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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

The Harrison Denincra; of Gym, hiana,
Kentucky, is about to have its name
changed. IL will, on and after The Gath
inst. be called The Cynthiana Demo
crat. and Kentucky Burbon Whisky
Trade, and it is the determination that
it shall be the national organ of Burbon
whisky. 1t is presumed, and perhaps
not without warrant, that there is moth
ing absolutely ineongruousi in Democracy
and Bqrbon whisky, and nothing iacon-
sistent In DemOoratio organ, being also
q whiskey organ. Whether the editor
of the paperis n competent Judge of
whisky. we do not know. He would
not have much difficulty, we imagine,
in engaging experienced tasters capable.
of pronouneing decidedly on the merit
of an article Of whisky. The editor of
the whisky organ is in this city, and able
to enlighten any inquiring minds as to
his policy concerning either Democracy
or whisky, the, latter being Just now, we
believe, rather the more national insti-
tution.-[Cin Com, -'i.'. ~ Z
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

The scenery in New Zealand is per-
haps the most beautiful i'm the world
The glaciers from Mount Cook are the
largest in the world, with the exception
of those in the Himmalaya Mountains,
and the extreme moisture and the alb
sence of true winter brings them very
low in the valleys; while the semi-trop-
ical vegetation, including the elegant
palm-like ferntrees. grows close to their
very edge. These ferns, unlike our
dwarf brakes, rise to hight of 80 or 40
feet. and make the western coast like
veritable fairy-land. It's distance and
the dangerous Maori wars prevent those
islands from being a resort for tourists.
The summers are meyer hot; and the
ground is always green, covered with
creepers and parasitic plants.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

PUNCTUALITY.-After much torturing
experience come to this, that nine in
ten do not know the value of time, nor
the morality of q promise. Why is not
an engagement TO meet me at nine
O'Clock as sacred as any bond? Why is
not the understanding that church
service or lecture commences at the
given hour an acceptance on your part.
ifyou go, of an agreement; and why are
you not false to it by yonr tardiIfess, and
why are you not bad friend because of
all the little niseries your infidelity en-
tails? The world, intercourse, affection,
great affairs, little details are cursed:
prosperity, temper, character, life jesp-
arded, lost by want of punctuality. Un-
punctual people are everywhere, and
everything encourages them. 1t is taken
for granted that nothing will be ION
time," and so everybody holds off to
insure it. The first ten minutes of a
religious service are apt to be a mar
tyrdOm to preachers and punctual people.
There ought to be some coutrivance by
which the tardy shall be made as un-
comfortable as they and then we might
hope change. But in this world it too
much happens that a comfortable stolid-
ity possesses the sinner, especially ifI
his sin be fashionable, and the sufferings
come upon those who must take their
comfort out in during their duty
j. +. w. Ware.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
saffffsfias .& ynstrurtirt fafts
Light and Heat.

1t is an interesting question, though
of little Immediately prospective prac-
Iical value to US, whether the sun can
always continue the emission of heat
and light. Is there danger that he will
be cooled down by and by, and mis- light
go out? Two somewhat celebrated theo-
ries, those of Mayer and Helmboltz, at
tempt to explain the origin of the suns
heat-or, at least, to account for its con-
tinuance without perceptible diminu-
tiIn. Mayors theory starts from the prin-
ciple that motion when checked Isalways
converted into heat. The heat o. friction
lights a match. Were meteoric body
to be attracted to the sun, it would gain
an almost incenceivable velocity before
reaching its surface, and the quenc.Ing
of that velocity would develop an in
tense heat. Mayer conjectures that the
solar furnace may be fed by this kind OF
fuel; and he calculates mathematically
that it would require that only meteors
enough should fall upon the sun every
year to make uniform thickness OF q
very few feet to supply the heat that Is
being lost. Helmholtzs 8 the
ory assumes the truth of the nebural
which requires US to believe
that the sun once occupied the whole
space now Occtpfeu-Dy Tue sOfdf system.
Its contraction must have constantly
developed heat, as is illustrated in the
experiment in which tinder is
lighted by the compression of air in
close tub. If the specific heat of the
nebulous mass were equal
to that of water, the heat produced by
would be sufficient to raise
The entire mass to a temperature of 50,-
700, 600 degrees of Fahrenheit. Ofcourse,
much of this heat would be given off
during the long period of condensation;
out, as the power of attraction between
he particles which were brought nearer
,ugether increases in faster ratio than
,he power of repulsion generated by the
leat between the particles, the heat
would be constantly increasing. Helm
1oltz supposes that this contraction is
till going on, aud calculates that con-
raction of one n-thousandth of the
un's diameter would generate es much
,eat as is given off in 1900 years. The
after theory will account for the COLI
inuance of the suns heat much better
han that of Mayer, though both prob
bly, contribute their part. But. which
yer theory be adopted. the supply is
lot infinite, and must finally be ex-
lausted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
A New York Fashionable Masquerade
A New York correspondent says:


