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Lunar superstitiOns.

The Tyrolese cure fIeckles by washing then
at night with water in which the moon shines
| In the Harz Mountains and Silesia the remedy
for golfers is to turn ones face to the increas
ing moon three evenings running, then take
stone, silently touch the swelling with 1t,
and throw it over the left shoulder. Meier
quotes Swabian charm for toothache. When
! the crescent moon appears for the time, the
sufferer must gaze at it steadfastly and repeat
thrice: al see the moon with two points; my
teeth shall neither shoot nor ache until L sec
the moon with three points" Crabs caught
during full moon, and then burned alive and
ground to powder, cure hydrophobia- Of
course the moon necessarily assists at all
deeds of sorcery, such as casting magic bull
lets, the manufacture of divining-rod, and
the like. The following receipt fer avenging
ones enemies is given by Kuhn in Westpha-
liza: "When the new moon falls on Tues
day, go out before daybreak to stake select
ed beforehand, turn to the east and say,
Stick, grasp thee in the name of the Trim
ity.' Take thy knife and say, Stick, cut
thee in the name of the Trinity, that thou
mayest obey me and chastise any one whose
name l may mention Then peel the stick
in two places, to enable thee to carve these
words, Abba, obla, saba. Lay q smock-
frock on thy threshold and strike it hard with
the stick, at the same time naming the person
who is to be beaten. Though he may be
many miles away, he will suffer as much rs
if he were on the spot" Fhe ancient Greeks
and Romans considered the moon to be pro-
lection against the evil eye, and they hung
small moons made Of metal round their necks
as amulets. Even the wives and horses Of
the Romans wore them. The custom has not
yet disappeared in Italy and the East. Seine
years ago Neapolitan ladies used to wear small
silver half moons on their moons as pre-
servative against epilepsy, which popular be-
lief has always connected with the evil eye.
The tslismsnic crescent has ever been the
badge Of Islam, and it still glitters on the
n rinarets.-TAll the Year Round.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01
The Rum Soaked Russians.

The national vice of Russia is drunk
enness. The lower classes are so brut-
allied by excessive drinking that they
are rarely sober, and during fete days
land there are about 130 of them) they
are always in state of intoxication.
The popes, or priest, seem to think it
part of their religion to be habitually
in muddled state. This is the reason
that the Russian peasant appears so
stupid and hick-headed. Naturally
he has good understanding, but his
brains are so soaked with vodki
(brandy) that they are never fully at
his command. When ne sees his
spiritual guides are as degraded as him
self, "a poorly clad, as lily housed and
as much addicted to the use of alco-
holic drinks, the peasant stultifies and
brutalizes himself with less compunc-
tion of conscience and sense of shame.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01
RED.HOT.
Down ih a Silver Mine, Under.
meath the Ground.

Those who have never personally in
spected the lower Levels of our mines
says the Virginia, New, Enterprise
may obtain some idea of the degree OF
heat to be found therein by visiting
the Savage works at the change o.
shifts. The men, parked together as
close as they can stand on the cage,
are popped up out of the shaft all stem.
ing hot, for all the world like a bunch
of asparagus just LITE d from the pot.
They nske their arp'eranc in cloud
of steam that pours up continuously
from the ''depths profound" and are
dimly seen until they step forth upon
the floor of the works. AS the men
land and separate, each carries with
him for half minute his little private
cloud of vapor. AS this passes off, the
man is seen TO be naked from the waist
up, his skin as wet as II he had just
been lifted out of pool of water.
The men bring up with them-be-
ST .es the steam-an amount of heat
that may be felt by the spectator as
they pass. All this Is at the top of the
shaft, where it is considered quite cool.
What, then, must it be hundreds of
feet below, where the men started at
157 degrees Fahrenheit? Down there
no steam is seeD-it is too hot for it.
1t is only when the hot, moist air com
ing up from the lower regions strike
the cool air towards the top of the shaft
that it takes the form of steam. Down
there where the men come from you
must keep your hands off the pump
column and the pipes, and il you pick
up any iron tool you will at once put
it down without being told to do SO.
Down there they handle things with
gloves On, or wrap rags about the drills
they are guiding and iron apparatus
they are moving, and down there, too,
you will learn to keep your mouth
shut after you have drawn a few
mouthfuls of hot air into your lungs.
Perspire? 1t is no name for it. You
are like sponge that Ia being squeez-
ed, you are ready to believe that you
have Ten million pores to every square
inch of surface, or as many more as any
authority may mention, and that those
pores are as big as the cells of honey
comb. You go for ice water and it
almost seems to hiss as it passes down
your throat-yOu keep going for it, and
thus in short time, find out what be-
comes of the tons and tons Of ice that
are daily consumed in the mines. Re
main below among the miners for an
hour or two, and when you are finally
popped out at the top of the shaft, all
redhot and steaming, among the other
asparagus sprouts, you will appreciate
the beauty, the light and the cOOlness
of the upper world.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01

