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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
A GIGANTIC ELM TREE.

A monster elm stands on the Avery
Durfee farm, in Wayne county, between
Palmyra and Marion, writes Syracuse,
n. Y, correspondent. Two feet above
the ground it measures 80 feet in cir
cumference, and feet above the ground
20 feet 10 inches. 1t is 60 feet to the
first limb. The body would make FIVE
logs, averaging $3.50 feet; the total
amount of lumber in the body of the
tree is 1920 feet. 1t is estimated that
there is sufficient lumber above the saw
log to make four cords of 4-foot wood.
Taking one-half of the diameter of the
tree 8 feet from the ground, which is 49
inches, and allowing each inch to repre-
sent ten years growth, the age is found
to be 480 years. Cut into inch boards
the elm would cover nearly two-fifths
of an acre of ground. If made into
stove wood 16 inches in length there
would be sixty cords
Eighty years ago, when the farm was
cleared, this tree was left as a landmark
1t was then giant among the forest
trees.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
The Enrth,s Age.

The age of the earth is estimated from
the increment in the temperature as we
penetrate its crust. The rate at which
the earth cools can only be determined
by making use of data confessedly i'm
perfect; but from these Sir William
Thompson finds that 100, ,000, 900 or eco,
900, 600 years ago it first began to be
crusted over by a solid film of rocks;
that 10000, 900 years afterward it was
still so hot that the temperature in
creased degs. Fahrenheit for every foot
vertically descended below the zone of
constant temperature. The present rate
of increase averages about 1.51 Of q de-
gree for every foot.-St. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
The Real Secret.

"Tell me not of your doubts and dis
couragements. said Goethe; Il have
plenty of my own. But talk to me of
your hope and faith" The tone of COM
plant is one which we are all too ready
to accept. and which is not only in
furious to ourselves but hurtful to all
who come in contact with us. In speak
ing of a young woman who had filled
several good positions, but with no de-
gree of success. an elder woman said:
'She could have kept either position and
earned a good income if she had not
been so dissatisfied She was continu-
ally finding fault, and never felt that
she was appreciated.
1t may be safely said that this attitude
of mind is one that almost predeternines
failure in any line of work. Patience
under adverse circumstances will often
bring about favorable results, while
complaint only accentuates and fixes the
cause of complaint. Avoid mention of
the disagreeable things that may come
into your life. If you cannot be patient
you can at least be silent The secret of
success lies not so much in knowing
what to say as in what to avoid saying.
Boston Traveller.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

"On which side of your mouth do you
chewT

'On which side of your mouth do you
chew?'
What a question:
"Well, there Is much difference be-
tween the masticating methods of peo-
pie. 1t is quite an interesting study too
To me, in the restaurant business, Ihsve
a host of subjects before me every day.
think that a long and close experience
with men will support the conclusion
that most people masticate with the teeth
on the left side of the jaw. A few peo-
pie chew ON the right side; most, how
ever. on the left How do | explain iti
Oh, it is partly habit, partly the result
of necessity, broken or defective teeth.
etc. Next time you sit down to table
with large party just notice the vari-
GUS and distinct ways in which the peo-
pie present chew. 1t will surprise you.
Not only do some chew out loud, but
well, judge for yourself. Interview in
Detroit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
Virgil and the "Eneid."

A correspondent asks, Is the story that
Virgil on his deathbed attempted to
burn the 'Eneid" a myth, or is it a
fact?
The story has been regarded as truth
The ''Aneid" was not his favorite poem,
although it is the one which constitutes
his claim to the remembrance of pos
terity. He liked the Georgia." best
It is said that the "Aneid" cost him
eleven years of labor, and that he in
tended to devote three years more to
polishing it and bringing it nearer to his
ideal of what an epic poem ought to be.
Before he could give much time to the
latter task, however, he died, and in his
last moments he tried to secure the book
and destroy it. 1t was kept out of his
reach, though. and subsequently given to
the world as it was originally written
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
A Fine Sermon.

