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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
MAGNETS in Window Casinos.

There is decided novelty about the
idea of applying magnets to windows to
prevent the rattling of the sashes, but
this can now be done simply and effect
lively. A bar magnet whose two poles
project toward the face of the sash is
inserted lengthwise in either side of the
window Fixed rigidly in the window
frames are rods of iron, and the attrac-
tion between the magnets and the iron
rods prevents the play which is usually
the cause of rafting. The consequence
is that the sash need no longer be made
to fit so closely that dampness will cause
it to swell and become difficult to open
The power exerted between the magnets
and side rods is just enough to effect the
desired object, while not enough to in
terfere with the easy raising or lowering
of the windows.-New York Recorder
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
THE MINERS LIFE.

ITS STRANGE AsCINATIoN.
W. W. Howard, in Harper's Bazar.
"Look here" said a man whose faith
sought to test; ''if 1 did not feel dead
open-and-shut sure of making my for
tune here, all in good time, do you sup
pose 1 would stay? Ny mine is worth
a good million just as it stands"
"why don't you sell, and so put an
end to this pork -and-beans and hot-bis-
cult existence of yours" suggested.
because no one would pay that price,
in the first place, and because, in the
second place, L shall take more than a
million out of it when l get it properly
developed. This developing is what
costs. A friend of mine has paid forty
thousand dollars for development work,
and he hasn't reached the mineral yet.
He wouldn't sell for any money. He
would be a fool if he did, for he is right
on top of the stuff. Now here is where
Eastern people get fooled. They sup
pose, when they buy stock in a mine,
that they are going to get their money
back in dividends without delay. They
don't understand this unproductive
work, and SO when the stock is used up
they call the whole thing swindle, and
give mp. All mining operations are
not swindles by a long way, although
they do not turn out well. There are
swindles in every sort of business, and
perhaps mining has had its share. My
idea about mines is this: Don't invest
in anything, not even real estate, unless
you can keep an eye on it to see that
you get honest treatment"
The mining regions of Colorado are
populous with such men as this. The
pluck and patient endurance which these
men show are almost beyond belief.
Many of them make colossal fortunes
eventually, and many, many do not,
All, those many, many who do not!
What broken hearts and wrecked and
ruined lives lie hidden there! Surely
that is strange and grim fatality which
takes the morning and midday OF a
mans life, and in the afternoon leaves
only the ashes of unattained ambition.
The rude cabins among the inhospitable
peaks have their woeful stories of disap-
pointment and despair to those who can
read their mute language. In them the
hard worked miner has had his dream of
wealth and power and reunited love,
while in his Eastern home his mother
and friends wondered year by year why
he did not send the money to pay off
the mortgage on the farm, and cool
ness seemed to come between him and
that neighbor's daughter whom he had
hoped to deck with the gold of the
Western mines. His Eastern friends
cannot understand the hardships and
chances of a miners life, and too often
they forget him as one who somehow
lacks the ability to make his way in the
world. Thus, unnoticed by fortune and
neglected by those friends who should
cherish him most, he wears out his life
in mere hole in the ground;yet through
it all, and even into bitter old age, he
has his dream of friends and home and
love.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
A MocKINe BIRDS LESSON.
II q Few Minutes 1t Learned Some New
Sounds But Forgot It's Clever Songs

