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Farm for.Sale.

The farm belonging to the estate of
the late A. Thompson, situated on the
st. Clairsville and Cadiz pike, four miles
from st. Clairsville, containing 100 acres,
is offered for sale. For particulars ap-
ply to Mrs. NJ. Thompson, at j. W.
Shouse's near the place or address at st.
Clairsville. 10, 9-3t.
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KEEP your bowels and kidneys in a
healthy state by the use of KidneyWOrt.
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Administrafrixss Xntino

NOTICE is hereby given that in the Pro-
~ bate Court of Belmont county, Ohio. the
undersigned was appointed and qualified as
Adminlstratrlx of the estate of Ezra Thorn.
Derry, decd, late of said cOuHty.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
queSted to make immediate payment, and
tnose having claims against said estate will
present them duly authenticated, for settle
ment JOSEPHINE TuopSnr,nr1r
IO-J oI- Admr'Y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-10-30

On the 7th of March, 1878, valuable
horse was taken from the stable of Ma
than Mills, residing on the extreme
northwestern section of this county,
near Moorefeld. Suspicion fastened
upon John R. Picket, who was arrested
shortly afterwards, but made his escape
from the officer. The horse was recov-
cred at Milford Center, and returned to
the owner. Since the escape of the sus-
pected thief, officers have been on the
lookout for him, but without success,
until last Thursday, when he was found
by Constable Johns, of Columbus, work
ing in brickyard, at his home in Union
county, and by authority of a warrant
issued May 18th, 1879, by Squire John
Moore, Jr., of Flushing township, he was
arrested and brought to jail in this
place OH Friday. A preliminary hearing
was had before Justice Pratt, on Tues
day, and in default of surety for $500
for his appearance at Court, the prisoner
was remanded to jail to await the action
of the Grand Jury.
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State of Ohio, County of Belmont, IS:
l. DID T CowEN, President of the above
named Bank, do solemnIy swear that the
above statement is true to the best ofm
knowledge and belief.
d COWEN, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sth
day OF Oct, 1873.
FIN CowEN, Notary Public.
DAVID BROWN,
Go,Tect-Auest: GEORGE BROWN,
c. TROLL,
lO-9-S Directors.
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REV. JONATHAN PERKINS. of Hen
drysburg, is visiting friends in Kansas.
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MARRIED.

GIBS0N-RODGERS-Oct. u. 1879. at
the residence of the brides parents, by
Rev. J. W. Moore. James f. Gibson. of
Powhatan, to Hattie d. Rodgers. of
ClarinptOn.
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Fer sale or Exchange.

\ farm of 16O acres choice land, stu
ated in Chataqua county. Kansas, two
miles from the town of Peru. Good
dwelling house on farm. VIII sell or
exchange for property in Belmont or
Monroe county, Ohio. Address.
OLIVIA TAYLOR.
90 % 2tJ Armstrong; Mills, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-10-30

WITHIN TWO WEEKS most terrible
affiictiOn has befallen the family of Jos.
Bowman, tenant on the farm of JEFF
ferson Brown, in Colerain township, by
which five bright-eyed, interesting little
children have been called away. 0cto-
Der 18th, Josie Bowman, aged years,
died from an attack of diphtheria of a
most malignant type; on the 18th, Alice,
aged 10; on the 22d, Tommy, aged ); on
the 25th, Ella, aged I, and on the 27th
Clara, aged 8, died from the same dis
ease. Three weeks ago, the family con-
sisted of eight persons father, mother,
and six lovely children. The parents
were poor in purse, but rich in reputa-
tion and good works. -Four of the chill
dren, whose names are now enrolled in
the Book of Life, were regular attend
ants upon the Sabbath School class of
Miss Lizzie Theaker, in the Presbyteri-
All School at FarmingtOn-and their
teacher bears testimony to their sweet
disposition and lovely character The
parents, broken in spirit and bowed in
grief, are confined to their bed, life ap-
parently having lost its charms for
them. Tie case is more than ordina-
ry sad one, and the sympathy of the good
people of the neighborhood in which
they live, is shown in numerous acts of
kindness, which is being extended them.
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Pittsburgh, Cincinnati &
St. Louis r. r.
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Time Table East and West.

Time Table East and West.
NOV. II, 1879
Trains leave the Pandle Depot, foot of Elevo
enth street. Wheeling. w. Va, near Publi>
landing, daily except Sunday, columbus tlmer
az follows:
GOING EAST,
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You will find at this popular Drug Store
anything and everything usually kept in first
class drug stores. Prescriptions careful y
COMPOUNDED.
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EDITOR Gaumer and wife are visiting
relations in Muskingum Co. this week.
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.Drlgs,P ,PailtS,OilS,V VaPliSlRS,
Brushes, Lamp Fixtures,
rRUSSES, DYE C0LoRS
and all the popular
Patent Medicines!

We invite the attention of Physicians to
our line of CHEMICALS, FLUID EXTRACTS AND
FINE DRUGs, which have been selected with
special care, at wholesale and retail.
WEST d GILMORE,
G0,23-tf) Bank Building, BRIDGEPoRT, o.
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@Cheabest and Best. -
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MEMS BOOTS.

