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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
The First Sleeping Car.

No single thing has contributed more
to the comfort of modern life than the
Pullman car. Its inventor, George NJ.
Pullman, worked out the details of his
Invention while merchant in Colorado
in 1859. In 1854 he carried his idea to
Chicago and employed a master car
builder of the Alton road at salary of
500 month to superintend the con-
struction of model car. The inventor
was determined that it should be the
handsomest car in all respects that had
ever been made in the country. He
came on to New York and here hap
pened to meet the artist who had just
decorated the house of Samuel J. Til
den. He at once closed with this artist,
took him west and set him at work dec
Grating the car.
When the Pioneer was finished it had
cost the extraordinary sum of $4,000, a
large price even now for a sleeping car.
1t was wonder to everybody. 1t was
just as Mr.. Pullman had expected. The
beauty of the finish and the marvellous
innovation he had made were advertised
far and near by the newspapers and by
railroad men, and some of the latter be-
gan to believe that the ideas of the in
ventor after all were practicable.-New
York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
CAME TO LIFE.
An Affecting Scene of n Tragedy Broker
Up by the Principal Character.


Many amusing incidents are recorded
of the laughable blunders caused by
doubling parts. Among them is story
of George Powell, al old English actor.
who was among the great men of the
stage in 100. The play was Rowe's
Fair Penitent," in which the naughty,
gallant, gay Lothari, - slain at the close
of the fourth act, but his corpse figures
prominently in the concluding scene.
The stage directions provide for a room
hung with black. with Lothario's body
upon bier standing on one side Of the
stage, on the other side table with a
skull. book and lamp. Calista is discov-
cred on couch in the back. In this, as
in similar cases, it was clearly unneces-
sary for the impersonator of the lively
Lothario of the fourth act to represent
his dead body in the fifth 1t was usual,
therefore, to allow the actors dresser to
perform this delightful duty. Now, Mr..
Powell's dresser was a rather timid
young man by the name of Warren, and
on the occasion recorded was lying on
the bier waiting for the curtain to &C
down on the fifth act.
Powell, forgetful that his attendant
was employed in impersonating the
corpse of Lothario, was impatient to be
gone and called loudly for his dresser.
He was a very passionate man and when
enraged quite violent. He opened his
door and called for Warren and threat
ened him with the severest of punish
ments if he did not Immediately come to
his assistance.
The unhappy dresser could not help
overhearing his raging master, yet for
some time his fears were surmounted by
his sense of dramatic propriety. He
tremblingly longed for the fall of the
curtain. Powell threatened to break
every bone in his skin, which threat he,
in his dresser's opinion, was man quite
likely to carry out. The situation finally
became unbearable. and, with cry
"Here am, MASTER" Warren sprang up.
clothed in the sable draperies which were
fastened to the handle of his bier.
The house roared with surprise and
laughter as the dead Lothario, encum-
bered with his charnel house trappings.
fled from the stage. The play, of course.
ended abruptly, and for once the somber
tragedy of the Fair Penitent" had a
mirthful conclusion.-NewY York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Greeting a Bunko Steerer.

Sometimes the bunko steerer meets his
match. Recently ex-Judge Thomas
Lawrence, who has been a practicing
lawyer in this city for many years, but
now resides in his beautiful home in
Nyack, had an encounter with one of
Hungry Joe's confrees in which the lat
ter acknowledged defeat. The ex-judge
is Quaker and wears a slouch hat and
Joshua Whitcomb clothes. Passing
through city hall park an elegantly
dressed young man said: What! Do my
eyes deceive me? You are But Mr..
Lawrence seized the fellows hand and
broke in: "Why, am glad to see thee,
friena Thou hast changed thy clothes
since l saw thee last on Blackwelrs s
island" Slapping Mr.. Lawrence on the
back, the would be swindler laughed and
said: THAT will do, old Quaker; l see
you are on to my game. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Our deeds travel from afar.

