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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-03
sPBAK-RAsY RAILROAD PoRTERs
Being Arrested in Prohibition Kansas 4
Transporting the Ardent.

transporting the Ardent
WICHITA, KAN, Feb. 2.--V. L. Foster, o
Pullman car porter on the Frisco Railroad,
was arrested this morning at Burton, Har-
vey county, charged with violating the pro-
hibitory law. This is the third arrest of
porters in the last few days.
1t is said regular system of espionage
has been in vogue for some time, and that
Sheriffs where prohibition Is popular have
combined and secured evidence against
nearly all the car porters running in Kan
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-03
TERMS OF THE DIsPATCH.

rnsTAGE FREE IN THE UNITED STATES.
-',ruT DISPATCH One Year.. 80. .......-s N
DAILY DISPATCH, Per Quarter. .........-...... 200
DAILY DISPATCH One Month. 20
DAILY DISPATCH. including sunday, year. 10 on
DAILY DISPATCH, including sunday, Sm' this. : SO
DAILY DISPATCH including Sunday m TIL 20
$1->-pAY DISPATCH One Tear.................. 80
NUEKLY DISPATCH. one Year................. IS
TVS DAILY DISPATCH is delivered by carriers al
- crl,ls per week, or, including sunday Edition. at
= cents per week.
PITTsBURG. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-03
HUMoR IN THE HOUSE.

Allen, the Mississippi Wit, Keeping Up His
Reputation--Stove Polish Morse Taking
the Shine ont of His Colleague. Senator
Hoar's Nephew-Reed Doing His Share
of the Talk.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2.-The House
of Representatives is still being treated to
daily reminders of the Hoar- Morse rivalry
in the State of Massachusetts. Representa-
tive Hoar although Democrat, is son of
the distinguished Attorney General of the
Grant administration, Hon. E. X. Hoar, and
nephew of the present Senator from Massa-
chusetts Hon. G. F. Hoar. That a member
of such a distinguish ed Republican, family
should be Democra is an offense which
Mr.. Hoar insists has never been quite for
given by the leading Republicans and is
the cause of the somewhat frequent political
assaults made upon him.
Scarcely had the spirited proceedings of
yesterday between the two members from
Massachusetts been read from the Congress.
sional Record this morning by members Of
the House before the controversy was again
revived by Mr. Morse, who arose to ques-
tion of privilege and rebuked Mr.. Hoar for
presuming yesterday to recall from the pub
lie printer the record of the manuscript
speech previously made by Mr.. Morse.
The Prophecies Grossly Violated.
81 claim that that gentleman violated
proprieties that should obtain among gen
tlemen," said Mr.. Morse. "By what author
ity does he carry my manuscript away from
the Public Printing Office? Some of the old
est members tell me that this proceeding of
the young gentleman from Massachusetts is
without precedent in the history of this
body, and deny the right of the gentleman
from Massa achusetts to remove Government
property or documents or any manuscript
from the Public Printing Office and bring it
into this House for exhibition or to carry it
around in his pocket. Republican applause.]
My remarks, substantially as delivered, were
in manuscript before they were delivered-a
very common thing in this House, and i so
informed the stenographer before speaking.
And l understand that they were not
taken down, but only the Interruptions
of the gentleman from Massachusetts and
changes incident thereto, SO when he said
he had the stenographer's report or my
speech he uttered a falsehood-there was no
report. At n later hour l conferred with
the stenographer as to where the interrup.
tions of the gentleman from Massachusetts
came in, with additional remarks by me ill.,
cident thereto. / also con ferred with him
as to where the applause came in that oc-
Cured on this side during the delivery OF
my speech, which, of course, was not in my
manuscript, and, as the gentleman says, was
afterward written in with a lead pencil. l
don't deny having avafled myself of the
privileges allowed every member of this
House from time immemorial to revise my
speech and make some slight unimportant
additions thereto. Derisive laughter on
the Democratic side.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14

