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roller for windlass is four feet between
bearings and three inches in diameter,
and can be either constructed at home,
or, what is better, turned from good,
sound maple or other strong material
at some shop Any blacksmith can
mako the hooks bolts, etc. Two pull
leys and about twenty feet Of three
fourths-inch rope will tc all that need
be purchased. ANY carpenter can con-
Struct this derrick by referring to the
cus Tho heaviest beeves as well as the
highest lambs can be easily raised for
Skim i-~ Or 1resss--
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no shoes on his feet and a battered old
straw hat on his head, sat on nail keg
on the back porch of Pap Raper's store
at MiddletO1's Station. 1t was the aft
ernOOn of a hot July day; and as the
back porch of the store was used as a
landing platform for passengers and
freight by the railroad company, and as
II was also located a5 the north end of
the store, it was a favorite resort for the
countryside loafers, who, when they
could get half a day off from their
farm work during the Cropping sea-
son" delighted to congregate there to
whittle, to chat over neighborhood af-
fairs and to watch for the passenger
train from the east, which came in at
SIX o'clock. But on this particular Oc-
casion Champ was alone; for a wonder,
there we're no other oilers about Pap
Raper himself was inside the store ex-
changing dry-goods and groceries for a
lot Of butter and eggs, which a small
boy and girl had brought in from a
neighbOring farm.
Champ sat on the nail keg and whit
tied industrioUsly. While doing this
he was also Ineditating, and that very
deeply. Occasionally he would pause
in his employment and would gaze in
tently up the track, whose rails glis-
tened in the bright sunlight and above
which the rays of heat shimmered and
danced in manner that was both daz-
cling and painful to the eyes.
On the other side of the track, and
opposite to the store, stood the black
smiths shop; through the open door of
this and from where he sat, Champ
could see the blazing fire on the black
smiths fOrge--could sec tho shower of
sparks as they few like stars from his
hammer and the iron he was welding,
and although he did not realize It, per
haps, could hear the musical clatter of
a moving machine that was running in
a meadow not dozen rods from, the
store. A quail flew up on the fence
down the track and began to whistle
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FARLE VI

One of the oldest houses in
Kentucky; keeps variety Of
WROUGHT IRON for black
smiths; WHEELS, SPOKES.
RIMS and other supplies for
wagon-makers. Best makes of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS. Fine
lot Of GUNS and AMMUNITION.
Headquarters for FIELD SEEDS.
LINE Of HARDWARE and hest
brands of STAPLE GROCERIES.
LIME and CEMENT.
&-Come to the house where
your fathers and grandfathers
bought their goods half century
ago.
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THANKSGIVING SONG.

house shall have their moral tone low
cred by living in dirt and eating food
that would ruin the stomach and tenn
per of horse" to all Of which Hale said
amen" for he was himself a lover of
cleanliness and good living.
But Mrs. Crane was as silent as the
Sphinx regarding herself, and at the
end Of six months Hale and his men
knew no more about her than on the
day she first rode into the camp.
They did not know from whence she
came nor where she thought of going in
time to come. She seemed to be q
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BOYS CLOTHING

at 1925. Alterforwood Gus
tOm-Made Boots and Shoes be-
low cost, and other custom
made best brands of Shoes.
all very cheap. A splendid
line Of all kinds Of Shirts.
Over and Under, from I5cts.
to $2-below cost. We sell
the best ) and 10 cent. Hand
kerchiefs and Hosiery in the
city. Ladies' White Party
Kid Gloves, 80 to 40 cents.
Crashes from 81 to 10 cents
per yard less than cost. Good
Calico Acts. Challies ( and
; cents less than cost. Nice
Lace Bed Sets 1925. Lace
Curtains big line and
cheap-and Curtain Poles.
Comforts. \ good line Of
Gents Pants to close out. 50
to 70 cents below cost. Over
alls 35 cts. Don't buy your
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Jimmy" said visitor at the jay
smiths, show is your papa going to
build his house? There are no bricks
coming to the city now"
"oh," replied Jimmy, mamma says
papa brings home a brick in his hat
every night. "--Munsey's Weekly.
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Little Roger-What makes you walk
lame, Uncle John?
Uncle John-There was an accident
on the bridge to-day and 1 got caught
in the Jam.
Little Roger got caught in the jam
once and walked lame for a week
Puck.
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PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT..