IN Few Minutes 1t Learned Some New
Sounds But Forgot It's Clever Songs
There he goes again." groaned Mr..
George Phalen, a wealthy resident of
HiEhbridge. WAS ever man cursed
With such birJi?''
.Bird!' exclaimed Mr.. Phalen's visitor
in astonishment. why, you don't
mean to say you keep bird with all
those cats in the house?' For the sudden
chorus of kissing. splitting and mewing
that foated in from the rear room seemed
to Indicate that an animated feline argu-
ment was in progress there.
There is no cat under my roof, was
the reply. .'All the noise you hear is
made by single mocking bird. Just
step into the other room and look at him.
A more woebegone creature you never
saw"
The bird, indeed, looked as though he
had seen hard and long service. He had
no vestige of tail left, and one of his
eyes was gone. His few feathers were
rufied, and all his sleek and glorious
beauty had departed.
Three years ago old Nick Ghat is his
name) was remarkably handsome bird" :"
said Mr. Phalen, land his numerous ac-
complishments made him great favor.
ite and very valuable. He could whistle
The Campbells Are Coming and a
dozen other airs with wonderful clear
ness and musical precision, and he was
so clever that he could learn a new tune
in an hour. l would not have sold him
then for $500.
but one night everybody in the house
was awakened by an awful uproar in the
back parlor. The mocking bird was
shrieking, shouting and swearing like a
human being; cat, that must have en-
tered by the cellar door, for we harbored
none of his kind, was splitting and hiss
ing furiously, and the sound of some
heavy metallic object dashed frequently
and violently against the furniture was
distracting. went down stairs with a
light, and found that the cats paw was
tightly wedged between the wires of the
birds prison, and the terrified brute was
swinging the cage about the room, try
ing to release himself. Old Nick was
nearly dead and badly dilapidated, as
you see him now, before could Olsen
tangle the cat from the wires and kick
him out into the darkness
1.-The birds tail never grew again, nor
did his plumage regain its luster. He
was quite silent for full week. and then
he suddenly made the air vocal with a
horrible series of caterwaulings, and he
has kept them up almost without inter-
mission. ever since. In the few dreadful
mina1tes that he passed face to face with
the catihe learned every intonation of
voice that his assailant could teach him,
and utterly forgot all the songs and
speeches with which years of careful
tuition had enriched his mind. A poor
exchange, it seems to me."-New York
Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
A Sarcastic Jehu.

For downright sarcasm as to the merits
of horse, recommend us to the worthy
jehu who offered a little advice to a
driver of a pirate bus, one of whose
horses tumbled down the other day in
the Strand.
The horse, after strenuous efforts, had
been got on its feet, when Immediately
it fell over again ON its side.
II say, old 'un," cried the rival driver,
''you must ave got i'm out O bed too
early this mornin'. Run round to our
stable and they'll lend yer a pitchfork
to turn i'm over with. London Tit
Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Has Walked 10000 Miles.

R. M. Dufield, aged seventy-two years,
has Travelled more miles on foot during
the past ten years than any other man
probably in the country. He is the mail
carrier on the route between jackson,
W. Va, and Buffalo, supplying twelve
offices on the way and making two trips
weekly, covering 210 miles week.
He has since his appointment, ten
years ago, walked 10000 miles.-Cor
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Fifth Axenne STAGES.

1T is just ike Paris or London, you
know" was the excited comment of a
lady seated high up on the roof Of a
Fifth avenue stage And if it isn't
'just like" this ride up from the Wash
ington arch to Central park is a strong
reminder of London from the Knife
board" and the pleasant hours to be
spent on top of the Partisan buses. In
New York the possession of the roof Is
most vigorously contested by ladies.
It is the vantage ground from which
the visitor to the metropolis gets the
best view of the storied wealth and
grandeur of Fifth avenue. In the cool
of the evening it is where tired shop
girls and their ardent escorts, young
couples arrayed in their best suits of
clothes, take happy evening out above
the maddening crowd. Ten cents pair
goes immeasurably further on top of a
Fifth avenue stage than twice the money
in ice cream. The inside of the stage
may be empty-it usually is in fair
weather as long as one vacant seat re-
mains on top The seeker after fresh air
and the sights of the streets declines to
ride anywhere else but on the roof.
If four times the number of coaches
were run the roof seats could contain
but small proportion of those who de-
light to use them at certain hours of the
day. If you desire to enjoy the finest
street of residences in the world from
the most advantageous point of view
you must go down to Washington place
and start with the stage. And right
there is where you occasionally get the
additional treat of dozen half hysterical
women and shouting young girls scram-
bling up steep, crooked, S-inch stair
way for the first time. From that time
you will probably think the abolition of
the old Broadway stage was mistake,
and that all they needed was double
row of roof seats to have converted them
into a joy forever.-New York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
This Can Be Done on Nearly Every Farm


