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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
The Serpents Venom.
New-Orleans Picayune.

New-Orleans Picayune.
A physician, while talking to group
of friends, remarked: at is common to
hear people speak about poisonous SER
pents. Serpents are never poisonous;
the are venomous. A poison cannot be
taken internally without bad effects; a
venom can. Venoms, to be effective,
have to be injected directly into the cir
culation, and this is the manner in which
snakes kill. Their venom, taken intern
ally, is innocuous.
Another popular error is the suposi-
tion that snake bites. Probably no
creature in the world provided with
teeth and jaws has so little power of
biting. The jaws are not hinged, but
are attached one to the other by cartil-
age. Thus snake can have no leverage
in opposing one jaw to the other, and
could not in this manner pierce the skin.
The fangs are driven into the flesh by a
stroke, and not by bite. A snake is
harmless unless in coil From its coil
it throws its head and body forward, and
strikes or hooks its fangs into the object
aimed at. The entire work is done with
the upper jaw, the lower jaw having
nothing at all to do with it. A man
striking boathook into pier furnishes
an example of the way in which asnake
strikes, Biting is physical impossi-
bility.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
What q Lie.

We are told that certain Canton man,
a resident of the northwest section, says
the Canton Roller, has invented a new
mixture to be put upon the market,
under the name of the "Alibi' Club
tonic. On the label are these direc-
tions:
"Dose One teaspoonful, to be taken
just before going home from the club.
at kills all alcoholic odors and sweet
ems the breath.
sit is an antidote for the smoke nui-
sance, which is difficult one to eradi-
cate.
sit guides the right hand in its search
for the keyhole.
at enables the patient to go upstairs
without falling all over himself.
at prevents talking in your sleep"
After taking this the patient is able
to prove an alibi, and make good his
claim to have been toiling at the office.
Wives keep an eye out, you may find
bottle of "Alibi" tonic in your hus-
bands pocket
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laest u S Govt Report
R|HAI BakI'2s Bs,s,ds'!
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Revolving Grand Stand.

Chicago Inter-0cean.
P. P. Cuplin, of West Bend, Iowa,
was at the Victoria recently. Mr.. Cup
lin has invented device which he be-
lieves will make the royal sport of racing
even more popular than it now is. 1t is
revoving grand stand, contrivanee
that will save the investor in pool tick
cts the irksome labor of craning his
neck and straining his vision to see how
his ducats are being carried. The grand
stand is supposed to revolve as the races
go, and the occupants are always facing
the horses in their journey to the wire.
The inventors idea for the mechanical
contrivance of revolving stand is to
have it set in shallow basin filled with
water. but he discreetly withholds par
ticulars as to the application of power,
but says that it is just as practicable
with stand of $4,000 chairs as with one
of 5000. The judges stand is to be con-
structed as an ordinary elevator. The
cage will be gradually raised when the
horses start until such height is reach
ed that the judges may see the horses
passing behind the stand through the
open space between the roof and the
main part of the stand, or between the
upper and the lower sections of the
stand comprising two stories.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
THE HOME RULE BILL.

New York Tribune.
Mr.. Gladstone's revised Home Rule
bill if it had been introduced in its
present form seven years ago would
have had larger number of supporters
than the original draft. That is perhaps
the strongest tribute that can be paid to
his practical skill in reconstructing the
measure. Every Irish vote would have
been cast for it under Nc. Parnell's lead
ership. He was then Indifferent whether
the Irish delegation was or was not re-
tanned in Westminster. The change in
that respect would not have alieaated
his support; and he would certainly
have recognized in the new drafta much
simpler and stronger measure of Irish
autonomy. Oa the other hand, many
of the dissenting Liberals who then
voted against tie second reading would
have been conciliated by the retention
Of the Irish delegation at Westminster
IS an outward and visible sign of I'm
perial supremacy. They would also
have been pleased with the conservatism
of the provisions respecting the election
of the Legislative Council under a
twenty pound franchise. and would have
recognized in them an efficient safeguard
for minority rights.
The new bill, if we except the pro-
visions relating to Irish representation
in the Imperial Parliament, is stronger,
more Ineligible and better working
scheme than the first one. 1t will place
| an Executive Government responsible
to a Dublin Parliament in complete
control of domestic affairs within clearly
defined limitations of Imperial proroga-
tive. The land question and the con-
stabular force are reserved for transi-
ton period, but ultimately will be in
cluded within the scope of Irish legisla-
ton. The land owners are allowed three
years in which to effect settlement of
that vexed question at Westminster, and
it will be through their own perverse
folly if they are finally remanded to
what they term the tender mercies of
"a landless democracy bent on confisca-
tion." The constitution of the two
chambers, the veto power and the checks
on the appointment of judges are matters
which are more skillfully managed in
the new than they were in the old
scheme. Perhaps the greatest improve
ment is in the financial proposals, which
are luminously explained in Mr. Glad
stones speech. These are simpler in
arrangement, more generous to Ireland
and less likely to create division and
dissatisfaction than the original pro-
posals.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
A Story of Reinach.