The recent discovery that the planet Mars
has two and possibly three satellites, is Of
course well known to our readers. Some sur
prise has been not unnaturally felt and ex'
pressed that the discovery that planet SC
near us was thus attended had not been made
many years ago by the observing astronomers
who are constantly sweeping the heavens with
their telescopes. But there is another reason,
possibly, for surprise, one which has not
to do with mere telescope observation,
and which we believe has not been alluded
to. 1t will be remembered that the famous
discovery of Neptune simultaneously by Ad'
ans and Leverrier was by calculation. They
were not observing astronomers, but great
ansthe 'naticans and geometers; and from GER
tain irregularities in the movements of Uranus,
the remotest planet of our system known be-
fore this time. they inferred that there must
be disturbing attraction somewhere. They
set themselves to work to discover what and
where the disturbing body could be; and
they figured out the amazing calculation SO
truly that at last they said to the observing
astronomers, "Turn your telescopes TO such a
place in the heavens, AID you will find a new
planet with such an orbit and such time of
revolution round the sum-" They did as they
were told, and there true enough was the
planet, one hundred and ninety million miles
away, the existence of which had never be.
fore been suspected by any one but its dis
coverers THIS beats Columbus out and out.
Now, ever since careful astronomical observa'
tions and calculations have been made, the
movements of Mars have been puzzle. His
perturbations baffied the astronomers to &C.
count for them. 7 his was SO well known
three hundred years ago that in the 'tFirst
Part of King Henry w." which is errone-
ously attributed TO Shakespeare, there is a
passage, which may possibly be Shakes
peare's, in which this battling perturbation ia
referred to and made use of with fine meta.
phorical effect. The French have just obtain
ed an unimportant victory over the English,
and the Dauphin Charles says:
Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens
So in the earth, to this day is not known.
Late he did shine upon the English side;
Now we are gictors.
These irregularities were an inexplicable puz.
zle until Kepler applied the clipse Of
ancient geometry to the solar system, and in
particular to the motions Of Mars, which he
did in 1909. 1t has since then been assumed
that the irregularities in question are due en-.
tirely to the very eiptical orbit of this planet.
But is it not posslble-we ask as layman,
as one of the faint nebulR might ask
that the newly discovered satellites had some
thing to do with the pcrturbatioDs, and that
little calculation might have also revealed
their existence e7-["Nebule," in the Galaxy
for November.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01

John Harris came very drunk to his home
in Sheffield, England, on Sunday night, Oc-
tober Z, and found his wife asleep in bed. To
amuse himself, he insta ltly dragged her out
of bed. Then he had another bright idea.
lie would bake her; there was the oven in
vitingly hot He stripped her naked and at
tempted to put her into the oven. Failing in
this attempt, he held her close to the fire,
now and then turning her around, 'like a
piece of beei," as she subsequently described
the scene. The woman's cries of agony
brought policeman into the house, who ar
rested Harris. The next day the brute was
brought before the police magistrate. And
sentenced TO five years Imprisonment? No;
he was asked ''to give bonds to keep the peace
for six months!''
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TEACHERS ExAMiNATlon.
1875.
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.

