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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Fourth of July at the Lime Kiln.

"Dis club has concluded not to cele-
brate de Fo'th of july" remarked
Brother Gardner as the meeting OPEN
ed. ''One reason am because we am
all patriots ebery day in de week, an
anoder reason is dat de lemonade Of
dis kentry has so degenerated in tone
dat a true patriot has no bizness wild
de stuff. We could whoop an hurrah
an eat cokernuts an wave flags an
send up sky-rockets, but on de mex
day we'd have to pay cash for mutton
list de same, an our old clothes would
look list as old, an de landlord would
come aroun' fur de back rent jist as
hard as if de Declarashun of Inde-
pendence had neber bin writ
'Doan' be too patriotic. In case of
war you will be suspected of fishin' fur
guv' 'ment.contracts; in case of peace
you will be called blow-hard an q
demagogue.
..Lub your kentry, but doan' let de
kentry git ahead of you.
'.Let your voice be raised fur peace,
but doan' pay any revenue tax you
kin git out of.
BE proud of your republic, but re-
member that republic kin beat any
monarch at corrupshun.
Respect our laws, but remember dat
$500 and good lawyer will cfar q
murderer nine times out of ten.
Reverence de Constitution. but re-
member dat any statesman kin
interpret it to read any way or mean
anything.
LET your heart swell wild pride as
you remember dat you are an Ameri-
can, but doan' forgit to apply to de En-
glish Consul if you want purteckshun
when away from home.
Let US now purceed to transact
sich bizness of nashunal importance as
may come befo' de meetin'. ."-Detroit
Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
The Value of a Horse.

The plaintiff sued for the value of q
horse killed by railroad train. The
horse was valued at $500 by the plain
tiff.
The defendants attorney wished to
prove by witnesses that the horse was
worth much less than $500. An expert
named Steinhoff, q horse dealer, was
called.
"You knew Mulligan's horse?''
''Yah, knowed dot horse; he vas 8
goot horse"
What would you say he would be
worth?''
''Vell, dot depends sometimes"
"What is thing WORTH"
81 dinks it vas worth vat it sells for"
Then you say that anything is
worth what it will fetch?"
Yah, dot is so.''
'Did YOU ever see a man fool enough
to pay more money for thing than its
value?"
Il saw dot often already"
But you just now said that thing
was worth just exactly what it would
sell for. Now how could thing sell
for more than it was worth?"
Il vos not here to answer some con-
undrums.
well, now, what in your opinion
would Mulligan's horse have sold
for?''
81 pelieve dot horse would have sold
for 81, 000-"
What! You think that the horse
that'was killed was worth $1.000P"
'Off he had sold for 81, 600 he would
be worth $1,000, amt itP"
''But you said that horse would have
sold for $1,000. Now don't prevari-
cate"
Il do not brevaricate. You didn't
let me finish. l said dot horse would
haff sold for $1,000. Then you inter-
rupted me ven vos going to finish dot
remark by saying. off he could haf
drOdled q mile ia 2:I5.-Tegas Stftings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
The Fairs.

We give below, for the benefit of those
interested, list of the different fairs tC
be held in this region. with dates, in the
order in which they come:
Barnesville. August 26 80.
Monroe Co, Woodsfeld, August 26 20
Belmont Co, st. Clairsville, Sept. 35.
West Va. State, Sept. S-13.
Senecaville, Sept. 10 -.
Smyrna, September 16 IS.
Jewett, Harrison Co.. September II 10
Washington Co., Marietta, Sept. 1913
Cambridge, September 1926.
Jefferson Co, Smithfield. Sept. "a 26.
Harrison Co, Cadiz, October 3.
Washington, Guernsey Co., Oct. Ia.
Noble Co., Sarahsville, Oct. 3.
Tuscarawas Co, Canal Dover, Oct. Z 1S
Newcomerstown, October IA IL.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

