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The Empty Cradle.

There is a volume of poetry in the
following little sketch, which We find in
Miss Barber's Weekly:
We met John on the stairs. He was
carrying an old cradle, to be slowed
away among what he termed ''plunder,
in the lumber room. One rocker was
gone, and the wicker work of the sides
broken; it was an old willow affair, bnt
We could not restrain from casting sad
look into the empty depths.
leone ~ wesaid dreamily, ''ali gone"'
What golden heads were once pillowed
here, heads on which the curls grew
moist in slumber and the cheeks and
lips flushed to the hue of rose leaves
When sleep broke, silken fringed lids
opened heavily from eyes;
smiles fitted like sunbeams over the
face; the white fist was thrust into the
mouth, and when mamma lifted the
muslin to see if baby was sleeping, COO
ing and growing were heard.
The little feet began to kick, out oi
pure delight, and kicked until both oi
the tiny red shoes were landed at the
foot of the cradle. Where are those
hands nowi Some that were embrown-
ed by vigorous manhood are sleeping on
battle-fields, some are bleached with
time and cares; and they have grown
sore and weary on the rough path of life.
Perhaps some little one, ence tenderly
rocked here, is sleeping in the coffin.-
Over it grows hearts-ease, and vigorous
box and candy tuft, and the starry jessa-
mine.
The blue bird fiutters its bright wings
through the willow boughs, and the
cool winds whisper to the green leaves
and green blades on the grave. What
of Perhaps of its immortality. Sleep
on, little dreamless one. "Of such is
the kingdom of heaven"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29
Peace In a Family.

Peace is essential TO the welfare, char.
acter and happiness of the family. II
is therefore important that every men,
ber should know how to secure it. We
give few counsels OH the subject:
l. Rember that onr will is likely to
be crossed every day, so prepare for it.
2. Everybody in the house has an evil
nature, as well as ourselves, and there
fore we are not to expect too much.
8. Look OF every member of the fam
lily as one for whom We should have a
care.
4. When any coed happens to any
one, rejoice in it.
5. When inclined t. give an angry
answer, Overcome evil with good"
6. If, from sickness, pain orinfirmity,
We feel irritable, keep a strict watch
over ourselves.
Z. Observe when others are suffering
and drop a word of kindness and sym
pathy suited to them.
s. Watch the little opportunities OF
pleasing, and put little annoyances out
Of the way.
8. Take cheerful view of everything,
even of the weather; and encourage
hope.
10. Speak kindly to the servants
praise them for little things when you
can.
II. In all little pleasures which may
occur, put yourself last,
II. Try the virtue of 'the soft an
swer, which turneth away wrath"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29
Reapect the Body.

i A writer in Hearth and Home says
Respect the, bodys Give it what it re-
quires, and no more. Don't pierce its
ears, strain its eyes, or pinch its feet;
don't roast it by hot fire all day. and
smother it under heavy bed covering all
night; don't put it in cold draft on
slight occasions, and don't nurse or pet
it to death; don't dose it with doctors
stuffs, and, above all, don't turn it into
wine cask or chimney Let it be
warranted not to smoke" from the
time your manhood takes possession.-
Respect the body; don't overwork, over
rest or over love it; and never debase it,;
but be able to lay down when you are
done with it worn but not a misused
thing. Meantime, treat it at least as
well as You would your pet horse or
hound, and my word for it, though it
will not jump to China at a bound,
you ii find it most excellent thing to
have-especially in the country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29
Progress of mormonism i'm ENGLAND.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: at may
interest the admirers of eccentricities OF
religious life in the United States to
know that the progress of AIormonism
in London is regarded as very satisfac-
tory by the elders. People who have
been led to believe the sect is purely
American, and that it forms a part of
the great Gothic Revival, will be sur
prised to hear that the saints have eight
branches in the metropolis alone, and
that there are l04 elders, 3S priests, %
teachers and 80 deacons, always hard at
work; 102 meinbers have been 'cut Off
that is, expelled Turing the last year
But 9l5 of the faithful remain, and there
has been but little emigration'-an
alarming statement, for it shows that q
Mormon colony is being founded among
US. If this goes on much longer we
shall have American travellers filling
books with the most narrowing accounts
of the profiigacy of our social life, and
the wendrous development of our relig-
ious character. "
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29
Keep Your Ashes for Manure.

