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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
"GLASSES TO READ WIZ"

Youths Companion.
1t was warm summer day when In
Gle Ephraim Jackson, worthy colored
man, entered an opticians shop, and re-
moving his tall white hat, and wiping
the perspiration from his forehead with
"a big red bandana handkerchief, sat
down warily on revolving stool. as
if he feared it was about to run away
with him, and asked for pair of glass
eS "fer to read wifi"
"What number do you wear?" asked
the optician.
Uncle Ephraim grinned. 81 guess l
wears two,' he said
Number twOr'. exclaimed the. opti-
clan in astonishment.
'Jis two glasses, sab; one fer de one
eye, an one fer de odder"
The optician looked at him with
frown for an instant, but, seeing that
the old man was innocent of any at
tempt to make joke, went on with the
business before him.
TRY on these" he said, picking out a
pair, land see if you can read the letters
on that card over there"
Uncle Ephraim carefully put on the
spectacles, and looked eagerly at the
card.
"Can't read it, shuah, boss" he said,
looking disappointed.
"Well, try these" said the optician,
trying stronger pair.
s-''No go, boss" said Uncle Ephraim.
The dealer gave him another pair,and
then another. Net one of them all en-
abled Uncle Ephraim to read, though he
ever so hard, and wiped his
forehead again and again in considera-
BILE excitement.
"Look here" said the optician, final
ly, "can you read at all?'
"Nebber could read boss" said Uncle
Ephraim. ''Dey nebber learned me
how, nohow; but l done hear tell OBJ
people dat could read wifi glasses dat
read widout 'em, nohow, an
made up my min I'd see eff twas dat
Way wifi me-"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
THE discretion reposed in the Admi,

THE discretion reposed in the Admin
istration by the reciprocity clauses of
the tariff bill and by the retaliatory
powers of the cattle inspection law is
being exercised with admirable ability
to enlarge the markets for American
products. The Brazilian treaty has
stimulated our South American trade,
and now comes the news that new
commercial treaty has been negotiated
with Spain, fixing very low duties on
flour and other principal articles of ex-
port from this country to Cuba. The
lifting of the European embargo on
American pork products and cattle is
about to take place, and while new
markets are thus being opened, at the
same time the demand for our bread
stuffs promises to be extraordinarily
great.
The report from Paris that the French
and German Governments will probably
suspend the duties on cereals is probably
founded on fact. The weather of the past
winter has caused very great damage to
agriculture in Europe, and it will have
to import very much more grain from
the United States than it has ever done
before, and unless the duties are taken
off there might be difficulty in obtaining
the needed supply. With unusually fine
crop prospects and brisk market,
American farmers ought to be able to
reap rich harvest of profits this year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

THE reply of Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams to an invitation to attend the
Western Commercial Congress contains
many points of great interest. We
quote the following.
"What our country needs most of all,
in my judgment, is in matters legislative
to be severely let alone, and that the in
dustrious and thrifty people thereof be
permitted to work out their and its
salvation in their own way. If so left
they will work out that salvation a great
deal.quicker and great deal more salts
factorily than they will ever succeed in
doing while the government necessarily
encumbers them with its well meant but
most ill-advised assistance"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE.

Rev. +. NJ. Shrout, pastor United breth
rem church, Blue Mound, Kas., says: 81
feel it my duty to tell what wonders DR..
Kings New Discovery has done for me;
my lungs were badly diseased, and my
parishioners thought | could live only a
few weeks; l took bottles of DIR. Kings
New Discovery; and am sound and well,
gaining % lbs in weight" Arthur Love,
manager Loves Funny Folks Combina,
tion, writes: "After thorough trial and
evidence, am confident DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
heats 'em all, and cures when everything
else fails: the greatest kindness | can do
nv MANY thousand friends is to urge
them to try it." Free trial bottles at
Patterson's drug store; regular size soc
and 81.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

WE are on. the eve of the reign of the
Australian voting system in Ohio. A
trial of the plan will certainly do no
harm and may do much good. 1t may
be rather expensive at the beginning,
but in the end it may mean economy.
The future will show.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
Established in 1913.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERTAN CHURCH-Rev. r. Alex
ander pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning and evening; Sabbath school $50 a. m
young peoples society Of Christian endeayor, Mon
day evenings; general prayer meeting. "Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome TO all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rey
Ezra Hingeley pastor Sabbath preaching, II
a. m; p. m; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday eve
n ngs; Sabbath hOOl 2:3O PIN Strangers cor
daily invited to all s sryices.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev.
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m.
public worship, IL a m; weekly prayer meeting,
Friday p. m. moRthly prayer meeting last Satur
day of each month, p m; woman's missionary
sDciety, 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
AFRICAN H.ECHURCH-Rey Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 10:30a- m p. m; SAB
bath school, 2 80 p m; weekly prayer meeting,
Thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

