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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
Trees In French Cities.

One of the chief beauties of the larger
French cities and second only to their
ediices and monuments are the trees
The almost interminable vistas of chest
nuts and acacias stretching along the
broad and well paved avenues as far as
the eye can reach. their bending branches
almost touching one another in an end
less arch of verdure, form not only a
delightful perspective for the eye, but
serve to add beauty to cities already
beautiful and grace and symmetry to
whatever might be harsh and forbid
ding.
This, however, is not the result of ma
ture's handiwork alone. for science and
art have lent their aid. The planting,
as well as the maintenance of the trees
in French cities, is an item of no little
Importance in the annual budget pre-
pared by the municipal council, which
does not look upon their preservation as
of less consequence than the repairing
of the roadways or the lighting of the
streets.-London Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
Mrs. RoinneY's Water Cooler.

The Colorado journalist, Mrs. Rom
ney, has patented, among several other
articles. water cooler which does moi
require ice. 1t is covered receptacle.
of cellular brickware, manufactured of
clay, sawdust and asbestus fiber. In
the process the sawdnst is burned out,
leaving the product cellular, or porous.
The receptacle, with the water to be
kept cool within. stands in a tray of
galvanized iron, which holds water TO a
depth of two or three inches. By reason
of the porosity of the cooler and the force
of capillary attraction, the water in
the tray constantly rises through the
cellular walls of the receptacle, and is
as constantly evaporated-thereby keep
ing the water inside as cool as it is usu-
ally drawn from a well or spring. g.-Den-
yer Letter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
ANIMALS AND MUSIC.
4 Composer Thinks All Living ThingsySen-
sitive to Musical Tones.

4 Compose Thinks All Living ThingsS Sem
sitive to Musical Tones.
1.-The Influence OF Music on Man, Ami
mails and Plants was discussed by Di-
rector Asger Hamerik in lecture at the
Peabody conservatory. OF the second
part of his subject he said:
There is no doubt of music's power
In animals. All singing birds are sub
ject to the influence. The spider, the
mouse and the snake can be charmed
with tunes l saw on St. Paul street
one day runaway horse stop suddenly
where street organ was being played
and tremble all over. had once Cor
don setter that would play with his paw
on the keyboard of my piano and, with
a kind of murmur, try to initiate the
human voice. making an effect that, if
not musical, showed at least that the
dogs mind attempted something in that
direction.
Il have had personal experience with
the musical qualities of mice, for once
used to play the piano in room where
there were many mice When l played
for little while, out would come troop
Ing critical audience of mice, which
seemed perfectly tame so long as the
music lasted. experimental with them
again and again and arrived at the con-
clusion that they undoubtedly were in
some way influenced by and very sus-
ceptible to music. l grew tired of my
faithful auditors after awhile and closed
the doors of the concert hall to them by
having timer cover the holes and cracks
in the floor.
''The song of the bird and the Growing
of the rooster are not their conversation.
They have kind of chirping for that
What. then, do the song and the Growing
meanf joy contentment. exultation-as
with man. When a rooster has had
good dinner. or when the sun shines
brightly and warmly, or when any other
caus. makes it think that life is worth
living. the rooster crows joyously. Mu-
sic is with man also an expression of
emotion. but with him it has been re-
duced to a science and is not, therefore,
used naturally for every expression of
happiness, as with the uneducated and
unscientifc rooster or song bird.
II believe that everything created, like
ourselves. with ears, is susceptible to mu-
sical tones. and it is probable that, if we
could only find it out, there is musical
material in all such animals that could
he developed and cultivated III some
baltimore Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
sPINELESs POLITICIANS.

