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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
nEATH OF ISAAC NJ RILEY

Isaac NJ. Riley, a well-known LAWYER
and citizen of st. Clairsville, died from
pneumonia early on Tuesday morning.
after an illness of about ten davs.
Deceased was a son of the late Richard
/ L. Riley, and was born in Mead township.
this county. January IS. 1913. When but
ten years of age he came with his parents
to this township. After attending the
common schools, he took classical course
at Washington and. jefferson College,
graduating with credit. Upon returning
from College he entered the law Office of
the late Judge Robt E. Chambers, and
pursuing his legal studies until 1871, was
admitted to the Bar in that year, and
until February, 1888, when he purchased
and became editor of the st ClairSville
Gdzette. which he conducted with ability
for over six years, retiring from its
management September l, 1889, al re-
opening law office. lie was Mayor of
st. Clairsyille for four terms. Councilman
for four years, Clerk of Richland town
ship for number of years and was the
nominee of his party on different occa-
siOns for public place. In 1873 he was
the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for
Prosecuting Attorney against Hon. W. |
;. Kennon, and in 1874 for Clerk of the |
Courts against J. r. Mitchell, and in 1855 1
for State Senator against Hon. solomon |
Hogue He was a fine scholar, and
man of varied accomplishments and of |
excellent qualities of mind and heart. |
He was large hearted, generous, and
manly, and his death is cause of uni
versal regret. He leaves wife TO mourn
his loss. His funeral will take place
from the Presbyterian Church at half
past two o'clock to-day, Thursday.
At meeting of the Bar on Wednes-
day. Col. J. F. CharleswOrth presided,
with D. II. Milligan Secretary, it was re-
solved to attend his funeral in body,
and the following committees were ap-
pointed, after which the meeting ad
journed until o'clock to-day, viz:
ARRANGEMENTS J. w. Shannon, E.
E. Clevenger, W. S Kennon, t. &. Ayers,
Albert Lawrence.
REsOLUTIoNs-C w. Carroll, L. Dan
ford, George Linn, d. II. Milligan, ". V.
Campbell.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
s HERIFF's SALE.
IN PARTITION.
Belmont Common Pleas
Mamma Craig, Plaintiff,
rs.
John NJ. Craig, ct al, Defendants

Pursuant to an order Of sale in partition in the
above entitled case, issued and TO ME directed
from the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont
county, Ohio will offer for sale at public auction
on the premises on
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
Belmont Common Pleas.
Aaron F. Ramsey, Plaintiff,
Monday, Murch 9th, 1891,

A p. BLAIR,
REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT,
ST CLAIRSVILLE, o.
Office over Schumaker's meat store next John
Poock's law office.
II you wish to sell or buy realty, loan or borrow
money, give us a call. Notary Public. Deeds Il
specially. Charges reasonable. 1-29, '9i-1yf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
THE GYM NJ Asst,
The Story of Jules Leotard, a Frenchman

The Story of Jules Leotard, Frenchman
of Muscle.
Jules Leotard was a splendid speci-
men of manly beauty-a perfect figure
united to strikingly handsome face,
always grave and reposeful.
The story of the great gymnast's ca
reer had seldom been told. \ native of
Toulouse, in the south of France, young
Leotard passed many of his earliest
years in the beautiful city of the sunny
south. His father kept swimming
bath, having several skylights that were
opened and closed by long ropes. 1t
was young Leotard's office TO open and
shut these skylights, and he was in the
habit of swinging from one rope TO the
other, doing SO with so much grace and
skill as to attract much attention from
the visitors to the establishment. His
first public appearance was as an anna
teur at the Municipal Fete. 1t so hap
pened that among the people who wit
messed the performance was the di-
rector OF the Cirque de f1mperatrce,
at Paris. This gentleman was aston
ished at the skill and grace of the young
athlete, and also at the novelty of the
performance; and the next morning he
made his way to the Leotard swimming
baths and had an interview with the
father. A few days hence and Jules
Leotard set out for Paris. On his ar
rival in the gay city he was taken to
theatrical costumer, and a gay doublet
of crimson velvet and gold spangles was
fitted over the snowwhite tights he had
brought from the country.
"Take il off" he said to the customer,
II am not goirg to play the clown"
Take it off , mon petit, the beautiful
doublet? See how we'll you look in it
grand, magnificent, superb -
Think you so? / do not. I'll never
wear spangles ike harlequin
All mon Dieu! was there ever seen
such drole? Eth bien. mon petit, what
is it, then, you will wear? You must
have a doublet of some kind"
'Have you any black velvet?"
A roll of plain black velvet was pro-
duced, and out of this material was
made the Young aspirant's doublct.
And subsequently NJ. Leotard always
Wore the simple and elegant dress of
black velvet doublet over snOwWhite
tights; a dress that served admirably to
display the magnificent form OF the
gymnast The debut of the young
athlete in the Paris arena was verlta-
bic triumph, which was renewed on his
first appearance in London The flying
trapeze became the rage, and a whole
host Of tlving trapezists appeared at the
music halls; none of them, however,
had the skill and marvellous ease of the
master.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
AN OLD DUTCH WAR.
4 Goldfish Caused Struggle Lasting
Il Hundred and Fifty Years.

