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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-19
THE NEW DISCOVERY.

You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it; you may yourself
be one of the many who know from per
sonal experience just how good thing 1t
is; if you have ever tried it, you are one
of its staunch friends, because the won
derful thing about it is, that when once
given trial, DIR. Kings New Discovery
ever after holds place in the house; if
you have never used it and should be af-
flicted with cough, cold, or any throat,
lung or chest trouble, secure bottle at
once and give it a fair trial; it is guaran-
teed every time, or money refunded; trial
bottles free at PattersOn'S drug store. 6
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-19
rnr State nnnnrtment nires ont

THE State Department gives out a
communication from the U. 5. Consul at
Jerusalem, in which are given the results
of certain recent explorations of the site
of the Birket Israel, which reveal what
are believed to be ruins of an ancient
Christian church and of the Pool of
Bethesda.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-19
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. 10, F. q A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon.
II II MFYFR See'y F. ID. BAILEY, W. VI.
ST CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. "a, Royal
Arch MdsDr.s-Stated cOnyocatiOns first Friday OF
each month 49, - -
J. b. MEYER, Rec. r. ID. BAILEY, H. IL
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. B. MEYER, Sec'y j. b. RYAN, L. l. NJ.
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 20, X. T.-Stated
cOnclaves, first Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y j. B. RYAN, T. e.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-19

"THE vote-buyers of Speaker Reeds
district are bad men, but they have not
yet been accused of paying for votes in
counterfeit money, as was done in In
diana in the year when Benjamin
Harrison was elected" says the Louis
vile Courier Journal. AS nothing has
been heretofore heard of that wicked
deception, it becomes an interesting
question what friend of our esteemed
contemporary had his innocence imposed
upon in that heartless manner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-19
pELMoNT COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge-JOhn B. briggs.
Probate Judge-Isaac H. Castor.
Clerk OF COurts-Henry NJ Davies.
Sheriff-Olver E. Foulke.
Auditor-R. X. Barrett.
Treasurer-George Robinson.
Prosecuting AttOrney-Jesse w. HollmgWOrtn
RecOrder-JOhn NJ. Beckett.
COmmissiOners-Miles X. Hart, VIM. j. Berry
John Q. Israel
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
COrOner-A- NJ y. Boyd.
Infirmary Directors : Burget McConnanghy
president; William Lodge, clerk; John A Ciark
auditor.
Superintendent InfTmary John Sidebottom
East Richland ~
Superintendent Childrens Home-Peter Gifiln
Barnesville.
School Examiners-James Duncaan Bridgeport
s. C. Murphy, Belmont; L. 7. Harris, SomertOn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-19
Beltttn1tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1890.

Is it not a significant fact that every
made in favor of Democratic
tariff reform" is a free trade argument?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
THE MODERN NAVAL BATTLE.
How the Marine War Monsters Will
Come at Each Other.

Each vessel will clear for action as
soon as the other is discerned- perhaps
five miles away Each will probably slow
down at first, in order to gain time for
preparation, and especially for getting
the steam pressure up to the highest
point. Forced draft will at once be
started and the subdued roar of the air
driven through the furnaces to accelerate
combustion, and the whir of the dynamos
will be added to the clang Of the gun
breech blocks as they are swung open to
admit the projectile to the breech, the
hum of the ammunition hoists raising
powder and shell to the decks, and the
quiet, firm order of authority. On deck
the Gatling guns and revolving cannon
and the rapid-tire guns in the tops are
got noiselessly into readiness, the cap
tain takes his place in the armored con-
ming tower with the chief quarter master
and his aid, the executive officer assumes
charge of the battery and remains near
at hand to take the captains place in case
of his death or disability, the range-find-
ers are got into position and the officer
in charge begins to report from time to
time the distance of the enemy, now
Probably not shot will be fired until
this distance is reduced to $500 yards,
and probably both ships will be pointed
toward each other until that time. But
now what will the contestants do? 1t
has been held that both will advance
steadily toward each other-each COM
mander hoping that some false move on
the part of his adversary will enable him
to rush forward, discharge his bow tor
pedo at 500 yards and perhaps follow it
up with his ram and end the fight at once
until they have approached so close,
say 500 yards, that neither dares to swerve,
less he himself be rammed, so that the
ships will at length collide end on, and
maybe both sink
The various inventions of the past few
years-rapid- guns, high explosives,
torpedoes, submarine boats, dynamite
guns and e-fnders, the increased
power and perfection of steam and cleo
tric machinery, the Improvements in
powder and in steel for projectiles and
for armor-have not revolutionized naval
science so much as they have broadened
it. The principles of ofstrategy remain the
same, and so does the necessity for the
seaman's skill. Engineers construct, in
ventors invent, experiments are tried,
sham battles are fought, and heated dis
cussions agitate the naval mind, but the
only thing that can determine the real
conditions of modern naval warfare is a
modern naval Wharf.-The Forum.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03