New York Press.
One of the peculiarities of the Con
gresSional situation is the number of
Democratic members who do not hesi-
tate to say on the floor of the Honse that
they regard the Wilson bill as all wrong
but that they will vote for it under party
dictation. From Sipe of Western Penn
sylvania to Wheeler of Louisiana they
have shown their conviction that the
bill is mischievous and injurious. They
try to get it amended and each amend
ment makes it more radical and de-
structive, although it must be admitted
that the black eye given to sugar makes
that part of the bill more consistent with
its general attack on important duties.
But they say they must vote for the bill
because it is party measure. Sibley is
the only man who has so far dared to
declare revolt, although there is an
indefinite hint of the same thing in
ReltzhoC ver's speech of Tuesday
This party siavishness, which is by no
means peculiar to one side of the polit-
ical fence, is the most complete disproof
of the ethics Of party duty now in force
that could be made. These partisans
are so completely the property of a party
that they will vote for what
will iniure the nation simply because
party discipline or the consideration of |
the spoils constrains them. This is their
own statement of the case. They openly |
avow their belief that the measure is
injurious, and then they make practical
that party authority is more
important to them than the national in
lerests by declaring that they will vote
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
An Interesting Predicament.

A man who lives in fiat near Central
park recently had peculiar experience.
A couple of deaf mutes rented an apart
ment underneath his own and We're
blessed in due season by the arrival of a
bouncing baby with an excellent pair of
lungs. At night the little one woke up
nearly the entire house by its cries, but
through all of it the parents slept until
the tenant above, at the solicitation of
his wife, went down stairs and fairly
forced an entrance The deaf and dumb
couple resort to many ingenious devices
to overcome the disadvantages under
which they labor. They are unable to
hear their doorbell, so they have ar
ranged piece Of colored paper upon
the gong in such way that the paper
Autters when the bell rings. By keep
ing watchful eye ON the bell they are
able to receive their visitors promptly,
but their inventive genius has not as yet
devised a scheme to indicate the baby's
distress at night.-New York Mail and
EXDresS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
In . Hurry to Get on the Bench.

Ambrose and Dufie were once law
partners in Omaha and separated be-
cause of a quarrel. Dufie defeated
Ambrose for the bar nomination for dis
trict judge. to fill vacancy, in Sep
tember, and in October, although a
Democrat, was appointed by Governor
Crounse to the place until the election
Of the judge. Ambrose was nominated
by the Republicans and elected. A fort
night ago Monday night the official
count was completed, and he at once
qualified. The next morning he ap-
peared at the courthouse and demanded
Duties seat. Duffie was surprised. but
relinquishe3 it. This act deranged all
court matters, necessitated new jury,
and the rebeginning of 90 cases, which
could have been settled by Saturday
night.-Chicago Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

CONGRESSMAN SIBLEY, of the Mead
vile (Pa.) district, elected by fusion
of Democrats, Populists and Prohibi-
tionists, and who has made reputation
because of his opposition to the Wilson
bill, has resigned his seat in Congress
because of the great amount of abuse
to which he has been subjected by Dem
ocrats who favored the tariff measure
now pending. Some time since Sibley
declared that he would see his right
hand wither before he would cast his
vote for such an iniquitous bill. and this
declaration stirred up the hide-bound
partisans who would favor any measure
Democratic, and they have made his life
miserable However, his resignation
does not take effect until after he will
have an opportunity to cast his vote
against the Wilson bill. The only
thing the matter with Sibley is that he
evidently lacked the courage to stay in
and fight it out with his prosecutors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

OUR law makers are dilly- -dallying
over their decision in the matter of
biennial sessions and there is manifest
disposition to hunt hole whereby they
may be able to evade the question. This
course may appear ali right to men of
blunted senses of honor, but. if our leg
islators betray the Republican party on
this question no excuse they can make
will shield them from the odium of
their perfdy. The Republican party
declared itself on the abuse of annual
sessions in unmistakable terms and if
our Senators and Representatives betray
that trust of correcting the abuse, a
power resting with them alone, the con-
demDation which they will so justly
merit will surely be visited upon them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
Getting a Dead Man Out of d Hotel.