The American Agriculturist says:
Wood ashes make the most valuable
fertilizer within the reach Of the farmer.
The unbleached article has more potash.
but the leached is thought to be quite
as valuable. In teaching they shrink a
good deal, and lime is usually added
which increases their value. They are
generally sold, too, at a less price than
their worth. Ashes are well suited to
all farmer crops, and are very beneficial
in the fruit yard orchard. Most farmers
sell wood in the cities and villages, and
rather than 60 home empty, they should
carry back ashes and fertilizers, to re-
place the potash, lime and phosphoric
acid that have been carried off in the
crops and animals sold. Ashes show
immediate effects from their application,
and at the same time last long in the
SOIL. They are very highly appreciated
in the onion growing districts, but may
he applied with equal advantage to ordi-
nary farm crops. They should be kept
as near the surface as possible, spread
and narrowed into the seed bed, or APP
piled directly to the growing crops.
Make a business of saving, buying and
storing in safe places ashes during the
winter for the next seasons operations.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29
Mons De Plume,

Gail Hamilton" Miss Abigail E.
Dodge; Florence Percy" Mrs. Eliza
beth Akers; "W. Savage North" VIM.
II. Newell; Mrs. Partington," P. B.
Shillaber; "Doestick, P. B." Mortimer
Thompson "B. N. Pepper" James NJ.
Morris ''B. Dadd," j. H. Williams
Mace Sloper, Esq.," c. G. Leland
"Orpheus c. Kerr Robert HI. Newall ;
1.-The Disbanded Volunteer" Joseph
Barber; "Jeemes Pipes" Stephen Mas
sett; Med Buntline," E. q. &. Judson;
daisy Howard" Myra Daisy McCrum;
cousin May Carleton" Miss NJ. A.
Early; Edmund Kirke, ~. r. Gilmore;
Country Parson," A. K. ii. Boyd |;
MARY Clavers," Mrs. G. II. Kirkland |;
Courier Bell" Charlotte Bronte; "Vil-
lage Schoolmastor, Charles M. Dick
enson; "Owen Meredith" Bulwer
Barry Cornwall" !" VIM. Proctor; Auth
or of John Halifax, Gentleman Miss
Muloch; "Ik MARVEL, Donald G. Mitch
ell; Jennie June,n Mrs. Jennie Croly;
Fanny Fern" wife of James Parton,
(the historian) and sister of N. P Willis;
petroleum V. Nasby," D. R. Locke !;
Howard Glyien," Miss Laura c. Red
den.
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The Luxury of Grief.

/ begin to understand what / never
understood till now,-what people mean
by the luxury of grief. No, L am sure
that never understood it, because my
pride suffered as much as any part OF
me in that other time. would no more
have spent two consecutive hours drift
ing at the mercy of my thoughts, than
| would have put my hand into the
furnace fiIe. The right to mourn makes
everything different Then, as to moth
err was very young when she died,
and father, though L loved him, was
never to me what Roy had been. =
This luxury of grief, like all luxuries,
is pleasurable. Though, as l was say
ing, it is only the shallow part of ones
-heart-I imagine that the deepest hearts
have their shallows-which can be filled
by it, still it brings shallow relief.
Let it be confessed to this honest
book, that, driven to it by desperation;
L found il it a wretched sort of content
Being little stronger now physically,
I shall try to be a little braver; it will
do no harm to try. So l seem to see
that it was the content of poison, salt
water poured between shipwrecked
lips.
At'any rate, mean to put the book
away and lock it up. Roy used to say
that he did not believe in journals. /
begin to see why.-From "The Gates
AJar." by E. Stuart Phelps.
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Ghuife Misfellanu.
Faith Of the just,

