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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
Why Many shoes Are Not Mates.


81 wish there was law to compel
manufacturers to tie each member of O
pair of shoes to its mate" said a well
known jobber to the writer few days
ago. Il do not believe there is a shoe
dealer in the country but that has lost
customers, patience and money through
the vexatious mismating of Shoes
Years ago all shoes were tied in pairs
and tied together they remained until
they were sold to the wearer. Then
cartons came in and tying went out.
The old way was not as neat as the
new, and it was supposed that the carton
plan obviated the necessity of tying; but
If You could see the amount Of bother
and trouble which comes frC,n mismatiny
in store you would not wonder at my
dissatisfaction. 1t frequently happens
that goods become misplaced-a case is
overturned or several cartons are indis-
criminately tumbled together Then the
matching and mating are hurriedly done,
with the natural consequence of separat-
ing the mates.
''These goods go to our customers, and
WHCH INC LulsIudIliS Is discovered the
carton is sent back, often hundreds of
miles, at our expense, and allowances
demanded. tell you the manufacturer
ought to be obliged to tie each pair to-
gether, carton or no carton, and ] am
thinking seriously of demanding this of
every manufacturer who makes goods
for u.s.
The tying can be neatly and quickly
done by machine nowadays. and the
benefit is so great that there is no reason
why it should not become UNIVERSAL
Boot and Shoe Reporter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
.NOnSpnSp y

IN nonsense.
"You came up the front steps on your
hands and knees, opened the door and
inquired if Carruthers lived here. Dc
you know that?"
.Bosh!'
"And you stumbled on a dark flower
on the carpet and nearly went down"
Not word of truth in it.
Tried to hang your hat on fly on
the wall and then asked where that nal
went to-"
"You are totally hallucinated."
"Why, you talked out of your ears
and when the baby cried on the bed you
went to rocking its crib as hard you
could, singing BY, on wy oh baby.
Recollect that?"
"Recollect nothing"
81 expect not; and you got on youl
knees and patted and rubbed the back
of the hound worked in worsted Oh
the rug in front of the CRATE and said
"Doggie, doggie"
81 tell YOU don't believe it."
"And you gave me ten dollar bill anc
said 1 could get new bonnet with 1t
and here is that bill"
something strange. That bill look!
kind O. natural and familiar. But
wasn't drunk"
.sOf course it does look familiar, ant
you said to my poor ma, Mother, you've
got to stay with US till spring freezes
over"
"Yes, you did, Absalom," said the oil
lady.
"Ah-yes see-I was-very drunk.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
And He Kept at Work.

DR.. Batty Tuke, the eminent Edin-
burgh psychologist. had laughable ex-
perience the other day. A Scotch la
borer was engaged in the grounds of the
doctors asylum, near Edinburgh, and
had received injunctions to pay no at
tention whatever to the remarks of the
patients who noticed him. Some little
time after DR.. Tuke, looking at the
progress of the work, mildly suggested
an alteration. The workman dug stolid-
ly on and never lifted his head. The
doctor raised his voice; the man dug en-
ergetically. The doctor threatened.
stormed and finally thundered out, do
you know who l ann"
The son of the soil Strengthened his
back, looked at him for a minute, and
shaking his head sorrowfully, exclaimed.
'Puir deleerious cratur, Pm sorry for
yer' and went on calmly with his work.
London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
Got the Mitten Every Time.

81 can marry any girl 1 please" was
his exclamation, but unfortunately then
he did not please any; and there was
a plain reason for it. He had contracted
catarrh of the worst form, and, although
wealthy, educated, attractive person
every other way, he was positively re
pnlsive to his lady friends, a number of
whom rejected his offers of marriage.
A friend advised him to use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. He took his advice,
and now is the most popular beau in
town, and he really can "marry any girl
he pleases" to ask. 1t made his breath
pure and sweet, he has no headache, nc
offensive discharges from the nose, in
short, is in perfect health, and all from
using a few bottles of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
A p1FFIcuLTY SUGGESTED.


Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The Springer bill, which proposes free
wool, abolishes the specific duties and
retains the ad valorem rates of the Nc
Kinley act, is not satisfactory to the
ultra free traders. 1t is objected to be-
cause its rates exceed those fixed in the
Mills bill and because it does not provide
for a uniform rate on manufactured
woolens instead of the varying duties
which would prevail should it become a
law. 1t is accepted, however, as step
in the right direction and something to
be thankful for if nothing better is to
be had. Mr.. Springer, it is to be rernem-
bered, offers this as one of series of
measures which he hopes to have passed,
not as meeting the demand for tariff re-
form, but as the best that can be ex-
pected with Republican Senate and
President in the way.
The free trade champion of TIE South
west, Mr.. Watterson, points out a serious
difficulty which is likely to be encount-
cred in carrying this plan through the
Senate. Mr.. Springer is asked whether
he really believes bill revising the wool
schedule will have better chance of
passing the Senate and receiving execu-
tive approval than would general re-
vision bill? 1t is suggested that when
the Springer bill reaches the Senate all
the provisions for a reduction of the
duties on manufactured article will be
stricken OUT, and the bill, simply pro-
viding for free wool, will be returned to
the House. What would happen in that
case? Would the House accept or reject
a naked proposition for free wool? Mr.
Wattersen says: "If it accepted such a
measure it would basely betray its con-
stituents. Free wool, with existing
duties on manufactured woolens, would
be the climax of iniquity. A free-wool
bill which reduces the revenue without
materially reducing taxation; which re-
duces the. tax the manufacturer pays
without reducing the tax paid by the
consumer, should, and we think would
ruin any party"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
Declined the Passes.

The presentation by Sir Edwin Ar
mold of the manuscript of meritorious
and intTinsically valuable poem to the
Lotos club recalls an incident that
marked the visit of Henry irving to this
city in 1889. Like Sir Edwin, Mr. Irving
had been an honored guest at Lotcs
club banquet. The enthusiasm of the
lotos eaters is boundless and their hospi-
tality is proverbial. Sir Edwin, in the
enthusiasm of the moment, presented
the club with the manuscript of poem
for which he had been offered large
sum of money. Mr.. Irving, after enjoy
ing the hospitality of the club, insisted
on presenting each member with an an
nual pass to the Lyceum theater, in Lon
don. The limitless possibilities of such
a presentation impressed certain men,
bers of the club to such an extent that
they undertook the task of prevailing
upon each member to send note declin-
ing the proffered favor. Mr.. Irving's
impulsive generosity was thereby saved
from very expensive consequences
New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
Conjugal Wisdom.

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Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules
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women, suffering with displacements,
hysteria, and every female disease, were
the rule rather than the exception. The
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the key which effectually2 locks out that
old array of uterine disorders, periodical
pains, weak back, prolapsus, inflamma-
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general debility. See printed guarantee
on wrapper. Money refunded if it
doesn't give satisfaction in every case.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
Electricity in Arms Making.

The electric current has been utilized
since 1889 at the small arms factory at
st. Etienne for annealing the steel wire
of which the hammer springs of the rife,
1886 pattern. are made. These springs
are manufactured of steel wire, 7
millimeters thick, cut in lengths of $50
meters; the wire is rolled spirally, and a
current of twenty-three amperos is
passed through it. Heating is rapidly
effected; when it is judged sufficient the
circuit is closed, and the hammer spring
is dropped into water tank.
One man can anneal twenty springs
in three minutes, equivalent to about
2,4OO per day. Electric annealing being
clean in operation and cheap will no
doubt soon be applied in numerous cases
analogous to the one indicated.-Boston
Tranccript
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
The Length of Your Talk.

The latest achievement of the pedo-
meter is to measure the amount of space
ones chin travels over in the course of a
day. 1t was reported that New York
woman recently tied a pedometer to her
chin and found to her great surprise that
she had talked twenty-five miles between
breakfast and lunch. She was so embar-
rassed over the result of the reading of
the pedometer that she would not tell
what she had been talking about. 1t
might have been the children, it might
have been the servants, but more than
likely it wac talk with some dear friend
on what to wear this season.-New York
Advertiser.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
BRIEF AND STRIKTNGSTORIES
Some are Funny and Some are Not.
A TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Teiegraph.
An Oakmont mother picked up the
jacket of her 12-yeaJ old boy and mar
yeled at its weight She did not marvel
SO much after she had taken the follow
ing articles from the pocket:
A broken and rusty iron toy pistol,
book strap, yard of top string with
tin button at one end of it, piece OF
dog chain, a bunch of bristles, pocket
mirror, rubber cork, two hickory nuts
toy watch and chain, match safe, three
marbles, part of the works of watch,
combined pencil and penholder, cart
ridge shell, a screw, two wire nails, piece
of tailor's chalk, several pebbles, three
tobacco tags, small cork screw, two
pieces of lead pencil, slate pencil, piece
of wire. piece of blue chalk, pen wip-
er, hair curler, toy sleigh bell, shoe
button, cancelled postage stamp, several
scraps of paper, and some odds and ends
that defied classification.
What are you doing with all that
stuff ?" queried the mother, as she sur,
veyed the outfit for junk shop.
That's nuthin'," replied the urchin
"You ought to have seen it before
traded off the other things.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
Protection on Wool.