II was stopping at the United States
hotel in New York several years ago."
said Mr.. William L Montague, land
while there formed very pleasant ac-
quaintance with the chief clerk. We
were chatting one afternoon when
bellboy came to him and stated the man
in No. 36 was dead. He had been ailing
for some time and had probably died of
what doctors now call heart failure. The
hotel was full of guests, and how to re-
move the man without arousing their
suspicious was puzzling question. The
deceased had a sister living on Thirty
first street. and it was decided to carry
the body to her home. A hack was
called, and two of the stoutest porters
were called upon to dress the body in
everyday costume, and with one on each
side walk him down stairs as if he was
in maudlin state of intoxication. Ev-
erything worked to perfection, and in
half hour the dead body had been seated
in the hack and driven away, none of
the guests being the wiser for what had
happened. st. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

THE advocates of an income tax tell
us that it is designed to make the burden
of taxation fall more heavily on the rich
than on the poor, because the former
are able to pay larger proportion of
taxes than TIE latter. If man makes
$4,000 year he has to pay fine to the
government for being thrifty and indus
trious. In this view of the matter an
income tax is the rankest stamp of class
legislation, a species of legislation
against which Democracy has been ac
customed to inveigh in tones of thunder.
Why then this reversal of policy and
belief?
But there is another phase of the
income tax question. Thousands of
moderate wage earners invest their
savings in building associations and
savings banks, and under the provisions
of the pending bill these people will too
be subject to the income tax if the earn
ings of the Institution or corporation in
which their savings are invested aggre-
gate $4,000 a year. Then the income
tax will not fall exclusively on those
whose individual incomes exceed the
limit fixed, but also on thousands of
thrifty poor. The law will in fact ex
empt only those who are too shiftless to
save anything and those who are willing
to perjure themselves to escape the tax.
The whole system places premium on
laziness on one hand and perjury on the
other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Latest u Govt Report
R3|HtA!'I:l!! a! Bski3'g Bs,si1sg'!
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Thousands Of Mexican Dollars,

"1t is not often that men have an op-
portunity to make themselves rich. espe-
cially when all they have to do is to
stoop down and pocket the dollars, said
Alfred Louis, an old Mexican soldier.
Il was a soldier under General Scott
during the Mexican war, and after the
battle of Buena Vista found myself cut
off from my command. Four others of
my mess were with me, and a detour
through the woods was taken in hopes
of reaching our regiment, from which
we had been cut off during the last
charge. As we tramped through the
thick brush and carefully avoided step
ping on dead and wounded Mexicans
we came upon stout wooden chest,
bound with iron hoops, about two feet
square. One of the boys gave it kick,
but failed to move it, and he then tried
to lift it, with no better results. Stick
ing his bayonet under the hasp which
held the lid so tightly, it gave way, and
the lid was raised. displaying thousands
of shining SEQ gold pieces.
"It was the Mexican treasure box. and
the money was to pay the Mexican
troops. 1t had been dumped in the chap
arral by the carrier, hoping that it might
be secured after the battle. The other
boys began filling their bootlegs and
pockets with the precious metal, but |
didn't touch piece of it. After they
had loaded themselves with all they
could carry they wanted me to help my
self to the many hundreds of dollars re-
naming, but considered them the same
as robbers. While they were debating
as to the disposition of the remainder our
colonel rode up, and noting the treasure
chest placed us all on guard.and we had
to stand there all night watching that
box. The other boys secured several
hundred dollars more of the coin. which
was carried away next morning. and
each man buried what lie couldn't con-
veniently carry.
"After we were discharged the boys re-
turned and secured their treasure. which
amounted to about s., 200 apiece. don't
think would let such chance TO gather
money slip again, but / am now an old
man, and that was my only opportunity
in lifetime. st Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
LOVES REMINDERS.