Given a flow of 100 gallons of water
per minute and plenty of liver and scraps
thrown in, and you can raise 1,0OOpounds
of trout in pond 10 feet deep, 10 feet
long and ten feet broad, replacing them
with small ones as rapidly as they reach
marketable size. 1t can be done very
proftably too. The time is looked for
ward to, and it is not far away, when
every farmer will look upon an acre of
water as he does upon an acre of land,
expecting so much yearly yield from it,
whether it is pond, lake, river or estuary.
Washington Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

ARE you troubled with corns or bun
ions? If so, let us give you little advice:
Pare them down as closely as possible
without drawing blood; then soak them
in warm water to soften them, and apply
Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily,
rubbing them vigorously for few min
utes at each application; corn plaster
should be worn for few days to protect
them from the shoe; as general liniment
for sprains, bruises, lame back or rheu-
matism, Pain Balm is all that can be de-
sired; SOC bottles for sale by Patterson &
Sons, druggists. 6-4-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Four Easiest Species of Plants to Raise

Says a florist: "Were restricted in
my gardening operations to the use of
four species of plants, then, without hes
itation, should choose hardy roses.
lilies, rhododendrons and clematis. Lii
les l should give second place in i'm
portance. roses the first; but, if consid-
er results in proportion to labor and ex-
pense, then lilies should have the first
place. And in every garden these four
plants should predominate and should
be relied upon for grand effects. "-Ex-
change.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
ST. CLATRSTILLE DIVISION.

All trains daily except sunday. All trains make
close connection at st. Clairsville Junction with
Philadelphia and New York, and with trains run
ming West for Columbus, Cincinnati, Chicago, and
all points West.
For further information call on b. S q. ticket
agents, or address q. p MeCarty, Asst Gen. Pass
Agent, Cincinnati, Ohio; l.. l.. Allen, Asst Gen.
Pass. Agent, Chicago, i'll.
j. T. ODELL, G. q. SCULI.
Genl Manager. Gen1 Pass. Agent.
EDW. DICKINSON, Gen Sup't.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
THE NEW DISCOVERY.

You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it; you may yourself
be one of the many who know from per-
sonal experience just how good thing it
is; if you have ever tried it, you are one
of its staunch friends, because the won
derful thing about it is, that when once
fiicted with a cough, cold, or any throat
lung or chest trouble, secure bottle at
once and give it fair trial; it is guaran-
teed every time, or money refunded; trial
bottles free at Patterson's drug storet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

A simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horse radish to the temple,
when the face or head is affected, or to
the wrist, when the pain is in the arm
or shoulder. Prepare the horse radish in
the same manner as for table use.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Ignorance of Emigrants.

An English clergyman, who has work
ed among emigrants for thirteen years,
said recently in a speech: Il have been
much struck at the ignorance which pre-
walls as to geography. A London butcher
came to consult me as to emigrating to
Canada, and said, 4 suppose l shall have
to go through the Red sea- The clergy,
too. have somewhat hazy notions as to
geography, for when l recommended
Manitoba to one of my brethren for his
son, he replied, Why prefer Manitoba to
Canadar "-Exchange
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
A Dreadful Threat.

