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Established in 1813. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO, THUKSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1884. New Series VoL 24. No. 84

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A flret-ela-m (5 ye') certificate la grantedanon an average of SO per cent. Including threehigher branches, provided applicant ha badhreeyeaneonllnuou esperienee, iohtek!i

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ed upon an average ol 90 per cent. Includingthree higher branches, provided app leant hashas three years experience In teaching.

A third-clas- s (2 years') certificate Is grantedaverage of n percent. lDcludlng one

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Ent has had one term's experience Inor takes three higher branches.

A. niin-oias- v -- - - -upon an average of 0 per cent, where applleant has bad no experience in teaching or nohigher branches are taken.

So certificate Is granted unless the applicantanswers 60 per oenk of the questions In eachvranun.

K. ALEXANDER,A. A. ULiAKR. Board of Ex.J. A. HENDERSON,

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OF t9bPrincipal Eggess Houses of Bittjjrt.

GIFFEN, dealer In Choice FamilyGEORGE Pboaulx Flour a Specialty.

WOODCOCK, dealer In Hardware, Stoves,S . Tinware, Glass, Nails, 4c, corner Mainand Bank St. Tin Roofing a Specialty."ViTM. ALEXANDER, Wholesale and Retail

TV Groesr, corner Main and Bank Sts.& SONS, Wnolesale Grocers,ABRANUM

MABERY A Full and Complete LineFA. Boots, Shoes and Gent's r urnlshlngGeods. "

INSHORE BRO-S- Grocery and Feed P tore.D Main 8U one door east of Smith's Mill.

House and SignPainter and Glazier,

AND

Practical Paper Hanger,ST. OLAIR8VIIXB, OHIO.

Graining, Gl&zinp, Painting and Paperinglone on short notice. All branches of therade will receive prompt attention.

rs solicited. apl-6- tf

l BRANUM & SONS,

WholesaleGrocers,

BANK STREETBRIDGEPORT, OHIO.

"Wall Paper,Widow Shades, Mats,

Hugs and TabI Covre

House Furnishing Goods,A larger stock and greater variety than can b

oand In any other establishment in this cityand at prloes lower than onered for manyyears. Persons going to housekeeping oar.4ave money by giving us a call.

HARBOUR & D1TTMAN,i48 MAIN STREET.

WHEEL! G. W. VA

National Planing MillsAND

LUMBER YARD,BRIDGEPORT, 0.,

R. J. JJAGG & SONS, PROP'S

Manufacturers ofDoors, Safh, Shatters, Frames, Mould

Ings, Brackets, Pali upa, atair Itili-iJing- g,

Ballusters. News, andDRESSED LUMBER,

Of every description and iealere inLumber,

'Rhingles,Scantlincr,

lyafh, Joists,Frame-Timbe- r,

Fire Brick and. inllders' Material in General.

UNDERTAKING!iuuiDii bsbbitt. BBBPBKBO DAVI

BARRETT & DAVIS,DBALBBS IV

COFFINS CASKETS,AND ALL STYLES OF

11 GOODS.

rbese gentlemen have pnt in store a linepply of OofBns, Uaskets, Ae, which they offer

bexoeeaingiy

LOW PRICES!fhey are prepared to attend funerals at shortotloe, having in oonneoii. o wltn theira good H.s.Mse, safe Horses and arami Driver.

BARBET1 t DAVIS,Car. Hala and Fair Breaad Snreeta,

ST. GLAIRSVIT.LE O.Mar 1I ir.

How Lost ! How RestoredJost pobllshed. a new edition of lr. Calver.

well's Celebrated Esa on the Radical Care ofrperinatorrnoea, or Hemlnal Weakness, Inolnntary Seminal Lnsses, Impotency, Mentaland Physical Incapacity, Impediments U,Manisge, etc.; also, OonBumptlOD, Epilepsybuu ri, luuuoea oy or sexnal eztravaeanee. Ac

The oelebrated aothor. In this admirableAssay, eieariy aemonstrates, lrom a thirtyyears' snecessfal practice, that the alarmingconsequences of Self-abo.- se man v bersdlcaiiveared; pointing oat a mode of enre at onoe

impie, certain ana euectnai, oy wnioh everybu 01 , nv uimK3i wubi uib ouuiiiiion may De,"j uiuuwi oueapiy, privately, amradically.

SWThis Lectors shonld be in the hands ofevery yontn ana every man in the land.Sent, nnder seal, in a plain envelope, to anwiuiua nwipioi six oenia.or two postastamps. Address

. Th CDLVERWELL MEDICAL CO.41 Ann Bt.,.New York. N. Y.

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Belmont Chronicle

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Belmont County Official Directory.

Common Pleas Judge St. Clair Kelly.Probate Judge Thomas Cochran.Clerk of Courts Alex. C. Darrah.Sheriff Leroy C. Sedwick.Auditor R. R. Barrett.Treasurer Edward L. Feeley.Prosecuting Attorney Alfred H. Mitchell.Kecorder W.8. Hobbe.CommistiloDers OwenMehan, Morris Cope,

Nathaniel Taylor.Surveyor John II. MitchellCoroner E. B. Kennedy.Infirmary Directors Joseph Eailey, Levi

Jones, James B. Ritchey.

Church Directory.CUURCH-R- ev. R.PRESBYTERIAN Public worship every

Sabbath; morning service, 11; eveningservice, 7. Sabbath School, 9:00 am. Youngmen's prayer meeting: Tuesday 7 p.m.; gen-

eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 7 p.m.Strangers welcome to all services.