Land locked salmon are running HI
the S3ngo and Crooked rivers, in
, Maine, and are so numerous in some
places that they can be taken out with
the hand.
A grand International foot ball con-
test is shortly to take place between
teams composed ofstudents of Harvard
College and McGill University, Mon
treal, Canada.
i It Is announced that new Prussian
lOan'is about to be issued, the money
being required for the construction of
new railway lines. The loan will, 1t is
said, amount to one hundred million
marks.
There were but nine deaths in Au-
gusts, Maine, during the month OF
September, aud six of these were OF
persons whose ages ranged from sew
enty-eight to lightweight years.
Providence, Rhode Island, people
are anticipating reduction in the price
of gas for heating purposes to 81 per
thousand feet, and several parties are
preparing to attach gas pipes to their
furnaces, abe n 1Oning the use OF wood
and coal altogether.
The cultivation of tobacco in Germa-
ny occupies some fifty-fcur thousand
acres, principally in the Southern
States. The crop Is worth about
S45, 600, 600, and, ia spite of the enOr-
nous home consumption, consider
able quantity is exported every year.
The Lake Shore RaiIroad Company
have discharged sixteen engineers
eight each from thu Buffalo snd Erie
divisions-avowedly for attending
meetings in which the subject Of de-
msnding higher wages and more lib
eral arrangements were discussed.
One hundred thousand California
salmon eggs have been sent to the
Kentucky Fish Commissioners from
Chicago. A car containing 5000, 900
salmon eggs recently arrived there for
the United States Fish Commissioner.
At Lachute, Canada, the other day,
while two or three men were trying to
lift heavy sluice gate, young man
by danteringly offered to raise
it alone for fifty cents. The money
was paid and he did raise it, but i'm
mediately said: 81 have killed myself
iOi my SOhto3 duu uiCu oOOu ailci'
The New Jersey Presbyterian Synod
has SUSTAINED the findings of the New
ark Presbytery censuring DIR. See for
having allowed two women Oi another
to preacO in his pulpit
at the regu q. Sunday services.
Seven million seven hundred and
thousand persons voted in
France at the late elections. This is the
largest number known since 1848,
when z 1896, 900 voted. The Left pOlled-
A, 900 votes less than in 1876, while
the Right gsi led $4,000 from the
ranks of those voters who in 1876 re-
maiDed neutral.
A convict named Camp, who escaped
from Vermont State prison fifteen
years ago by tunneliDg under the wall,
and was caught only last year. has been
digging awap in the same
place. He was within one foot OF lib
srfy, and had somehow managed to
stuff his haversack with provisions and
clothing.
During the last ten years nearly a
million of acres in Great Britain, for
merry under grain crops, have been
inte pasture, meat having
so paying an article to raise;
but in the last Board of Trade report it
8 remarked that this conversion of ar
lble land into pasture has received
,heck as result of the large importa-
ion of American beef.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

"This," thought boy, while being
trounced by his found paps,''is very
much like q whale
The Rev. j. F. Gates has been re-
primanded by the Chicago Methodist
Confere ice for refusing to make peace
with his wife, with whom he had
lquarrelled.
The man who shoots himself on his
wife's grave may be crsZed with grief
or Q imply o-thirds drunk. The man
whO lives on and takes care of the child
ren is the one TO receive praise.
There is Al shop kept by an old maid
in New York. in the window of which
appear these words: mo reasonable
offer refused
Aprons are said to be fashionable in
possible to enduce servant girls 10 wear
them again in this country.
Grosshoppers are considered good
barometers 10 the West. After the
sudden descent of swarm to the earth
rain invariably falls within half an
hour.
A Western observer has discovered
that the reason why minstrels keep
corked is to prevent their jokes from
getting stale. ..a
A Boston society resolves that "busi-
ness is piracy, government coercion
and churches brotherhoods Of thieves
Pongo, the London gorilla, has been
honored by being reproduced in a burst.
The Loudn Daily Neirs comments the
work, but thinks the soft and playful
expression OF PongO's eyes Is beyond
the modeler's art.
Alas! alasl Here's one Andrew Jack
son arrested in Louisiana for tbree
years persistent hogsiesliDg. And, in
this connection, it is estimated that
there now languish in Southern peni-
tentiaries enough George Washingtons
to make good sized brigade.
A Boston coal HEAVIER, without faith
in savings banks, hid q package con-
tanning $S5 in woOd-pile, ana wnen
he went Tor it found to his sorrow ihss
only fragments worth about 70 were
left, rats having eaten up the rest.
A Massachusetts, young lady lately
went to visit her bfoIner, and, milling
in love " ith her brothers wife's iather.
married him, thus becoming her
brothers mother-in-iaw, and exasper-
ating him beyoud measure.
al will not learn q trade!" exclaim-
ed the young Chicago blood to his
father. But this business OF learning q
trade Is only u matter Of time, for with
in year that young man was study
ing harness making In the State prison.
A man 10 Sprague, Connecticut, dur
ing the last summer, noticed bees go-
ing from the caves OF his house and re-
turning loaded with honey. Several
days ago he took few clapboads from
the house and secured seventy-nvs
pounds of honey in the comb
A desperate fight between sea-
and A huge salmon was recently wit
messed near Dnudee, Scotland. The
battle lasted for more than an hour,
and resulted In a victory for the seal,
which afterwards rose to the surface
with the salmon In It's mouth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01

to height of thirty feet, in North America
there are no less than one hundred and forty
hence our forests fash ike the planc-Iree
that ''the Persian adorned with mantles and
jewels. s."-[From Appleton's Journal for No
vember.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01

