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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS.


Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The testimony of Prof. Orton, the
State Geologist of Ohio, given in ma
tural gas case at Toledo, is not calcula-
ted to pull natural gas very far out of
the slump in which it is. Natural gas,
he said, is now a fixed quantity, its man.
ufacture having ceased long ago. Hence
the more that is taken out of the earth
the less that remains to be taken out.
With care and economy the Northwest
ern Ohio field with the present draft
upon it will last from five to eight years,
but not for ten, he thinks. Three years
he gives as the average life of gas well.
He expressed the belief that sit would
be an uncertain line of business and
hazardous line of business to undertake
to maintain supply of natural gas for
fuel purposes to city" Mr.. Orton
speaks of the Ohio gas territories it
should be remembered. The Penn
sylvania gas fields have shown them
selves to be much better stayers, though
the>same principle of exhaustion, but in
diminished degree, is at work here
We have been making extensive use of
natural gas longer than Ohio, however,
so that the life of our fields may not
be much longer than that of the Ohio
territories. Still eight or ten years is
some time ahead. By then new terrific
ries may add on few years longer, and
by the time of final exhaustion as cheap
fuel may be made from artificial gas
or perhaps electricity may be able to fur
nish our heat Coal in its rough, black,
wasteful state is not likely to be our
king fuel again.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
FAITHFUL TILL DEATH.

Napoleon's rs Mameluke servant has
a place in history. He seldom quilted
the Emperor's side. One night, after
the fatigues of scorching day, Napo-
leon retired to his tent, and nodding off
to sleep, the plumes in his hat caught
fire from lamp on the table. The de-
voted Mameluke rushed forward to ex-
tinguish the blaze, and the Emperor,
suddenly awakened by the noise, and
unable in the confusion to distinguish
between friend and foe, snatched the
pistol from the table, and shot his faith
full servant dead. On discovering the
fatal mistake, which cost the life of a
brave and attached attendant, Napole-
on was greatly distressed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
4 AsoUNDLFGAL OPINION.

E. Bainbridge Munday, Esq. County
Attorney, Clay Co, Texas. says: Have
used Electric Bitters with most happy
results; my brother was also very low with
malarial fever and iaundice, but was
cured by timely use of this medicine; am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved my life"
Mr.. d. l. WilcoxSon, of Horse Cave, KY,
adds like testimony, saying: He posi-
lively believes he would have died. had it
not been for Electric Bitters This great
remedy will ward off, as well as cure all
malarial diseases, and for all kidney, liver
and stomach disorders stands uncqualed.
Price SOC and 81, at Pattersons'.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
GRAINS OF GOLD.

A good word is as good as an i'll one.
Content is the true philosophers stone.
Constant occupation prevents tempta-
ton.
Charity is a virtue of all times and all
places.
Ridicule dishonors more than dishon-
or itself.
Few people are so selfish as to keep
their opinions to themselves.
He is wise who never acts without
reason, and never against it.
Men with few faults are the least anx-
ious to discover those of others.
The slightest sorrow for sin is suffi-
cient if it produce amendment
There is but one university il life,
and that is where the heart is educated.
The way to avoid making heavy
speeches is to weigh well before speak
ing.
Oftener ask than decide questions.
This is the way to better your knowl-
edge.
We must not waste life in devising
means. 1t is better to plan less and dc
more.
A thousand parties of pleasure do not
leave a recollection worth that of one
good action.
Every duty brings on peculiar de-
light, every denial its appropropriate
compensation.
Whoever entertains you with the
faults of others, designs to serve you in
similar manner.
An effort to quiet wounded con-
science by repetition of sin is like
flying from serpent and meeting a lion.
The lessons of life make deeper i'm
pressions than the lessons of books, be-
cause they touch the heart before they
reach the head.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

DANTE, one of the few poets who are
in advance of all others, declares that
there is no sorrow greater than to re-
member happy days when we are in mis-
cry. Surely, this is not true of all ma
lures and of all sorrows! The misery
we bring on ourselves by mistakes and
misdeeds has its own peculiar pang
of remorse, and there are few things
more senseless than to deem a trouble
unworthy of consideration because a
man "has brought it on himself" That
is the very thing which claims our pity;
assuredly it is not remembering the
happier tiTes which is the anguish, but
rather recollecting the fault which end
ed them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