Fine calf button shoe, cheapest
dress shoe in the market. .6a9 ? 90
Fine calf buckle, do. 10
"Bf tie and lace, warranted 90
~ BOYS Boots and Shoes in proportion.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
The Wasp and the Bee.

In a garden sweet and fair,
Once bright and busy pair
Held brief conversation on lily.
" Mr.. Wasp" remarked the Bee,
Your maneuvers puzzle me,
You must either be lazy rogue, or silly.
In the school where you were taught,
Was the fact before you brought
That our tt ne is equivalent to money?
Now for days and days we've met
Mid the pinks and mignonette,
But you meyer seem to carry any honey!"
Said the Wasp: "You make me smile
With your blunt, outspoken style,
You have many things to learn, I must de.
clare;
For thousand sunny hours
You've been pumping at the flowers.
And you never dreamed of poison being there,
" From the phlox and columbine,
Bleeding heart and eglantine,
Soon your treasury of honev-comb you fill;
While |, coming in your wake.
From the self-same blossoms take
All the rankest sort of poison by the gill.
" Let me whisper in your ear:
l have found while roaming here
Over garden, over orchard, over field
That the fairest growth of flowers
Which adorn these haunts of ours,
The most deadly kind of poison often Yields .
"Bless my sting!" exclaimed the Bee,
every day we live to see
Will some wonder carry with it, suppose
Who would think nauseeus drug
Could be stored away so snug,
In the heart of such a blossom as roses"
And, with that it flew away,
To field of blooming hay,
On the buttercup and clover to alight;
While the wasp set out to find
Something suited to his mind.
And was soon IN camela out of sight.
Palmer Coz: st. Nicholas for March.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
The Brown, Blue and Gray.
BY H. G. PARSONS,

The watchers were weary, and train time was
nigh,
There was protest and pleading, and fearful
goodbye,
We laid the three gently upon the white bed,
And tenderly pillowed each sorrowful head.
The lips were all silent, and soft were the
sighg;
On the right lay the dark waves, that rippled
with gold,
On the left flowed the silver that never was
And the wing of the raven between.
The 0ToTn bS latS eyes said' closing-'1 hope you'll
Inc 0us you eyes Wsi}y yet ct tremDled"How lors can
Inc gray, ray dark with pleading, were cios.ag
III Ihe hush Of His angel was stilling the air
Ane otG~n t hands lay crossed and pressed in
The white hands lay lost in the fold of the
lace;
In velvet ana dimples the hand that wa.
stirred;
The breath ofbthe sleepers was all that I
And the shrek of the incoming train.
I twice kissed the proud lips,-the ruby lip.
twice.
Ihe lips that were poutlng | turned to them
thrice,
Then hurried forth blind in the pitiless rain
And into the night on the outgoing train
But think while I bent over tresses and
bands
All my hea art strings were caught by the mo-
tionless hands;
For whenever wait and wherever roam
They are driving me on, they are drawing me
home,
While droono of 4bo hr>w, h1,, 49,.
gray
-tScribrer for Idreh
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
The Sensational Preacher.

He is apt to think more of saying a
''smart," "telling," or a "taklng" thing
than of communicating the truth. In
this way he uses extravagant epithets,
gives exaggerated descriptions, and mag
nifies or distorts features for the sake of
effect. Even so noble a man as Thomas
Guthrie once said, in regard to the prep
aration of a sermon, "It is like the drop
scene in a theatre, you must lay on the
color thick" But, with all Difference to
such authority, that advice is exceeding
ly pernicious. For he who consciously ex-
aggerates does at the same time blunt
the edge of his conscience. Every time
he deviates from or adds to the real state
of the case he makes himself worse man.
Truth is the girdle of character, and he
who loosens that is on the way to loose
ness in other departments of morality.
He is on an inclined plane, and may some
day produce the biggest sensation of his
life by a terrible iasco. For the tempta-
tion is to 60 on. His hearers become
accustomed to the dose, the appetite
grows "by what it feeds on" and, in or
der to have the effects which were at first
produced, they crave for something
stronger. He seeks to meet that new de-
mand just as he sought to meet the first,
and so it increases until the fippant has
become the irreverent, and the irreverent
has become the protane, and the profane
becomes the impure; or until the odd has
become the heretical, and the man who be-
gan with throwing aside conventionalities
eRds by parting with the central verities
OF the Gospel. We do not affirm that all
this has actually happened in any indi-
vidual case, but the drift and tendency
of sensationalism are in that direction;
and, in DAY when some who are guilty
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