In the Summer of 1910 A R. War
ner, of Guilford, found in the Unadil-
la valley, New York a large turtle.
The shell showed the marks where
initials had been cut in, but the initials
of only one person and date could be
made out-E. r. j. 1885. Mr.. Warner
cut-A. r. w., 1910, in the shell and re-
leased the turtle. In 1880 the turtle
was discovered in the same locality by
some boys. The '.E. R. j., 1885, and
"a. r W., $780," were still distinct.
In addition were III. j. H., 1870, '.E.
B., 1875. and IS. d., 1880" The tur-
tie was again turned loose. A few
days ago it was found again in the
field where it was seen in 1910 by Mr..
Warner. No additional carvings were
on the shell. The turtle is no larger
than it was forty years ago, showing
that it must have been fully grown at
that time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04


The town of Hildesheim (HaneVer)
can boast of the Oldest ross tree in Eu-
rope. 1t is said to have been planted
by the Emperor Louis the Pious, in the
beginning of the ninth century, when
the Episcopal See founded by his father,
Charlemagne, was removed to ElZe- The
documents proving this fact were de-
stroyed by FIRE in the Cathedral in 1913,
but later records show that in 1918 Bish-
op Hezilo had wall built round the
tree to protect it. For centuries past
this rose tree has been an object of in
terest to travellers and naturalists, and
few strangers ever &c to Hildesheim
without visiting the Imperial rose tree
by the side of the Cathedral. Within a
few years the old roots have sent forth
several new shoots, one ofsWhich is now
twelve feet high and nearly an inch in
diameter-N. Y. Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Walking for a Fortune.

John Henzel, son of wealthy North
Bergen farmer, quarreled with his
father because he desired to marry a
pretty young lady who had the disad-
vantage of being poor. and went west
to seek wealth four years ago. The
old gentleman relented of his hardness
to the boy after his departure, and
when he died few weeks ago left his
estate, valued at $780, 600 to the son.
Young Henzel, wlile in Milwaukee,
saw an advertisement asking for infor-
nation about him, and he decided to
start for the east. He had money
enough to defray his expenses, but he
was robbed in cheap boarding-house
and left penniless. There was nothing
for him to do but make his way back
afoot He arrived in Jersey City a day
or :wo ago, footsore and weary. and
has claimed his inheritance. 1t is said
he will seek out the lady on account of
whom he was forced to leave his
home, and who is said to reside in
Brooklyn.-M Y Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Chimes, and How they are Rung.

Bells may be rung in two ways: first,
by swinging them with rope and wheel;
and secondly, by striking them either
upon the outside or inside with ham,
mers, the bell itself being stationary.
In England the former method of rope
and wheel was almost universally
adopted, requiring man for each bell
From this method we get that interest
ing and peculiarly English kind OF
chime music known as the ''changes,"
which gave England the name of the
Ringing Island. In Belgium. however,
the stationary method was used.
Chimes played in this manner were
rung by one person and were called
carillons, because the Italian Quadriglio
or quadrille, ''a dreary kind of dance
music" was the first ever played upon
them. To play upon carillons the per-
formers used an instrument known as
the "clavecin," kind of rough key
board arranged in semitones. Each
KEY was connected by wire or rope
with hammer, which struck the bell
when a sharp blow was given the key
with gloved fist. This machine was
necessarily extremely crude at first;
and since chimes have never been
PLAYED half so well as in the days of
this invention, it is all the greater
wonder that the art ever progressed at
all. Recently some great masterpieces
in chime music have been found. which
were composed and played at Louvain
in the latter half of the last century,
by the most skillful and wonderful
chimer who ever lived, Matthias van
den Gheyn. No one in Europe or
America can now be found who is able
to play this music, which rivals in the
depth and subtlety of its composition
some of the finest works of Bach, Mo-
zart, or Beethoven. Hence the infer
ence is that the art of playing carillons
has sadly declined, with small pros
pect of ever recovering the lost ground.
July atlantic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Where Do Wages Fall Fastest.

