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What Mr.. Bininxss Saws. j,5,,, ].

Prosperity makesus all honest. !
Call a man thief, and yu license him
tew steal. ~
Ifa man liz happy, he kan afford to be
poor and neglected. ~.
Confession liz not the whole of repent
ance, but it liz the butt end oy it.
1t is safer thing emmy time, to follow
mans advice than his example.
Thare seems to be an affectashun in
everything; even sin has its-impostors.
/ One good way know Ov to find hAp-
piness IL not by boreing hole to fif the
plugg. 11sI .lI<f.f, ,;-E-5 -ElEE
Debt is trap which man sets and
bates himself, and then deliberately
eats into. N q -
When we are more anxious tew
pleaze than to be pleaZed, then we are
in love in good earnest.
A man that starts ON the day of his
marriage, as a Frst Lieutenant in his
family, need never expect to be pro-
'moted. .As
Most people when they come tew you
for advice, cum teW have their own
opinions strengthened; not correkted.
Take the seltishness out of this world,
and thare would be more happiness
than we should knO what to do with.
1t don't show good judgment to be
surprised at ennything in this world, !,
for there is nothing more certain than
uncertainty. ta
Every man thinks his nabor is hap
pier than he liz, but if he swops places
with him he will want tew trade back
next morning.
A eoquette in love liz az silly as a
mouse in a wire trap; he don't seem
tew kno exactly how he got in, nor ex-
actly how he liz going to get out. De-
All fights to produce emmy moral adj
vantage, should end in victory tew one
side or the other. Yu will alwus see
dorgs renew drawn battle every time
they meet. sr i.ass. s q. s... .B'l 8 a-9& 81
Poverty and riches are mere imagina-
tive distincshuns, The man who can
eat his bread and be happy is certainly
richer than he who kant eat it unless it
liz spread with butter. &&A
Every human physical lump on the
face of this earth is susceptible tew fat
terry; sum yu kan daub it on with a
white-wash brush, while others must
hav it sprinkled on them like the dew
upon flowers. iaF k
I have notissed one thing, that the
most virtewous and diskreet folks, we
hav among us are thoze who hav either
no pashuns at all, or very tame ones
it is CRATE deal easier tew be good
dove than a decent serpent.
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| evidently looking upon him as q super
natural being, parted right and left be-
| fore him. Everybody did him rever-
ence. Presently young girl, whOmhe
supposed to be the princess, accosted
him inalarmed and eloquent pantOmine
entreating him to go away. With the
assistance of a pencil and thick stone
slate she explained that it was impossi-
tble to scale the barrier which surrounds
| ed the valley, but there was an uncer-
tain river outlet to which he would be
conveyed, and a barge provided to en-
able him to make the attempt. Arriy-
ing after two days journey at the point
selected and embarking in the boat fur-
nished him, the gliding current bore
him into narrow and gigantic alley,
between walls of naked rock, which
gradually enclosed him in impenetrable
darkness, and he felt that he was pass
ing through a subterraneous canon.
After several hours of intense suspense,
during which the current changed t0:a
rapid, and the rapid to a torrent, he
reached the open light, and at the close
of the next day the habitations OF the
Yampas Indians at the head of the big
Cannon of the Colorado, from which
pace he found his way to the Santa
Fe. His theory, based partly ON his
own observation and partly on the lit
tie communication he had with persons
while in prison, is-the World says-tO
the effect that sE..t
Centuries ago-antedating back far
ther than the discovery of this continet
by Columbus by many centuries big
tyencampment of migrating and high
civilized race was nearly destroyed by
the cOnvulsion of an earthquake, from
the worst effects of which this now
charming valley, together with a favor
ed few of the people encamped thereon
were exempted. The tumult and de
struction of the event lifted the world
around them into Cyclapean ruins; and
left them isolated forever between
enormous barriers of rock surmOunted
by an inaccessible embankment, in the
fiimsy soil of which no foot-hold could
obtain. Saved thus by miracle, re-
tanning the religion, and numerous
enough to represent the arts of their
race, shut out from all intercourse with
the rest of the planet, and impressed by
form was ever seen and no human cry
was ever heard upon the verge abO We
them-aH humanity except themselves
had perished, they and their descend
ants became possessed of an unchanga.
BILE fanaticism, which, while fOrbidding
progress, prevented retrogressiOn by
continually impelling them to hold fast
to the customs which the gods had
sanctioned by the great traditional
event. slid
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sal
Accident on on the Pan Handle Rail-

