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SAYS locomotive engineer: 81 once
had an interesting experience with a
quicksand. My engine ran off low
bridge near River Bend, about 100 miles
east of Denver, and fell into a small
creek filed with quicksands. A wreck
ing-train came up in a few hours, but
the engine had entirely disappeared
The railroad officials ordered it to be
raised, but it could not be found. We
sounded with rods to depth of over
sixty feet, but not trace did we dis
cover of the engine, which had vanished
as completely as if it had never existed.
-Four years afterward it was found at a
depth of over 100 hundred feet, and was
raised. We then ascertained that there
was scarcely bit of rust on it, the breaks
were few, and after little tinkering, it
was put upon the road again. The sand
had kept out the air and prevented the
iron from oxidizing. Chicago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
The Judas Tree.

The Judas tree is native of the south
ern countries of Europe, and is a hand
some low bush with fat, spreading
top. In the spring it is profusely Gov
cred with purplish pink blossoms, which
burst out before the leaves begin to un-
fold. The blossoms have an agreeable
acrid taste, and are made into salads and
sometimes fried. There is an ancient
tradition that Judas hanged himself from
this species of tree. A tree called the
Judas tree is'common to some parts of
the American continent. 1t differs some
what from the one described, but the
blossoms are made into goodpickles, and
the young twigs are bought4by dyers for
the brownish pigment confirmed in them
The Judas tree draws great numbers of
bees around to feed ON the sweets con-
tanned in its blossoms. Free
D,-occ
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

In point of actual distance covered, the
greatest traveller in the world is said to
be Chief Engineer Sewell, of the White
Star fleet, who is well known imthis city.
While IN charge of the engine depart
ment of!the vessels of that line, notably
the Britannia, Mr.. Sewen completed 1872
round trips between Liverpool and New
York, travelling the enormous distance
of S18;400 nautical or 941, 900 standard
miles, nearly four times the distance be-
tween the earth and the moon. This is
said to be only about two-thirds of the
total distance traversed by Mr. Sewell
since heibecame seagoing
Chief Engineer Kitchen, who was in
charge of the Adriatic's engines for six
teen years, but who now supgintends
the Britsnnic's, boasts similar record
He has made 154 round trips between
Liverpool and New York and has tzavel-
edover 9A 800 nautical miles, or 1, 100,
600 standard English miles.-New York
Lines.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
He Got q Holiday.

When Twas about II years old I one
day rebelEed against going to school. /
preferredhhe hook and line and the bab-
bling brook, and 1 said to father-a
farmr-at the dinner table, Cant
stav outof school this afternoon"
"Oh, yes" he answered promptly, to
my no small surprise.
1 ate my dinner with keen anticipa-
tons of jolly afternoon; but as we
rose from the table father said, Come
with me. l need little help in picking
up the fallowground."
When the trees of the forest were
fe,led they were cut into logs, rolled to-
gether and burned, after which it was
necessary to pick up the charred sticks,
and make smaller heaps for another fire.
When father said Come with me"
knew what. he meant. and went.
At;nightI was black as a negro and
sour as lemon, and the next morning l
said, Father, think would rather go
to school today"
"An right" he answered; ego ahead, T"
and after that 1 was careful not to ask
for holiday without some very good
reason L ChicaoO Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
PECULIAR Taste in Dress.

Sir Humphrey Davy, it is said, "rarely
washed himself; and on the plea of saw
ing time he used to put on his clean linen
over his dirty, so that he has been known
to wear at the same time five shirts and
five pairs of stockings" Here is rare
example of the Indifference of the man
of genius to the mere husk, or series Of
husks, which keep that royal part of
him, his mind, in working order. Yet
was not Sir Humphrey mere sloven,
content at all times with the first article
of clothing upon which he might lay his
hand Though he was so reckless in the
matter of shirts upon common occasions,
when he used to go fishing che would
wear green" to resemble vegetable life
as much as possible, so that the trout
might have some difficulty in distin-
gushing the biped from the mere roots of
the field; and when shooting he wore a
scarlet cap, ''to shield himself from acci-
dent from other guns. ALL the Year
Round
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
The First Idea of Perpetual Motion.