The London Globe
A Paris correspondent tells a good
story of the late Baron de Reinach.
Some time before the Baron's tragic
demise fancy dress ball was given at
a friends house, and he was among
the invited guests. During the early
part of the evening every one was as
toEished by the vagaries of a visitor who
had donned the cap and bells and "fooled
it" so cleverly as to attract general at
tention. Every one was anxious to
know who it was, but he declined to re-
veal his identity. When the time came
to throw off the masks, to the sstonish-
ment of all it was seen to be NJ. de
Reinach.
The Baron accepted the compliments
of his fellow maskers, and was the hero
of the evening. 1t was not until some
time afterward that it was ascertained
that he had played joke on the people.
He had engaged the services of clown
from the circus, who was much of the
same build as himself, and had two
dresses made alike. The clown, whose
acrobatic feats attracted so much atten-
ton, was the circus performer, and NJ.
de Reinach only took his place at the
end to surprise his friends and receive
their congratulations
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
What a Great Man.

American Economist
This is what Henry Watterson of the
Louisville Courier Journal says will be
done with the Tariff by the incoming
dynasty:
On lines perfectly clear and broad,
the new Administration and the new
Congress will begin to remove the house
that has been condemned. Time will
be given its occupants to get out; to re-
move their effects; and then starting
with the roof, the Democratic party
will proceed to raze it, story by story, to
the ground, and when the bottom foun-
dations are reached, to remove them,
preparatory to the erection in its place
of Free Trade temple, i. e., Tariff for
revenue only, laid upon the fewest
number of articles possible to the reve-
nues actually requires by the govern
ment, and these articles stlected, as far
as possible, from commodities not pro-
duced in this country. In other words,
denouncing the doctrine of Protection
for what it is, an imposition and fraud,
dOuOiiCuG dllhC W Ilc SOullluJlOu Vi
the United States and the true American
system, the Democratic party will not
weary of well doing until the statute
books are no longer disfgured by the
shadow of any Tariff duty having pro-
lection for its purpose.
As to Protection being san imposition
and fraud, abhorrent alike to the Con-
stitution of the United States and the
true American SYSTEM" Mr.. Watterson
disagrees totally with Washington, JEFF
ferson, Madison and Hamilton, who
were all living in the days when the
Constitution was framed, and all help
ing and fully approving its being so
framed and interpreted as to legaliZe
and indorse Protection-as well as with
Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln,
who held like opinions at later dates.
But what are all these compared to this
Kentucky editor? He makes himself
even more ridiculous than the small
Office holder who said: "Tm bigger'n old
Grant" Changing Shakespeare, to suit
the case, we may ask, "On what meat
hath this our boaster fed that he has
grown so great?"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
THE SOLDIER HATERs.

New York Press.
Perhaps the meanest insult, not only
to the veterans of the Union army, their
wives and widows, but also to American
womanhood, is the charge made by the
Mugwumps that women have married
old soldiers with the object of receiving
pensions after the death of their hus
bands. The pension of veterans
widow is s8 a month, less than the
average wages ofa servant, who receives
board besides, and less than enough to
pay for board, even at the lowest rate
It is a cruel and absurd reflection upon
American womaDhood to charge that
American women could be found willing
to sacrifice themselves for the sake OF
$8 month, contingent upon the death
of their husbands.
This insult to soldiers wives and
widows is of piece with the injury to
the one-armed and one-legged veterans,
who are accused by Democrats and
Mugwumps in Congress of cheating the
government by making artificial limbs
last only three years, when they ought,
the critics claim, to last for five years
The pain and inconvenience to be caused
to the MANNED heroes by being made to
stump about with wornout artificial
limb are of no consequence to men who
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
NO MORE BRAGGING.
Uncle Nahum Leavitt Admits Having Been
Taught Serious Lesson.

