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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
an Infuriated Husband in Resenting
an Attack on His Wife.

Two Men Fatally hacked Win an AK Dy
an Infuriated Husband In Resenting
an Attack on His Wife.
BLOOMSBURY, Pa, Aug 1S.-A shock
ing tragedy occurred at Danville Satur-
day night, the details Of which have
just reached here. The reports, as far
as received, do not say that the princi-
pals of the affair were killed instantly,
but subsequent developments show that
their wounds are fatal. The names of
the victims are Frank Schuraski and
Patrick Monahan. John Mininies, who
committed the assault, is now in Jail
awaiting to-day's hearing. Public
opinion is in sympathy with the pris-
oner, as the evidence, SO far as can be
learned, shows that he committed the
deed while resenting ali insult to his
wife. Schuraski and Monahan went to
Mininies' house during the night
Under the Influence of Liquor.
After reaching it some noise was made
which attracted the attention of Min
inies, who appeared in the door with
lamp in his hand, followed by his
wife. One of the men told her to
SO ONA DuI
this she declined to do at the same
time making a retort; but before
it was finished the lamp, which her hus-
band held, was grabbed and thrown
across the room in the direction the
woman was standing. Mininies at once
became furious, and seizing an ak
slashed right and left with terrible
effect. The light was now extinguished
and
A Terrible Struggle Ensued.
Mrs. Mininies was knocked to the floor
senseless, where she was found when
the rescuers arrived. Mininies was also
overcome by blow ON the head, but
soon rallied. Monahan was found ON
the step with his skull split. deep cash
was cut in his shoulder, and he was
otherwise bruised. His companion,
Schuraski, was found in the house,
where he had been knocked by blow
in the forehead, which was split clear
across. Neither of the men can recover.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
RHETORIC.-(Omit t1oo.)

l. Describe a loose sentence, and construct one.
2. Give the derivation Of the words rhetoric,
style, simile, invention, and pronunciation.
3. Define poetry.
4. Name four kinds of meter, and tell their me
chanical structure.
s. What is meant by the sublime?
9. Describe the Spencerian stanZa
z. Write a composition containing three para
graphs on the subject Innocence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
DOOMED BY SNAKES.
Second Copperhead Bite in Two Months,
from Which She Became Blind and

Delirious.
GALLON, O., Aug. 19.-Mrs Mary
Roat, of Mainsbury, the day before the
Fourth of July was bitten on her fore
head by cspperhead snake while she
was putting a pie on the swing shelf in
the cellar, the snake having climbed to
the shelf in some way and lying there
coiled. The poison of the snake affected
Mrs. Roat so seriously that for several
most of the time delirious. The venom
finally succumbed to treatment and
Mrs. Roat gradually recovered, being
able to get out of the house for the first
time last week. Yesterday she Went
into the yard to hang up clothes; she
had her clothes pins in muslin bag.
She laid the bag on the ground until
she was ready to use it. When she
thrust her hand into the bag to take out
some of the clothes pins
Her Middle Finger Was Seized
by something and instantly a shock of
excruciating pain flashed from her fin
gers to her shoulders. She quickly drew
her finger from the bag and dropped the
bag on the ground. The instant the bag
struck the ground copperhead snake
ran out of it and hurried away in the
grass. Mrs. Roat's cries brought aid to
her, but she became blind and delirious
before she could be taken to the house
She is now lying in a precarious state.
DR.. Bell doubts that she will survive
this second injection of cOpperhead ven
ON into her system while it was still af-
fected by the first charge. The copper
head and its mate were found in the
high grass and both We're killed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

IT is not the best things that is,
things which we call best-that make
men; it is not the pleasant things; it is
not the calm experiences of life; it is
life's rugged experiences, its tempests,
its trials. The discipline of life is here
good and there evil, here trouble and
there JOY, here rudeness and there smooth
ness, one working with the other; and
the alterations of the one and the 9TH
er which necessitates adaptations con-
stitute part of that education which
makes man man, in distinction from
an animal, which has no education
The successful man invariably bears the
marks of the struggles which he has
had to undergo on his brow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
HOW MUCH WHEAT PER ACRE?

