Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-17
ODDS AND ENDS.

ODDS AND ENDS
! Within the three years since tn
Philsdelphia Times was etarted il IA
had seventeen libel suits, sad hxs wOl
them all.
President Bsscom OF the Unlversy O,
wisconsin, eomes out emphaticaIiy II
favor OF the mixing Of girls and boys
In schools.
A Missouri farmer focnd his missing
daughter Ia tbs guise OF st. Joseph
Dewsboy. She bad on heing reprosch-
I'd with her u5eis ssn-sa AZ home, gone
out to earn her swn living.
All but 500 ni the population OF a.5Oo
In Cortland, N. Y, have signed the
Murphy pledge, and the liQuoE
business is ruined. "But this thing Is
bound 10 6l0v over" said dealer, ss
,e sal In his deserted bar room. sand
folks will bs thIr-tier than before"
On the I9fh. of January, the aruiver-
-sfy of Gen. r. e. Legs death. the
managers of the Monument Aseocia-
tiOn rQaes: The people of the South TO
.nske aspecisl effnrt to raise funds for
.i.e eret ton Of the memorial.
The Congressional directory shows
hat out OF 369 members OF Congress
.niy 1873 sre natives nf the States hieh
hey represent. Only one State. North
'IaIoiius, is REPRESENTED entirely hy
native born citizens, ). tile the dsIees.
tons " ten States do not containa
$;nS le native.
The At"hison Champion boasts that
ne oest building in every town in
K ,Daas, large or sipall, is invariably
sss iubl;c school, AID ,ha: the inyert-
d SCHOOL fund OF The State Slresiy
x~ead- sZ,OO0,009.
Tae Boston Board If Health has De-
iieti tnat dipitberia j. 20 disease
'tngefva5 t. ,ullic health, within
ae meaning 0fthe lsN, and il re-
intres physicians to report all cases
/ 'ccurring in their prActice.
A cave, supposed to be tramps' re-
sort, has been discovered st Wster-
bury, Conn. It is thirteen feet deep
and Is fitted up with stove, chsnde.
Tier, hunks, and other household
Con y6niences.
The Western Nail Association have
made another advance In the prics 81
nails 70 $3.50 per keg, and agreed Hpoa
z stoppage Of mills to lessen the pro-
iucii0n.
Gov. Hampton, of South Csrnlina,
uas directed the Sheriff Of Union
county to zee the law enforced
against the parties concerned in the
rescue OF prisoners from the revenue
officials. He proposes to remove the
Trail Justice and disband the rife
company implicated In resistance to
the laws -
The great Bonanza kings, Flood &
OBrien, who were suppo.ed to have
instigsted the Bland Silver bill, are
now understood to be opposed to ths
rem0netixstinn- Of silver.
rney favor moderate coinage OF tine
silver dollar, and believe that tbs
Governments war bonds should be-
paid principal and interest In gold.
A few months sgo, one OF the mas.
:efs OF country grammar school died.
the school building closed on the day
day OF the funeral. Joh0uy SmltiS
spent the time playing by poud nesr
his house. A few days since, HE
mother sent him to school o. usual, ,bus
Johnny preferred playing by the po0d.
where he met his father. His fsthss
inquired why he was cot stschOol,
Johnny said there was no school. and
when pressed for reason, replied. trj.
umphaHtly, That man Is dead again.
A Scotch professor IA the University
OF Edlnburg was experimenting befors5
his pupils with some combustIble SUBJ
stance, when, - he was mixing thsn-,
they expl0ded, shsttesiug the vial
shica he tSId, into Fragments. IA
held up 2 small piece Of glass, and sai.i,
very gNsvely, 'Gentlemen, / hays
,Isde this experiment often with this
very Same visl, and never knew it t.
oresk In my hands before
A man wss Ehe. ling . barrow
across churcbysrsf mt twenty DsileS
rom Manchester, England, when he
vas ihrestened by the clergymsn with
coDdign puishment for his daring ONT
rage in poliufing his cvnsecrstef
ground by his wheelbarEow. The
man. scratching his head, said: Il ,iil
1ot know but the wheeibarToW vaS
,-lnseersted too, for borrowed It. of
ne sexton
Spusyeou Gays he has often thought,
= hen hearing certain preachers Uf =
righ order speaking 10 he yoaBg. that
hey must have understood the Lor
10 say, Feed my csinel0pardS, instes
II NV lambs, for nothing bat girsff.i
: 'uld reach any spiritual food from tina
lofty mex on which they place 1t,
Jeremy Taylor says Of marriage: IL
'Ou are for pleasure, marry; If sou
prize your health, marry;if money BE-
your object, marry. A good wife Is
Heavens last best gilt to man, his an-
sal and minister OF graces ianumera'
'.e, his gem Of many virtues. his cas-
,et OF jewels
Hogg says-'It is curious fact that
are the best Judges OF chsrac'
er al first sight in the world. There
. an old Scotch proverb-sThey are
lever cannie that dogs aud bairns din'
10 iike;' and there is not = more true
me In the whole collection.
Right Is right, though only one man
o Thousand pursuse 1t; and wrunR
viii be forever wrong, though u b
he allowed practice Of the other nine
hundred and ninety-nins.
He who receives q good turn should
lever forget II; he who does one should
lever remember IL.
What You Can Get for $500.
FOR $500 you can gef from ~ OF say