A special dispatch from Steubenyille,
Ohio, says that on the Pan Handle route
Tuesday, as the 1:30 A., NJ. train from
Pittsburgh, was near Mansfield the eaxle-
tree broke under the, second passenger
coach, and precipifated the coaches
crowded with passengers-doWnan em-
bankment, turning over and breaking
to pieces, and severely injuring several
passengers. In aninstant the ears Were
in flames, but through the efforts of the
conductor the passengers were got ,0Ht
withOutserio GUS burns, with theexceptien
of Mrs. Winfield Scott, of ofSteubenville.
She is not expected to recover. The
brakeman on this ear. Geo. Lowe, was
badly cut in the head and has since
died. Weston, the pedestrian, was
slightly bruised in his right leg. Many
of the passengers in this car lost their
baggage, hat, coats, and bonnets. The
train. also had two ofkthe Pullmansleep-
ing cars, one of which left New, Y ork at
nine O'Clock on, Monday morning II
These cars both ran off the track and
We're entirely consumed, but the pass
engers were saved without injury
The conductors and porters of the sleep
ing cars, instead OF trying to assist the
passengers from the burning wreck,
worked with, eager haste TO- iresene
more of the valuable blankets and such
property of the mpany. They paid
no attention to the passengers and for
got to return the money paid for berths.
Instead of proceeding with the passen-
gers to look, after their comfort, they
remained with the wreck to look after
the property of the company One of
the; porters tried to prevent Mr., Scott
from using the blankets to cover his
wife. The passengers condemn the
crew Ofthe sleeping cars without stint.
The accident was caused by gross
negligence. The road has been leased
by the. Pennslylvania Central Rail
Road Company, and they put this old
rickety car on for economy, The train
was running at the rate of 20 miles an
hour. The poor, laborers,S living in
huts nearthe wreck, opened their huts
and hearts and did everything for the
comfort of the victims, declining any
reward. After delay of two hours the
train'proc oceeded to Columbus. They had
another accident on the same road an
hour later; q freight train, going east,
when near. RaccoOn, run over brake
man anna named q Aiken, cutting off his legs.
bA friend Of fourswas suffering from a
continual wax kefulness, and various
methods were tried to bring hi1n sleep
Aelast his physicians resorted to an ex-
pedient which succeeded admirably
They dressed him in a watch man S
coat, put a lantern in his hand, placed
him in a sentry box, and he was asleep
in ten minutes. l54di.'e m '3'-'i 80 - =.
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Inclose loot to pay postage