HOW MUCH WHEAT PER ACRE?
StOckman.
The average wheat-raiser in this coun-
try grows from twelve to thirteen bushels
per acre, and this year will not reach
even this very unsatisfactory yield. The
time has been when, even with these
figures, wheat growing has been profit
able; but that time is past. If the
business is to pay again the profits must
accrue to those who produce twenty,
twenty-five and thirty or more bushels
per acre. There are men, and not few
of them, who reach these figures, and
can show them as average results of the
work of term of years. Why can not
all do SO? We really believe that the
future holds out no inducements for
wheat production among those who are
not ready to try to better the average
yield of the country up to this time.
Those who grow twenty-five bushels per
acre seem do do it just about as regularly
as others who produce little more than
half that amount, and the additional
expense and labor is by no means COM
mensurate with the result. The average
wheat-grower needs to set his mark
higher, and with proper effort is certain
to reach it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
PEDAGOGY Y.-(Omit t,oo.)
JAMES DUNCAN.

l. Define study, and give its objects.
2. Give three modes Of conducting recitation;
tell which is the best and why.
8. What is the object of school government?
Give your reason for so thinking.
4. What is meant by training?
8. Name three school requisites, and describe
how you have used one of them.
6. What faculty of the mind is first appealed TO
in teaching reading?
Z Define idea. concept and Thought
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

THE great high-road of human well
fare lies along the old highway of stead
fast well doing; and they who are the
most persistent and work in the truest
spirit will invariably be the most sue
cessful. Success treads on the heels of
every right effort.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

IN early childhood the germs of fra
ternal affection may be so carefully
nourished as to bear rich harvest of
fruit through all the succeeding years of
life. Love is not wholly a matter of in
stinct or accident, as some may imagine;
its presence is often due to cultivation,
its absence to neglect
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

1 WISH that it were never ones duty to
quarrel with anybody. l do hate it; but
not to do it sometimes is to smile in the
devils face.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
BURIED IN A SAND-PIT.
Agony of Farm Hand for Hours Before
He is Discovered.

SIDNEY, O., Aug. 18.-August Schwab-
row, farm hand in the employ of Sam
uel Strahlem, was sent for load of
gravel He did not come back and a
search was instituted. He was found in
the gravel-pit, buried up to his neck and
unconscious. The pit had caved as soon
as he entered it, and he had been held
as in wise four hours. One shoulder
was crushed, and from internal injuries
he NAV die
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

SOME of our weaknesses are born in
us, others are the result of education; it
is a question which of the two gives us
most trouble
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

SCHOOL discipline rightly carried out
is as vital to the future good of the child
as the lessons he learns.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21


Accom-. train leaves Columbus at 80 p m daily,
except Sunday; Newark 80 pm; arrive GAINESVILLE
AZ pm.
Columbus GAINESVILLE & Sandusky Accom-. leaves
Columbus u 20 m; arrives GAINESVILLE > - m;
SandlIsky II 30 pm.
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains.
j. I. ODELL, c. q. SCULL.
Cien1 Manager, Gen'l Pass. Agent
Chicago, Ill. Baltimore, Md
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

If we are ever in doubt what to do, it
is good rule to ask ourselves what we
shall wish on the morrow that we had
done.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

THERE is not any benefit so glorious
in itself but it may be exceedingly sweet
ened and improved by the manner of
comforting it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

IT is impossible to say absolutely of
most mems merits or talents and per-
formances that they are either great or
small, save in comparison with those of
others. A few men, when they think
of themselves, involuntarily glance up
ward; the majority look downward, and
are naturally pleased at the elevation
they enjoy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
TEACHERS QUESTIONS.

