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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
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A STORY OF A woMAN's LIFE.

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
THERE Is NO DEATH.

There is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bring in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
, There is no deathi The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summers shower
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life X r
From out the viewless air. .
There is NO death! The leaves may fall
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours,
b The coming of the May.
There is no death! An angel form
Walks DER the earth in silent tread;
He tears our bestowed thing away,
- And then we call them dead"
He leaves our hearts all desolate-
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanfed into bliss, they now -
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene Of sin and strife,
Sings now in everlasting song
Amid the tree of life,
And where he sees smile too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taint and vice.
He bears it to that world of light,
To dwell in paradise.
Born into that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With Joy we welcome them-the same
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe
Is life-there are no dead.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
What Pstatses to Plant.

At recent meeungof the Fruit Grow.
ers' Club, DR.. F. M. Hexamer, of New
Castle, N. Y, gentleman largely ex.
perienced and successful in potato -cul.
ture, said: -uf ..
Had to make selection of six va.
rieties to plant Ior marketing, I would
choose, for early:
early Rose, because it is the earliest
and best early variety, having yielded
two hundred and sixty -four bushels pei
acre. st '.- Ti-
early Goodrich, which, although il
has not succeeded well i'm the last wet
season, is, when grown under favorable
conditions, of excellent quality. For
medium or main crops:
Harrison. because 1t is the most pro-
ductive and most profitable table potato
in existence, OF white skin and flesh,
large size, fair quality, and entirely free
from disease. Yield, three hundred and
eighty-nine bushels per acre. Through
out the whole extent of our country no
potato has given more unanimous salts
faction than this variety.
"Lapstone Kidney, for it's beautiful
shape and appearance. II SUCCEEDS in
coils where tho Prince Albert has failed.
1t is an excellent baking potato, and by
many preferred to any other. Fer late /:
white Peachblow, because it is, when
matured, the most sought-for potato in
market, unequalled by any other variety
for its mealiness.
Gleason, for its hardness. 1t Is a
surer crop than any other potato. Be
the season wet or dry. be the land ma
nured with fresh manure or old, or none
at all used, the Gleason is certain to
grow, if it is planted early enough and
well cultivated. Its quality is not first
rate when dug, but itimproves by keep
ipg."
We give the DOCTORS opinions, but ex-
cept somewhat to his judgment of the
Harrison. We find opinions very diver
gent in regard to its table quality
Hearth and Home.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
Expenses.

Notwithstanding the high order of all the de-
partments the expenses all 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 72rooms,
No coal SCOT or dirt in the rooms. Few Semi
naries furnish so many home comforts. Tuition
in.the several departments about the usual rates.
Rooms in the village for self boarding. OTIS
furnished on the Seminary grounds free of
charge for the accommodation of those wish ing
to erect rooms for their own use
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
To The Public,

The undersigned announces that he has pur-
chased the entire interest and good wifi of
Messrs. Campbell & Downing, in their line OF
Omnibusses running betw cen Morristown and
and Wheeling in the afternoon. He will now
be prepared to accommodates all travellers with
careful and sober employees Fair Fifty cents
between Morristown and ST. Clalrsville and
Wheeling and st Clairsville-way passengers
In proportion. -.
Mr.. Isaac II. Patterson will act % his, and the
Express Agent, In st. ClairSville. All orders
and packages left with him win be promptly
1,a -. JOSEPH p. pUTLsR.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25

A gentleman was reasoning with a
whisky drinker, and told him of a topper
who died a while ago from internal
combustion. How did it happen? -
asked the drinker. "In trying to blow
out a candle, the flame caught his breath
and he burned up, F" was the reply
"Well now" said the Bourbon lover.
"here upon my oath l pledge myself
never to blow a candle out as long as /
live!u
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
Temperaufe.

THE young ladies of Dover, Wayne
County, Ind, have formed a society fol
the redemption of young men from bad
habits. Each ofthe members has pledged
herself not to receive the attentions OF
any young man who uses liquor, Tobacco,
or profane Language.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25

A YOUNG lady, who teaches music in
an academy in Western New York. sent
an order to = publisher, recently, In
which she had dspeltthe words very badly.
She apelogised by adding postscript as
follows: "You must exkews this letter
as / pla' bi most, but srel bi ear"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
Faculty..

A. d. Lee, A. NJ, President;
Rev. r. S. Hogue, A. M;
r. II. Smith. A. NJ, NJ. D.;
w. Williams, \. NJ;
Musical Department.;
Virginia Bell, Drawing and Painting.
Come and try this Seminary one month
For further information address the Presi-
dent for a Catalogue. octS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25

Leave you, my friend. said q tipsy
fellow clinging to a lamp post, one dark
night, leave you in condition not To
take care Of ysurself7 (hio) nsverl'"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
t@isfslIaaeuas.


EOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NEW
L Market Station, Scio Post Office, Harrison
County, Ohio, three hours from Pittsburgh, one
hour from Steubenville, on the great Panhandle
Railway.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
selsftea 9oetry,
TIE WORTH OF WOMAN.
WOMAN.

The following is from the German of Schiller
translated by Alexander II. Everett, Esq, 70
the Cincinnati Times -
ELi WOMAN
Honored be women, she beams on the sight,
4 Graceful and fair, like being of light;
Scatters around her, wherever she stays,
Roses of bliss DER our thorn-covered ways;
Roses of Paradise, sent from above,
To be gathered and twined in a garland OF love
MAN.
Man on passions stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountain high,
Courts the hurricanes commotlon,
Spurns at reasons feeble cry.
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still IL roars within;
Flashing lights of hope confound him,
Stuns him LIES incessant din.
@- WOMAN.
Woman invites him, with bliss in her SMILE
To cease from his toll and be happy awhile;
whispering wooingly-come to my bower
Go not in search of the phantom OF power
Honor and wealth are illusory,-come!
Z Happiness dwells in the temples of home,
8h MAN.
Man. with fury stern and savage,
Persecutes his brother man;
Reckless II he bless or ravage,
Actfon-actfon-still his plan,
Ca ceaseiess % Wishes tear his brest;
Ever seeking-neer enjoying
Still to be-but never blest.
WOMAN.
Woman contented in silent repose
Enjoys in its beauty life's flower as ii blows,
And waters and tends 1t with innocent heart;
Far richer than man with his treasures OF Art,
And wiser by by far in her circle confined,
Than he with his science and Nights OF the MIND.
NAN.
Coldly to himself sufscings
Man disdains the gentle arts;
Knoweth not the bliss arising
From the interchange of hearts,
Slowly through his bosom stealing,
Flows the genial current on,
TILL by ages frost congealing,
1t is hardened into stone.
...-s- WOMAN.
She, like the harp that instinctively rings.
As the night-breathing zepher soft signs on the
Responds % each Impulse with ready reply.
Whether sorrows or pleasures her sympathy try;
And tear-dreps and smiles on her eountenance
Ldkesunshinea and showers ofa morning ofMay.
Through the range of mans dominion
Terror in the ruling word
And the standard of opinion r1~
Is the temper Of the sword,
Strife exults, and Pity, biushing
From the scene desparing flies,
Where to battle, madly rushing,
Brother npon brotheSdies.
WOMAN.
Woman commands with milder control
As she glances around in the light of her smile,
The war of the passions is blushed for while
And discord content from his fury to cease,
Reposes entranced on the pillows OF peace.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
Home A0ain.
County Auctioneer

\ $ \ LICENCED AUCTIoNKER, Offer INV
!. services 70 the people OF Belmont County
msnIs, household furniture, real estate or any
guarantee satisfaction Terms lyh.~.,
ehio. WN q SIWrNvnnuS
Jan a. lst3- -,sn w. al nON.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
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
TO Experinced Agents. For full par
ticulars, as to Salary or Commission address
.-ysG. v. N. ANDREWS,
General Ag't, Detroit, Mich.
n. B.-For the henefit 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
on receipt Of one red stamp. Address q, " N
A NDREWS, General Agent, Detroit, Mich.
Jan2l's9-ly -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
Warranted for Five Years!

Our Agents will be supplied with duplicate
parts OF the Machine, in case Of accident. 1t
makes precisely the same stitch made by the
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Howe, and Florence
Machines. 1t has the Under-feed like the best
OF htgh-priced Machines, and IL the only low
priced Shuttle Machine in the market that has
this feed. We are enabled to sell Ai frst-class
SHUTTLE MACHINE at q very low price ON &C.
count otits Simplicity, and consequent low cost
of fManufscturingin comparison with:Complics
ted Machines. .......
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
WOMAN.

Woman commands with milder control
She rules by yenchantment the realms ofthe soul
As she glances around in the light of her smile
The war of the passions is blushed for while
And discord content from his fury TO cease,
Reposes entranced on the pillows of peace.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25

The following is from the German Of Schiller.
translated by Alexander H. Everett, Esq, for
the Cincinnati Times -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25

There is no DEATH The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bring in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore. %
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25

Man on passions stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountain high,
Courts the hurricanes commotion,
Spurns at reasons feeble cry,
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still IL roars within;
Flashing lights of hope confound him,
Stuns him LIES incessant din.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
WOMAN.