EPISCOPAL CHURCHMETHODIST Minor, pastor.' Sabbathpreaching: 11 am.; 7 p-- Sabbath School:2:30 p.m. Young men's meeting: Friday 7p.m.; general prayer meeting:Thursday 7 p.m.Strangers "are cordially invited to all ourservices.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHUNITED Ralph, pastor. SabbathSchool- - 10 am. Public worship: 11 a.m.Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 3 p.m.Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday ofeach month, 2 p.m. Woman's MissionarySociety: Last Saturday each mcnth, p.m.District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays eachmonth, 2 p.m. Young women's prayer meet-ing: Second Saturday each month at theParsonage, 1 p.m.

Masonic Directory.

BELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. 31.Wednesday night, on or be-

fore full moon.ROBT. M. EATON, W. M.

Jkse B. Mkybr, Sec'y.

CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. 17,ST. Arch Masons. Stated convoca-tions, first Friday of each month.

J. B. RYAN, H. P.Jksbs B- - Mkybr, Sec'y.

BELMONT COUNCIL, No, 54, R. & 8. M.Tuesday of each month.

H. R. BUMGARNER, T. 1. M.F. D. Bailey, Sec y.

HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T.conclaves, first Tuesday of each

month. C. W. CARROLL, E- - 0- -

L. L. Sedwick, Rec.

St. Clairsville Professional Cards.W. NICHOLS.JAttorney at Law and iSotary Public.

Office over Wests' Drug Store, opp. Bank.

Mr ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O.

DANFOBD,ATTORNEY AT LAW.

Patterson's Block, op, Treas. Office, Main St.

WlU practioe in the Common Pleas, Stateana r eaerai (jonrts.

Q W. CARROLL, .

ATTORNEY AT LAWOolllDS Block, op. Bt, Clair Hotel. Main St,

Special attention given to the settlement ofestates. 3 18, "79

vy s. KENNON,

. ATTORNEY AT LAW,Office, Main Street, opp. Court Bona

Practices before al the Courts.2 lit. "9

H. A W. MITCHELL,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,On corner op. Bt. Clair and National Hotels.

Office en second floor.

JMEHSON KEKNON,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

Practioe In all Courts of Ohio.T. W. KKKRSOH, S. K. KKWWOH,

JMU lit V 1 lit. St. Clalrsville.D. D. X. Cowkn. F. M. Cowxh.

J D. T. CO WEN A SON.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,Office Two Doors West of Bank.

Practioe before all Court.F. M. Oqwe, Notary Publicp TALLMAN A SON,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,Office Northwest Cor. Main and Marietta Sta,

J. F.Tallman, Notary PublicJOHN POLLOCK,

ATTORN

Office, east of Bank, over Mrs. Evan's Grocery,4.14'81tf ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O.

Miscellaneous Business Cards.YyMH?TALLMAN,"'

ATTORNEY AT LAWBaxLAiBB, Ohio.

Collections promptly attend to.

J 8. A. P. LACEY,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,And Helleitars et Patent' ind Claims.

Practioe in the Supreme jrt and Conrt ol01alm8,aBd appear beforei he Departments.Promptness and satlsiactiun given In all busi-ness entrusted to them. Correspondence

US 7th Bt., P. o. Department.WASHINGTON Do er.2litt

8. wiixun,jilevAttoenby-at-La- w and Notabt Pcbmo,;

. OIBce eppeslte Albert Iloase,413-l- y BARNEMVILLE, OniO.

BARNES VILLEESTATE AGENCY.

Sight Forma in Viit and adjacent ecntnUa,

md fifteen piece of Town property note etfer-n-

Addreu,'0 - J. T. PO 'FIJCLJl, Anmt.

Dr. FEEASTS WATS C723 EsUtlishment!A health Ins Itntlon in its SOth year; for near,ly all kinds o Chronic diseases, snd especiallythe diseases o women; invalids are Invited tocorrespond w tb ns; circulars free.

Address, 8. FREASE, M. D.,1dy ; New Brighton. Beaver Co , Pa'

Tbf Methodist Episcopal Church, inthe four years since the meeting of the!ast Conference, has paid off$:,200.000 of church debts and probablyimproved church property to the extentof 83,560,000, a total of 83,700,000 forthe entire country. This does not in-

clude either the Methodist Protestantsor the Methodist Episcopal ChurchSouth.

A coereseondext suggests that onecause of the remarkable floods of thelast two years is the introduction ofcheap tile, which has enabld farmers todrain their lands much more thoroughlyihan has ever been done before. ' As aconsequence the lowlands, which formerly absorbed great quantities of water,are now quickly drained, and the creeksare swollen into rivers aod the riversmto devastating floods. Another correspondent suggests as a remedy formis condition of things the construetion of ponds.

One of the passages in Wendell Phillips' master-piec- e of oratory, deliveredat Boston, January 20, 1S61, which isquoted as showing that he did his utmost to break up the Union, was asfollows: "Real unions are not madethey grow. This was made like an arti-ficial waterfall or a Connecticut nutmeg.

an oak which to-da- y a tempest shatters. It was a wall hastilvbuilt, in hard times, of round boulders;the cement has crumbled, and thesmooth stones, obeying the law of gravity, tumble here and there. Why shouldwe seek to stop them, merely to showthat we have a right and can ? Thatwere only a waste of means aud tem-per. Let us build like the pyramids, afabric which every natural law guaran-tees; or, better still, plant a (Juionwhose life survives the ages, and Quietly gives birth to its successor."

