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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
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Two Penobscot county farmers had
bought All old fashioned pair of steel
yards, each paying part of the cost, and
both used them for weighing their
produce for market. After a time dis
SCte arose and both claimed to own
them. The matter was carried into
court. A trial was held before jury,
and the jury disagreed. Then the case,
on some technicality. was sent to the
law court. and was again sent back for
trial The costs up 10 this point had
reached abou: $500, about hundred
times the original cost of the steelyards.
When it came up again Judge Peters
was the presiding justice He told the
counsel that, if continued, the costs
would be increased TO such an extent
that one or the other of the parties
would lose his farm in order TO pay, and
advised them to enter it neither party"
and divide the cost as 1t was. After
consultation the parties said that they
were willing to do that, and it looked as
though the case would be settled.
All at once one of the contestants went
over to his counsel in the court room
and asked: But who is going to get the
steelyards? I'll be hanged if he shall
have them" The other contestant made
the same declaration. Then the counsel
rose and said the case was just where it
was before any talk of settlement had
been made. They were willing to stop
litigation and divide the cost, but what
could be done with the steelyards?"
I'll fix that said Judge Peters. Let
the sheriff of the county take the steel
yards at night and go down and throw
them into the middle of the river, let
ting nobody know the exact spot, so they
never can be recovered by any one"
The contestants agreed TO that PROPOSE
ton, each paid his proportionate part of
the cost, and the case was dropped
aUiStOn TOurna1
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Two WAYS of Putting 1t.

Little distinctions will always carry
with them a delightful significance, and
their non-observance will often be the
cause of much ill feeling and unpleasant
ness-as witness the case of the gentle
man that met that fine type of the old
school jurist, Judge Conkling, upon one
occasion and said somewhat patronizing-
ly: ''Oh, you are the father of Roscoe
Conklingr mo" thundered the grand
old fellow, testify, Roscoe Conkling is
my son. ."-Clothier and Furnisher.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Colors in WfndoH Shades.

Our windows are undergoing COM
piete metamorphose. Twenty years ago
everything was white window shades;
then we had period of dark shades,
deep greens, and what folks termed re-
fined colors-drabs and browns. For
five years past the fashion became sort
of ''go-as-you-please" fashion, with a
tendency, perhaps, among the better
classes toward ecrus and natural holland
tints. Now, however, for the first time
we are getting into fine designs in win
dow shades, and the newest things from
abroad are in brocade styles and damask
figures. Some of the patterns are in pin
cords and stripes, with buds and flowers
interspersed. d.-Upholsterer
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Just Think Over 1t.

Who has not at some period of his ex-
istence puzzled his brain over this query
If goose weighs ten pounds and half
its own weight, what is the weight of
the goose?
Many persons have undoubtedly been
tempted to answer fifteen pounds at
once, when the correct answer, of course,
is twenty pounds, AS they discover liter
giving the problem little thought -
New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

EVERY quality of the human mind,
however valuable in itself, loses much of
that value by being developed out of
proportion to some other contrasting
quality. Even virtues may in this way
run into vices. .Self-respect unbalanced
by respect for others degenerates into
egotism and pride; affection and amia-
bility unattended by firm principle lapse
into weak concession; benevolence with
out judgment begets pauperism.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
New waterproof Compositions

A liquid waterproof composition has
been placed on the market for coating
articles such as leather, strapping ma
chinery, polished steel, brass and copper,
which, it is claimed, will resist damp,
heat, cold and acids. The composition
is colorless, and does not rub or peel of,
being only removable by the application
of parafin or trrpentine.-New York
Telegram.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
NoBLessE oBLIeE.

II l were you and had pink shells for ears,
And eyes like violets dipped in dew;
OF having my loves love I'd have no fears.
Ii | were you
If | were you. with such flower like face,
And all flowers own grace to hold it too;
I'd keep my heart as flower pure in its place
If | were you
If | were you and looked to be a queen,
I'd keep myself, as though l knew,
That what's beneath should equal what i
seen,
If were you
If | were you, and God had made me fair,
So fair that | seemed made to WOO;
I'd be as gracious as my graces were,
If were you.
II | were you-but no, alasi see
could not love you as do;
Nor tell you all I'd strive to be,
If | were you.
Brooklyn Life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

The first gun made for the Confeder-
acy is now in the possession of Mrs. H. l.
Miller, of Chattanooga, whose father
made it at Holly Springs, Miss, in 1851
1t originally had rified barrel, and is
still in good condition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

The royal standard of Persia, it is said
is an apron. Stout old Gao, the Persian
blacksmith, raised a revolt that proved
successful, and his leathern apron GOV
cred with jewels is still borne at the van
of Persian armies.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

The largest county in the United
States is Yavapai county, A. T.,
which has an area of almost 10000
square miles. Nine states of the Union
are each smaller than this one county.
1t is larger than the whole of West Vir-
giuia, and almost as large as South Car
ol21o
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Doesn't Pessimism PAY?

