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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
BeUrar soy and the FI,wers.

'Go away, you beggar roy. You've
no right to be looking at our iiowers!
shouted a little fellow from the garden
where he WAS standing. -
The poor boys face reddened with
anger at the rude language, and he was
about to answer defiantly. when a little
girl sprang out from an arbor near and
looking at both said TO her brother
How could you speak so, Herbert?-
Pm sure his looking at the flowers won't
hurt u.s."
And then, to soOth the wounded feel
ings of the stranger, she added:
Little boy, I'll pick-yOu some flow
ers, if you will wait moment; and she
Immediately gathered a pretty bOquet,
and handed il through the fence. His
face frightened with surprise and pleas
ure, as he earnestly thanked her.
Twelve years after this occurrence,
the girl had grown to a woman. One
bright afternoon she was walking with
her husband in the garden, when she
observed a young man in woOrkman's =
dress, leaning over the fence, and loOk
ing attentively at her and the flowers -
Approaching him she said:
Are you fond of flowers, sir? 1t will
give me great pleasure to gather you
some"
The young workman looked into her
fair face and then said:
Twelve years ago stood here a rag
ged beggarboy, and you showed me the
same Kindness. The bright flowers and
your pleasant words made a new boy OF
me; ah, and they made man of me,
too. Your face, madam, has been a
light to me in many dark hours Of my
life; and now. thank God, though that
boy iss still a humble, hard-working man,
he is an honest and grateful one"
Tears stood in the eyes of the lady as,
turning to her husband, she said:
God put it into my young heart to
do that little kindness, and see how
great reward it has braught!"
There's not a beam that lights the mountain,
There's nota shrub that scents the gale,
There's not a wind that stirs the fountain:
There's not hue tnat paints the rose,
There's not a leafarOuni us lying,
But in its use or beauty shows
Gods love TO US, and love undying
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
The address of Nellie Grant.

The following is the address of Miss
Nellie Grant, after being crowned Queen
at the party given at the residence of the
italian Minister, Chevalier Marcel Ger
ruti, at Washington City:
My BELOVED SUBJECTS II feel great
ly rejoiced to find myself Oh. this happy
occasion surrounded 10y my faithful sub
iects. | assume the crown and title of
Nellie the First" and 1 promise to
reign over you Inspired always with feel
ings of affection and justice. l begin my
administration by an act of generosity
and benevolence. ! have ordered my
Prime Minister to prepare for yeu many
prizes in a lottery which | destine for
you. Each of you may approach my
throne, and | will confer upon you a
number corresponding to priZa. The
present session opens under the most fa-
vorahle auspices. We have had many
Christmas trees aud many presents
There are still some aunts and uncles
that have not performed their duty, but
we hope that they will do so without
Obliging us to resort to severe measures.
Ny relations with foreign Powers are as
favorable as could be desired, have re-
ceived from all parts precious letters OF
friendship-from England large cake;
from Portugal many oranges; Italy has
sent me large bag of chestnuts; Greece
has honored NE with boxes of raisins:
Turkey has presented ME with his best
smyrna figs; Spain's homage was fresh
grapes, and France has sent boxes of
champagne; the Africa Princes has sent
many dates, other nations have shown
an equally generous disposition. Unjust
now call your attention to a very impor-
tant matter. Having no other desire at
at heart than the happiness of my peo-
pie, have decided to choose husband,
and my royal choice has fallen on Ed
ward Thorlon, whom Issorder you to love
and esteem. From this moment con
Ter upon him the lie of THE Duke OF
Candies and Prince of Sugar-pIums."
hope that next year again be united,
and that l shall aguin be able, as now
to announce to you the happiness which
Providence has again designed to shower
upon my country, / have ordered my
Ministers to place AL my presents on the,
table for royal banquet, to which in
vite you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
The Man Milliner of Paris.
If fha ~ v NCAril

