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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
Religious Exercise.

she was lady named MagfuGer,
and sOmeElat strict in reference u
family morals. Indeed, while Mr..
hIaZruler was a good man, aud en-
Geavored 10 discharge his duties as a
parent oith propriety, yet his views a.
10 wIat really was proper ran counter
t. the views entertained On the same
subject by his wife, and she had spunk.
These differences on a certain OCCASION
are thus described By a common friend:
Il Caied at MagTuder's the other
morning on my way down town, and
As 1 knew them well, / entered the
.ide door without knocking. ! VA
shocked 10 1ind Mr.. Magruder pros
trate on the floor, while Mrs. MagTuder
sat on his chest, and rumpled among
his hair As she bumped his head on the
boards and scolded him vigorously.
They rose when | came in, and Ma
gruder rs he wiped the blood from his
nose, tried to pretend it was only a
joke. But Mrs. Magruder interrupted
nim:
"'JokeI joke! l should think not.
was giving him adressing down. h
wanted to have family prayers before
Va NeAhihcts eALA L heio hEtCA lLI4i4tA ~
nave them afterward and as he threw
the Bible at me, and hit Mary Jane
with the hymn-bCOk, l sOused down on
him. If | can't rule this house III
know why. Pick up them Scriptures,
and have prayers! You hear me, Ma
gruder? Its more trouble regulatin'
the piety Of this family than runnin' a
.saw-miIl. Mary Jane, give your pa
that hymn-bOok.'
II left before the exercises began" p
Editors Drawer, in Hsrper's Maga-
zine tor April.
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NEaking Snort yyork ofEt.

In the town of Hopkinson, Mass,
lived a certain Deacon Small. In his
advanced age he had the misfortune
to lose the rib Of his youth. After do,
ing penance by wearing a. weed on his
hat full year, he was recommend to a
certain Widow Hooper, living in an
| adjoining town. The deacan was soon
astride of his old brown mare, and on
Iarrivjng at the widows door he discov-
cred her in the act Of turning The dudS
from her wash-tubS. Said the Deacon:
Is this Widow Hooper,
Yes, SIR was the reply.
Well continued the deacon, 4 am
that little bit Of dried up Deacon
Small, and have one question to pro-
pose TO YOU
please propose, sir
well, madam said the deacon,
have you any objection to going to
heaven by way of Hopkinson?'
None at all, Deacon was the reply.
Come in, deacon
Suffice it to say that they were mar
T.ed next day.
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Judge Eoitu,aIi's Plane.

( Philadelphia bulletin.
| Judge Pitman came down stairs, tn,
other day, in response to a call from
! his servant girl, and found STANDING
at the front door uan with a carpet
bag. The man said:
Is your piano out of tune"
No, DON'T think it is said tie
Judge.
Amt you sure about it?'
NO, never tried it 10 see.'
How long since it has been tuned?'
'It has. never been.'
Then. of course, it ought to be tuned
at once. You'll ruin it if you don't
have it attended to-
Il don't believe | WILL
'Oh, yes, you will, though. Moth.
ing's worse for piano than standing
untuned.'
DO you think you can tune it9'
Certainly | cam
Il don't believe you can,' said The
Judge.
I'D like 10 know Why not. Inaver
saw a piano yet that | couldn't tackle
There's one mighty good reason
why you can't in this case
I'D like t6 know what it is
'You want me to tell you, 90 your
yes
wei, it's because 1 haven't got any
piano.
Then the man put his carfet-bag un-
der his arm, rubbed his nose thought
fully, and left.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
The Rule of Success.
BY SHERMAN D. RICHARDSON.