She-lt's disgusting to see people so
demonstrative in public places. Who's
that man across the street who kisses
his wife and baby on the doorstep when
he leaves every morning?
He-That's Dodson, who writes Gym
ical paragraphs on matrimony.-Ep
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Granddaughtsr,s Granddaughter

William Bunce, of Cochituate, became
a happy neutrality-suspicious. lately,
and Mrs. Neal, of this place, a lady six
tyeight years old, his daughter, becomes
great-grandmother. Her daughter is
Mrs. Dean, and Mrs. Deans daughter is
Mrs. A. Lyons, who has just given birth
to little daughter. Mr.. Bunce is nine
ty-three years old and still hearty and
strong.-Farmingham (Mass.) Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

Pullman Sleeping Cars are run on Nos.
IL and A., and Parlor Cars on Nos 81
and 3s between Pittsburgh and Cleveland
via Yellow Creek and Alliance Mes SO and
80 connect at Rochester with trains on Erie
& Pittsburgh Div for New Castle, Erie and
intermediate stations, and with trains en-
Pittsburgh, youngstown & Ashtabula Div
for Youngstown, Niles, Warren Ashtahula.
and intermediate stations
Nos. So, 81, 40 and go connect at Bayard
TO and nom Canal Dover, New Philadelphia,
and stations on Tuscarswas Branch.
JOSEPH WOOD, EA. FORD,
esnsrS Manager, esnaral Passenger Lgsnt
h-2S-0 PITTSBURGH, PENS'A.
For time cards, rates offare, through tickets
baggage checks, and further information re-
garding the running OF trains apply to any
Agent ofthe Pennsylvania Lines
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Pleasant. but Unsafe.

Wouldn't it be nice if some of the
pleasant things said about persons after
they are dead could only be said while
they were still alive? 1t would cheer
their dying hours"
''Yes, it would be nice, but it would
hardly be safe"
"Why notY'
"They might recover New York
Recorder.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
BUCKL EMS .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, % cents per
box For sale by Patterson & Sons. "
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

A grim relic of the Maxwell murder,
preserved at the Four Courts in ST. Louis,
is the dilapidated trunk in which the
murderer stored the remains of his muir
dered friend Preller. The interior of the
trunk is covered with bloodstains.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
WeaIth for Future Generations-

In southern Oregon there is a forest
$1,000 miles in extent, with an estimated
amount of merchantable timber of 400,-
900, 900, 900 feet, At ten dollars per thou
sand feet the proceeds would pay our
national debt twice over=Boston Globe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
Injurious Mixtures,

The iodide of potassium is quite con-
slant ingredient of sarsaparilla mixtures,
which are vaunted to be ''blood puri-
fiers," tonics, etc. This agent is harm
less when rightly used, but it is capable
of doing grievous injury. One of its
baneful effects is Inflammation of the
kidneys. If they are weak or deranged
small doses of the iodide are likely tc
produce the effect stated, and many per-
sons kidneys are so affected without the
fact being known. Hence, preparations
of the class mentioned should be held as
unsafe for general use.-Halrs Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
A device is used bY travelling mem 10

A device is used by travelling men for
the name strap on their valises. A card
bearing their name and address is slipped
into the leather card pocket in the usual
way, but now in addition piece of mica
is slipped in on top of the card, keeping
it neat and clean, and at the same time
permitting it being read by reason of its
transparency.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

The best talking parrot is the gray
bird with scarlet tail that comes from
the Congo. A few of these have scar
let breast as well as tail, and are known
as king birds. They are very rare.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

*Trains run daily. tDaiiy except Sunday. +Dail
except Monday.
Accom-. train leaves Columbus at 30 m daily
except sunday; Newark 3 10 IN; arrive GAINESVILLE
6 50 p m., Cambridge 50 pm.
Columbus 4 Sandusky Accom-. leaves Columbus
Il 20 a m; arrives SlndIiSky II 30 pm.
Sleeping and Dining Cars ON all Through Trains.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

A grain Of fine sand would cover one
hundred Of the minute scales of the hu-
man skin, and yet each of these scales in
turn covers from 300 to 600 pores.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