The Washington Republican printsthe report of an interview with WilliamR. Smith, Superintendent of the Government Botanical Garden and Piesident ofthe District Parking Commission, andwho is said to be an authority on trees.in which he makes a strong plea in favorof the bparrow, claiming that to itspresence in Washington is due th$ coutinned existence of some of the finesttrees in Washington, which without itwould have been destroyed by wormsand other insects. He also denies thatthe sparrew is responsible for the disap-pearance of some of the native birds.Some of the latter, he asserts, are ruralbirds who have instinctively sought theountry as the city has grown, and

others, like the humming birds, havebeen sacrificed by naturalists and collec-tors for millinery establishments. Hesays the sparrow, the robin.the blue-bir- d

uid yellow-bir- d all live peaceably to-

gether in the Botanical Gardens, whichtact lie thinks settles the charge thatthe sparrow drives off the other birds.

The Literary World has this strikingarticle on the death of Wendell Phillips:

"The first eminent name to place uuonhe death-ro- ll or 1884 is that of Wendell

Phillips. Mr. Phillips died on Saturdayevening last, of angina pectoris, after apainful illness of only a few days duration. He was in bis seventy-thir- d year,having been born on the 20th of November, 1811. His birthplace was Boston,and he was always a Bostonian. Hegraduated at Harvard College in 1S31.

"Mr. Phillips' name belongs in a bril-liant list. Educated for the bar, butnever a lawyer; attracted to politics, butrising above them; less than a states-man, but more than an orator ; a voice ;

a great heart; a fire-bran- a silvertrumpet; an intellectual Ishmaelite;aman who stood apart from men in orderthat he might be free to strike them iflie thought they deserved blows; a foeto his friends and a friend to his foes:Mr. Phillips was at once the most con-sistent and the most contradictory ofAmericans. He was an exclamationpoint, a linger of acorn, a standing pro-test, a public appeal, a factious minority,a thorn in the flesh; he was WendellPhillips; fixl as there was none likehim before hiui, so will there be nonelike him after him. The mold in whichlie was cast is broken. He was forgedin fiery times. He belonged to an era.No mau's place in the history of theRepublic was more designate.

"It is the custom to rank Mr. Phillipswith the great orators of all time. Thegreatness of his oratory was not on thesurface of it, though bis art was consummate. In power of sustained, severe,fluent, precise, lucid expression nospeaker in modern times certainly washis master. Edward Everett's oratorywas the glitter of an iceberg; WendellPhillips' that of tlie sunshine. It is idlefor us who nave htard Phillips only toattempt to compare him with othergreat orators whom we have not heard

Burke, Pitt, Demosthenes. The truepower of oratory is to be felt only ini he preseuce of it, and it was not hardin the presence of Mr. Phillips' oratoryto think that no other oratory couldhave compared with it. It was enough

"Mr. Phillips, the man, was one of thegentlest, tenderest, most considerate,most generous, most forgiving of men.His domestic attachments were strong;nis devotion to an invalid wire was apoem. He had no children. The poor,the outcast, the oppressed, the friendless weie his wards. With hun a causedespised was a cause espoused. He carednothing for popularity. What be believed he said. He had no patience withthe Christian Church, the good in whichhe could not appreciate, and the evil inwhich he exaggerated. He lived without the camp, asked odds of no one, andleft us as he had lived amongst us, self- -contained, and self-e- at istied. Franklin. Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Calhoun, Clay, Webster, Everett,Sumner certainly to these names is tobe added that of Wendell Phillips.

"With less than Franklin's sagacity,with more than Jefferson's scholarship,with all of Patrick Henry's courage,with a patriotism which Calhoun neverpossessed and a disinterestedness whichhas never been claimed for Clay, withall of Webster a dignity, with all of Everett'8 suavity, and with all of Sumner'shonesty, be had in himself some of thebest elements of intellectual leadership,weakened always, however, by certaindistortions of vision which led himsometimes to see things out of relationand proportion, and caused men to hesitate before they followed him, evenwhile they admired him beyond words.Wendell Phillips illustrated anew thefact that the path of genius is not always the path ef safety."

FALLING WATERS!

Thousands of Homeless PeopleSuffering from Nipping

Frosts.

Cincinnati, O., Feb. 14. At noon today the river at Cincinnati reached thehighest mark that ii is known ever tohave attained in this part of the OhioV allev, aud then remained apparent!)stationary for two hours at 71 feet olan inch. The flood had then reached itslimit for the present and began slowlyto fall, so slowly that it took four hoursto move 14 of an inch down the gauge.This check lu the flood is due to the sudden and considerable fall of temperaturewithin the past twenty-fou- r hours andthe prevailiug cold.

1 he coming cold was noticeable earlyin the evening of Wednesday, and beforelhursday morning the thermometer registered below freezing. The situationinCincinnati and vicinity during Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning was distressing. There were nearly71 feet of water in the channel, the 'risecontinuing at a rate varying from a )2inch to 1 inch an hour aud the thermometer below freezing. Alttiough coldweather had been predicted twenty fourhours in advance yet the wave descendedupon the valley quite abruptly. All ofWednesday 'was a comparatively pleasantday as to temperature aud deceived manywho faued to prepare sufficiently for thechange. The coid wave came like a thietn the night. Even people not directly

affected by the flood weie found unprepared and awoke yesterday morning tofind hydrants and water pipes frozenand the mercury fifty degrees below itsmark of the preceding alternoon.