Woman invites him, with bliss in her smile,
To cease from his toll and be happy awhile;
whispering wooingly-comet to my bower
Go not in search of the phantom OF power
Honor and wealth are illusory,-come!
Happiness dwells in the temples of home,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29
THE WEEKLY ARGUS.
REDUCTION IN PRICE.

There never was time 10 the history Of our
country when greater necessity existed for cir
cuIating pure Democratic documents Radical
| legislation has made grave yard aud desert Of
half Of our country. our liberties have been in
Crfngcd urou to An alarmingextcut; oycrwhelm-
cd with debt. and staggering under its load of
| corrr,,tior and ;,,bccfrfty. opr Government is
the .cofy and ny-uord of rorcigp nations; dispis.
ed at homo and deridei abroad. it is oycrbapr
ina, the worry bripl of dcstrpetiop. the dcparture
Of our peopIe from the gIorious precepts of the
mast has lea them into A Iabyriuth of anarchy
from which many see no escape but in military
despoti.m. The New York L.Deria!st, founded
nm, sn,,,,,r,oIl.,, ,. hand .hoIi;p,. ,rstocrocv
;,,,,,,,i.r,,c,- .br,orf or an Tmrirc.
H.. os,,,. ...,,,o ,ho o,,rtororso .r high GOV
-, NIL, ,,l .h, ,,.,,r..t,.,fo,. or the
r,.,... ,,,,r. rand.
l., 5..o....,.... ,....,..., ,,,;.n INNS, .oon ,o.t
~, s,oLAi,, -, ,a,. SHIN, or STATE. There il no
-. c.. A. ,....-. g.. .o,sf,,, tho ,eo,,le
70 ,bor 5o,i.. D. ci,i,.ns and f., realization Of
a.. ,...3 +. ,l,,L ,ho;r ln,ortics are ,r,cc5
g., rodoo,r ,b.. country, from
a., "a ,r,o,lorcrs who ,rs fast urg-
,pg Il t,rpi,. The u,..r. must return to the
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29

In NUMBERS their is safety, il was upon
this principle that the formula Of Judson s
Mountain Herb Pills was prepared. 1t was
not the result Of one mans knowledge. Dr..
Judson intending to spend fortune in ad-
vertising his pills consulted the most intellI,
gent and learned physicians of the age, and
the result was the production Of a simple
but efiicacQous medicine the Judson's Noun.
tain Herb Pills. These pills cure Bilious,
ness, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Indiges.
ton, Female Irregularities, &c. They have
now been used many years by the public
and thousands Of testimonials bear witness
to their virtues. As family medicine they
are uurvalcd. Give the Mountain Herb
Pills trial. Sold by all dealers.
June 5dwlm.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29
ST. Cloud Hotel.

THIS new and oommodious house, located
i corner Of broadway and Forty Second st.
yossesses advantages over all other houses for
the accommodation of its guests. 1t was built
expressly for a fret class Family Boarding
House--:he rooms being large and en- suit, heat
ed by styAm-with hot and cold water, and fur
p.shci second 10 mono; while the culinary de-
pa ,ment Is in tho most experienced hands,
atfording guests On unequsled table.
One Of Atwood's Patent Elevators is also
AIN my che "nOdern impTuvements' and at the
service Of guests at all nvurv,
The Broadway and University Place Carr
pass the door every four minutes. running from
the City Hall 10 Central Park, while the Sixth
and Seventh AveD 10 Lines are but short block
on either side, nHording ample facilities for ON
mur eating with all tho Depots, Steamboat
Landings, places Of Amusement and Busi ness OF
the great metropolis.
MORE L UOLLEY,
/ mOh23dGm Proprietors.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29
Daily argus,
The cOQuette
ny JOINS SANE.

.Nour clever at drawing, own"
Said my beautiful cousin, Lisette,
As We sat by the window alone;
'Butsay, can you paint a cOquette
shes painted already" quoth /
NAY, nay Z" said the laughing Lisctte
Now none Of your Joking, but try,
Aud paint ne thorough coquette,'
"Well, cousin" at once began,
Ia tho ear of the eager Llsettc,
"Ill paint you, a. well IS | can,
That wonderful thing, coquette.'
"She wears most beautiful face,
coz course, said the beautiful Lisettc,l
"And isn't deficient in grace,
Or elsethe were not coquette.
And then che il dainlily made,
A smile from the dainty Lisette,
BY people expert in the trade
% forming proper cO4uette.
"Shes the winningest ways with the heruI,
GEO on, said the winning Lisettel,
"But there ism = man Ut them knows
The mind Of tho tickle coqueuo
''SAc knows how to weep and to sigh,
"A sigh from the tender Lisette
But her weeping is all 10 my eye
Not that Of the cunning coQuettc
ain short, she's creature Of art
90, hush, said the iroWuing Lise,te,
"With merely the ghost Of a heart
Enough for a thorough coquetIe.
'And yet could easily prove"
"Now don't" said the angry Lisette-
THE lady is always 10 love
In love with hcrscll-the ruqu"ite'
"Ihcrc- do NOT be angry-you know,
NJ dear Atllo cousin lisD''r.
You told me a moment ago
TO paint yoH--a thorough coqurti"'
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29