Our deeds travel from afar.
A bad reputation is hard to lose.
Usefulness is confined to no station.
The first of all virtues is innocence.
No good action, no good example dies.
Treasure laid up in heaven draws in
terest on earth.
No one is ever fatigued after the exer-
else of forbearance.
The most deadly sins are those that
appear respectable.
We easily forget our faults when they
are known only to ourselves.
Many secretly seek themselves in
what they do, and know it not.
A mind that seeks truth for its own
sake is as rare as it is valuable.
Riches never come even by chance to
MIN whose destiny it is to be poor.
Nothing pays a poorer interest on the
investment than wearing long face.
The most Improbable thing we can
undertake to do is to avenge ourselves,
Act well at the moment, and you have
performed good action to all eternity
They that do nothing are in the read
lest way to do that which is worse than
nothing.
One of the duties every man owes to
to himself is live So that he can respect
himself.
Some people are willing to serve the
Lord, provided they can pick out their
own work.
Loving kindness is greater than laws:
and the charities of life are more than
Ill ceremonies.
1t is Portuguese saying that those
who always want to be considered right
are as rule in the wrong.
We should not sadden the harmless
nirth of others by suffering our own
melancholy to be seen.
Why do people try to defame each 9th
sr? Why drop the acid of their criticism
m the character of their neighbors to
leface it?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
The Language of Animals.

It used to be told in the fairy tales
that the hero could hear the grass grow
and speak with the animals. In reality
it is not likely that we shall ever develop
the sense of hearing sufficiently to hear
the grass grow, but it is quite likely that
we shall be able to converse with the
beasts of the field. But do the beasts
have language? He would be bold in
deed who would deny it point blank.
We observe all around US too many in
dications of conscious communication
between them to have right to say mo"
absolutely To be sure, some animals
are silent, totally, it seems. But may
they not convey their Thoughts" in some
way-for instance, as the deaf mutes do?
Or may they not use a secret language.
one like that of lovers, employing ges-
lures and looks? When we speak of Ian
guage in this connection, it must be un-
derstood that we do not mean articulate
speech. We take the word in its broad
est sense as an expression for the means
of mental communication existing be-
tween one creature and danother-Copen-
hagen Family Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Choosing a Wife.

An excellent man was wont to observe
that when he chose wife he should look
for mental rather than physical graces.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain"
he quoted grandly, but woman that
feareth the Lord she shall be praised"
His sisters, finding him slow to designate
the future companion of his travels
through the world, kindly indicated to
him certain irreproachable Miss Ursula,
as devoutly good as she was unfortu-
nately angular and plain. And very
malicious was their satisfaction when
the bachelor brother exclaimed: Great
Scott, there is reason in all things! A
man wants something besides piety in
wifer'-Harper's Bazaar
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Asking Questions of the Cuckoo.

"In Denmark" said Augustus H.
Schneider of San Antonio, Tex, at the
Lindell, when the voice of the cuckoo
is heard in the woods in the springtime
every girl and boy kiss their hands and
ask, When, cuckoo, when shall l be
married? The old folks, wearied with
disease and age, inquire, Cuckoo.
cuckoo, when shall l be released from
this worlds carer And the bird con-
tinues to sing cuckoo as many times as
years will elapse before the objects of
these desires come to pass. And as some
old people live to become advanced in
years, and many of the girls die old
maids, and the boys find bachelors
graves, the poor cuckoo has so much to
do in answering the questions put to her
that she has no time to make her nest,
but lays her eggs in that of the hedge
sparrow or the hnnet that make the
same territory their home. st. Louis
Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
It REQUIRED Brains.