Mrs. Dinah Muloch Craik, in her new
book, "Fair France" gives a French
mans comparison of the English and
the French. He says: .'The difference
between you and us is, that you try to
make life, difiicult; we prefer it easy.
Ss xSq pgsns gS S n efsa Hekns anS out S
body you meet; we are content with
their good ones: We We s to ee teds happy; c,
ought not to be miserable. You are
very good people, you English; but
could you not be good in pleasanter
way?h aisfet5'".l 5 ~
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A Richmond woman i asks for q di
vorce, saying that she has not seen her
husband since he murdered her father
Why do monkeys in small menagery
cages die soon? Because they have
been used to better climb, ..ii ,i soil
When a mans business Is rapidly
running down it is time for him TO
think Of winding it up.laiY n,.l, ~. .i.s
A doctor was asked to dance the
ssLancers. He declined, but express
ed willingness to lance the dancers.
If a woman would change her sex
what religion would she be?A he-then
rs g4ub1fJ slrE gH ui lduUF ll~i
q He who refuses to dojustice to the
defenceless, will often be found making
unreasonable concessions to the power
full. f 19uUutnf nH4 Tlt ~ |NiA-t."
Destruction is better than depend-
ance, since it Is, perhaps, easier to en-
dure the cold than to find ones patron
so.
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The FIRsT ss.-Dr.. Patton met
q fast youth, ON shipboard, who said
gaily, 81 care nothing but the first glass;
but when the, first glass gets down II
feels so lonely that i send down a sec
ond to keep it company, when they be
gin quarrelling with each other, and
send down q third to put things right,
when they turn and ask, the new conner
what he has to do with their family
matters, then goes down fourth and
they all enter into base conspiracy to
make me down drunk.aIltss ;iu3! -.
The way of complete safety is so plain
that he who never lets the first drop
get down will never be drunk. But
letting the first glass down ruins more
than one-fifth of the boys Of the State,
To-day l came across the. Connecticut
river in a skiff; now if. 1t was so peril,
Gus to cross that one in every five was
lest, / never should have ventured.---
No one in his senses would venture -
Equally unwise is it to venture upon the
perilo,is flood of immoderate drinking,
Nobody means to be a drunkard. The
tippler says: .'.Iam safe;n thedrunkasd
repels you with, ~ can drink or 1 can
let it alone,v and the dying inebriate
totIers to his grave under the deiusion
| that he can control his appetite.
Young man, venture not on that de,
ceitful tide. Wine is mocker, and
who is deceived thereby is not wise.
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A Man and a Pair of Mules Car
ried 300 Feet on a COw-Catcher.

AAO0 oOO HCCO OiA a Oo"-OeseShSAs .
Yesterday morning, at about 10
o'clock, as train No. 4, south-bound
from indianapolis, on the Jefersonville,
Madison and Indianapolis railroad,
was approaching the first road-crossing
south Of the starch factory, this side of
Edinburgh, a man named Abraham
Russell, with wagon and two mules,
attempted to pass the track in the face
of the locomotive The consequence
was that a collision resulted, and the.
cOw-catcher caught up man, mules and
wagon. The train was running at a
speed estimated between twenty and
thirty miles an hour. The train hav-
ing the Westingham atmospheric
brakes on, they were applied, and it
was stopped i'm the short space of not
quite three hundred feet from the
crossing. Upon looking for, the man,
the officers of the train found him sit.
ting on the fore part of the engine, with
q few slight scratches, and the mules.
were hanging on to the eow-catcher,
believing at a terrible rate, but upon
being eXtricated got up, and were
found not to be Injured in the least
The wagon and harness were the only
parts of the team. injured; they were
torn into slivers. Had it not been for.
the efficiency of the Westingham brake,
the officers think the accident must
have proved fatal.'5 The JefferSonville.
road is now having the brake applied
to all its trains. The team was the pro-
perty of Jacob Multi, of Edinburgh.
-LOuisyilIe Courier. !oA-.l-' '-''
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! RKMAYEA.

MISS NANCY B. FARIS, wouldl inform Ger
WI old customers and the public generally. and
ladies particularly, that she has removed to the
room formerly occupied by Watson 4 Gressin-
ger, West of the st. Clair Hotel, where she Wtu
Keep Q full. supply of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS, and TRIMMINGS, fresh from the East
each season. to which she Invites the attention
Of buyers. Thankful for past favors, she wonld
invite those wanting HATS or BONNEfS
MADE or TRIMMED, 10 call where they may
be expeditiously and neatly supplied. 81.
mar2b 1858. aii2 80 Ir al.'t ssszf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-03-09

In polite society, the moment con-
,versation rises above chit chat, 1istless-
ness sets in! The average mind cannot
bear the load of continuous thoug ht.-
We no more wish for the ancient pull
pit style to. return, than to see the
pyramidal sounding board restored, 0r
to hear the toot of the pitch-pine from
the gallery; but we frankly confess that
when individuals, without regard to
theme, occasion, or the overfowing OF
the spirit, cry out for ten-minute or
fifteen minute preachers as the beau
ideal of modern worship, they seem to
to be grievously wanting will not
say in spiritual but certainly ina most
important quality Of intellectual train
inc, "a +'''-
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D An English writer says, in his advice
to young married woman, that their
mother, Eve, married a Gardener" 1t
might be added that the gardener, in
consequence Of the match, lost his situ-
alton. 1888. h., & 4.
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DRESS MAKING.

