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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

the amendments to the Wilson bill may
well wonder where he comes in for any
benefit. The chief point in the debate
was on the amendment which fixes the
time for putting the free wool provision
into effect. Chairman Wilson mercifully
would allow the farmer an opportunity
to dispose of his spring lambs before the
price of sheep is driven down to the
vanishing point, but the other and more
consistent Democrats insisted that it
should go into effect as soon as the bill
becomes law. That the interest of the
farmer is not considered was made evil
dent by Springer's answer to Payne's
motion that it should go into effect in
October of 1898 instead of in October
of 1894, that Payne's motion was in be-
half of the wool growers and not of the
consumer As the slang is, the farmer
is not in it this time.
When the assertion is made that the
price of wool had fallen all over the
world Mr.. Pickler, of South Dakota, ex-
claimed that it would have gone vastly
lower in this country than it is but for
the Mckinley bill. That is true, for
under that it is protected by from IL to
II cents per pound on some grades anG
by from 80 to 50 on others. Now when
competition from abroad is fiercer than
ever all protection is to be removed. If
the farmer can not obtain any profit
from sheep raising now, how is he to do
it when this competition is given free
course?
Competition is invited in not only the
market for wool, but for the sheep
in their fleeces. The Mckinley bill puts
duty of S1.50 on imported sheep, but
the Wilson bill reduces that to 50 per
centum ad valorem, while it removes
entirely the protection of two cents a
pound on mutton.
There was another spicy bit of debate
on the duty on condensed milk, but II
had to come down. Turning from the
debate to the bill itself one shall see
that on all the dairy and farm products
the revisers have been at work against
the farmer. Most decidedly he is not in
it this time, after all the promises of the
Democracy that he would be in it to his
utmost satisfaction.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
Profits In Champagne.

The returns are enormous when a
brand of champagne is firmly estab-
lished, but it is slow and laborious work
to build up demand for new wine.
Accident more often popularizes brand
than design. The sudden terrific rush
for dry wines some 10 years ago was
caused by remark of the Prince of
Wales, made casually in the course of an
after dinner chat It was Immediately
pounced upon by the manufacturers of
dry wines, the world was informed of it
and their success was assured. But it
requires continual effort to maintain the
popularity of wine. There must be no
tagging.
Brands that were in great demand a
few years ago are now dropping out of
sight. Only few hundred cases are
sold annually. Others have come to the
front with remarkable strides, and their
sales run up in the thousands. As many
as 81, 900 cases of certain brand have
been sold in this country in one year at a
net profit to the agent of not less than
S400, 600. Such statement is enough to
make a young man giddy.-New York
Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
As to Giants.

There has been no subject concerning
which more lies have been told than
about giants. Until it was found that
modern men could not be squeezed into
the armor at the Tower, it was taken
for granted that we had degenerated in
size. This is not only not the case,
but in the matter of giants we h@@Te the
advantage of our predecessors. The En-
peror Maximinian indeed was said TO
have been So feet high, but ancient
mensuration, especially in the case OF
an emperor, is not to be trusted; in
deed, from its not having made him
taller, it is certain that there was no
one else nearly so tall. Orestes, it is
true, we are told, was 10 feet long aft
er death, but he was not thought so
highly of when alive; we may reasona-
bly, take 8 feet as his ultimatum.-Lon-
don News
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
Natura Laws.

Our misery arises from the enfringe
ment of natural laws; as long as those
laws remain broken, our misery will
still continue. Hope is by our side, and
she tells US, with the unmisIakable voice
of truth, that men will some day grow
wiser and less selfish than at present
when most of the present suffering shall
pass away-when none need be long un-
happy, except through their own fault
for the earth was created for good
and happy purpose, though it takes
myriads of years to accomplish it. Duty
is pillar firmly fixed in rocks of adam
ant, round which we climb heavenward.
The energies of man are tempered to an
iron hardness by adversely; that our
strength springs up fresher under the
clouds of trials and sufferings; that our
souls are braced by the keen, cold winds
of poverty; our faculties purified by the
fire of affiiction. A Scottish prOverb
says, 1--WE maun live with the present,
and not with the past" Our duty lies
with the present, and it is simply by
making it as good as possible that We
can mould the future. The fault of the
literature of the day is that it is too
retrospective. There are times when all
of US become disheartened, when the
spirit within US faints, when we sigh in
our hearts, when we are bowed down by
the loss of dear friend or kindred, or
overcome by dire misfortunes, but the
darkest clouds soon disperse at sunny
light which brightens our hope and
make us look for happier days to come.
After all, we live far more in our world
Of thought, and fancies, and dreams,
and spend happier existence, too, in
them, than on the real material world
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
Specimen Cases.