- =
IL Hundred and Fifty Years.
To be sure there have been riots and
outbreaks in Holland, as in all other
thickl ysettled parts of the world-per-
haps more than elsewhere, for Dutch
Indignation, though slow in kindlng,
makes a prodigious blaze when once
fairly afire. Some of these disturbances
have arisen only after a long endurance
Of serious wrongs, and some seem to
have been started at once by that queer
triction-match i'll human nature which,
if left unguarded, is sure to De nlbbled
at, and so ignited, by the first little
mouse of discomfort that finds it.
There was curious origin to one of
these domestic quarrels. On certain
occasion Il banquet was given, at which
were present two noted Dutch noble
men, rivals in power, who had several
old grudges TO settle. The conversation
turning on the codtishery, one of the
two remarked upon the mannerln which
the hook thoek) took the Goldfish, or kob-
bdJdaur, as the Dutch call it.
The hook take the Goldfish - ex-
claimed the other in no very civil tone !;
sit would be better sense to say that the
Goldfish takes the hook"
The grim lest was taken up in bitter
chieftains rose from the table enemies
for life
They proceeded to organize war
against each other: bitter war it proved
to Holland, for it lasted $50 years, and
was fought out with ell the stubborn
ness of family feuds. The opposing
parties took the names of 'hoeks' and
kabbeljaauws, and men of all classes
enlisted in their respective ranks. In
many instances fathers, brothers, sons,
and old-time friends forgot their ties,
and knew each other only as foes. The
feud beng Dutch = ragged hotter and
stronger in proportion rs men had time
coolly to consider the question. A
thicket of mutual wrongs, real or mag
mary, sprang up to further entangle
the opposing parties; families were di-
viiei, miles of smiling country laid in
ruin, and tens OF thousands of men 81 lain
for what?
Those who fought, and those who
looked on, longing for peace, are alike
silent now. History cannot quite clear
up the mystery. | know how hard it
must have been to settle the knotty
question whether hooks or Goldfish can
more properly be said to be ''taken, -
and how dangerous the little thorns of
anger and jealousy become if not plucked
out ii the onset. II is certain, too, that
the hooks anu kabbeljaauws were ter
ribly in earnest:
But what they killed each other for
neV er could make out.
The kabbelJaauws had one advantage.
When a public dinner was given by
their party, the first dish brought on by
the seneschal, or steward, was a large
plate Of Goldfish deliberately decorated
with flowers, something not ornamental
only, but substantial and satisfactory !;
while the corresponding dish at a hook
festival contained nothing but a gigan-
tic hook encircled bv iowery wreath.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
THE DEAD CAME LIFE.
Some Queer Stories Told in an Under
takers Rnnms.