A fortnight ago the iron masters in
Staffordshire asked their workmen to
submit to a reduction in wages on the
ground that they were unable to sell
their iron. Thirteen reductions in wa
gss during the last ten years have made
the iron workers impatient, and they re-
spoBded by demand for an increase of
2k Ler cent-less than ten cents day.
This was rejected, and tbe subject has
been referred to arbitration, with no
prospect of an advance. The plight of
the English iron worker is hard one.
He has cheap prices but bis wage cheap
ems faster than any other commodity in
the "open market of Great Britain. His
wages scale has no minimum" 1t is
true that during the ten years in which
English workmen have suffered more
than one reduction year there were
advances in the two years after 1879;
but these advances never carried back
the wages to the point reached in 1878,
when the puddlers were paid S3.lS a
ton. From this point the English wages
sank to S1.79 in 1878, and Sl.6s in 1879,
while it is now nearly as low.
The Pittsburgh scale Oh the ether hand
had. on the highest point to which il
could rise, 1925, with iron at four cents
IA pound, and its minimum, in 1881, was
at $3.50 a ton.. This has been changed
to Il minimum of $500, a point main
tanned even in 1878, although III the
Bethlehem mills. and in some of the
other Eastern works, the rate has fallen
as low as S400 and S4.25sa ton. Of these
sums about OHe-third goes to the pud.
dler's helper, as it does in England, but
even at the lowest point mentioned
wages remain far above the English
standard On the other hand. while En-.
glish wages only reached 1910 at their
highest, and have been falling ever since
the little back set or eddy after 1879 did
not carry wages as high as in this coun-
try al the lowest point. When the Pitts.
burgh scale fixed the minimum at $3.50
per ton, May 80, 1881, the English wage
at very nearly the highest point reached
by iron, was Is. cd. ton, say S1.87, a
rate fixed in August, 1881. Since then
reductions have Deen steady, and they
promise to carry wages far below the
low water mark of 1S7S.-Philadel elphia
Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
SCROFULA

can only be cured by thorough purifca-
ton of the blood. Ii this is neglected,
generation after generation. Among its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
sical Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and vari-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by It.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The undersigned owners of the trot-
ting Stallion, Jeb Stewart, desire by this
notice to call attention of persons own
ing colts and titles by this celebrated
horse, to the fact that they are Offering
large premiums for his one and two
year old colts and fillies. These premi-
ums to be awarded by the West Va.
State Far Association, and are open to
all, with no charge for entrance.
S-2S t. SHARP & BURNS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Latest New Songs

"a Boys Best Friend is His Moth
er, Song and chorus, by Ben Williams
is now the popular Song of the day. and
is most beautiful in melody, words and
sentiment. Another equally fine song
by Ben Williams is Rocking the Baby
to Sleep" Song and chorus and perfect
gem. Each of these two new songs has
an elegant illustrated title in colors
Price 40 cents each, or the two will bt
mailed postpaid to any address on receipt
of go cents in cash or stamps. Address the
publishers, s. BRATNARD'S SONS.
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, o.
Mention this paper.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
M.sh as pirt on Yer Face.


WHEN ole man asb'el blows de win ffu his
On. sinner. wash de dirt of yer face;
pe folk'u come er-runniD' like Ge hogs arteI
oh. Sinner. wash de dirt of yer face;
Hi hug de holy men an kiss EN- on de .aW,
oh. sinner. wash de dirt OF yer face!
But alus fur de niger whut hab trified Wid
oh. sinner, wash de dirt of yer face;
Oh, Mars Moses, gim me yer han,
An hep me fur tur come frn de ga,e,
Yer knows Mars Moses, dat wahstd
tine de ban,
Fore de hour fl hab growed too late,
Mars Moses, fore de hour il nap grown
too late
he no worrly man eats de hoecake ein-s
Oh. sinner. wash de dirt of yer face;
An when be chaws it up, oh, de debii now ne
grin,
De generated man eats de heaDenly pie
Oh sinner, wash de dirt on yer race;
An den fling the crum bs in Mr.. Satan's eye
Oh sinner, wash de dirt OF yer face;
oh, Mars Aaron, ring yer bell,
And let us heah all de good news.
; Fur we all wanster drink from de ternai
wen,
Wild golrall ober our Shoes
Mars Aaron, wild gol- all ober our
-Arkansaw Traveller.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