Uncle Nahum LeaTttt ADMITS having Been
Taught Serious Lesson.
''The brightest minds hev been known
to git astray onct in awhile" began
Uncle Nahum Leavitt, and the fact
that | stopped over onct is jest. as much
4 sign Of genius as It's of fool. Fur's /
know, it seems So" His neighbor, who
sat with him in the great barndoor,
nodded his head very vigorously, as
much as to sar that Uncle Nahum's sage
remark was @ too weighty for imme-
date discussion.
The time clipped up the elm trees
front the house was an awful upsetter
to me-"
"How's that:' said the neighbor, whose
conversational powers lay mostly in the
line of interrogation.
well, don't mind relatin an expert
ence that was putty good lesson ter
me, an that did more toward reducin my
self esteem than most anything l ever
tackled"
He rose cautiously and pecred round
the corner of the barn TO assure himself
they were not overheard; then, satisfied
that no one was near, he moved the
small keg which served as seat nearer
to his listener and began:
"Well, one mornin 1 says ter Mary:
Them elm trees front the house oughter
be trimmed up. That parlor has got the
chill an damp O the tomb in it, says l.
"Moldyf" quickly asked his listener.
"Yis, twas. Well, 1 hunted up
saw an got up on the fence an elm up
ter the lower limbs Jest as / got set
tied Mary come ter tn door an says.
Now, father = she alters called me
father after the children come-'now
don't be too vsnturesome, fur you amt
so young as you was on0t, and you can't
do as the boys do
We'll, it alters riled me ter be called
old, an 1 coke up putty sharp an says.
I'm old 'nough ter tend ter my own af
fairs an not meddler 1 says, L neve~
hev threw yer age in yer face yit, though
it be apparent to allr
sit was putty sarcastic, 1 know, an
she went in an slet the door. She
didn't slam it, but jest shet it easy, like
she could bide her time.
81 s'pose was kinder frustrated by it
an upset, an l begun sawin like any
thing an not noticin what 1 was doin
till heard big crack, an fust knew !
was a-hangin by my vest ter the stub end
of limb bout 10 foot from the ground
Ihed sawed off the limb l was a-settin on.
MARY heard the crash an come run
min out lively, but when she see want
in no close danger she says, Pull yer
self right up ter the next limb, the way
the boys do
Il says, pretty hasty: 4 amt no boy.
Run an git ladderr
I'm most too infirm ter rum says
she, but I'll call for some one.'
Putty soon she come back with
man an ladder, an when was a-step-
pin down she says, mighty perlite:
There, now, don't play any of them boy
ish tricks agin an scare me. Ny nerves
amt so strong as you young people's!'
well, sir, whilst l were a-hangin
there the conceit jest dripped off nv
bootlegs. was glad 'nough ter feel the
ground agin, can tell ye, an sence then
] amt never believed in braggin. -
Youths Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
TRYING TO ATTRACT.

Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The South wants immigrants and
thoughtful people in that section of the
country are considering how best to
attract new comers. Governor Fish
back, of Arkansas, has issued call for
a convention Of Governors of Southern
States, to be held in Richmond, Va,
two months hence. The call has been
addressed to every Governor in the
South, and its object is stated as being
to attract home seekers capital. He
suggests that there SHOULD be adopted
some short, simple, but emphatic,
method of calling the attention of the
world to the magnificent inducements
of the South" and he urges that, if
these inducements were known, "there
ought to be no difficulty in turning
toward our favored region the vast tide
of investments and of immigrants which
will follow the wake of the Columbian
Exposition"
The shortest and simplest announce
ment, and one which would be most at
tractive to law-abiding and liberty low
ing people, would be something like
this: sin the Southern States we have
mild climate and are plenteously en-
dowed by nature with all that is neces-
sary for human happiness. Moreover,
every man is free to vote as he pleases.
without intimidation of any kind, and
his vote is honestly counted. Further
more, lynch law is unknown"
When such an announcement as this
can be truthfully made, the South will
not want for immigrants, but until this
can be truthfully said, the Southern
people will continue to wonder why
home seekers and capital prefer to
locate in regions less favored by Nature,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

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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timidity, trembling, dmneSs of sight, giddine>s,
diseases of the head throat, nose, skin. affec-
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slight burning Smartng sensation. weak ening the
system IN a manner the patient cannot account for.
On examination of the urinary deposits, a ropy
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stage Of seminal weakness. We viii guarantee a
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
Strength and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If "la
grippe" has left you weak an weary, use
Electric Bitters. This remedy acts di-
rectly on liver, stomach and kidneys,
gently aiding those organs to perform
their functions. If you are afflicted
with sick headache, you will find speedy
and permanent relief by taking Electric
Bitters. One trial will convince you
that this is the remedy you need. Large
bottles only SOC at Pattersons'. 6
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
The Beginning.

Professor Cooke was talking about
electricity at Harvard and sent his as
sistant to start up the dynamo. wait
a moment, gentlemen" he smiled, land
the experiment will begin" Soon there
was terrific lumbling, clatter and a
thump. "There, gentleman" said the
genial professor, that's the beginning.
Now you can hear the dynamo running
down stairs. Boston Budget.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

themselves took care to send substitutes,
or to escape the draft altogether under
the friendly shelter of the British flag
Probably they reason that whatever in
convenience the veterans suffer through
economy on the part of Democratic
Administration is no more than proper
punishment for having gone TO the war.
and helped to put down the Democratic
slave labor rebellion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
La Grippe.