Honecourt, Flemish architect of the
thirteenth century. left drawing of a
wheel that was to solve the problem Of
perpetual motion with this memoran-
dunn: MANY time have skillful work
men tried to contrive d wheel that shall
turn of itself Here is a way to make
such a one, by an uneven number of
mallets or by quicksilver" But unfort-
unately he did not leave the wheel.
From his time on seekers after perpet-
ual motion have been numerous, many
of them supposed to be very respectable
and intelligent men. Among the receiv-
ers of eighty-six English and twenty
three French patents taken out for per-
petual motions between 1860 and 1869
were a colonial bishop, a professor of
philosophy, one of languages, two bar
ons, Knight Templar. doctor of med
icine, two civil engineers, several me
chanical engineers, etc.-Cmcago Her
old
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
The Insect World.

Entomologists generally concede that
upward of 100, 900 species of insects have
been recognized and classified; some au-
thors even place the number as high as
0,000, while it is not at all improbable
that this vast number may not represent
more than one-tenth of the number ac-
tually inhabiting the globe. Not less
than one-half of the whole number be-
long to the order coleopatera, or beetles,
which order is by far the most numer-
ously represented of all. The lepidop-
terra, or butterflies, have thus far yielded
some $4,000 species, or about one-thir-
teenth of the total number (200, ,000), esti-
mated by Speyer for the world at large,
and an equal number may perhaps be
credited to the hymenoptera( (bees, wasps,
etc., the hemiptera (bugs) and diptera
(iies).
The orthoptera or straight winged in
sects, which include the locusts, grass
hoppers, ETC., are considerably less nu-
merous. The species with netted wings
(neuroptera) probably number some place
between 1000 and 5000. Insects are, OF
course, most numerously developed in
the tropics, but they are not rare by any
means in the coldest regions which have
yet been visited by man.-St. Louis Re
nuhlic
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
A ,Ioneshoreman,s Sense of Iodesty.


"You would hardly believe what silly
ideas some rough, uneducated men have
about propriety," said the nurse, as she
smoothed out the pillow and rearranged
the bed covers with a gentleness and
dexterity that recalled to the patient the
ministering hand of mother to her sick
boy. 81 recollect nursing big long
shoreman when l was in the hospital,
who had an idea of chivalry which, mis-
taken and nonsensical though it was,
vet was refreshing in one of his class.
He had been in some fight in shop near
the river, and had received number of
bad wounds His antagonist had cut
right for his heart, and had made three
or four gaping slashes in his chest.
1.-THE injured man was one of the best
built men l ever saw, and if his chest
had not been padded with thick mus
cles, he would have been murdered out
right. As it was, he was in critical
condition, and only the best care and
treatment could save his life. The sur
geons dressed his wounds the first few
days, and then turned the task over to
me. went up to the paflent, whose
name was jackson, the next day, and
began to lay back the covers of the bed.
"'What are you doing?" he asked.
"'I am going to dress your wounds,
l answered.
"'You, ladyr he said in astonish-
ment
"'Of course; come, no nonsense l
went on, for he had grasped the cover in
his weak hands and was trying to pre-
vent my laying it back. tried to argue
with him, but he blushed and said dog
gedly that he wouldn't let lady dress
his wounds. 1 told him he would die if
he didn't let me take care of him, but he
said he didn't care if he did, so l had to
send for the surgeon. After several days
the patient was persuaded to let me
dress the wounds, but he turned crimson
when he barred his chest for me, al
though he had to expose little more than
a society woman does when she wears a
ball gown. Well, the 'longshoreman got
well, and since then | have been con-
vinced that the coarsest men are not
without instincts of gentility. New
York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
CIGAR Ashes Good for Heartburn.

