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Cheap Pleasures.

Did ou ever study th- cheapness OF
some pleasure? Do you know how little
it takes to make multitude happy?
Such trifies as a nod, a word or smile
does the work. A widow lives in the
neighborhood who is the mother of halt
q dozen children. Send them
u peck of sweet apples and they will be
happy. A child has lost his aFrow-all
the world to him-and he mourus sadly;
help him to find it or make him another,
and how quickly will the sunshine play
over his sober face. A boy has done as
much as he can to pile up u load of wood;
assist him for few moments, or speak
q pleasant word TO him, and he forgets
his toll, and works away without mindr
| ing it. Your apprentice has broken u
mug, or slightly injured piece Of work.
say ''you scoundrel," and lie feels mis-
cradle; but remark, ''Iim sorry" and
he will try to do better. You employ Il
man; pay him cheerfully, and speak u
pleasant word to him, and be leaves
your house with a contented heart, to
light up his own hearth with smiles and
gladness. Pleasure is cheap.
Who will not bestOw it literally? II
there are smiles, sunshine and flowers,
all about US. let US not grasp them with
II miser's fist, and lock them up in our
hearts. No; rather let us take them
about us, in the cot of the widow among
the groups of children, in the crowded
marts where men OF business c0ugregate,
in our fam lies and everywhere. We
make the wretched happy, the discon-
tented cheerful, the afflicted resigned, AZ
an exceedingly cheap rate. Who will
refuse to do so?
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Rni.nn. and Antidntss.

''Tne following il5t OF antlGOGeS are CIV
en- as reliable in cases of poisoning, to
which all are In danger OF being sub
jected sometime, when, perhaps, no
medical skill or experienced aiviee is
within reach. It would De well for
every family to have something like
this, which they can turn TO at mo-
nent's warning:
The following list gives some of the
more common poisons and the remedies
most likely to be nj hand in case of need.
The directions may be old, but in case
you happen TO get strong dose of poison
down you will ua, object to cure on
account OF its age:
Acids-These cause great heat and
sensation of bnrning pain from the
mouth down to the stomach Remedies
l-Magnesia, soda, pearlash or soda. dis
solved in water: then use the stomach
pump or emetic.
Alkalies-Best remedy is vinegar.
-Remedy-Lemon juice OF
vinegar,
Aicohol-First cleanse out the stom-
ach by an emetic, then dash cold water
OH the head, and ar,monia, (spirits oi
hsrtshorp.)
| Arsenic--Remedies- the first place
evdcuate the stomach, then give the
white of eggs, lime water or chalk and
water, charcoal and the preparation of
iron, particularly hydrate
Lead, white lead and sugar of lead
Remed ies-.AlUIn, cathartic, such as
castor oil and EPSON salts especially.
Charcoal-In poisons by carbenic gas,
remove the patient TO open air, dash
ieold water on the head aud body, and
stimulate the nostrils and lungs by
hartshorn. at the same time rubbing the
chest briskly.
Corrosive Suhlj+.4ete-Ciive white OF
Iecas,-frrstlIy miyed with water, or give
wheat -four and water or soap and water
freely.
Creosote of eggs and the
emeties.
Belladonna, Night Henhane-Give
emeticS, and then plenty of vinegar and
water, or lemonade.
Mushrooms, when poisonous-Give
emetics, and then plenty of vinegar and
water, with doses of ether, if handy.
Nitrate OF silver flarar carstit-4 4-give
"a strong solution of common salt and
then emetics.
Opium-First give a strong emetic OF
mustard and water, then strong coffee
and acid drinks; dash cold water on the
| head.
! Laudanum-same as opium.
NuX Nomica-frst emetics, then
brandy.
Oxalic Acid Frequently mistaken for
Epson Observation-Disclosures, mag
lesia or soap and water, and other sooth-
| ing drinks.
Prussic Acid--when there IL time, ad-
minister chlorine in the shape of soda or
| lime. Hot brandy and water, hartshorn
and turpentine are also useful.
| Snake bites, &c. apply Immediately
streng hartshorn. and take internally;
also give sweet oil and stimulants freely
apply ligature tight above the part
bitten. and then apply cuppiug glass.
Tartar emetic-give large doses of tea
made of gals, Peruvian bark or white
oak bark.
Verdigris-Plenty ofwhite ofeggs and
wafer
| White vitriol-give the patient plenty
of milk and water.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-16
social Culture Among BOYS.