During the prevalence of the Grippe
the past seasons it was noticeable fact
that those who depended upon DR..
Kings New Discovery, not only had a
speedy recovery, but escaped all of the
troublesome after effects of the malady.
The remedy appears to have peculiar
power in effecting rapid cures not only
in cases Of La Grippe, but in all Dlseas-
es of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has
cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever
of long standing. Try it and be convin-
ced. 1t won't disappoint Free Trial
Bottles at Patterson's Drug Store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

GLADsTONE's TENURE OF POWER.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Observant persons have noticed that
of late there have been no predictions Of
the speedy downfall of the Gladstone
ministry, and there is no hint of any
thing Of the sort in the British criticisms
of his speech on the Home Rule bill,
although these were frequent enough
lust after the election. Then it was
said that the ministry would fall in the
first onset over the bill. Later it was
said that it would last months. Now
there are no predictions on the subject.
Apropos, Francis S. Seymour, Glad
stonian in the Commons from Northeast
Suffolk, calls attention to an interesting
historical parallel In 1885 the Irish
question was the principal one, and then
as now the Liberals had to face not only
their regular opponents, but consider
able force of their own members who had
gone over to them, after the manner of
the Liberal Unionists; then as now the
Government was ridiculed as a con-
glomeration of Heterogeneous elements
which would fall to pieces in a short
time. Charles Greville wrote in May OF
that year: "There is an impression that
this government will not be of long
continuance, and that the Ministers are
themselves aware that their tenure OF
office must be brief" Yet they held
Office for more than sixty years, from
April of 1885 to August of 1841.
While the Home Rule question is the
chief, it is not the only one which must
be dealt with. The rural communities
are clamoring for legislation which will
give them greater power in the manage
ment of their own affairs. There is
loud demand for aregistration bill which
will establish the principle of lone man.
one vote," instead of the present ar
rangement, under which land owner
may have half-dozen votes in as many
different boroughs. And there is the
land question itself to be considered,
which is burning question in England
as well as in Ireland.
Mr.. Stevenson says dissolution Of
Parliament to the neglect of these issues
"would probably mean the destruction
of the Liberal party as an instrument of
reform for the next quarter of CEN
tury." This may account for the
change of opinion on the duration of the
Cabinet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

JOSEPH V. DoRY, of Warsaw, ILL.,,
was troubled with rheumatism and tried
a number of different remedies, but says
none of them seemed to do him any
good, but finally he got hold of one that
speedily cured him. He was much
pleased with it, and felt sure that others
similarly afflicted would like to know
what the remedy was that cured him.
He states for the benefit of the public
that it is called Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. For sale by Patterson & Sons,
Druggists. p It
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

To irrigate successfully water must
come from regions of perpetual SHOWS.
and the tiller of the soil who depends on
this supply lives constantly within sight
of scenery that is grand, varied and awe
inSnirinp
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
LOOK OUT FOR THEM.

my kidneys are all right; 1 have no
pain in my back" Mistaken man. Peo-
pie die from kidney disease of so bad a
character that the organs are nearly de-
stroyed, and yet they have never had a
pain or an ache. Why? Brcause the dis
ease began in the interior of the kidneys
where they are few nerves of feeling to
convey the sensation of pain. Dr. Xii.
mer's Swamp Root is the great specific
for Bright's disease" urinary troubles
druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

PEOPLE troubled with sick and nerv-
Gus headaches will find most effica-
cious remedy in Ayers Cathartic Pills.
They strengthen the stomach, stimulate
the liver, restore healthy action to the
digestive organs, and thus afford speedy
and permanent relief.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

AT West Lynn, Mass, the other day
a loc omotive was coupled to a large
electric motor and power was applied to
them in opposite directions. For some
time neither gained an inch, but finally
with the aid of sand thrown on the track
the locomotive came off victorious.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

There are many rivals of quinine in
the market now which would quickly
take its place if the price advanced ma
terially. Its cheapness today makes qui.
nine so universally popular.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

AN Adel man who never subscribed
to newspaper, and consequently knew
nothing of railroad trains or schedules,
purchased ticket for Valdosto, and,
leaping into box-car, which was side
tracked at the depot, shouted: "How
long before this darned thing starts!"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23

AN obedience to the simple laws of
hygiene and the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla will enable the most delicate man
or sickly woman to pass in ease and
safety from the icy atmosphere of Feb
ruary to the warm, moist days of April.
1t is the best of spring medicines.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-23
BITCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
COrns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by Patterson & Sons. ly