There's rule with the printers, when type
they are sticking, ,,.
That is often repeated, the trade to advance:
Giving speed when applied, to the niusical
OF the letters and points in their magical
And the hsIT rule tits this, iot it down in yquI
..NeveT GTasd; maFe false motion if you wish to
If the gaining of wealth is your earnest mte9- inter
Have an eve to the chest; never buy to be
Lay up slowly and sure, it will make dete9- 1i
ton go
If you pick up the dross in the place OF lle
Let the rule of the printer be ever you, Greco
s.Never make false molten # you Wouid snc-
eeeed."
In the books of the age DO you hope s to De
The wisdom wisdom of scars, or the thoughts Of the
It Is well. but remember the gold-tnseled
binding
Oft covers the worthleSs-to read it refuse;
Let the words be of gold on the pages y.9n.!
..Never r'I make false motion if you would
In the choice of your life ever act with discree-
ton, isiSheu;
Pressing on in the pathway that nature de
For You each have a ''oall" be it trade or pro
fass;on. you find;
And success viii attend when that mission
For the rule still applies, of its precept take
heed, ceed-
'sNcver make a false motion if you would sue
If the syren of pleasure doth whisper inviting
That '.'the wild oats Of youth must be soEn
if you win, oughuhS
Turn away from her counsel; frost ever
Will come as you gather the pleasures OF SIN,
''As We sow shall ye reap;" take the rule as
your creed; ceed-.
'.Never make false motion if you would sue
In the Journey before you there's no tiIoe for
delaying, LAIe;
Every moments mint that is coming your
Then be sure before action, your conscience
obeying, world sIrlle;
And you'll rise as you conquer amid the
And this rule you will bless as the best in
your creed,
Never make false motion if you would
succeed" DdadtTy Ae'rs.
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StHIpnfs. Hun.

APpitOl's Journal relates the follow
ing anecdotes Of college pranks:
\ professor, a teacher of German, was
once very much disturbed by an uu-
ruly bench full of Juniors.
At lsst in his despair he exclaimed
That bench will leave tie room and
vii stay outside
Whererupan the young rascals car
ried out the bench and left it outside
and blandly returned to other seats.
No, no. said the professor, i DO not
mean that; mean the young men viii
90 out and the bench will return
| So the young men brought back The
bench and set on it, as though this was
/ all that reasonably be expected OF
them.
Another professor, who %as the pink
/ of prOpriety. was sadly disconnected in
} the midst OF lecture upon Edmund
/ Spencer, by dozen rough and sporting
characters, who came in the room with
/ out knocking, with all manner of dogs
| to sell.
/ Finally one man let the cat out of the
/ bag Gf we may use such an expression
Is a dog story by presenting dirty
scrap Of paper. which read as follows:
'Wanted-a dog; any breed will an
swer; highest price paid for mongrel
pups. Apply to professor -, room
| No. 8 - University. Bring the dogs
between the hours of 10 and H.
Another professor, of whom every
one was, with reason, well afraid, was
in the habit Of getting of bright retorts
on he delinquent students.
One man, who had, on certain Oc-
tcasiOn. stood for half on hour silently
Iancn0red to u ca.asr,i, like horse
tied to his IlCns+r, Vas finally aCcaSted
as follows:
'Well, Mr.. Jones you have stood
there for some time. Now, how do you
lexplain your problem" "
Jones. who mad no idea of the prob
! lem or of any human interpretati III ol
! it, made one deep dive down into the
reces5es Of his memory, and brought
up one stray principle.
well, sir he said, i explain it by
the principle that The angle ofreflect;ou
! is equal to the angle Of incidence
That will dc, sir said the professor
/ visibly marking "a round OOppOsite his
name in the clasS-rUll; If your angle Oi
reflection was only a little less obtuse
we would not have such incidents a
these
On another occasion this professor
! said TO a student who had blundereO
! terribly through recitation:
How far off are you from fool?'
4 suppose replied the student,
measuring the distance between him
] 9 l. 81.
seven .eet and half
The professors eyes tWinkled as be
| said:
/ It's a pity, sir, you contine yOui
brightness only to your answers
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
sEENCELE.g.g'EOgS.
WHO should go 10 California.

San Francisco Cor. Newark Advertiser.
want to say word to those who
think of immigrating to tn State. Ii
you have money TO go into business
when you get here-come; if you have
money to buy land or enough to keep
YOU until you could realize from your
crops if you settled on Government
land-c0me; but if you expect TO find
work here or some elegant situation
lust stop and think that there are hun
dreds OF unemployed men walking the
streets of this city eager to do anything
to earn bread. The State don't need
doctors, lawyers, ministers, b0ek-keep-
ers, genteei young men with delicate
hands anu immaculate linen. She has
more of this kind of material lying
around loose than she knows what to
do with. She needs men Of brains and
Drawn who will go ont and develop
her agricultural wealth, or build man
ufactures and workshops to furnish
work and wages for the thousands that
are pouring in the State with no money
of their own. How can this city OF
about a quarter of million furnish
work for all the unemployed of the
great cities of the East and Europe?
And yet I think this is the grandest
country the sun ever sLone oD, TO those
who can afford to live here.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
The Failure of the Democratic
SEuG-EhrOTGTS