In his address before the Ohio Wool
Growers Association last week President
Lawrence cited the case OF a Psnnsyl-
vania wool-grower to prove the proposi-
ton that adequate protection for wool
growers will protect. He said:
"a Pennsylvania wool grower wanted
some Shropshire sheep. He knew a
flock that had been imported into
Canada from England. The importer
in Canada was unwilling to part with
all of his young sheep, but where there
were twins he divided the stock, letting
the Pennsylvania wool grower have one
and he kept the other so that they could
both have the same blood.
"The Pennsylvania sheared those
lambs and sent u3 the wool, some of
which sold at 80 cents per pound un-
washed. The wool from the twins that
remained in Canada sold there at 18 cts,
fleece washed. The Pennsylvania man
who was Democrat, told me that, as a
rule, he was free trader but he believed
in the Mckinley bill with its duty on
wool and explained that the above cir
cumstance had convinced him.
AN APT ILLUSTRATION.
at is remarkable fact that there
are many wool-growers, some even in
Ohio, who have been led to believe that
protection gives them no benefit. The
evidence is found in reason and expert
ence. If wool growers in Canada pro-
duce wool there, as they do, to sell in
the United States, when they bring it
here they must pay at our custom house
II cents per pound duty on such woods
as they generally sell, the long wool. If
they sell at 80 cents to wool buyers here,
the Canada wool grower realizes Is cents
per pound for his wool after paying the
duty.
"The American wool grower produc-
ing the same kind of wool sells his wool
for 80 cents per pound and pays no duty.
1t does not require much intellect to
discover that in such case the tariff is
worth just II cents pound to our wool
growers. So long as foreign wool is
produced in Canada, or Australia, or
elsewhere, which can and will be sold
here for less than the reasonable cost
here the American wool grower has the
advantage in price over the foreign
wool grower by precisely the amount of
duty.
BENEFIT TO THE WOOL GROWERS.
"Under the conditions 1 have named
tariff does give our wool-growers a
better price than the foreigner can get
if he sells here, and these are the exist
ing conditions. In Australia merino
wool can be and is produced at less cost
than it can be in the United States, be-
cause D pasturage can be had there for
few cents an acre, and (2) the climate
there is such that substantially no winter
feeding is required. The same is true
in South America.
"The Canada long wool is produced
at less cost than in the United States
because of cheaper labor and lands.
Thus by every principle of reason, all
fair-minded men must agree that while
these conditions exist, as they invariably
must for long time, the American
wool grower is benefited in the price of
his wool precisely to the extent of the
duty per pound"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21

YOUNG MeN-Who have become victims of soli-
tary vice, that dreadful and destructive habit.
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thous-
ands of young men of exalted talent and brilliant
intellect, may call with confidence.
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perience, have discovered the creates, cure known
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languor confusion of ideas, paptaton of the heart
timidity, trembling, dmness of sight, giddiness
diseases of the head throat, nose, skin, affec-
tions Of the liver lungs, stomach, or bowels-those
terrible disorders arising from the solitary vice of
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system in a manner the patient cannot account for.
On examination of the urinary deposits, a ropy
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mikish hue There arc many men who die of this
difficulty, ignorant of the cause which is second
stage Of seminal weakness. We will guarantee a
perfect cure in all such cases, and healthy
restoration of the genito-urinary organs.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21

thracite was 100000 tons more than
the year before, and of bituminous at
least 100000 tons more. The run of
petroleum was 100000 more in 1891
than 1890. The output of copper was
30,000,000 pounds more; Of lead, 26,0O0
tens more; of zinc. 10000 tons more. and
of silver, 100000 ounces more. With
the exception of pig iron, estimated at
1876 900 tons in 1891, against l0,307 ,026
tons in 1890, the entire production of the
country took great step forward in
1891. This means higher prices sooner
or later.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
PUBLIC OPINION.
MINISTER EGAN.

