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BE True to the Little Ones.

Parents sometimes set very bad ex-
amples to their little ones in the way
of not keeping their promises. Little
Sallie asks you to bring her some candy
when you come from your walk, and
you, to please her, say Yes You
have shopping to do, or You meet a
friend; you pay visits and the time
passes. Before you notice it you have
left the candy store blocks behind
you, or you are on the car on your way
home. The thought of Sallie's disap-
pointed little face gives you nomeh-
tary pang; but you console yourself by
saying, 'Oh, I'll run out and get her
some tomorrow. That will do just as
WELL
1t will do just as we'll! Your lightest
promise, made to your youngest child,
involves your honor quite as much as
any promise you make to anybody in
business or society. 1t would be far
better to 60 back mile, or two miles,
even though you should be tired COM
pletely by the additional fatigue, than
to break the most casual word spoken
to little child, to wham you are the
representative in the world, and for
whose training you are responsible to
God. Be careful how you make prom
ises or threats-but, having made, keep
them.
Some people wickedly teach their
little ones to tell lies, by imposing upon
their infantile ignorance by talking of
mythical black men, rats, dark holes
and terrific things. This, it seems to
US, falls very plainly under what Jesus
calls offending the little ones, and there
can be no censure too severe for any
thing so cruel, so mean and so false. TO
sum up the whole matter: II you want
your children to be true, be utterly true,
as in Gods sight, yourcelves.-ohris-
] ion at Work.
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"EverybOdy's Aunf,-A Pen Pic

Benjamin F. Taylor, who lately
dropped in upon a camp meeting,
writes letter to one of the religious
papers, in which he draws this capital
portrait of 'everybody's aunt:
And there is mother in Israel, cush-
loned as to her chin, and face as pleas
ant and hospital as an, open fire on
thanksgiving day. At 500 per pound
and nothing could be cheaper-she
would be worth 81, ,OOO, for she weighs
two hundred. Her hat is .bunpet.'
1t shoots out a little in front. like
young scoop-shovol. 1t curls up a lit
tie behind, like young wren. She
wears about as many hoops as q stone
jar. But she indulgss in q petticoat or
two 'gethered, as she will tell you, at
the top, and puckered with the pull of
. string, as they used to wind q clock.
A cape without fringe or adornment
has fallen upon her like the mantle of
the prophet, and envelopes her shouI-
ders, and her arms even to the elbows.
Ii 1t werea little peaked and scolloped,
1t would be vankyle; but il is as un-
mistakably a cape as the Cape of Good
Hope. Her hands are in nits, a film
sy suggestion of gloves without any
fingers. She never dyed her hair. She
would about as soon die herself.
That face of hers beams with good
ness and good will. YCu want her to
be your aunt, as she cannot be your
mother. You would be glad to sit by
her kitchen fire and hear her talk, and
she would be precisely as glad to have
you. Her easy cushiony way of walk
ing suggests gentle old chaise with
the top up. She is enjoying every min
ute Of the time. She is Methodist of
the old school, and she needs no assu-
rance from you that she will go to
heaven. She has it from better author
ity.
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The Book Agent and the German
Tailor.

