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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24
children S Corner.
A RHYME OF CITIES.

The brewers should to Malta go,
The boobies all to Scilly,
The Quakers to the Friendly Isles,
The furriers to Chilli.
The little s%narllng, caroling babes
That break our nightly rest,
Should be packed off to Babylon,
To Lap land or to Brest.
From Spithead cooks go DER to Greece,
And while the miser waits
His passage to the Guinea coast,
Spendthrifts are In the Straits.
Spinsters should to the Needles 60,
Wine bibbers to Burgundy,
Commands should lunch at the Sandwich Isles
Ways at the Bay of Fun-dy.
Bachelors to the United States,
Maids to the Isle of Man;
Let gardeners go to Botany Bay,
And shoeblacks to Japan.
Thus emigrate, and misplaced men
Will here no longer ve1 us;
And all who aren't provided for
Had better go to Texas.
TSelected.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24
Shopping by Mail.
WOMAN'S CHRONICLE PURCHAS-
ING AGENCY.

Ladies throughout the State will
find it to their interest to purchase
through this agency, as the best of
goods will be furnished at the lowest
market prices.
Samples furnished upon application
with stamp.
Goods not obtainable at Little
Rock will be supplied through our
New York agent.
Patterns furnished at liberal rates
Address,
WoMAN's CHRONICLE PURCHASING AG,Y
COR. SECOND AND LOUISIANA sTs.,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24
: Blind. Kitty.
TSelected.

"Mother, may Emma and Ethel
and me go across the river blackber-
rying to-day" said Ned Everhart,
one fine morning. He should have
said: emma and Ethel and l." but
his mother did not stop to correct his
language at that time.
ayes, my son. she said, eff you
can row the boat over safely, you can
CO."
"And may Kitty 60, too?" said
Emma.
ayes, if you will take good care of
her." said her mother.
I'VE will" and they all agreed to
it.
Ned Everhart was a bright lad
twelve years of age, and Emma was
his sister, eight years old. Ethel
Peckham was a cousin Of the same
age, visiting in the family. Kitty
Everhart was a little sister, five years
of age, amiable and %patient-ap pet in
the family, but totally blind.
Ned took pride in being able to
manage a boat and was usually very
careful and trustworthy and Mrs.
Everhart did not deem it necessary to
specially caution him every time he
went on the river, as some mothers
would-she eonfded in his usual hab-
its of carefulness.
The river was about twenty rods
wide, with a high mill-dam half a mile
below, over which the water poured
in a heavy sheet.
Mrs. Everhart prepared a nice
lunch for the children, and they all
set off in high glee. Their plan was
to leave Kitty in the boat while they
were picking berries near by, and
when they heard the farmers dinner
horns blow, return TO the boat and all
taI JOgelner.
As they approached the shore, they
found the bushes bending under loads
of ripe berries, and the girls eagerly
jumped ashore at once. Ned, draw
ing in his oars, laid them in the boat
and followed them, but forgot to tie
the boat.
They were soon SO much absorbed
in their work that they wandered some
distance from the shore, and forgot
all about Kitty.
Kitty sat in the boat very content
edly, listening to the talk of the chill
dren till their voices receded in the
distance, then amused herself listen
ing to the music of the birds and the
ripping Of the water.
AT length she thought the boat was
moving, but so softly was the motion
she could not certainly tell, She
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24
U

llALb}o ' "s Sppi oSpobSh1 ~
SIR:-I am directed to acknowledge the re-
celpt of a letter you have addressed to The
Princess of Wales praying Her Royal Highness
to present to Her Majesty, The Queen, q Peti.
ton, signed by over 5000 women in the United
States of America. asking for the pardon of
Mrs. Florence Maybrick. In reply have to
inform you that The Princess of Wales is an-
able to comply with your request, as Her Royal
Highness cannot in any way interfere with the
course of Justice in this county, l remain sir,
Your obedient servant,
S. de A. G. CLARKE, Colonel. Private Sec.
To James P. Campbell, M. d., 22O Sixth Ave.
New York.
TO THE PUBLIC:
The divinity which doth hedge a King or
Queen" is something almost insurmountable
but l hope to "get there yet. Ihave failed in
my application to u. S. Minister Lincoln, and
as will be seen by the above courteous letter
the same fate has attended my effort to enlist
the powerful aid of II. r. H. the Princess OF
Wales. Blu in my third attempt (proverbially
the lucky number) l hope to be successful.
York City is Che "good angel" to whom have
made my third appeal and on whose well.
known kind and merciful heart l pin my faith.
When l undertook this mission of mercy |
fully realized the difficulty would have to
contend with to bring the Petition of the
Women of America directly under the "Royal
Eyes" To simply address this important doc.
ument to Her Majest Queen Victoria, would
be the height of folly, as the Queens mail
passes through the hands of the "Home Sec
retary," who retains all official papers, send
ing stereotyped replies thereto from the
Home Office" The mind of the CLONE Sec.
rotary" is biased against our unfortunate
countrywoman, Mrs. Maybrick.
Failing Lady Churchill, l have solicited the
monumental Influence of the Ear of Salisbury.
Prime Minister of England, and lastly, but by
no means least, l have b%esought the good
of1ces OF Hon. James G.. Blaine our W Sec
rotary of State, in this truly Christian uork.
Faint heart never won fair lady )" and 1t
will take considerable more than these two
rebuffs to extinguish Faithfully yours,
JAS. P. CAMPBELL MD,
200 Sixth Ave-, New York
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24