l was askinga lady what was the
character of fthe ball she visited the night
before atthe Academy of Music. .Splen-
did," she answered, with enthusiasm.
I've been to masquerades every season
so much dress. In point of elegance il
laid over anthing in New York. I
didn't see anything Objectionable. We
came away early"
splendid !" 1 should think so: One
lady wore white silk with train three
yardslong, f1ounces to the waist with
black lace and puffs of black Illusion,
and had diamonds to match set in black
and white enamel. Diamonds mean dia-
monds, too, at an Academy ball. FIRING
es of them two inches deep, and three
rows of these strands for the necklace:
spray in Moorish setting for the hair;
brooch for the corsage. and bracelets of
stones among two or three gold bands.
White and ruby colored satin opera
cloaks, trains four yards long, arms and
throats, strewn with coral ieweIry.
white point over-dresses, are among the
elegancies of costume. No doubt ma.
dame saw only what was ssumptuous and
gay. But the gentlemen who looked i'm
about two in the morning were chary of
their reports. The ambitious young We
man who dressed in Belle Helenes, and
she devils in red satin, and i'm tights
with velvet jackets, initiated the humors
of the worst actresses withgreat success,
To say nothing Of the dancing, which
wasn't so bad as it looked, it is to be
hoped. The sirens of the ball, many OF
them, had to be taken home drunk, and
were bundled into carriages by their
cavaliers, with humorous comments. as
they were lifted from their helples and
careless postures.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

A correspondent of an. agricultural
journal recommends the Use. OF caster
oil. We quote as follows:
We notice in our exchanges numer-
GUS recipes for making shoe leather
waterproof, most of compounds involv
ing considerable trouble iu preparation
and more or less expense, and none OF
them half so good as the simple article
castoroil, which can be bought at the
drug store for twenty-five OF fifty cents
pint, according to your locality. AD-
ply it to the boot when dry, and soak it
by the fire till the leather is saturated.
Treat the sOles in the same way, being
careful to dry it well so that they will
not grease the carpets. We once treat
ed pair of calf boots in this way, and
q few days after we walked five miles
in saturated snow and water from six
to ten inches deep at every step, and
came oui with feet perfectly dry. Cas-
tor oil will keep the leather soft, pliable
and black, though not glossy, and quite
to water.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Septarfa.