The path of the sun is a radient path;
it is not only glorious-that expresses
but half the truth. 1t is glorious be-
cause it is radient. The sun is not like
the moon, a mere reflector, glittering
with borrowed light. If the noun
tains could be lifted up until they should
enclose it like wall, aud the clouds as
cending from the mountains, should
concentrate their masses, and oveiarch
it like roof, it would shine still. Nay,
made the more intense by the confine-
ment, it would turn the mountains into
diamonds, and the clouds into crystal,
and dash through them all, and fill the
world with new splendors.
So with the path of the just. His
glory is from within; it is a radiation
Put him where you will, he shines. For
instance, imprison Joseph, and he will
shine out on all Egypt, cloudless as the
sky where the rain never falls. ImprisOn
Daniel, and the dazzled lions will re-
turn to their lairs, and the king come
forth to worship at his rising, and all
Babylon bless the beauty of the brighter
and better day. Imprison Peter, and
with an angel for his harbinger star, he
will spread his aurora from the foun-
tains of the Jordan to the wells of Beer
sheba, and break like the morning, over
mountain and sea. Imprison Paul, and
there will be high noon over all the
Roman empire. Imprison John, and
the isles of the Egean, and all the coast
around, will kindle, with sunset visions
too gorgeous to be described, but never
to be forgotten-a boundless panorama
of prophecy, gliding from sky to sky,
and enchanting the nations with open
ings of heaven,i transits of saints and
angels, and the ultimate glory of the
city and kingdom of God.
Not only so, for modern times have
similar examples in the church, and
examples in the state. For instance,
bury Luther in the depths of the Black
Forest, and ''the angel that dwelt in
the busn" will honor him there; the
trees around him will burn like shafts
of ruby, and his glowing orb loom up
again, round and clear, as the light of
Europe. Thrust Bunyan into the gloom
of Bedford Jail, and, as he leans his head
upon his hand. the murky horizon of
Britain will flame with fiery symbols
.'deleetable mountains" and celestial
mansions, with holy pilgrims grouped
onsthe golden hills, and the bands of
bliss from the gates of pearl, hastening
to welcome them home.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29

WANTED AN EASY PLACE.-Rev,
Henry Ward Beecher. some time since
received letterfrom young man, who
recommended himself very highly on
being honest, ETC.. and closed with the
request: "Get me an easy situation,
that honesty may be. rewarded" To
which Mr.. Beecher replied: '.Don't be
an editor if you would be easy Do
not try the law. Avoid school keeping.
Keep out of the pulpit. Let alone all
ships, stores, shops, and merchandise
Abhor politics. Keep away from law
yers. Don't practice medicine. Be not
a farmer nor mechanic; neither a SOL
dier nor sailor. Don't study. Don't
think. Don't work. None of them are
easy. Oh, my friend, you are in very
hard world know of but one easy
place in it, that is the GRAvEr,
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Market G.rdening--Iis Gssts and Profits

Market Gardentng--ItsC Cests and Profits
While market gardening, as system:
attic business, is quite distinct from
farming, there is no farmer who lives
near town who may not make the
raising of certain crops. on u small scale,
very profitable. Success in this branch
of the business of the farmer, requires
that the land devoted to its prosecution
be dry, warmly situated, with good
exposure and rich, and again rich.
The amount of manure which may
be profitably applied to land intended
for the growth ofsmarket vegetables
has hardly any limit. One hundred
cart-loads of, good horse manure to an
acre every year, will pay more prof
than will fifty loads; and I am inclined
to believe that even two hundred loads
will pay better still.
The cultivation of vegetables entails
in any case, heavy outlay for labor
seed, expense of marketing, ETC., and
these are about the same Except in the
matter of marketing) for light as fol
heavy crop-it takes a certain amount
of produce to pay the cost, and up to
this point there is no profit. Beyond
this point, except the cost of manure, il
is nearly all profit, and the more we
can stimulate excessive production the
more readily will the ratio of profits in
crease over expenses. No farmer can
hope to become really successful in rails
ing vegetables for market until he is
prepared to expend-including the value
of the manure used-at least $500 an
nually on every acre of his garden land.
With this outlay, if his soil is good, and
we'll placed, and Z. his market is a
good one; and if he is the right man for
his business, he ought to make clear
profit of $500 per acre.
The character of the market should
be we'll understood. Ifthere is man
ufacturing town near by, or any town
having a population, which includes
large proportion of labering people, the
case is a simple one. 1t should be well
understood that it does not pay lat least
so far as gardening is concerned) to feed
the rich. They are like the black sheep
of the flock, that don't eat so much as
the white ones-there are not so many
of them, and as another reason they do
not eat so largely on coarse vegetables.
A healthy Irish laborer, with stout,
ard-working wife and table full of
healthy children, will use up cabbage
and turnips in way to delight the
heart OF gardener, and the atmosphere
of a manufacturing town will evapOrate
farmers load of these vegetables as
the sun dries up the morning mists.-
[Courtney's Manual.
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rHRoueH THE WORLD.