ENCOURAGING TO THE JUDGES.
From the Lewiston (Me) Journal
When Judge Haskell was new to the
State Supreme Court bench he was ac-
costed during term of court at --
by venerable old farmer juryman, who
desired to show his friendliness.
Judge" said he, "Tm an old man and
have had more experience in court mat
ters than you have. I'm 70 years old
and have served on the jury nine terms
and probably shall never serve agin.
I've got this much to say to yer, Jedge.
We've kinder taken notice of how yer
managed things, you bein' new to this
business, and we like yer. All the jury
like yer. We've talked the thing over
and we've voted to stand by yer. Now,
if any of them lawyers attempt to crowd
yer any, Jedge, yer just give us the
word and We'll be with yer every time.
We've taken an interest in yer and yer
can depend upon us. That's all, Jedge."
This was delivered as seriously and
honestly as if a father had been talking
to his son.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
A WOMAN'S DISCOVERY

another wonderful discovery has been
made, and that too by lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her, and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she coughed
necessarily and could not sleep; she bot
of us bottle of Dr. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, and was so much
relieved on taking first dose that she slept
all night, and with one bottle has been
miraculOusly cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz." Thus writes w. G. Ham
rick q Co., of Shelby, N. c.. Get free
trial bottle at Pattersons' drug store. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
THE HOMLIEST MAN

In st. Clairsville, as well as the handsom-
est, and others are invited to call on any
druggist and get free trial bottle of
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs,
a remedy that is selling entirely upon its
merits and Is guaranteed to relieve and
cure all chronic and abute coughs, asth-
ma, bronchitis and consumption. Large
bottles SOC and 81. 10 10-4t.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
HER FACE WAS HER FORTUNE.

HER FACE WAS HER FORTUNE.
She was as pretty as picture and so
animated and lively that it did one good
to look at her. She erGs all this but she
is not now. Poor soul, the roses inger
no more in her cheeks, the former luster
of her eyes is gone She is woe-begone
looking piece of humanity now. She has
one of those troubles so common to wo-
men and needs Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. 1t recuperates the wasted
puts the whole system right,
restores the roses and the luSter and
makes the woman what she once was,
bright, well and happy. "Favorite Pre-
scription"i is the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, uilder a positioe guar
antee, from the manufacturers, that it
will give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. This guarantee has
been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
For all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels, take DR.. Pierce's
Pellets. One dose.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.

From the November Atlantic.
This vast and miscellaneous democra-
cy of ours must be led; its giant facul-
ties must be schooled and directed
Leadership cannot belong to the multi
tude; masses of men cannot be self-di-
rected, neither can groups of communi-
ties. We speak of the sovereignty of
the people, but that sovereignty we
know very well, is of peculiar sort;
quite unlike the sovereignty of a king
or of a small, easily concerting group of
confident men. 1t is judicial, merely,
not creative. 1t passes judgment or
gives sanction, but it cannot direct or
suggest. 1t furnishes standards, not
policies. Questions of government are
infinitely complex questions, and no
multitude can of themselves form clear
cut, comprehensive, consistent conclu-
sions touching them. Yet without such
conclusions, without single and prompt
purposes, government cannot be carried
on. Neither legislation nor admins
tration can be done at the ballot box.
The people can only accept the govern
ing act of representatives. But the size
of the modern democracy necessitates
the exercise of persuasive power by dom
inant minds in the shaping of popular
judgments in very different way from
that in which it was exercised in former
times,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

Mrs. JASON: at really is pity that
the papers devote so much space to scan-
dal." Mr.. Jason: at is, indeed. By the
way, did you see anything in the papers
about Wickwire leaving town the other
day with a married woman?" Mrs. ia
son: "No; tell me about it, quickl Who
was she?" Mr.. Jason: "His wife"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
RnCKLEN,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. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by Patterson & Sons. ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

Miss HINMAN and Miss Amos, two
Illinois teachers, have gone to South
Pasadena, Cal, and established a wom-
ans fruit preserving union. They con-
duct the business themselves, and have
been very successful, shipping their
goods to New York, Chicago and other
large business centers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
TIE IMAGINATION.

General de Trobriand, in his book,
"The Army of the Potomac" relates
many incidents illustrating the influence
of the imagination.
One poor fellow believed he had
ball in the head, and prepared to die on
account of it. He died. Another. with
his eve gone and his eyebrows burned
off. thought nothing was the matter.
4 third instance was that of sur
geon who had been allured into the
army by salary. He had been man
of luxurious habits, and found himself
living without fire in tent covered
with snow. He sought to make him
self comfortable by building fire in
the open air, and toasting one side while
the other froze. He could not get used
to the meager fare and no bed of the
camp. But the roaring of cannon end
ed his career. He became livid, trem
bling like leaf; he shook at each de-
tonation, and seemed about to lose his
legs. 81 am dead man. he at last
exclaimed, as if actually shot. 81 must
go away, or l am a dead manw And
there had not been shot anywhere
near the division. He had to be carried
to hospital and discharged.
At Gettysburg standard bearer stag
gered and fell back.
STEADY" called the Colonel.
81 am wounded" replied the color
bearer, in choking voice.
"Where?"
ain the throat"
The commander leaned over his horse
and looked.
at is nothing. see no blood"
The soldier Immediately retook his
place, and lifted his flag. The ball had
really struck him In the neck, but had
bounded off his leather collar, and the
shock had choked him for a moment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

