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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24
Grievances of Local Merchant,

A meeting was held Tuesday night by a
number of local merchants to discuss plan
for the formation of an organization to take
action against the irregular carrying on of
business in the District. They complain OF
outsiders who by the payment of small auc-
tioneer's fee undersell local merchants, being
free from the taxes and other expenses to
which established businesses are subject.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

Drink Ballantine's Beer.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

Mr.. A. M. German, 6Os Thirteenth street.
manager of the Northwest Improvement Com
pany OF Alexandria, is employing one hun
dred and fifty men and eghty-two wagons to
work on that lovely subdivision, that will soon
be placed on the market.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

''Faust Beer' is guaranteed to be straight
ager and six months old.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

Ballantine's Beer is the only beer that con-
tains no salicilic acid.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24
OFFICE OF THE
Great Falls Ice Company,

024 Pennsylvania Avenue.
THE GREAT FALLS ICE COMPANY cor
daily invite inspection of their storage facili-
ties at the foot of Tenth and of Thirty first
streets, respectively The building lately
erected at the former site is divided into six
compartments having an aggregate capacity of
EIGHT THOUSAND TONS,
and is not excelled by any structure, for SINH
lar purposes, on the Atlantic Coast. 1t is
supplied with
KENNEBEC RIVER ICE
in crystal cubes of absolute purity.
This company are the oldest established
dealers in ice within the District of Columbia.
Their success has its foundation in the conf
dence of the community gained and main
tanned by unvarying regard for the interests
of customers and strict observance of cor
porate obligation.
Critical Investigation of the system of me-
chanical production, as now developed, con-
firms the company in the use exclusively of
natural ice, and abundantly yindicates, for
them, the truth of the maxim that
'sArt may err but Nature cannot miss"
AS heretofore announced, ice will be sup
piled by the company throughout the season
At the Lowest Legitimate Market Rates.
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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24
LOWELL g AFETY.
GREAT POPULARITY OF A LOW
PRICED BICYCLE.

[Special]
BOSTON, April "A.
''The bicycling season just opened shows a
greater number of devotees than ever before
new low-priced safety wheel designed for both
ladies and gentlemen, and which is equipped
with all the latest improvements.
"These bicycles are made by the John p
Lowell Arms Co., of Boston, and, although
selling for only $S5, are considered equal to
any safety on the market The illustrated
catalogue is well worth perusing, and can be
had for the asking by any one interested.
" "Washington Post"
GORMULLY S JEFFERY MFG CO.
are sole agents for this city and vicinity, and
have large line of samples at No. 1926 Four
teenth street northwest.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

Ballantine's Pale Extra Beer cures the la
grippe.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

For pleasant, healthy home drink Ballan-
tines Pale Extra Beer. Bottled by F. III.
Finley & Son, sole agents, 1906 b street
northwest. Special attention paid to family
orders. Telephone, S61-3.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24

.. .ft - rr'lsFfVe
LS...t.ss.l POCKET ALMANAC
aud MR1BI0RANDUEI BOOK
adveruslng BROWNS IRON BITTERS
lile Ues; 4 e .tr. given away at Drug and
general stores. Apply at once.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24
DIR. II. @. wEST,-s
N ERvE AND AND: BRAIN
REATMENT.

Specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Fits, Neu-
ralgia, Wakefulness, Mental Depression,
Softening of the Brain, resulting in insanity
and leading to misery, decay, and death;
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss Of
Power in either sex, Involuntary Losses, and
Spermatorrh@a caused by over-exertion Of
the brain, self-abuse, or over-indulgence.
boN op x sen hr
prepaid. With each order for six boxes will
send purchaser guarantee to refund money If
the treatment fails to cure. Guarantees is
sued and genuine sold only By STANDI-
FORD'S ST. CLOUD PHARMACY, 933 T
st. NV and 10th and E SITS. NV, Washington,
ID. O. ja1S-1y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
$ss-1s-
A Simple Fire ExtinPuisber.