INCONVENIENCE MULTIPLIED INTO

MISERIES.

Had these inconveniences been all, itwould have been well, but down in thebottoms and everywhere in the abodesof the stricken flood-suffere- rs these in-

conveniences were multiplied iuto mis-ery. The actual present suffering ofthese destitute people wod undoubtedlyhave been less bad the rise coutinuedunder the circumstances that have pre-vailed for a week. The heavy nightwent dow n upon tbem with a mightylverand still rising. They were prepared

for a foot more of water the next morn- -

ng, but not for a fifty degree fall of themercury. Tliey were overtaken by thesevere coid in their miserable waterflooded abodes without the requisitesupply of fuel, shivering through thenight, and awoke in the morning to finda considerable run of ice eucireling theirhouses at the water's edge and the waterstill rising. Their situation was trulydeplorable and although siuce that timethe river has ceased to rise and begunto fall the situation has been betteredbut little.

PEN PICTURE OF THE FLOOD.

A back ground of muddy water extends from the Ohio river northwardalong the course of the valley fartherthan the eye can reach, lapping the baseof the western hills on one side andFreeman avenue on the other. Therestand in bolder, more striking relief- -

than canvas ever bore the like, the mammoth factories and ware houses, theisolated dwellings, the sweep of telegraphic lines, the trains of laden freightcars, not one of which can be reachedexcept by floating craft. Looking acrossthe valley there is not a point or groundelevated above the surface of the water,that stands in varying depths from afeather's edge to fifty feet or more.Across the surface, faintly seen from thisdistant point of vew, are gliding inuumerable water craft, the occupants otwhich are discernible only as a slightexcrescence in the outline of the vessel.Each has a destination of its own andadapted to the necessity of its occupant.One glides away to the farthest westernshore, another stops at some building notwholly submerged, with yet a story, orperhaps two, above the waves; it maybe a factory, it may be an isolated dwellne not vet vacated. Away to the south

is seen the marking of Eight street, thehighest fill in the valley, now submergedand covered with two feet of water. Thetelegraph poles set along this fill look notunlike the slender stunted trees thatone often sees in marshes. The conneefing wires are unseen in the distance, andthe iron posts bearing the gas lamps arelike misty things now seen and nownot. Still beyond is the main currentof the Ohio, rushing along on its destruc-tive mission, its surges all merged into asmooth surface and lost in the distance.And beyond rise the Kentucky hills thatlimit the vision. Such is the generalview of the inundated valley.

RECEDING SLOWER.

2 A. m. The river continued to recedeslower, falling an inch and a quarter inthree hours. Clear and cold.

IN AND ABOUT LOUISVILLE.

Entire Towns Depopulated.

Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 14 River continues rising an inch an hour and has,at 6 p. m., leached 40 feet by the canalmarks. The weather is very cold, thewind blowing waves and tumbling downinundated houses. Bbout 5,000 peopleare out of their homes here, but thu lo-

cal relief committee have things well inhand, and there is not much fliinVrinrTransferring across the river and all tlerailroads are still running except theSt- - Louis Air Line.

Inch bv inch the water has comn nnat Jeflersonville, till nearly every streetnas disappeared, it the river continuesto rise at the piesent rate, by noon our riday there will not be a dry spot intown. The sights are most appallingand distressing; houses are caved inand hundreds of people are huddled to-gether in some low buildings. Manyremain in the second stories shiveringaud suffering from dampness and cold,and in manv cases hunger. The nni- -tentiaiy is still out of water, and without utile more water the convicts willbecome flood sufferers with nowhere togo. Utica, Ind., is almost out of sieht.The inhabitants have fled to the hillsfor safety. Clarsksville is entirely de-populated, and relief Is enminff in vrvslowly. Local committees nm i)inrtheir best under the circumstances. Provisions and subscriptions are comingtoday from over in the State ot Indiana,but not enough for actual wants. Allcommunication is cut off except by boatand telegraph. TU situation at NewAlbany is practically unchanged. Gen.Saxton will start the Government reliefuoai down the river at daylight Fridaymorning. The boat will contain all thenecessities and will run dnum uiraShawneetown, 111., supplying the peopleAn Iknth a i .1 .... nm , :

HOUSES SWEPT DOWN THE RIVER.1:30 A M.-- This day has been the flrston which the sun shone all day during

the month. ' The fair weather resultedin thousadi of people visiting points ofoDservatioo upon the 7 miles of the ctty's front. ( The river at 6 o'lock tonightstood al4j feet 104 inches. At 9:30 itmeasured 45 feet lljj' inches. This is17 inches above last year. The wind ofWeduesdat night played bavoc withtenement Houses in the submerged districts. Hundreds of dwellings at thei'oint and the shippingport have beenruined.anoV many of them have gonedown the aver. These tenements wereall occupied by poor people.who in theirhomeless condition are being cared forby local organizations. The news fromCincinnati tbac the river is falling leadsLouisville to hope that the end of thedestruction is about at band. Fortyeigntreet would flood twothirds of the city.The news from the surrounding localities is as melancholy as possible. Atleffersonville the water is in nearly every street, and in tbreefonrths of thehouses. The poor are well cared for bylocal organizations.

Relief of Sufferers the Ohio Overflow

—Speech of CongressmanTaylor in the House.

