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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
Dead, but Not Buried.

When friend dies and is buried
there's an end of him. We miss him
for space out of our daily existence;
we mourn for him by degrees that be-
come mercifully less; we cling to the
blessed hope that we shall be reunited
in some more perfect sphere; but so TAR
as this earth is concerned there's an
end OF him. However near and dear
he was, the time arrives when he does
not form part OF our daily thought;
he ceases to be even ar abstraction.
We go no more with flowers and tears
into the quiet cemetery; only the rain
and the snowfiakes fall there; we leave
it for the fingers of spring to deck the
neglected mound.
Bat when our friend Yanishes unac-
countabiy in the midst OF crowded
city, or goes of on sea voyage, and
is never heard of again, his memory
has singular tenacity. He may be to
all interits and purposes dead to us, but
we have not lost him. The ring of the
door-bell at midnight may be his ring;
the approaching feotstep may be his
fOOtstep; the unexpected letter with
foreign postmarks may be from his
hand. He haunts us as the dead never
can.
The woman whose husband died last
night may marry again within luster
OF months. Do you suppose week
passes by when the woman whose hus-
band disappeared mysteriously ten
years ago does not think of him ? There
are moments when the opening of a
door must sterile her.
There is no real absence but death
From Prudence Palfrey," in April
a Atiautic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
Light Without Matches.

To obtain light instantly without the
use of matches and without the danger
of setting things on fire, take an
oblong phial of the whitest and clear
est glass; put into it a piece of phospho-
rus about the size of pea, and upon
which pour some olive oil, heated to
the boiling point, filing the phial
about one-third full and then seal the
phial hermetically. To use it, remove
the cork and allow the air te enter the
phial, and then recork it. The whole
empty space in the bottle will then be-
come luminous, and the light obtained
will be equal to that of lamp. As
soon as the light grows weak its power
can be increased by opening the phial
and allowing e fresh supply of air to
enter. In winter it is sometimes
necessary to heat the phial between
the hands tn increase the fiuidity of the
oil. Thus prepared, the phial may be
used for six months. This contrivance
is now used by the watchmen of Paris
in all magazines where explosive or
infiammable materials are stored.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
DO right and fear nobody.

Two heads are better than one-es-
pecially in barrel.
A Chicago minister is affectionately
as being ''sut Of job"
A New York dentist gives q preml-
um chrome for every tooth he draws.
Alonzo Dante Arnold Butler b ths
name OF an IlliHois poet Of the crusnde.
A Georgia editor was bitten by doe,
being evidently mistaken for . bona
The Brooklyn Argus Is Of opinion
that kind word will always so farthsr
than fiat-iron.
A Western paper announces the
death OF a lady celebrated for tho
"purity of her character and com
plexion."
o. bother cremationi We have y
earn our llving-and We don't want -
be compelled to urn our dead.
A Connecticut horse-thief swapped Q
fine animal for couple Of copper
watches. No inflated currency for hfn.
Are blacksmiths, who are making Q
living by forging, or carpentsrs, who
do q little counter-fitting, any WON
than men who sell iron and stoe, for .
living.
An Irishman quarreling with =
Englishman, told him that u be didn9
hold his tongue he would break ~
impenetrable head and let his braino
out Of his empty skull. sais
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
Marrow Gang Railways.