He was tall, and solemn, and digni.
fled. One would have thought him 8
Roman Senator, on his way to make a
speech on finance; but he wasn't, sin.
gularly enough, he wasn't. He was q
book agent. He wore a linen duster,
and his brow was furrowed with many
care-lines, as if he had been obliged te
tumble out of bed every other hight o.
his life to dose a sick child. He called
into tailor shop on Randolph street
removed his hat, took his "Lives O.
Eminent Philosophers" from his cam.
brio bag, and approached the tailor
with: "Pd like to have you look al
this rare work." r .r-...-..
Il haf no time,' replied the tailor.
1t is work which every thinking
man should delight to peruse, contin.
ued the agent. '.if
'Zo?' said the tailor.
'Yes, it is work on which a great
deal of deep thought has been expend-
ed, and is pronounced by such men as
Wendell Phillips to be work without
rival in modern literature
Makes anybody laugh when he zees
it?' asked the tailor.
No, my friend, this is deep, pro-
found work, as / have already said. II
deals with such characters as Theo-
critus, Socrates, and Plato, and Ralph
Waldo Emerson. If you desire work
on which the most eminent author of
our day has spent years of study and
research you can find nothing to com-
pare with this
Does it 5pheak about how to CLEAN
clOze? anxiOusly asked the man of the
goose. -
My friend, this is no receipt book,
but an eminent work on philosophy, as
1 have told you. Years were consum-
ed in preparing this volume for the
press, and none but the clearest mind
could have grasped the subjects herein
discussed. If you desire food for deep
meditation you have it here
Does dis poOk say sumding about
der Prussian WARP ask the tailor rs he
threaded his noodle.
My friend, this is not an everyday
book, but a work on philosophy-a
work which will soon be in tie hands
Va PAOiOaA0 III tuC
country. What is the art of philoso-
ply? This book tells you. Who were
and who are our philosophers? Turn
to these pages for a reply. AS said
before, l don't see how you can do
without it.
'Und he don't haf anydings about
some fun, eh?' inquired the tailor, as
the book was held out to him.
My frind, must Iagain inform you
that this il not an ephemeral work
not collection of nauseous trash-but
a rare, deep work on philosophy. Here,
see the name of the author. That name
alone, sir, should be proof enough to
your mind that the work cannot be
surpassed for profundity of thought.
Why, sir, Gerrit Smith testifies to the
greatness of this volumep
Il not knows Mr.. Schmidt make
no cloze NIT him. returned the tailor,
in doubling voice.
Then you will let me leave your
place without having secured your
name to this volumei / cannot believe
it! Behold what research! Turn those
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-29
Danger from Eating Nuts.

AS this is the season for drinking ri.
der and eating nuts, it may not he
amiss to give a hint which NAV he
useful: & ----'t
Medical men advise that salt sbould
De taken with nuts, especially when
they are eaten at anighta One time
says writer, while enjoying a visit
from an Englishman, hickory nnts
were served in the evening. when NV
English friend called for salt. STATING
that he knew of case of a woman eaf,
ing heartily of nuts in the evening who
was taken violently i'll. The Celebrated
Dr. Abernethy was sent for, but it was
after he had become too fond of his
cup, and he was not in condition TO oo.
He muttered, salt! Salt!", of which
no notice was taken. Next morning
he went to the place and she was =
corpse. He said had they given her
salt it would have relieved her: If thew
would allow him to make an examins-
ton, he would convince them. On
opening the stomach the nuts were
found in mass. He sprinkled salt ON
this and it Immediately dissolved. /
nave known of a sudden death myself
which appeared TO have been from the
same cause. IgeneralIy eat salt with
nuts, and l consider that it improves
them. -. =
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The Bridal Tour.

Young Spriggles and his Arama1tha
Jane had just been married, and were
DING on their bridal:tOur. They didn't
know whether upon their return they
would board with the old folks or
take rooms in private hotel. Being
only clerk, Sprigg]es' means were
limited, and he could not expect much
at first in the way of ofliving.
'Of course he said toi Dodge, veal
thy member of the firm, who had kind
ly granted him three weeks leave of
absence, I'VE must be in style, you
know, sir. [ suppose you took rush.
er when you were married. l mean
you took an extensive tour and showed
your wife the sights
Yes said Dodge, with a nod. Il
will tell you about it. l made long
preparations for my bridal tour, and
the girl that was to be my wife helped
me. We had il all fixed and laid out
beforehand. l worked hard for it, and
she worked too. 1t was the grand
event of our lives, and we wanted that
it should be success. We felt that as
the new life opened so it should contin-
ue. was earning $500 year. That
was good pay for a salesman five and
thirty years ago-better than three
times that amount now, as things go.
We were married in the morning at
the house of my wife's father. Then
we rode two miles to the substantial
cottage l had secured as home. My
money had made the first payment on
it, and Mary's money had furnished
three rooms in 1t.
And we eat our first meal thereafter
in our own house; and thence went to
my work, and my wife set about her
work. 1t was new life and we were
determined to succeed fpossible. And
in that effort was our Joy. And in the
success that followed was unalloyed
happiness. In less than three Years
my house was paid for and my home
was my own. Come storm or come
lnshine we had roof to cover us-a
roof from which the hand of man could
not turn us.
Il doubt, young man, if ever a bridal
tour was happier or more profitable
than mine; and 1 know that the eXer-
else of housekeeping upon her own ac-
count was invigorating and healthful.
But, then we married for real earnest
living and loving. We believed we
should find life's purest joys in tho dis
charge of life's sacred duties.
Il declare pursued the old man, with
glistening moisture in his eye, 'Ishould
like those first blest days of my own
home-life to live over again. But it
may not be. And,' he added, with a
regretful shake of the head. Il fear
the young men of the present gen.
GRAFTON will not live them for my view
ing.'
Spriggles walked away scratching his
head. He wasn't sure that he had
really caught the drift of the old mans
remarks.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-29