Young Master X is an observsnt youth
of s. He returned from church, and
was sent up stairs that his maid might
remove his lordship's top coat. The fol-
lowing conversation ensued, which |
dedicate respectfully to certain well
known clergyman:
Maid-Were you good little boy in
church today?
Young Master X-Oh, yes. Mamma
said was very still today.
Maid-Did you have fine sermon to-
day?
Young Master X-I guess we did. 1t
sounded like IA very fine one, indeed!
''Out of the mouth of babes and suck
lings." etc.-Brooklyn Life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

The following test for watered milk is
simplicity itself. A well polished knit
ting needle is dipped into deep vessel
of milk and Immediately withdrawn in
an upright position. If the sample is
pure some of the fluid will hang to the
needle, but if water has been added to
the milk even in small proportions the
fluid will not adhere to the needle
American Market and Critical Buyer.
Give EN- the Rosd.
An English naturalist who has been
out to see the whale in his native
pastures estimates that full grown
whale, driving ahead at full speed, could
break down any breakwater ever built,
and that the sweep of bis lower jaw is
equal to the force of a thirty horse power
engine working at full speed If you
meet whale while out in your canoe
give him the road. Detroit Free Press
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
HOW To CARRY AN UMBRELLA

HOW TO CARRY AN UMBREL La
The New York Sun gets in its regular
stab at the city of brotherly love by
printing tale supposed to have been
told by a visiting New Yorker. The
story is as follows: Three or four of us
had closed our umbrellas and gathered
under store awning at the lower end
of Market street, Philadelphia, to wait
for a grip car. Along came a colored
man, carrying faded and rent old um-
brella, and we all noticed that he carried
the shelter tipped forward at such an
angle that his feet were protected at the
expense of his back.
'Stop sirl'' shouted the man at my
left, who had the look and bearing of a
judge.
"Yes sah-what's wanted?' queried
the colored man.
81 want to show you how to carry an
umbrella. Your toes are dry, while your
back is all wet l don't believe that one
person in fifty knows how to carry an
umbrella so as to get the most protection
out of it."
''It's and old one, sah."
"Yes, 1 see, but you don't grasp the
handle right. Here-take mine."
Eyes, sah.''
''Take the handle with your right
hand, and carry it on a line with your
right shoulder There-that's better.
Cant git along with sich stiffness,
sah."
"Yes you can. Now walk up to the
corner and back. Hold the handle on a
line with your shoulder. That's it-go
ahead"
The negro marched off at a steady
pace, and while he was stepping off the
gentleman turned to us with:
"It's knack to shelter yourself under
an umbrella, particularly if it rains har l,
and the want of this knack provokes me
when see it."
We agreed with him. and the minutes
went by and car came down.
"Why, where did the niger go to-"
asked the owner of the umbrella.
We looked up and down, but he had
disappeared. The man ran up the street
two squares, but there was no African
carrying fine silk umbrella with gold
handle-nOt as he could see. We startt d
to rally him bit as he went up on the
car, but he checked us by saying:
'If any of you think l can't lick you
in one round, all you have to do is to
step of this car! [ won't detain you
three minutesr
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
Small Pay for Many Girls.

The average wages of $50, 900 i'll fated
working girls of New York is 60 cents a
day, and that includes the income of the
stylish cashiers who get s. day as
well as the unfortunate girls who receive
30 cents day in the east side factories
and shops. The lot of the average sales
woman who has not the help and shelter
that parents or married brother or
sister could share is hard indeed. One
has only to look into the pale, pinched
faces of these poor girls to know that
thousands of them are actually starving
to death. And that, too. in New York.
New York World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

Among the latest attempted solutions
of the cheap fuel problem is the method
of German inventor, who proposes to
manufacture gas by dropping stream
of crude petroleum through a blast of
cold air from a force pump. The gas
thus obtainedfwi1 be confned-in regu-
lar cylinder open at one end, where it
will be lighted. This produces an in
tensely hot fame of several feet in
length. By means of this fame the in
veator'proposes to heat boilers, and he
IEaiutains that the heating of large
blocks can thus be reduced very consid-
erably.-New York Telegram.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
Easily Satisfied.