Detroit Free Press.
A man from one of the back countie:
OF the Upper Peninsula was leaning on
the counter talking to the clerk at the
Russell House
Fine hotel you've got here" he said,
shaking hayseed out of his whiskers.
IL keep hotel myself, but faint nothin'
like this"
The clerk smiled and nodded COM
placently.
Just the same it takes brains to run
it," he went on. Man in this business
can't know too much.''
The public says we hotel clerks do"
returned the clerk modestly.
''Ges, know; but that's pokin' fun
at you. | say you can't know too much.
Frinstance, in my case now. Last week
guest came to my place and registered
himself as United States Senator
Now, If hadn't knowed all about the
power and dignity and 'fluence of Sen
ator, | would IA got left. But | was
posted, and throwed the house open to
him: sent drinks up every night, cock
tails every morning; give him the run
of the bar durin' the day; set out the ci-
gars; took him out in my best livery rig
to see the town and the chance the Gov
ernment had for improvin' our river and
givin' us public buildin', and kept
him there on the fat of the land for four
days and never said word about pay
If I'd been ignorant I'd as like as not
spilled the whole business, but | wasn't
you see."
"Whgt State was the Senator from?"
inquired the clerk
"ArizOny."
The clerk gagged and got red in the
face.
"Arizona?" he repeated.
"Yes, Arizony; don't you know where
that is?"
"Of course, of course" replied the
clerk; "but Arizona is no State It's
territory and doesn't have any Senators,
at all"
"Wha-wha-what?" gasped the Wis
iting hotel keeper, and the clerk ex-
planned and got down book and proved
it to him, and the Upper Peninsulate
tore up and down the office awhile, and
finally went away and drowned his sor-
row in the flowing bowl.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Woman and Politics.

According to the story of a man from
Wyoming, woman suffrage has not ma
terially changed the nature of woman.
The surest way to get an Indifferent
woman to vote Is the threat of neigh
Dor to kill her husbands vote by an
other. Straightway the shiesi woman
will put on her hat and go to the polls.
Every woman, however, takes pains to
register to be prepared for any emer-
Eency, and politics is the chief topic at
The sewing bees, church circles and aft
nrnoon teas. The women had some trou-
bic with the Australian ballot. and pri-
vate rehearsals were held in every house.
New York Evening Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
The Use Of Sudden Wealth.

The disposition toward mad extrava-
gance. so often seen in wealthy young
men, is not always the result of means
TO crafty overstrong desires, but of pos
tive 'foolishness, or mental incompe-
tence, which, under the pressure of mar
row means, would not only never have
developed itself, but never have existed.
al have succeeded" said a very great
statesman, because l have never had
enough to live on" The silly marriages
the old frequently make are in just the
same way the result not of loss of judg
ment, but for weakening of the resist
ing power of the will. The consequences
of unexpected wealth are, however, as
often fortunate as unfortunate. for they
are the products Of the natural character.
We have seen man who inherited a
fortune very large for his wants become
during the remainder of his life almost
or quite miserly, but that was only on
large scale, the result of the impulse TO
save, which on small one had been pro-
nounced q wise economy" aggravated
little, it may be, by foible-timidity
about spending, which is constantly
noticeable also in men who were born
rich. But we have also seen lady pre-
viously suspected of meanness become
habitually and rather splendidly liberal
Serenity, which we hold with the
Qrakers to be an eminent virtue, often
comes with unexpected good luck, and
graciousness, too, the latter being the re-
suit we conceive of the disappearance
either of grudge at fate or of some in
ner fear of being suspected of ''booing"
on account of poverty. Suspiciousness
is pre-eminently the foible of the poo,
and frequently though not always dis
appears with wealth and the confidence
it brings, confidence occasionally so
great and so needed as radically to inn
prove manner.-London Spectator
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r. Alex
andeT, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning and evening; sabbath school $50 a. m.
young peoples society of Christian endeayor SUM-
day evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev.
Harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching 1880
l. m; : p. IN; young peoples meeting, Monday
NenngS; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
nnSS; Sabbath school 2:30 pm. Strangers cor
dialy invited to all snrviees
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m /;
puDlle worship, IL a. m; weekly prayer meeting,
FRIDAY p M; monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
iay OF each month, p. m; wOman's missionary
lelety, last Saturday Of each month, p. m-; dis
tr1ct prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, 2 p. m
Young WOmen's prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, p. m.
AFRICAN N. M.ECHURCH-Rev. E. Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 1880 a. m; p. m; Sab
oath school, 2 80 p. m.; weekly prayer meeting,
Thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Bricks For Paving Streets.