A poet having loaned a small amount
to friend found it very difficult to collect
the same, as his friend failed to recollect
the incident. Meeting his friend in need
the poet said:
IF you don't pay me that ST. which
you owe me shall have to resort to ex-
treme measures"
''And what may they be7"
''Ill dedicate my next poem in your
honor"
The friend turned pale and shelled out
abruptly.-Texas Siftings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

The stream from 6-inch nozzle, with
450 feet of vertical pressure, delivers a
blow equal to 5SS, 1885 foot pounds per
second, equivalent to 1,070 horse power.
When one comprehends this fact he will
be abundantly prepared to believe al
most anything that could be said about
the power exerted by such a stream.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

There are no cats within the limits of
Leadvllle, Colo, the thin atmosphere at
that altitude 10000 feet being fatal to
them. They are, however, not required,
the town being free from rats and mice
from the same cause.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

The Chinese have saying that il
at once amusing and sarcastic. Refer
ring to the smallness of the feet of the
Chinese women, they say: "What the
women have lost in their feet they have
added to their tongues"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

THINK Ely's Cream Balm is the best
remedy for catarrh l ever saw; ! never
took anything that relieved me so quick
ly, and | have not felt so well for long
time; l used to be troubled with severe
headache two or three times a week..
A. Alcorn, Agent Union Pacific Railroad
Co., Eaton, Colo. GAIT
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
AFTER ALL.

She loves me now. She kneels beside my bed
Her precious kisses bless my hands, my hrowl
There is no shame in such passion now,
For am dead.
The blinds are drawn; a cross is at my head,
And through the window, Just two inchea
raised,
There steal all sweets that ever birds have
praised:
But am dead
Ny ills are all forgiven; with faltering tone
Love, where least looked for, finds some good
TO say,
And all are kind. as on a child's birthday
No faults are known
With streaming eyes, and piteous bent head,
She comes too late. Not even that word is
sad
did not know; do not wish had,
Now am dead.
cannot answer to her agony;
In this great space of peace it makes no stir.
And in good time the Lord will comfort her,
Who comforts me-
w. st. Leger in Black and White
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
The Receipts.

An officer gave a party. After the
company had dispersed his man, raw
youth fresh from the country, who had
received sundry tips in the course of the
evening took the cash to his master,
saying:
"Here, captain, is the money taken at
the doorp-Schorers Familienblatt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Praying for Home.

Here is the prayer of the minister of
the Cumbrays, two miserable islands in
the mouth of the Clyde, 30 Lord, bless
and be gracious to the Greater and the
Lesser Crmbrays. and in Thy mercy do
not forget the adjacent islands of Great
Britain and ireland. San Francisco
ArgOnaut
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

Henry Fawcett, the political econ
omist, delighted in walking, and even
during the years of his life when he was
totally blind his inherent love of the
fields impelled him to seek the haunts of
his pleasant youthful saunterings
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
BUCKLEN'S 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 g. Sons. ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
A Large Difference.

"What was your lawyers fee in that
case, Dimling?"
SIT wasn't fee, Totling; it was an
honorarium."
"What's the differenceT'
"Well, an honorarium is about ten
times as much as fee." ."-Harper's Ba-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

Connecticut's constitution was adopted
in 1918. Before that the state was gov
erned under the charter of 1862, which
was continued by the constitution of 1776
The amendments have been numerous.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

WHATEVER may be the opinion as to
the guilt or innocence of Sir Gordon
Cumming, there is no difference of
sentiment in regard to the brave Amer
ican girl whom he married at the con-
clusion of the trial She refused to
abandon the man she loved while his
fate was in suspense, and her faith was
not disturbed by the adverse verdict.
All honor to her love, her loyalty and
her bravery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
of Ohio.
a x ATIoN.