1t is the all but universal custom
among the fashionable ladies of Venice
| of the present day to smoke cigarettes
both when alone and in company. TIL,
hostess at ball among the nobility re
ceives her guests with cigarette be
tween her fingers, and all the fai
danes smoke in the pauses of the
dance.
The wife of the son of Robert Brown.
ing, an American lady, created pro
found sensation in Venetian society last
year by declaring that she would not
invite ladies to smoke at her house, and
the little daughter of another American
lady unconsciously uttered severe
criticism upon the custom.
The mother was visiting an italian
woman of title, and in her honor ball
was given in the palace of the hostess.
The little girl, who was six years old,
was taken by her nurse from her bed to
a gallery where she could look down
into the ballroom after the company
had assembled. She looked at the
brilliant sight for moment in silence,
and then asked, in much wonder:
where are the ladies"
"Why, the hall is full of them," an
swered the nurse.
"Oh no" said the child, "all thos e
women but mama are smoking"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
One Swindle Explained.

A drummer who travels for q Boston
grocery concern says that he sees in
Maine some of the sharpest tricks that
are practiced anywhere on his route.
He gives the following specimen:
A farmers wife hustled into a store
in Washington County the other day,
and went for the proprietor with:
"Mr. B, bought six pounds of
sugar here last week, and when / got it
home l found stone weighing two
pounds in the package"
"Yes, ma'am."
Can you explain the swindle, sir?"
IL think 1 can," was the proprietor's
placid reply. "When / weighed your
eight pounds of butter, week before
last, found a two-pound pebble in
the jar, and when 1 weighed your sugar
the stone must have slipped into the
scales, somehow. We are both growing
old, ma'am, and l am sorry to say that
our eyesight isn't to be trusted. What
can do for you, ma'am?"
For moment the woman gazed al
the tradesman over her brass bount
spectacles. Then she recollected her
self and remarked that she had dozer
eggs which she wished to exchange TO.
hooks and eyes.-Le,Uiston Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03

Bellows Falls is where the dime mu-
scum freaks are developed, and the
country store actors fitted for the stage
and $50 week. Last week a reporter
passed night at the Commercial
House, and in company with handsome
and witty Mr.. Minis, the proprietor,
went over to an adjoining stable to see
a son of Africa test his head against the
head of flour barrel.
Before the trial was made Mr.. Minis
took off the hoops from one end of the
barrel and drove fifteen or twenty long
malleable nails through the chimes, far
down into the edges of the head. After
this he drove the hoops on securely and
nailed them. Then the barrel was
placed firmly on box, raised about
three feet from the floor; the further
end was fastened against horse stall,
and all was ready.
The colored man had on big knitted
cap, and when he drew off some two
rods away to make his run fire flashed
from his eyes like sparks from an cleo
trio car. A sharp run, skip, and a
mad, headlong leap, and his Uranium
came up against the barrel with crash.
1t was no use. He winked demurely,
scratched his head obviously, and re-
tired for another run.
Make my $5 bet &c." said Minis,
who had been betting against the ath-
lete.
Done" replied the reporter, and
again the battering ram went forth to
meet with repulse. The third time he
came up he was evidently discouraged,
though not disheartened. Failure again
awaited him. During the lull which
followed Minis went up to the barrel
and began to pull bits of bark and
slivers from the hammered barrel head.
"See here" he said in an undertone
to the reporter, "I'll pay the $40 and
call it off That fellow has beaten
those boards all to basket stuff, and he
is bound to finish it the next whack.
I've lost, and will pay now"
No, sab, you doan't," cried the col
ored man. Hold on ter yer money,
sab; Use gwine to finish him now,
suah."
Saying this he backed clear across
the stable, gave snort and jump, and
went for that barrel like common bull
and target. The air looked blue as he
sped along. The usual dull, sickening
thud" was the result. The negro lay
on the straw, rod away from the bar
rel, gasping for breath, and the barrel
was intact. 1t was fully five minutes
before he could speak. At last he
said:
81 must Civ dat one noah trial befo' /
go to Bosting to the dime museum to
work"
He scratched his head and walked
away, and the reporter came to Boston
alone.-Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03