The Committee on Appropriations reported a joint resolution to authorizethe Secretary of War to issue rationsfor the relief of the destitute in the district overflowed by the Ohio river, audmaking an appropriation to relieve thesufferers by said overflow, being underconsideration in the House, Congressmanlay lor, or this District, spoke as follows:

'Mr. Speaker, I had supposed that thisresolution would - be passed at once,unanimously, without any discussion onthe part of anybody; but as it is to bediscussed on the oue side and the other.I will, in order to save tune, appropriatethe remarks of my friend from WestVirginia (Mr. Goff,) whose district is im-

mediately opposite mine on the Ohioriver, as a part of my speech, for thesake of brevity and also for the reasonthat he has made a most excellent ad-

dress.'I do not think there is any necessity

for discussing the constitutionality ofthis measure. I do not believe there isa single gentleman on this floor 1 knowthere is none on this side, aud I do notbelieve there is any one on the otherside who will hesitate a single momentbecause or any constitutional difhcultyto cast his vote for this resolution. Iunderstand the remarks of the eentlemanfrom New '.York; we all undeistaudthem. They are jocose, and jocose only ;hence I will not waste a single momentof time in that discussion. 1 wish merelyto say, in addition to what my friendfrom West Virginia has said, that at thistime there is in my district, for fifty orsixty miles aloag the Ohio river, a greatdistress. Thousands and thousands ofpeople -- I have heard the number vari- -

usly estimated; seme gentlemen whoprofess to be very well advised say thatthere are y 200,000 people men,women and children, who have beencompletely driven from their homes andare gathered iu groups on the hillsidesand in remove parts of the country wherethe water has not yet reached.

"Gentlemen have asked whether thegreat empire State of Ohio has made arequest for relief of this kind. I wish tosay. Mr. Speaker, that this calamity fallsvery heavily upon the upper and easternpurt of our State, where we have nogreat charities organized such as thereare in the city of Ciucmnati and otherlocalities. This district to which I havereferred is for fifty miles occupied verylargely with blasting furnaces, glassworks, coal bakes, iron 'mills and nailmills. Thousands of these people delvebeneath the earth, and rarely see thesunlight except when leaving theirhomes in the morning or returning atthe close of their day's labor. At thecity of Bellaireand in that neighborhoodthousands or buildings are now collectedin great wrecks, and are being drifteddown the Ohio river. School houses andchurch buildings occupying ground highenough to be safe from the waters havebeen thrown open to shelter these peo-ple, who would otherwise be houseless.The distress is great, and if we have anygenerosity we should not waste timehere upon this resolution, but pass it,and pass it at once, that it may go to theother end of the Capitol and be acted onthere, so that the Secretary ef War maypromptly send relief to those people whoat thia very hour are cold and nakedand hungry. It is a matter of imperativeduty; and I trust that we shall not wastetime in this discuss-ou- , but act at once.1 wish only to add that 8300,000 will bebut a beginning. A million of dollarswill not more than meet the immediatewants of those people along the Ohioriver.

GOVERNMENT AID.

ORDER OF THE SECRETARYWAR.

Mayors of the Several Places MadeAgents of the Department,

In Distributing Money, Food andClothing.

Washington, Feb. 13. Secretary Lin-

coln has acted with great promptnessand efficiency in the matter of distribut-ing relief money, provisions, and cloth-ing. He did not receive the signed billtill 5:30 p. m. yesterday. But in advanceof getting it, in order to have the workunder way, be sent the following tele-

gram to each of the addresses hereinafternamed, generally the Mayors of therespective towns, the amounts set oppo-

site beiug filled in the blank:WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.

To the Mayor of :

You are authorized to purchase anddistribute subsistence stores, clothing,and other uecessary articles to personsmade destitute by the floods, withinyour reach, to an amount not exceeding$ . Careful records of purchasesshould be kept, to enable the Departmentolflcer to adjust accounts when he cau besent. You wiil be expected to give theofficer your receipt for the stores, andact as the agent of this Department fortheir distribution. Please advise me bywire the number of destitute, and wheth-er purchases can be made in your local

LINCOLN.

To the following Mayors: Marietta,Ohio, (for Marietta, Harmar and vicin-

ity), $2,000; Point Pleasant, OuyandotteMason City and Hartford City. W. Va.,each 8500; Lawrenceburg, Ind., 82.000;Fai kersburg, 81.000; Pomery, 0, 81.000;Gallipolis, 81,000; Wheeling, 82,000;Steubenville, 81.000; Martin's Ferry,81.000; Bridgeport, 81,000; and Bellaire,81,000.

General Rufus Saxton, Jeffersonvilln,Ind., for that vicinity, $2,500; Capt. WH. Bell, U. S. A., Cincinnati, for Newport, Ky., 81,000.

The following shows the telegiamssent to and from the War Department,concerning supplies for this section, andthe action taken there under on Wednesday:

O., February 12.

To Hon. Rolcrt T. Lincoln, Secretary of War,Washington:One hundred and fifty to two hundied

families have already applied to us forrelief, comprising from seven hundredand fifty to one thousand persons. Allthe necessary articles can be purchasedhere. Thankful for aid.

JAMES McCONVILLE,Mayor of Steubenville.

BRIDGEPORT, O., February 12.

To' Robert Lincoln, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C:We have six hundred people destitute.

Can make purchases here.C. A. JUNKINS, Mayor.

BELLAIRE, O., February 12.

