours. They have maddened
with the agOnieS of fierce feverS. They
have lived for months in an atmosphere
that medical authority declared to be
deadly. They have faced dangers every
day, and their diet has been infamous
and abomiuable, and yet they live. This
is not due to me any more than the cour
age with which they endured all. The
vulgar will call it luck. Unbelievers will
call it chance but deep down in each heart
remains the feeling that, of verify, there
are more things in Heaven and earth
than are dreamed of in common philoso-
ply" Stanley seems to be believer in
a special Providence, and such expert
ences certainly justify the belief.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE breath of chronic catarrh patient
is often so offensive that he becomes an
object of disgust. After time ulcera-
ton sets in, the spOngy bones are attacked
and frequently entirely destroyed. a
constant source of discomfort is the drip
ping of the purulent secretions into the
throat, sometimes producing inveterate
bronchitis, which in its turn has been the
exciting cause of pulmonary disease
The brilliant results which have attended
its use for years past properly designate
Ely's Cream Balm as by far the best and
only cure. l2o 2t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

TIE Buffalo Presbytery by vote of
a to u favored revision of the creed,
and that, too, against the unanimous
report of committee of seven to which
the subject had been referred. The theory
was, that the contest is on and it may as
well be settled now as later.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

APPARENTLY the Democracy means
to cling to its sole remaining issue of
free trade until it is hammered out of it
by the Republicans as it was hammered
out of its former stubborn adherence to
the companion doctrines of free trade
the dogmas af slavery and secession.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE laws of health are taught in our
schools: but not in the way to be OF
much practical benefit and are never il
lustrated by living examples, which in
many cases could easily be done. Ii some
scholar, who had Just contracted cold
was brought before the school, so that
all could hear the dry, loud cough, and
know its significance: see the thin white
coating on the tongue and later, as the
cold develops, see the profuse wattry
expectoration and thin watery discharge
from the nose, not one of them would ev-
er forget what the first symptoms of a
cold were. The scholar should then be
given Chamberlain's Congh Remedy free
ly, that all might see that even a severe
cold could be cured in one or two days,
or at least greatly mitigated, when prop
erly treated as soon as the symptoms ap-
pear. For sale by J. b. HoGE, Drug
CiSt l2-0 1t.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

TIE presentpopulatiOn of Oklahoma is
reckoned at 10000, its churches number
thirty eight, its schools twenty nine and
its newspapers twenty-five; and Okla
homa, it should be remembered, is hardly
six months old. This is a wonderfully
rapid country and age we live in.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

Mr.. GLADSTONE is believer in the
wisdom and justice of local option. In
the great speech which he delivered at
Manchester last week, he advocated
granting to the English County Councils
the power to regulate and control the
liquOr traffic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

One of the most amusing features in
current politics was the scheme of the
Democrats in the House to secure pat
ent on tariff reform" before that body
was organized. They met in caucus
and hastily adopted an address to the
county repledging themselves to G. c.
and t.r., and inferentially denouncing
Republican tariff reform, without know
ing what it would be, as an infringement
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE Democratic Senators and Repre-
sentatives- elect who announce them
selves "open to conviction" concerning
the United States Senatorship mean, in
many cases, that they are open to pur-
chase. "Conviction" is very appropriate
word fOr bribe- taking.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
FOR 1890

Consider SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE when you are
deciding upon your reading matter for next sea
son. The subscription rate is lows pear.
The standard of the Magazine is high,
It's spirit progressive.
The Illustrations interesting and of the best.
There is not space here to give even a summary of
the features to appear next year, but among other
things there will he a NEW DEPARTMENT and
ADDITIONAL PAGES, and groups of Illustrated
articles will be devoted to the following subjects
African Exploration and Travel,
Life on a Modern War Ship q articles),
Homes in City, Suburb, and Country,
Providing Homes through Building ASSOci;-
tiOnS,
The Citizens Rights,
Electricity in the Household,
Ericsson, the Inventor, by his Authorized Bi-
Ographer,
Hunting,
Humorous Artists, American and Foreign.
There will be 3 serials.
Robert Louis Stevenson will contribute in 1890.
Each subject and there will be great variety this
year. will be treated by writer's most competent to
speak with authority and with interest. Readers
who are Interested are urged 10 send for pros
pectuS.
25 cents number 81 for months.
CHARLES SCRlBNER & SONS,
TAB Broadway, New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

"GoDEY'S Lady's Book" for December
has reached us, and is veritable Christ
mas gift, and, like a plum pudding, fill
ed to overhowing with all manner of
good things. The Illustrations are ex-
quisite, the story matter above par, and
each department full of good reading y
new department entitled The Children's
Corner" is presided over by veritable
Santa Claus, who certainly has feaSted
the little ones royalty. Now is the time
to subscribe for 1890. Cooley Publish
ing Company, 1926 Arch street, Phila.
Pa. $500 per year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPING.