Shy bluebird on yon maple spray,
My coming causes you surprise.
You cry aloud and fly away
On wings that glitter as they rise:
So blue are they. so skyey clear.
Unequaled bliss their beaming brings;
For now think of one most dear,
Whose eyes are bright as bluebird's wings
From covert groves glides forth g trin
OF wild birds singing Justify,
Yet while list my thoughts will still
Seek her who is most dear TO me,
For, oh, her soft and soothing voice
Sounds merrier than the leaping throng
Or waters when spring rills rejoice
Its music mates the hnnet's song.
Upon bourgeoned white birch broad
A squirrel gsmbols spry and fleet,
Until, by my rude spaniel awed,
She higher mounts on hasty feet:
And as she bounds without fall
From lower limbs TO limbs above
Her agile motions well recall
The fiake-light footballs of my love.
Maurice W. Casey in Boston Pilot.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
Monte Crfsto Castle

The castle and park of Monte Cristo
are advertised for sale at judiciary
auction in the Palais de Justice of
Paris. The castle was built by the
elder Alexandra Dumas in the village
of Port Marty, along the road to St.
Gerniain, and named after his famous
novel. There is in the park minia-
ture Chateau diff, in the middle of 3
little pond, and recalling to mind the
Mediterranean prison in which live,
Edmond DeItes, the hero of the novel,
who became Comte de Monte Cristo.
The legal advertisement states that the
whole domain will be offered at auc-
ton upon first bid of $50, 000.-Paris
Correspondent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

WE boast of our civilization and re-
fnement of manners, but the brutal e1-
hibition which took place under the
protection of law at Jacksonville, last
Thursday, is an indication to many
minds that our highly cultivated eondl-
ton of society quite pretty
sentiment-exists more largely in our
Imagination than in reality. That all
classes of people educated and ignorant,
high and low, refined and degraded
alike took sufficient interest in the event
to make it leading topic of converse
ton, does not put the disgraceful pro-
ceeding in any better light. That prize
fighting is brutal and degrading no
person possessing qualifications to judge
can deny The descriptions of the fight
do not indicate that it would be possible
to make it anything else than brutal.
Animal strength is the chief feature of
the sport, with just enough brains enter
Ing III 10 lUCTeoS6 IIl6 Shlll duu CuHuluS
of men scarcely better than savages. 1t
is related that COrbett went into the
ring with a CLEAN of murder in his eye
and with an intent to severely punish
his opponent for insults he had received,
and there is little doubt that, could he
have done so without restraint, the victor
would have left the vanquished scarcely
alive. Such sports are not ennObling,
and anything that is not ennobling is
degrading. No great principle is es-
tablished by two men pounding each
other until one falls bruised, bleeding
and exhausted, nor is mankind benefited
in the least by knowing that this man or
that man can whip some other man, or
all men. For the credit of our country
it is to be hoped that no more such in
human exhibitions will be allowed to
take place on American soil.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

NEW ISTHMUS CANAL SCHEME.
Cleveland Leader.
A new and somewhat novel scheme
for building a canal across the Isthmus
has recently been made public by its
protector, Mr.. J. A. Karweise, a civil
engineer hailing from the State of
Kentucky. Charts, drawings, and esti-
mates have been prepared, and it is
claimed that the cost of the new route
will be reduced something like the
enormous sum of S8S,0O0,000 below the
anticipated cost of the Nicaraguan
Canal scheme, and that the entire cost
of the new canal will be but about
S48,000,000.
The great advantages claimed for this
stupendous enterprise are said 10 be the
utilization of heretofore undiscovered
natural formations and assures in the
backbone of the Cordilleras, and the
remarkable discovery that at the point
where Mr.. Karweise proposes to locate
his canal, the tides of the Atlantic and
L
of each other. This state of affairs is
brought about by the running in of the
waters of the Gulf of Darien over
marshes and lagoons on the Atlantic
side, and the waters of San Miguel Bay
on the Pacific side. Another, and a
decidedly unusual part of the scheme,
is to tunnel through mountain range
that happens to be in the way, a channel
high and broad enough to admit of the
passage of two of the largest ships,
which would be about three miles long.
1t is Mr.. HARNESSES idea to favor the
building by all nations of a double
ship canal at the point of his discoveries,
and to set aside neutral zone. The
location proposed is directly south of the
eastern Isthmus bend, and is in reality
in the northwestern corner of the South
American continent. The protector
claims that the big ditch can be COM
pleted in three years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

