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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

We have no symbols to represent the
sound of sigh, kiss, chirp, a groan,
though characters expressive of these
would be of great service to novelists;
but, on the other hand, we have three
distinct characters-f, # and ph-ex-
pressing exactly the same sound.
Then how imperfect and arbitrary we
are IN the use of those symbols which
we possess; tn is all we can do TO ex-
press the initial sound of thing and
thine, though Welsh writer can show
the difference by making the former an
aspirated t, the latter an aspirated d;
yet in this repect we are better off than
the French, who cannot employ the as
pirated dental at all. Englishmen are
inclined to wonder why the Chinese,
with all their ancient civilization, have
no symbol for the consonant T, and are
apt to forget that, except at the begin
ming of syllable, that letter has be-
come in their own language a mute re-
dUndancy.
The following sentence, for example,
might be perfectly well expressed in
Chinese characters, ''Sour barts are
more alarming than certain earls," for,
in colloquial English, not one of these
seven RS would be trilled. -Blackwood's s
Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
INTO WHOSE POCKETS?

New York Mail and Express.
A Democratic free trade organ of New
York says that ''labor does not receive
the benefits of a protective tariff and
that capital takes the lions share of the
bounty" We ask that paper to answer
this question:
At Homestead an American steel mill
the heaters first helper earns $4.75 a
day. In English mills of the same class
the first helpers earn $l.04 day. Does
this difference of $3.7l day go into the
pockets of the manufacturer or into the
pockets of the workman?
When we compare the earnings of
every division of labor employed in
English mills with the earnings of the
same class of labor in American mills.
we find the earnings of the American
workman are much greater than those of
the English workman. For instance:
American forge rollers earn 50 81 a
day. English forge rollers earn $2.16 a
day.
American shearmen earn from 81 to
6 day. English shearmen earn 1920
a week.
Does the protective tariff benefit the
manufacturer or the workman in Great
ing this difference between American
and English wages?
Into whose pocket does this money
go? Let the workingmen who have
been employed in foreign lands and who
are now emp. Dyed in this protected
country speak for themselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
A REMARKABLE WAR SHIP.

Cleveland Leader.
The launch of the cruiser Columbia
Tuesday afternoon at Philadelphia gives
the American navy one of the most
powerful and in some respects the most
remarkable war ship afioat. Not onl!
is the vessel strictly American in design
and construction, but she belongs to an
original type and promises to mark an
epoch in naval construction both here
and abroad. The Columbia's plans con-
template a vessel that can circumnavi-
gate the globe without stopping to coal
and that possesses a capacity of over
twenty-one knots an hour, if occasion
requires.
These two qualities make her the
greatest commerce destroyer the world
ever saw. In event of war with Eng
land, for example, such vessel would
excel score of Alabamas in destructive
power Her character does not readily
appear, and her powerful equipment
would enable her to easily Overtake any
vessel or to run away from war ship
too formidable to combat. She is the
fastest war ship afioat, and her coal
is incomparably greater than
that of any other cruiser. Her triple
screws are an experiment and she pos
sesses number of other original devices
that have not yet had chance to prove
their value
There is good reason for believing that
the Columbia ushers in the return of
American supremacy in ship designing
and building. If so, the launch will be
doubly notable. Certainly the tests will
prove that American naval architects
and shipbuilders have reached an ex
ceptional degree of excellence in very
few years, and that their ability is not
to be despised even by their more ex
perienced and self satisfied European
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
BRIEF AND STRIKING STORIES.
Some are Funny and Some are Not.

WAS IT GLOBULAR LIGHTNING!
St LOUIS Globe Democrat.
The strangest thing ever saw was
in Houston, Texas" said W. H. John
ston, of the Southern. II had been out
near the Arkansas Pass Depot, and as the
night was pleasant l thought l would
walk back to the hotel, a distance of
perhaps mile l had proceeded about
half a dozen blocks when my attention
was attracted by a strange blush light.
| thought at first that it was an arc light
with blush tint, but it kept growing
stronger until it lit up the street ahead
of me with great brilliancy. | looked
up, and floating slowly in the same di-
rection was going was ball of blue
flame. 1t appeared to be about twice as
large as an orange, and but few feet
above the tops of the shade trees. Its
speed was no greater than that of brisk
walker, and kept directly under it for
fully block and half, when it explod-
ed with dull report. From the point
where l first observed it to where it dis
appeared it kept line as straight as
rifle ball and maintained the same mo-
mentum. The light from it was the most
beautiful l ever beheld."
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OUR NAMES.


