Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
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IAOso VI Vie lhOPiCo SuOW uuIulSLakaDll
u an age of five thousand years.
D Fifty women are confined in tn,
3 Louisville w0rkhOuse, having beer
T convicted of being common scolds. r,
They tell of a railway In Kentucky
e etwhereOn the locomotives are assisted
! up steep grades by a yoke ofoxen.. "a
The Chinese shoemakers were tht
only citizens of North Adams, Mass.
/, who celebrated Washington's birthday
An Eastern editor recently returned
a tailor's bill with the Endorsement
"Your manuscript is declined; 1t is IL
legible." -l''- 81 ~
! Nearly two thoussnd people, men,
. women and girls, are eInpiayed Ia the
paper collar factories OF Massachusetts.
] One million dollars was staked upon
horse flesh in the United States last
year. There were one thousand four
hundred and seventy trotting and pa
icing horses. 4 :
Two hundred and fifty thousand
francs is the value OF the cigar stuInps
picked up annually in the streets OF
4 Paris and sold to the tobacco manufae-
J.
turers. --'----
The "peace footing" Of the Russian
army is 200, 600 men. The enlisted men
of the United States number 700.
Slight contrast q lr,ljila5 ats s.,ij.
Hundreds of people would take dol
lar chances in a sO-ealled- charity lot
terry who would never think of giving
two cents to a blind man. ...f f..--r.-...-.
The dyke at Duluth has been fully
completed, and the .'Zenith City Of the
Unsaited Sesss" wants to know what
Superior is going to do about it. s.-J i.
A correspondent from Salt Lake City
says the Mormon girls have the fairest,
freshest, clearest and most healthy COM
Ipiexi0ns heieyer saw. se,l r7ia oI..-..,--
A friend, who has been severely
scalded, wishes Us to, publish an .fndig
nafft remOnstranee from bis pen against
the new book entitled, "The Beauties of
Burns.o - iIE1 j27qx9 yEE 9 u .yaEl
In Victoria, Australia, a law has
been passed to prevent newspapers
from copying articles of news within
twenty-foar hours after their first pub
lication. r. 81 Lii...i,-,s.. II .f,l.,re.r i.
A Chicago grocer recently had a
pound of sugar returned, with note
stating that it contained too much sand
for table use and not enough for build
ing purposes. '''i' I. '''4 i'ili-iii 'ff
A st. Petersburg letter says that the
Russian press almost unanimously side
with the United States in their views of
the Alabama claims under the Treaty
of Washington. .,.-.,...-
1t isa well established fact that peO-
pie who live much in, the sun are usu-
ally stronger and more healthy than
those whose occupations deprive them
of sun light. Ai qf .h-f-
An old farmer in telling young one
how he made money, said: "When
woke up in the morning, instead of
rollin' for 'nuther nap, I rolled out and
went to work" la ,5..,,. "a
The death rates, extending through
the year 1871, in Scotland, are said to
exceed by far the usual aggregate Of
mortality in that country-a fact that
seems not easy to account for. aisiii ~ -l
"Mother. send for the doetor.ni
isWhy, my SON ?'' sCause that man in
the pariOr is going to die he sand he n
would if sister Jane wouldn't marry
him-and she said she wouldn't"
A Connecticut greenhorn, who recent
" visited New York for the first time,
paid sharper 81 90 for admission to
Central Park, and thought he got in
cheap. A. bystander had the cOnfdence
operator arrested. ''.'
d A crusty old bachelor, not liking the
way his landlady's daughter had Of ap-
his hair oil, filled his bottle
with liquid glue the day before q ball
TO which the girl was invited. She
stayed at home in consequence. i-ye {.
That philosophy is the most effective
which can point its moral with q laugh;
humor is nearly allied to pity. Charles
Lamb said laugh was, worth hum
1red groans in any market. - a-
q The Grand Army of the Republic,
If Massachusetts,, has intamated its de-
ire to do escort duty on the occasion
If the opening ceremonies of the Boston
Jubilee next June. The department OF
numbers over ten thouss
md men,. =, .,,.....-.....,, 80. '''''
The burned district of the North
vest will be well supplied with grass
;eed. Beside that which has been sup
Dlied from green bay, one thousand
1ushels have been sent from Milwaukee
% CLAW Banks, and ninety-five tons
rom Racine to Ashnapee. s4
"IIow is it my dear?" inquired
Icbool mistress of q little girl. 'HOw
5 it you do not understand this simple
:hiug?'' az iion't know, indeed, she
with pefplexed look, shut
sometimes think I've so many things
o learn that l have no time to under
tand." a.-is.-.. 3. ~. ..f,,.... u.
Numerous trials have abundantly
,roved that cooked food Is the most
1t digests much more
,asiIy than raw, yields more nonrish-
nent, and is better relished by most
Many who have tried this
method claim to have made nom one
;hird to one-half saving in grain and
rain ol as much more in time.
Some wears ago, in England, they
av;efI a fax ON horned cattle; q shrewd
;srmer had q few polled among his
nerd. which he kept, and sold the
horned. When the assessor came
sround he told him him he had no
norned cattle and would not pay the
-ax He was taken before magistrate,
when he proved that he did not own .
horned animal. He was discharged,
md Parliament altered the law.
During the trial of case witness
persisted in testifying to what his wife
odd him, To this, Of course, the attor-
new objected. He would proceed again
% tell ssshust how it vas" when the
attorney would sing out: How DO
rou know that s'' "My wife told nae,
was the answer: This was repeated