From the Q. $. Journal,
In consequence of the panic nnd the
scarcity Of money, the difficulty in OBJ
tanning the necessary funds to continue
our great railway system, has brous hit
the subject Of Marrow Gauge" PROM
inently before the public.
On a careful examination OF the SUBJ
iect, the advantage in favor of this sys-
TEN seem SO very apparent, tLat much
discussion in regard TO 1t would appear
unnecessary. But in this part of the
country, the narrow gauge railroad is
still an experiment, and in any project
involving so large an expenditure of
money, we cannot afford to adopt it
without the minuteSt investigation.
In regard to the bro d gauge, or
what is known as the standard gauge
of four feet eight inches, our former
difficulties have been that the enor-
nous outlay in the first construction
of the road mas used up all the money
subscribed by stockholders by the time
the road is 'graded aud tied" leaving
it to be bonded for the IRON and equip
ment, and these bonds are usually sold
at discount of % per cent. and as the
wide gauge costs fully % per cent.
more tniD the ldiiON, Niicu uOtu dic
built for cash, it shows q saving of 80
per cent. in construction alone, and the
interest on this difference will always
enable the narrow gauge to carry
freights cheaper, and still pay the
stockholder dividends. What was it
that occasIoned the great uprising of
the farmers of the West, the granger
movement, bur the urgent, immediate
necessity for cheaper freight?
The very fact that the great producers
have moved en- masse proves that the
question of cheaper freights is a Ma
tional problem. second only to our
great financial puzzle-and may not
the building of narrow gauge" rail-
ways be the slip knot which may help
to unravel both difficulties?
That the narrow gauge railroad Is
cheaper and in every respect better
adapted to the great need of to-day, the
economical transportation of freight
and passengers, would seem from the
following quotations TO be beyond
question. At IA National Railway Con-
vention held in St. Louis, two years
since, for the consideration of this SUBJ
iect. the Hon. II. G. Stebbins, Vice
President of the Southern Pacific rail-
road, says.
To sum up all, the narrow guage sys-
tenn clearly has the advantage in these
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
ADVERTISING RATKs
SCIENTIFIC MEMORANDA.

NJ. Bert states that compressed oxy-
gen is not onlv destructive to animal
life, but that it also hinders the gefmi-
nation of seeds, the putrefaction offrag-
ments of muscle, the change Of starch
into sugar by saliva, and the develop
nIent OF myeodeyDaG Gceti.
If caStor-oil is mixed with glycerins
and few drops of oil of cinnamon add
ed, the taste of the castor oil can
scarcely be recognized.
DIR. Woods relates the following cir
cumstance, which appears TO shox that
sometimes, at least, malarial poison b
to be found in water, and not In the
air: Two ships were dispatched sim-
ultaneously with troops from Algeria
to France, both under similar eircum-
stances, excepting that the supply OF
water had been drawn, In one case,
from the low, marshy lands where
ague was prevalent, whilst the other
ship had taken water from locality
situated at a greater elevation, and
where the disease was unknown. The
passengers on the first transport were
generally seized with remitteut fever,
whereas no case of illness occurred On
the OiOeT VESSEL.
In report on the enamels employed
70 coat the interior of cast-ircn cooking
utensils, M. Poggiale states that many
of these enamels contain lead, and
dilute acids at the boiling point Of
water extract the lead in majority Of
cases.
The Garden relates that cuttings
have been taken from England to Vic
toria, and worked with success nine
months after they were serarated from
the p rent plant.
the best labels for plants and trees
may be made by writing with q led
pencil on slips of zine, and attaching
these to the plants by copper wire
Horticulturisr.
Vogel finds that tincture Of iodine
made with alcohol, containing moro
thln 67 per cent. of absolute alcohol,
will not turn starch paper blue.
Asphalt paper is employed for wrap
ping silks and other articles to be pro-
tected from moisture. Tubes made Of
this paper are about one-fifth the
weight of iron, and may be used for the
conveyance of water.
-Scri6ner's for Aay.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
For veto. Against. Neu

Politically classified, thirty-six Re-
publican papers sustain the President.
twenty-six oppose his views, and elev-
en- are neutral We are not among
those who think it mortal sin for.po-
litical friends to differ on the question
ton of the currency. While we ;un-
hesitatingly sustain the President, we
believe the matter is susceptible OF
com promise, and that measure can
be perfected which, while not impsir-
ing the public credit, would meet Inc
wants of The people. We further be-
lieve that the Republican party is
equal to the emergency.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07

PARAGRAPHS WORTH RElI HBEa-
ING.-Benzine and common clay viii
clean marble.
Castor oil is an excellent thing to
soften leather
Lemonjuice and glyeerins will 10
move tan and freckles.
A dose of castor oil will aid in remo-
wing pimples.
Lemon juice and glycerine win
cleanse and soften the hands
Spirits of ammonia diluted q littls,
will cleanse the hair very thoroughly.
Lunar caustic, carefully applied. 50 -
not te touch the skin, will destroy
warts.
Powdered nitre il good for removing
freckles.- Apply with rag moistened
with glycerine. n
To obviate offensive perspiratioa,
wash your feet with soap and diluted
ammonia.
The juice of ripe tomatoes win r.
move the stain of walnuts from the
hands without injury to the skim
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
Flood in the Mississippi River.