''Sir," said lean and hungry looking
person who had by some means passed
all the obstacles to admission to the
Office of the manager of one of the great
press associations, II wish to present you
with confidence"
The manager looked at him curiously-
81 have the most gigantic scheme, :"
went on the visitor, that you
''Never mind" said the manager,
''don't bother me-"
But, sir, persisted the stranger, ''you
mistake me seriously. This is some
thing that will make your fortune and
mine"
Il am already rich beyond the dream
of avarice," replied the manager, think
ing of his debts.
''H-mr' sighed the visitor. He bright
ened up presently and said, "Well, then,
may l be permitted to make a sugges
tion?
'FYes," said the manager.
81 would suggest, said the-old tramp,
that you lend me ten cents" and the
manager did.-New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
Girls Who Ride and Paw.

Thompsonville girls stand good deal
of chatting because they go on sleighing
parties all by themselves and leave the
young men out. They retort that they
can go and have a good time, and pay
the bills, too, without asking any help
from the boys. They are not the sleigh
ing parties that go hooting and bowling
through the streets, waking folks up
after midnight, either. = Springfield
Mass Homestead.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

An alarm for telling. when a ship
reaches predetermined gdepth,of water
is being tried aboard her maiesty's ship
Rambler in the Red sea. 1t consists of
wire sounding apparatus having a
sinker, which, on coming in contact with
the bottom, relieves the drums on board
ship and sounds a bell.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
Silk from Hemp.

A substance having all the essential
qualities of silk has been made from
wild hemp of Japan. The plant grows
on moors and hillsides, and could be
cultivated. The fiber is strong and
glossy, and several silk factories are said
to have found it to be in no way inferior
to siIk.-New York journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

The form used by the king of Sweden
In addressing, the members of parlia-
ment differs from that used by many
other rulers. His speeches begin with,
"Good gentlemen and Swedish men,"
They end usually alsofwith, "The bless
ing OF God be upon you, good gentlemen
and Swedish men,"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

Quin was once at small dinner party,
The master of the house, pushing a de-
hcious pudding toward Quin, begged
him to taste it. A gentleman had Just
before helped himself to an immense
piece of it. pray" said Quin, looking
first at the gentleman's plate and then
at the dish, (which is the spuddingY'-
San Francisco Argonaut.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
DO YOU COUGH9

Don't delay. Take Kemp's Balsam, the
best cough cure. twill cure your coughs
and colds. 1t will cure sore throat or a
tickling in the throat. 1t will cure pains
in the chest. 1t will cure influenza and
bronchitis and all diseases pertaining to
the lungs because it is a pure balsam.
Hold it to the light and see how clear and
thick it is. You will see the excellent
effect after taking the first dose. Large
bottles soc. and 81. 226-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
PERSEVERANCE.

The pine that stands upon the wooded mountain
Gains not in stature in a single day:
The noble river springs not from one fountain
But gathers up its strength along its way.
The aloe hears for years the autumn's dirEes,
Before it shows its blossoms to the skies;
The coral reef that breaks the oceans surges
Through centuries of growth alone can rise.
Thus. through her works, Dame Nature offers
ever
For our acceptance one persistent thought,
-Tis but by patient, sturdy, brave endeavor
The greatest, best and grandest things are
wrought.
-HousaEeener,s Weekly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
OH. WHAT A COUGH

Will you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of that more
terrible disease Consumption. Ask your
selves if you can afford for the sake of
saving SOC to run the risk and do nothing
for it. We know from experience that
Shilohs Cure will cure your cough. 1t
never fails. 226-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
ST. CLAIRSTILLE DITISION.

All trains daily except Sunday. Alltrains make
close connection at st. Clairsyille Junction with
trains running East for Baltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia and New York, and with trains run
ming West for Columbus, Cincinnati, Chicago, and
all points West
agents, or address o. p. McCarty, Asst Gen Pass.
Agent, Cincinnati, Ohio; L. l.. Allen, Asst Gen.
Pass. Agent, Chicago, III.
j. T. 0DELL. G. o. SCULL-
Gen1 Manager Gent Pass. Agent.
EDW DICKINSON, Gen. SUpt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
5000 AGENTS WANTED at once to sell
t!5E UH SITTING BULL