A traveller in the course of a morning
walk in Amsterdam came upon group
gathered around a well, into which q
strongly built man had just been let
down. A pipe, whose mouth was at the
top of the well, had been opened, and a
stream of water from it was flowing into
the well and gradually filling it. The
man below had quite enough to do, if he
did not want to be drowned, to keep the
water out by means of a pump which
was at the bottom Of the well.
The traveller, pitying the man, asked
for an explanation of what seemed to be
a cruel, heartless joke.
''Sir," replied an old man standing
near, THAT fellow is, as you see, healthy
and strong. have myself offered him
work twenty times, but he always al
lows laziness to get the better of him.
and will make any excuse to beg his
bread from door to door, though he
might easily earn it if he chose.
I'VE are now trying to make him real
ize that he must work. If he uses the
strength that is in his arms he will bt.
saved; if he lets them hang idle he will
be drowned. But look" continued the
old Dutchman as he went to the edge Of
the well, 1.-THE fellow finds out that he
has muscles already; in an hour we shall
let him out with better resolutions for
the future"
The traveller watched until the maj
was liberated from his watery prison
and felt sure that at least a temporary
cure had been effected.-Youth's Com
panion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
One Mans Share.

The other day politician of national
prominence sat in 1.-The amen corner,
as it is called, of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, where Republican big guns go il.
batteries. Across the corridor sat a
keen eyed, swarthy life insurance agent.
Presently newspaper man. who makes
his headquarters at the up town hotel
entered and nodded familiarly to both
politician and life insurance agent. They
were both under obligations to him.
In the most natural way in the world
from talking to both at almost the same
time, he introduced them. Soon after
ward he strolled on. Now this particu-
lar life insurance agent had been watch
ing for months for an opportunity o:
making the acquaintance of this particu-
lar politician. He was not slow to i'm
prove the opportunity, now that he had
it, and he wrote life policy of $95, 900
as the result. The next day the journal
ist who so innocently introduced the
hunter and his prey received by mail a
check for $4OO. Now this shows great
many things-among others, the enor-
nous profits life insurance agents must
make when they can give such commits
sions.-John A Cockeril in New York
Recorder.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
How to Care for a Trotter.

When the horse comes in from his
work rub him all over from his ears to
his tail and down to his knees with wash
as near the temperature of his body as
possible To make this wash take one
part alcohol. two parts pure witch hazel
and three or four times as much soft
water as the combined quantity of al
cohol and witch hazel. Every muscle
should be rubbed thoroughly. Throw a
medium weight blanket over the horse
now. and let him stand until you have
put the bandages on.
Use the same wash for the legs as for
the body. but have it cold. After put
ting the wash on the legs. rub them well
with the palm of the hand, always rub
bing down, never up. Put the bandages
on Immediately after the rubbing. Rub
all his heels perfectly dry with clean.
dry rags. Care should be taken in this,
as cracked heels are very stubborn and
often lay horse mp for the season.
Throw the blanket back from the
head and scrape out all wash that re-
mains, most of it will have entered the
pores of the body; cover up his shoul-
ders and scrape the rest of the body:
take clean, dry rag and rub him all
over lightly, always rubbing with the
hair as much as possible: now put
light hood on him and an extra blanket
over his loins. and after looking at his
heels again walk him out for about five
minutes. then bring him in. and should
he have broken out any while walking
scrape him again lightly, after which
give him another light rubbing for say
four or five minutes, when ne should
again be walked for about ten minutes,
and again taken in and rubbed slightly,
after which put on lighter blankets and
continue to reduce the weight as the
heat leaves the body.-Rider and Driver.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Mercy is the touch of a mother dress
ing wound.
Never leave the highway for a by way,
in religion, politics, or morals.
1t will not make your own heart any
purer to throw mud at another man.
Every drop of rain that strikes the
earth does its best to give man bread.
The angriest person in controversy
is the one most liable to be in the wrong.
Te be gentle and of a sweet spirit is
to have IN army of angels working for
you.
Abundance consists not alone in ma
terial possession, but in an uncovetous
spirit.
Extreme self-lovers will set mans
house on fire, though it were but to roast
their eggs.
Nobody has any trouble about living a
beautiful Christian life, who tries to do
it one day at time.
There are some people who think the
music never amounts to much except
when they play first fiddle.
Ii you cannot give good reason Ior
what you are doing, that is a good rea-
son why you should not do it.
If eyerybody's children were as good
as their neighbors think they ought to
be, the sun would never set.
A man reaches after the unattainable
when he finds fault with everybody and
expects none TO find fault with him.
People should be guarded against
temptation to unlawful pleasures by fur
nishing them means of innocent ones.
Don't boast too much of your 'strong
points" A knot in the wood is its hard
est part, and yet the first to show defect.
The origin of all mankind was the
same; it is only a clear and good con-
science that makes a man noble, for that
is derived from heaven itself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
The Big Trees of New Zealand.