The following satisfactory account of
the formation of the round stones found
in beds of slate and called by Geolcgists
Septaria is given by an eminent Geolog-
ist of Northern Ohio. There are many
specimens in the city and the account
will prove interesting:
The balls of the black shale of Ohio
are found from Lake Erie to the ohio
river, but more large and numerous in
Worthington, nine miles north Of
Columbus. They are composed OF iron
pyrites, carbonate OF lime, carbonate Of
baryta, and in one at least of solid btu
men. Most of them have fossil for
nucleus, and in the large ones. the fossil
is the jaw, teeth and skull ofa large
gonoid fish. The Rev. Mr.. Hntrer, of
Delaware, has the best collection OF the
fossil fishes of the septaria. Sometimes
the consecutive layers are of different
materials. have seen one with a GEN.
ter of pyrities decomposed but the car
Donate of lime remaining as, shell,
closely resembling a womb.
One very large specimen in the chan
mel Of Paint creek, Ross COUNTY, which
has been worn down nearly to the CEN
ter and which was near an ancient work
above Bonneville, has the appearance
of well, and is so reported by Atwater
in his Antiquities of Ohio. He supp0ses
the mound builders had the art by
masonry, and this to be a specimen of
their work. ts.z lss fos..-i,f, s. ,---e,
They form while the deposit is in a
soft state, allowing materials which are
alike to segregate, and con-,
about shell, a piece of wood
or bone, naturally approach the form
of a sphere; many OF them are crushed
and fattened by subsequent pressure as
the rock consolidates. 80:
The same quality of matter tending to
seek its kind, will account for the for
nation of mineral veins and benches;
also for the separation of ores into beds
and strata. These balls, and, in many
cases, the kidneys of iron ore, arrange
themselves in horizontal rows, ON the 1
same principle Of segregation of like to
like. s5lFBAH
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
An Exeellent FertiIiz,r.

The Journal of Chemistry says that
one of the very best fertilizers used upon
the farm for all the cereal grains and
root t-crops may be made in the following
nianner. Take one barrel of pure, fine
Iy-ground bone, and mix with it q bar
rel of wood ashes; during the mixing
add gradually about three pailsfuil of
water. The heap may be made upon
the floor of an out-building or upon the
barn-feer; and by the use OF hoe the
bone and ashes must be thoroughly
blended together. The water added is
just sufficient to liberate the scaustic al
kalies, potash and soda; and these act
upon the gelatine ofthe bone, dissolving
the little atoms, forming a kind of soap.
and fitting it for plant aliment. In this
way the most valuable constituents of
the bone can be made Immediately
available, and the addition of potash
and soda aids in the forma ion of fer
tilizer of inestimable value A gill of
this mixture, placed in hill of corn,
will work wonders. 1t is excellent for
garden vegetables and for all kinds of
roots. 1t wilIbe ready for use ira week
after it is made.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Philosophical Plan.


In this Seminary We have been led to adopt
the Philosophic plan OF each Professor and LIs
class devotlng their whole time and energies To
a single study, until completed We have been
dlsheartened, or rendered superficial, by being
required 10 carry forward three or four studies
AT the same time. Then each Professor was re-
qulred 10 hear SO many recIIatlons ana the time
was so broken up that ii was out o1 the question
10 give each subject and each pupil The iequlred
attention. In Introducing tins method We eX-
pected 10 be able TO make our classes much more
thorough and PRACTICAL but not only are We
succeeding beyond our expectations III this par
tcuiar, oul weare accomplishing u great deal
more IN the same time, well as doing IL much
better. In graduating, one-Ihird OI the time
and expense Is saved, matter OI great colsIuer
alton toevery one. Alter Thoroughly mastering
The Common branches, students cUlnpieIe Tie
Sclentlnc course III lwo, instead OF three years,
as heretofore required; deVotlnS three months
10 Algebra, Two 10 Geometry, and Two To Cheln-
istry, and one month each 10 ali the other stud
les. Our course Is null and practical, and the
time allotted 10 each study enable us 10 do vast
iy more with IL than is usually done We ex-
plain THIS ON The principle. that men show the
greatest results III given time, when they de-
vote their whole energies to one thing. IL has
been claimed that students devoting their whole
time 10 one study would become weary, but We
nnd instead OF this being true, that The student
having an opportunity to concentrate his whole
energies upon one subject, succeeds, and a
result OF his success. AN enthusiasm is awaken
ed, before unknown in schools; the student be-
comes a genuine Philosopher in search oi truth.
New Studies are commenced monLn al winch
time students can enter anu remain long as
desired. Classes Tor Fall and early W intel, will
be formed september lith. October l2Ih, and
November yIii. y class Will commence \ IgeDri,
November 9tn, and go regularly through with
by our pan We Propose 10 make
this more thorough Than any ever con-
Quoted on the old system. Those wishing TO
enter ii, would do well TO engage rooms soon.-
The department OF Music and Painting, are
now Offering the very best advantages.
The Ladies' Ornamental Course is short but the
most practical and useful. Ali is Lett ont that
will not De practiced IN womans appf0prIate
sphere. And they are made SO thorough, and
such a love OF science is inuuccd that they viii
carry it into and adorn every department OF life;
and not as is TOO frequently done. lay 1t all aside
As soon they graduate.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