Another scandal of the hour is the en-
tertainment given by Wirth, the man
milliner, ut his chateau i'll Suresnes, a
village overlooking the Bois de Boulo
gne. 1t did not arise from the insoleni
luxury of his chateau. This is unbear-
able to many persons. The chateau
consists of fl We buildings, each added
seemingly to the other as the masters
wealth increased. The extensive grounds
have almost as many capricious. excuses
for spending money as Stowe, the Duke
of Buckingham estate. There are ter
races, summer-houses, bridges, pagOdas,
filled with bronzes, pOrcelains, old arm
or for summeT-houses or pagodas, statues
and vases for bridges and terraces. The
tables of the house are covered with the
most expensive cashmere shawls. The
arms of the chairs are covered with the
costliest laces. The scandal consists in
his inviting the very same ladies invited
to Compiegne and in their accepting his
invitation. They burst not do otherwise.
Had they refused he would have refused
to receive their orders, and for FASH
ionable lady to go into society unattired
by Wirth would be mortifying enough
to drive her to suicide. -
] do not hint fear of his asking pay
ment of bills had anything to do with
the alacrity with which his invitations
were accepted. But people with reten-
tive memories will recall the embal rass-
ment with which fashionable society
was thrown five or six years since upon
the. announcement of Wirth's retire
ment from trade, and his successors in
tention to be paid all bills or bring suit
on them. There were $1,000 or $780,
900 due him. Princess de Metternich
owed, so the scandalous chronicle sal d
S50, 600, and even quiet Princess ClOtilde
appeared OH the books as o debtor to
the amount of $4,000. l suspect Wirth
was emboldened to this step by the sue
cess of his tea during the winter. He
has in private drawing-roOm, next to
the trying-On-room, tea served every
afternoon and evening. He invites none
to enter but the most aristocratic custom
ers. This is an honor eagerly sought
At his chateau he has been inviting these
princesses and ma-chionesses- to tea at
o'clock p. m. 1.-THE new fa-hionl. He re-
ceived them wearing flexible boots reach
ing to the knee, broad belt around his
waist, gloves with cuffs long as dra-
goon's, ami flexible hat under his arm
In his vestibule were six fOotmen dress
ed as (hasseurs. The tea was served
from silver urns i'm Sevres, porcelain
cups. l believe Wirth is an Englishman.
Is not odd an Englishman should be the
arbiter of fashion in Paris?
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for the atouna folks
A Little Maiden. Song to her;DeIly.


Lie down, little Dolly quite still on my lap,
While / hasten to put on your night-gown
and cap:
You have been wide awake this whole blessed
day
Long enough, 1 am sure, for Dolly to play.
The sun has gone down full two hours ago;
'Tis long past your bedtime, you very well
know:
The bright stars are peeping from out the clear
skies;
Then go to sleep, Dolly-eome, shut your blue
eyes
There! a soft little pillow lies under your head
Had ever a Dolly a cosier bed:
1 Will cover you up, so warm and so nice
Then stop your cries, Dolly, hush! hush. in a
trice.
Mamma says the flowers were asleep long ago
sweet roses, pure lilies, their heads dropping
low;
She says tits lesson fo= me and for you,
That children and dollies should be asleep too.
Hark! Susan is calling. now ont goes the light
win tuck you up snugly. then kiss you good
night.
'Tis time you were sleeping; for do YOU not
know
That the dear little birds went 10 bed long ago?
Z. V :.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
Bee Feeder.

y good bee feeder can be, made out of
the usually cast away tin, fruit, and oys-
ter cans. At the tinsmith's You can get
the zinc shoulder and screw top, such as
are used on Kerosene oil cans. Those OF
one inch in diameter are the right size.
Take the top and from the outside punch
holes with the end of Il file tsm;lll holesJ
being careful not to defOrm il. After
punching eighteen ortwenty holes even
ly, turn and file the top smooth. The
end or edge OF the shoulder will fit most
of cans in the crease around the hole
made for the cover. Fit and solder
Thus for one dime you will have as good
bee feeder as any yet devised-one that
you can feed on syrup with, thick or thin,
or water your bees in spring.
Or you can have neck fitted around
the opening of the can, ana 10y tying "a
piece of coarse muslin over the end OF
he neck. you will accomplish the same
end.
To use, fill up full witt honey, sugar
syrup or water, and place the neck in the
hole over the cluster Offices. NJ. Price
in Bee Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