The Boston Transcript is said to be
owned by ladies-a fact which gives
point to the following parahraph which
appeared in it the other day: She
Don't you think the waltz is charm
ing dancer" He--'.All but the spin
ming round. Tho music isn't so bad
and the hugging is heavenly" Her
mouth calls him 80 great nuisance" T"
but her eyes agree with him perfectly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

Bishop Warren, of the Methodist
Church, was struck in Mexico by the
odd and sometimes fantastic appella-
tions of the small stores A grocery
in room KIP feet displayed the name
of THE Philosophy. On the groo
shops may be seen the following frank
and significant titles: "The Charmes
of the Seductoress, THE Birth of Ve-
nus. )" The Kiss of Love-" THE Toast
of Bacchus, " The Life Eternal" "The
Vssuvius." '.The Shipwreck." "Tbs
Deiirium Tremens," and "The Little
He'll" -'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Blaine and Logan Song Book.

Send ten cents for this great Campaign
Song Book. containing Is rousing Cam
paign and National songs, also form of
Constitution and Bylaws for those de-
string to organize Blaine and Logan
Clubs. 81 90 per dozen by mail Ad-
dress the publishers,
5. BRAINARD's Sons,
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, o.
Name this paper.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

The 1000 wooden mills in this coun-
try use the whole wool clip of the
growers. and pay for it 500, 900, 600
yearly. The goods they manufacture
are worth 1924, 600, 900, and the wages
they pay yearly count up SAG, 900, 600
(see census 1880. More than four
fifths of all the woolens we use are
made here, and the customers buy
their middling-grade woolen clothing
az cheap as in England.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

j dIIIo Ul OH OOIUHDu5 IIlLIe WesL OnlO rISoI
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily;
with through Sleepers from Chicago to New
York; Washington and Baltimore Epress WI th
through sleeper from Chicago to Baltimore
Columbus daily. New York and Baltimore
Express daily Newark to New York; on other
Car Chicago to Cumberland. All other trains
daily, except Sunday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

1t is asserted that the Maine 1st
Heavy Artillery lost more men in
''killed and died of wounds" in the war
of the rebellion than any other Union
regiment, the exact figures being 2,202
men enrolled and 415 killed and died
of wounds. or 1873 per cent. The Wis
consin I'd Regiment comes next with
17.5. aud the Icnnst .vanis One Hun
dred and Fortieth Regiment next with
16.4 per cent,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
For the CamDaigp.

The Philadelphia Weekly Press. one
of the very best papers published. will
be sent by mail till after the November
election for 25 cents. The Daily Press
for so cents per month. Each number
of the weekly edition contains an able
article on The Tariff.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Scrofula
because of superstition that it could be
cured by kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
"JEPSON,S..

GROCERIES, QUEENswARE, &C., &C.
At the old stand, opposite the Treasurer's
office, can be found most complete stock
of everything in our line of the best quail
ity and at the most reasonable prices.
Come and see US. GEO. JEPsON,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

TAKE NOTICE Il will stable and feed
horses during the fair. OSBORNE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

All men are created free and equal.
1t is only after their creation that the
fun begins.-Roche'ter POsi Esprees.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

Trains run on Baltimore time east Ohio river
WEST BOUND.-Chicago Fast Line Daily,
with through Sleepers fro New York to
Chicago; Chicago Express oaIly Through
sleepers from Baltimore to Chicago daily.
Chicago Mail runs daily on Main Lac and q.
o. Divisions; on other Divisions daily, except
Sunday other trains daily except sunday.
G K LORD, @ P A, Baltimore.
W Z REPPERT Passenger Agent. Columbus
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling
Railway.
TIME TABLE.