PROF. r. L. PULLIAN, NJ. A Principal.
and two assistants, give undivided atten-
ton TO the thorough instruction and dis
cipline of pupils.
The new Gymnasium contains a large
study hall, seated with single desks, conve-
Hent recitation rooms, and all the equip
ment OF a tirst-class training school.
Careful attention given to physical
training. Students have access to the
gymnasium and go through daily drills
under the direction Of a Professor.
Oratorical drill throughout the year.
For further particulars or catalogue ap-
ply to
L. H. BLANTON, Chancellor.
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UNIVERSITY f.
RICHMOND. KY.
NEXT SESSION OPENS
"Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1890.
THREE COLLEGES Fourteen De-
partnsnts Ct Study.
classical, Scientific and Letters Courses

Leading to Bachelor (B. A, B. s. and
B. / }, and Master IN. ~, NJ. 5. and NJ .
l. Degrees. Also Commercial and EIcc-
tive Courses.
A full faculty Of able and experienced
men, each a specialist in his department.
Attendance, last session $50, from =
States and Territories.
New Gymnasium. More than SlO0, 600
added to the endowment last year.
Expenses moderate, Sis to $40 for
tuition, board, washing and servants
attention.
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CHAMP HEATON.
The Story Of His Western Trip in
Search Of Wealth.

HAMP HEAT
on, large Of
build, pompOus
in bearing, loud
in voice and
S ell ia S s ertive
in m amer,
d re S S ed in q
hickory shirt,
the sleeves Of
W hich were
rolled up above
his elb o VS.,
brown Overalls
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Five years later, almost TO a day, as
old Pap Raper himself declared, and
about the same time in the day, he and
some of the neighbOrhOJd boys were
sitting on the back porch, talking and
waiting for the train. Finally it came
Numbering in, stopped at tho station
Tor an instant and was off again almost
before the little knot Of loungers on the
platform had had time to sec whether
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anybody had got off or not. A large and
dignifed looking gentleman, well
dressed and carrying 4 valise, came
towards them. as this AiddIeton's?'
he asked.
He was told that it was.
"Can any Of you direct me to the Hea-
ton farm?''
Wall" said Pap Raper, (which Hea-
ton farm do you mean? there's several
of 'em bout here"
81 think, " said the stranger, that the
man I want to see is known as Uncle
Billy HeatOn."
WALL" volunteered the old store
keeper, che lives only bout half er mile
from here if you go 'crost the fields; If
you go round the road it's little more'n
a mile, guess
II think can find the way said the
stranger, and he at once started off in
the direction which had been pointed
out to him.
In day or two it was the aIl-absorb-
ing topic of the conversation of the
neighborhOod that Champ Heaton had
come back and that he had brought with
him dead loads" of money.
That fall, however, found Champ
''plowin' for wheat" as usual on his IA
theirs farm. He had stayed long enough
in the Black Hills to make a stake"
that is enough to buy a new suit Of
clothes and a first-class passage home.
To-day, If you were to drop OFF at Mid
dleton's, you more than likely would
find him sitting on a nail key on the lit
tie platform at the back Of old Pap Ra-
per's stOre.-Ed. R. Pritchard, in Ar
kansaw Traveller.
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designed to facil-
itate the tedious
work of butch
ering, by COM
pletely d ding
away with the
heavy straining
work Of lifting.
1t is cheaply
constructed Of
three Eastwood
sticks thirteen
feet long. Tho
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-11-26