Cleveland-witl fast trains for East and West; j;
Loran-with the "Nickel Plate;' Elyria-with the
Sterling with the y YP& O R'y: Warwick-vifh
the A & R'y: Masillon- with " & l. L R'y and
Ft & c R'y; Justus-with the s. Ry: Canal
DOyer-with c & NJ R'y; Uhriehsville-with the
Pan Handle; BridgepOrt-with c s P R'y; Bel
laire-with B & O R'y
j. +. TOWNSEND, Gen. TrGf. -Agt
st. CLAIRSVILLE & NORTHERN
y RAILROAD TIME CARD.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

LOOK not mournfully into the past
it cometh not again; wisely improve the
present-iti is ours; go forth manfully to
meet the future.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

There are only few of us left, re-
marked the all-wool stocking in the hose
factory vat, land we are dyeing fast. y
American Grocer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

If you don't wish man to do thing,
you had better get him to talk about it;
for the more men talk the more likely
they are to do nothing else.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

h.: 81 have never yet met the wom-
an thought could marry. She: mo,
they are very hard to please, as rule"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

If you find that it takes good deal
of religion in other people to keep you
from finding fault with them, there is
something the matter with your own
experience.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

BRAINS cannot be m assured by the
size of the head,nOr eloquence by the ex-
tent of the mouth
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

In friendship as in love. we are often
happier through our ignorance than our
knowledge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

SLIGHT withal may be the things which
bring back on the heart the weight
which it would fling aside forever.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

NOT the failure of others, not their
sins of commission or omission, but his
own misdeeds and negligence should a
wise man take note of.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

If it is not seemly never do it, ifit is
not.true never speak it, for your impulse
should always be under your control.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

as your wife of a sunny DISPOSE
tion!" "Yes, she makes it pretty warm
for me sometimes"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

WHEN man talks great deal they
call 1t criticism; when woman talks a
great deal they call it gossip.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

Most persons are disposed to expend
more than they can afford, and to in
dulge more than they can endure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
He Knows Now.


Mr.. and Mrs. Wings were reading the
evening paper.
peculiar ways the japanese have, >
said Mrs. Wings casually; ''they read
up instead of down, and from right to
left. What do you suppose they do that
for. Mr.. 'Wingsg'
"How should know, Mrs. Wings?
What questions you women do ask!"
Then there was silence, until suddenly
Wings threw down the paper with re-
mark and began poking the fire viciously
"What is the matter, Mr.. Wings"
asked his wife.
Matter? Oh, nothing-nothing at
all. only read half column of thrill
ing narrative before l found that it
wound up with patent medicine ad."
Again there was silence. Then Mrs.
Wings, who had been pondering some
thing deeply, said, II know now why the
Japanese read up instead of down" F"
"Oh, you do, eh? Well, whyS"
$50 as to see the patent medicine al.
before reading the article, NLondon Tit
Bits.
Mrs. John Drew has been on the stage
for sixty-two years. She is seventy-one
years old, and when child of nine she
appeared in several plays in the Louis
vile theaters. She was born in London,
and was advertised in her youthful days
o. an ''infantila phenomenon"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

OF the two besetting sins of human
nature, selfish neglect and selfish agita-
tion, the former is the more common,
and has in the long run done far more
harm than the latter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

Indigestion, ard Stomach disorders. use
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
Al dealers keep it. 81 per bottle. Genuine has
trademark and crossed red lines ON wrGpper
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

THE secret of the so-called lucky
mans luck will, with some exceptions of
course, be found in something he has
thoughtfully, ealculatingly done, and not
in tumble of accidents.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
SOUTH BOUND.

CONNECTIONs-At Barton with al passenger
trains on c., l.. 4 W. Ry. S-Direct with Street
Cars from Bridgeport to Wheeling Only direct
rOute between st. Clairsville and Wheeling
A. c. DARRAH, j. F. TOWNSEND,
President. Gen. Traf Agt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's tempt
alton, and do not weaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
which you cannot see, and could not un-
derstand if you saw them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

THE great secret of avoiding disap-
pointment is not to expect too much
Depair follows immoderate hope, as
things fall hardest to the ground which
have been nearest to the sky.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

. BRAVE old world she is, after all; and
right well made; and looks right well
to-day in her go-to meeting clothes; and
plenty of room and chance in her for a
brave man to earn his bread, if he will
but go right on about his business, in
stead of peaking and pining over what
people think of him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