1t is the opinion of experts that much
of the money which is spent by factories,
mills and stores on the introduction of
pipes and valves for fire extinction might
be saved by the adoption of much sim
pier and more efficient method. Both
sulphur and ammonia are well adapted
for extinguishing fire. Sulphur absorbs
oxygen and forms sulphuric acid, the
fumes of which are much heavier than
air. The quantity required would be
small, since seventy grammes of sulphur
can make one hundred cubic meters of
air inimical to combustion. An effective
sulphur extinguishing apparatus can be
made of large iron box of moderate
depth and open at the top.
1t should be hinged at one end or side
to protected ceiling, and kept close
thereto by cord or wire connected with
wire or strap formed chiefly of cad
MUM fusible at IA degs. Fahrenheit.
Inside the box is placed considerable
quantity of cotton wadding, well satur-
ated with powdered sulphur On the
heat of an incipient fire melting the wire
or strip, the box drops a short distance;
by simple device the cotton wadding
is ignited at the same moment, and q
strong cloud of sulphurous acid gas is
instantly evolved, which extinguishes
the fire by rendering the air unfit for
combustion.-New York Telegram.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Twine from Marsh Grass.

A St. Paul CMinn) special says that
through the efforts of an inventor
of Iowa articles which can be manu-
factured from common slough grass are
attracting considerable attention. The
farmers of the northwest have been pay
ing large prices for binding twine, and
it is this fact probably which started
George Lowry to investigate the uses
to which common marsh grass could be
put. He has made several inventions
which are an assured success. The bind
ing twine made by his method is strong,
durable, and, above all, cheap. While
the material from which ordinary bind
ing twine is made costs from $120 to
$3.50 per ton, slough grass costs from So
to s. ton, and the cost of making the
twine from either material is about the
same. A company has been organized
for the manufacture of this twine.
The company will also make cordage
of all kinds, bagging and mating from
marsh grass. Marsh grass makes good
rope in any size, and formed into small
twine it can readily be woven into coarse
cloth of great strength, which can be
put to variety of uses. The cotton
planters of the United States annually
raise about 100000 bales of cotton,
which require about $4,000, 900 yards of
bagging. The jute bagging costs about
eight cents yard. The grass twine bag
ging can be made at about one cent a
yard less.-New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
why Not Try Chamois?

81 clean my eyeglasses these days
with a ten dollar note" said a well
known citizen the other day, with a
smile, as he began to rub his spectacles
with a bill. "It cleans the glass and
doesn't hurt the money. A one dollar
bill would answer the purpose as well
as a note for a hundred, but in this case
happened to have the ten and used it.
81 have been cleaning my glasses for
years with bank notes, and l have never
found anything that makes them as
clear. If you use handkerchief it leaves
the lint behind, and ten to one the glass
is blurred. The money removes all the
dirt and grease, and leaves no trace of
itself Am afraid of contracting some
disease of the eyes? Well, 1 never
thought of that, and know that some
physicians claim that diseases are trans
mitted by money, since it passes through
SO many hands. No, l am not afraid;
and 1 will continue to use the bank
notes for this purpose. The texture is
soft, and it certainly removes dirt. In
deed, there is nothing like paper money
for polishing fine glassware. Albany
Express.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
HOW THEY VOTE IN JAPAN.

J. II. Wigmore, in July Seribner
The polls had opened at o'clock, and
one by one the farmers had come strag-
Cling in from the surrounding country
The greater number gathered in the
small meeting hall just outside the poll
ing-room, whence arose a quiet buzzing.
1t was a reminder of the gathering in
the churchyard on Sunday, in old times,
between the morning and the afternoon
services.
There was little laughter, less loud ar
gument, and no angry disputing. Ev-
cry now and then, like bees leaving a
hive, a figure was seen to separate from
the rest and move off toward the poll
ing-room, and anon another returned.
One saw among them here and there
the modern japanese, with his lmlta-
ton of foreign garments, in appearance
seldom elegant, often awkward, and
generally out of harmony with the sur
soundings. But chiefly there came the
old fashioned rustic, in his best silk
robes with square-shaven crown and
short queue caught up and tied-per-
haps wearing the hakdmd, or divided
skirt, of the old Sanurai A gentleman
in every act, he bows as he enters to the
official at the door, carefully writes his
ballot and afixes his seal, then with
great deliberation folds it and places it
in the oblong official envelop. For some
of the voters it is necessary to seek the
assistance of a special clerk in writing
their ballots. 1t is not that they cannot
write; for everybody knows the plebian
kama or syllable writing. They prefer
to see their ballots inscribed with the
more elegant Chinese characters; and
then, too, the kama is sometimes ambig-
uous flor some words have dozen diff
ferent meanings), and there is natural
perturbation and desire to have their
meaning clearly or correctly conveyed.
When the writing is finished the long
sleeved voter walks over to the tGchidtn-
in, OF inspectors. Here further effusions
of politeness take place, while the voter
gives his name, number, and address,
and is checked off on the register.
Then, with another gesture of courtesy,
he turns to the ballot-boX, and with a
bow, perhaps in duplicate, to the kind
old Mayor, who sits behind the box, he
carefully deposits his ballot, and quietly
retires by another door.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
GRAINS OF GOLD.

