Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-07-04
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\ Peace is the evening star of the soul,
as virtue is its sun, and the two are
never far apart. e--t
Art surpasses strength; and patience
/ and reflection makes those things pos
tsible, which in the first instance appear
almost impossible.
Sincerity speaking as we think, be-
lieving as we pretend, acting as we
profess, performing as we promise, and
being as we eapperr to be. ..l
If you have performed an act of
great and disinterested virtue, conceal
it; if you publish it, you will neither be
believed here nor rewarded hereafter.
Christians praise Ged too little
They grow barren and wither unless
they cultivate the spirit of praise. 1t
| is good exercise to recount the mercIes
of God,, to think of mis- loving kindness.
ave should not dspair of the good
ness of the world, if we do not happen
TO see it Immediately aronnd us. The
latmosphere is still blue, though so much
Of it as is inelosed in our apartment is
DSslfT .ytauoD i3ssiiais.. sat.1
The. frSt, piece. of artillery was in
vented by a German. soon after the
Invention Of gnnp0wder, and artillery
was first used by the Moors at Aglesi-
ras, in Spain, eyer 500 years ago.
Calico, the wei known cotton cloth,
Is named from Calicot, a city in India,
from whence it first came. Calico was
nOtknown in England at all until as late
aS the wear 1fs31
The oldest and largest chain bridge
in the world is said to be that at Kings
tung, in China, where it forms a safe
and perfect road from the top of one
lofty. mountain to another.
!, Bowling was famous old English
game, and was very common as early
as the thirteenth century. Charles 1
played at it, and it was a daily sport
with Charles lat TuDbridge. iFs
The first bank was established in Italy
in the year sos, by the Lombard Jews,
Of whom some settled in Lombard
street, London, where many banks
have ever since been located,
Chocolate, the -four of the ,cocoa-nut,
was first introdueed'into England from
Mexico, in the year 1920, and soon after
became favorite beverage in the Lon
don eofee-houses.
Armoriai bearings became hereditary
at the close Of the 18th century, and
took their origin from the Crusaders,
who We're aeeustomed to paint their
banners with various devices.
Glass bottles were made in England
about 1858, but the art was practiced
among the Romans in the year '79 A.
D., as they have been found plentifully
ameng the ruins of Pompeii.
Women never appeared upon the
stage among the ancients; their parts
were represented by men until as late
as 1862, when Charles II first ene0ur-
aged their public appearance.
Tne first book ever printed was the
book of Psalms, by Faust g. Seh8ffer,
A. D., 1457 1t was printed on one
.ide only of the leaves, after which
they were, an the binding, pasted back
10 back. iifiii
Among the Romans all men of full
ige were Obliged to marry, and it is
even a modern law of England which
nflicts fine upon all bachelors in the
zingdom of twenty-five years and over.
The most ancient manuscripts are
written without accents, stops, or sepa-
,ation between the words, nor was it
Until after the ninth century that copy
sts began to leave spaces between the
words. ., .-at
Billiards were invented by Henrique
Oevigno, a French artist, in the reign
If Charles TX, about the year 1871, and
ID once became most fashionable and
game among all classes.
The bayonet derives its name from
he place where it was invented, Bay
,nne, in France, and was first used in
.atties as weapon by the French in
he year 1908, and soon became uni
7ersal. ..
+, siOh, my dear, there is a most lovely
et-pin, earrings, and sleeve buttons.
ID 90 buy them.n "YeS. my dear, /
mean to go by them as fast as possible"
Miss Virginia Goldschmidt, Jenny
lind's eldest daughter, a young lady of
Eighteen. is said to possess as glofiousa
Toice as her mothers ever was. 5l.9
A.young gentleman on the occasion
# a pleasant visit to q young lady
riend, inquired if she would not kindly
each him to play croquet. "Oh, yes"
vas the courteous reply of the fair one,
'I,lEteach you to play"- then adding
With a keen appreciation of the charae-
eristics OF the opposite sex. "You will
asily learn how to cheat, yourself"
The late James Gordon Bennett
aught school in Steuben, Me-, in the
ear 1913. He taught two months, and
{ the close of his school, September Is,
S1S, he drew s17 from the town treas
ry as compensation.
The Racine {Wisconsin) Advocate
avs that If time is money, there are
reat many men in that town in very
asy circumstances. They seem to
ave great deal of time on their hands
hat they don't know what to do with.
The race Of mankind would perish
id they cease to aid each other. From
he time the mother binds the child's
Iead till the moment that some kind as
istant wipes the death damp from the
wing, we cannot exist without mutual
lelp. All. therefore, that need help
ave right to ask their fellow mOrtals.
70 one who holds the power of grant
ne it, can refuse it without guilt.
The new Swiss constitution which
vas voted on last week, abolishes the
allows, whipping post, imprisonment
or debt, and licensed gambling estab-
and excludes the Jesuits.
Archbishop Manning has issued an
dict to his clergy for5idding the en-
,loyment or admission OF women as
ingers in church ehOirs.
A mans dealings must be honest and
UPRIGHT. Let his yea be yea, and his
iay be nay. Let him be rightly exact
vhen he has to pay and forbearing
vhen he has TO receive. He must not