The following questions were pro
pounded at the Teachers Examination
held at Barnesville, Friday and Saturday,
Aug 10 and 16:
HIGHER BRANCHES.
LATIN.-(Omit tLCo)
:. {. MURPHY.
l. Define and give example or illustrate deponent
verb and peTlphrdstic cOnJugatlou-
?. Give the general rules for the gender of nouns.
What kind OF nouns have but one gender but are
used for both sexes
3. Give some of the more important rules govern
ing pronunciation.
4. Graeci Trojan capiebant. Give the subjunc-
tive of the verb in both voices.
5. Translate: " He has made all things, but he is
himself more excellent than all things he hath
made
6. EpaminOndas tanta fut Gbstentid ct integri-
tate, nj post plurima bella, qitibi;s Thebanorum
pOtentian incredibilter dtLrerGt, nih In supellec
till haberat praeter dlientIm ct veru.
4 Parse italicized words in the above.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

GET health writes Emerson; no labor,
pains, temperance, poverty, nor exercise
that can gain it must be grudged. For
sickness is a cannibal which eats up all
the life and youth it can lay hold of and
absorbs its own sons and daughters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

TRUTH cannot be found without some
labor and attention of the mind, and
the thoughts dwelling considerable
time upon the survey and discussion of
each particular.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

THE business of constancy chiefly is,
bravely to stand to, and stoutly to suffer
those Inconvenience which are not 9TH
erwise possible to be avoided.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

IT is the first small yielding to tempta-
ton that peoples prisons and feeds the
gallows. Tri1es are indications, even as
straWs are weather-vanes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

PRoBITY, independence, unselfishness,
tender regard for the feelings of others,
and a hearty hatred for whatever is
mean, tricky, vulgar, or profane-these
are among the qualities that distinguish
the true gentleman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

THE habit of resolving without acting
is worse for us than never resolving at
all, inasmuch as it gradually snaps the
natural connection between thought and
deed
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

BEWARE of no man more than your
self; we carry our worst enemies with us.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

00En A MONTH. No capital required. A gOC 1
MILL chance tOmake money. Apply for territory
WV att once. b. 5. Lauderbach Co. Newark, NJ.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

THOSE who are in the power of evil
habits must conquer them as they can;
and conquered they must be, or neither
wisdom nor happiness can be attained.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
THEORY AND PRACTICE.


1. Describe the natural teacher"
2. What objects are attained by analy-
sis of problems in arithmetic?
3. How do you correct mOnOtOnOus
reading?
4, Upon what branches wonld you give
oral Instruction? Why?
). How do You teach history?
6. Which would you teach first, long or
short division? Why?
I. How do you teach young pupils the
effects of alcohol on the human system
PHYSIOLOGY, HYGIENE AND
NARCOTICS
(Omd tlro of the first fre.)
1. Into what three substances is food
changed? Where and how is the change
made?
2. Describe the stomach.
8. Name three uses of respiration.
4. Locate the tOnsils. Of what use are
they?
5. Name and locate some of the most
important glands of the body. What is
the Office of gland?
6. Define food. Is alcohol a food ? Why
Z. Give the effect of alcohol on three
different organs of the body.
g. What hygienic differences may be
drawn from the nature of food?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
GEOGRAPHY
(Omit tlpO.l

l. Define and bound the climatic zones
g Into what waters do the following
rivers flow: Po, Don, Dial, Syr, Oder, JOr,
dan, Mohawk, Indus, Niger and Murray ?
3. Locate Austin, Acapulco, Formosa
Hayre and Santiago.
A. Name and locate the American
countries that are, or recently have been.
at war; give the nature of the trouble
and products of those countries.
8. Where are the following found
Chamois, llama, sable, kangaroo and
cobra?
6. Bound the last State admitted to the
Union.
z. Name the Sunda Islands" and their
products.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

A LIFE that will bear the inspection
of God and of men is the only certificate
of true religion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.