THE big French steamship La Bour-
gogue brought about 800 steerage
passengers to New York few days
ago, and now they are all detained on
one of the quarantine islands, to guard
against typhus fever. The steamship
company must foot the bills, and before
this army of immigrants can be released
the money made by bringing them over
will have been lost, wholly or in large
part.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

Nor one of the characteristic measures
urged by the numerically powerful Farm
ers' Alliance element in the Minnesota
Legislature became law or even reached
the Governor. 1t was nearly the same
In Kansas, and Nebraska has witnessed
a similar Alliance collapse. That body
is more picturesque than potent in legis-
lative work.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

IF it be true, as reported, that Baron
Fava mistranslated the Italian word for
Judgment" in Di Rudini's first note,
and gave it the meaning of punish
ment," his letter of recall should have
been accompanied with an English
Italian dictionary.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
LOOK OITT For THEM

MY kidneys are all right: l have nc
pain in my back" Mistaken man! PeO-
pie die from kidney disease of so bad a
character that the organs are nearly de.
stroyed, and yet they have never had a
pain or an ache. Why? Brcause the dis
ease began in the interior of the kidneys
where they are few nerves of feeling to
convey the sensation of pain. DIR. Xii
mer's "Swamp-Root is the great specific
Tor Bright's disease" urinary troubles
troubles and kidney difficulties. Sold by
druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

THE national game of base ball ought
not to be debased by Sunday games and
the natural accompaniment of Sunday
playing 1t is too good game for that.
The Legislature should unceremoniously
kick the O'Dowd bill out of the House.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

INlS71 Japan had only 40 ships of
European construction; now she has
1920. The number of pieces handled
by the Japanese mail service swelled
from 81 100000 in 1869 to l50,000,OOO
in 1888. There are now 27,923 educa-
tional institutions. with 69,032 teachers
and 3,050,53S students, against 1887
institutions, $4,000 teachers and and l.
100000 students in 1873.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ArchdeacOn Farrar, in Harpers Mag for May.
At the present moment the Salvation
Army has no less than 9349 regular of
ficers, $4,000 voluntary officers, 80 train
ing homes, with 400 cadets, and 1864
corps scattered over 80 different coun-
tries. In England alone it has 1917
corps, and has held some 10000 open
air meetings. This represents part of
its religious work Besides this it has
in social work 80 rescue homes, 5 shell
ters, 3 food depots, and many other
agencies for good. 1t began in the Ia
bors of a single friendless dissenting
minister, without name, without fame,
without rank, without influence, without
eloquence; a man poor and penniless, in
weak health, burdened with delicate
children, and disowned by his own con-
nection; it now numbers multitudes of
earnest evangelists. 1t began in an
East End rookery, and in less than twen-
ty years it has gone ''from New Zealand
right round to San Francisco, and from
Cape Town to Nordk0ping." 1t has
shelters, refugees, penitentiaries, food
depots, sisterhoods, and brOtherhOods
already established in the slums. 1t has
elevated thousands of degraded lives.
1t has given hope and help to myriads of
hopeless and helpless outcasts. 1t has
proposed scheme which, in spite of
square mixes of damp blanket and oceans
of cold water, has received the sympa-
thy of some of the best and highest
men both in church and state. think
that even the bitterest, the most unjust,
the most cynical, and the most finical of
the laymen and clellgy who have written
to traduce and execrate it might wish to
God that in the life work of any one of
them he had done one-thousandth frac-
tion of good comparable in any one Wis
ible direction to that which has been
wrought by General Booth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

THE stopping of work on the World s
Fair grounds at Chicago by big strike
of laborers is an early hint of endless
trouble which may be expected from
that source before the Columbian Ex-
position can be opened. The managers
might as well fight the battle for reason
able treatment at the hands of the labor
organizations first as last 1t must come
sooner or later, and if the granting of
unjustifiable demands should once begin
there would be no limit to the exactions
made by walking delegates.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

"LET no man step foot upon the soil
of Columbia who cannot bring a true
bill of moral cleanliness" cried Mr..
Wicliffe, of New Orleans, in the Com
mercial Congress. Right. And let no
man remain on the soil, outside of the
penitentiaries, who will not obey the
laws and refrain from setting mob rule
above the courts"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
TARIFF PICTURES.

