Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-04-06
WHIT TO READ.

| ! Having often been asked BY
Persons what they should read, il
being difficult for them to make
q choice from SO many Magazines and
Illustrated papers, we viii, with you,
permission-review q few Of the lead.
ing periodicals. Every person can, and
should take at least one magazine OF
illustrated paper. There IL nothing
that makes home 90 attractive, and
study SO interesting as. pictures. The
greatest ignoramus ithecoantry affords
w1l pause before a picture, pause and
think and reason, while q printed page
never attracts his attention. The school
boy learns the lesson best that is illus-
trated, and understands itibest, because
this been doubly impressed upon his
mind. How often do, we find boys
running off from homes in the country
and going to town where theyare most
sure to be ruined, not being used 10 the
temptations they find constantlyarou
them.s By locking into. homes thus
deserted there Is seldom a newspaper
to be found, scarcely a book, save the
Bible, and it often covered with the
accumulated dust Of years. How dreary
such q home is. Almost every one
would want to leave for q more genial
place. Farmers ask how they can keep
their boys at home at nights instead of
raking about the country. IF they will
make home pleasant there will Be no
trouble about it.. Place two or three
good Magazines or Illustrated papers
on your table besides your County pa
pers and a. PLEADING State ard religious
paper, and your boys will not only stay
at home better but win grow more in
teIligent every day, and after awhile
YOU will bless the day that YOU COM
menced taking ''the papers" .Gola
z What shall we, take? Before us is
the American Agricultural. It is In
tended to make the household, farm
and garden attractive. The March
number contains eighty four columns
of residing matter and twenty three IL
1ustrations, some Of them excellent full
page pietures.c There Is something on
almost every subject connected with
the farm, household or garden. 1.-The
Ichildren's department is splendid and
is worth ten times the cost of the pa
per in any family whore there are chill
dren. II costs but one dollar and q hall
'a year. Nc one can grumbie at the
price. ~ .sG31 T. ---l1iu99E 4sOn1 10
20 The Hearth and Home, published at
the AQrjcxlt,x,ist Office, is a splendid
family paper. It contains twenty
pages as large as HaspeS's Weekly, and
in addition tothe numerous engravings
there are two pages of editorials on live
topics, q page on agriculture, p and one
on Horticulture and gardening, pfepar.
ed by practical men, two pages on
Household work, then the miscellany
art, science, literature and humor. Last
but not least, two pages OF chiidren's
reading finely illustrated. The copy
before US contains about forty articles
and fourteen illustrations. 1t also gives
the latest New York financial, COM
fnercial, produce and live stock market
reports. 2 It Is published weekly al
three dollars year, by Orange, Judd
F& Co., Broadway; n. ". american,
Agricstltstrist and Hearth and Home one
| year for o. Send for sample copies
and see if you don't Hike them. The
two papers together enly costs eight
cents aWeSk! Anybody can AFFORD to
spend that mt1eh to make home pleas.
Iant.91 E'ff Ilga19 O .5algasatis Isd1o
F Woods Md9dEine. ne.-This Is q house.
hold work, and is desefseliy popular
Famong all classes. Its stories are al
written expressly for it, and are well
paid for, thus securing good ones These
|storiescannot be called novels since they
are life like pen pictures illustrating
phases of life. They are certainly cal.
culated to do good. There isA temper.
anee department, as wen as young
|fddy's, voting mems, cliildfen's, par
|ent's and hOasekeeper's departments,
besides the miscellany, litefdfy fi0tices,
correspondence, iOkef's budget and etii.
torial matter. The price of The Maya.
Zine is one dollar q year, which places
it within reach of all. It contains about
seventy columns Of well printed read
ing. matter, , but no pictures save a
heading or two. It isipub-
lished by S. s. Wood & Co., Newburgh,
N. Y.
The Ladies' Opna Magazine. This
excellent Magazine is what its name
signifies; a Lady,s hope. y It is not
strong minded to the extent Of waring
pantaloons and plug hats, but stands
out boldly and eloquently In favor Of
women stepping up to their niche in
the scale, and holding their position at
all hazards. fs idea woman s rights
is for her to be able to Command the
same wages for the saIne work that
dnn, sna indanendanco ~ IN itho uva,sT
and tS realize ker srsltai lnas;t;on s -iT' IN
the scaie of Social fsrisfsn mo and tha a
great resnonsihi1itv fhsfsrastss Tn",, @ ~ sr
a. a sisteT wife ~ nrnfber Yr,t We W. ~ ~.
didlv fhink that avery yror,s ~
land would ho uract,w hSnaetad 'Lsu
resding this MsoaZ;ne sart fHn ;tth. ~. ~