Hon. R. T. Lincoln, Secretary' of War:The destitute here number from 1,800

D. W. COOPER, Mayor.WAR DEPARTMENT, February 13.

D. W. Cooper, Mayor of Bellaire, 0.:Captain Cushing. an officer of the

army, will be in Wheeling ht ormorning, with orders to char-

ter a boat to assist points south. Pleasesee him and have him telegraph me bisrecommendations for tlie purchase ofproper supplies. Upon hearing fromhim I will give him instructions accord

ROBERT T. LINCOLN.WAR DEPARTMENT, February 13.

Captain S. T. Cushing, Wheeling:I have telegraphed the Mavor of Bel

laire that you will be in Wheeling tonight or morning, and I haveasked iiim to inform you or the needs ofBellaire. Upon being informed I willdirect you to purchase and deliver tohim a proper amount of supplies.

ROBERT T. LINCOLN.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 13.

Hon. Secretary of War:I have just received the following tel

egram from Bellaire: "The wants of Bellaire are urgent. V ill you see that sheis provtded for immediately?" Signedby 0. L. Poorman and D. W. Cooper,Mayor. Please inform me what provision has been made for these places, audothers of which I spoke.

J. D. TAYLOR.

WAR February 13.

Hon. J. D. Taylor, House of Representatives,Washington:

One thousand dollars to Bellaire yesterday. The other towns named by youwere given the amount requested by

ROBERT T. LINCOLN,Secretary of War.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 13.Hon. Secretary of War:

I have just this moment received thefollowing telegram from Martin's Ferry,Ohio:

"Two thousand people here are destitute. Have the Secretaiy of War sendaid to M. C. Mitchell, Mayor of Martin's

JOHN S. COCHRAN.Please inform me what aid you have

sent there and what aid to other placesJ. D. TAYLOR.

WAR DEPARTMENT, February 13.

Hon. J. D, Tavlor:In answer to your telegr m, I beg to

advise you that I yesterday authorizedthe Mayor of Martin's Ferry to expend$1,000 in the purchase of the proper

ROBERT T. LINCOLN,Secretary of War..

The Secretarg telegraphed Cautain S--

T. Cushing, Commissary of the U.at Pittsburgh, to charter a boat,

load her with subsistence stores, forthe destitute people at points below, andto start her off as soon as possible. Hewas nolihed that the Adjutant Generalwoull at once direct Captain Rose tocommunicate with him and to takecharge of the boat on its trip, and thatCushing should report to the Secretaryby wire the probable cost of this expenditure in order that the necessary fundscould be allotted for the purpose.

Pittsburgh. Feb. 14. The citizens'and press relief boat for the assistanceof flood sufferers in towns along theOhio left this afternoon laden with sup-plies of all kinds. A special meeting ofthe Relief Committee was held thismorning and $3,000 cash was appropri-ated lor the stock of the boat which willbe under the charge of Rev. E. R. Done- -hoo and representatives of the dailypapers or lue city, rwo thousand wasthe amount expended for provisions,five hundred cash for necessity cases,and the balance for bedding, shoes, etc.The citizens are responding to the callsfor clothing most generously, and sup-plies of all kinds are being hurried tothe boat, moored at the Monongahelawharf. It is expected the boat willleave before dark and proceed direct toPai kersburg, where the work of distri-bution will commence. The U. S. gov-ernment has appropriated $00,000 for therelief of sufferers between Ironton, 10.,and this city. The steamer Katie Stock-dal-e

has been secured and will be underthe charge of Capt. Rose. A detail ofsoldiers from the Allegheny arsenal ac-

companying them, will proceed direct toIionton and will meet the press reliefboat at Parkersburg. Up to noon MajorCushing, of the Commissary Depart-ment bad spent $22,000 for provisions,clothing and general supplies. It isestimated that this will relieve 25,000people. Major Cushing will remain inthe city for several days to attend to thegeneral work of the Department here.

Robert Garrett ordered free transpor-tation of provisions or other gifts onthe B. & O. road for the sufferers byfloods ; also, the free use of the B. & O.telegraph.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Companycontributed $1,000 for the sufferers ofthe floods; $2,000 to be distributed fromthe Pittsburgh office, aud 81,000 eachalong the line of the Panhandle andthe Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicagoroads.

Most Remarkable.Very seldom do we read of an actual case

of recovery, where hope had altogether hadbeen lost, to equal that which was on Moadayinvestigated by a Dispatch reporter who bad aheard, in various quarters, persons talking totheir friend of a cure, seemingly short of mi-

raculous, that had leeo performed; Win.Lincoln Curtis is the name of the young man Iin question; be is now employed at II. K.I'otter & Ca'e locomotive works, Pittsburgh;his disease whs chronic rheumatism: the enor-mous swelling and pain in the joints ot bisarms soon produced paralysis of his left arm;be gradually grew worse; his ankles and kneessoon worse this arms; his ceek bones b&gun to enlarge, spreading his face out of allresemblance to his formerself; two physicianspronounced him hopeless; Peruna cured him;page 20 Dr. Uartman's 'Ills of Life.'

This Life is What We Make It.Let's oftener talk of noble deeds.

And rarer of the bad ones.And sing about our happy days,

And none about the sad ones.We were not made to fret and sigh,

And when grief sleeps tb wake it;Brieht happiness is standing by-T- ing

life is what we make it.

Let s find the sunny side of men.Or be believers in it;

A light there is in every soulThat takes the pains to win it.

Oh! there's a slumbering good in all,And we perchance may wake it;

Our hands contain the magic wandThis life is what we make it.

Then here's to those whose loving heartsShed light and joy about them!

Thanks be to them for countless gemswe neer had known without them!

Ob! this should be a happy wordTo all who may partake it;

The falt's our owa if it is notThis life is what we make it.