To bring home to the mind the stu
pendous size of the colonial oak, as the
kauri pine of New Zealand has been
called, it must be compared with the
largest trees in these islands. In Eng
land there are several elms 20 feet high
and 30 feet in girth; oaks 80 feet high
and with trunks 40 feet in girth; and in
Scotland there is an ash 80 feet high and
10 feet in girth. But these are regarded
as extraordinary and grow in solitary
grandeur.
The average girth of trees in Britain is
not more than 12 feet, nor the average
height above 60 feet. But in New Zea-
land there are miles of kauris whose av-
erage height is not less than 100 feet.
and whose girth is not less than 80 feet
or 40 feet. The largest kauri yet discov-
cred was 70 feet in girth, and the trunk
was 200 feet high.-London Globe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
studies i'm Psychology.

One rainy morning in October l sat
quietly reading my paper. when there
suddenly came to me the realization
that was not alone. In the midst of
my perusal of the stock market quota
tions, experienced the peculiar and in
describable psychic phenomena which
indicate the presence of another living
being. As / am somewhat nearsighted
it is my custom to hold the paper rather
close to my face when reading: and yet.
with it in this position on the morning
in question, l was positive there was
some one standing directly in front OF
me and looking at me intently. In fact
it seemed to me as though, through the
four intervening thicknesses of my
newspaper, a pair of eyes were burning
into my very soul.
Suddenly l lowered my paper and
looked up. Then, just as suddenly, |
raised the paper again and went on read
ing. My worst fears were realized! The
being who stood before me was wom-
an, and there was not an unoccupied
seat in the whole car,-Life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
THE TRANSPORT OF AMMONIA.
1t Is Often Carried on the Upper Decks
of Steamships to Keen 1t CooI