sso-,oe hearts 20 hungering through the world,
And never md the love they seek;
some Iips with pride or scorn are CURED,
10 hide the pain they may not speak
The eve may Hash. The mouth may smile,
The voice in gladeSt music thrill,
And vet beneath them all the while
The hungry heart be pinlng still
These know their doom, and walk their way
With level steps and steadfast eyes,
Nor strive with Fate nor weep. nor pray
While others, not sadly wise.
Are Knocked by phantomS eYermore-
And lured by seemings OF delight,
Fair to their eye, but at the core
Holding but bitter dust and ohght-
rsa. them gaze from 9istful eyes,
Imark their sign OF fading cheeks;
Ihear them breathe in smothered signs,
And note the grief that never speaks
For fhera no might redresses wrong,
Move with pity is impaired.
on miscoustructed and suffering long,
oh hearts that hunger through the Worlu!
For YOU does Iife's dull desert hold
No fountain-shade, no date-grove 1alr,
No gush of waters clear and colo,
But sandy reaches, wide and bare
The foot may fall the soul may falnt,
: And weight 10 earth the weary frame,
Yet still We make no weak complaint,
And speak no word OF grief or Dlahe-
Oh eager ewes which gaze afar!
on. arms which clasp the empty air!
Not all unmarked your sorrows are,
Not all unpitied your despair:
Smile patient lips, SO proudly dunn,
When Iife's fraiI tent at last is furled;
Your glorious recompeIse shall come,
Oh, hearts that hunger through the word!
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farm aud 8onsfhuld.