| Il is the great trouble among boys
when they get old enough to so into
company, that they don't know how to
behave when they get there. So they
sits heepishiy around on any handy cor
ner they can find, and wisn they were
in their shirt-sleeves, out ''jn the NOW
in lot" or "in the shop, or anywhere
else than i'll that ''pesky parlOT.
Their is nothing TO rub off this rust
but contact with :, ciety. The only way
to feed at home in the parior is 10 be
familiar with II. Here mothers are
often greatly al fault. The best room
is kept shut and darkened, ami the M
truder who strayeo iDtoit world be warn
ed out Children who are accustomed
10 little gatherings at home or ar a neigh
bor's ir holiday and birthday tines,
seldom feel this painful diftt0ence. II
is natural for youth to love such assem-
bisges, and they are q very essential
part of t.eir education.
But II q young man hnds himself In
this uncomfortable pligh.. he rAust 90
the best he can 10 remedy the neglect OF
his early social culture. lie must mus
ter ap courage and plunge intotile best
society he can gain access TO. If lie -
uniformly polite and oblig'ng. without
any troublesome officiousness, he Will
very soon be q favorite. After that. all
will De smooth sailing. He should not
think it too much trouble after days
work TO take q thorough bath and change
his working clothes, and then walk over
TO neighbours for an hours social chat.
this sociability would tend TO produce
good feeling in neighbOrboods, and
would elevate and improve all parties.
Add to this an hours reading every day
of some profitable book. and you will
at the years end have attained a much
higher culture than your neighbor who
spends his evening iounging on the
counter of the village store, or sluggish
ly sitting down to doze before the fire.
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TIE Horass,s Nest.

Some time age, farmer, finding a
hornets nest under the ewes of his barn,
determined to destroy it. So he took
some matches, tied them to pole, and
with them set fire to the nest, and to-
tally Destroyed it; unfortunately, how
ever, the barn was burned, together
with grain to the value of fifteen hun
dred dollars, on which there was no in
safapce.
"What a foolv" some one says. Not
so great a fool as thousands are proving
themselves to be.
This man burned down his barn TO
get rid of a hornets nest. What else is
a man who drinks rum to cure disease?
ut may save life," the wise doctor says.
Yes, but it is apt to destroy it after a
while. l know many q man who, in
trying to burn out a pain in hisstomach
with brandy, has set his whole house on
fire, and both body and soul were de-
stroyed.
Take care, children that you do not
set fire to your house for the sake of de-
stroying hornets nest Never mind
what friends and others may say about
lit.-Bdnner.
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The winter OF the Heart.

Let It meyer come upon you. Live sc
that good angels may protect you from
this most terrible eYii-the winter of the
heart.
Let no chilling influence freeze up the
fountains OF sympathy and happiness in
its depths no cold burden settle over ifs
withered hopes like SHOW on the fade
flowers, 10 rude blasts of discouIeni
moan and shrek through its desOlated
chambers.
Your life path may lead you through
trials which for time utterly impede
your progress and shut up the very
light of Heaven from your anxious gaze.
Penury may take the place of ease and
plenty; your luxurious room may be eX-
changed for q single Iowly home-the
soft couch for the coarse food OF the poor.
Summer friends may foreake you, and
the Implying world passes you wiih
scarcely z word or look Of compassion.
You may be forced 10 soit wesrily
steadily on, to earn livelihood; you
may encounter fraud, and tho base ava
! rice that would exrorsthe !as. iarthins
/ till you well nigh turn in disgust fron
your fellow beings.
Death may sever the dear ties that
bind you to earth, and leave you in
fearful darkness.
The noble, manly boy the sole hope
of your declining years, may be taken
from you while your spirit clings to him
with wild tenacity, which even the
shadow OF the tomb cannot wholly SUBJ
due.
Butamid all these sorrows DO not come
to the conclusion that nobody was ever
so deeply afflicted as you are, and abau-
don every anticipation OF better days in
the unknown future.
Do not lose yoIr faith in human ex-
cellence because your confidence has
been sometimes betrayed, nor believe
that friendship is only delusion, and
love a bright phantom which glides
away from your grasp.
Do not think you are fated to be mis-
cradle because you are disappointed in
your expectation, and bafiied in your
pursuit.
Do not declare that God has forsaken
you, when ysur way is hedged about
with thorns, o. repine sinfully, when he
calls your dearones to that land beyond
the grave.
Keep holy trust in heaven through
every trial; bear adversely with for
titude.
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Health of Earmers.