A gentleman, who is very heavy
smoker, did peculiar thing in my
presence the other day. He knocked off
a portion of the white ash at the end of
his weed into his hand and without
more ado swallowed it. naturally
asked the reason for this remarkable
performance, and, to my surprise, learned
that it is sure cure for the heartburn
which sometimes overtakes the devotees
of tobacco. Not being afflicted in that
way, did not care to try the remedy,
but hasten to communicate it to my
fellow smokers. My informant was at
one time engaged in the cigar importing
business, and was accustomed to test
cigars by the score. He informs me
that he learned the curious fact in ques-
ton in Cuba, where the remedy is
habitually used by the Dons, who breathe
as much tobacco smoke as they do air
New York Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
A COLLEGE BOYS PRANK.


Some Harvard Students Have Lots OF
Fun with Boston Policemen.
There isn't so much deviltry in pri-
vate among the students today as there
was few years ago. said graduate of
Harvard, ''but their prauks in public are
getting bolder as time advances. / will
tell you a good story illustrative of this,
During my sophomore year there was a
party of eight young fellows belonging
to my class who were all the time look
ing for chance to create a sensation.
They had become involved in several lit.
tie scrapes with the Boston police ON ac
count of their practical jokes, and were
thirsting for revenge. One Saturday
night they went to Boston, and on theil
arrival got shaved in West End barber
shop.
"While paying their checks an ides
struck one of the fellows, and after 6
short conference with his companion:
he offered the barber $40 for his red
white and blue pole, which stood about
twelve feet high in front of the door
The offer was accepted on the spot, anG
the young men took it away with them
insisting, however, on taking a receipt
in which both the pole and the amount
paid was mentioned. Then they started
off for parade of the Third police pre-
cinct, in which nearly all their trouble
with the 'coppers' had been experienced
"They had not gone far before they
were stopped by one of their old blu'
coated foes, who demanded an explana
ton of their possession of the pole. Th'
boys replied that it belonged to then
and that they were taking it home. Th'
officer, believing that they had stolen it
arrested the whole party and took then
to the police station, where he charged
them with the theft.
''At this juncture one of the studentl
produced the receipt, and they were al
lowed to depart, much to the discomfi
ture of the arresting officer. Then thu
boys went to another policeman's bea
and were soon stopped by the guardian
of that precinct, and, after short par
ley, which proved very unsatisfactory t.
the officer, the students were again ar
rested, and, with the pole, were marched
back to the station house. This tim,
they got their release from the heutenan
in charge without having to produces
their receipt.
The boys started off for another off
GERS beat, taking care to keep within thu
same precinct, and within less than hal
an hour were brought back to the sta
ton for third time on suspicion of hav
ing stolen that pole. The lieutenant ha(
TO send an officer over the precinct witt
these orders to all policemen: If yor
meet party of eight young men with ;
BARRIERS pole don't arrest them. They
own it. New York Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
SNEa1 Pets.

The author of the Inner Life of
Syria" gives an Interesting account of
the success with-y hich wild beasts have
been tanned in ths.t country. The writer,
being lady, and having some singular
pets of her own. fwas the better prepared
to appreciate what the natives had ac-
complished in th stsdirection.
At one time she visited the wife of a
Hungarian ofiar. She was living quite
contentedly in mnd hut, and her only
companions wa :e a hyena and lynx,
which slept on her bed like two lapdogs.
The hyena received me at the gate, and,
though l was mot prepared for it, in
nocently did the right thing, as she
sfterward iufu 1ned,me.
The animal came and shifted at my
hands, and then. jumped up and put its
sorepawston my,shoulders and smelt my
face.
''Oh, II thought, ''if it takes bit out
of my+eheek, what shall do:'
Bpt,I stood. as still as a statue, and
triednot 10 breathe, looking it steadily
in the eyes all the while. At last it made
up its mind to befriend me. jumped
down and Ian before me like dog into
the house, where found the lynx on the
divan-
Pet tNo..2 sprang at me, mewed and
lasheG his tail till his mistress came in.
She told me that when people began to
scream OF to drive the ihyena away it
took pleasure in worrying and fright
enipg them.
went afterward tofthe husbands re-
ception room. He hail gone out for a
short while. The hyena had got in, and
1 found my husband the Russian consul
and French gentleman all sitting on
the divan, with their legs well tucked
up under them, and. looking absurdly
uncomfortable at thesfrightful beast, as
the count called it. I had good laugh
at them, as the hyenas and I were already
on friendly terms.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