leaves and see these gems of richest
thought! All! If we only had such
minds and eorld WELD such a renI But
we can read, and in a measure we can
De like him. Every family should
have this noble work. Let me put
your name down the book is Only si2.'
Twelve dollar for der pook! Twelve
dollar, und he has holdings about der
war, und no fun in him, or say nod
dlngs how to CLEAN cloze! What Won
take me for, mister? Go right away mis-
dat pook or call der bolice uud haf
you locked up, pooty quickp-Detroa
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Louisiana.

The following special from Shreve-
port is from Democratic sources: On
the authority of Gen. Merrill and Com
missioner Levisee we learn that war
rants are preparing for the arrest of
place probably to-day
The Times, in an extra, advises SUBJ
mission to arrest by the United States
soldiers, but advises parties so arrested
not to give bond. The card on which
the arrests are to be made is getting
additional signatures to-day, and our
people show no signs of weakening.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS.
SHREVEPORT, Oct. 22.-The question
as to whether warrants were to be issu-
ed for the arrest of sixty-Dine mer-
chants who pledged themselves not to
retain in their employe persons who
support the Radical party in the pend
ing contest, was to-day settled in the
affirmative, upon the authority of Gen.
Gerrill, United States, commanding
this department, and A. B. Levisee,
United States Commissioner, who stat
ed that the papers were being prepared
and that the arrests would probably be
made tomorrow. Since the first an
nouocement on Monday of the inten-
tion of the authorities to make these
arrests the temper of the people have
greatly improved, and it is not now
probable that any of the parties will
endeavor to evade or resist the arrest.
The parties interested have consulted
several of the leading attorneys, who
advised them that their pledge il not
in violation of the Enforcement Act, In
that it does not threaten any one on
account of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude, and that a general
declaration to employ no one upon GER
tain conditions furnishes no ground for
specific charge of intimidating any
certain persons.
Immediately after the authoritative
announcement Of General Merrill and
Judge Levisee this morning the pledge
was again put in circulation, and re-
ceived $50 additional signatures. These
names include representatives of nearly
every business establishment in the
city. Copies of the pledge were also
sent to the country, and are said to
have received the signatures of planters
in all parts of the parish. 1t is not
known yet whether any Others than
the original sixty signers will be ar
rested or not.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-29

Tilton has written his lecture agents
to cancel all his engagements until af-
ter January 1. He is interested as
principal and witness In ten court cases,
and he is with his counsel day and
night.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

,ro,oa No. I6. F. & A. NJ. meets ey-
cry Weahes' JAMES MELLOk, W. Nd.
moon. -
II H FERRELL, Secy-
I,.,-.,,;Iis C,hanter. No. IL Royal Arch
,So,,s 81, meets every Friday night on or afteI
naSons na 's.,, lhee A. J. BAGGS, II. p.
r. Il. FERRELI, Secy-
belmont Council. No. 81 Royal ss.sss ss.anS
S1rer Excellent Masters, meets on Tue oe0oH0
Tnssfiay night of every month. n,
i"eS'''' Fl. BUMGARNER' T. l. q. NJ
Ed BAILY, Rec.
Hope Commandery No; 20 oi MI ~ OF every
,nts, rnn,,th y, F. d. BAILEY, EN- Com
las. 3. RYAN. Rec. - mai
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-29

Messrs. w. s. Holman aud j. L. Nc
Donald are among the leading candi-
dates for the Indiana Senatorship to
succeed Pratt.
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Delmon ghrouie e.