The low er Mississippi has overaown
its banks, and FIVE millions acres of
land is said to be inundated, causing
twenty five thousand people to re-
qure assistanes.
The n. 0. Times says the extent of
the damage which has resulted from
the great overflow is just beginning to
be understood. That it was vast was
readily conceived but that it SHOULD in
volve {, 100000 of acres and popula-
ton of l78, ,0G0 was apparently beyond
reasonable calculation; but such is real
Iy the case. In the cotton regions it Is
now ascertained that nine of the larg-
est and richest parishes producing cot
ton have been inundated. The amount
of cotton laud in the parishes in actual
cultivation is ascertained to be 100000
acres, besides 0,000 in corn. These
estimates include only the large places,
leaving out hundreds of small farmers,
and ali estimates for cattle, hogs and
gardens. The population of these nine
parishes is 20.394 whites and 54,033
blacks, according to the census of 1870.
In the sugar producing parishes as
certained facts discover an equal If not
Il greater amount of ruin and suffering.
The overflow in these parishes covers
nearly $500, 900 acres, titled and untill-
ed. including Il production of 10000
hogsheads of sugar, besides large pro-
duce of rice and the crops of small
farmers, Of whom there are many hum
breds, who have lost their stock and
pretty much everything else they pos
sess. In all the parishes it is believed
that more than 5000 people are now
in actual suffering for the necessaries of
life, and that in less than sixty days
the number of those whose circum-
stances will require alienation will in
crease to more than $4,000 persons.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07

THE remains of Lorenzo Dow, the
noted revival preacher, who died III
Georgetown, in 1884, and was buried
by his brother Free Mas ms, were un-
earthed last week, as their resting place
is 10 be sold in building lots for the liv-
ing. The skeleton was perfect, and on
the breast-bone lay the long white
beard. A portion OF the cambiet wrap
per in which h5 was buried was unde-
cayed. The remains were reinterred
in Oak Hill Cemetery in Geore etOwD,
where Dow used to preach during his
lifetime. 1t is rumOred, however, that
some of his kindred in his native State
of Connecticut intend TO claim them,
and to have them reintered next to the
crave OF Harlan Page.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
Rather Social.

Gov. Powell, of Kentucky, was new.
er an orator, but his conversational,
storytelling, and social powers were
remarkable. His great forte lay in es-
tablishing a personal intimacy with ev-
cry one he met, and in this way he was
powerful in electioneering. He chew
ed immense quantities of tobacco, but
never carried the weed himself and
was always begging it from every one
he met. His residence was in Hender-
son, and in coming up the Ohio, past
that place, gentleman overheard a
characteristic anecdote of him. A citi-
zen of Henderson, coming on board,
fell into conversation with passenger,
who made inquiries about Powell. He
lives in your place, I believe, don't
hep Yes, one of our Oldest citizens
Very soeiable man, amt hep Re
markably sO.' We'll, thought so:
think he is one of the most sociable
men l ever met in my life-wonder-
fully sociable. / was introduced to
him over at Grayson Springs last sum-
mer, anu he hadn't been with me ten
minutes when he begged all the tobac-
co had, got his feet in my lap, and
spit all over me-remarkably sociable. ,
Kentucky Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07

TIE Church Journal has another
remarkably strong article upon disci-
pine, aud urges the necessity of apply.
ing the strict rule of rectitude to all
members of its church. The editor
does not mince the matter, but Loldly
declares "that the church is filled
with cumberers, with men that count
for nothing in any work, with mere
shams of Christians that fail her when
she leans upon them. She wants to ad-
vance, and they won't go on them
selves, and stay in the way of those
who would. They will not work nor
give-ihe helpless good-for-nOthings,
who haze been the curse of the church
in every age for eighteen hundred
wears" This IS about as plain speak
ING as we have heard for some time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07