of Steamships TO Keep 1t Cool.
Ammonia has been carried in con-
siderable quantities on the upper decks
of steamships. but in many vessels the
bottles. carboys, or tins are slowed in the
between decks In fact, they are some
times slowed in vacant cabins of cargo
vessels The explosion of one of these
receptacles awakened attention to the
placing of such substances dangerously
near heat. The master of the vessel On
whose ship the explosion happened un-
screwed the tops of all those undamaged.
and thus allowed the gas to blow off
Restrictions ON carriage of dangerous
goods were imposed under the merchant
shipping act, 1873, section % of which
provides that if any person sends or at
tempts to send by, or. not being the mas
ter or owner of the vessel. carries or at
telnpts to carry in any vessel, British
or foreign, any dangerous goods, such as
aquafortis, vitriol, naphtha. gunpowder.
lucifer matches, nitroglycerin, petro-
leum, or any other goods of dangerous
nature, without distinctly marking their
nature on the outside of the packages
containing the same, and also giving
written notice of the nature of such
goods and the name and address of the
sender, he shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding e100; but if the person
sending the goods on board is merely an
agent and ignorant of its contents. the
penalty is not to exceed ten pounds.
False description makes the sender
liable to penalty of e500. The master
or owner of ship may refuse to take on
board vessel any suspicious package,
and may require it to be opened to ascer
tain its contents. Clause 26 in the act
has always been looked upon as a mis-
take in legislation. The master of a
ship is empowered to throw overheard
goods of dangerous nature which have
been sent without being marked or mott
fed of their true character, and neither
the master nor the owner of the vessel
shall be subject to any liability for such
casting into the sea, civil or criminal, in
any court.
There is no reason for denouncing the
carriage of ammonia by sea, but it is of
the greatest importance that each special
compound should be accurately defined.
and that it ought not to be exposed to
heat. If everything that expanded on
submission to heat were interdicted, the
shipping trade would be sadly ham,
pered. For example-yeast is shipped
for conveyance, and is usually carried
on deck. in hot weather the casks have
been broken and hoops burst from ex-
posure to the sun, although no material
damage is done. We could name other
breakages, but enough has been urged
TO bring home the necessity for under
standing what to carry and where to
stow it.-Chemical Trade Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev AIsx.
S.nder, pastor Public worship every Sabbath
morning and evening; Sabbath school Q. .e0 a m :.
young peoples society of Christian endeayor sum
lay evenings; general prayer meeting "Wednesday
sSening strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Era Hlhgeley, pastor. Sabbath preaching, II
y III. y. M, young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings general prayer Meeting Wednesday eve
nlnEs; Sabbath ss.hool 23U pm Strangers cor
tially invited to all services
CNITED PRESBTTERIAN " CHURCH-Rey
lhoinaS Balph. pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m.
public public worship, IL a m; weekly prayer meeting
Frlday p. m; monthly prayer meeting, last SatlIr
,ciety, last Saturday Of each month, D. m dis
trict prayer meetings, first Tuesdays Wednesdays
thursdays and Saturdays each month, ? D. la,
young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, p. IN.
AFRICAN NJ ME.CHURCH-Rev Albert March
pastor sunday service, 1880 a. M; p. nl.; Sab
o%;n school, 2:30 p. M; weekly prayer meeting,
Thursday evenings Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
Some Curiosities of Book Plates.

The chief source of amusement for
the book plate collector is to be found
in the grotesque errors made on ar
mortal book plates by persons who are
either ignorant of the rudiments OF
heraldry or careless as to their meaning.
Thus many ladies will have helmets,
notices and crests on their plates to
none of which are they entitled; while
some men will simply alter the name on
their fathers plate (say from John But
Ter to Samuel Butler), and think them.
selves entitled to continue to bear the
arms of their parents impaled, thus
making it appear that Samuel Butler
had married his own mother.-London
News
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
How an Elenhant Eats.

An elephants digestive functions are
very rapid, and the animal therefore
requires daily a large amount of fodder
900 pounds at least. In its wild state
the elephant feeds heartily, but waste
fully. 1t is careful in selecting the few
forest trees which it likes for their bark
or foliage. But it will tear down
branches and leave half of them nm
touched 1t will strip off the bark from
other trees and throw away large por-
ton.
AS it is nocturnal animal, it selects
its trees by the senses of touch and
smell. Its sense of smell is so delicate
that wild elephant can scent an enemy
at distance of 1000 yards, and the
nerves of its trunk are so sensitive
that the smallest substance can be dis
covered and picked mp by its tiny pro
boscis.
An elephants palate is very delicate,
and the animal is whimsical in selecting
or rejecting morsels of food.-Youth's
Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
How Not to Get Into Print


Don't have any enemies.
Don't have any friends.
Don't inherit money.
Don't lose it.
Don't sign any petitions.
Don't subscribe to any lecture courses
of stock companies.
Don't recommend anything.
Don't get victimized.
Don't exhibit any public spirit.
Don't tell stories.
Don't register at hotel.
Don't visit friend in an adjoining
township or elsewhere.
Don't allow other people to visit you.
Don't show any interest in music, art
literature, science or education.
Don't meet long lost friends or rela-
tives.
Don't go insane.
Don't get sick.
Don't accept presents.
Don't do anything that might bring
you vote of thanks or condemnation.
Don't sue anybody.
Don't get sued.
Don't so to law at all.
Don't live to be an octogenarian.
Don't die.-Detroit Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
The First Protestant in Japan.