Miss E. j. II ESS. islf
TAKES his method of informing the Ladies'
OF ST. CLAIRSvILI.E, and Vicinity, that
she is engaged In the Dress Making Business
and Is prepared 10 do all kinds Of work In tn q
line on reasonable terms. she may be fou n
at the East end of Town in the House owned b
Thomas Parker Ear a.,r no1l-3m
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A Portland paper is publishing what
purposes to be extracts from a diary
kept by Hawthorn, when boy Of ten
years, while he was spending some
time in Maine. This is O paragraph |:
''This morning the bucket got off the
chain, and dropped back into the well.
i wanted to go down on the stones and
getit. Mother would not consent, for
fear the well might cave in, but hired
Samuel Shane to go down. In the
goodness of her heart, she thought the
son OF old Mrs. Shane not quite so val
liable as the son of the widow Haw-
thorne. God bless her for all her love
for me, though it may be some selfish" !"
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The Emperor William has issued a
cabinet order, in which the marriages
contracted by officers of the army
without mis- consent before the cam
paign are declared illegal. 70 legaIize
them, new marriages, with preyipos
imperial consent, are necessary, 1t y
not general known in, England that
Prussian. officer must obtain the ex-
press consent Of their sovereign to con-
tract legal marriage. e-,-gn8 rusls,I
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Soldiers Bounty Lands.

Any soldiermay settle upon the pub
lie land, and after a residence of five
years, may havea deed for tract of
l60 acres free. This is all that can be
asked for homestead provision. To
provide that each soldier who served
in the civil war may have a deed for
100 acres of land, and that his service
in the army shall count for a settlement
of the land, is simply to provide that
he shall have a warrant to sell in the
market, and that warrants for over 300
millions acres shall be thrown into the
market. The operation of this, even
in the small amount of land warrants
issued to soldiers of the Mexican war,
deprecated them to about half the gov
ernment price of land, ;n1 enabled
spectators to enter the choice lands at
half-price. The meaning OF the present
scheme may be seen in the recent an
nouncement of an active demand for
soldiers discharge papers.
1t is a cheat both ways. If Wedecide
that the soldier is entitled to certain
additional bounty, We have no right to
pay it in land scrip which,. from the
abundance of the issue, will be depre-
ciated One-half. If he is entitled to the
bounty, let it be paid him in money!
This scheme cheats the people out of
their lands which they want held for
homesteads, and cheats the soldier by
paying him but half what it pretends
to be due him., There is not particle
of gratitude nor patriotism in it,. 1t
presumes that the soldiers are so ignor-
ant as to be taken in by any pretense of
gratitude, and that the country can be
duped by any fraud that takes on the
name of its patriotic defenders.-[C Gin.
Gazette. F.,a- ...i
1t is related of clergyman from
Northern Vermont, who years ago
paid visit to New York, and was in
vited to fill city pulpit during the
time of dog-day pastoral vacations, that
he had never had the privilege of list
ening to church organ, and was to-
tally acquainted with the fashion of hir-
ing a few vOcalists to do the siuging
for the congregation. Giving out his
| first hymn, the organist played fancy
prelude, and in the highest style Of the
art of the choir rendered the four ver-
ses Addressing the throne of grace in a
ferveHt invocation which stamped him
as a man of intellect and power with
his audience, he coolly reopened the
hymn book, and turning toa page ex-
claimed: '"The audience will now join
me. in singing good old Methodist
hymn, and those persons running
that bag of wind in the gallery will
please not interrupt.o 5lu .Lssi3 .aIa
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A novel matrimonial alliance took
place few days ago on the Vandalia
Railroad. A couple came on board
the train at Greeneville, and from their
general behavior it was very evident
something unusual existed in their re-
lations; in fact, they were lovers
About five miles west of GreeneviIle, a
clergyman, who was on the cans, by
accident or design, by request PERFORM
ed the marriage sevrice, and pronouced
the couple man and wife. The affair
created quite sensation among the
passengers. hdi rid $3.50. aH .uH'la
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A Washington dispatch to the Herald
says that growing Sentiment Of appre-
hensiOn as to the result of the High
Commission prevails in that city. 1t is
believed that Sir, John Macd dona1d is
preparing his people for a great discount
of their fishing demands. His anr
nouncement in the Dominion Parlia-
ment is regurded as an abandonment Of
the headland claim, and his. silence as
to the presentation of the, Canadian
claims for Feniarl raids is regarded as
equally significant. Tt is well under
stood that tue British government can
present no claims in coiiection with the
Fenian raids, she having already re-
peatedly thanked our govern nent for
its course in stopping these inIasions.
1t seems most likely that difficulties
will commence outside of Canada mat
tiers, and there Is no reason to believe
that England is yet prepared to recede
from her position on, the Alabama
question, and therefore there is but little
hope that an acceptable basis can be
I0ttCIicus - r..-s.ras sss.1 trrs-F ~
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Storm in a Theater.