There were recently gathered to-
gether score or more of German stu
dents in Berlin discussing sports of all
kinds, dueling, chicken-fghting, pugi-
lism and horse racing. The latter sub
ject was under discussion when an en-
thusiastic Rhein-Baier declaimed elo-
quently upon the merits of Kentucky
stallion recently purchased for him by
his indulgent father. One of the party
pooh-poohed his claims for speed of his
steed and insolently offered to wager
that he had hog that could distance
the racer. There was danger of duel
when the obnoxious student said:
Il am not insulting, but in earnest,
when say that | have hog which can
beat your horse and I'll wager two
thousand kreutzer that my hog can win
q mile race one month hence"
The novel wager was accepted, the
date fixed, the money put up and all
sealed rs bargain.
The "Hog Studenter," as his compan-
ions Immediately dubbed him, pur-
chased the tallest hog to be found in
Berlin. He starved the porker for four
days, and then took him to the destined
race course and drove him around the
track. At the conclusion of the circuit
the student gave the hog fish. There
is nothing more toothsome to hog
than fresh fish. The porker in train
ing received no other food for that day.
On the following morning the hog
was driven around the track and given
another fish. This was repeated for
two weeks. At last the student was
obliged to get a horse in order to keep
pace with the hog as he fastened around
the track to get his breakfast.
Meantime the hog was getting thin,
and anyone who has chased hungry,
skeleton hog knows how fast he will
travel. One morning, toward the close
of the month, the student hurried his
horse and beat the hog, and refused to
give him the fish. The hog was nearly
crazy for his food, but had to starve
another day. After that, the student,
on a fat horse, was unable to keep up
with the hungry hog. When the day
of the race came, the hog and horse got
an even start, and it was an exciting
race. All the students and sporting
men of Berlin were in attendance, and
they made the welkin ring as the novel
pair went tearing around the track
The horse never had raced with hog
before. The hog was afraid that the
horse would beat him and get the fish
The result was that the hog won the
race by nearly dozen hoglengths, amid
the widest enthusiasm ever displayed
upon German course.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
"The Society of Angels"

Some time ago midwife of Warsaw,
Skublinskaya by name, was brought
to justice, with several of her coadju-
tors, for the crime of killing illegiti-
mate children. The woman and her
helpers called themselves "The Society
of Angels" and engaged in the atrocious
work of "dispatching the little ones to
heaven" of course for certain consid-
Grafton paid them by the unfortunate
mothers or their friends. This fact
aroused discussion ii all the Russian
papers on the fate of illegitimate chill
dren in that country. The mortality of
such waits was found to be over eighty
per cent, even among those in the gov
ernment asylums in st. Petersburg and
Moscow. Those asylums keep the
children only for short time, and
send them to villages to be raised in
the families of peasants. There they
die in large numbers. But the number
of such children as are dispatched"
directly by professional murderers like
Skublinskaya can hardly be estimated.
Only about three weeks ago similar
Society of Angels" was discovered in
wilma. The fate of the unfortunate in
fants has raised the question as to the
causes for the prevalence of such a
crime. The papers hint, as broadly as
the strictness of the sensor of the press
allows, that the cruel laws with refer
ence to waits are at the bottom of the
whole trouble, An illegitimate child
in Russia, if it ever grows up, has no
standing before the law. No matter
what his abilities or virtues if by chance
or by natural endowment he happens to
be possessed of any, there is 40 hope
and no prospect for him to do any good
in the world or for himself. The law
will not recognize him as member of
society, and he is tossed about and buf-
feted until he finds his way into some
gang of criminals passing their lives in
a mine in the Ural mountains. In view
of these facts it is no wonder that sinful
mothers regard it as benefit for their
children to be dispatched to heaven"
before they grow up to live in ignominy
and suffering on earth, and that angels"
like Skublinskaya should be found who
have no scruples to help sinful mothers
ridding themselves of their children.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03