To speak with power speak honestly
Our own hearts form our true honor.
Truth outlives pain, as the soul does
life.
Doing nothing is an apprenticeship to
doing wrong.
In jealousy there is usually more self
love than love.
That is the best looking glass which
shows the truest face.
A tender conscience is stronger OBJ
legation than prison.
1t is vanity to wish to live long, and to
be careless to live well.
The credit gained by lie lasts only
till the truth comes out.
An evil intention perverts the best act
ons and makes them sins.
Practice flows from principle; for as
man thinks, so will he act.
Experience is the name men give to
their follies and their sorrows.
1t is not the gift but the amount of
love in it that gives it value above.
No man can answer for his own valor
OF courage till he has been in danger.
Are you willing to take your weights
and measures to the judgment with you?
Virtue, alas, not unfrequently trips
and falls on the sharp-edged rock OF
poverty.
The person who can least spare it is
L
of his mind.
The man who thinks that long face
is pleasing to God has never rightly un-
derstood Him.
The man who says, "Let me have NO
troubles" might as well say, "Let me
have no joys"
Men would be very wise if they could
only learn as much as their boys think
they could teach them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
A Popularity of the SchooIboy.

A popularity of the schoolboy mind is
to put things negatively. As for exam
pie, a boy was asked to write short es-
say on pins by way of an exercise in
composition, and produced the following:
Pins are very useful. They have
saved the lives of great many men,
women and children-in fact, whole
families"
"Howso?" asked the puzzled inspector
on reading this.
why, by not swallowing then." was
the immediate reply.
On the same line was the essay of an
other schoolboy on the subject of salt,
which he described as 1.-The stuff that
makes potatoes taste bad when you don't
put it on. n."-London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Reading by Moonlight.

Reading novels at midnight by the
light of the moon is not known in the
United States, but according to the En-
glish wife of Sig. Gregorio Revuelto, of
Guatemala, it is no uncommon thing to
see a senorita reclining in a hammock
with book in her hand on her fathers
veranda in the Costa Cuca district, Qua
temala, between 10 and o'clock in the
morning. Sig. Revuelto is wealthy
coffee planter, and is in this country, ac-
companied by his wife and sister-in-law,
on a pleasure trip. The travellers are
reistered at the Grand Pacific hotel.
There are no moonlight nights in this
country or in England like we have in
Guatemala" said the Spanish planters
wife. "The moon at certain periods of
the month is so bright that it is as light
outdoors as during the day. English
and American poets write about the sub
lime August moon, etc. They should
see a moon in Guatemala during the time
it is full. They would then have some
thing to go into ecstasies about. Chi
cago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
SAM.