| l
Cleveland Leader.
The annual report of the Secretary of
International Affairs of Pennsylvania
officially confirms the reasons frequently
stated in these columns for the depression
in farm values. The inquiry was under
taken at the instance of the State
Grange, and the six hundred local
oranges of the State were the principal
sources of the Secretary's information,
through. blanks which they circulated
among the farmers in all parts of the
Commonwealth and returned properly
filled out. The returns have been tabu-
lated by the Chief of the Pennsylvania
Bureau of Statistics, Professor Bolles,
who, after carefully weighing the facts
and opinions thus gathered, says the
most important cause of agricultural
depression is overproduction through the
use of labor-saving machinery and the
tilling of vast areas of fertile land made
accessible in recent years by the rail
roads. We raised more of two or three
leading staples than could be consumed
at home, and as other countries were
making increased exertions to supply
their own needs the inevitable result
was fall in prices, and to that the
depression is due.
The cure for this is the diversiicatiOn
of industry so as to raise more beetS for
sugar and flax for linens, for which there
will be sure and profitable home
market, and less grain and provisions
for the less profitable foreign markets.
When that plan is adopted, and the
growth of population overtakes the agri-
cultural industry, as it will in few
years, we shall hear no more about
agricultural depression. The proportion
of labor and capital employed in agricul-
ture is now too large. 1t will grow
smaller hereafter The situation is the
same as if the rolling mills of the country
were turning out 20 per cent. more iron
than could be used at home and were
forced to sell the surplus in competition
with the product of cheaper foreign
labor. There are signs that the crisis
has already been reached and passed.
The abandoned farms of New England
are filling up, and many scattered reports
show an encouraging rise in the value
of farm property.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

HE that hath pity on another mans
sorrow shall be free from it himself, and
he that delighteth in and scorneth the
misery of another shall one time or other
fall into it himself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
PHYSICS.- -(Omit t,oo.)
T. p. HARRIS

/. What is the difference between gravity and
grayitatiOn? Give the law of grayitatiOn. OF
weight. What is meant by center of gravity.
2. What is a telephone? MicrOpbOne? PhOnO-
graph? PhotOphone?
3. How far about the surface of the earth must
200 pounds be placed to weigh 1900 pounds?
4. By what laws is the pendulum governed?
What are the uses of the pendulum? A pendulum
8 feet long makes 400 vibrations during a certain
time; how many vibrations will it make in the
same time after the pendulum rod has expanded
half an inch?
5. A and b. carry quarter of beef weighing 45O
pounds on a rod between them. AS strength IS
IL that of BIS; the rod is 10 feet long; where
should the beef be suspended?
6. Give four advantages resulting from the use of
machines. Give the three general laws of ofmachines
Z. lump of ice weighing s pounds is fastened to
16 pounds of lead. In water the lead alone weighs
14-6 pounds, while the lead and ice weigh 1912
pounds. Find the specific gravity of the ice.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

During which one was the largest area
annexed?
, Tell for what the following persons
are noted in American history: Champ
lain, o. II. Perry DeSota. ) F. b. Morse,
Cyrus Mccormick, Eli Whitney. George
Rodgers Clark. Cyrus w. Field.
3 Locate the following places or rivers,
and tell what happened there to make
them OF historic interest: JohnstOwn
Thames, Dorchester, Paris. Buena Vista,
American River
1. Outline the cause, progress and re-
suit of the Mexican war.
). Name the states formed from the
Northwest Territory.
6. Name three inventions which have
greatly aided i'll developing the Great
West, and give history of the most i'm
pOrtant one
:. Describe the battle of Gettysburg.
GRAMMAR.
COnit ttco)
7. P. HARRIS.
l. What is meant by the classification.
the infection, and the derivation OF
words? Illustrate.
2 In what do adjectives and adverbs
differ? Are the names appropriate
Why?.
3. Give the feminine of master, mister
swain, marquis, traitor, ear, billy goat
youth, monk, and schOOlmaster.
| 4. Compose sentences in which five OF
these adverbs shall modify adjectives
and five shall modify adverbs: Far, quite,
much. almost, too, rather, unhappily,
quickly, somewhat, unkindly.
>. Write the plural of the singular
nouns and pronouns in the following list,
and the singular of those that are plural:
Colony, Mr., cherubim, mesdames, DIR.
Ely, who, it, wharf, solo, piano, oasis,
hoof, bucketful.
6. Name eight principal phrases and
give examples of each.
Z. Diagram:
''MysteriOus are his ways, whose power
Brings forth that unexpected i.OuT
When minds that never met before,
Shall meet, unite, and part no more
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