To arrest hieeough, close both ears
with the fingers with pressure, while a
few swallows of liquid are taken.
A LITTLE bOraX put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red-bOrdered
towels are to be washed, will prevent
them from fading.
\ SMALL box filed with lime and
placed on shelf in the pantry or closet
will absorb dampness and keep the air
in the closet dry and sweet.
PLUSH goods and all articles dyed
with aniline eolors, faded from exposure
to the light, will look as bright as ever
after being sponged with ehlorofOrm.
NEVER put food away on tin plates.
Fully one half the cases of poison frum
the use of canned goods is because the
article was left or put back into the can
after using. China, earthenware and
glass are the only safe receptacles for
"left-overs."
Touch meat can be made wonderful
ly tender when put to boil by adding
tablespoonful of good vinegar. This is
also good for tough fowl of any kind;
and tough steak can be much improved,
after pounding, TO salt and roll in flour,
and fry in very hot butterOr lard.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER says
that numerous and far-reaching viola
tions of the Federal laws relating to
Congressional elections have been re-
ported to him, and that his department
is doing all it can to investigate all
cases and prosecute all persons inpli-
Gated with fairly satisfactory results.
In many cases, though, nothing can be
done because of the intimidation of
witnesses, and in certain regions he says
no occupation is so dangerous as faith
full performance of duty by United
States officers. 1t was the Attorney
Generals experience no doubt that
largely prompted the President to sug-
gest in his message that the Government
make better provision for protecting its
officers and witnesses and that the Gen
eral Government take the whole direction
and control of Congressional elections
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE public debt has decreased at the
rate of about 100000 month since
the beginning of the current fiscal year,
which is quite fast enough.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

EX-PREsIDENT HAYES, speaking OF
Dom Pedro, recalls the fact that when
the latter was in this country in 1876
he sat beside Mr.. Hayes (then President,
at the Philadelphia centennial exercises
While the declaration of independence
was being read from the orators stand
the Emperor of Brazil took from his
pocket a well-w worn and interlined copy
of the declaration and closely followed
the reading of it. He remarked to Pres
ident Hayes in explanation that the book
had been given to him and that he priced
it very highly. He added: at is grand
good document. l have made close
study of it." The incident and the re-
mark led the President to believe that
the Emperor was republican at heart
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
Bel1ltn,tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1889.

BETS are offered in Ohio two to one
that Brice will be elected Senator. The
bar'l is getting in its work.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
DITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AND
l. ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PANHANDLE ROUTE.
Time Card in Effect Nay II, 1889.

T1diili tACepl ''tulustA. -i''tlil'
At Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Station with through trains on the Pennsyyania
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 mad,
in Union Station with prominent railroads for ali
points in the West, Northwest and Southwest.
For further Information call on or address near
est ticket agent. L. A. FORD,
JAS. MCCREA, Gen. Pass Agent,
General Manager. Pittsburgh, Ia.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

AN honest Swede tells his story
in plain but unmistakable language
for the benefit of the public. One of my
children took a severe cold and got the
Group. gave her a teaspOonful Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, and in five min
uteS later gave her one more. By this
time she had TO cough up the gathering
in her throat. Then she went to sleep
and slept good for fifteen minutes. Then
she got up and vomited; then she went
back to bed and slept good for the re-
mainder of the night. She got the Group
the second night and gave her the same
remedy with the same good results |
write this because thought there might
he some one in the same need and not
know the true merits of this wonderful
medicine. CHARLES \. THOMPSEEN,
Des Moines. Iowa. 80 cent bottles for
sale by J. b. HoeE, Druggist. l2-5 II.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge-JOhn B. briggs.
Probate Judge-Isaac IL. GastOn.
Clerk of Courts-William B. Cash.
Slleriff-Oliver Z. FOulke.
AuditOr-R- K. Barrett.
Treasurer-tieOrge Robinson.
Prosecuting Att0rney-Jesse w. HolllnswOrth.
Recorder-JOhn NJ. Beckett.
Commissioners-MOr Cope, William }. Berry,
John c. Israel.
Suryeyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-A. NJ. +. Boyd.
fniirnlary Directors : Burget McCOnnaughy,
president; William Lodge, clerk; John A Clark,
auditor.
Superintendent Infirmary john Sidebottom,
East Richland. ~
Superintendent Children's HOme-Peter Giffin,
BarneSville.
School Examiners-James Duncan, Bridgeport {;
s. c. Murphy, Belmont; I. 7. Harris, SoinertOn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

VTIANTED IMMEDIATED. LADIES to work for a
NM wholesale house on NeedewOrk at their
w homes. (Sent any distance). Good pay can
- he made. Everything furnished. Particulars
free Address Artistic NeedlewOrk Co., 135 Sth
street. New York City.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THE King of Siam is a magnificent
object in state attire. He glistens from
head to foot with jewels worth more
than 81 100000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