FERNANDO WOoD is now, as hereto
fore, the best poker player in Con-
gress. His impassive face gives out no
indication OF the kind of hands he is
holding.
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CONSTIPATION.

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE of
GEORGIA-I have used Simmons Liver Reg
uIator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by q temporary arrangement OF the livar, for
The last three or four years, and always when
ussd according to the directions, with deciC ed
benent. think IL is a good medicine for the
derangement OF the liver-at least such has
been my personal experience in the use of it.
HIRAM WARNER.
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SICK HEADACHE.

EDlTORIAL-We have
tested Its virtues personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia. Bilious
ness; and Tnrsbbing headache,it
Is the best medicine the world
ever saw. We bave tried forty
otheI remedies before simmons
Liver Regulator, but none of
them gave us more than Tempo
rary relief; but the Regulstor not
only relieved, but cured u.s.
I'd. Telegraph and Messenger, Ma
e0n Ga
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REGWtAf OR I
MALARIOUS FEYERS,

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Of your Regulator as prepared by you. and re-
commend 1t to every one as the Lest preven.
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and must say that il has done mora good on
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If taken in time,
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N.soyIC DIRECTORY, 1877.

Belmont Sx i1'' '1'i1ht on or preceding the ful
cry "eU" JAMES BRYAN. W. N.
moon. - ss.c,v
:. cisirsvii,e Chapter. No. II Royal Arch
aasons meetsst Friday lay nish1 nnisshRNER sSgI HI.
IEsstE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
Relmout Council, r. and s. M. meess Oh tue
I'd nes,lay night of every m0ntp; NJ
&c nu II. r. BTIMGARNER, q. M.
Ed BAILY, Rec.
t,ona commandery No. 26 Of knlgnts IemP, ,n
% lpo..eIs IN the first Tuesday nlgnt % evSiS
month. '
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01

Six students in American colleges
have committed suicide in the past six
months.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01

THERE are one hundred farmers to
one saloon keeper in the Indiana peni-
tentiry.
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CHILDREN! Your Reg
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CASH paid for Beef Hides, Calf Skins.
and Sheep Pelts, by JAs OssosSk.
10-l9-4t.
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VANDERBILT Is discharging engi.
neers and firemen who engaged in the
great strike.
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/ HEADQUARTERS FOR
The New York herald., 1877-11-01

the privileges and rights OF any citizen TO
army and no distinction shall hereafter be
nude IN the assignment OF the soldier account OF
color or previous DESCENT that all arms OF the SER
vice. engineers. artillery, cavalry, Infantry signal
corps Irrespective OF color shall be open to him. It
iurher authorizes the President to n the Ninth and
Tenth cavalry, Twenty fourth and Twenty.nnh regi-
ments Of Infantry with enlisted without refer
ence or distinction OF color; that no shall his dis
creti'n in keeping these regiments above the mini
mum strength required by law, assigning men from
the general recruiting aud general
they are required by tho regiments without regard to
color II further provides that nothing the shall
be SO construed that the Ninth and Tenth cavalry
Twenty.fourth and Twenty 9th infantry are not
part OF the United States Army
THE CALLS FOR FIvE-TwENrIEs AND THE PLAc.
ING OF THE FOUR PER CENT LoAN-THE DEBT
STATEMENT.
Daring the month OF October there have been four
calls for the redemption Of 6vc-twcnty bonds ma.
turcd, amounting TO $40, 0OO, 900. Tho amount re-
doomed and paid for by gold check was $33 900, O0O
This included tho scattering bonds OF other calls
that had not previously In. This amount,
together with the coin deposited In the Treasury by
the Syndicate, will enable tho Secretary TO place
$4500O0o0 OF four per bonds in tho public debt
statement which will be issued to morrow. II is ex-
pccted that tho debt statement will show reduction
OF about 80, 600, 00O
The New York herald., 1877-11-01