The increasing prevalence of the scien-
tific spirit, with its passion for exact
statement, makes it more and more nee
essary for men to say precisely what they
mean and nothing else.
What is your last name, my little
mani" asked the new teacher.
Tommy" answered the boy.
Indeed! What is your full name7'
Tommy Jones'"
''Then Jones is your last name"
mo, ma'am, excuse me. When was
born my name was Jones, and they
didn't give me the other for more than a
month. Youths Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
The Can and Eat Riots,

These civil disturbances were in
Sweden from 1873 to 1771. The Caps
were the Russians and their synppa-
thizers; the Hats We're the French. For
a time the kingdom was reduced almost
to state of anarchy by the two, con-
tending factions, but order was restored
by Gustayus III in III, who, ,desirous
of excluding all foreign intervention in
the affairs of Sweden, forbadethe use of
the names, and sternly repressed all'dis-
orders growing out of the political.dis-
sension between the factions.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
An Electric Alarm Clock.

An ordinary clock is electrically con-
nected with the call bell, which, when il
once starts off, does not stop ringing un-
til the circuit is broken. As this can
only be accomplished by ones getting
cnt of bed, the chances for the appa-
rat,ls to accomplish its mission are ex-
cellent. A great advantage this inven-
ton possesses over the common alarm
clock is that the alarm does not require
any winding to set it, but is always
ready to perform its work at the appoint
ed hour. Boston Transcript.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

Referring to the celebration of the
hundredth anniversary of the death of
John Wesley, which occurred March 2,
the Philadelphia Times says:
s'The excuse for a Methodist Church
was found in the dry rot that prevailed
in the Church of England at the time of
Wesley. The excuse for Methodist
Church in America was that its simpler
forms of worship suited better than the
artistic service of the Episcopal Church,
or the learned discussions of theology of
the Presbyterian pulpit, the tastes and
understandings of a primitive people.
With the change in. the people there has
been a corresponding change in the
Methodist Church, but in abandoning or
modifying those exercises which led to
religious frenzy of doubtful value, the
Church has lost nothing of its zeal. The
energy of its founders keeps it to-day
in the front rank in numbers, in wealth
and influence for good.
sThe Methodist Church in America
has been loyal Church. AT the time of
the revolution, it is true, its English
leaders were viewed with suspicion, but
the Church has no prouder record than
that made by Mr.. Lincoln when he said
that it sent more soldiers to the field,
more nurses to the hospital, and more
prayers to heaven for the Union than
any other Church"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

1t is wicked to be wasteful; is it not as
wicked to be penurious? Both habits en-
tail misery on others; but as personal
matter it is more agreeable to have to do
with a spendthrift than miser, and
therefore the world loves the one and
hates the other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

Bells are mostly cast from compost
ton of copper and tin, though other in
gradients are often used. When the
right proportions of these two metals are
combined and reduced by intense heat
to liquid form the mass is poured into a
clay mold of the desired shape and size.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
Can This Re Sn2

Nothing wearies a railroad traveller
more than straight track" says an old
railroad man. "Any road with fifty
miles of straight track would be Stunned
for one with three or four curves in that
distance. know legions of people who
put themselves out to go by roads which
wind and curve and give new bit of
scenery every few minutes. Detroit
Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
BabOO English.

One rlan during an examination was
told to write an essay upon the horse,
which he did in the following brief terms:
1.-The horse is very noble animal. but
when irritated he ceases to do So An
other had to write upon the difference
between riches and poverty, and he ended
by saying: I'm short, the rich man vel
ters in crimson velvet, while the poor
man snorts on flint Lady Duferin's S
Viceregal Life in India.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
A TAwNY HEAD FROM EGYPT.