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheuma-
tism, his stomach was disorded, his
liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, his
running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Btters and seven boxes of Bucklen's s
Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and
well.-John Speaker, Catawba, o., had
five large fever sores on his leg, doctors
said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric BitteIs and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold
by Patterson & Sons. 3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
Dress of Short Women.

Women who are short must avoid
much trimming on their skirts, be
they stout or slender, as they are
shorter in proportion from the waist to
the feet, writes Emma NJ. Hooper,
in an article on Gowns For the New
Year." in The Ladies Home Journal.
For the same reason they must omit
wearing large plaids and designs. All
full portions of the waist must be mod
crate in size, as the sleeves, bertha,
belt and vest. The short. wide revers
now worn are becoming, also round
waists and short, pointed basques. Jack
ct fronts are in good taste, but the UNI
brella back basques give a short figure
a cut off appearance, as do tiny capes,
while close fitting jacket adds ap-
parently several inches. Materials
must be selected with view to making
the wearer look taller,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
JUDGE coFFiN's FIRST CASE
A Bluff That Was Called Down In a Mos
HumiIjatipr Manner

A Bluff That Was Called Down In a Most
Humiliating Manner.
The following story is told of Timothy
Coffin, who was for long time Judge of
the New Bedford district: When a very
Young man, he was retained in case of
sufficient Importance to bring out almost
every resident of the town, so that
the little New Bedford courthouse was
packed when court was opened that
morning. Coffin had been secured as
counsel by the defendant. Although it
was his first attempt in open court, he
had made little OF no preparation, think
ing that he could get through somehow
or other when the time came. Thus,
when the counsel for the defendant came
into court that morning, he was greatly
surprised, and no less agitated, to see the
big crowd and realize the wide public
interest in the trial at hand. He saw
that he had looked upon the case too
lightly. The prosecution was strong,
and he had made not even slight prep
aration.
To lose the case meant the loss of a
hoped for reputation. Could he afford to
commit this blunder by displaying his
ignorance of the case? How could eget
out of it2 These were few of the ques-
tions that are known to have flashed
through the young lawyers head, for
afterward he himself told of the awful
perplexity of the hour. Being a shrewd
inventor, he devised plan. As soon as
the court had been called to order and
the crier had said his little say he arose
and asked for postponement of the
trial, on the ground that he had just re-
ceived telegram announcing the sud-
den and fatal illness of his mother, who
resided at Nantucket.
Scarcely had the words of this appeal
proceeded from the lips of young Coffin,
when an elderly woman quietly arose in
the balcony of the courtroom and gave
utterance to these words, Timothy,
Timothy. how many times have l chas-
tised thee for lying?"
Timothy recognized the sound of that
voice only too well. 1t was that of his
mother. This being Timothy's first pub
lie case. the old lady had secretly come
up to New Bedford to see how well her
son would do. Her presence was of
course totally unknown to him. The
further developments need not be record
ed here. Suffice it to say that Timothy
Coffin in after years made sure that his
excuses would not be thrown back at
him by any member of his own family.
Boston Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
A REPETITION OF HISTORY.