New York Press.
A careful examination of the charges
made by certain Mugwump and Demo
cratic newspapers against the United
States Minister in Chilli apparently in
dicates that his critics have only one
reason for disliking him. That reason
lies in his nationality. Mugwumps and
Democrats have no use for the Irish
American except on voting day. In a
general way free trade papers give per-
funetory support to Irish nationalism
abroad, but to make them intensely
irritated it is only necessary for an Irish
American to be named for some Office
of dignity and honor. This is shown
not in the case alone of Minister Egan.
In Massachusetts the free trade vote
that has twice elected Russell has twice
rejected an Irish American candidate for
Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket,
of far more personal worth than Russell.
Egan's only offense is that he is an
Irish-American, and so bitterly does the
him for this that the average Demo
cratic editor can not understand why
Chilli did not at once reject Egan when
he was sent there. A leading Demo
cratic organ recently remarked that ait
may be safely assumed that the people
who good naturedly waived their OBJ
jections to Egan and who continue to
tolerate him, will doubtless be willing to
meet the United States half way in the
Baltimore difficulty" This organ prob
ably did not know that one of the
founders of Chilian independence was
an Irishman, the brave O'Higgins, and
that another Irishman, Devereux, earned
the name of Lafayette of South America.
As matter of fact there is no prejudice
against the Irish in South America, and
the only objection to Egan was of En-
glish inspiration. There is prejudice
against Minister Egan in Chill, not as an
Irishman, but as an American and be-
cause he represents the United States.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
If You Had a Friend

About to visit some section of the
country where malarial disease, either
in the form of chills and fever or bilious
remittent was particularly rife, what
would be about the best advice you could
give himG We will tell you-to carry
olong, or procure on arriving, that potent
medicinal safeguard, Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, known throughout malaria
plagued regions, here and in other
countries, as the surest means of dis
arming the miasmatic scourge, and rob-
bing it of its fell destructive influence.
Not only does it fortify the system by
increasing its stamina, but overcomes
irregularity of digestion, the liver and
the bowels, and counteracts the unfavor-
able effects of over-exertion, bodily and
mental exposure in rough weather, or
occupation too sedentary or laborious,
loss of appetite and excessive nervous
ness. The functions of alimentation,
bilious secretion and sleep have in it a
most powerful and reliable auxiliary. At
BERLIN physicians now say that
disease is communicated by beer glasses
which ara Seldom nrODprlv clpaned
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
A GEORGIA SNAKE.

Atlanta Constitution.
Rev. DR.. G. w. Parker, a respectable
preacher of Bremen, Ga, is authority
for the following tale:
"Dr. 1. N. CLANCY used to practice
medicine in Carrollton. He went to
CarroIlton the other day in his buggy,
and while there traded an old debt for
a good horse, and started out for Bos.
ton in his new buggy, leading his new
horse.
"When he was nearing the Little Tai
lapoosa River bridge at Kingsberry's
mill he suddenly heard roaring among
the trees, which he instantly supposed
to be storm. Looking up the hill he
saw the forest in commotion and the
trees falling and bending toward him,
and in the midst of it a huge body,
which proved to be snake.
"The doctor pnt whip to his horse,
and was quickly on the bridge. Feeling
the buggy jerk he looked back and saw
the snake swallowing the horse he was
leading and plunge into the river just
above the bridge, and just as the snake
poked his head out on the other bank of
the stream, his tail was still on the side
of the hill, his body reaching clear across
the river.
"The horse, having on new shoes,
kicked through the stomach of the snake,
and the snake stopped and the stream
was damned, and the water rose and
Hoated the snake to level of the bridge.
The doctor jumped out of the buggy,
took out a big knife, and, cutting the
hole larger where the horses feet were
sticking out of the snakes body, the
horse flounced out and mounted the
bridge. The doctor secured him to his
buggy and drove on, but by this time
the water had backed till the horse had
to swim the low ground, but they made
their escape"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21
HE OWNED UP.
Commercia-Gazette.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
"Absalom Carruthers," said his wife
with the accent on each syllable fol
good measure, "you were intoxicated
last night"
"Well, failed to notice It,"
Everybody else noticed it; they
couldn't help it. You were irretrieva.
bly, drunk"
"Not by jugful."
mo, but by several jugfuls."
"You're away off, Hepsy."
"Not as far off as you were. You
tried to open the gate with your latch
key, and you fell over into the grass.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-21

Mr.. WILLIAM T. PRICE, Justice of
the Peace, at Richland, Nebraska, was
confined to his bed last winter with a
severe attack of lumbago; but thor
ough application of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm enabled him to get up and go to
work. Mr.. Price says: "The remedy
can not be recommended too highly"
Let any one troubled with rheumatism,
neuralgia or lame back give it trial,
and they will be of the same opinion;
So cent bottles for sale by Patttrson &
Sons. 1-7-4t