Philadelphia Times.
1t is indeed siessing that the Kitties,
Jennies and Lizzies have vanished, and
Katherine, austere Jane and regal Eliza
beth reign in their stead. They may
sound wonderfully prim and sedate
when addressed to the tiny creatures of
few years of age, but no matter what
you call baby while it is such, it is
positively the loveliest thing on the
earth whether Katherine or Kitty, but
when that sweet period of babyhood has
passed isn't it perfectly ridiculous to
call the anstere young maiden of litera
ry tendencies anything so frivolous as
Kitty. How many Lilies prove to be
dark, swarthy, notwithstanding wom-
en-, Blanche is decided brunette, Mig
non nearly six feet tall and averse to
pet names. Portia is rosy, laughing
sprite, who does not look her name a
tiny bit, and royal Victoria is tackled on
to meek girl who will never look any
thing but Vickey. Rebecca becomes
Becky, simply because no one could
possibly associate so dignified a name
with the frivolous creature who owns it.
Perhaps if we were to choose our own
names we would do no better, for certain
ly the nom de plumes of certain writers
are wonderfully funny and incongruOus.
"Snowdrop" proves to be middle-aged
woman, wearing glasses and short hair.
Ajax" is assumed by a frightened look
ing youth, who must be in constant terror
over his own lurid sentiments, and "Cle-
opatra" has a face and figure that would
have hastened her namesake's death
without the aid of the asp. We are
batch of contradictions, we women of
America, and in our names, as well as
in hundreds of other things, we only
carry out the strongest characteristics
of our race
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

Captain George L. Kilmer. who was
himself hit by musket ball in front OF
fredericksburg heights, writes a paper
In The Popular Science Monthly on the
first thoughts and actions of wounded
men. 1t seems that these are very con-
Trajectory Ordinarily when a soldier
Seceives a hurt there is trembling of
The body, attended with faintness, nau-
lea. pallor and face full of anxiety and
distress. But in times of intense excite
ment this is reversed. Under slight
wound the symptoms named may occur.
But when the whole soul is wrought up
with battle ardor the soldier may receive
mortal hurt and it affect him no more
than a pin prick. He may not even
know of it at ali.
A terrible instance of this kind Is
quoted by Captain Kilmer, from King
lakes story of the charge of the Light
Brigade at BalaLlava. Captain Nolan,
aid TO the division general, knew of the
valley of death" the Six Hundred were
entering, and sought to draw them off
toward the line of fianking redoubts,
which was the real point of attack for
them. He waved his sword frantically
in the air, riding recklessly around the
head of the advancing column, shout
ing: This way! For heavens sake, not
that wayr' That instant fragment of
shell struck him in the breast, tearing it
open. He must have been a dead man
on the instant, yet his fiery soul domi-
hated his corpse for moment still
The sword dropped, yet his sword arm
remained in the air, his body sat erect
in the saddle. His horse turned and
galloped back. At that moment there
burst from Nolan's lips a most awful
md unearthly cry. Yet the rider must
have been unconscious already. King
lake says, THE shrek men heard rend-
ing the air was scarce other than the
Shrek of a corpse"
A marvellous instance of the power of
mind to dominate body is given in the
brief account of the death of A Sidney
Johnston at Shiloh:
General a. s. Johnston at Shiloh was en-
ragged In campaign for the recovery of terri
Tory valuable to the Confederacy. He had
been transferred from the east to supersede
bther generals. His fame Mt stake He
had engaged upon one of the most daring and
aelicate enterprises known in warfare-a sur
prise of his enemy, to end in a Wholesale
slaughter or capture of the routed hosts on the
banks of a bridgeless river The movement
,arried well mp to point There Union di-
vision showed what Johnston pronounced stub
bOrnnesS. His men hesitated. and he went
personally with one brigade in a charge. The
tharge succeeded, and he drew hack to bring
ap another brigade when a musket ball sew
fred an artery in his leg. He made no sign,
but kept on giving orders and watching events
hntil spectators sew that he was pale. He was
hsked if he was wounded, and as if ucknowl-
tdging it to himself for the first time said,
NYes, and | fear seriously" He was then on
the point of death from hemorrhage.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada E.
Hurd, of Groton. S. d., we quote: "Was
taken with bad cold. which settled on
my Lungs, cough set in and finally ter
minated in COsumptiOn. Four doctors
gave me up, saying l could live but a
short time. l gave myself up to my
savior, determined if l could not stay
with my friends on earth, l would meet
my absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
gave it trial, took in all, eight bot
ties; it has cured me, and thank God
am now a well and hearty woman"
Trial bottles free at Pattersons' Drug
store, regular size, SOC. and $1.00. 4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