The best article to dress the Hair is Lyons
Kathairon.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29
Beautiful Momen.-If you won

Beautiful Women. If you would be
beautiful, use Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
1t gives pure Blooming Complexion aud
restores Youthful Beauty.
Its effects are gradual, natural and per-
feet
1t removes Richness, Blotches, and Pimpes
cures Tan, SunOurn and Freckles, and
makes q Lady Of ,birty appear but twenty.
The Magnolia Balm makes the Skin
Smooth and Pearl; the Eye bright aud
clear the Cheek glow with the Bloom Of
Youth, and imparIs fresh, plump appear.
ance to the countensnce. No Lady need
complain Of her complexion when - cents
will purchase this delightful article.
The best article to dress the Hair is Lyon
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29
NEW FIRM
Great Bargains
LUM i Der!

The subscribers. having purchased the Mi
Property and Lumber Yard Of P. skinner A
Son, situated in the east end Of town, opposite
the Atlantic Brewery, are now prepared TO fur
nish everything usually manufactured at = first
GLASS Mill nttbe
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29
VERY LOWEST PRICES |

We have given our mill thorough repairing,
HDO can now Gil any orders in our line, in AZ
snort time and with a, mach ueatness AZ any
MIL IN u" country. Our powerful engine which
has lSbored An hard for 50 many years. has fully
recovered from It's latigues Of the past wear, and
is nov putting away with redoubled energy, and
always willing TO respond to any dem and that
may be made upon it.
Give US a call, and examine our
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-29

II, &, JoNNbLLhb
Solicitor for Petitioner.
iun5llaw5L
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-22
COLUMBIA, S. g.
: Tuesday morning, Juno %. 1859.

The SKIES BRIaHTENNa.-The skies
begin to look brighter for the white
people of Tennessee. There are indica-
tions that the radical party fnds itself
unable to stand up under the weight of
the DISTINGUISHING law, by which from
$4,000 to 60,000 freemen are deprived of
the right to vote--n right possessed by
every ignorant: and debased negro in5the
State. Wo observe that both the radical
candidates for Governor-Senter and
Stokes--have come out in favor of con-
yention to remove all disabilities. Wells,
in Virginia, has also been compelled TO
take ground against the disfranchising
features of the new constitution. Thus,
one by one, the badges of despotism are
falling from the shoulders of the people
of the South, and q returning sense of
justice usheripg in the dawn of the day
OF freedom, when we shall live under
laws made by ourselves, and bring the
reign of. f.carpet-baggers to an end.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-22


THE ADMISSION OF CoLoRED PEOPLE To
PLACES or AMUSEMENT. The action OF
the Washington City Councils, in regard
to the admission Of colorcd people to
places of amusement on the same footing
as the whites, attracts attention through
out the country, and there seems to be
considerable difference of opinion
amongst the Republican press as to the
wisdom of the course adopted. The
Chicago Tribune, the leading Republican
paper Of the West, has the following in
regard to the matter:
Some ill-advised people in Washing
ton are endeavoring to procnre II city
ordinance compelling tue hotels of that
city to accommodate colored guests on
the same terms. and mt the same tables
as whites, or forfeit their licenses. An
ordinance has already been passed pro-
vidipg for annullng the licenses OF
theatres. unless they shall seat negroes
and whites without distinction on account
OF color. So fur from being Democratic,
or III accordance with the principles of
equality, such attempts are rs hagrantly
ut war with equality of right ns they are
with politeness. The only persons who
arc affected by obtruding culored guests
ut II hotel or in a theatre are the other
guests or attendants and the proprietor
Nineteen -twentieths of these would be
white under any circumstances, and the
effect Of suoh u measure is to enable one
black man or woman to force his or her
company upon nineteen white men or
women who do not desire it. Displeas-
ing the nineteen to please the Que, in n
matter of mere association and taste, is
not equality, bLc the grossest inequality.
Hotels and thentres are not public Offices,
or Government institutions. They are
not supported by taxes, like free schools.
nor do they enjoy any Legislative mono
poly like railroads. They offer. entertain
ments and amusement merely. Tile only
function the Government has in relation
to them is to preserve order; not to regn-
late the class Of people who shall 81
to them"