IT is difficult to understand why the
exposure campaign has failed TO pro
duce the expected result. 1t has been
fought too recklessly. The Washing
ton offices of the democratic neWspa-
pers have been converted into scandal
bureaus, where every wild and I'M
probable story of corruption has been
picked up, and expanded, and embel-
Iished, and then sent forth Tor the good
of the party. There has been little or
no discrimination in the use of mate
rial. False charges and true, fact aid
suspicion, rumors and affidavits, have
been treated with equal consideration.
Because the Secretary of War has been
detected in taking a bribe, it is conf
IDENTIFY alleged that the whole Depart
ment is a nest-of corruption, and some
of the party organs have even called
upon the entire Cabinet TO resign.
Every morning we have been warned
10 look for q fresh explosion before
night; the Secretary Of the Navy was
to be caught levying blackmail; the
President was TO be found in the real
estate pool; all the best known ladies
in the White House were to be detect
ed selling Offices and pushing traudu
lent claims. Few OF these evil predic-
tions have been fulfilled, and the fail
ure has injured the party which made
them ia two ways; first, it has brought
on the usual reaction which follows Il
hasty and unreasonable excitement Of
popular feeling; and secondly, it has
given birth t. a suspicion in many
cases that the Democrats are not press
ing the investigation properly because
they have come upon the traces Of
Democratic Congressman in the prom
ised scandal N. ]. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
Hone and lInscle AlImcut.
The Yellow Centaur Linilnent
Is for the tough skin, flesh and muscles of
NOrses. NIuIcs :tnd AnfnnIs.

We nave never yet seen a case OF SPAWN,
SWeeny. Ring bone, Wind-lau, Scratches or
POll-Evil, winch tHiS Liulmeut would not
speediy benent, ana we never saw but a few
cases which II would not Cure. 1t Will cure
when anything can. 1t IS folly to spend $50.
for 4 Farrier, when one dollars worth OF Cen
Iaur Liniment viii do better. The following
IS a sample OF The testimony produced.
". P. Hopkins Postmaster, Piqua, o., says
"Eeutaur Liniment can't be beat. 1t cures
eYe~y time.
NELvERTON, d, Marcl > 1871.
'The Ceutaur Lument are The best selling
mediciES we have ever had. The demand is
every great for 1t, and we cannot afford 10 De
without it ''P. Il. HISEY x SCN.''
JEFFERSON, No, y ov. III, IS13.
"Some time ago I was shipping horses o st.
Louis. l got one badly crippled in the ear.
With great difficulty / got him to the Stable.
The stable keeper gave me bottle Of Centaur
LinimenU. wuich l used with such success That
well. | have been a veterinary surgeon for 30
years, but your LiniIaent beats anything
ever used
"a. J. MCCARTHY, Veterinary Surgeon
For a postage stamp we will mail CenIaur
Almanac containing hundreds of certificais
from ever Stale in the Union. These Liui>
ments are now sold by all dealers in the
country.
Laboratory Of j. 3. ROSE d &C,
46 Day ST., New York.
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pORTRY
Tnc outsidc D Dqg in the Fight.

The poet comes up tlGs maniu- o o ''ie U'
tonse Of the outside dog IN The fight
Won NAV sing Of your dog, the bottom dog
Or any dog that You. please
7 % for the dog. the nice old dog,
That knowingly takes his ease;
And warrinr his tail outside the ring'
Keeping always his bone in sight
Cares not pin in his sound old head
For either dog in the fight
Not his is the bone they are fighting ior'
And why should my dog sail n -,
With nothing to gain but q certain chance
To lose his own precious SKIN:
1-5ere nav be a few perhaps who fall
To see it quite in this light,
But when the fur flies had rather De
The outside cog in the fight.
I know there are dogs-injudicious dogs
That think it is quite the thing
To take the part OF one OF the dogs,
And go-yelping into the Ting;
Rnt care not pin what all may say
In regard to the wrong or the right,
Nv money goes, as well as my song,
For the dog that keeps out OF the lght.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
IsevivaIs and EyangeEists.