singular thing about that suicide fei-
low jumping into the river without sink
ing, and then floating dead like a cork
for six blocks, isn't ii ?" remarked an
underwriters assistant at Bakc's the
other day, referring to the man who
Jumped OFT the steamer LansdOWne re-
Gently.
well. yes" answered another, "5ut
strange things happen. | remember Il
case similar only more peculiar. y
man fell overheard from boat in mid
stream several years ago, and before
they could grapple him was swept away
by tie current. He tloated away face
up the same as this man did yesterday.
Two or three hours later he tloated up
onto the Canadian shore some distance
down, and was picked up. 1t was evil
dent that he had taken IN some water
and the people went to work to roll 1t
out of him. When they got through he
sat up and asked for beer"
That 5 nearly as queer as the case OF
the dead man who came to lite in our
back room several years ago, said Will
lam Blake. at was when Thompson
was mayor. The man came in on a
train from Hamilton, Ont. lie walked
up Jefferson Avenue short distance,
ana ilau Just ONeIldkcH MAY OF lHoIn p
son, who was walking along in a brown
study, when he drew pistol and. plac-
ing ii Just back of his right temple -
fired. He dropped 10 the walk, and II
seemed to me gallon of blood ran out
of the wound. Physicians pronounced
him dead. He was removed to our
place. The coroner viewed the remains
and empaneled a jury. We had con-
siderable work on hand. so we covered
the body with cloth and left it. After
several hours a physician dropped in,
and incidentally looked 1T the body.
He remarked that the bullet had made
an ugly hole, and then began to probe
around in the wound with bis finger.
"All of sudden the supposed corpse
began to cough. We rushed the man
to hospital, and the coroner never
bad chance to sit on that case. When
the man got SO he could talk be said
that he had been conscious of every
thing going on about him. knew per
fectly well when the coroner swOre IN
the Jury over him, but couldn't move
or speak. When the doctor put his
finger in the wound ii made him feel
sick, and he had TO cough. "-Detrod
iOYTur}
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
w ny She lSiushcG.

It was crowded Madison Street car
going west, SAYS the Chicago Tribune.
Among the passengers were two sweet
" pretty girls, with competitions that
we've Il r.trcshment To look on. and
eyes and Fps tLat moved with all the
vlyacIty Of youth and Joy of lie. They
We're arraytd in-well, they were emf
Heu1ly correct" They had been tell
ing each other in q playful, ianciiul Fort
OF way shat sort OF dresses they would
like TO be married in. The other passen-
gers dIGn't hear that part OF the CONVEX
sation heCause Of the roar and eli, of
the cable. BY one OF those curious,
sudden freaks 81 chan. e that no one tan
account Tor, the rattle and clatter
stopped for 4 few seconds as the car
sped on, long enough 10 let words fall
from the lips OF the yount er o The two
pretty girs, 50 hat all the car heard it:
~ am going to he married in"
May y shouted the conductor at that
mon ent, announcing tie name Of The
street. And then every one in the car
tilt, red. " bile The girl Who was going TO
be married in May biusht q so tina, The
red roses on her breast seemed only a
am mini ,,,l.r
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16

! pine roses grew AT an altitude OF I,6Ot
| feet. Now they are seldom found high
er than $500 feet and are at that
| height stunted. Beeches have gone
down 200 feet. Various berries. which
| once fiourished 800 feet above sea
level, do not grow in higher altitude
! now than $500.
Medical DIRECTOR MALES, of Wash
ngton. who las tested some blood
oranges suspected of being artiiclaliy
colored and adulterated, says: The
orages are naturally stained, no artificial
coloring of any kind having been used.
The small spot on the side Is Il fungus
spot and not puncture. II Is lmpOs-
sible to stain an orange by injecting any
artificial staining fluid into the fruit,
either before or after pucking from the
tree
THE following Southern states have
homes for Confederate veterans: Nir-
ginia, Arkansas, Maryland, Louisiana,
North Carolina. Texas and Tennessee.
- HER beautiful womanllood, my love,
and 81, was the consideration named
in deed of conveyance which was filed
on Tuesday III the registers office in
Brooklyn. The deed was deliberately
engrossed, and the separated pages
were tied together with blue satin rib
bon.
THE COW of farmer near Bedding,
Mich. swallowed her owners watch last
year. She was killed the other day and
the tlmeplece was recovered. When
taken To leweler he pronounced II IN
good condition and proved his words ~
setting and winding il. 1t has since
kept good time.
a YOUNG woman of West Union, O..
filed up pan with cornmeal and play
fully ran her hand through the contents.
She felt something on her finger, and
on drawing her hand out found Il fine
gold ring worth SO encircling her third
finger. II isan elegant one, but how it
came in the meal is mystery.
ONES first impression on seeing an
ostrich is that he needs another prop
under him. The feeling is heightened
when he goes To walk, and he himself
feels conscious that his center of gravity
is Il long way above ground. for he goes
lettering along as though eXerc.s ing
great care to keep his legs Well III der
him.
\ FLORIDA woman has q canary bird
that is highly priced for ii beautiful sing
ing. About three weeks ago, during a
high wind storm, the bottom of the
cage dropped ont and the bird was gone.
Nothing more was seen of it and il was
given up for lost, when one day il made
its appearance in the family circle.
The door of the empty cage was open
and birdie voluntarily entered.
AT Fort Augusta, in Jamaica, one Of
the dcfenses of Kingston llarbor, on he
opposite side of the inlet of Port Royal,
is shown the tomb OF Il negro, WHO III :;
great earthquake was swallowed up, and
apparently buried alive in chasm
which was opened under his feet. y
moment later another convulgion threw
him out on the surface again, undam-
aged but for q few bruises, scratches and
scare, and he lived for many years after
ward.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
The Only Philips Brooks.