With tufts of hair warm bronze, within case
1t rests, this marvel from the antique land
OF pyramid and sphinx, of palm and sand.
An illustration of the dominant race
That swayed the world for centuries, and that
planned
Archives of art and catacombs to stand
'Gainst all times efforts iaboring to eface.
These sightess sockets once with love light
CLEANED;
And with its intellect may have given tone
To governments and even touched our own,
While bps that may have greeted wife and young
Are now with brain that thought, with voice that
sung.
Edward s. Creamer in New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

One peculiarity of the principal dances
of savage nations is that in nearly every
instance they initiate the movements of
animals. This is evidenced in the buf-
falo and bear dances of the North Amer
lean Indians, the bear dance of the
Kamtchatkans and the kangaroo dance
of the aboriginal Australians.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

In every town of good size in Mexico
there are public schools. These are well
attended, though most of the rich Mexi-
cans send their children to the schools of
the City of Mexico or to foreign coun-
. tries, or have private teachers for them;
and to finish their education they are
often sent to Europe or the United
States. The great majority are left at
home, however, and the schools are well
filed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

Judge Holmes, son of the 'Autocrat, y
is'said to be the only justice on the Mas
sachusetts supreme court bench who en-
joys writing out an opinion. His asso-
ciates prefer oral utterances.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

In very judicious dietetic outline for
reducing obesity, from ten to twenty
drops of liquor potass@ are given in a
glass of water three times day, and the
food is largely composed of uncooked
local fruits, lemons, oranges, succulent
salad vegetables, acid wines, lean meat,
white blooded fish, game, and poultry,
lemonade, buttermilk, and tea and toast.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

New York is ahead of all the other
cities if individual riches running up
into seven or more figures are meant. It
is said that New York has over 900
miilionaires, while London has 600, Paris
500, Berlin 200 and Vienna 100.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
After the Panic

Miss Neverpay-Why does paw look
so gium, NAV? Did the bank he keeps
his money in fail?
Mrs. Neverpay-Worse. The bank he
is supposed to keep his money In didn't
fail.-Good News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
Giants Nearly Twenty Feet Tall.

The giant Ferragus, who was slain hy
Orlando, the nephew of Charlelnagne,
was eighteen feet high. He always ac-
companied the army on foot, there being
no horse tall and strong enough to carry
him. Platerus in his published writings
tells of giant whom he examined at
Lucerne whose body measured 10 feet
inches and 3 lines.-St. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

New Cook-Do ye put pertaties ons to
boil in cold water er hot?
Old Cook TRAINED by her mistress)-
Phwich iver wayfis Utmost throHLe do
be tn roigbt way.-New York Weefay.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

The Duke of Edinburgh has one of the
largest collections of postage stamps in
England. There is one private colec-
ton in the kingdom that is valued at
$3.50, ,0o0
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

1t is fact not generally known that
Missouri furnishes better cavalry horses
than any other state in the Union. The
Missouri horse is sturdy and short back
ed, and is now much in demand by cav
airy officers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05
AMERICAN COUNTRY HOMES.

NO1N H hO
From 1.-THE Point of View" il March Scribner.
What American families have not yet
achieved to any great extent, and the
conditions of American life seem not to
encourage, are real country homes, from
which the dwellers shall go to town
for the winter, and where their principal
ties and their more serious expenditures
shall remain. Until very lately the city
house has been the rich Americans real
home. When men who have retired
from business make their homes in the
country; when people who now live in
town for pleasure learn to spend three
months in town and nine in the country,
instead of Cice cerS0; when State roads
and electric railroads make the country
more accessible, and the expenditure in
the country of money made in town
makes the rural districts more interest
ing; when a lifetime spent in money
getting in Wall Street or 1.-The swamp
ceases to be considered successful" /"
there will be less difficulty than there is
just now in providing that the city mans
grandson may have such share of real
country life that his grandson, when it
comes his turn to come to town may
have something worth fetching.