St Louis e-DemOcrat.
The spectacle of a Secretary of the
Treasury beseeching Congress for au-
thority to sell bonds in time of peace,
because of deficit in the revenues, is
an unusual, but not an entirely unpre-
cedented one. 1t has been witnessed
once before in our history; and then, as
now, the Democratic party had control
of the Government. That was in 1860
81, when Buchanan was President, and
a tariff for revenue only had been in
operation for several years. The Treas
ury was practically bankrupt, and gen
eral business and industrial depression
prevailed. All the receipts from every
source had been absorbed, the public
debt had heen largely increased, and
unpaid creditors were clamoring for their
money. The Speakers warrants for the
pay of members of Congress were pre-
sented and refused protested, in other
words for want of funds. To meet
the emergency, the Government adver-
tised S5,000,000 of bonds for sale. Less
than half of the amount was bid for,
and the bids that were made ranged
from 10 to 36 per cent. A few capital
lists in New York finally made pool
bid for $1,500,000 at II per cent, on the
express condition that the sum should
be used to pay the interest on the public
debt. thus preventing an otherwise in
evitable default; and under this en-
couragement, others came forward and
took the rest of the $5,000,O00 at the
same rate.
That proceeding was simply borrow
ing of money to pay the running ex-
penses of the Government: and the
proposition to sell bonds at the present
time has precisely the same meaning.
1t is well to keep this fact in mind for
future reflection. The Government has
been incurring monthly Indebtedness
of from S5,O0O,000 to 100000 ever
since the beginning of the current fiscal
wear, on account of insufficient receipts
to meet the expenditures; and the only
way to pay that Indebtedness is to issue
| bonds and sell them for what they will
bring Fortunately the public credit
was made so good while the Republicans
were in power that money can now be
borrowed at a much lower rate of in
terest than that which had to be paid in
Buchanan's time. but after few years
of experience with the kind of tariff
that the Democrats are about to estab-
lish, the situation will be no better than
it was when IL per cent. was enacted,
and it was almost impossible to sell
bonds at any price. The Wilson bill is
virtually duplication of the law under
which the Treasury was bankrupted be-
fore the war, and all kinds of industries
were paralyzed. We cannot reasonably
expect any better results from second
trial of the experiment than those which
followed the first one, and there is
no telling what will become of the public
credit by the time the Democrats are
turned out. The selling of bonds in the
existing emergency is an unavoidable
necessity, and so the Republicans will
reluctantly consent to it; but the sig
nificant and instructive fact remains
that such necessities arise only under
the conditions OF Democratic rule.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

Ina comparison of the duties on farm
nroducts under the Mckinley law and
those proposed under the Wilson DILL
the Cleveland Leader finds the following
difference on Northern products:
Committing the ad valOrem duties Of the wilson
bilI upon the present market quotations We nilu
that a cut of 20 cents bushel is made on Oailey'
cents on corn, 13 cents on wheat cents On oas'
IL cents on potatoes, % cents on appies' ~ 0en'
on onions, cents pound on hops - per ION Vi
IN ner cent. on hay, and cents dozen on eggs
For a wonder the ad valorem dulE Ol pedn9
amounts TO lust 40 cents a bushel. the same as the
Mckinley law provides, and the same Is true ol
rye. Free wool means a cut of II cents pound
and a loss of millions of dollars TO the Northern
farmers, while big reductions are also made on
butter. cheese, lard, tallow and podltry.
But on the part of the Southern
farmer the Wilson bill is just about as
good as the existing law, as is thus
shown:
There has been cut of the duty on rice from an
average of Is cents pound TO an average OF Ia
cents. but inasmuch as the duty is fully 100 per
cent. under the Mckinley law the cut leaves the
rice planters with very comfortable protection
of about 70 per cent. ad valOrem. The Wilson Dill
makes no change in the duty ON oranges ana
lemons, which are raised by the planters oi
Florida, or upon peanuts, which are the product
of hundreds of acres OF plantations in various
Southern States The sugar bounty OF cents a
pound created by the Mckinley law for the
planters of Louisiana is to be left undSturbed by
the Wilson bill for eight wears.
The above shows Enthusiastically how
the Northern farmers have been dis
criminated against and the general in
Justice of the bill.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
SINGULAR FIGURES.

Cincinnati Tribune.
No very significant lesson is to be
drawn from the record of commercial
failures in 1898. but the figures present
some singular facts. In the New Eng
land States there were 2,015 failures,
with ratio of assets of II to 81, or "a
cents on the dollar. In New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 1886
failures, the ratio is 10S to 14S, or 73
cents on the dollar. The Southeastern
group of States, in 2,565 failures, had
assets of 26, and liabilities of sc. The
Southwest, Arkansas, Texas and Mis-
souri,, had 1907 failures. The assets
reported very nearly equal so cents on
the dollar The Central States, embra-
cling Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois
and Wisconsin, is the only division of
the country where the assets exceed the
liabilities. Here the assets are given at
IS, and the liabilities at 81, with total
failures aggregating 2,3l9. The Western
States report a condition of affairs
nearly as good, for their assets and
liabilities rate as 35 to 48 in 1873
failures. The worst showing is made by
the Pacific States. They had 1922
failures, with ratio of 9 to 16 between
assets and liabilities. In the entire
country 1922 failures were reported,
and the grand ratio of assets and liabil-
tiles is q to 81, or nearly II cents on
the dollar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
A Household Treasure.

D. w. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y.
says that he always keeps DR.. King s
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would
not be without it, if procurable. G. A.
Dykeman, Druggist, Catskill, N. Y.
says that DIR. Kings New Discovery is
undoubtedly the bsst Cough remedy;
that he has used it in his family for eight
years, and it has never failed to do
what is claimed for it. Why not try a
remedy so long tried and tested. Trial
bottles free at Patterson & Sons Drug
Store. Regular size SOC. and S1.00. 3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
Facts Worth Knowing.