Rev Phillips Brooks, of Boston. who
was elected Protestant Episcopal bishop
of Massachusetts Thursday, was born
in Boston December Is. 1885. He was
graduated at Harvard in 1855, studied
theology at st. Johns Seminary, Alex
andria, Va. was ordained in 1889 and
became rector of the church of the Adj
vent, Philadelphia. In 1862 he took
charge OF the church of the Holy Trini-
~ in Philadelphia, and in 1863 became
rector of Trinity Church, Boston,
where his career has been remarkable
for its phenomenal success. Mr..
Brooks is noted for his ''low church"
views, and has preached in the
churches of denominations other than
his own, and even took part, in Janu:
arv, 1890 in the installation of Con-
gregational minister. He has declined
many calls elsewhere, professorship
in Pennsylvania. to which he was elect
ed in 1889, preferring to remain in his
Boston parish, where he exerts a pow
ertul influence Tor good, especially over
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
Railway Passenger communication.

An apparently perfect system Of rail
way passenger communication has been
Inaugurated in England. BY means Of a
new apparatus, when the passenger has
turned q little handle, convenient of
access, he actually stops the train hv
setting the vacuum brake in action. rs
a remedy against frivolous or risky
stoppages, the engine drivers enabled.
when he feels the brake on, 10 put it oil
so that he may select a suitable or safe
place to stop. His power Of stopping,
however, is lessened in proportion 10
the number Of people who use the ap-
paratus. When four persons have ap-
piled themselves to the communication
in four different compartments the
train Is stopped absolutely. and Is be-
yond the control OF the driver.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
Their Heads do Grow.

Lately. says Dr.. Foote's Health Month
ly. We noticed as unusual the report
that Gladstone's head had grown since
he was fifty years old, but Prof L.
Bailey. Of Richmond, Va. aged Ii,
writes that in four years his cranial cir
conference has increased from twenty
two 10 twenty-five and half inches
from % 10 No. hat. Carefully collected
figures show that as rule the brain and
skull reach their largest dimensions
al about the age Of y, and though
there Hay be Improvement in quality
from that age Oh there appears to be a
shrinking in size or quantity-iu most
individuals. The real relation of brain
weight. growth and size 10 mental c.
pacity Is yet to be determined. Hence
we do not know whether to congratulate
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
WE LIKE HUMBUG.
4 Lady Physicians Opinion of Her Pro-
fesSipn.

1t is rather a gloomy view which
young woman physician takes of her
profession, in conversation with re-
porter for the New York sun She
maintains that people actually want to
be 'quacked," and explains: BY
4uacklng mean rtsorting to clap-Irap
and unscientific methods. such as the
faith cure ard It's like. No one but
physician has any idea how great a de-
mand there is for this among intelligent
people. They don't want the honest,
straightforward exhibition of the action
OF the drugs on the body. They want a
mystery about it, an exhibition of heal
ing as divine force-somethinc that
appeals 10 the imagination. And be-
cause ITS subject tor the Imagination
the demand comes not from the igno-
rant and unthinking. but from the most
Intelligent and best-intormed people.
Ii isn't quite that they like To be hum
hug"ed. They don't know it for that.
though the physician does. They want
something tor the Imagination 10 work
on. And that the stronghold of the
quack practitioner. 1t takes an honest
man or woman TO practice medicine
honestly" Fortunately in that i'm
portant profession the number Of pei
sons who are honest is sufficient to
guard II against the Inroads of the i'm
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
n Few Easy Conundrums to Test Ones
Information.