ST. GAINESVILLE OHIO.
THURSDAY MORNING. Oct. %, 1874,
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CLOTHING.
MUSICIANS.
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS &c.

,,I,unLL FRED. Dealer in Dry GOODS, fnrs
Roots and Shoes sc. Patterson's c.och
n.TToN, j., Dealers in Dry Goods, No.ions ,sor;+
Boots and Shoes, &C., Opposite treasurer
Httice.
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Rusiarss Cards.
Brass Band Music.

rI,HE ST GAINESVILLE COkNrT BAND,
/ TwelNe Members, } with a variety of Music
ie now rrepared to furni-h good Music at rea-
soma BILE raies and on short notice for Agricul-
tnral Fairs Sui day School and other celeb-a-
lions. Pic Mics. Exhibitions, Political and other
Public Meetings, Address
--Istf CHAS E. HUGHES. Pres.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-27
LATEST. FOREIGN NEWS.
England.

England.
i LONDON, June 26.-Queen Victoria and
the Emperor of Brazil have exchanged con.
gratulatory messages upon the successful
laying Of the Brazilian cable.
Cuba. OIL
| NEW YORK, June GA letter from Ha.
vana, dated the Goth instant, says the pros.
poets are that general reputation of the
bills of the Spanish bank will fake effect
next week. Several cigar manufacturers
have notified their customers that after next
| week they will not receive paper money, but
will demand gold and silver. If this should
really take place and become general there
| will be many failures.
It is reported that the Government intends
to establish penal colony on the Isle of
Pines uader charge Of army officers, whittier
| will be sent all traitors, Migrants, and incor-
rigibles.
HAVANA, June 26.--An address has been
presented to Captain General Concha, signed
l.by business men Of all branches of trade,
representing the frightful condition of finan-
cial affairs, which threaten to ruin the coun-
try and menaces the authority Of bis Excel
lency. All good Spaniards are urged to aid
the Government. Gold is quoted at 292.
and will undoubtedly soon reach 1000 if
speedy and supreme efforts are not made to
suppress the rise. Rates of foreign exchange
are also going up indefinitely.
a general bankruptcy is threatened. a
tax of five per cent. is asked On the riches of
the island represented by landed property in
the city and country and by commercial and
banking institutions and others, to be paid
quarterly for tvs years, beginning on the
fist of July. 1t is hoped that ia two years
the war will be concluded, and there will be
no further necessity of extreme measures.
A meeting is to be held tonight, at which
the Caplain-GeneFal VIII preside, to discuss
the financial situation.
Captain General Concha to-day issued a
decree increasing the tax on slaves between
eleven and sixty years to seventy-fve cents |
per capita instead of twenty-five cents, as
heretofore, for the purpose of providing for |
the gradual abolition of slavery.
New Brunswick.
SEVERE wEATHER-LosS OF LIFE AND SHIPPING. |
BATHURST, \. b., June 2G.-The unsettled |
state of the weather causes great anxiety, rs |
vegetation is seriously retarded and the |
farming interests are neglected. Yesterday |
there was Il violent hail-storm.
The gale Of last week resulted in the loss |
of thirty-two lives along the eastern coast of
New BrunsWick-nineteen being fishermen. |
Four barks and nine schooners were strand. |
ed. and about thirty tishng-boats wrecked. |
The wholesale destruction of nets by the |
storm will be a serious loss, as salmon are |
unusually abundant and large catches were |
being made.
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The Beecher-TiRtOn Case.