MARK TWAIN occasionally takes up
the patent pencil without intending or
inditing joke. In writing to the Lon
don Standard of the praying crusade, he
says:
"WOuId YOU consider the conduct of
these crussdersj justitiable? 1do-thor-
oughiy instifiahie 341heyy find them
selves voiceles5 in the making OF laws
anu the election of officers to execute
them. Born with brains, born in the
country, educated, having large inter-
ests at stake, they find their tongues
tied and their hands fettered, while
every ignorant, whiSky-drlnklng fUr-
eign-born savage in the land may
hold Office, help to make laws, degrade
the dignity OF the former and break
the latter at their own sweet VIII.
They see their fathers, husbands, broth
ers sit namely at home and allow the
scum of the country to assemble at the
'priinaries, name the candidates for Of
flee from theii own vile ranks, and,u ,un-
rebuked, elect them. They live in the
midst of country where there Is no
end to the laws and no beginning to
the execution of them. And when the
laws that are intended to protect their
sons from intemperance lie torpid ana
without sign of life, year after year,
they recognize that here is matter
that interests them.peisonaily,a matter
which comes straight home to them.
And since they are allowed to lift no
legal voice against the outrageous state
of things hey suffer liz this regard, l
think it is no wonder that their pa
tience has broken down at last, and
they have tried to persuade themselves
that they are justitiable in breaking
the law oftrespass " hen the laws that
should make the trespass needless, are
allowed by the voters to lie dead and
inOppratiypD -
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particulars: First, in the large com
parative saving in first conrtruction
and right of way; second, in the large
proportion of paying load to non-pay-
ing weight of train; third, in the great
reduction in wear and tear of perma-
nent way through the advantage gain
ed by using lighter rolling stock;
fourth, in the great saving in the re-
duced wear and tear of wheels and
tires from the reduced weight on each
wheel; fifth, in the large proportionate
increased power of locomotives (from
the dead weight on engines be-
ing used as tractive power;) sixth, in
propOrtionate increased velOcities gain
ed by the light system; seventh, in the
greater economy in working traffic; and
eighth, in the comparative increase in
the Capacities of traffic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
What Zaccheus Did.

New York Letter to Chicago Times.l
A story is told of certain nevspa-
per proprietor who relieved his dishon-
esty ty a spice of humor.
The agent of large manufacturing
house went to him to protest against
frequent assaults in the editorial COLI
umns.
"What the devil Is the matter?"
asked the latter. "All you say IL an
infernal.lie! But, then, We feel that
we can't afford to have this thing 90
on. What shall we do to stop it?"
The proprietor appeared abstracted
for few moments, and then remark
ed: 81 was thinking about a charac-
ter in the Bible. Let me see; his name
was-was Zaccheus. What did he do ?
Oh, yes; he climbed tree to Sc the
Lord; and he didn't see Him, either.
What did he do then Do you remefu.
Der, Mr.. Agent, what he did then ~
"He came down, suppose"
"Ah, yes ?-thank you-that's Ill
He came down, sensible fellow; he
came down."
The parable was fitting. The agent
initiated the example of Zaccheus, and
the journalistic batteries were instan-
taneously spiked.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
Dried Apple Pies.

1 loathe! abhor! detest. despisei
dried apple piesi
like good bread, / like good meat,
Or anything that is fit to eat;
But Of all the grub beneath the skies,
The poorest is dried apple pies
Give me toothache, or sore eyes,
In preference to such kind Of piss.
The farmer takes his gnariiest fruit,
IT'S wormy, bitter, ana hard to boot;
They leave the hull to make Us cough,
And don't take half the peeling Oh,
Then on dirty cord they're strung.
And from some chamber window hung;
Until they're ready to be made in pies
Tread on my eorns, or tell me lies,
But don't pass me dried apple pies.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07

RAISING CABBAGE ITHOUT TRANS
PLANTING.-A correspondent of the
Western Rural says: / have raised
mine in this manner for three years. /
plant two or three seeds in each hill,
about the usual time of setting out
cabbage. The weather and ground is
then warm and they come quickly.
When large enough to transplant, l re-
move all but one, transplanting into
such hills as have been destroyed by
cut-worms. cultivate and hoe twice
thoroughly, and then keep the hills
clean and mellow. They should be
hoed every few days during the season
of tending the different vegetables of
the garden.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
SENATE. S
Total Senate. Sc
HOUSE.
he Veto and the Western Press.