issrati,n in ring 10 be elected President. Mr.
johnson hado sames edssigp. Each tried to create
party Tor hirsf snd witS absolutely materials for
the operation, and only gained the III will aud sus
picon OF the country Mr Hayes. on the contrary
pursues policy which has the consent OF the greatest
part OF his party, and Of almost the whole OF the
democratic side. Hc 10 not seeking his own advance
msnt but the good OF the country ana the soreheads
of his own party have hold on tho public and no
policy except vent their own grIeis. Again,
Mr. johnson tried hts policy In the faco Of
q united anil powerful party. having the popular
sympathy arll strong majority In both houses.
The opponenN OF Mr.. Hayes in minority in both
houses and cannot to-day pass single measure
noy or ombarrass him. They cannot even prevent in
the Senate the confirmation of any respectable and
1T nomination made by the President. They SEQ
themselves poweress, and though they may be weak
and angry enough 10 make still some absurd demand
upon the President such that he shall change his
Cabinet. they would only meet with quiet but con-
temptuous REFUSAL and it question to-day whether
they will place themselves in SO ridiculous position
Tho nomination Of Mr. Welsh ne Minister TO Eng
land has had excellent effect IL has brought tho
President allies and has increascd confidence In his
determination 10 go ahead the course no has chosen
In spite Of the machine politicians 1t is regarded as
a timely declaration Of his Independence OF bad in
nuencc. Mr.. Welsh will DO speedily con-
Hrmed and will the New York nomIna.
tions and oil the others which are still pend.
Ing, aud II would not surprise any one hero
who has watched what Is going on, If all wero con-
1rmed without perccptble republican opposition,
though not without fearful growing. The anti. Hayes
men will probably In tho end JOIN the procession but
at the tail of and good many OF them begin TO see
this
The New York herald., 1877-11-01
DIFFERENTIAL DUTIES.

DENIAL OF REPORTED ExAcrIoNs FROM THE
SPANISH GovERNMENT-ExrRA TONNAGE TAX
COLLECTED FROM SPANISH VESSELS TO BE
REFUNDED.
WASHINGTON. oct 81, 1877.
The following telegram TO tho Department OF state
from tho United States Minister at Madrid. dated DC.
tobcr ~ has bccn communicated TO tho Treasury Do
partmcnt:-
The Minister OF State that dlercutal du
ties levied In spanish port pebnsnar or colonial.
on American vessels
In pursuance OF this assurance that American ves-
sells In spanish ports pay other or higher duties
tonnage than Spanish vessels, tho Secretary OF the
Treasury will issue a circular to-day TO collectors OF
customs and others iDformipg them that hereafter
only iniry ton tonnage tax viii be collected
spanish vessels in Ancrican ports Collectors OF
customs authorized and directed 10 transmit cert-
ned statements In all cascs of the exaction at their
ports, under protest OF tonnage tax on spanish vcs
sells the ratio OF eighty cents per ton In order that
tho excess Of nty cents per ton may bo refunded.
The New York herald., 1877-11-01
PATENT LITIGATION.
THE GREEN CORN CANNING CASE DECIDED
AGAINST THE pArENTEE.

BALTIMORE, Nd, 0ct 81, 1877.
judges Bond and Giles, oil tue United Stitcs Circuit
Court, nlcd thor opinion oday the OF Jonn
wlnslow Jones va Louis McMurray, known as the
grccn corn patent canning case" dsmissng the ap.
pIication OF Jones Tor an Injunction TO restrain
McMurrny IRON putting up green corn IN ncrmcticay
sealed cans which was alleged TO be an infrngement
on patents hcld by Jones, resident Of Portland Me-
tho ptanuG TO pay costs
The New York herald., 1877-11-01

THE ENLIsTMENr IN TIE ABMY OF CoLoRED
cITIzENs-A DILL OF SENATOR BURNSIDE.
In tho Senate to-day Senator Burnside introduced
bill TO remove all restrictions existing regard
10 the enlistment of coorcd citizens IN any arm Of
the service OF tho United States army. Ii provides
that hereafter the word "coor shall not DO used 10
designate any soldier OF tho United States army; that
the colorcd ciiizcn shall DO entitled 10 oil