TRANoUILIrY.-Traneuility is the
wish of all the good, while persuing the
track of yirtue-the great, while follow
ing the star of glory-and the little,
while creeping in the styes of dissipa-
tion, sigh for tranquility and make 1.-THE
great object which they ultimately hope
to attain. How anxiously does the
sailor, on the giddy mast when on temp
estous seas: cast his eyesaover the foam
ing billows and anticipate the calm Sc
curity he hopes to enjoy when he reaches
the wished-for shore! Even the exalted
grow weary of their splendid slavery,
and sicken under increasing dignities.
All in fact, fselless delight in the act
ual enjoyment of the worldly pursuits,
however great and honorable they may
be, than in the idea OF their oelng able 10
relinquish them and retire to
'some calm, sequestered spot,
The forgetting, by the world forgot"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

fTfs vs. aid, IN 6dEE odEE RssahEiSg, RsahS of 6
young man by his employer. He could
have said nothing nlofe I'd the point, ol
better. 1t was to US an entire sermon a
well as a text. 1t gave usa better knowl:
edge Of the character of the young man,
and abetter key to his future, than Mr..
Wells could have furnished on paper
after ever so careful a genealogical ex-
animation - "a = -
1t said simply this: That young man
is reliable, conscientious, faithful, truth
full, intelligent, competent, and essen
tial 70 my business. l would as soon
tAlink of setting watch upon my own
aduDns as on his. His statements bear
Upon their face the seal of truth. His
memory is never at fault. He is so
thoroughly methodical and cautious in
all he does that he seldom if ever makes
mistake. He is as much interested in
my business as l myself am. A hint
TO him is equal to a command. If he
knows thing should be done he does
not wait to be teld but goes at it at once:
and when he puts his hand to task you
can venture any small amount that it
will be finished before he leaves it.
All this and more was included in
that brief, pithy commeudation and we
felt sure then, as we do now, that we
can forecast that young mans future
He will be not simply an honest man
and useful member of society,"" but a
positive man--aman of independent
character and assured position-possibly
a man of wealth, but surely without
misfortune, blessed with competence
His wife, should he marry, and his chill
dren, should he have any, will find him
not protector only but comparison
and friend. They, like his present em-
ployer, will know just where to find
him." His neighbors, too, will have de-
cided opinions as to his whereabouts
They will rarely guess wrong as to what
he will say or do in any matter of pub
lie importance or private interests
The worthy poor whom he may know
will learn to discount his phhan hropy
at ratable figures, and the worthless vag-
abonds who may cross his path will fix
as positive an estimate upon his creduli-
ty. He will never sit astride any poll
tical fence but, on one side or the other,
will be found earnestly at work. If q
protesting Christian, the fact will be !
known out side his church pew, not |
blatent self-assertion, but in |
those many quiet ways which speaks |
more loudly than words. He will for /
get, while young, to ''sOw his wild OATS"
and SO, when old, he will only gather
the mature and plump, kernels which
is tlefulness of iOy and Deace
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
The Contrast.