I'LL How are the powers of government divided by
the constitution? Describe each fully.
3 Where must revenue bills originate? Why?
g. What is meant by a writ of habeas corpus?
What is its value? When and by whom may it be
suspended?
T. What is bill of attainder? EX post factO
law? CapitatiOn tax? Bills of credit? Inspec-
tiOn laws?
g. What is Blaine's reciprocity scheme?
6. Name three important measures considered
by Congress this term, and what the standing OF
the political parties in regard to each.
ALGEBRA.-(O -(Omit taoo)
l. Find the G. C. d. of X3 -9X2 + 26
X-24, Xs -6X2 4-11X-6, and Xs s
X2 t19X-12.
2. Solve: X +y-5
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
ORTH0GRAPHY.
JAMES DUNCAN.

JAMES DUNCAN.
l. Define vocal chords, pharynx, glottis,
cOgnate sounds, and vocal
2. Make and name the diacritical marks.
3. Give the uses of the semi-dieresis.
q. What are linguals? Write them.
8. Give two rules for spelling.
g. Indicate the pronunciation of the
following words: Aroma, almond, bayou,
feted, valet.
z. Give the meaning of the following
affixes: out, mis-, els, trans, mono, less,
ant, ly, age, protO.
HISTORY.
Omit tlCO.
l. During what administrations has
territory been added to the United States ?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

THE religious pleasures of a well-dis-
posed mind move gently, and therefore
constantly. 1t does not affect by ecsta-
sy and rapture, but is like the pleasure
of health, still and sober.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

WHEN we are young we are lavishly
employed in procuring something where
by we may live comfortably when we
grow old; and when we are old we per-
ceive it is too late to live as we pro-
posed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

A DISCONTINUED man is stunned by
all; while contented one becomes a
magnet of attraction around which ev-
erything that has life in it gathers just
for the pleasure of borrowing little of
his sunshine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21

CURING OF PILES GUARANTEED.-win give
$1,000 any Of failure. No required OF response
bic parties.
YOUNG MEN-Who have become victims OF solitary vice,
dreadful destructive habit which annually sweeps
untmey thousands Of young Of exalted talent and
brilliant intellect, may call with confidence. &
DR.. FRANCE-Aner years experience. discovered
weakness in the back and limbs
discharges posncy general debility, nervousness
languor Of ideas palptaon Of the heart udy
trembling Of sight gddness diseases Of the head
throat nose skin Of the liver lungs stomach
bowethose terrible disorders arising rom the solitary vice OF
youtAnd practices bghng ther most radiant hopes
antcipaons marriage inpossibe- Take one
candid thought Is late- week month may
Of hope Ny method Of treat
speedily permanently the most obstinate case
and absolutely restore perfect manhood
TO MIDDLE-AGED MEN.-There many from the
ngro 80 troubled with frequent evacuaons OF the
bladder ofen slight burning smartng
sation veakennz the patient cannot
account for Of the urinary deposits
sediment viii sometimes small particles Of albu
men appear will be thin or mkish hue again
who die Of this dnicuty ignorant of the which
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-11
Budd Reeve Talks to the Farmers About Their Big
Mortgages and Coming Big Prices
for Clothing.

question that the Mckinley bill stood
next to the Bible, as the greatest re-
formatory move since Adams time. If
he had taken them off, the evidence
would still have been more convincing
to the assembled ladies and gentlemen.
The whole speech was one of those
windy. transparent attempts at defense
of the Mckinley robbery ever presented
to an intelligent audience. None of
the farming community were present,
and very few laboring men, they hay
ing already had enough of Mr.. John
sons blatherskite oratory. They know
better than he what the Mckinley bill
is, and what they have to suffer from
its provisions. They may not all have
studied Greek and Latin, as johnson
says he has; but they possess grains of
common sense and put them to good
use, and are not obliged to show their
shoes, or tell all audience what they
cost to sustain any argument they may
advance. The Republicans were dis
gusted, and the Democrats tickled with
this great effort of the scholar. the
statesman and, as he said at Grand
Forks, 1.-THE only representative man
capable of performing the duties of con-
gresham from North Dakota" Bah :!