New YORK, June 26.---The clerk of Beech.
er's church says no session is called and DO
proceedings are probable. Tilton had been
told that if he would bring direct charge
it would be received and investigated, whe-
Their made against the pastor or any member
of Plymouth church. The church will not
attack vagaries.
Mr.. Beecher was present at the weekly
prayer meeting at Plymouth church this eve.
ming, The proceedings were of the usual
devotional character, and no reference what.
ever was made to matters recently ventilated
A Peekskill dispatch says that Henry
ward Beecher, who is passing the summer
vacation at bis farm near that place, in an
swer to an inquiry as TO what course he
would pursue in regard to the recent state ate,
ment Of Theodore Triton, says he Will moi
break the silence be has hitherto observed.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Conviction Of. n Observation-Disclosures
Against the City OF Portsmouth,.
temperance Convention = Military
VfSjfOrs
Especial telegram to the Dispatch

visitors.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
PORTSMOUTH, VA, June 28.-James VIII
son was tried In the Circuit Court of Nor.
folk county to-day for killing Thomas Will
iiams IN fracas in Butts Road township on
the 10Th of February last, and convicted of
murder in the first degree. Both were ne.
groes.
The city Of Portsmouth was enjoined by
the Court of Hastings to-day for giving
deeds for property sold for city taxes two
years ago.
A convention of prominent temperance
men was held in Berkeley yesterday, and
society was formed called the United Tenn
perance Association of Southeastern Vir-
glnia. Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and
omlthheld were represented. Resolutions
were passed urging the officers of the law to
carry out the provisions of the Sunday
liquor law, and not to allow it to remain a
dead letter on the statute books. The con-
Yention bya unanimous vote decided to.em-
brace the counties of Nansemond, Princess
Anne. Isle of Wight, Norfolk and the cities
OF Norfolk and Portsmouth, and adjourned
to September next, after first electing per
manent officers and appointing the usual ne
cessary committees.
The Norfolk Light Artillery Blues have
engaged passage on the Isaac Bell and will
leave for Richmond next Friday night.
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The Montgomery Thieves.

Correspondence OF the Richmond DlSpatcnJ
BLACKsBuRG, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va.
June %, 1874.
l am glad to inform you that Detective
Craddock, of your city, who has been en-
gagged in ferreting out the thieves in this
neighborhood for the past month, has sue
ceeded admirably. After returning here
with John w. Fraction, who escaped to
Charleston. w. Va, where he was captured
through Mr.. Craddock, and returned on a
requisition from Governor kemper, Mr..
Craddock succeeded in arresting Bill Bean
and Henry Vaughn, the last Of the gang who
robbed Colonel Preston'>, Colonel Palmer'S,
and Mr.. +. j. LinkusS mcat-houSes. We
have the positive proof on John W. Frac-
ton, Henry Turner, sam Mays, Jim Mays,
Henry Vaughn, Tom Jones alias Tom
Baker, and Bill Bean. This is the worst
gang that ever infested any county. We
don't expect to be troubled with thieves
for some time to come, for your energetic
officer (Mr. Craddock) has broken up the
nest etfectualy. You would be astonshed
to see what fear and respect the balance of
the negroes and bad white men have for
him. We owe him Il debt Of gratitude which
we will not soon forget. lie leaves for home
to-day.
The harvesting in this vicinity will end
early next week. and the yield is beyond
our expectations. Corn looks WE'LL but
wants rain. The oat crop is failure
throughout this section. DOE.
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MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA STATE BoUSDA-
RY ARBITRA Washington, June %
The arbitratorS selected by the States Of
Maryland and Virginia. to whom these
States submitted the adjustment Of the con-
trorersy about the true boundary linc be-
tween them, Hons. William A. Graham. eX-
Governor of North Carolina, and Jeremiah
5. Black, of Pennsy lrana, met 1T Wizards
Hotel this morning for the purpose of or
ganizing the board of arbitration, selecting
the umpire, and arranging the premiuaries
for the hearing Of the case.
Acknowledgement r. II. Daniel, OF Rich
mond, and Judge Robertson, of Charottes-
Vile, appeared, under appointment Of Gov
ernor kemper. as counsel for Virginia, and
ex.Attorney. General Isaac D. Jones and ex-
Governor William Pinkney White, under
appointment of Governor Groome, appeared
as counsel for the State of Maryland. After
q session of several hours the meeting was
adjourned to July 81, 1874, at which time it
is expected the umpire will be chosen and
the case put in condition for a hearing. From
present appearances and from the many ques-
lions which seem to be involved in the con-
troyersy it promises to be long and tedious
observation-disclosures to Baltimore Sun.