Pretty soon sac nearQ q roaring OF
the water ever the mill-dam, and then
she felt sure she was floating down
the river. She knew, too, if 1t went
over the dam the boat would be upset
and she would be drowned. She
called again at the top of her little
voice: "Ned, Ned" but all was 81
lent except the distant roaring of the
water.
At last she thought she would say
a little prayer Of her own making up,
and maybe God would hear it.
"Please, Cod" she said, "don't let
a poor little blind girl go over the
dam and be drowned" She waited
a moment, then added: "Please send
somebody TO help me''-then waiting
a minute or two again, she added
"Please, God, help my brother, sis
ter and cousin to get their baskets
full Of berries,' then as she could
think of nothing else to pray for she
said "Amen."
Kitty knew that God lived in Heaven
and Heaven was away up in the sky
away beyond the stars-a lsng Gis-
lance away, and she thought it would
take a little while for her prayer to
get up so far. So she waited patient
ly a few minutes for the answer to
return, when she heard some one call:
"Kitty, is that your" 1t was her
big brother Tom who was at work on
the shore and had been watching the
boat some time.
eyes" she replied, "where am z"
You are in the boat" responded
Tom, not wishing to brighten her.
eyes, but where is the boat?"
1.-THE boat is or the water"
eyes, l know that" said Kitty,
"but shall | 60 over the dam and be
drowned?"
"No, l shan't let you do that ;
keep quiet and I'll take care Of YOU"
Some children would have jumped
about in great fright, and perhaps
upset the boat or have jumped over
board, but Kitty sat perfectly quiet.
She had great faith in her big brother
Tom and when he said he would take
care of her, she knew he would not
tell a lie.
Tom threw off his coat, vest and
boots, and plunging into the water,
swan to the boat. Cautiously clamb-
ering into it, lest he should upset it,
he seized the oars, and a few vigorous
strokes carried them beyond all dan
ger. Who will say Kitty's prayer
was not heard?
While the boat had been floating
down the river the children had been
industrious and when the dinner
horns blew, they returned to where
they left the boat, with their baskets
Of berries, but what was their dismay
on finding neither Kitty nor the boat.
1t took away all their appetite for
lunch, and they couldn't decide what
to do.
AT last Ethel said: IL mean to
cry"
"And l do, too" said Emma, and
they made up their faces for the first
outburst, but Ned said, "Wait a bit,
girls, till l holler." He then called
"
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24

When they learned what danger
Kitty had escaped, Ned could not for
give himself for his negligence in not
tying the boat, and learned a lesson
from it which he did not soon forget.
Selected.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29

ALABAMA has so lemnly resolved tc
have nothing whatever to do with the
Worlds Fair, if the Federal Elections
bill becomes a law
Now comes Tennessee, with the re-
solve on the part of her Legislature to
suspend the passage of bill appropri-
ating $250,000 for the State exhibit until
that measure, now before Congress, is
disposed of, and with the further deter
mination that if the Elections bill is
passed, Tennessee will not be represented
at all at Chicago.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29

IN view of the large proportion of the
pupils and teachers of the public schools
who are of the gentler sex, the Philadel-
phia Ledger urges the propriety of elect
ing competent women to act as school
directors. The Ledger remarks:
Education is much broader and con-
sists of much more than is to be found
by book and slate, and in the case of
girls, especially, of much more than the
average man is entirely familiar with.
Advantages which are now lost by the
public school children because of the
lack of information on the part of men
composing the Boards would be gained
if the superior knowledge of woman
with regard to the feminine mind and
character, were utilized by making them
school directors. Wherever the influence
of good women is exerted it never fails
to have the most beneficial effects"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
WHY THIS DISCRIMINATION -?