1t was for fact an insult to the
American flag for soldiers from the
Montreal royal garrison to enter private
houses on the queens birthday and force
the occupants TO take down the stars
ind stripes, when the flags of other ma
tions were not molested. But those
who wax Indignant over the incident
should recall that the precedent for this
petty business was established last
Fourth of July in the United States.
when an Englishman in New York, who
had innocently flung the British flag to
The breeze from his upper window in
honor Of the day,'is he supposed, was
forced by II bowling mob to t"lc II
ilown.
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zseIt,tn1tt GItrn,ttrlr.
PUBLIC OPINION.

CLEVELAND AND HOMESTEAD.
New York Press.
Itwas far fetched and vague allusion
TO the Homestead riot which Mr.. Cleve-
land made in his speech at the Madison
Square Garden, but it was inexcusably
demagogic nevertheless. Mr. Cleveland
evidently believes that the public has
not read the reports of the Congressional
investigation conducted at Homestead
by his party friends from Washington Oh
he would not have committed the stu
nendous error of insinuating that the
protective tariff was responsible for that
trouble. The statement of Congressman
Boatner, Democratic member of that
committee, that the wages paid to iron
and steel workers at Homestead were
"the highest he ever heard of is
sufficient answer to Mr.. Cleveland's as
sertion that the scenes of that place
mock the hopes of toll"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
SIGNS OF TIE TINES.

New York Advertiser.
The cotton manufacturers of Fall
River have increased the wages of theil
workingmen by continuing to pay them
the same for the new legal week of fifty
eight working hours as for the old week
of sixty hours. They have also increas
ed the price of piece work. The same
has been done by a majority of the man
ufacturing corporations in Lowell.
This news will cause great distres:
and unhappiness in Buzzard's Roost
If MI Cleveland can find any disasters
low wages, strikes or earthquakes, ht
attributes them all to the Mckinley bill
and any news like this from these man
ufocturing towns is likely to throw hin
into fits, particularly when the weather
is so excessively hot.
Outside of Homestead laboring men
and their employers are on exceptionally
good terms. Wages are good, and, as
we see in Fall River and Lowell, are
being maintained, and even increased
Contentment and prosperity abound.
This being the case, Mr.. Cleveland
will be obliged to rake very closely t.
find campaign arguments this year. Ii
is not good year for Calamity candi-
dates
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
TERROR OF THE SEASON.