woman without a past and without a
future. But she was not sullenly re-
ticent She was always smiling and
cheerful, with ever a CHEEKY word for
the men and heart full of sympathy
and kindness when they were sick or
when misfortune Of any kind overlook
them, so that in time, although some of
the men were older than herself, all of
them began to call her Mother Crane"
They feared she would go when the
other women in the camp began to 90
before the long, dresry winter set in,
but she did not, and when November
came she was the only woman left in
the camp, and all the men had gone ex-
cepting those who worked in the Day
Star mine.
The nearest town was ten miles
away, and tho men from Camp Free
dom seldom visited it When they did
60 they went in a body for the express
purpose Of having what Hi Sharp, the
widest spirit among them, called "a
high old time" They went on Satur-
day, stayed all night, and came back
Sunday afternoon, bringing with them
the news and gossip their eager ears
had heard while gone. They came home
one wild and stormy Sunday night in
December, exhausted with their long,
stiff climb up the mountain side through
the drifts that had formed during the
day.
Mother Crane had, as usual, a pot of
strong, fragrant coffee, and piping hot
supper waiting for them.
81 tell ye this is .comfort," said Jack
Hixon, as he stretched his long legs
under the table and handed up his cup
for third cup of coffee. 81 tell We,
Mother Crane" he said, lit does all of
US fellers good to leave home and 90
down to Quartz City once in awhile, be-
cause we're allus so etarnally glad to
git back again. don't b'leeve there's
a cabin In tho mountains quite so COM
Portable as this cabin, and I kaog, by
Judge, that they don't git no SIGH grub
nowhere else as we git"
''That's so, jack" said Glenn Likes,
land we'll lynch the man what tries to
take Mother Crane away from us by
matrimony or by other means, that's
what we will"
"Speakin' of lynchin'," said Jack.
'I've an idee that young hold-up they've
got in jail down there in Quartz City
will hang fore daylight. He's the first
one they've ever caught and the boys
say they're goin' to make an eggsample
OF him, no matter if he amt but twenty
or twenty-one years old"
rs he young as that97 asked another
Of the men. "Well, I'm blamed If
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-11-26
MOTHER CRANE.
How She Found Her Hayward
Boy at Camp Freedom.

q z n all the
W o m Q n and
most Of the men
had left Camp
Freedom, Mrs.
Hetty Gran @
stayed on. She
h a d been the
first woman to
C o m @ up the
steep and rocky
trail leading
to the d e S O.
late and forlorn
little mining
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Thousands of dollars worth of
chickens die every year from Chol-
era. 1t IS more fatal to chickens than
all other diseases combined But the
discovery Of a remedy that boslnvely
ezfreS II has been made, and to be cen
vinced Of its efficacy only requires a
trial. A 5o-cents bottle IS enough for
one hundred chickens. It is guar
anteed. If, after using two-thirds of
bottle, the buyer IS not thoroughly
satisfied with It as a cure for Chicken
Cholera, return It to the undersigned
and your money viii be refunded.
STOCKTON & BROOKS.
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Handy DARRELL

We are indebted to the Farm Journal
for the following description and cut of
handy derrick for farmers use: It is
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-11-26
RTCHNTOND
MBI 4 E 20.
Sanitary Plumbing, Steam &
Gas Fittinq.

All orders promptly filed and work
guaranteed. And ali gas pipe used to be
Of the right size according 10 tie rules and
regulations OF the Water and LIGHT Com
pany- No 227 W. Main Street
opposite Hotel 81, ndon. Post Office adj
dress Lock Box IS -
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D. MILLER.

ploisterer and Furniture E-pairer. Car
PEI lay ing a specially. All work neatly
zone Eighteen years experience. shop
- IRVINE ST., End door from Post-ofice.
2o-27.
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Foreign ii! s:=3.:i: 5f:s l..!.,

Ladies' and Gents Furnishing
Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots,
Shoes, Trunks. in fact every
thing kept in a frst-class
store. We call especial atteu-
ton to our suits of
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lay across tho fields, was only about
half a mile distant.
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RAMSEY & FIFE