New Standard--90th Meridian time, which is
2S min. slower than Columbus time.
In effect Sunday, June Sth, 1894.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

cesSloic.S
Now, gentlemen, I think / will go back
ward little The gentleman saws that
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

ments should go with the bill and abide its
fate The rules OF the House are such that
.t- s-.~-.----ss.>> i.-- -l--t-.-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

tNo held for revision;I "Ieave TO print" rs.
by this leave to print" man has his
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his time; but that speech came out of the
Congressional Record fonrfeen r.soss Io---
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

ing to pay for the same, and willing to
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

7 Is,
either Laughter.l l will read another
| letter. Ni
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-04

You will find at this popurs' Drug Store
anything and everything usually Kept in inst
class drug store. Prescriptions careful
compounded.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-11-29

Office and shop-0pera House Block ,
next door too tinn's harness shop.
Carson street. Carson City, Ormyby
county, Nevada mrl6
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-11-29

Nv faculties for purchasing
good beef are second to mono in
the State, and customers can AZ
ways be assured Of the best I'm the
market. sept 1
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-08-13
Corn or Oats for Horses.

The comparative value of corn and
oats for horses may be briefly stated
as follows: The former is deficient
in many ofthe elements of nutrition
so necessary for recuperating the
constant wear and tear which so
necessarily takes place in the body
of living animal. On this account
horses which are exclusively fed on
corn and hay do not receive that
kind of nourishment which appears
necessary for the due support and
maintenance of the animal fabric.
Hence, we must not be surprised
that corn-fed horses show evidence
of being languid by sweating pro-
fusely while being worked, lack of
vitality, etc. Oats, on the contrary,
contain more of the essential ele-
ments of nutrition than any other
article of food which can be fed with
impunity to horses. Oats are not
the most natural food for horses,
but are decidedly the most nutri-
tious. They are the cheapest, be-
cause there is less risk in feeding
them, and experience has proved
that horses properly fed on timothy
hay and oats can, with regular ex-
ercise, good grooming, and proper
sanitary regulations, be brought to
the highest state of physical culture,
and can perform more work with
less evidence of fatigue, than when
fed on any other article of food
Lire Stock Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-08-13
The Boy with the Bouquet.

A sharp lad of fourteen started out
two or three weeks ago with a two
shilling bouquet in his hand and
rang the door-bell of a house occupi-
ed by widow. As she came to the
door he asked
"Is this number 2540 Blank
street p"
Yes"
"Then this bouquet is for you
with the compliments of-of-why
/ have lost his card"
"For me? OH How sweet Never
mind the card-I can guess who il
was. Here my lad, take this"
1t was fifty cent piece and it SC
encouraged the lad that he began to
buy bouquets at wolesale rates, and
to hunt the city directly for the
names of widows. He played the
game right along until some of them
gave him away to the police and an
officer overhauled him and remark
ed /:
you'll have to drop this, my
boy, but there is no law to preven
you carrying pair of No. 2 shoe.
from house to house to look for the
owner who lost them on the street. =
Detroit Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-08-13
Healthfulness orLemons.

A well known medical authority
has the following to say regarding
the healthfulness of lemons Most
people know the benefit of lemon
ade before breakfast, but few people
know that it is more than doubled
at night, also. The way to get the
better of a bilious system without
the use of blue ~ or quinine, is
to take the juioe>Y one, two, OF
three lemons, as the appetite Graves
in as much water as makes il pleas,
ant to drink without sugar, before
going to bed. In the morning or
rising at least half an hour before
breakfast, take the juice of one lem
on in a goblet of water. This will
clear the system of humor and bile
with efficiency, without any of the
weakening effects of calomsl or con
gress water. People should not ir
ritate the stomach by eating lemons
clear the powerful acid of the juic'
which is always most corrosive, in
variably produces Inflammation af
ter awhile. but properly diluted 81
that it does not burn OF draw th'
throat, it does its medical work with
out alarm, and when the stomach i
clear Of food, has abundant oppor
tunity to work over the system thor
oughly.