Ii has been nearly year since Grover
went in, and these have been months of
weary waiting to thousands of Demo
Gratis WHO fondly cherished dreams of the
clover in which they hoped to be rollick-
ing long ere this. But even now the
outlook is not cheering to their ambi-
tions Grover has ever manifested a
tardiness of movement along the line
of appointments, and the late ridicule
TO which he has been subjected by his
errors of policy, coming from his own
party as well as from the opposition, is
suspected to not have improved his
temper and that invitations to hungry
Democrats to walk in and feed on clover
will possibly be less rare than heretofore.
IT'S sad, indeed!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
YOUNG MEN

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.
DRS. FRANCE AND oITMAN, after years OF ex-
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timidty, trembling, dimness of sight, giddiness
diseases of the head, throat, nose, skin, afec-
tons OF the liver lungs, stomach, or bowels-those
terrible disorders arising from the solitary vice Of
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10 MlDDlE-A6s0 mEN.-There many from
the age of 80 to 50 who are troubled with frequent
executions OF the bladder, often accompanied by
shght burning or Smartng sensation, weak ening tS-
system IN manner the patient Cannot account for
On examination of the urinary deposits, a ropy
sediment will be found or the color will be thin or
mIkish hue. There are many men who die of this
dlthculty, ignorant of the cause which is a second
stage Of seminal weakness. We will guarantee
perfect cure in all such cases, and a healthy
restoration of the genito-urinary organs
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
The Emperor and the Pirate.

Alexander the Great was about to pass
sentence of death on noted pirate, but
previously asked him, ''Why dost thou
trouble the seas?'
"Why," rejoined the rover boldly,
"dost thou trouble the whole world? /,
with one ship, go in quest of solitary ad-
venture and am therefore called pirate.
Thou, with great army, warrest against
nations and therefore art called EN-
peror. Sir, there is no difference be-
twixt us but in the name and means of
doing mischief"
Alexander, so far from being dis
pleased with the freedom of the culprit,
was so impressed with the force of his
appeal that he dismissed him unpun-
ished.-Sala's Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
A Charitable Pawnshop.

At the Thanksgiving service in Trim
ity church collection was taken for
the establishment of a pawnshop to be
run in connection with the newly estab-
lished Trinity House in the south end.
The place will be run as any pawnshop,
except that the rate of interest charged
will be only 4 per cent. DR.. Donald
says he is assured Of the success of the
venture. Boston Transcript.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
Can Animals Count?

Are animals able to count? From
what one reads sometimes about them,
it almost looks as if they could do so by
a way of their own.
There was pelican that lived in a
fsherman's family at Santo Domingo.
1t was fed upon the remains of the fish,
and it used always to go down to the
shore and wait till the boats came in.
But as the fisherman rested on Sunday,
no boats went out and none returned.
The bird appeared to know when this
day arrived, for it never moved from
the tree upon which it was wont to
spend its leisure hours. 1t is doubtless
too much to suppose that this pelican
actually counted the six days, at
the close of which it's owner ceased from
working.
In that caae it is likely that it guessed
when Sunday had come, because it saw
the fishermen were all stoppii G at home,
and perhaps had dressed themselves in
cleaner clothes.
At any rate it Is certain that on Sun
day the bird never troubled to go down
to the beach, and that on that day there
was neither departure nor arrival of
boats.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01
BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALVE.

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