Seemed like about the toughest, toughest jobr
ever had
Was payin' for license to git married" ;" said
my dad.
After that hit weren't so tryin', for I'd call
upon Elviry,
When my calkilations stumbled, and the road
of life got miry;
So hit weren't so very long before we had five
hundred dollar
Lord, weren't proud SaysI to her. a thous-
and's sure to foller.'
The thousand came Says l, BY jingl for
fear we git in trouble,
Wen rustic nd We'll tussle, tel our bank ac-
count is double
And so we buckled to agin from airly morn tel
night,
Until we had it salted down where intruss was
all right.
But then Elviry she got skeered, and low'd we
hadn't enuff
To live and raise the children up said she,
will still be tough
Down to it then we got oncet more. and
slaved and pinched and saved,
But seemed to me the more we made. the more
we allus craved,
And when it come to spendin' here and there
We never could say yes, though workin' harder
Then Elviry, she grew feeble with the rheuma-
tiz and ager,
While was laid up half the time with phthisic
and lumbager.
And so the children they took holt, and
things went wus and wus;
They spent our money right and left, nor never
cared a cuss;
Our workin' and our scrimpin' and our savin
here and there
All went for dressin', fuss and fun, and no one
seemed 10 care,
Cept Sam, our youngest son, but he soon
racked off to the city,
The rest have scattered here and yon, with no
one left to pity.
And now we're old and feeble, it seems right
hard to me,
That the poorhouse only's left Us; but Elviry
says, says she:
Eff we had thought of others more, and less Of
savin' gold,
US got old,
We would not be left helpless here, with no
one round to care;'
And l guess Elviry's hit it bout ez clost ez
truth will bear.
What's me and her goin' to do? P'raps
you're the one can tell
What you young bucks think you don't know
these days haint much. Oh, WE'LL
Hit amt no reason you should laugh, kase two
old folks is down.
Hey-how-you're Sam? Well, well; | swami
So you've got rich in town.
Come to take keer of US? Lord, how Elviry'u
cry for joyl
Wal, Sam, 'twixt US. allus thought I'd raised
up one good boy"
Browne Perriman in Yankee Blade.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Cunning Siberian Natives.

When compelled to travel all night,
the Siberian natives always make prac-
tice of stopping just before sunrise and
allowing their dogs to go to sleep. They
argue that if the dog goes to sleep while
it is yet dark and wakes up in an hour
and finds the sun shining, he will suppose
that he has had full nights rest, and will
travel all day without thinking of being
tired. One or even two hours stop at
any other time is perfectly useless, as
the dogs will be uncomfortable from
that time forward until they are per-
mitted to take what they think a full al
lowance of sleep.-St. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

Why are they called STRAW 'berriesp
Smart men differ on that. Some say it
is on account of their hollow, strawlike
stems. Others think it is because they
have to be covered with straw or similar
protecting material in winter The most
classical explanation that our Anglo
Saxon forefathers used to raise them and
they gave them this name because the
berries are generally ON the ground, that
is, "strewed" or "strawed" around.-Ex-
change.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

Pullman Siee ping Cars are run on Nos
S4I and Sf2. and ParIor CHrs on Nos SSz
and SSs between Pittsburgh and Cleveland
VIA yellow Creek and Alliance Nos $40 and
5f0 connect at Rochester with trains on Eric
q Pittsburgh Div. for New Castle Erie and
intermediate stations, and with trains on
Pitts6urgh, Youngstown & Ashtahnla Div
ior Youngstown, Miles. Warren Ashtabula.
and intermediate stations
Nos.335, ,33z. 8 90 an 60 connect n, Ravar,s
70 ana nom Canal Dover. New Philadelphia,
ana stations on TuScarsAwas Branch
JOSEPH WOOD, E.A FORD.
Geaarai klaassr. General Passenger Lgsat
S2-h-H PIrTsBURGu, PENS'A.
For time cards, rates offare, through Tickets
osggslge checks, and further information ne
Agent ofthe Pennsylvania Lines.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

A man named Green, who, with
others, was wrecked fifty-five years ago
on remote island in the South Atlantic,
has resided there, living Robinson
Crusoe life, ever since. Green is the
chief Of a colony which now consists OF
eighty persons
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

Although cookery is proverbially a
French art, Paris had no school of cook
cry worthy the name until very recent
ly. Lectures are now given in the Rue
Bonaparte, with practical demonstra-
tions by professors skilled in the noble
art
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

One Bull, nephew of the dead chief
tain, related an interesting incident that
happened just the day before Sitting
Bull was killed. He said Sitting Bull
that day climbed to the top of one of the
highest neighboring buttes, where he
fell asleep, and dreamed of the startling
tragedy that would happen the next day
He came down and told his people that
their great medicine man would be killed
ON the morrow. How true his words
were was attested b. developments the
next morning.-Cor. st. Paul Globe
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