In all diseases of the nasal mucus
membrane the remedy used must be
non irritating. Nothing satisfactory can
be accomplished with douches, snuffs,
powders or astringents, because they are
irritating, do not thoroughly reach the
affected surfaces and should be aban-
doned as worse than failures. A multi
tude of persons who had for years borne
all the worry and pain that catarrh can
infiict testify to radical and permanent
cures wrought by Ely's. Cream Balm.
Your druggist has it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

For some time the President has
imagined that in his person were COM
bined the executive and legislative
functions of the government, but he has
lately been disabused of that idea to
some extent by the Senate failing to
confirm some of his nominations. He
doubtless wishes more than ever that he
did not now have "a session of Congress
on his hands" to bother him. Grover
would like to be a despot.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

Poor Hankinson, who had come to
make an evening call, paused at the
doorway of the parlor. Young Fergu-
son was there ahead of him.
II can hardly hope for any inter-
change of ideas this evening, Miss Ka-
ZONES, he said, with II CHASTITY attempt
TO be facetious, Ion the basis of unre-
stricted reciprocity. You seem to be
fully protected.
"ProtectedG" exclaimed Miss Ka-
iones. with ravlshing smile. Not at
all. Mr.. Hankinson. Raw material is
ON the free list here. Walk in. Chi
cago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
Progressive Dinner Parties.

Progressive dinner parties are finding
plenty of admirers in Boston. 'If the
girl you take in is slow, all you have to
do is to take your wine glasses, your
bread and your napkin and go to other
fields. The worst of it is you can stay
but one course when You strike the pret-
ty and interesting girl, is the way one
who has tried it puts the case.-Boston
Racnrl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

THERE have been great number OF
bills introduced in our law making body
bearing on the subject of quail, ground
hogs, skunks and the like. These gen
tlemen are sent to Columbus to make
laws and since the minds of some of
them are incapable of grasping anything
more profound than the subject men
toned, they depend on the strength of
skunks and the like to make a reputa-
ton
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

CoRDIAL.-The following extract is
taken from letter of thanks sent by a
bride to one of her husbands friends:
Your lovely etching was received, and
gives us both great pleasure. 1t is now
in the drawing room hanging above the
piano, where we hope to see you very
soon, and as often as you find it
argeeaa BILE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

THE late road commission of the
State affect to believe that electricity
will eventually prove the solution of
our system of bad roads, or our bad
system of roads, as you choose. The
day may not be distant when electricity
will be our sole motive power, but even
should that day be near, good roads will
not be the less necessary. Electricity
will never entirely transplant horse
power, but even if it should we will re-
quire good roads on which to operate
our electrical wagons. No matter how
much speculation we indulge we can
not obviate the necessity for better high
ways or build those highways without
great expense.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
GEORGE: "What fine building that

is across the way"
Charles: "Yes, yes; but the owner
built it out of the blood, the aches, and
groans of his fellow men; out of the
grief of crying children and the woes
of wailing women"
George: "Ah! A rumseller, OF course
Yes, yesl"
Charles: "Oh, no; he's dentist"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

ga LITTLE more tariff tax would be
more sensible and patriotic than an in
crease in the public debt" says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. This expresses
the sentiment of a large portion of the
Democracy who foresee the disaster the
issue of bonds in time of peace will
bring upon their party. A large number
of leading Democratic papers, among
which are the Enquirer, New York Sun
and Cleveland Plain Dealer are daily
preaching against the fatal blunders of
the Democracy, but tHey do not seem to
be needed. They daily point out the
ruin the Wilson bill will work upon the
country, but their efforts are vain. The
Democratic Congress, blind with theiT
own folly, will listen to no reasoning
will accept no suggestion, and still
pursue their mad course in spite of the
warnings of men in their own ranks
and the protests of the country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25
DEAR mel exclaimed Lucinda, wha,

DEAR me! exclaimed Lucinda, what
tiresome talker that DIR. Jelker is!
His long talks would tire anything!
Whereat her brother Tom, the wheel
wrigEt's apprentice, said: Id like to
see him talk long enough to tire a
wagon wheel!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-25

GIGAL: If you want anything well
done do it yourself, is good rule.
Mullins: | know better one. If you
want anything well done tell the waiter
to bring 1t rare.