was recently told the following story
of piece of silverware now existing in
the plate room at Marlborough House.
One day the Prince of Wales, on alight-
ing from his carriage at the door of q
house where he was about to pay visit,
saw a blind man and his dog vainly trying
to effect passage across the thoroughfare
in the midst of throng of carriages
With characteristic good nature the
Prince came to the rescue and successful
ly piloted the pair to the other side of the
street. A short time afterward he re-
ceived a massive silver inkstand with the
following inscription; "To the Prince of
Wales. From one who saw him conduct
blind beggar across the street. In
memory of kind and Christian action. :"
Neither note nor card accompanied the
offering, and the name of the donor has
never been discovered. But think that
this anonymous gift is not the least priced
of the many articles in the Princes
treasure-chamber. | can vouch for the
authenticity of this anecdote, as it came
to me direct from young English lady
who, by the kindness of member of the
Prince of Wales household, was shown
through Marlborough House during the
absence of its owners, and the inkstand
in question was pointed out to her by her
conductor Philadelphia Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
Phenomena of Hurricanes.

Professor Loomis gives very interest
subject of tornadoes He finds that
while no season of the year is exempt
they occur, for the most part, in May and
June, and generally between noon and
sunset. The usual accompaniments are
rise in temperature, lightning and rain,
and frequently rain. Their progress in
this country is invariably eastwardly, the
mean being 12 degrees north of east
Their average breadth is 129 rods;
length 10 miles; velocity of progress
when violent, about 30 miles an hour
duration of destructive violence, 40
seconds. The loss of life is remarkably
small, considering all the attendant con-
ditions, being about one to tornado. In
passing over ponds or rivers, water is in
variably raised in large quantities. Lee
ward roofs are generally taken in prefer
ence to windward. Light objects are
frequently transported three to twenty
miles, and fowls are not infrequently
picked of most of their feathers. This,
though singular, is undoubtedly true
phenomenon. The attempts to prove
that it could be caused by the expansion
of air in the quilts, due to passage of
vacuum, have not been successful. The
most singular fact is that the fowl lives
under the dopluming process. In some
cases roosters have been seen walking
around, after tornado, growing, and
without feather on their backs. A
feasible explanation is that an electric
charge threw off the feathers much in the
same way as it now and again strips the
clothes from person.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
A Shrewd Redskin.

Old Shah -bah-skong, the head chief of
Mile Lac, brought all his warriors to de-
fend Fort Ripley in 1862. The Secre-
tary of the Interior and the Governor and
Legislature of Minnesota promised these
Indians that for this act of bravery they
should have the special care of the gov
ernment and never be removed. A few
years later special agent was sent from
Washington to ask the Ojibways to ccde
their lands and remove to u country
north of Lecch Lake. The agent called
the Indians in council and said: my
rcd brothers, your great father has heard
how you have been wronged. He said,
Il will send them an honest man. He
looked in the north, the south, the east
and the west. When he saw me he sald
This is the honest man whom / will send
to my red children Brothers, look at
me! The winds of fifty-fvo years have
blown over my head and silvered it over
with gray, and in all that time ! have
mover done wrong to any man. AS your
friend, | ask you to sign this treaty."
Old Shah bah-skong sprang to his feet
and said ''A1y friend, look at mel The
winds of more than fifty winters have
blown over my head and silvered it over
with gray; but they have not blown my
brains away" That council was ended
[Argonaut
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
The Rubber Supply.