John Wilson, better known in litera-
ture as christopher North" was a ro-
bust walker A forty or eighty miles
tramp was no unusual undertaking for
him. He often walked at the rate of
five miles an hour for whole day, and
at the end of those long walks would
write off columns of the brightest things
that adorned the pages of his Edinburgh
Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Acres of Ground around Sandrinrhan

Acres Of ground around Sandringham,
the Prince of Wales country seat, are
devoted to the cultivation of lilies of
the valley, the sweet scented and ever
popular spring blossom. In the little
village near there is little else except a
remarkably fine ruin of a little church,
and hundreds of thousands of the pure
bell shaped blossoms are sent up to Lon
don every year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

Mrs. Newma-Oh, wish you could
see Mrs. Winkler's baby. It's perfectly
lovelyi Such a delicate, sweet little
creature as it isl It's a perfect little
cherub, with the loveiest eyes, the
sweetest little mouth, the cunningest
little nose, and eyes of heavenly blue. 1t
looks as if it just dropped from heaven,
and every tiny feature had been fash
ioned by the angels.
Mr.. Newma-Is it as nice as our baby?
Mrs. Newma-Mercyl no, not half
New York Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

J. W. Midgeley, the Chicago railroad
man, who is reported to receive salary
OF $3O, 1000 year, was newspaper desk
editor not many years ago. Failing eye
sight compelled him to abandon his pro-
fession.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02

Teacher-W Willie, have observed with
great pain that for several mornings
past you have been tardy.
Little Boston Willie (proudly)-Yes,
SIR. l tie my own neckties now.-
Clothier and Furnisher.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Proportions of the Human Figure,

The proportions of the human figure
are six times the length of the right foot.
The face from the highest point of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to the
end of the chin is one-tenth of the whole
stature. The hand from the wrist to
the end of the middle finger is also one
tenth of the total height From the
crown to the nape of the neck is one
twelfth of the stature.-Current Litera-
tura
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Sanitary Intelligence.
He Had Waited Before.

"Are you ready, Emma?" John called.
eyes. I'll be there in a minute; I've
only my bonnet to put on"
"All right. I'll have time to shave
before we ."-Harper's Bazaar.
An Appropriate Costume.
"What was the idea of dressing the
little page at the Revere wedding like
desperador"
"Oh, he was to hold up the train, you
knowp-Puck,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-02
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
Of Ohio.
T a x a ITO NJ


SECTION l. Be il resolred bythe General ASSEM-
be submitted to the electors of this State on the
hrSt Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
1891, TO amend Section 2, of Article XII, of the
Constitution of the State of Ohio, that it shall
read as follows:
ARTICLE XII.
SEC. 2. Laws may be passed which shall tax by
uniform rule all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds, stocks, jOint-StOck companies, or other
WISE and all real and personal property according
TO the true value thereof in money. In addition
thereto, laws may be passed taxing rights, privi-
legeS, franchises, and such other subject matters
as the legislature may direct; but burying grounds
public SchOOl-hOuseS, houses used exclusively for
public worship. institutions of purely public
charity, public property used exclusively for
any public purpose and other property, may, by
general laws, be exempted from taxatiOn and the
value of all property exempted shall, from time
to time, be aScertained and published as may be
directed by law
SECTION ?. At such election, those electors de-
string to vote for such amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words Taxation
Amendment-Nes," and those opposed to such
amendment may have placed upon their ballots
the words Taxation Amendment-NO
SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect on
the first day of January, 1892.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
VIM. VANCE MARQUIS,
President of the Senate.
Adopted April "a, 1891.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OHIO.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
|, Daniel j. Ryan, Secretary of State of the
State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing
is true copy of joint resolution adopted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, on the 24th
day of April, A. ID. 1891, taken from the original
rolls filed in this Office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto subserib-
ed my name, and affixed my official
[sEAL-l seal, at Columbus, the 18th day of April,
A. ID. 1891.
DANIEL J. RYAN,
4-30-6m Secretary Of State