WHY THIS DISCRIMINATION?
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
When prices of merchandise went up
before the holidays, free traders and
Democrats attributed the advance to the
Mckinley bill.
At the present time prices are much
lower. Reduction sales are taking place.
The newspaper advertisements an
nounce large reductions, in some cases
amounting to 20 per cent.
Do the Democratic and free trade
journals attribute these reductions to
the Mckinley bill?
We trow not
They ignore these reductions as care
fully as they sought out and commented
ON the ante-holiday advances.
Is this fair?
For every advance in price of farm
produce or of manufactured goods, the
Mckinley bill was held responsible, re-
gardless of whether the new tariff af-
fected the goods or not, and regardless
of the effect of the law of supply and
demand.
Surely if all the advances of the last
two months were attributable to the
new tariff. the reductions now going on
should also be attributed to the same in
fluence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
THE st. Louis Globe Democrat has this

THE st. Louis Globe Democrat has this
on the subject of silver imitation:
"a nations industrial or commercial
greatness is not measured by the volume
of its currency. England, which does
more business than any other nation
in Europe, has smaller circulating
medium, in proportion to population,
than any other important country in
that quarter of the globe, and smaller
than the United States. The money
economizing devices, such as checks,
drafts, and bills of exchange, are en-
ployed more freely there than elsewhere,
except in this country. More money
would not help matters there, nor would
it here"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29

THE tariff law is offering great en-
couragement to tobacco growers. Leaf
imports are rapidly falling away. One
of the worst competitors of domestic
leaf has been the Sumatra wrapper, a
bitter, distasteful weed, but in great
favor with cigar makers because of its
smoothness, thinness and lightness. For
the smoker the sweeter and more fra
grant Connecticut seed-leaf and leaf
grown in some other States are prefera-
BILE, but the Sumatra leaf largely super
seded it for reasons given. The tariff
law is encouraging a return to the use
of American leaf in cigar making. which
is good news for tobacco producers and
consumers
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
THEPROPosED MORTGAGE LAW.

I L w .
John H. Thomas to Representative Geyer.
1 have observed in the newspapers a
reference to your bill in regard to the
tax dodger The aim Of the bill is right,
but it will be wrongfully defective with
out an important modification. Under
your bill, as l gather its import from the
newspapers, mortgage loans will be en-
tered for taxation at their face value.
This would be the greatest injustice, SO
long as real estate, merchandise and
other personal property are not listed
for taxation at more than from 25 to so
per cent of their value. In some cities,
of which 1 have the most positive in
formation, real estate is not assessed at
more than 25 per cent. of its every day
selling value. In many other places it
is, no doubt, no higher. Then why
should money loaned on mortgage Sc
curity be taxed at 100 cents on the
dollar, when, if it be invested in other
kinds of property, it is taxed only fifty
cents on the dollar.
Now your bill can only be just and
equitable with a provision that mort
gage loans shall not be taxed at great
er per cent. of their face value than the
average of real estate. But l seriously
doubt the wisdom or propriety OF such |
laws. If government wants to multi
ply the number of dishonest men, there |
is no more effective way than to as
sumo in its dealings with the people
that they are dishonest. and then try to
make them honest by legislation. A bet
ter plan than any or all such laws is tore
duce the expenses of government and do
away with the necessity of such. high
taxation; limit revenues to the actual
wants of an economical administration
of public affairs; go back to plain,
cheap government, and abandon our
clinging to the false and vicious notions
of maintaining magnificent govern
ment, and people will not dodge their
taxes. The people are demanding less
taxation and wiki have it SO. Less pub
lie expenditures and less taxation are
bound to come, and the next Legislature
will inaugurate the reform if this one
does not. Why cannot this Legislature
start the movement and secure to Che
Democratic party the prestige of so jop
ular measure?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
CATARRH IN COLORADO.

used Ely's Cream Balm for dry cat
agr ElVs Cream r. Hahn IS espeeiay @gaHS aSapted
as IS! remedy for catarrh which is aggra.
waited by alkaline dust and dry Winds
w A Hover, druggist, Denver. can re-
commend Elys Cream Balm to all suffer
ers from dry oatarrh from personal ex-
perience.-Michael Herr, pharmacist,
Denver. Ely's Cream Balm has cured
many cases of cataarh; it is in constant
demand.-Geo W Hoyt, pharmacist, Che
yenne, Wy, l-l5-2t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
REMARKABLE RESCUE.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family physi-
clan, but grew worse; he told her she was
hopeless 0ictinl Of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her; her druggist
suggested Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption; she bought bottle and to
her delight found herself benefited from
first dose; she continued its use, and after
taking ten bottles found herself sound
and well; now does her own housework,
and is as well as she ever was. Free trial
bottles of this Great Discovery at Patter-
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and 81. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
CONGRESS-.