And an ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN WAR. A
thrilling fascinating lifestOry nf the greatest chief
since Tecumseh. All about Battles. Massacres,
Messiah Craze, Ghost Dances, Welred ReliefS, and
Customs, including late war. 600 pages, spirited
illustrations, price ST So Selling immensely.
Pays agents S25 to 800 week. Send 3jc for outfit
and you can coin money now; act at once. Address
HUBBARD BROS, Publishers, 406 Race St, Phila.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
HE YELLED KEMP's BALsAM.

l yell "Take Kemp's Balsam, the best
cough cure" l always do when hear
man cough, and can't help it. 1t saved
me and it will cure you. was threatened
with pneumonia last winter and it broke
it up. 1t helps the children out when
their throats are sore, cures their coughs,
and tastes so good. The first dose helps
you. So writes A. r. Arnold, engineer
on the West Shore Ry., at Canajoharie,
New York 2 26-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

At Blount Springs, Ala, Alfred King
ard John Allison fought to death with
pocket knives about woman. King
was killed, and it is not certain that
Allison will live.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
DITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AND
Il ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PANHANDLE ROUTE.
Time Card in Effect June Is. 1890.

At Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Station with thrOughstrains on the Pennsylvania
Railroad for Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York, on which run Pullman Dining,
Sleeping and ParOr Cars
At Chicago and st. Louis connections are made
in Union Station with prominent railroads for all
points in the West, Northwest and southwest
For further information cali on or address near
est ticket agent Z. A. FORD.
JOS WOOD. Gen. Pass Agent,
General Manager Pittsburgh, Pa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
ForMa1aria, Liver Trou-
bic, or Indigestion, use
BROWNS IRON BITTERS

Sir Charles Tupper, of Canada, ex-
pressed the belief "that reciprocal trade
arrangements On a broad and liberal
basis between Canada and the United
States will be made very soon."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

strains run daily. tDsily except Sunday. tDaiy
except Monday.
Accom- train leaves Columbus at 80 p III daily,
except Sunday; Newark - pm; arrive Zanesville
s 80 m. Cambridge ~ m.
Columbus & SaDdI sky Accom-. leaves Columbus
u 20 m; arrives 5 nd tslIy II 80 p m.
Sleeping and Dinins Nars on all Through Trains
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES"
Is an ably written book and gives trusty
information for all who grows fruit of
any sort or kind Stark Bros. Nurseries,
Louisiana, Mo-, will send it free to all
interested.-OrGnge Judd Farmer 26-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19

In the communication on the Behring
SEA- controversy, Lord Salisbury, with a
few minor reservations, accepts Secre-
tary Blaine's offer to arbitrate, and there
is indication of an amicable settlement.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-19
pEsnsYlyAsIs LINES wss1 Of PITTSBURGH.

M0En A MONTH. No capital required. A gOc 4
Mill chance to make money. Apply for territory
WV at once. B. s. Lauderhach Co. Newark. NJ.
NITIDDUSA MAPLE TREATMENT RpER
ID hllU We m il enought to convince IA1n
b. s Lauderbaek s Co. 773 Broad-st. Newark.N-J
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-09
Dr.. KOCH AND PROFESSOR vIRCBOw

IN the debate on the sanitary budget
in the Prussian House OF Deputies, The
eminent pathologist Professor Virchow,
said it was premature to speak Of DR..
Koch's remedy as nothing more than a
dangerous poison, he continued, cit
would also be going too far to say at
this stage that all the hopes built upon
It have been annihilated. Still to speak
strictly there has not been a single case
proved OF tuberculosis having been cured
oy the remedy. All statements to the
contrary are ill-iounded. Moreover the
application Of the remedy is attended by
numerous dangers, though it would be
wrong to regard any physician who
wishes to use it as administering poison
or as q murderer"
DR.. Koch's new institute and barrack
hospital is to be finished by the end of
June and Professor Wicklow hopes that
It may bear the desired fruits, and that
the matter may henceforth be judged
more calmly, solely and justly. Again
the Professor says, ''The first hopes have
not been fulfilled, but 90 not feel called
upon 10 predict to-day what the remedy
may become in the future. Experience
viii show
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-09
1O-PAGE EDITION.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1891