All will agree that there is no bean
grown at ali to compare with the Lima,
especially when eaten green, but even
as winter bean. Used in the winter
it is different from all others from the
fact that it is nearly equal in quality to
what it is in its green state. But all
may not know that it is the most diff
cult of beans to raise. Its principal
enemy is a wet spring. 1t is OF so large
a size and infirm that when planted, if
the weather is moist, it becomes soaked
through and rots, sometimes even alter
il has sprouted. If not unfrequently
happens that two and even three plant
ings are necessary and the crop fails
afterwards. Sometimes hot, dry Au-
gust renders the vines barren; some
times heavy rains just at the period OF
inti rescence will "de' for them.
The best mode to raise Lima beans
successfully is to select a dry spot for the
bed, plant the poles firmly, elevate the
hills, and set the seed perpendicularly
Just under the surface, first gredsing the
seed with lard or butter. If the soil is
rich and not too wet, the chances are
that good crop will be the result.
But to insure good crop as nearly as
it can be done, plaHt the beans in "a shall
low DOX Hlleu Will Tie UcSJ SOlI dDout
one inch each way, say about the mid
die or 10Th of April, place the box in a
t-bed, or in a sunny window Of con-
stantly heated room of house, and
start the plants there. When the period
arrives for transplanting-that is, when
the time of probable frost is over-set
them carefully out by the poles, taking
as much earth with them, efficiently
moist to adhere, as possible, make a
hole with round pointed stick of suita-
BILE size, and draw up the earth and
press gently. Should frost threaten,
cover with old papers, straw or hay, the
former being the best, as it is easier to
manage, makes less dirt and can be
saved for future occasions. A few clods
will keep the paper covering in its
place.
But this should be what might be
called the early or first crop Limas. The
second crop should be planted in the
usual way, and from the two it would
rarely happen that enough for summer
and winter use-in case the plot of
ground is large enOugh-would not be
secured -[GermantOwn Telegraph.
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FOLLOW THE RIGHT.-No matter who
you are, what your lot, or where you live,
you cannot afford to do wrong. The
only way to get happiness for yourself
is to do the right thing. You may
not always hit the mark; but you should
nevertheless aim for it; and with every
trial your skill will increase. Whether
you are to be praised or blamed for it by
others; whether it will seemingly make
you richer or poorer, or whether no per-
son than yourself knows of your acting;
still alwaysin allcases do the right thing.
Your first lessons in this rule win some
times seem hard ones, but they will
grow easier and easier, until finally
doing the right thing will become a
habit, and doing the wrong will seem
an impossibility
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AS contrasted with our own reckless
destruction of insectivorous birds, the
example of France ought to. teach us q
serious lesson. The slaughter of small
birds in that country led to a plague OF
insects which destroyed the crops. A
stringent law is now in force there to
prohibit their further destruction, and
every encouragement is offered for the
restoration of the feathered insect de-
stroyers. .'..p ga
The following is given as new way
to make yeast: Take eight good-siZed
potatoes, peal and boil them in a gallon
of water until quite soft; then mash
of cup of salt, and one cup of sugar;
pour over them the water they were
boiled in and let them stand until cool.
Then put in some good yeast, and pour
all into good clean jug; let it stand III
a warm place twelve hours. then cork
up tight and set in cold place. 1t will
be ready for nsesin a day or two, and
will keep a month in summer, and any
length of time in winter if kept tightly
corked."
The same correspondent has found the
best way to take starch out of bleached
goods to be as follows: MAKE strong
soap-suds, and dip the goods in it, and
hang them out to dry without wringing.
They will be perfectly soft aud free from
starch, and nice to Work either by hand
or machine" limit
E. E. Hall, Marcellas, New York,
SAYS that he had found strong soap suds
an effectual destroyer of caterpillars.
The time to move ON their works is in
the morning, before the dew is off, or
just after a,shower. An Iowa correspond.
ent described "a wesl ern method OF ae-
complishing the same result, which is
by "charging shot gun or rifle and
pouring the contents red hot into the
nest" Mr.. Lawton advised the use OF u
long pole and subsequent bonfire. A. s.
Fuller said: 1--WE got rid of ours great
deal easier than that; a little ichneumon
came along and killed them all. l9I
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FOUR COOP ITs-Punctuality, ac-
curacy, steadines, and dispatch. With
out the first, time is wasted, those who
rely on US are irritated and disappointed,
and nothing is done in its proper time
and place. Without the second, mis-
takes the most hurtful to our credit and
interest and that of others may be COM
mitted. Without the third, nothing can
be well done. And without the fourth.
opportunities of advantage are lost,
which ii is impossible to recall.
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To The Public.

The undersigned announces that he has pur-
chased the entire interest and good will OF
Messrs. Campbell & Downing, in their line of
Omnibusses running betw cen Morristown and
Wheeling, leaving Morristown in the morning
and wheeling in the afternoon. He will now
be prepared to accommodate all travellers with
comfortable Omn1busses, under the charge of
careful and sober employees. Fair Fifty cents
between Morristown and St. Clairsyille and
wheeling and st. Clairsville-wGy passengers
In proportion. 4
MI. Isaac III. Patterson will act as his and the
Express Agent, in st. Clairsville. All orders
and carefully attended to
JOSEPH B. BUTLER.
November I2-tf
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Think OF Thfs,

"She died." said Polly, land was new
er seen again, for she was buried in thu
ground where the trees grew.9
1.-The cold ground?" said the child
shuddering again.
mo the warm ground" returned Pol
ly ''where the ugly little seeds are turn.
ed into beautiful flowers, and where
good people turn into angels and fiy
away to Heaven. ~ Dickens.
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Notice Of Second Meeting OF
Q ... Creditors.

IN BANKRUPTCY.-Soui.e District of Ohio.
L In the matter of Samuel $. Martin, BANKRUPT
o meeting OF the creditors of said bankrupt.
will be held at the Office ofG. W. Hoge Register
In Bankruptcy. in Bellaire, Ohio, on Friday.
April 10. 1863, Mt 10 O'Clock A. NJ. that the under,
signed may make report of the proceedings
in trust according TO the provisions of the
of March 2, 1867.
A. W. ANDERSON, Assignee.
Bsllairs, Ohio. April 8, ls9e9-2w