New York Press.
In spite of the McKinly bill the price
of wheat has increased 20 per cent.
Wheat-69.3c. per bushel in 1889; S3.Sc.
per bushel in 1890.
But Grover says only manufactured
goods have advanced.
The reason for the large immigration
of stone cutters into this country may
be found in the following diagrams:
Average daily wages eS-Stone cutters,
England, Sl.30; United States New
York State), $3.50.
At such rates the American workman
can afford to pay little more for what
he buys.
Brass bedsteads are fashionable and
cieanly, and they cost a fair price; still
Americans seem to have the money to
buy them. The difference in the cost at
home and abroad, as in almost all cases,
goes to the wage Garner.
Average daily wages of brassfounders
in England, $l,25; in the United States
New York State), $2.75.
Rents are little higher in this eoun-
try. Why? Because it costs more to
build. Who is benefited? The wicked
carpenter, for one. Look at this:
England daily wages, 10
cities, $l.2S; United States Average
daily wages, 81 cities go unions or as
sociations), 1928.
In the above comparison we have in
cluded a large number of the smaller
towns of the States, where carpenters are
only paid from 81 to 2,25 per day.
In New York city the rate is S3.25,
which would be fairer comparison with
the wages paid in the large cities of
England.
IT's an ill-wind that blows to our
shores the ships that smuggle over the
disease breeding pauper and jailtilling
criminal classes of Court-cursed Europe
an countries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
SIMPLICITY VS.. sNOBBERY.

George VIM. Curtis in Harper's Magazine for May
1t is not humiliating or un- Republican
for Mr.. Robert Lincoln or Mr. Reid tc
wear dress coat and a white cravat
when they go out to dine in their own
country. 1t is the social custom. Does
it become obsequiousneSs to monarchy
when, in accordance with the diplomatic
custom in another country, they wear a
piece of gold-lace upon the coat? Would
it be more seemly, more manly, more
Republican, to wear plaid shooting
jacket and declare that gold-lace is
rubbish? So, if at home they may be
called Esquire or Mr.. without loss of
Republican simplicity, may they not
still retain it abroad when they are
called excellency, or envoy, or consul, or
ambassador?
Undoubtedly all these forms may be
carried beyond reason. They may be
abused, but it does not follow that for
that reason they may not be wisely used.
1t has been often suggested that the
etiquette of diplomacy should be
changed, or that national representa-
tives should have precedence in the
transaction of business according to the
relative Importance of the government
they represent. Perhaps Citizen Sans
Culottes thinks that all precedence is
humbug, and that the representative of
most muscle and the loudest voice, who,
in a general rush of all the representa-
tives, can force his way first into the
room where business is to be transacted,
should do so. Will it be upon the Re-
publican principle that might makes
right? And does Citizen Sans Culottes
mean to deny the natural right of still
larger muscle and louder voice than
those which may have prevailed to
break into the colloquy and proceed to
their own business, subject to the same
natural right of interruption by still
greater force and stridency?
Before he condemns the custom of
precedence too contemptuOusly, ourfI
spurious American must permit himself
to inquire whether in our own Repub-
lican White House Senators may not
pass into the official room of the Presi |
dent unannounced, and in advance of !
any sovereign" who may have been
waiting for an hour to enter? And
who, pray, is Senator but servant of |
the sovereign people? And why, in the |
name of equality and Americanisrn,
should he precede one of the sovereigns |
themselves into the presence of the
head servant, to whom the sovereign |
may have some orders to give? Citizen |
Sans Culottes, if he be in the business
of politics, may perhaps come at last to
perceive that he deals in an exceedingly
cheap article of patriotism.
; The republic of the United States is
a not unimportant power. If it is of |
opinion that diplomatic social usages,
questions of official precedence according
to titles, and other similar subjects,
should be reconsidered and determined |
anew, it can propose their readjustment |
to other powers. But while the present |
usages continue, DIR. Franklin would
recommend conformity to them
in such manner as to secure the most
benefit to the country, always reserving,
rs the Doctor would be sure to o,every
point of real importance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

Mr.. REEDS arrival at Rome has been
succeeded by much more pacific aspect
of the Italian question. There is sus-
picion that the ex-Speaker has been
disciplining Rudini in a private caucus.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

GERMANY's railroads cost $2,444, ,0O0,-
200, and are capitalized for only $ll0,-
OOO,OO0 more. No wonder that American
railway financiers are unanimous in
declaring that German railway methods
are far behind those of America in
progress.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
Belntnttt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, APRIL 80, 1891.