A Virginia (Nevada) paper gives the
following description of scene which
recently occurred in the theater in that
city: -. z,,....s.,. !
audience were startled by loud peals of
thunder and heavy shower Of rain.-
Why a thunder storm was introduced
the pieces no one knew, but it startd
in to raining, and rained away for over
ten minutes at fearful rate, with oc-
casionly the most frightful peals of
thunder ever heard. 1t was not in the
piece, and no one in the house knew
what it was all about. Actors and ac-
tresses rush to and fro, screaming for the
property men and stage carpenters.
and these in turn after somebody else;
and still the storm ragged and the thun-
der rolled. Finally John Finn went
around to where the sheet-iron thun-
der hangs, and found bull-steamster
from Honey Lake actively engaged in
creating a war of the elements. He had
the Ssrain-box" there, and as. soon as
the rain got down to the bottom the
he would reverse it, hour glass fashion,
then pile in thunder, peal after peal,
until he found it was necessary to turn
his '.rain-box" again. Mr.. Finn, of
couse, put an end to the storm as soon as
he reached its source, but it had its eff
feet upon the audience. Those in front
expected to see the curtain rise upon q
most thrilling scene, but when Mr.. Full
ford came forward and recited 'sBingen
on the Rhine some of them wanted
to know what ali the Introductory
thunder was about. H3- .lFf i-"'
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"A French woman will love her hus-
band if he is either witty or chivalrous;
a German woman if he is constant and
faithful; Ducth woman if. he does
not. disturb her ease and comfort too
much; a Spanish woman If he wreaks
vengeance on those who incur her dis
pleasure; an italian womna If he is
dreamy and poetical; a Danish woman
if he thinks that her native country is
the brightest and happiness on earth;
"a Russian woman if he despises all
Westerners as miserable barbarians; an
English woman If he succeeds in ingra-
tiating himself, with the court and ar
istocracy; an American woman if he
has plenty Of money. 80. .., \ - (.
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|RTMGARAKR&EABY

Jew Millinery Store,
:OPPoaTTE WELDAYS HALL, aoE
VERY many ladies are availing themselyes
v NJ our nffer relative TO Millinery and Fancy
ment OF Hats, velvets, Feathers. Flowers,
Ribbons, Laces, Collars, DC We give paftfc-
ular attention TO Dress Making and COAX
|of Fancy Needle Work, OH painting, Crogon,
India Ink and Water Colors- !, Funeral and
Bridal wreathes of wax mowers made to order.
tsAM work warr&nted sstisfactory. decl57o
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THE Coop WIFE.-A good wife is
Heavens best gift to man his angel |;
his minister of graces innumerable; his
gem of many virtues |; his casket of jew
els. Her voice is sweet music; her
smile his brightest day; her kiss the
guardian of his fidelity; her arms the
pale of his safety, the balmo his health
the balsam of his life; her industry his
surest wealth; her economy his safest
steward; her lips his faithful counselor; !;
her bosom the softest pillow of his
cares; and her prayers the ablest advo-
Gates Of Heavens blessings on his
head. 80 l-,,s,,as bs,.,ts fars .4arH