CHANGE IN THE TEXTURE OF IRON BY
VIBRATIoNS.-Amo engineering ques-
tiOns great practical Importance is that
relative to the influence on iron of con
tinued vibrations, orimpact, in changing
its interna. character and rendering il
more liable to fracture after time than
at first. Many engineers maintain, as
the result both of theory and expert
ment, that a continued strain has far
less effect on an iron beam or rod, than
vibrations produced by continual impact
and changes of temperature. Thus, in
one case, bar of iron, an inch square,
was hung perpendicularly by one end,
and a small hammer arranged by clock
work SO rs to strike it continually. After
the end of a year, the bar dropped in
two. This bar would, probably, have
supported weight at one end of it up
to the bending point, for an almost in
definite period. Wrought iron is said to
be more subject to molecular changes
than cast iron.
There are not wanting persons of
great eminence, however, who deny the
fact of any such change, or limit it to u
degree rs being of no practical impor-
tance. The late Robert Stephenson re-
ferred to the beam OF Cornish engine,
times a minute, equal to about fifty-five
tons, for IA period of twenty years, with
out the least apparent change. The con-
Meeting rod of a certain locomotive that
had run fifty Thousand miles, and re-
ceived violent jar eis1st times second,
Or twenty-five million vibrations, eX-
nibited no alteration. In all cases in
vestigated by him, of supposed change
of texture, he knew of no single instance
where the reasoning was not deficient
in some important link. Mr.. Brunei,
alter accepting the theory of molecular
change for a time, afterwards expressed
great doubts, and thought that the diff
ferent appearances shown by iron when
broken, arise from the combinations of
the causes producing fracture as often "a
from any change ia the texture of the
material itself. He found that. in ar
tain instances iron broke with tibrous
fracture by means ola slow heavy blow,
and with II crystalline fracture when
the blow short and sharp. The whole
subject is one ofgreat practical moment,
al,i deserves careful and exhaustive
u vestigstion,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
selefttd Poetry,
watch Neither.

Mother, watch the little feet.
Climbing DER the garden WALL
Bounding through the busy street.
Ranging cellar shed and nall.
Never count the moments lost,
Never count the time or cost;
Laughing, bustling all The day,
Guide them, mother, while yen may-
Mother watch the little hand
Picking berries by the way
Making houses in the sand,
Tossing up the fragrant nay,
Never dare the question ask
ewhy TO me the weary taskS
These same little hands may prove
Messengers OF Light and Love,
Mother. watch the little tongue,
Prattling eloquent and Wild;
= WHAT is said and what Is sung
BY the joyous, happy child.
Catch the word whiIe yet unspoken,
Ston the vow before tits bfoken.
This same tongue may yet proclaim
BLESSINGS in Saviors name.
Mother, watch the LITTLE heart,
Beating soft and warm for you;
Wholesome lessons now impart;
Keep, o! keep that young heart true.
Still extracting every weed.
Sowing good and precious seed,
Harvest rich you thou may see
Rlpen for eternity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

LABOR IN CALIFORNIA.--It is asserted
that in California any able bodied man
can get thirty dollars month and his
board, if willing to work. The Labor
Exchange of San Francisco. an institu-
ton established last spring, to give graf
uitous aid to immigrants and Others
seeking employment. continues to have
more demands for all descriptions of
labofers than it can supply. The rates>o of
wages are as follows, paid in gold: Skill
ed mechanics from 81 tOS6 per day; farm
hands, $50 to $40 per month and board
wood choppers 81 so cord; female do
mestics, $50 month. Notwithstanding
this high pay, il is stated that the sup
ply of labor is not equal to the demand,
and California would be hard pressed
were it not for t..e Chinese. Many thou
sands of Cinnamon, it is reporled, are
now employed on the railroads i'm pro-
gress. In VINEYARDS, they are fast sup
planting white labor. Without them
the woolen manufacture would cease. In
all agricultural work they are growing
in favor. All the laundry business of the
State, not performed by the household,
is in their hands. They usually get
about one dollar day, finding them
selves. For light work they are neat,
facile and reliable. 1t is estimated that
the number now in California is not less
than sixty thousand, and that this num-
Der will rapidly increase when their civ
il rights are better protected At pres
ent, a Chinaman may be robbed or mur-
dered with impunity in the presence of
one hundred of his countrymen, If MO
other evidence can be adduced to con-
vict the culprit.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