TALK to a Democrat about investi-
eating anything and he always thinks
you mean something personal And
generally he is right.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
BITCKLEN'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. IL
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by Patterson i Sons. ly-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
ForMa1aria, Liver Trou-
bic, or Indigestion, use
BROWNS IRON BITTERS

Much as man admires the truth he
prefers to have it told about some other
fellow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
THE CASH IN CIRCULATION.

THE CASH IN CIRCULATION.
Pittsburgh Stockman.
We are asked to state the amount of
currency in circulation per capita in this
country. This is one of the vexed ques-
tions to which no succinct and positively
determinate answer can be given. No
two statements figure out the circulating
medium in just the same way. There
are many contingent things to be taken
into account, which are usually inter
preted to suit the peculiar political beliefs
of the interpreter. Accordingto the last
Treasury statement the amount of coin,
notes, etc, in circulation was $780,
080,464. The amount of cash held in
the Treasury at the same time would
increase this to S2,163, 3,900,667. If this
81, $50, ,000, 1854 were all in actual circula-
tion it would leave for each individual
about $24, while the estimates of public
speakers and writers vary anywhere
from $8 per capita to about $45. But
S24 per capita can not be counted as in
actual circulation. From this must be
subtracted the amounts held in reserve
by financial institutions and the hoard
ings of individuals; while many other
circumstances materially deplete the
volume of the circulating medium. In
asmuch as these various influences are
largely indeterminate quantities posi-
tive statement as to how much money
is afloat is not feasible. However, it
must be somewhat less than the $24
which the Treasury statement would
make available, and at the same time is
probably a good deal more than is
claimed by financiers on the lower
extreme
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE No. IS, F. "A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon
j. B. MEYER, Sec'y Z. ID. BAILEY, w. NJ
ST CLAlRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. Il, Royal
Arch MdsoBs-Stated conYocati0ns first Friday OF
each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. r. ID. BAILEY, H. d.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday Of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y. j. b. RYAN, l. l. NJ
HOPE COMMANDER, No. rs, K. T.-Stated
conclaves, first Tuesday OF each month
j. b MEYER Sec'v J.B. RYAN. z. c.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
PRODUCTION OF LEAN MEAT.
Pittsburgh Stoeklaan


Pittsburgh Stoeklhan.
Many work as though fat was the
cheapest part of the carcass of the pig.
They feed corn from birth to market.
The cheapest food any farmer can pro-
duce is that made from grass. For
fattening hog this is not the ration,
but with combination of grain better
returns will be made. The animal will
thrive better with the two than with
either fed alone. Muscular meat is
produced at the least cost from grass;
fat meat is made at the least cost when
grain is fed to hogs having the best
muscular development, and it is well to
remember that the muscular develop
ment should always be made first In
feeding grain to young stock it should
be the care of the owner not to produce
too much fat, for this will seriously in
terfere with proper muscular growth
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
SPECIMEN CASES.

S II Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism.
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced in
flesh and strength; three bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters cured him.-Edward Shep-
herd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had a rnnning sore
on his leg of eight years standing; used
three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his
leg is sound and well--John Speaker,
Catawha, Ohio. had five large fever sores
on his leg; doctors said he was incurable;
on bottle Electric Bitters and one box of
Bucklen'S Arnica Salve cured him entire
ly. Sold at Patterson Il Sons drugstore. 3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

John w. Crapp was arrested at
Lafayette, Indiana, on the charge of
forging the title deed to an eighty acre
farm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30
pELMoNT COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs.
Probate Judge-James +. Tallman.
Clerk of Courts-Henry Nj. Davies.
Standardization NJ Scott.
Auditor-JOseph A. Henderson.
Treasurer-Frank b. Archer.
Prosecuting Attorney-Jesse w. Hoilngworth.
Recorder-JOhn II. Beckett
SurveyOr-Chalkley Dawson.
C0roner-A. NJ. 4. Boyd.
Commissioners-Miles K. Hart, lohn c. Israel,
W. s. Mechem.
lniirmary Directors-William Lodge, president;
John A. Clark, clerk; b. NJ. LOper, auditor.
Superintendent Infirmary John SideDottom,
East Richland.
Superintendent Children's Home-Peter Giffin,
Barnesville.
School Examiners-James Duncan, Bridgeport;
s. c. Murphy Belmont I. p. Harris SomertOn-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

A NEW YORK dude was sitting in a
street ear recently making eyes at a
pretty girl and sucking the head of his
cane, when it came off, slipped partly
down his throat and almost strangled
him
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-30

IT's an ill-wind that blows to our
shores the ships that smuggle over the
disease breeding pauper and jailflling
criminal classes of Court cursed Europe
an countries.