From the Chicago Journai.
The Tribune complies a list Of llG
daily Western newspapers, showing
their opinions of the Presidents veto
of initiation. OF this number but forty
two condemned the veto. If the char
acter and influence of these Journals
were taken into consideration, the pre-
ponderance of public sentiment would
seem even much larger than this ma
iority indicates, and shows unqnes-
tionably that the West has been mis-
remesented by those who claim That
she demands an inflated currency. We
recapitlIIate from the Tribune's table:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07

CATERPILLARs.-Th tent caterpil-
lar eggs of which encircle the small
twigs in rings of 400 or 800 each, is cas-
lily destroyed before it matches, or early
in spring. Cut them off and burn them.
In an extensive plantation, we caused
an active man to pass through early in
spring and clear them out. He de-
stroyed about 5000 nests in two days,
thus preventing the Matching of over
two million eggs-more than all the
birds in the township would have done,
after Matching. In some parts of the
country they are abundant this year,
and the sooner they are looked after
the better.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-07
T.se Origin of Some Of L0ngfeI-
lows Poetry

lfionl Lecture py James L. Fields.
Ii Is always interesting to know un-
der what circumstances poet has
framed an immortal poem or sonnet or
song. AS | happen to know something
of the origin and birth of many of
Lon2fellow's poems, let me divulge a
few secrets in regard to them. The
psalm of Life" came into existence on
bright summer morning in July,
1888, in Cambridge, as the poet sat be-
tween two windows at the small table
in the corner of his chamber. 1t was
q voice from his inmOst heart, and he
kept it some time in manuscript, un-
willing to part with it. It expressed
his feelings at that time, when he was
rallying from the depression of deep
atfiiction, and he hid the poem in his
own heart for many months. He was
accused of taking the famous verse,
cart is loug and time is fieeting,n from
Bishops poem, but | happen to know
that was not in his mind, and that the
thought came to him with as much
freshness and originality as if nothing
had been written before. "There is
reaper who's. maine is death" crystal
iZed at once, without effort, i'll the
poets mind, and he wrote it rapidly
down, with tears filing his eyes as he
composed it. The Light of the Stars"
was composed as the poet looked out
upon calm and beautiful summer eve-
ming, exactly suggestive of the poem.
The moon, a little strip of silver, was
just setting behind Mount Auburn,
and Mars was blazing in the South.
That fine ballad, "The Wreck of the
Hesperus," was written in 1889. A vi
Olens storm had occurred the night be-
fore, and as the poet sat smoking his
pipe about midnight by the fire, the
wrecked Hesperus came sailing into
his mind. He went to bed, but the
poem had seized him, and he could
not sleep. He got up and wrote the
celebrated verses, 1.-The clock was
striking g." he said, "when 1 finished
the last stanza." 1t did not come into
his mind by lines, but by whole stanzas,
hardly causing him an effort, but flow
ing without let or hindrance.
One of the best known of all Long
fellows shorter poems is Excelsior"
The word happened to catch his eye
late ole autumn evening in 1S41 ON a
torn piece of newspaper, and straight
way his imaginatiOns took fire at it.
Taking the first piece of paper at hand,
which happened to be the back of a
letter receive that night from Charles
Sumner, Longfellow crowded it with
verses. As first written down, "Ex-
celsiol" differs from the perfected and
published poem; but it shows in its
original conception rush and glow
worthy theme and the author. On
summer afternoon in 1S49, as he was
riding on the beach, 1.-THE Skeleton in
ArmOr" rose as out of the deep before
him, and would not be laid. The story
of "Evangeline" was first suggested
to Hawthorne by a friend who wished
him to found a romance upon it. Haw-
thorne did not quite coincide with the
idea, and handed the theme 10 Long
fellow, who saw at once all the essen
tial qualities of a deep and tender idyl.