There are seven reasons why farmers
are healthier than professional men,
viz:
/. They work more and develope all
the leading muscles of the body.
2. They take exercise in the open air,
end breath o. greater amount Of cxy-
gen.
8. Their food and drinks are common
ly less adulterated, and far more SIM
pie.
4. They do not oyerwork their brain
as much as industrial professional men
do.
5. They take sleep commonly during
the hours of darkness, and do not try to
turn night into day.
6. They are not so Al bilious, and do
not wear themselves out so rapidly III
the free contest of rivalry.
:. Their pleasures are simple and less
eXhausting.
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RuIdlnU.

Now is the time TO prepare for budding
fruit trees. September, the month in
which this work is usually done, is now
at hand, and every one who Intends To
bud should lay his plans so rs to be sure
and have time for il.
The sooner cherries are budded the
better, but apples may be delayed till
the tenth of September, so may peaches
This work must be done while the stock
is growing, so that the bark will peel
readily; and it is desirable to do it jus,
long enough before the growth uf the
season ceases to allow the bud to become
firmly joined to the stock.
If the is done too early the bud will
make q tender growth, which be likely
to winter kill, and if the work be neg
lected till the growing is about to close,
the bud will notjoin, and thus the work
will be lost.
The buds should should be taken from
wood of this years growth, as they unite
with the stock much more readily than
those from old wood. Indeed il ia 80
difficult to make from old wood take,
it is seldom attempted.
It Is SO often the case that farmer
could, by pending little time in bud
DUNG very greatly increase the variety
of fruit on his place. PERHAPS some
young apple tree has borne one or two
years, and the;fruit proved too worthless.
Let fouE or five oil some valuable variety
be judiciousiy set, so as to form balanc-
ed top when the original branches are
removed.
On thousands of farms there are cher
ry that are only nuisance, but If bud
ded now, ard transplanted in the spring,
they might soon become valuable trees.
We have seen peach trees growing
about door yards, where the stones had
been thrown the fall before, and it is
generally the case that some of these
make fine growth, and by being budded
and properly transplanted would become
valuable trees.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-16

Associate with our trade or profess
sion the ideas of duty. beauty, social
welfare, the service of God, as well as
the idea of utility, and our toll will no
longer be stale and reEulsive, butwill
become inspiring, and remain fresh
Some element of recreating Inspiration
and delight mixed with the business OF
every hour is the desideratunl, not days
of dissipation thrust into months of
drudgery. No one excess balanced by
an opposite excess, but healthy har-
mony, is what we want. Recreation
and amusement outside of the regular
line of life may be needfui +; but they are
not half SO important as enjoyment
freedom and progress inside Of IL.
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gaeru.
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.
nru. V. u NeEEIIow.