When Joseph Sutteliff was near his
last hour, he said:
"I have been thinking of the differ
ence beteen the death of Paul and Byron.
Paul laid, the time of my departure is
at hand but there is said up for me .
CROWN Byron said: E..t Z y
my days are in the yellow leaf,
The nower the fruit OF life is gone;
The worm, the canl1er, and the grief
Are mine alone"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

The habit of liquor drinking In. to oor
mind, the most inexeusable, piece
of destructive nonsense in the world
The money poured down the throats of
men each year is greaterthan the amount
expended for improvements. II .
man Is tired. he drinks. II he is at
work, he must drink. If dsing moth
ing, he must have nip each hour. . Il
too warm, be takes q mint julep.i If tho
cold, asiot whisky 4ff he isBy himself,
out comes flask or bottle. if In com
pany, Re stands treat till his money he
gone; then, like desd-beat, sits around
till some one asks him up. A man on
moder salary steps into a saloon, invites
half dozen friends to drink, pays half
o dollar or more and walks out. Three
or four times day he repeats this, and
always drinks when asked 1t is social.
Men mean nothing by it. But during
the week halfof mans salary has been
poured down his throat. destroying his
stomach, weakening his nerves, over
exciting his brain, robbing himself and
family of money needed for other pur-'
poses. But it is social! Drink in the
morning-at poon-at highland then
a few times between drinks. The brain
whirls-the hand becomes unsteady
1He pochce SioWo ciupty-Iuc Hotue oneS
suffer-the eye looks red and tremulaus.
as if ashamed ambition il drowned or
poisoned. Pretty soon the poor fellow
is unfit for business. Heinakes mistakes. :.
He il sick. unable to work. He is net
the man to be relied on. He leaves his
place, and in time finds a peorerI ous, "a 4
Then hefleels blue-drinks still more
suffers-he leaves his place again, and at
last dies a wrech. Dut it is social! !
[ New York Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

A WELL SPENT LIFE.-Ah! how
sweet il is when manhood's summer
day is merging into the glorious evening
of old age, to look from the shadows OF
the dark valley, which will soon be dis
persed by the sun of morning in more
glorious world, and contemplate spent
life where no. intentional mis-steps can
be recalled and where We can remember
no time when we have stood between
the sun and those we love! Then will
the rough and uneven places in our
pathway look less uninviting in the
twilight of life, and the bright, sunny
spots which sparkle as so many dia-
monds i'm the crown awaiting us. Hap
py, indeed, are those whose intercourse
with the world has not changed the
course of their holier feelings, or broken
those musical chords of the heart. whose
vibrations are so meiodeous, so tender.
and SO touching in the evening of old
age.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
ILXpenSeS.

Notwithstanding the high order oi ali the de-
partments the expenses ali taken together are
very low. Sixteen dollars per month pays for
boarding, furnished, warmed and carpeted
rooms, washing OF bedding and lights, in the
Presidents family in the Seminary building
The building is IN two separate apartments, one
for ladies and one for gentlemen; all dine at
the same table. The building contains ~ 2rooms,
and is heated throughout by steam radiators
No coal SCOT or dirt in the rooms. Few Semi
naries furnish many home comforts. TuIti,l
inthe several departments about The usual rates.
Rooms in the village for self boarding. OTIS
Oh the Seminary grounds free of
charge for the az commodation of those W isll ng
to erect rooms Ior their own use. -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
H,sh Flavor In NJ M.pi. siruu.

Nrs Swain, of South Bend, Indiana,
says she best way to retain the flavor OF
maple sugar, so as to make from it the
richest sirup. is to pack in air-tight
chests, or boxes, made to hold from fifty
to five hundred pounds--t the sugar to be
stirred off fine. or caked and boiled till
it breaks brittle on snow or cold iron.-
The sirup should be sealed up while
hot, Tf.| ..sr -ru N.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

ASHES For PEAs.-A woman sends
us the following from her diary of her
market garden: i"In the spring of 1855,
in sowing peas we ashed some in the
row. Ieaving other rows unashed. The
difference was very remarkable. Those
that were asi1ed were more thrifty, of n
darker, richer, color, producing at the
time of picking larger pods and supe
rior vuality of peas. The same is true
Of turnips. I'll, HI. o. t-i ...'.,.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

Some four contemporaries have re.
Gently published some interesting COM
municatiOns concerning the adnltera-
tion of food, and one paper has contained
some rather surprising articles on milk.
In our opinion, however, the BEST srti-
le on milk is-creani, .-s3