The vitrilied brick is taking the place
of the Belgian block in street paving in
a number of cities. Cincinnati, Chatta-
nooga, Macon, Augusta and other
southern and western cities are already
using the vitrified brick with great sue
cess, and the demand for that sort of
pavement is so large that the manufac-
turers are millions of bricks behind in
their orders. The brick is made of "a low
grade of fire clay, is almost as hard as
flint and is impervious to moisture
New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

In the majority of the so called social
functions of the city there is no tine for
conversation in the true sense of the
word. 1t is few hurried ordinations,
a few stereotyped expressions and pass
on. Yet no one in the swim actually
believes that any one out keeps o,t from
choice. York Evening Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Soulless Corporations.

Child don't believe the caml COM
panies cares much for children.
Mother-Why not?
Child-In the summer they put the
water in, so we'll get drowned ,and in
the winter they let the water out so we
can't STATEHOOD News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Cost of Living in Australia.

1 now believe that workinanan can
live here for as small sum as he can in
England. On Saturday night in order
to see workingman's market, went off
to one of their big markets 10 see the
prices paid found good beef i'd. to sd.
per pound; mutton, Sd. to 34t.; half a
lamb, 3s.; rabbits, Sd. per couple; any
quantity of prime hares at Cd. each; cauli-
flower as big as your head, Id. each; po-
tatoes about half English prise.-Mel-
bourne Cor. London News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

Mr.. c. F. DAVIS, editor of the Bloom
ield, Iowa, Farmer, says: Il can rec
ommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
TO all sufferers with colds and Group. /
have used it in my family for the past
two years and have found it the best.I
ever used for the purposes for whibh il
is intended. Fifty-cent bottles for sale
by Patterson & Sons, Druggists. 2-2-4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. q A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon.
j. h. MEH Err, Sec. G. p. BUMGARNER, W. NJ.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II, R0ydI
Arch MGsOHs.-Stated eOnvOcations first Friday Of
each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. j. B. RYAN, H. p.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81 r. q M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. c. w. CARROLL, 7. l. NJ.
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 26, K T-Stated
eOnclaNes, first Thursday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. W. C. BURGUNDTHALEG
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
AduIteration OF Mustard.

Mustard, especially that which has
been adulterated with fo:ir-which, in
also would look sickly pale
is brought up to the original color of
genuine mustard by the addition of tu-
meric, and similar practice is begin
ming to be adopted in the pepper trade.
Food, Drugs and Drink.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Why Suffer I?
When you can be Cured

Thousands are suffering with
Torpid Liver-the symptoms are
Depression of Spirits, Indiges-
ton, Constipation, Headache.
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is a reliable remedy for Liver
Disorders. 1t cures thousands
every year; why not try
DIR. Sanford's Liver Invigoratorf
Your Druggist will supply you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Guarded sympathy.

Very Stout Nervous Old Lady Ito
guard)-Oh, guard, wouldn't it be dread
full if there was collision on the line
I'm about to travel by2
Facetious Guard-Yes, mum, it would
be for any one you happened to fall on.
Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

Centuries ago the color of d hat or cap
aad its significance. Cardinals first be-
gan to wear red hats in 1858. In Italy
:or ages q members of the Hebrew race
we're known by the yellow cap they wore,
1t being mandatory for them to wear
Ihem.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
A Chemical EOrmula.

In work generally ascribed to Arnold
of Villanova the student is told that in
mixing his chemicals he must repeat the
psalm, ''Exsurge Domino" and that on
certain chemical vessels must be placed
the last words of Jesus on the CROSS
Popular Science S,nthly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Loves Strategy.