CLARA'S WAY;Or, a Declaration of Independence.

Hazelnut Farm was at its prettiestwhen Clara Field came to live there.The old house, with its square, old-fas- h

ioned porch, vine-cover- gable-end- s andnewly painted green blinds, glimmeredwhite through the emerald freshness ofthe maple trees; the grass was purpledall over with wild violets, and the dimold woods on the mountain side were embroidered with a thousand flowers. Andthe pretty young bride, standing on therustic bridge that spanned the brook, withtufts of lilies on her breast, looked up atthe rising moon and drew a long sigh ofcontentment.

"O, John, how beautiful this is!" shesaid, softly. How happy shall we beWe can walk in the woods and gatherwild flowers and ferns, and we can row-o-

the river, and have readings on thelawn, and sketch all these equisite bits ofscenery, and life will be like a beautifuldream."

John Field whistled rather, dubiously."Of course, it will, my dear," said he.

'And I'm glad you like the place. But Irather think there'll be something to dobesides read and row and sketch."

The next morning, when Clara camedown to breakfast in a white buntingdress, with cherry ribbon bars all over it.Aunt Keziah looked at her in owl-eye- d

surprise."My .dear," said she, "if you and John

expect to get on in the world youll haveto keep earlier hours than this."

"Why, Aunt Keziah, its only seveno'clock," said Clara, artk-jsl-y glancing upat the clock.

"Humph!" remarked Aunt Keziah, asshe placed the broiled ham on the table,each slice surmounted by the goldendisk of a delicious fried egg. "John'sbrother William, lives on the next farm,and his wife has been up since daybreak,1 11 go bail.

"Since daybreak?" echoed Clara. "Why,what can she possibly find to busy her-self with?"

"Just exactly what you ought to busyyourself with," said Aunt Keziah, takinga pan of buttermilk biscuits out of theoven, and filling the crooked handled lit-tle pitcher with thick, clotted cream. "Afarmer's wife can't sit down and fold herhands, unless she wants to ruin her hus-band outright."

Clara looked piteously at Aunt Keziah 'sinexorable face, but she asked no morequestions. After breakfast, however, sheput on her little gypsy hat, with its drooping brim, and its wreath of daisies.

"John," she said to her busband, whowas busy giving directions to his farmhands. "1 am going across the meadowto see Will's wife..

John looked at his young bride ratherdoubtfully.

"Are you. pet r said he. "Don t youthink it would be a good idea to helpAunt Kezia m the pantry T

"Clara laughed and shook her head."She is all tied up in pocket handker

chiefs and bib aprons, whitewashing,'she said. "1 can't whitewash."

"My mother always did all the whitewashing that was done in the place untilshe died, remarked John.

"What was your father thinking ofthat he didn t hire some man to do it forher?'' asked Clara, biting her lips.

"People out this way do their ownwork," observed John Field, a littleshortly. "Money doesn't grow on everybush like blackberries, and the women ofIlazeliield are taught to be proud of theirindustry and thrift.

"Clara shrugged her shoulders andtripped lightly over the dewy meadowto where the pretty home of her brother-in-la-

William Field, nestled in a groveof ancient elms and sycamores.

"If this is life in the country,' said thebride to herself, "I think 111 go back toteaching in the city."

Will's wife was summoned from thedairy to receive her visitor. She had metClara before and welcomed her with asmile and a cordial pressure of the hand.

"I thought, of course, you would havebeen over to see me before now," saidClara, reproachfully.

"I did intend to come," said Mrs. Will, ofapologetically, "but I was up last nightdarning the children's stockings untilpast midnight"

She dropped into a chair, with a hand ofpressed to her side, a pale, wearied, spiritless-l-

ooking creature, with an abundantbrown hair huddled into a net a largecrash apron tied around her waist, andsleeves rolled up high above the thin elbows that had been round and dimpled.

"Alice," said Clara, "tell me what youhave done to-da- and what you do otherdays. Aunt Keziah is holding you up as amodel to me, and 1 want to hear what it

that you have actually accomplished. beMrs. Will smiled. in"Yes," she said, "thev tell me that I

am a good worker. And I do get alongwell, lor my husband h:is laid up a dealof money at interest, and we havent had

hired girl in the house in two years.1 ou see I rise at fouro clock every mor-ningone can accomplish so much beforethe sun really gets hot This morning 1

churned twenty pounds ef butter,strained and skimmed the milk, scaldedthe pans, fed the little pigs, and theyoung turkeys und ducks and chickens,and got the breakfast for Will, two hiredmen and the children."

"Stop a minute," said Clara, who hadbeen listening with intent eves of inter-est "So Will has hired men ?"

"Yes; he always keeps two in summerand one in winter,'' explained Alice.

"Then I think you ought to have awoman to help you,- - argued the bride.

"It would cost too much," said Alice,solemnly. "Well let me see, where wasI ? Ah! alter breakfast I make thaand sweep all the principal rooms, andget the children readv for schooL Thenon Mondays I wash; Tuesdays I

I bake and clean; Thursdays'I do up fruit, pickles and tnmabiM- - Vr- i-days I clean; and Saturdays I bake againand get ready for Sunday, for Will al-ways invites friends to rlinn wifh himSunday, and it is the busiest day in theweek. And besides all this, I have allmy own clothes and the children's tomend and make; Will's shirts to cut andmake, stockings to knit, soft soap tomake, sprinsr and fall cleaning tn Ar.carpets to sew and weave, and "

"O, stop, stop!" cried Clara, lirtingherhands as if in terror. "I dontAlice." '

"You don't wonder at what.?" sum frWill Field, in some surprise.