EDWARD SPELLMAN, who is wanted
as witness in the Cronin case, has been
found at Portsmouth, where he is stop
ping on business. He will go to Chica-
go to testify.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

STRONG as our passions are, they may
be starved into submisson and conquer
ed without being killed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
SucH is the pride of the human heart

SUCH is the pride of the human heart,
that it cannot receive favor without
feeling of humiliation, and it will almost
unconsciously harbor constant wish to
lower the value of the gift by diminish
ing that of the donor. Ingratitude ami
effort to recover our own esteem by get
ting rid of our esteem for benefactor;
and when once self-love opposes our
love of another, it soon vanquishes its
adversary. We esteem benefactors as we
do tooth drawers, who have cured us of
one pain by inflicting another.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

WE judge ourselves by what we feel
capable of doing, while others judge us
by what we have already done.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

THERE is no man so friendless but
that he can find friend sincere enough
to tell him disagreeable truths.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

W. d. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
titles: 4" can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief in every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured rheu-
matism of ten years standing" Abra-
ham Hare, druggist, Bellville, o., affirms:
The best selling medicine | have ever
handled in my twenty years experience,
is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
ters do cure all diseases of the liver, kid
neys or blood. Only half-dollar bot
tie at Pattersons' drug store. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

JOHNNY SoULDIG-Say, pa, what is
fame?
Squildig ian editor Fame, my son,
is what a man gets for being civil to
newspaper men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

EVERY man stamps his value on him
self; the price we challenge is given us
by others.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

OPPOSITION to Reeds candidacy for
the Speakership has developed among
the silver men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

1t is not only what we do, but what
we do not do, for which we are account
able.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

GOOD breeding is benevolence in tri-
fles, or the preference of others to our
selves in the little daily occurrences of
life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

THE weakest spot in every man is
where he thinks himself the wisest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

IT safe to say that, in almost every
instance, mirth has beneficial effect in
the sick chamber. We do not mean that
it should be thoughtlessly introduced by
inconsiderate persons, but that it should
be gradually and cautiously inspired in
the invalid by every possible method.
We hold firmly to the opinion that gloom
settling upon the patient has in reality
caused more deaths than disease itself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

WASH the mica of the stove doors
with salt and vinegar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

IF sensuality were happiness, beasts
were happier than men; but human fe-
licity is lodged in the soul, not in the
flesh.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

THERE is no man whose imagination
does not sometimes predominate over
his reason, who can regulate his atten-
tion wholly by his will, and whose ideas
will come and 60 at his command. No
man will be found in whose mind airy
notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and
force him to hope and fear beyond the
limit of sober probability.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

KNOWLEDGE is an excellent drug; but
no drug has virtue enough to preserve
it from corruption and decay if the yes
sci be tainted and impure in which it is
put to keep.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

law Treasurer o cng,oh ohngg n the "a
for purposes in h avaao TOWNSHIP nc corporations nws
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

ALL means of action-the shapeless
masses, the materials lie everywhere
about us; what we need is the celestial
fire to change the flint into transparent
crystal, bright and clear.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

THERE are many troubles which come
to us either from the faults of others, or
apparently from the hand of God for our
discipline and chastening; and in such
instances there should be solace, not
sorrow, in remembering the happier
times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-07

IT is well known fact that the state
of the mind influences the state of the
health. Hence, it follows that mirth,
inducing in the first place contented
spirit, and in the second place release
from fear, tends to strengthen the mind
and rouse its dormant functions into
full action.
WHEN happiness has been forfeited
by wrong doing, then it is the remorse
which is the sting; but when time, the
assuager of grief and repentance, the
purifier of the heart, have done their
work, surely even under these circum-
stances the memory of the lost happiness
ought not to be a pain.
MEN are born with two eyes but with
one tongue, in order that they should
see twice as much as they say; but from
their conduct one would suppose they
were born with two tongues and one eye
for those talk the most who have OBJ
served the least, and these obtrude their
remarks upon everything who have seen
into nothing.
SOME old writer says: Blessings are
like birds that hop about us with their
wings folded, and we see not the bril-
lance of their plumage till they fly
away" Too often it is so; but that is
no reason that we should not cherish
their memory, and let it, like the long
beams of sunset, shed around us far
reaching glory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-16