JAN. 21-Senate-Mr. Aldrich made
an effort to bring up the cloture resolu-
ton, but was held off by the Democrat
ic talk on the election bill until nearly
the hour of adjournment, when Mr..
George accorded him the floor for that
purpose.
House-The Democrats filibustered
on the adoption of the journal, and upon
the speaker declining to listen to an un-
necessary speech from Mr.. Mills, that
gentleman became almost riotous, lead
ing other rash Democrats in one of the
most disgraceful rows seen for long
time. The Sergeant-at-arms was oblig-
ed to bring out the mace. After the
adoption of the journal the District ap-
priation bill was taken up, the Demo-
orats consuming the time with digress-
ions on the negro question, and the con-
sideration of the bill was not concluded.
JAN. -Sendte-After some dilatory
tactics by the Democrats, the cloture
rule was taken up for debate by vote
of sc to 30, Teller, Jones and Wolcott
(Republicans) voting with the Demo-
Gratis.
HouSe-The District appropriation
bill was passed and the naval appropria-
tion bill taken up, four hours to be al
lowed for debate.
JAN. -SenGte-The debate on the
cloture resolution was continued all day
Mr.. Aldrich asked unanimous consent
for vote at 5 P. NJ. Saturday, but the
Democrats objected and the Senate re-
cessed until Saturday morning.
Ho1tse-The Resolution of Cooper, of
Indiana, looking to extension of the
scope of the investigation of Pension
Commissioner Raum was referred to the
ON rules. Debate on the
naval appropriation bill was continued
until adjournment.
JAN. 4-Senate-Messrs. Stewart
and Morgan spoke against the eloture
rule on the elections bill and Mr. San
ders in favor of both. Democrats re-
fused to agree to date on which vote
may be taken and the Senate recessed
until Monday.
HouSe-The Democrats attempted to
filibuster against the approval of the
journal, but were cut short by its sum-
mary adoption by the Republicans. The
naval bill was taken up, but not dispos
ed of.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
ON WILLS AND WILLING.

From 'sThe Points of View, in Feb. Scribner.
In the month of December the wills of
two very rich men who died in New
York were made public. One testator
left widow and several children. The
other was childless, but his wife surviv-
ed him. The former left the whole of
his estate with the exception of some
unimportant legacies, to his wife and
children. The other, after providing
for his wife an income sufficient for her
maintenance in reasonable comfort dur
ing her life, left very large bequests
to colleges and hospitals. His heirs-at-
law were remembered with modest lega-
cies, and his executors named as residu-
ary legatees. These two wills being
probatcd about the same time, and dis
posing of estates believed to be of ap-
proximately equal amount, have been
much compared and contrasted, and
have been the subject of amusing criti-
cism. The testator who left money to
the colleges was lauded and held up as
man of splendid generosity; while the
other departing millionaire left nothing
to charity, was put down in evidence of
his selfshness.
Now, it is very good plan for very
rich men to leave bequests to charitable
uses. But the fact that man leaves a
great fortune to charity by will is no
proof at all that he was generous man.
He doesn't give his own money, he gives
money that aoGs his; that, perhaps, he
held on to as long as he could, and that
necessarily found a new owner as soon
as the breath passed out of his body. 1t
is impossible to be generous by will. A
will does not give, it only. regulates
division. A will may be cited in evil
dence of the testator's affection or of his
sense of justice, but not of his generosi-
ty; unless, indeed, he is known to have
denied himself and saved and accumu
lated money, not because he wanted it
for himself, but for the sake of those
who would have it after him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29
MILEAGE TICKETS
on THE PENNsYLyANIA I'm,

On THE FENNS1 LNANIA LINES.
On and after January Goth, 1891, indi-
yidual and non transferable One Thous-
and Mile Tickets, good over all Divisions
of the Pennsylvania System West Of
Pittsburgh, will be sold at rate of two
cents per mile, or $50 each, by Line
Agents at principal points.
All forms of mileage tickets hereto
fore issued for the Pennsylvania Lines
still unused and unexpired as to time
limit-will be honored on and after above
date, on all roads operated by either the
Pennsylvania Company or the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Chicago and st. Louis Rail
way Company, and only One Thousand
Mile Tickets will thereafter be sold.
+. A. FORD, Gen. Pass. Ag't.
Pittsburgh, Jan. l5, 81. l-22 g.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-29

GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, was
elected to be United States Senator last
week, the vote standing 81 for Hill to 79
for Eyarts, and now there is much
speculation as to what theSenator-ele
will do in relation to his gubernatorial
Office. Soma have said that he will re-
tain his place as Governor until the
adjournment of the Legislature and
others insist that he should resign on
March next when he is liable to duty
as United States Senator. The pop
ular opinion is that Mr.. Hill will elect
to take the last named course, and upon
March 4, he will give way to the Lieut..
Governor, Edward F. Jones. Then
Senator elect Hill will be ready for his
new service in an extra session or in the
Fifty-second Congress.