When the hours OF day are numbered.
And the voices OF the night.
wake tine better soul at g.umbered,
To a holy calm delight.
Ere the evening lampz are lighted,
And. like phanJoms grim and tall,
Shadows like the fitiul fire-light,
Danceup the parlor wall.
Then the forms Of the departed
Enter at the open door
The beloved ones, the trne-hearted,
Come to visit Is once more.
He the young and strong, who cherished
Noble longing for the strife,
BY the roadsidr fell and perened,
Weary with the march Of hfs.
They. the holy ones and weakly,
VINO the cross Of suffering bore, y
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
6pake with US on earth no mora.
And with them the being beeuteoW.
Who IN 20 my youth was given.
More than al things slsa TO loss NE,
And is now saint in 6eayea-
With a slow ana nciseless footstep.
Comes that messenger divine.
Takes the vacant chair beside me.
Lays her gentle hand in naine.
And she sits and gazes at me
With those deep and tender eyes,
Like the stars so still and saint-like,
Looking downward from the skies.
Uttered not, yet comprehehced,
Is the spirits voiceless prayer,
Soft rebukes, IN blessings ended,
Breathing from her lips OF air.
Oh. though oft depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aside.
II but remember only
Such as these have lived and died.
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Young men you have no business to
be idle. There Is honorable and prof
table employment in the world, many
times more than all the people in it can
perform. You have no business even to
be servants of other men. You should
strike out for yourselves, and learn thai
the true combination NJ intellect and
capital will enable any man with even
"a moderate share of brains TO make for
himself an honorable name and IL CON-
petenee. Qualify yourselve- as good
business men.
Difiiculties are only occasions for the
development of talents.
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DR.. Tying met an emigrant family
going West. On one of the wagons
their hung a jug with the bottom kEock-
ed out.
''What is that?n asked the doctnr-
'Why, it is my TaYlsr jug ? . said The
man.
"And what is a Taylor jug" asked
the doctor again.
81 had son in General TaylOr's army
in Mexico, and The General always told
him to carry his whisky jug with hole
in the bottom, and that's it. It's the
best invention that l have ever met
with for hard drinkers. !"
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Power like ths,the diamond, dazzle

Power, like thesGhe diamond, dazzles
the behoIder, and also the wearer; il
dignifies meanness; it magnitfes little
ness; to what is contemdtable, it gives
authority to what is low, exultation.-
To acquire it appears not more difficult
than to be dispossessed of it when ac-
quired, since it enables the holder to
shift his own errors on dependents, and
to take their merits to himself But
the miracle of loosing it yanishes, when
we reflect that we are as liable to fall as
to rise, by the treachery of others; and
that to say" I am ~ is language thathas
been appropriated to God -[Colton.
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Worms 3 in Swine,

In answer 10 an inquiry as to the
cause and cure of.worms in pigs, a cor
respondent of the Maine Farmer says
IF the writer will take the pains to
give his pigs handful of good rock salt
at least twice week, i'll their food, un-
til killing time. ] think his pigs will
thrive, provided he gives them enough
to eat. The cause of pigs having worms
is. l think, the wantof the preventative
salt. Pigs hardly ever get any salt,
except what they can get from the slops
o. the kitchen.
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70 The PubliG.

The undersigned announces that he has pur-
chased the entire interest and good wifi OF
Messrs. Campbell Downing, In their line OF
Onnibusses rHning hetv cen Morristovn and
Wheeling, leaving Morristown in the morning
and Wheeling in the afternoon. He will now
be prepared to accommodate all travellers with
comfortable Omnibrsses, under the charge oi
careful and sober employees. Fair Fifty cents
between MOrristown and st. Clairsville and
Wheeling and ST. Clairsville-way passengers
In proportion.
Mr.. Isaac II. Patterson will act as his and the
Express Agent, in st. Clairsville. ALI order'
and packages left with him will be promptly
and carefully attenSed to
JOSEPH B. BUTLER.
November l2-tf
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5pr ttse soaiss gstss.

Do NOT MAKE EXCUSES Children,
do not form the habit Of making excuses
If you have done wrong, be willing to
own it. Do not try to hide it, or throw
the blame on another. A person who is
quick at making excuses, is not likely
to be good at anything else, or to be
loved and honcred. Be honest, frank,
and truthful.
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MAN is like a SNOWFALL Leave him
lying in idIeness against the sunny fence
of prosperity and all the good that is in
him melts like butter, but kick him
around and he gathers strength with
every successive revolution. until he
grows into an avalanche.-To succeed
you must keep moving.
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He who is open without leyity; gen
erous without waste; secret wit hout
craft; humble without meanness; bold
without insolene; cautious without
anxiety; regular yet not formal; mild
yet not timid firiii yet not tyranicai, is
made to pass the ordeal OF honor and
virtue. %E
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BE neither lavisbed nor niggardly; ol
the two avoid the latter. A mean man
is universally despised but public fame
il a stepping stone to preferment; there
fore generous feelings should he cult
waited
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YOUNG man base all your actions mp
on principal of right, preserve your
integrity OF character, and in doing this
never reckon the cost
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THERE is nothing ike fixed, steady
aim, with all honorable purpose.--ll
dignifies your nature and insures your
SuCceSS
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NEVER, under any circumstances, as.
sumo q responsibility you can avoid con-
sistently with your duty to yourself and
others.
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gltuire lsHisfeilanu.