IT is one of the maxims of Francis de
Sales-and good men and women in all
lands might well adopt it as their motto
ia judicious silence is always bet
ter than truth when spoken without char
, ity."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

THE blossom cannot tell what becomes
of its odor, and no man can .os what
becomes of his influence and example,
ssiIat roll away from him and go beyond
his ken in their perilous mission.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

l PRAY you with all earnesness to
prove, and know within your hearts,
that all things lovely and righteous are
possible for those who believe in their
possibility, and who determine that, for
their part, they will make every days
work contribute to them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

APPRECIATION of refinement is vastly
different from the sincere desire to ex-
press the best that is in us. The effort
to do this reacts upon the character it.
self to purify and exalt it. Every no
BILE principle, every lovely feeling, every
warm emotion is intensified by being ex
pressed sincerely and naturally, and thus
the refining process may go on indefi
nitely.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

JUST as it is not always easy to ex-
press our thoughts with simplicity and
truth and in such languages as shall
convey their real meaning to others, so
it is not always easy to translate our
feelings correctly. Both must be the
result of culture.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14
CLEVELAND. LoRAlN & WHEELING R. r
Time Card Of Passenger T'rains.
Read Down

in effect Nov. 18th, 1890, and until further notice
Standard Times minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio, lime.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-05-14

ELoQUENCE appeals mainly to senti-
ment; its object is often to make people
do something which their cooler and
better judgment would reject, and to
carry them away almost against their
viii. A masterpiece of eloquence may
be inaccurate and deceitful-may, in
fact, be lie. The lawyer who defends
a prisoner whom he knows to be guilty,
and who by his ability persuades the
jury to pronounce an acquittal, may be
aIvery great orator, but he is not sin
cere.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-21
THE PRESIDENTS OPINION
He Predicts an Era of Pros
perity Consequent on Con-
servative Action
The Secret of Recuperation Is
Keeping the Dollar Up
to Standard
American Commerce TO be ex-
tended as a Sure Result
of Reciprocity

BENNINGTON, Vt, 2O-At the ban
quct last evening" the closing scene Of
the dedication OF the Battle monu-
ment, President Harrison was pre-
sented with magnificent gold medal,
commemorative OF the event. In
closing his speech the president said:
81 believe we have come TO time
when we may look for greater things,
when we may take a larger part in the
great transactions Of the world. | be-
licye that our people are prepared to
insure that the American flag shall
again be seen upon the sea, and that
our merchants and manufactures are
ready 20 seize the golden opportunity
now offered for extending our com
mercc into Central and South Amer
lea. ICheers. believe conservative
views Of finance will prevail In this
country. ! am sure that discomfort
and temporary distress will not tempt
our people TO fOrsakc those safe lines
Of public administration on which
commercial security alone rests. Ap
plause. AS long as the general gov
crnment furnishes the money Of tho
people ! believe we will insist, as
have said before, that every dollar Is
sued, whether paper or coin, shall b'
as good and kept as good as any othel
] that is issued ~
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-21
VERY RICH GALENA ORE
Samples of Galena From the
Cascades Which Are
Exceedingly Rich
They Carry a Large Percent
age of Lead and Are
Rich in Silver
A Country Which is Tribu
tary to Fairhaven, and 1t
Should Be Watched

Mr. Farley, Of the Fairhavcn res
taurant, has received large number
of samples of ore from the Cascade
district. The ore shown is taken from
mines situated in the pass, and all the
samples are exceedingly rich. They
are galena, and some Of those shown
carry as high as 20 per cent. lead.
There is no doubt Of the quality Of the
ore, and if the quantity is at all In
keeping with the quality, the Cascades
will prove one Of the greatest silver
lead producing districts in the world.
The accounts received are exceed
ingly satisfactory, yet the district Is
one extremely hard to prospect, and
before the mines can prove valuable,
some smelters, for the reduction Of
the ores must be erected, and vast
amount Of labor will be entailed in
order TO make the district at all acces-
sible.
The Monte CristO district is also one
Of the finest, and the same conditions
met in the Cascades, are experienced
here. 1t will take money to develop
the mines, and it is in no sense, a poor
mans mining country as yct-that Is
a district where a mine can be easily
developed, and the ore taken out in
developing, sent TO a market thereby
assisting in the cost Of opening II up
That time will come later, but it is
not now.
The HERALD has, from time tC
time, referred to the Importance OF
these mining districts; they are nat
urally tributary TO Fairhayen, and il
should be seen TO, that this city does
not let some other place secure The
prestige and trade which rightfullJ
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