The declaration credited to Henry M.
Stanley, that Aruwimi Worst, Africa
was destined to become the great rubber
reservoir of the world, is not agreed with
by rubber men of New York. VIM. p
Earle, of Earle Bros, who import 80 per
cent. of all rubber that comes into this
country, and knows the rubber business
by heart, was asked about Mr.. Stanley's
statement. He said, it had been known
for years that rubber trees and rubber
vines hourished in great quantities
throughout the torrid zone. 1t was not
startling, therefore, to hear there was a
big supply in Africa. There was a big
supply everywhere-an inexhaustible
supply. Its conveyance to the market
was governed only by the facility with
which it could be gathered.
Rubber forests that have never been
traversed, Mr.. Earle said, "stretch back
from the Amazon River. African rubber,
however, is of different grade from
that which comes from the Amazon. 1t
is, in fact, the lowest grade of rubber.
At present its price is about 40 cents,
while the Amazon rubber is worth So
cents per pound Americans have no
show in Africa anyway. Supplies on the
Congo River are also in the hands of
Germans. They have enormous ware
houses there and their own lines of
steamers; but as it is, about two-thirds
of this rubber comes to American mark
cts. Americans can buy cheaper from
Germans than in any other way. The
announcement of the discovery of new
supply is therefore unimportant. 1t is
not a question of supply, it is question
of getting at it."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03

"It is astonishing how many people in
Philadelphia have homing pigeon lofts, !"
said an enthusiastic breeder and trainer
of these remarkable birds. "The lofts
vary in size from an elaborate affair like
mine, that cost almost as much as a
house to build, to the humble scoop box,
set up on brackets inside a sunny win
dow, with accommodations for single
pair of homers. They are not only beau
tiful pets, but can be made of use practi-
cally | have two lofts, one at my house
and one on the roof of my store building.
You can't always rely on the telephone,
messenger boys are slow and unreliable,
and / can mail letter and get it home
ofttimes as quick as | can send tele-
graphic message The homer never fails
you, unless it is shot or injured in its in
itial fight by coming in contact with the
labyrinth of telegraph wires that are
stretched over the roofs of the highest
buildings. Accidents of this kind rarely
occur. There are probablya dozen mes
sages day passing between my house
and office and it is months since one mis-
carried If | desire to invite couple of
friends home to dinner | scribble hasty
note to my wife, send it by one of the
homers and she is prepared for the
guests. If l find that business will de-
tain me in the city late dispatch a mes
sage by the same means, and her woman's
anxiety at my prolonged absence is set
at rest. ~ Philadelphia Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03

The famous Damascus blades, though
in use among nations little skilled in
metallurgic arts long before the Chris
tian era, and familiar to the European
nations from the time of the crusades,
have until recently defied all attempts to
reproduce their remarkable qualities.
These blades were remarkable for their
keen edge, great hardness, toughness
and elasticity, and the splendid play of
prismatic colors upon their surfaces, es-
pecially when viewed in an oblique light.
The polished surfaces were covered with
delicate lines appearing as black, white
and silvery veins, parallel to one another,
or arranged in bundles of tibrcs cross
ing one another at various angles, or in
knots and punches. No one knows how
they were made. M. Brcant and General
Anosoff, about fifty years ago, succeeded
in producing steel similar to that from
which the Damascus blades were made.
--LChicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-03
Carnegie's First Riches.

Andrew Carnegie, the iron king, made
his first money in the oil country of
Pennsylvania He and some friends
bought the William Story farm, on Oil
Creek, in 1860, for $35, 900, and organ
lied the Columbia Oil Company. The
farm consisted of 400 acres, and was not
far from where "Coal Oil Johnny" found
his pot of gold. Every acre of the farm
proved to be productive, and it soon de-
veloped into one of the richest bonanza
farms of the region. Its first years out
put was 20, 800 barrels, and the following
year this was increased to 80, 600 barrels.
The company was organized with a capi-
tai stock of $3.50, 900, and in two and
one half years dividends had been de-
clared amounting to 1870 per cent. of the
capital. In three years the production of
the farm had increased to 141, 900 barrels,
and during this year the average price Of
oil was $9.S7t barrel. During the
first six months of the year four dividends
were declared, amounting to 100 per
cent. of the capital stock, which was soon
increased to 50, 500, 900. In ten years the
farm produced 1,715,972 barrels of oil,
and is still producing small amount.
The total value of the output has been
upward of $40, 900, ,0OO.-[Chicago Her
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