Mails from China and Japan have
been delivered in London within TWEEN
ty-fve days Of leaving Yokohama, and
inclusive OF three days unnecessary de-
lay in New York.
The Shanghai letters were actually
thirty-two days and the Japan twenty
i've days in transit, and had there
been an Atlantic steamer ready they
would have been delivered in twenty
nine and twenty-five days respectively.
These mails were delayed three full
days, because after arriving at Montreal
on Saturday, May I'd, there was no fast
steamer from New York until Wednes-
Gay, May 9th. The trip across the Pa
cifc was most successfully accomplished
by the new Empress of India in ten and
a nalt days although she encountered
cyclone, and the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Company ran the mail train 5000
miles across the continent in ninety-one
hours.
Japan is thus placed within three
weeks Of London. where as it is distant
i've weeks by the next quickest, viz,
the Suez route.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-09

The Leo's Assassination Plot.
Mr.. EDITOR: Old scares having be-
come threadbare, and facts scarce, the
Leo's editorial powers of invention have
been called into play, and it was an
nounced few days ago that "the Thurs
ton clique" were preparing to force the
Queen to sign new Constitution. This
invention not returning the expected
dividends, step further was taken on
the 4th instant, and it was then an
nounced, under the heading OF Con-
spiracy," that Thurston and Wunden-
berg were Matching plot to assassinate
the Queen, and had held meetings for
that purpose, more particularly on last
Saturday night.
To those who know the editors OF the
Leo" and those who know me, any
denial of these statements would be un-
necessary and superfuous. But when a
crime is publicly charged against a man,
and reiterated in newspaper, it is a
natural feeling that where there is so
much smoke there must be some fire.
therefore desire to say that the state
ments made by the Leo are absolutely
fabrications from beginning to end.
LoRRIN 4. THURsToN.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-09

now exceeds the female by 1914. The
total increase is the largest since the
gold rush era being 271 800, or
more than double the increase between
1871 and Isl.
As compared with the neighboring
colony OF New South Wales the Victor
iaps are some 1000 behind, as the
older colony is credited with total pop
ulation OF l, 10000.
An estimate OF the comparative wealth
has been made the Statist OF Victoria,
bv ascertaining for series Of years the
average amount left by each person dy'
ing in either colony, which gives from
1885 to 1889 the sum OF 1899 left by each
person deceased in Victoria against e31e
by each in New South Wales.
One other point is worth noticing; i
is that the census was TAKEN on the 9th
OF April and PUBLISHED on the 5st O
May. The final checking has OF course
yet to be done.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-09

in the upbuilding Of land SO
fair. To have spurred by Will
liam's side upon the blood-dyed
sands of Hastings gave to England's
sons their proudest patent OF nobil-
ity. But to subdue the wilderness,
to substitute a green pasture for
brush, to supplant the obnoxious
mimosa by the richest tropical fruit,
and to erect an altar for ones house
hold gods in a region where never
yet was heard the voice of happy
children or loving mother or tender
maiden-this is an act more noble
and of more enduring good than the
deeds for which Europe's haughtiest
lords received their patent of nobil-
ity. Nothing less glorious is the
destiny Of the people of this young
country, and, in my minds eye, l
can look forward to the time when,
after career of unexampled SPLEEN
dor and prosperity, the people of
that country will vie with one an
other in perpetuating in bronze and
marble the memory of the brave men
led by Cook to this march of SUI
premacy. The laggard and the pes
simist will then be unknown and
forgot, while the men who builded
the cities, run the railroads and coy
cred the lands with the golden har-
vests will live in the memory of
grateful posterity.I Boston Paper.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-09
BEFORE JUDD, C. j.
Charged With Libel

Saturday forenoon Mr.. D. l.. Hunts
man, an English writer ON the Ka Leo,
was arrested on the charge OF criminal
libel. Hon. j. E. Bush as editor of the
paper was also arrested on similar
charge, both on the complaint of Messrs.
Fred. Wundenberg and L. A. Thurston.
The alleged libel is claimed to be arti-
cles published in the Ka Leo, charging
conspiracy on the part OF Messrs. Wun-
denberg and Thurston to obtain the
Queens abdication by force Both Mr..
Huntsman and Mr.. Bush were Dailed
out on a $1,000 bail each. Messrs. J.
Odds and A. Marques are the formers
bondmen, and Messrs. VIM. Cummin
and Male the latter's. The trial comes
up in the Police Court to-day.