Information.
General ignorance questions as
they are called. being now in favor with
those who are intrusted with the duty
OF educating our boys, the Private
Schoolmaster has taken the trouble to
suggest string of appropriate tests Of
knowledge of familiar things. The
chief of these are-''Why does an APP
pie fall 10 the ground ~ what is a
jury and how are Jurors elected ," "Ex-
plain as YOU can the action of the cleo
tric telegraph" What keeps the
earth in position ~ ''How would YOU
spend a prese Mt of $ in books ," why
do most leaves turn color in autumn ."
What IS the difference between tradi-
ton and history, art and science, para
bic and allegory, murder and homicide.
stimulation and Discrimination. bill and
act Name some Of the chief En-
gliSh daily and weekly newspapers"
Name some of the planets that move
round the sun ''Why does marble an
pear colder 10 the touch than wood ,"
How many senses have We" The
author Of this little plot does not con
ceal the fact that he looks forward 10
chclung some 'amusIngiy original
answers" Big boys, he thinks. might
also be tried with those old established
''posers - What would happen if any
Irresistible body came into contact with
an immovable post ," and How is it
that hlg rivers always make for and
flow through large towns" The
judiclouS Schoolmaster will probably
deem II fair 10 postpone these diver
slons I'LL the HOLIDAYS are oyer.-L0adou
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
Not Good on the Fly

4 bic flock of wild geese Went over
Bristol, Conn, the other day, flying
low, and as they drove on just above the
roof-tree OF house at the end OF the
village street, latent ambition in the
bosom OF a tame goose belonging 10 the
owner of the house asserted itself The
tame goose uttered allow squawk, spread
its wings and away he went with the
Wild ones. the end goose in the tail of
the long leg of the winged wedge. ON
the flock swept northward, and the
Bristol domestic goose kept up his end
very we'll for mile and half; then his
strength failed, and, with a second
squawk. he dropped TO the ground near
the house Of a farmer. He turned
around three times. got his bearings,
and padded slowly home on foot. His
owner thinks the goose's soul too ex-
pansive for the barnyard walk, AM has
rlInped the bird 5 wings.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
ENTIRELY NEW.
How a Weu-Dressed SwindIer (Ru|ed
parsou 10 NIsplace His Confidence.

How a WeiI-Dressed Swindier Caused y
Person TO Misplace His Confidence.
Charlie Mayer was sitting III his ga
loon at Ninth and Elm streets last Fat
ur,lav. reading a funny paper, when
customer came IN. 49,
The customer had shining silk hat
and tasty light overcoat, hatty ne.
and glistening ent-ieather boots. 10
ali outward appearance lie had Jnst M
i>hei clipping off a hall peek OF cou-
pons from United states gold-bearing
bonds.
He likewise had a consuming thirst
and in a graceful way he qualed a large
bowl Ut ptheian beer, wlplng his JauntF
mustache with Il silk handkerchief. 80
distinguished was his air that Mr.. May
cr DROPPED his Iunny paper 10
Suddenly he inquired OF Mr.. MAYER II
pen and ink were handy. Mr., Mayer
assured him that Hnth were IN the
vicinity. Could the handsome and, no
doubt, wealthy stranger use them MI.
Maver almost spranei his leg IN get
ting them, being rewarded WIN con-
descending expression OF thanks
Producing STAMPED envelope me
millionaire cor 20 Mr. MAYER thought
him} proceeded To- address IT IN flow
ing and easy hand. In careless way
he inserted his gloved finger into his
immaculate vest and produced wad OF
soi!cd bills and couple OF silver dot
lars. These he u accd IN the envelope
and he was about 10 seal 1t, when ne
stopped and muttercd:
NO that won't do.
.'Df course ii WON'T thought Mr.
Mavcr. Ii he says SO, II won't do AT
all. :"
Did Mr.. MAYER have so bill? Mr..
Maver had. Would he exchange II Tor
small bills? Cert. The exchange was
made. amt the envelope sealed with the
ten-spot inside. Then Mr.. Mayer found
/ that there were but - III the y lie he
/ had received. That was impossible
/ Would the millionaire be allowed 10
count them? Certainly; why not?
! Sure enough there were only nine
! pIunkers III the heap.
| The millionaire Was visibly embar-
( rassed smith had PLAYED a scaly trick
on him. Wonld Mr.. Mayer hold the
eliyelopc until the millionaire went
down and scolded Smith? lie would.
SO the 50 and the courteous plutocrat
went ont.
! Two hours later Mr.. Mayer opened
the envelope. Was the ten there? IL
| was not? Where was it? The million
aire had IT. How had lie mana=ed to
get il 3? He had IMPLY substituted an
envelope tull Of tissue paper for the
| original package. while Mr. MAYER was
counting the -
! Mayer has thrown away the pen and
ink
President Harrison himself cannot
change bill there.
And all because of a case of film
| fam. - Cincbtnoti Engtircr.