the jeaIoas protection ~ Our eoasring
trade. This branch of our wsterf0rne
commerce has attained enormous proper
ti0ns, giving employment u thoasands Of
sesmen and mechanics- The free-<Fsde
demand that this industry ~ op>ned TO
anrestricted foreign eomp~ftston has al
ways been Enormously add successfully
resisted. IA eons>qaenc-. whom gen
erxl Improvement In ocean fr~ighsa r'ca-
sions a brisk DEMAND for tonnage To con-
vey our expovts, thu magnificent class 81
large fore-spd-affers ordinarily employed
In our coassing trade il In position to meet
thu sInerR~ncy. Moreover, scores Of >e~
England shipyards which have been fnaia-
tanned through long year, Of iow freights
by the construction and repair II cdasting
vessels are available to build ships for
general business. This Ia 'rne not only
81 the yards of Maine and Naasaehnseft.,
but also ~ the great iron and steel 'tsil-
binding establishments On the D~.awsrs
river. which have b~en created and sup
ported chiefly by the demands ~ our
nourfshEng and extensive eosstwise com
merce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-16
Domestic Compsutiop Uodsr Protsc
ton escuss Home Market

The London correspondent Of the Bo--
ton Herald inform. his paper that iron and
steel manufa. turrr- In .lasgo~ have had
their trade with this county largely re-
duccd during the pa-t Two years, and for
the past min. months II has been pratt
c.lly dead When asked for their opinion
M to the csu.r OF this serious change In
a once nuufishing business, they said :
"Wr have ne i,ngrr any export trade with
YOU In ir'n and steel for the reason that
your mon aud -t~rl industries In the
United Slatr- have developed to an extent
which has mad. II POSSIBLE for you to
IA miniature ~ AZ low u rate that IL ia no
iongrt lrutitatl" Ter rs To enter into com
petition with yon And thi-, you will
under stand, has been done IN apite Of your
TART, tax, II has been done by the increas-
ing competition b.twren your maDufac-
tnIer- and b, the opening up Of new de
u iii. nf coat aud ii"l ore
Referring Ia this the Boston Journal
notices. that thr-e scotch iron masters al
NIT what il str. n,inusiv denied by tariff
rrformers" On this aide nf the Atlantic.
that increasing competition" among our
American manufacturer operates to force
down prizes until Foreigners are unable to
undrrscil ia IN our markets. hut the real
facts are hetter than this. We partly I'M
,er-sll them In their own markets and are
doing more OF their kind Of business
every wear. II all this ia done In spite Of
- "tarii tax. then what IL palmer than
that the tariff tax Ia n tax which isn't
tax Mt all. IL Is also to he remembered
that the home market Ia not our own
when prices are high ia ours when
prices become reduced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-16
Bu.,u... Adjustment, to b. Msds.

A. has been shown vt two or three
comparative expositions of the worlds
industries, the I sited States manufactures
better, lighter, stronger. more perfect
machines, tools and implements for use
In all the arts and industrial work Of the
day. than any other nation. Not only
this, In no other country are the prices
for high grade articles Of the above
classes lower than they are in this coun-
try. Yet OF the o. 2le.01 worth Of
tools and machinery that the south
American republic of Chill purchased in
lss?. only s2l 900 worth. or less than
opr-tenth Of the whole, WAS purchased Of
us More th.a sa.oo0.ooo worth was pur-
chased from England, Germany and
France. while In comparison with those
OF our owu manufacture those of the
countries named are heavy, poorly made
and far behind the improvements Of the
present day. Taking the above facts into
consideration Is there not something
manifcstly wrong Ia the situationr
There are other facts In this matter re-
lsting to transportation. For instance, 1t
now costs about s2a to transport ton of
freight from the United states to Peru,
while 1t onl, costs about ell to transport
the same amount of goods FROM Liverpool
To Peru, OF course our own manufacturers
are unable to compete with foreign manu-
facturcrs under such circumstances. This
anomalous condition of affairs will not he
emeded until our national government
lends the financial aid needed by
American shipping interests to enable them
to maintain frequent. speedy and
reliable steamship communication with
the ports Of south America. Fortunately
for our manufacturers and our merchant
marine the men who are now in charge of
our national affairs ARE men who have the
ability, courage and patriotism needed for
the solution of this problem. The assem-
bling 81 the Commercial Congress
Of Three Americans, the fsr-sighted
conception Of Secretary Blaine.
was the great prime step in
its solution. 1t is confidently and hope
fully expected that when the United
States Congress assemblies next month.
other and more important steps in the
adjustment Of the above Inconsistencies
will also be taken which will lead to =
success ful iseue.