1t is now clearly defined fact that
there are three distinct species of wool
destroying moths common in this coun-
try. The commonest species are light
brown in color. They begin to appear
late in April and may occasionally be
seen fitting about as late as August.
They pair off, and the female then
searches for suitable places fol the dis
position of her eggs, working her way
into dark corners, crevices of the walls,
cracks in the floor, or deep into folds of
garments, apparently choosing by in
stinct the least cospicuous places. The
moth lays from Is to 40 eggs at time.
From these eggs hatch, in a period of
from three to seven days, the white, soft
larvae or worms, all of which begin to
make case for themselves from the
fragments of the cloth upon which they
feed. The case is in the shape of a
hollow roll The worm reaches its full
growth in thirty-siX days, and then
crawling into some yet more protected
spot, remains torpid during the winter
within its case, which by this time is
thickened and fastened at either end
and is the full-sized cocoon. 1t is the
thirty six days period, from the time
the eggs are laid to the time the worm
or grub reaches full size, that the dam
age is done.
Afrer thorough airing of woolen
fabric for thepurpose of driving out any
concealed moth-for, according to the
Upholsterer, moth abhors highland
after time has been given to the deveI-
opment of any concealed egg, you may
be reasonably sure that there is nothing
harmful on the fabric; then it is as safe
done up in paper parcel as it would be
if saturated and buried beneath all the
anti-moth remedies in existence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
AN AMERICAN LAW.

New York Tribune.
If the Mckinley bill has introduced
new industries, steadied, and in many
instances raised, wages and in all cases
lowered prices, what ground of com
plaint against it can there be? If it has
helped the producer and the wage Garner.
and at the same time has reduced the
cost of living for the consumer, why
should any American vote against it!
1t may not have been a good law for
England, but then it was not passed as
an Act of Parliament. 1t is an Ameri-
can law and has operated advantageously
for the general interests of the country
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
LOOK OUT FOR THEM.

"My kidneys are all right; l have nc
pain in my back" Mistaken mani Peo,
pie die from kidney disease of so bad a
character that the organs are nearly de-
stroyed, and yet they have never had a
pain or an ache. Why? Brcause the dis
ease began in the interior of the kidneys
for "Bright's disease" urinary troubles
troubles and kidney difficulties. Sold by
druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
DIR. HOLMES DEFINITION.

This story is told of the Autocrat by
the Home Journal:
When her lion was leaving the host
ess, who had put the cream of her ac-
quaintance on parade and rather expect
ed effusive admiration from the great
man, said, with a confidential smile:
well, DR.. Holmes, what do you think
of my afternoon tear"
He answered in these four striking,
graphic words: at is giggle-gabble
gobble-and git"
This sentence will become historic.
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except Monday.
Accom- train leaves Columbus at 20 m daily
except Sunday; Newark 10 p m; arrive GAINESVILLE
IS = m., Cambridge so p M.
Columbus & Sandusky Accom-. leaves Columbus
"a ~ a m; arrives SandTsky IL 30 pm.
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains.
All trains daily except Sunday. All trains make
close connection at st. Clairsyille junction with
trains running East for Baltimore, Washington
Philadelphia and New York, and with trains rum
ming West for Columbus Cincinnati Chicago and
all points West
for further information call on b. & o. ticket
agents, or address .. p McCarty, Asst Gen Pass
Agent, Cincinnati, Ohio; L. ). Allen, Asst zen
Pass. Agent, Chicago, Ill.
ROBT. B. CAMPBELL, CO SCJJL
Gen Supt Gent Pass Agent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Cleveland Leader.
Since the passage of the Mckinley
law there has been an average increase
of 1867 per cent. in the selling price of
agricultural products. The farmers
know this and they will be slow to be-
lieve lies told by Democratic newspapers
and orators to the effect that they are
oppressed by the tariff, especially when
they know that there has been decline
in the prices of all manufactured articles
which they have to purchase.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
A SAMPLE TARIFF ROBBERY.

New York Mail and Express.
One of our free trade Mugwump con
temporaries is still disturbed about the
rise in price of tin cups and dinner
pals. 1t alleges that the price of tin
cups, according to the report of the
Senate special committee, has risen 4
per cent. in two years, and the price OF
tin dinner pals 81 per cent, and it pre-
tends to feel bad about this robbery
of the workingman."
A man would have to buy five tin
cups at five cents apiece, at this rate OF
increase, in order to pay one cent more
than formerly; and could get only sixteen
dinner pals for the same price he used
to pay for seventeen. The workingmen
are not grieving very much over rise
Of these dimensions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
A WELL-BRED WOMAN.

