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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-16

There is an old French air,
A littlA song of loneliness and grief
Simple as nature, sweet beyond compare
And sad-past all belief!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-16

know the dungeon deep
Where long he lay-and while he lay therein;
And all his anguish, that he could not sleep
For conscience OF Sill.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-16

Nameless is he that wrote
The melody-but this much opine:
made the words was some remote
French ancestor Of mine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
Patent Grave Marker.

The expense of a funeral in a large
city has grown to such proportions that
the average man commits more extrav-
agance in the act of dying than he ever
did during life. 1t has been suggested
that much less costly form of grave
stone than usually erected would meet
all the requirements of affectionate re-
membrance and respect, and the sugges-
ton has been carried into effect in the
patenting of grave marker" This is
simply memorial leaf. 1t consists of
two outer plates bent so as to form a
holder for leaves or tablets, adapted to
be suspended from a frame to receive
and retain objects desired to be kept as
mementos of the deceased.
The tablets beneath the outer plates
can be designed in any desired form,
and as they have slides of mica or trans
parent material to protect the tokens
any object such as photographs, sketches,
etc., can be inserted. For instance, n
sketch of the life of the departed or
portrait or lock of hair can be placed
in the receptacle, where it is securely
protected from the weather, and as it is
covered by mica it will last for many
years without bleaching or decaying.-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21

London womep of Rank Out Driving.
Lady Londonderry drives through in
beautifully turned out carriage,
dressed in electric blue, and wearing
small piece of blue flower in her black
bonnet. Viscountess Curzon, in lovely
gown of shaded foulard with mervel-
leux velvet sleeves, a deep collar of
cream guipure, and a wide brimmed
leghorn hat, drives with great skill
pair of dark browns. She is usually ac-
companied by her little daughter, and
her conveyance is the neatest of park
phaetons. Lady Mildred Denison drives
her father, Lord Londesborough. in his
own mail phaeton. She wears a light
coat and dainty little hat with pink
roses. Mrs. Sam Lewis has a pair of
dark browns in her park phaeton, which
attract much attention.
Lady whips are more plentiful than
fver in the Lady's mile. A pair of
horses is the smartest. though many
neatly turned out things, drawn by a
single animal, look very we'll. No one
drives better than Lady Curzon. Count
ess Grosvenor comes near her in skill
and Lady Brooke is perhaps equal, but
she cannot be excelled. Among morn
ing pedestrians are often seen the Count
ess of Romney attired in her favorite
dark red and the Marchioness of Down
shire In black and white.-London Star
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21

= A Deering Nimrod tells a good story
of recent adventure with young par
fridge. These chickens of the woods are
noted for the celebrity with which they
disappear from the intruder who blum
ders into their coverts; but in this par
ticular case one of the flock upon being
scared up by the dog flew directly to-
ward the hunter. The latter, seeing the
young partridge coming, held up his
hands and caught it as he would ball.
The little creature was much terrified
at first, but Immediately regained conf
dence, SO that when the hunter put it
upon the ground it stood contentedly a
moment cycling the hunter and then
leisurely hoped away.-Portland Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
CANADA BACKS DOWN.

New York Press
President Harrison's recent message
to Congress alleging Canadian discrim-
nations against American ports in the
matter of grain shipments through the
Welland Canal has called forth from
the Canadian Government an admission
that rebates on canal tolls were granted
to grain shipped from Canadian ports.
The Dominion Government frankly
makes the admission, and publishes the
text of the order in council, under A pril
4, by which the discrimination was au-
thoriZed. Canada also strikes out the
word canadian" from the order in
council, thus extending its application
to all Lake Ontario ports, American as
well as Canadian.
The promptness with which the Cana
dian Government Investigated the COM
plaint and rectified the discrimination
vindicates just the kind of vigorous
foreign policy for which President Har-
rison's administration will be known in
history. The circumstances seem to
confirm the surmise made in the Press
at the time of the message that an un-
friendly British spirit is at work in some
Canadian avenues of expression, trying
to check the friendly tendency of the
Canadians to draw closer to the United
States.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
Antidotes for Snake Venom.