WATCH against the pride of your OWL
reason and a vain conceit of your intel
lectual powers, with the neglect of di
vine aid and blessing. Presume moi
upon great attainments in knowledge
By your own self-sufficiency. Those who
trust to their own understanding entire
ly are pronounced fools in the Word OF
God; and it is the wisest of men who
gives them this character.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

THE perfection of divine love does
not consist in ecstacies; it consists in
doing the will of God.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

A MAN in Sinner County, Cal, who
killed neighbor's steer to save his own
family from starving, declined counsel,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one
year in the State prison.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

KEEP on with your right thinking
Most of our thinking has resulted in on
ly a tangled skein of silk. Begin to
untangle, and out of the new thoughts
you will weave beautiful cloth of gold,
to be cut and fitted into garments for
your words and actions garments for
your bodies, for which the angelic raj
ment is a symbol.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

PRAISE is that which costs us nothing,
but which we are, nevertheless, the most
unwilling to bestOw upon others, even
where it is most due, though we some
times claim it the more for ourselves, the
less we deserve it; not rejecting that
the breath of self-eulogy soils the face
of the speaker, even as the censer is
dimmed by the smoke of its own per-
fume.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12
nR. ROBT. J. ALEXANDER,
GENERAL PRACTITIONER,
In town and Country.

OFFICE-In Drug Store formerly owned by II.
West & Son, St Clairsville, Ohio. 32s, SO
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

PRUDENCE is virtue most necessary
for us if we wish to accommodate our
selves to the situation and dispositions
teaches us the greatest circumspection
in our words and actions, and the avoid
ance of everything that may do the
least injury to others or wound charity
or decency.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

MERE lectures, reading and conversa-
ton, without thinking, are not sufficient
to make man of knowledge and wis
dom.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THERE have been great masters in
the realms of thought, and great lead
ers in all fields of enterprise; but there
has been but one Christ.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

THOUGH observation and instruction,
reading and conversation may furnish
US with many ideas of men and things,
yet it is our own meditation, and the la
Dor of our own thoughts, that must form
our Judgment of things.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

AN Iowa criminal just released from
the penitentiary for attempted murder
celebrated the event by killing man,
and attempting to kill a woman. OPP
ponents of capital punishment say
hanging does not diminish the number
of murders; but it effectually prevents
the felon from adding to his list of
killings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

MANY one who in the great crisis of
life has acted the hero's part, has been
shamefully overcome by some little sin,
or some secret temptation. The sudden
irritation and the stinging word care
lessly spoken in the domestic circle, the
chafng and trying episodes in the tedi-
Gus routine of our daily work, these
are the things that prove and weigh our
manhood more than any other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

WHAT matters where your feet stand,
or wherewith your hands are busy, so
that it is in the spot where God has put
you, and the work He has given you to
do? Your real life is within-hidden in
God with Christ, ripening and strength
ening and waiting as through the long
geologic period of night and incomplete
ness waited the germs of all that was to
unfold into this actual, green and beau
teous earth!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

TIE influential young woman is a
queen. Every true, pure hearted girl
has an influence. BE careful, young
woman, of the man .yOu make your king.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

The farm near st. Louis which Gen.
Grant once owned changed hands last
week, but with the stipulation that
Capt. /. 5. Conn, the conveyer should
have the right to remove the old log
cabin which Grant reared in 1857 and in
which he lived. The Grand Army men
of st. Louis will endeaver to secure the
cabin and preserve it as one of the most
interesting of the many memorials of the
old commander.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

Mr. LEE why, Addie. you needn't cry about
1t! / only said Mrs. Allen was very we'll
Informed woman, and wished you would follow
her example"
MRs LIE Yes and last week you said you
wished could mana-e to look stylish as Mrs
Allen,-and she makes all her own clothes. But
she has what haven't
Mr. LEE What is that 81
MRS LEE. "Well, she gets all OF her informs
ton 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
veil 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 month
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 tn boys watch for it every month.
as a place is found for them al>o in its pages; and
Mr. Allen swears BY it. 1t is really wonderful
how il suits every member of the family !"
Mr. LEE. ell perhaps l had better send for Q
Specimen Copy; for If tits anything like what you
sayit is IL will amuse and instruct the whole Of u.s.
Mrs LEE Il see that W Jennings Demorest,
the publisher Is East 18th Street. New York, is
we can't lose anything, as each number contains
a Pattern Or lcr emitting the holder 10 any
Pattern she may choose and in any size-which
alone makes esch copy worth 81 cents and just
want q jacket pattern like Mrs Aliens. The
subscription prize is only s2 20 year; and
must say l can't see how they can publish 20
elegant Ma gazine for Sc little money"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-12

IT is estimated that 500 organ grinders
are lying idle in New York on account
of the order forbidding eurbstone music