An ingenuity worthy of a better cause
was shown by a man and his wifi, in the
lookup at Bath the other day. They
were in separate but adjoining cdls, and
managed to keep up domestic happiness
under these difficulties by playing a
game of high-low-jack through 6 crack
in the partition. Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

The day was a warm one and the
gentleman from Kentucky was coming
up from the spring at the foot of the
lill with bucket in his hand.
"Ah, Colonel;" inquired an Ohio visit
or sitting on the porch, "have you some
hing to drink in that pail?"
"Oh, no" responded the Colonel, sits
water"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

Kauri gum is formed of the turpentine
that has exuded from the kauri tree,
species of pine which is the finest and
for general purposes the most useful
forest tree in New Zealand Thirty
years ago the Maoris We're the only peo-
pie who employed themselves in search
ing for this gum, which at that time was
to be found on or cropping out of the
surface of the ground, where perhaps
ages before forests of kauri had stood.
After few years exports the Maoris
began to dig for the gum a few inches
below the surface. As the uses for it in
creased, its market value rose, and pres
emily Europeans betook themselves to
digging for it, until at the present time
there are probably 1000 whites and 1000
Maoris engaged in the work in the Auck-
land provincial district, where alone the
gum is to be found. Hence the output
has steadily increased during the last
thirty years, notwithstanding that the
gum is not being reproduced, except to
a very inappreciable extent, in the exist
ing forests, and these are being rapidly
cut down because of the commercial
value of the timber
Within a measurable period of time
the production of the gum must cease.
although it is expected that at the pres
ent rate it will take so years to exhaust
the deposits in the Auckland district. In
some places gum bearing land has been
purchased from the crown for settlement
purposes, and the gum unearthed in
blowing it has been sold for enough to
pay the purchase money of the land and
for plowing, fencing and sowing it as
well.-London Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

ENGLAND has misgoverned Ireland
for more than long enough, and it is
higq time to at least allow the Irish to
try to govern themselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
For Malaria, Liver Trou-
bic, or Indigestion, use
BROWN IRON BITTERS

There are no undertakers in Japan.
and when person dies it is the custom
for his nearest relatives to put him in
coffin and bury him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
pELMoNT COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Pleas Judge John B. Driggs
Probate Judge-JameS +. Tallman.
Clerk of COurts-Henry NJ. Davies
Standardization NJ. Scott.
AuditOr-JOSeph A. Henderson.
TreaSurer-Frank Il. Archer
Prosecuting AttOrney-JeSse W. Hollingworth
RecOrder-JOhn NJ Beckett
SuryeyOr-C Chalkley Dawson.
COrOner-A. NJ. f. Boyd.
Commissioners Miles K. Hart, John c. Israel,
w. 5. Mechem.
InfiTmary DireetOrs-William Lodge, president;
John A. Clark, clerk; B. NJ. LOper, auditor.
Superintendent Inirmary John Sidebottom,
East Richland.
Superintendent ChildreDs HOme-Peter Gifin,
GAINESVILLE.
School EXaminers-James Duncan, Bridgeport;
). G. Murphy. Belmont I. p Harris SOmertOn-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

You may freeze, you may bust the
gas meter if you will, but at the end of
the month, just the same, there's the
bill.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
1899. BELMONT COUNTY. 1898.

Teachers examinations will be held as follows:
Belmont-Friday, Sept. 3; Saturday, Nov. 10,
Jan. IA, Feb. %, April s, May 13, June 10.
in August
Barnesville-March IL and June "A.
Bellaire-Sept II and Feb. 4.
BridgepOrt-December 10.
SOmertOn-March 25
Hendrysburg-April %.
FluShng-October 10.
Bethesda-In July
Pupils examinations first Saturday In April and
in May.
Tests for professional certificate will be given at
any time when called for by number desiring
them Any necessary branch: also primary, will
be given at any time, upon due notice being given
the cieTk.
Examinations begin at O'Clock A. NJ.
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
7. p. HARRIS,
sc. MURPHY, Clerk,
silly Board of School Examiners.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

A NEW pharmaceutical bottle has re-
Gently been invented, which indicates
the hour which the medicine is to be
taken.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

FIFTYSEAEN thousand five hundred
and eleven letteas are written in London
every day, requiring 30 gallons of ink