Wish to inform the public that
I. Ramsey is no longer con
Nected with the Ramsey
Corner" Dry Goods Store since
selling his interest to W. ID.
Oldham. but is now running
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THE PALACE

Cash Dry Goods Store, No. 9.
First Street-in connection
with W. S. @. Fife-near the
old corner, at the red FLAG.
and wants his old friends.
ladies and gentlemen, and the
public generally to call on
him ; he can sell them goods
cheaper than he has ever sold
them before. We have Sc
cured the services of Mr..
Green as salesman and Miss
HazelwoOd and Mrs. Million as
salesladies, and guarantee
general protection to ladies
and children. Now is the
time to buy your gOOds-ours
are so low that we may have
to mark them up soon in
place Of down. We now have
on hand and daily receiving
a splendid stock Of
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Q l. . Il x -
until you see ours. We will
have in a few days the finest
line Of best fitting CIOaks in
Richmond, and we have
many other special bargains
in goods. If you will come
and look we will be glad to
show you all through the
stock.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-20

INregard to the'late attempt of Bishop
Wiggers of New Jersey,to compel Roman
Catholic parents to oremove their children
from the public schools and send them
to church schools, under pain of excom-
munication-which attempt appears to
have been a dismal failure because of
the good sense and true American spirit
of many Catholics New York
Times says:
"The Roman Catholic Church seems to
be losing the worldly wisdom which has
distinguished it for SO many ages. Upon
this very question of public education it
has arrayed itself against the govern
ments of France and Italy, two Catholic
powers, with results very disastrous to
itself. 1t is strange that, in spite of this
experience, it should put itself in oppo-
sition to the government and to the over
whelming public sentiment of the United
States, of which the predominating influ-
ences are those of Professionalism"
The real reason for the attempt at this
time to break down the public school
system doubtless is the groveling attitude
of politicians toward the prelates of the
Roman Catholic Church. Those digni-
taries have been misled as to the real
American spirit existing in large meas
ure even among the members of their
own congregations. Their constant de-
mand has been like that of Leo Kill,
that all men shall be Catholics first and
patriots afterward. But American in
stitutions teach the lesson that patriotism
cannot be made subservient to church
dogmas. Many Roman Catholics have
learned this lesson and many more are
learning it. Another Pope or two as
unwise as Leo XIII. would lead thous-
ands of the followers of the religion of
Rome to cast off the foreign yoke on
their consciences, and also would place
laws on the statute books opposing
ecclesiastical boycotts in their more in
tolerant forms.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-20
Established in 1S1 g..
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rsy. T. Alex
ander pastor. Public worship every Sabbatn
morning and evening; Sabbath school $50 a. N.
Young peoples society Of Christian endeayor, Mon
day evenings; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev.
J. H. Hollingshead, pastor. Sabbath preaching, II
!. m; p. m; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings; general prayer meeting Ihurs9ay eve
lngs; mems meeting, Friday evenings; SaDoath
school 80 pm. Strangers cordially invited to all
eryices.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-ReY.
Thomas Balph pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. IN.
public worship, IL a. m; weekly prayer meeting,
Friday D. m. monthly prayer meeting last Satur-
iay OF each month, p m; w0man's missionary
sDcety last Saturday of each month, p: m dis
trict prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
THURSDAYS and Saturdays each month, p. m. {;
Young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, p. m
AFRICANM. E. CHURCH-Rev. ], N. Wilkes,
pastor. Sunday service, 1890 a. M; p m; SAD
bath school, go p. m; weekly prayer meeting,
Thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-20
CHEAP JOHN" CADE.