Snake bites are always dangerous and
should be attended to as soon as possible,
as the venom spreads very rapidly, par
ticularly in warm weather. The follow
ing recipe is perfectly reliable and, be-
ing simple. is easily obtained. Take an
onion and cut it crosswise and hold one
half of it on the wound until it turns
green. Apply persistently and the
onion will finally draw out all the
poison. Many old woodsmen will not
be without several onions at certain
times Of year when in the woods.
The old white haired darky that first
gave me this recipe has spent the best
portion of his life in the swamps, where
the rattlesnake, copperhead and other
deadly reptiles abound, and he assured
me he has never known it to fail. A
strong ligature should be tied tightly
above and below the bite to prevent the
poison spreading through the system
Copious drafts of brandy should be
given freely. A little ammonia taken
internally is very good also. The above
simple remedy is equally as good for
beast as for man.-Richmond Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21

resting spell, when young farmer rode
by with buxom country girl behind
him on the same horse. He pulled up
and asked me if | wouldn't "hand the
gal up drink of water" and while l
was doing the gallant we talked.
Fine weather fer gettin' married ,ain't
it?" he said, with grin that gave the
procession away.
'Shet up, Jim," said the girl, giving
him a jerk.
"Ah, you are to be married, are you,"
1 remarked.
Yes he said, "me and Callie has
about reckoned thar amt anything bet
ter fer us to do
"Well, | admire Your TASTE" l ven
tured, with a smile at the girl.
Fine gal, amt she?" he said admir-
ingly. Had mighty hard work to git
her. Every fellow on the crick wanted
her. Had to coax fer six months and
finally promise her this hoss we're on,
afore she shuck the other chaps an
tuck me. Mebbe she showed pore jedg-
ment," and he laughed and chucked her
under the chin, "but you can't allus tell
what sort of pertaters is in the hill by
the look of the vine"
| | assured him that both of them had
done well, and wishing them joy. they
rode on and l never expected to see
them again, but did.
One Sunday morning about three
months after that, l started out from the
place where l was abiding for a week,
| to little church where meeting was to
be held Half way there l met my bri-
dal party. pretty much as they were at
the first meeting, only Callie was in front
and Jim behind.
"Good morning" said, really glad to
see them.
How d'y? How. d'y?" they both re-
piled, and we went along to the meeting
house, chatting pleasantly, with Callie
doing the most of it. Arrived, we hitch
ed our horses, and before going in, Jim
called me to one side.
81 s'pose," he said, .you noticed was
ridin' behind this mornin'."
l admitted as much, but said l had
not thought of it especially.
He shook his head gravely.
"Gittin' married an bein' married is
doggoned different, mister" he said SEN
tentiously. 'If they wuzen't l wouldn't
be ridin' behind"
Before L had chance to offer any
consolation, Jim hurried along to catch
up with Callie at the door, and l had
something to think about besides the
sermon.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
Chinese Weddings.

The chief incident in Chinese mar
riage is the arrival of the bride in her
bridal clothes before the house of her
chosen one. This is a de facto fulfill
ment of the contract. The wedding
day is determined by the parents of the
groom. The imperial calendar names
the lucky days, and on such days the
SO called "red celebrations" take place,
both in the city and country. The same
bridal clothes may be used several
times. That the chief part of a Chinese
marriage is the arrival of the bride at
the house of the groom is illustrated
by the fact that the sons are often mar
ried without being present at their own
weddings. 1t is not believed to be for
tunate to change the wedding day when
once decided. If the future husband,
therefore, happens to be called away on
the wedding day the marriage takes
place by sending the bride to his house.
Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
FOOLS AND DEMAGOGUES.