"That Will's first wif dinl of tontnsix, ane that you, at thirty-si- x, are fol--luwms as lapiuiy in ner iootsteps as canbe," cried Clara. "If you were made ofiron and India rubbercomplish all this drudgery without beingworn OUt I am COintr riircvrlir hnmo" o J uwujo wabdicate my position as reigning sover--

And the SDirited vnnnir urf7 win.Mrs. Yi ill lapped in amazement, hurriedawry.

John Field was stundinir at tho nAwell, in his workino-- cmtnfrom the bucket as Clara triDned nn thpath. He looked up with a smile.

V ell. pet" said he. --whergoing?"

To pack my trunk " said Clara nrithmischief sparkling in her deep, soft eyes."I've been investigating matters, and Idon't like the situation."

W hat situation r'That Of m:iiri-of-- 9. . . lonnr.' - i, LXiVijOO,cook, housekeeper and lady, all rolled.i . i ..."J "uc, . uie salary oi my Qiotnes andfood."

"But mv dear." said John, with a m.zled face, "you are talking uonsense. Ao--oouy expects au mat or any woman."

"Don't thev. thouo-h?- said riara"There's where you are mistaken. It isprecisely what Will's present wife hasoeen uoing ior nim all these last years!

hat his first wife wore herself nut indoing, and what you are preparing your-self to demand of me. Aunt Keziah ad-vises me to take Will's wife for a model.But I shall do nothing of the sort. I had

deal rather go back to teaching.""I never heard such talk in my life,"

said Aunt Keziah, who, from the kitchenthreshold,had overheard Mrs. John Field'sdeclaration of independence.

"Veiy lifcely." said Clara. "You seerve no idea of committing suicide, whatever Will's wife's nnininn m-i- rVE.....VM ujoj w. v,John, how blind, how short-sighte- d youmen are. LiOok ai poor. nale. worn-o- ut

Alice, a tVDe of everv farmr' --rifa Inthe neighborhood. Look at her now. andthen try to remember her as she waswhen first she came here. You may callit (rood housekeeping. I call it kiiiino--

herfelf by inches.""W ell." owned John, "she dnn limb--

feeble.""And do you wonder at It, when you

see all that she accomplishesf flashed '

out Clara. "Vrhy, Bluebeard himselfnever killed off his wives more systemat-ically than a New England farmer does."I'll tell you what, John," she added, "ifyou'll provide me all the servants I need,and let me live in my home as its rulingspirit, not as its drudge, IU remain here.Otherwise I shall leave Hazelnut Farm

."

"She's not far wrong," said Aunt Ke-ziah. who had shrewd, rugged conscienti-ousness of her own under all her preju-dices.

"She's right," said John Field. "Staywith us, pet, and you shall see that weknow how to appreciate you as you de-serve."

So Mrs. John Field stayed, the head ofan efficient establishgirls, who officiated as hands to her ownacuve orain, and no ptace in the neigh-borhood flourished more than HazelnutFarm.

"It's extravagance ridiculous extrava-gance!" exclaimed Will Field, when heheard of his brother's new administrationof affairs.

"We'll see how the bills add up at theend of the year," said John, quietly.

And at the year's end Will was unableto imagine how it was that his brother saccount had swelled to nearly a third '

more than his own."We have lived much more economi-

cally than you," said he. "We have keptno iazy, wasteful, shirking help "

"Ah!" said Clara, "but you didnt countthe doctor's bills while poor Alice lay sickso loner with rheumatic fnvnr hmiitrht nl,by scrubbing her cellar floors herself, northe expenses of the nurse who took careof her. To he sum litrla A lira inH lamdid the work of the house between themwhile their mother was ill, but neither ofthem will be strong for a year, so heavywas the strain. And next year you willprobably have undertakers' bills to pay 'into t'.'e oargiun."N'o. I won't" said Will resnlnfolv "I'll

try John's way, and see if it will brightenAlice ana me cniiaren up a ntxia

"Call it Clara's war" said John Finl.1laughing; "for she is the originator ofthe whole thing."

'Its a sensible wav. anyhow " saidWill, "whosever it may be."i or Clara had converted them both.Y. Ledger.

Fred Douglass writes to PrivateDalzell:

"There a million people in this countrvmixed blood many the children and

grandchildren of white men by coloredwomen. I know of a colored womanhere in Washington who is the mother

ten children by one of our late mostinfluential citizens, but no noise wasmade over the affair, simply because thewoman was his concubine, and not his'wife. It would seem that what theAmerican people object to is not the mixture of the races, but honorable marriagebetween them. Is this reflection too se-vere? Perhaps it is, but does not thestorm of criticism to which I have beensubjected seem to justify it? You will

glad to know that your oldthe Garfield campaign is neither ap

palled nor crushed by the adverse stormnow beating upon him, but is, in fact,quite cheerful and happy."

Nevada Reflex: A Chinaman in Tavhas received the latest ChiBa papers

sriving an account of the Qgbt at Sontay.His version of the Homeric conflictreads something like this: "Flench nig-ger eleven eight feet high I float aliasame elephlant skiu! Chinaman elutbim knife and slord; no clut him f Chi-naman shloot him ; ball no glow in. Chi-naman lun like belle!"

All uplifting must com to manthrough bis own effort. It la in him toprove himself the master ef elementarylife, and to ascend by this knowledge.