HOMEs.-Our American homes have
a great work to accomplish. No people,
taken as a whole, have such an attach
ment to home; none lay such an en-
phasis of generous pride and pleasure
upon its advantages; and none indulge
in such an outlay of thought and money
to obtain the very maximum of its COM
forts and joys. The passion for home is
the chief strength of our civilization
It is not growing as wisely as it should !;
for we are neglecting that domestic pro-
vision for the nurture of intellect which,
next to good morals, is the surest sign of
a substantial civilization. In this re-
spect we have degenerated. Our fathers
read more. thought more, talked more
about the fireside than we do, and there
by contributed more to the real progress
of the age than we boast of doing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
Good Hams,

After hams have been smoked, take
them down and thoroughly rub The flesh
part with mOlasses, then immediately
apply ground or powdered pepper, hy
sprinkling as much as will stick To the
moiasses, when they must be hung up
again TO dry. Hams treated i'll manner
will keep perfectly sweet for two or thr,,
Years. This must he done before the fl \
deposits its eggs, for after that is dom.
nothing will stop their ravages. The
above has been pracsiced in our section
for more than twenty years. No soak
ing is necessary. One pint of molassess
and one or two pounds of black pepper
are sufficient for any ordinary family
Try this plan if you want good sweet
hams.-[ Rural American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

CURING MEAT.-The Germantown
Telegraph supplies the following recipe
for curing meat: l. lbs. salt, lb sugar,
oz. saltpetre and oZ. potash to one gal
Ion of water. Observing the same ratio,
the quantity may be increased as desired
Boil these together and take of the scum.
pour intala tlts toscoOl. and when c0td
pour over nle beefOr pork, to remain
four orsfvS weeks. Some omit the boil
ing, but ftsiH better with it. 1t is recon-
mended toilet the meat remain two days
before picking, sprinkling over it lit
tie pounded sa1tpetre
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
Rural Items.

FARM PROVERBS. DO not Keep more
live stock on your farm than you eau
keep well.
House all things is much ls possible
animals, utensils, and crops
Sell when you can get a fair price and
do not store for rats aud >pecuiators.
The more comfortable yOu can keep
your animals, the more they will thrive.
A gOod COW is Il valuable machine -
the more food she properly tligeStS, tht
greater the profit
few roots daily to all the stock are
as welcome as apples to boys and girls.
Iron shoes on sleds last ii iiietime- -
They are really cheaper in the end than
wooden ones
Replace ali the bars where you pass
often 10y strong gates, and then wonder
that you didn't do SD before
Although. in draining lani thorough
Iy, your purse may be drained, yet the
crops that follow will soon fill il agaiu
Always give the soil he first meal. -
If it is well fed with manure, it VII
feed all else-plaHts, animals. and men
A borrowed tool, il broken, should e.
replaced by Il new one. \ nice sense of
honor in such ma ters is much to be COM
mended.
1t seems strange that h0usekeepers
don'tbuy tubs and pals with brass hoop,
and trimmings. They cost Il little more
at first. but last wonderfully.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

4 process has heen discovered in Paris
for the prevention of the decay of wood.
as The result of five years experience. a
paint is recommended which at the same
time possesses the advantage of being
imperviOus 10 water 1t is composed of
fifty parts OF tar. forty parts of finely
crushed chalk, five hundred parts of
fine, white. hard sand, four parts ,of lin
seed oil, one part of the red-oxide Of cop
per in its native state, and finally. one
part of sulphuric acid. In order to man
ufacture the paint from this multiplicity
of materials. the tar, chalk, sand, and
oil are first heated in an iron kettle; the
oxide and sulphuric acid are then added
with good deal of preeaution. The
mass is then very carefully mixed and
applied when hot. When thoroughly
dry this paint is as hard as a stone
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