SECTION l. Be IL rCsOlred bythG General Assem-
By Of the State Of Ohio, That proposition shall
be submitted to the electors of this State on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
1891, TO amend Section 2, of Article XII, of the
Constitution of the State of Ohio, that it shall
read as follows:
ARTICLE XII.
SEC. ?. Laws may be passed which shall tax by
a uniform rule all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds, stocks. jOini-StOck companies or other
wise; and all real and personal property according
10 the true value thereof in money. In addition
thereto, laws may be passed taxing rights, privi-
leges, franchises, and such other subject matters
the legislature may direct but burying grounds,
public SchOol-hOuses, houses used exclusively for
public worship, institutions of purely public
charity, public property used exclusively for
any public purpose, and other property, may, by
general laws, be exempted from taxation; and the
value of all property so exempted shall, from time
to time, be ascertained and published as may be
directed by law.
SECTION . AT such election, those electors de-
string to vote for such amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words Taxation
Amendment-YeS,' and those opposed to such
the words I" Taxation Amendment-No
SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect on
the first day Of January, 1892
NAL R. HYSELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
VIM. VANCE MARQUIS,
President of the Senate.
Adopted April "a, 1891.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OHIO.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
/, Daniel J. Ryan, Secretary of State of the
State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing
is true copy of joint resolution adopted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, on the 9th
day of April, A ID. 1891, taken from the original
rolls filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, have heremtO subserib-
ed my name, and affixed my Official
SEAL seal, at Columbus, the 18th day of April,
DANIEL j. RYAN,
4-3O-6m Secretary of State.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

If we work upon marble, it will per-
ish; if we work upon brass, time will eff
face it; if we rear temples, they will
crumble into dust; but if we work upon
immortal minds, if we Undue them with
principles, with the just fear of God and
love of our fellow men, we engrave on
those tablets something that will keep
bright to all eternity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

*Trains run daily tDaiy except Sunday. tDaih
except Monday.
Accom-. train leaves Columbus at 30 p m daily
except Sunday; Newark 45 ? m; arrive GAINESVILLE
80 p m, Cambridge so m.
Columbus Il Sandrlsky Accom- leaves Columbus
Il 20 a m; arrives SandIIsky II 30 pm.
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

Work is the best possible antidote of
woe. Grief, when long INDUCED, often
tends to idleness and selfshness. Help
the sufferer to be up and doing, rouse
him to sense of the duties that await
him, the responsibilities that claim him,
and the welfare of others that depend
upon him, and you have done more to
comfort him permanently than you could
by many words. Yet such effort, to be
effective, must have no touch of harsh
ness or roughness, but must be inspired
by infinite love and tenderness.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

Do not let either discourse or action
pass unobserved; attend tothe sense and
significance of the one, and the tenden-
cy and design of the other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

GOOD sense will lead persons to regard
their own duties rather than to recon-
mend those of Others.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
DRUNKENNESS
Or the Liquor Habit Positively Cured by
Administering DIR. Haines'
Golden Specific.

1t is manufactured as powder, which
can be given in glass of beer, cup of
coffee or tea, or in food, without the
knowledge of the patient. 1t is absolute
ly harmless, and will effect permanent
and speedy cure, whether the patient is a
moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck.
1t has been given in thousands of cases,
and in every instance perfect cure has
followed. 1t never fails. The system once
impregnated with the Specific, it becomes
an utter impossibility for the liquor ap-
petite to exist Cures guaranteed, 48
page book of particulars free. Address
GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co, 1S5 Race Street,
Cincinnati, o. 6-4-1y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

DIscoRD between husband and wife is
bad enough at any time; but, when there
is witness present to the humiliating
scene when married folk, as they some
times do, forget themselves so far as to
disagree before friends and acquaint-
ances, it makes bad worse, and by their
own hands they push open the door of
entrance into quarrel" very wide in
deed, and also place those who are in
voluntary witnesses in most uncom-
Portable and painful position.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

AMONG the sources of those innumer
able calamities which from age to age
have overwhelmed mankind, may be
reckoned as one of the principal, the
abuse of words.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

THE ultimate ground of belief should
be understood to be the fact that it can
stand the freest possible discussion from
every possible point of view.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25

A LONG course of adversely has this
good in it-that though it vexes body
a great while, it comes to harden us at
last.