DR.. Holland, in an article IN Scribner
for April speaks word for Moody and
Sankey and their methods, but con-
demns the ordinary itinerant "Evange-
lists" He says There is class Of
evsHgeli5ts who go from church to
church, of whom most clergymen are
afraid; and their fears are thoroughly
well grounded. There arises, we viii
say, a strong religious interest in a
church. Every thing seems favorable
TO what is called ga revival" Some
well-meaning member thinks that if
Mr.. BediOw could only come and help
the tatigued pastor, wonderful results
would follow. The pastor does not
wish TO stand in the way-iS suspicious
that he has unworthy prejudices against
Mr.. BedloW-tries TO overcome them,
and Mr.. Bedlow appears. Bnt Mr..
BedlOW utterly ignOrS the condition of
the church, and, instead of senSitively
apprehending il and adapting himself
to the line of Influences already in pro-
gress, arrests everything by an attempt
TO start anew, and carry on operations
by his own patent method. The first
movement is to get the pastor and the
pastors wife and all the prominent
members upon their knees, in confess
sion that they have been all wrong
miserably unfaithful to their duties and
their trust. This is the first step, and,
of course, it establishes Mr.. BedlOw in
the supreme position, which is precise
~ what he deems essential. The
methods and contOlling influences of
the church are uprOoted, and, for the
time, Mr.. BedlOW has everything his
own way. Some are disgusted, sore
are disheartened, great many are eX-
cited, and the good results, whatever
they may seem to be, are ephemeral.
There inevitably follows a reaction,
and in year the church acknowledges
to itself that il left in a worse condition
than that in which MIR. Bedlow found
il. The minister has been shaken from
his pOise, the church is dead, and,
whatever happens, Mr.. Bedlow, still
going through his process elsewhere,
viii not be invited there again.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30
Intemperance i'm Scotland.

Scotland seems to pass the bottle
round pretty freely, to judge from q
Parliamentary. return just issued OF the
number Of persons arrested as % drunk
and incapable, and ~ drunk and DIS
orderly. in the different burgs and
lcOunties of that country during the
year ending the 3Jth of June last. The
return possesses a peculiar interest, in
.asmuch as it invidiOusly distinguishes
those arrested between the hours Of s
4. N. on Sunday and \. NJ. on Mon
day, and those arrested during the
week. It appears from the figures
given that during the period mention
ed, 3S,2l3 pssOnS were arrested rs
''drunk and incapable" and 22,9GJ as
drunk and diSorderly," making a
grand total of 81, 173 Scottish men and
women who, in the twelvemonth, hay-
ing reduced themselves by drink into
A state of violence or utter VrOstraJiOn,
fell into the hands of the police. OF
the "drunk and incapable" JOG were
arrested between s a. ". on Sunday
and \. NJ. on Monday, and ,273 of
the "drunk and disorderly" in like
manner selected the Sabbath for their
pOtations. 1t is worthy of observation
that 22,6I2 persons arrested in Glasgow,
all figure in the return as drunk ana
iucapable;" not one of the convival
band is returned as "drunk and disOrd-
eriy."
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QasG GGorxaa

DIR. Samuel Pitcher, of HyauniS. Mass, eX-
perTmenIed in his private practice for twenty
years To produce combination that would
have the properties of CASTOR OIL without
its uu pleasant taste and gripping effect.
His . epsrstiOn was seat for, near anG far
till finally he gave II the name Of CASTO&iA
and put it up IOr sale. II is very wonderful in
It's effects, particularly with the disordered
stomachs aud bowels Of children. 1t ASST
iateS the food, cures sour stomach and wind
collie, regulates line bowels eXpelS worms, and
may be relied upon in Group.
As a pleasant, effective and perfectly safe
cathartic reme;!~ 10 Is superior 10 Castor OIL,
CorGials and SyrupS. 1t does not contain
alchOl, and is odantCd TO any age.
By regulating the stomach and bowels of
cross and sickly children they become good
natured and healthy. They can enjoy sleep
and mothers have rest. Toe CASIORIA is PUG
up at the Laboratory OF J. Z. ROSE Il CO.
Dey Street. New YORK.. Ma. ., 75-l3w
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gloss anil freshness of youth. Thin
hair is thicllened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decaved; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
Of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from, turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
Scalp arrests and prevents the forna-
ton of dandrulf, which is often so un-
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and iniu-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambric, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
iustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL. MASS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30