For many years past the ingenuity of
engineers and artisans has been exhaust
ed in endeavoring to discover way of
boring a large number of holes in the
closest possible proximity to each other,
such mode of boring holes being re-
quired in the manufacture of brushes,
cane bottoms, doors and blinds, boiler
plates, and many other kinds Of work
The present system used is the boring Of
each hole separately, and the consump-
ton of a vast deal of time and labor in
every brush, block, ETC., made This
difficulty has been overcome by an in
genious mechanic of Newark. \ j., who
has invented an apparatus that bores any
number of holes as close together as pin
holes, or as far apart as may be required.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy
in estimating the amount of lands in
different fields under cultivation. the
following table is given by an agricu.-
tural contemporary:
yards wide by 96s yards long con
tains l acre.
10 yards wide by 4s4 yards long con-
tains | acre
20 yards wide by 242 yards long con-
tains acre.
40 yards wide by III yards long con-
tains acre.
so yards wide by so! yards long con-
tains acre
20 yards wide by 69s yards long con-
tains acre.
220 feet wide by l9s feet long contains
/ acre.
440 feet wide by 90 feet long contains
l acre.
ITO feet wide by 500 feet long contains
l acre.
60 feet wide by 723 feet long contains
l acre.
l2o feet wide by a8a feet long contains
240 feet wide by ISL feet long contains
acre.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

70 WASH NEw Ft..NNEL.-Cut the
soapsmalf and boil il in Il little water
Have two tubs With water as hot as the
hands can bear; previously blue the wa
ter well, to keep the color of the flannel,
and put some of the boiled soap into one
of the tubs to make lather; then wash
the flannel without squeezing it. Put it
into the other tub, and wiring it in IA
large towel. Shake it out then, and after
drying 1t, smooth with cool iron.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

A Canadian, who wished 10 marry a
girl, p onl>ed her that his wife and
childre hould not be an obstacle to
their union. He soon after killed them
all, and the girl is now the chief witness
against him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

MANKIND are not like grains of wheat,
all to be ground down by the same pres
sure. Some minds will be hardened by
the force while Others yield to, and some
spirits will be broken by what is only a
whoiesomA corrective to others.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

1T is an awful fact that in England
since the beginning of the year 1866,
more than six hundred men and boys
have been killed by explosions in the
collieries. And even the smallest catas-
trophies of that kind number more VIC
Tins than the most terrible railway ac-
cidents.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21
Che ssnrkshop aud aaianu5aftaru.

IRON PLATEs.-The stoutest iron plate
made has thickness of fifteen inches,
and is used for armor plate. The thin
est plate is so attenuated that 500 sheets
of it. laid over one another, are only one
inch in thickness.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

THE cheerful We longer in life, and
after it in our regards. Cheerfulness is
the offshot of goodness. It is a sanitary
principal, as well to the body as to the
mind, and it is to both the cause and
effect of health.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

SIMPLE COUGH REMEDY. Take four
tablespoonsfuls of clean flaXseed, and
put into a cofieecup; fill it up nearly
full with cold water, add two tablespoons
fuls of loaf sugar and few slices Of lem
on; let il stand over night three
or four teaspoonfuls of the seed and liq
uor When used up, prepare more. A
larger quantity is apt to sour.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

Experiments have recently been tried
in the machine shops of the Western
Railroad, in Paris, il the new art OF
welding iron by pressure instead of by a
hammer on an anvil. 1t was found that
union of the two masses of iron was eff
fected only specifically by means of the
hammer. but that continued steady
pressure had far greater effect in pro-
duciug a thorough junction. Among
other experiments, two iron bars, II
inches in diameter, were heated to the
welding point and brought under the
hydraulic press. The Welding was eff
fected with extraordinary quicknesS. the
fibres of the iron being thoroughly retic-
ulated with each other. The Joined por-
ton of the bars was quite as strong aS
anywhere else. A microscopic section
of the joint showed perfectly homoge-
neous texture.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

The Chicago Post says the story about
the curses of Reno sister upon the
slayers of ner brothers is cursed lie.
Likewise all the stunning pictures TO
the same effect.
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THE NATIONAL HOTEL.
Home \ 0ain

ri'HE JOHNSONS ARE AGAIN IN Fur
National House. Ed. & Wheeler Johnson
after q few months absence, have resumed con-
troll OF the House, and shall be pleased to have
be refurnished, and the Table as of Old times.
shall not be excelled hy any IN Eastern Ohio -
All our efforts shall be to accon,modafs nnd
make our guests comfortable
ED. WHEELER JOHNSON.
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\ CORRESPONDENT ofthe Maine Farm

er says:
Many u housewife may be glad to
know, when she has piece of fresh
meat she wishes to keepa few days, that
it can he successfully done by placing it
in dish and covering it with milk
Sour milk or butter milk will do as WELL
have practiced the plan for years"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-21

An early spring-jumping out of bed
II five O'Clock in the morning,