The first Protestant Christian in ia
pan was one Murata, military retainer
of the Lord of Saga, in the southern is
land of Kiushiu. In 1860 he went to
Nagasaki, by order of his chief, and one
evening, as he was crossing the barbor
in boat, he picked up book that was
floating about in the water. The writing
ran from side to side, like the crawling
of crabs" and upon sending it to one of
the Dutch then settled at Nagasaki, he
learned that it was the Christian Bible,
then prescribed book. Curiosity spur
red him on, and he had one of his as
sistants learn the language of the book
and translate it for him. sentence by
sentence.
His study was continued in secret.
with a few friends, after his return
home. When difficult passage was
found, a messenger was sent to DR.. Yer
beck, well known missionary then in
Nagasaki, for its Interpretation. Murata
was afterward baptized, and his name
now stands first on the roll of Protes-
tant Christians in Japan. - London
Times
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
Danger in Physical Culture.

It is beginning to be understood that
physical culture should be undertaken
intelligently and with moderation. A
London girl went home from her first
lesson, which was violent one, and dis
covered a strange condition of her neck
little at one side of the throat-a mot
tied appearance, with settled blood be-
meath. The physician to whom she ap-
piled said there was no remedy; some
little blood vessels had given way under
the severe and unaccustomed exercise,
and her naturally thin skin revealed the
mishap more than would perhaps hap
pen in another case.
The injuries are not so frequent to
young girls, with supple joints and easily
moved muscles and tendons, but middle
aged women should begin very carefully.
Many such, to rid themselves of an IN
becoming tendency to corpulence, take
to extraordinary acrobatic feats not un-
attended with real danger to persons un-
accustomed to violent exercise.-Her
Point of View in New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
Music That La Seldom Sung.

The raising of an umbrella in the
theater is bad omen for the business.
Where is the man of fearless heart who
will sing the music of Macbeth" or
"Meg Merrilies" other than at the re-
hearsal or production of those plays?
Should he attempt it he will be ''sat
down upon in great shape and very
hard by the other members of the COM
pany. OF all bad omens the singing Of
that music is among the worst. Chicago
Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELM0NT LODGE, No. IS, F. d A. M.-Meets
very wednesday night, on or before full moon
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y. I'D BAILEY. w M
ST. CLAlIeSFILLE HAPTER. No ~ Rouol
Arch MGsons.-Stated conyocatiOns first Friday OF
ss.cn month. -
j. b. MEYER, Rec. I'D BAILEY. Hi
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. S.M.-
Meets second Tuesday OF each month
j. b. NEVER, See'y. JB RYAN TIM
HOPE COMMANDER, No. ss, K T-Ststed
concayes, first Tuesday of each month
j. B. MEYER Sec'v JB RYANEC
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
Diarrhea and digestive troubles.

The connection between teething and
diarrhea has been considered until OF
recent years as beyond question. But
even this is very doubtful. For our
selves, we should have no difficulty the
oretically in supposing that painful teeth
ing might upset the digestion, just as in
nervous older children and adults we see
excitement and mental anxiety produce
like results. But actually. the more the
cases are examined the less certain is
the relation of the bowel trouble to the
supposed cause. Here again develop
ments in the digestive organs may have
an influence, and the effect of heat, either
directly upon the nervous system Of the
child or by injuring food, is shown by
the prevalence of these diseases in sum-
mer.-Dr. Henry D. Chaplin in Baby
hood.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
A Genial Teacher.

Agassiz taught natural history in Far
ward college as no other man had taught
in America before. He was the besl
friend that ever student had" because
the most genial and kindly Cambridge
people used to say that one had less
need of an overcoat in passing Agassiz' s
house" than any other in that city,
Professor David Starr Jordan in Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
Couldn't Do 1t.
Dashaway-Come around, old fellow,
and help me select suit of clothes.
Travers-Couldn't do it, possibly, old
man. You seem to forget that we both
go to the same tailor.-Clothier and
Furnisher.
I'm the parrots beak both mandibles
are movable-s peculiarly unknown in
other species Of birds.