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
We commend to the careful attention
of the fools and demagogues of this
community who have placed the re-
sponsibility for the Homestead rioting
upon the Mckinley tariff and the refusal
of Republican manufacturers to carry
out the guarantees" which they entered
into with their workingmen to advance
wages to the following wholesome and
well-timed views of that fearless Demo-
cratic paper, the New York Sun:
I'VE regret to notice that some of our
Democratic contemporaries are treating
the Homestead incident in partisan
fashion, for which there is no excuse.
They assume that because Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie and his associates at Home
stead have been engaged il an industry
protected by the tariff, and because a
dispute as to wages has arisen between
the employers and the employed, pro-
lection is responsible for the Homestead
murders and mischiefs. In Congress,
too, certain persons who suppose them
selves to be Democrats have insisted
upon this view"
There certainly is "no excuse in rea-
son" for treating the Homestead affair
after that absurd fashion, but then the
fool never reasons. He rattles away,
from day to day, uttering the same nom
rim ar oil Il
himself on his folly. 1t is hardly worth
while to point out the fallacy of such
reckless assumption, but our New York
contemporary does so in these pointed
words:
IF strikes were never heard of in I'M
protected industries, if, in fact, the
greatest strikes in the country had not
occurred in unprotected industries like
the steam railroads and the horse rail
country of strikes, and if all these facts
were not known to everybody with edu-
cation enough to read large print, these
assumptions might be worth contra
dieting. AS the case is, they are so far
fetched and wildly absurd that we fear
they will bring discredit upon the Dem
ocrats in the National campaign"
The demagogue has education
enough" to read even small print, but
instead of keeping him within the pale
of sense and reason, this qualification
the better enables him to ring the
changes on his absurdities. The dema-
gogue has selfish interest to subserve,
and places it before either party or
country. If he is newspaper editor
he tones his utterances to hold what
subscribers he may have, or possibly to
add few names to the list. If he is a
mere politician, in Office, or itching to
get in, he must talk for votes even
though law should be trampled under
foot and the most sacred rights of citi-
zenship should be ignored.
Listen then, ye fools and demagogues,
either or both, individually and collect
lively, to this sage advice of Mr.. Dana,
the Nestor of the Democratic party:
"This is not question of partisan
politics; it is deeper than that, for it
goes to the very heart of social order
and the preservation of all that has been
won for civilization. The Democratic
politicians and the newspapers that are
trying to obscure the real question are
doing all in their power to injure the
Democratic party"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21

bound hand and foot to the doctrines of
the Democratic party. They are in favor
of the degradation and slavery of Amer |
ican labor. They would throw open our
markets to European labor and make
the cost of production in Europe the
standard of the United States. If, with
the poorly paid labor of Europe, yard
of cloth or pound of manufactured
iron could be produced for almost moth
ing, these free trade Democrats would
insist upon that price for this country.
If it ground labor down to the level of
slavery they would not mind that. 1t
would conform to their cherished policy
of free trade That was John c. Cal
houn's idea. He believed that one por-
tion of community must necessarily
olive on the labor of another; that ''the
| form in which slavery exists in the South
| is but one modification of the universal
condition" of labor. JEFF Davis believed
in this doctrine, and Lee. and Jackson,
and armies of Southern Democrats
fought for it as it was embodied in the
Constitution of the Confederate States,
as follows:
1.-THE Congress shall have power to lay and col
| ect taxes, duties, and eXcises FOR REVENUE
ONLY. necessary TO pay the debts provide for the
common defense, and carry on the Government of
the Confederate States; but no bOunties shall be
granted from the Treasury; NOR SHALL ANY
| DUTIES OR TAXES ON IMPORTATIONS
FROM FOREIGN NATIONS BE LAID TO
PROMOTE OR FOSTER ANY BRANCH OF
| INDUSTRY
The same idea was incorporated in
their platform by the Democrats who
nominated Grover Cleveland at Chicogo,
last June. Here it is:
We denounce Republican protection as fraud,
| a robbery of the great majority of the American
people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to
be fundamental principle of the Democratic
party that the Federal Government has no cOnsti-
tutional power to impose and collect tariff duties
except for the purposes OF revenue only, and we
demand that the collection of such taxes shall be
limited to the necessities of the government when
honestly and economically administered.
AS long as the councils of the Demo-
cratic party are dominated by Southern
influence they will favor the old Calhoun
doctrine of free trade, denounce protec-
ton and protected manufacturers, ad
vocate the interests of British capital
against those of American capitalists,
abet and encourage the growth of an
archistic and lawless sentiments when
ever they can be used to the advantage
of their party. The Republican party,
their press and leaders, without single
exception, are on the side of law and
will battle for the welfare of the working
masses as they have done for the past
thirty-six years. The Democracy are
still the party of slavery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
BRIEF AND STRIKING STORIES.
Some are Funny and Some are Not.
THANKS.