Philadelphia Times
All women should be well bred, the
same as well read, for certainly books of
etiquette abound and living models
pose daily before their eyes, but unfor-
tunately even in the best of them there
will be little lapse that mars the per
feet whole. Therefore, why not set
down pattern of what thoroughly
well bred woman is and see if perhaps
there is not some little flaw that this
course of procedure will help to eradi-
cate.
To begin with, well-bred woman
does not talk or laugh loudly at any
time, but more especially in public
places does she preserve reserve of de-
meanor in keeping with her title. Even
though the temptation is almost more
than she can stand, she does not turn
her head to scan the gown that has Just
passed in order to get hints for her own
dreSsmaker. She does not strive to
wear costume that is the only one of
the kind on the habitable globe, but
studiously avoids conspicuous colors
and flashy bonnets that would make her
observed even in Japan, where they are
not much inclined toward neutral tints
and modest headgear.
A well-bred woman goes to the thea
ter or ope.a to enjoy the performance,
and not to disturb every one for rows
round by her audible comments on
players and audience.
She does not eat candy between the
acts, and never indulges in peanuts out
side the seclusion of her own boudoir.
She is not fond of yellow covered lit
erature, and reads only such books that
she is not ashamed to leave on the H.
brary table or anywhere else where they
may be picked up by young girls. A
well bred woman is not so anxious 10
get her photograph in the papers that
she sends a testimonial to every doctor
in the country, hoping to see her picture
figuring over letter testifying to the
merits of Madame Jones' cream balm or
Madame Smiths phenomenal hair re-
storer. She does not send notices to the
papers cf her costumes, her entertain
ments and her comings and goings, and,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
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 u Sons. ly
As AN after dinner pill, to strengthen
the stomach. assist digestion, and cor
rect any bilious tendencies, Ayers Pills
are considered the best. Being sugar
coated, they are as agreeable as any
confection, and may be taken by the
most delicate
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

A most useful article for ladies to
have in their possession is a girdle, the
like of which friend of mine has Just
brought from Paris. The girdle is made
of gold lace or filigree, substantial, but
not harsh, and is studded all over with
jewels of,various colors. The ends are
passed around the waist from the front,
crossing behind, and, again coming for
ward, are allowed to fall in front or on
one side, being fastened loosely shortly
below the waist. The ends are finished
off with gold fringe.
The girdle is most adaptable and can
be worn with a morning wrapper, tea
gown, or an evening dress. When l
saw it, it was associated with summer
tea gown of pretty design. The material
was a combination of cotton and wool
in pale blue, with white stripes. 1t had
a sailor collar, with narrow lace edging
and lace cuffs. The garment was de-
cidedly loose. and of fair length behind.
-Philadelphia Press.
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conduct his business. When the repre-
rentatives of labor unions are dictatorial
indeed, that is quite another question,
very different from their plain right to
be recognized as such. And it can not
be too Otter repeated that an unninching
stand must be made for the prevention
of violence and the enforcement of law.
When violence is threatened, abstract
questions must be sidetracked, and wait
till the law is enforced.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

ABOUT seven miles from Ash Grove,
Mo-, is natural phenomenon known as
"Boggy Mound" 1t is ninety feet in
circumference and ten or twelve feet
high in the center. 1t seems to be sat
urated with water, and the whole mound
may be shaken as if it was constructed
of Jelly or India rubber.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

APPLICATION will soon be made to
the Government to protect a herd of
wild camelS that roams over the deSOlate
country in Arizona between Yuma and
Ehrenberg and Wickenberg and the
Colorado river. The original wild camels
were brought to the Far West during
the Civil War to transport supplies
across the desert.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
HEDGE ON THE TARIFF.

New NOTk ITIDuIt
1t is understood that Mr.. Cleveland
in his letter of acceptance, will make
the greatest effort of his life trying to
hedge on the tariff. How exceedingly
mortifying it would be to the delegates
who composed the Chicago convention
if, in his anxiety to accomplish first
class hedge, he would tumble off the
platform!