Ohio State Journal
The free trade organs are quoting ap-
provingly the following extract from
the message of Governor Boies of Iowa
We have followed this delusion of a
protective tariff with the blind faith OF
a devotee, listening to the most decep-
tive of arguments, believing in the most
patent of fallacies = With gran
aries overfiowing, with flocks and herds
that man can scarcely number, we are
still poor Let it be under
stood that the people of this State de-
mand cheap clothing, cheap food, cheap
| implements of labOr-in short, cheap
necesSaries.
Iowa is representative State of the
upper Mississippi valley. The Cover
nor's alleged argument is addressed to
farmers and men who work for wages.
He tells the farmers that with granaries
overf1owing," and "with flocks and herds
that man can scarcely number" the peo-
pie of Iowa (95 per cent. of whom are
farmers and wage workers. demand
''cheap .food' demand that the prices of
wheat, corn, fat cattle, fat hogs and
other animals be further reduced in or
der that the people may have cheap
bread, cheap meat and cheap necessaries
of all kinds.
Does Governor Boies and the other
howlers for cheapness remember the
time when clothing and the implements
of labor" of like quality were cheaper
than they are to-day?
Is not the labor of others among the
absolute necessaries of civilized life?
Is it not true that 80 to 90 per cent. of
all the families in the country are ne
cessitated to employ ''help" to greater
or less extent during considerable pOr-
tion of the year? If all the products of
labor are to be eheapened, must not the
wages of labor be correspondingly re-
duced?
The free trade and cheap organization
is not unlike Jack Cade's army which
was composed of farmers, millers bak-
ers, etc. 1t will be remembered that
when his decree that ''three two-penny
loaves shall be sold for a penny" was
promulgated it was ratified by universal
acclaim, even the bakers joining in it at
first. But in few days the bakers ap-
piled to ''his majesty" to so modsfy the
decree as to require corresponding re-
duction in the price of flour. Jack ad
mitted that the demand was just, and SO
amended the decree. Then the millers
memorialized the new king to order
like reduction in the price of wheat,
which request was granted Thereupon,
the farmers, who composed the bulk CT
the army, deserted in body; and so
ended the kingdom of "Cheap John"
Cade.
The lesson of that little scrap of his
tory should never be forgotten by the
American people.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-20
CANARY AND MIRROR.

A lady cites the following pretty Incl
dent of the pleasure her canary derived
from seeing his reflection in bit of
looking glass:
Some time ago purchased canary
at bird store. The little creature was
thus accustomed to companionship of its
kind. At my home it was alone.
The pretty little songster was evident
ly homesick. 1t would not sing, it
would not eat, but just drooped andpined,
1 talked to it, chirped to it, and tried
my best to cheer birdie up in vain.
was on the point of returning the
canary to the bird store, when a friend
said, "Give him piece of looking glass"
And did! 1 put piece of broken
mirror as large as my two hands outside
of the birds cage, and fastened it there.
He hoped down from his cage almost
Immediately, and going up close, looked
in, seemingly delighted. He jumped
and hoped about, singing and putting
on all the airs he was master of.
He was not homesiek at all after that
He spends much of his time before the
glass, and when he goes to sleep at
night he will cuddle down as close to
the glass as he possibly can, very likely
thinking he is getting near to the pret-
ty bird he sees in the mirror.
l often let him out into the room
where he can have more liberty. If l
put that piece glass anywhere in the
room he will find it, and spends most of
his time before it, he sings his sweetest
songs to his own beautiful reflection.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-03-20
THROUGH DARKNESS TO DAWN

A day will span the life of man,
The sunrise is his birth,
And soon, oh soon, the sunset comes,
And he returns to earth.
His little day flows swiftly by
And evening comes at last;
The day is sinking lower yet
His day of strength is past.
And i'll the eventide of life,
Before the sun has set,
The golden clouds of glory come,
Before the night of death.
The tide of lite is ebbing fast,
The crimson clouds are gone
But on the other side of death
There breaks another dawn.
The brilIiance of his noOntide life,
The glory of his day,
The brightly flaming golden clouds
OF sunset fade away.
But beyond the vail of death,
Beyond the mystic night,
That brighter sunrise waits him
Yet in melody and light.
When man has entered on his night,
His son of glory set
Then swiftly rends the mystic mantle
In the halls of death;
The soul has burst the chrysalis,
The night forever gone
The sunburst of Eternity breaks
Into the golden dawn!
Louis S. AmonsOn