l thank Thee, Father, for the summer time,
The golden days of glory and delight
The days when the glad year is in its prime,
Warmed by Thy love, and by Thy smile mad'
bright.
And for the peaceful armies of the flowers,
That hang their banners out above the sod,
Saluting with sweet scents the passing hours,
And blessing Inc, l thank Thee, o my God!
l thank Thee for the melody of rillS,
And for the glad bird music in the air;
And for the echoes of the purple hills,
And TO- childrens vO ices at their evening prayer
thank Thee for the rush of mountain streams,
And for the beauty of the quiet lake;
And for the generous warmth of dancing beams,
And for a world grown happy for Thy sake.
| thank Thee for the cool, calm summer sea,
The playful ripple of the gentle waves,
For the huge billOws tossing reStlessly,
And for the music in the mosslned caves.
thank Thee for the long, sweet days of light,
And for the cleaning with its hues sublime;
l. thank Thee for past seasons of delight,
That came to me with the glad summer time.
-MdridRne FHrninghdm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items from Everywhere, Condensed for
Quick Reading.


Quick Reading.
THURSDAYS NEWS.
The free silver bill was put out of the
House by Republicans.
1t is threatened that all the Carnegie
men will come out.
The Senate passed bill against
opening the Worlds Fair on Sunday
and against the sale of intoxicants on
the grounds.
A flood in France results in the death
of 200 persons.
Springfield, o., had cyclone.
FRIDAYS NEWS.
The English Liberals are now sure of
safe majority.
Cholera is spreading alarm in France
and Spain.
Mt. Etna presents beautiful but
awful picture.
Miners at Wallace, Idaho, take the
last non union man out and go home.
Serious riots occurred at the Irish
elections.
SATURDAYS NEWS.
A fortymile gale did great damage
at Cincinnati.
An express train was held up in the
Indian country in Oklahoma and about
100000 secured.
Gladstone will have majority of so
members in Parliament.
Carnegie is attempting to induce the
old employees to return to work.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21

In the chronological collection in the
University museum are two carved i'm
ages from Easter island. They are
made of hard native toromiro wood,
with eyes of bone and obsidian and
breastbone and ribs sharply defined.
These figures have been called house
hold gods, but it is said they were never
worshiped, although they are regarded
as representations of spirits. 1t is said
they were meant to represent deceased
chiefs and persons of ncte, and were
given place of honor at feasts and Ger
emonies.- Philadelphia Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
STILL THE PARTY OF sLAvERY.