By doing good With his money. a man
as it were, stamps the image of God on
it and it passes current as the merchan-
disc of Heaven.
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COURAGE and modesty are the least
dubious of all virtues, for They cannot
be coupterfeited; and they both have
this III common, that both are manifeRt-
ed in thesame color.
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Notice to The Public.
Mrs. t. F'razier'S
Compound Extract OK Fruit Leaves,

Mrs. Il EraZierS
Compound Extract OK Fruit Leaves.
5 NOW COMPOUNDED is A. GUN. and
L made INTO SalNe. The Gum contains moth
ing but the PURE EXTRACT of the three
special kinds of Leaves and win dissolve in
water in n short time.
Fors25 cts. and two Posta ge S,amps We
will send by mail. a circular, ana GuIa enough
to make a pint of Liquid, which will he fo1r
pints when used a: directed.
In case OF FEMALE WEAKNESS, The pa-
tient is safely and speadily relieved OF all suf-
fering. For the EYES, If they are intismed
from cold. wound or erysipelas. II Will draw
out the inflammation and restore the ewes 10
health.
4 Box of Salve will be delivered for the price
above mentioned. IL heals without a scsfr-
When once tried il brags for itself.
For Piles, BOils, Gatherings, Burns, Cuts
Bruises, litter, sores, Chapel hands, Bunions,
and all ertlptions of the skim ii makes perfect
cure. 1t is also perfect in cure of ali those
diseases, sores and wounds peculiar to horses
For self-interest many physicians will say
this Compound Extract OF Fruit Leaves is OF
noaceOunt. If you doubt it, call and will re-
feryou 70 many who have been cured by it's
use - -.-.
Wholesale Price 800 per doz. boxes of Salve
or sticks "f Gum, . for sl.00. l.--.---
;. T. FRAZIER & CO..
ape ls6S-ly@ chfee5
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THE NATIONAL HOTEL

Home A gain.
THE JOHNsONS ARE AGAIN IN ERE
National House. Ed & Wheeler johnson,
troll of the House, and shaK be pleased to have
their old friends call on them The House will
be refurnished, and The Table, as of old times,
shall not be excelled by any in Eastern CIio. >
All our efforts shall be to accommodates and
make our guests comfortable.
ED. & WHEELER JOHNSON.
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n. B.-For the benefit of our Agents we have
arranged with parties who have Goods suitable
for Sewing Machine Agents to sell. We will
send BOOK OF SAMPLES and full particulars
ANDREWS, General Agent, Detroit, Mich.
Jan2l'6y-ly
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AGENTS..

We wish to arrange with Agents, male or fe-
male, to represent the American Shuttle Sew
ing Machine, in each State, County, and Town
in the United states and Ontario. Extra in
ducementst TO Experinced Agents. For full par
ticulars, as to Salary or Commission. address
G V. n. ANDREWS,
General Ag't, Detroit, Mich.
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THINK nothing insignificant that has
q bearing on your future success.
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Warranted for Five Years

Our Agents will be supplied with duplicate
makes precisely the same stitch made by the
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Howe, and Florence
Machines. 1t has the Under-feed like the best
of high-priced Machines, and is the only low
priced Shuttle Machine In the market that has
this feed We are enabled to sell q first-class
SHUTTLE MACHINE at a very low price on ac-
count Of its Simplicity, and consequent low cost
of fManufaoturing,in in comparison with Coulplica
ted Machines.
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9nsaranfe.
J. M. s. CIR RATTY,
Insurance Agent, Bellare, 0.

ID REPRESENTING THE OLDEST AND MOST
~ wealthy Tonnn nies in the country