A few prominent merchants and
bankers of New York are jealous in
promoting measures for the Tesum ptiOn
of specie payments, and have eontTibut-
ed to a fund for printing and dissent
mating the speech delivered by Senator
Sherman on March 6, upon the nation
al finances.
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\ new disease of the head and Jaws
| has broken out among the hogs, i'm the
/ West. \ similar disease prevails large
/ ly in Congress.
1t is stated that there has been a
marked increase of insanity in New
/ York since the opening OF the Moody
| and Sankey revival services.
"When," he said violently, "when
are you going to pay me that little bill?
I've dunned yOn till Pm tired and mad
New j want positive answer-when
will you pay it?" "By Jover was the
reply, "you must take N fora prophet
How can | tell ?"- Rochester Demo
crat.
Seven Chief Justices have occupied
The bench Of the Supreme Court of the
United States; John Jay, six years /;
John Butledge, a part OF year; Oliver
Ellsworth, five years Roger b. Taney,
tWcnty-eight years Salmon p. Chase,
ten years; and Morrison r. Waite, APP
pointed in 1871.
The stockholders of the Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati and S. Louis railroad held Il
meeting at CUiuribus, Tuesday night
and reelected the present board with
the exception OF Joseph n. Dubarry,
who was elected to fill the vacancy
created by The death of Thomas J..
Jewett. All the present officers were
reelected.
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ApRH.

l listen Tor the voice OF song,
And hear a mJTDur in the trees
OF April in 4 fitful breeze.
Who says tn. growing wings arc strong.
Rise, Burn thy winter robe to-day, =
Thus did the poet Omar sing:
The Bird Of Time is on the wing.
He futters but little way.
Behold the dawning Of q voice,
Hold hard the sorrow Of thy heart,
For music keeuer makes the smart,
The singer waits not on our choice.
In the dawn ! hear lis note:
He fingers while the roses blow.
Then goes-oL, where:-I do not know
On what bright waves my darlings float.
"A. F., in Harper, Magazine for April.
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Neck Versus Feef and Wrists.

Every one must remark that favor
lite article of winter clothing for chill
dren is a comforter swathed around the
neck. This is great error; the feet
and the wrists are the proper members
to keep warm; the face and throat will
harden into healthy indifference TO
cold; but that muller exchanged for an
extra pair of thick socks or gloves
would preserve boy or girl really
warm aud well. Bronchitis and sore
throat have declined fifty per cent
since the absurd use of high collars end
twice round neckerchiefs went out of
fashion; sud If the poor would take bet
ter care OF their chiidTen's feet half The
infantie mortality would disappear.
1t only costsa trifle 10 put a piece of
thick felt or cork into the bottom of a
boot or shoe, and the difiSnnce is often
considerable between that and a doc
tors bill, with, perhaps, the underta-
ker's beside.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-30

Pendleton will be likely TO be con-
irOnted with another witness in the
couIse of two weeks, in the person Of
the Quartermaster-General, who sailed
from England for home last week.
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: n pursuance of0n oTdel Of the Court Of Com
3 mon Peas, thf undersigned, Executor OF
THONGS Williams lee'l win offer 1t Public
sale. ON the p: emis-s. ia hirIJwJ.Dd township.
Belmont county. OhiJ, On
Friday. Marcia IS. 1875.
st 10 " clock \. Nj. nve several lots OF Land,
win the DWELLING HOUSE and appurte-
nances $ tual e I'm and near the village OF Sew
elisvil.e, ia said county, which lots are more
InrtIcuiarly described in tine order OF Court,
and being the same lots and parcels OF land
Of which Thomas Williams 0ied seized.
Terms OF Sale-One-third cash; the remain
der in tive equal payments at and - months,
with Interest. JOHN DUNBAR
Executor Of Thomas Williams, decd
March ?, lS76-5t,