STILL THE PARTY OF SLAVERY.
Cleveland Leader.
In the "good old days" of slavery the
Democratic press of the country dis
played the same blind zeal and ruthless
disregard of truth and reason in their
warfare for human bondage that they
now manifest in their crusade to place
the working classes of the United States
in subsection to European capitalists.
From 1850 to 1860 if slaves anywhere
in the South became insubordinate to
the lash of heartless and brutal masters;
if blood was shed upon the plains of
Kansas by freemen to prevent the forcing
of slavery upon a free territory; if a
Southern fire-eater assailed and brutally
beat Northern Senator for daring to
speak in the interests of liberty, Demo-
cratic editors of the North all Joined
in slanderous assaults upon Giddings,
Wade, Sumner, Garrison, Phillips, and
other champions of human freedom, at
tributing to their noble and generous
work all of the bloodshed and lawless
acts of the owners of slaves and the
supporters of human slavery.
The Democratic press have changed
but little, if any, during the past forty
years. They still place party above
principles, and are as willing as ever to
be the servile tools of oppression and
wrong. Whenever the peace os society
is disturbed by lawless assault upon
its fundamental principles they join in
denouncing, not the transgressors of the
law, but the law abiding citizens who
have built up great industrial establish
ments and given to thousands of people
the means of honest livelihood, without
which they could derive no enjoyment
from our free institutions. Formerly
they deemed it crime to defend the
cause of freedom, because it antagonized
the owners of slaves. To-day they treat
as criminals men who have availed
themselves of the policy of protection to
American industry, because they insist
upon the exercise of their legal right to
manage their business in their own way.
Formerly Sumner, Giddings and Wade
were burned in efligy by Democrats. To-
day Carnegie, Frick, and the whole class
of brainy men who have led the country
in its industrial progress are traduced,
belied, and vilifed and held up as OBJ
jects of contempt and derision by the
same party. Disrespect for law is unre-
buked, and the law-abiding owner of
property is assailed. Men who never
managed anything except their own
little affairs are applauded in their efforts
to wrest large establishments from their
rightful and capable owners, and we are
told by incendiary sheets like the Chicago
Herald that ''the Frick who manages
the Carnegie mills at Homestead is only
one of the many savages" who "look
after the blood money" that sis stolen
by commercial methods from the people
who buy the protected product"
The Democratic press, with few ex-
ceptions, have no choice in regard to
their policy on this subject. They are
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
COURAGE REWARDED.


During the travels of an English Off
Ger, Captain White, in Cochin China, the
then Viceroy gave him magnificent
tigress, five feet long and three feet
high. On reaching Saigon, where he
could buy dogs for almost nothing, he
used to give his pet one of these ami
mails every day. She would play with
it for awhile, as cat plays with a
mouse, then her eyes wonld begin to
glisten and her tail to quiver; she seized
her prey by the scruff of the neck and in
minute or two it was all up with poor
bow-wow.
One day, however, a puppy, seemingly
little different from the common herd of
puppies, instead of tamely submitting to
its fate, it showed fight. 1t snapped at
the tigress' nose and bit it till the blood
came.
The tigress, far from resenting the at
tack, seemed to treat it as joke, and
when the spirited little dog grew tired
of the fun the tigress patted it as if it
had been a cub of her own. Then the
two lay down side by side and had
comfortable nap.
Thenceforth they were the best of
friends, and to humor this queer friend
ship Captain White had small hole cut
in the tigress' cage that the puppy might
go and come as it pleased.
1t often took trot abroad, but it al
ways returned to its dog g-devouring
friend.
To test the tigress's affection strange
dog was offered it one day at dinner
time, and was then hastily snatched from
its hungry jaws and the puppy friend
thrown into the cage. But, strange to
say, friendship triumphed over the pangs
of hunger-and that, not on this occa-
sion only, but whenever the captains
crew thought fit to repeat the expert
ment.
We are not told to what breed this
puppy belonged, but it appeared to have
had in him good deal of the plucky
little fox terrier now so fashionable,
which will rush into fight of the great
est odds without a shadow of hesitation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-21
Exercise and Blood Circulation

The circulation is controlled mainly
by the action of the heart. When the
activity of this organ is increased, there
fore the general circulation will be i'm
proved. Now, the heart is stimulated
to action by the presence of blood in its
cavities, and muscular exercise, by has
tensng the flow of venous blood, will be
instrumental in sending more fluid
through them in a given period of time,
and consequently in stimulating the Or
gan to increased activity.-Dr. ]. M.
Rice in Popular Science Monthly.