o'her, and there sits the only man who can
tell it." with nod at Tom Penhallow.
HDon't be too hard meH' said Tom. ssI
meart to deliver the package safely when l
took it; did, on my soul but l was busy that
night, getting ready to 20 to Boston, and I
thought it would not make any great odds
whether went then or not You often stayed
away over night, SO thought they wouldn't
worry.
"Well, hadn't all the money I wanted to
buy my stores, and I used some of that; but
meant to replace it; but a man that was ow-
ing me did not pay, so I couldn't just then
and by-acd-by saw a notice that the Tenn
pestiwas wreckcd,a and all aboard lost.
$50 said to myself or Satan whispered in
my car, Who'll be the wiser if keep the
money? The rest you know, so where's the
use of going over it? Pve PLAYED my game
and lost it, so there's the end"
Yes, Tom had played his game and lost it
lost reputation, lost friends, lost his promised
bride; and in a short time he left Oldport for
good driven from thence by the force of pub
lie sentiment.
As to Jessie, when David asked her if she
had kept the rose, she owned that she had,
and he assured her that he had brought her
back just what she requested-himself. So
it was bargain.
"Didn'tI tell you our David always lit on
his feet" said Faith.-Ruth Chesterfield.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
Josh Billings Cough-DrOps.

The philosopher, Josh Billings. has the
following in his Farmers Astminqz for
1879:
Bachelors are alwus braggin ov their
freedom freedom to darn their own
stockings and poultice their own shins.
L had rather be widower once in 2 years,
reglar, than tew be grunting, old, hair
dyed bachelor only TOR 20 days.
Ambishun tew shine in everything il
a sure way tew put mans kandell all
out.
Sucking Wright sillybub thru a rhy
straw il good deal like trieing to liv on
tuty.
Sum people won't beleave emmy thing
they kant prove; the things I kant prove
are the very things | beIeave the most.
Good examples among the rulers, are
the best laws they kan enakt.
One ov the saddest sights ov all to me.
II an old man, poor and deserted, whom
once knew living in-ease and luxury.
He who spends his younger DAYS in
disapashun jz morgaging himself tew
disseaze and poverty, two inexorable
creditors, who are certain to forecIose at
last, and take possession ov the premises.
The world owes all its eneryys and re-
flnements tew luxu-ys-- digging roots for
breakfast and going naked Tor clothes. il
the VlrteWors innocence oy lazy savage.
Prudes are coquels. goGe to seed.
A dandy IN love iz in just about az bad
fix az stick ov moiassis candy that haz
half melted.
There IL no good substitute for wisdom,
but silence IL the best that han been dis
covered yet.
There is lots of folks in this world who
| rather than not find fault at all wouldn't
hesitate tew say tew an angle worm that
his tail was altogether too long for the
rest ufhiz body.
A man who is good company for him
self IL always company tor others.
Cunning is very apt to outwit itself; the
man who turned the boat over and got
under it tew keep out of the rain was
one ov this kind.
never knew but one infdel in mi life,
and he had no more courage than a half
drowned kitten jest pulled out ov a
swill barrel, and wuz az afraid ter die az
the devil would be if he waz allowed tew
| visit the earth tor a short season to re-
cruiG himself.
l have seen men who had worn out
their vices and supposed, ov course, that
they waz lying on the virtues.
What man il the most afrade ov he
sez he don't beleave in; this may account
for some mems unbelief in he'll.
The man who dies the richest il the
one who leaves the least here and takes
the most with him.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

A family residing in the southern part
Of the city had pet dog, and said dog
was provided with all the comforts his
canine nature required. But one day
during the late visitation be had got out
of doors without its being discovered for
some time, and then he was found on
his back and frozen stiff in death, as was
naturally supposed. The lady of the
house, on ascertaining the pets condition,
and satisfied of his death, directed her
little son to throw the body over the fence,
when the boy suggested that they should
place it by the fire and try to thaw it back
to life; and, placing the apparently de-
funct dog on rug, the little son com
menced chatting the paws and nose. The
mother, forcing open the dogs mouth
sufficiently, poured down his throat some
hot whisky toddy, and signs of returning
animation began to be manifested, and in
due time the little animal was on his legs
again, and is now, it is claimed, as sue
cessful live dog as can be found any
where. This may seem rather a tough
story, but the head Of this family. gentle
man we'll known on 'Change and of un-
doubted veracity, says it is a fact.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
Very Rich.

He had been sitting still so long that
the mother expected to find him asleep
when she looked around and asked:
swell, Harry, what are you thinking
off"
Ma, are we very richs" he solemnly in
quired, by way of reply.
I'm one way we are," she said; "your
father says he values me at three million
dollars, you at two millions. and the baby
at one"
That closed the conversation on that
subject, but next morning, as Harry was
getting on his overcoat he examined the
new patch which had been added, and
coolly observed: :!
"Well, think father had better sell
off about half of you or the whole of the
baby, and get the rest of US some decent
dud5 to put on"
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

of it are riding on the top of the wave, it
is proper to warn young preachers of the
peril that is incurred bv entering on such
a course e-1he North american Reuieao.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

Some of the new pretty shapes for
chi.dren's round hats have wide faring
brims, which are turned up at one side;
the crowns are high and pointed, some
what in the Tyrolean shape. The ''Sylvia"
has a strai ght, high crown and broad,
flexible brim. The "Ethel" is the same
with the brim raised at the side, and the
crown is a little more pointed. These
come in ready trimmed straws.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
Marine Cradle Song.

Marine Cradle Song.
Sleep, my baby, beside the fire,
Sleep, child, sleep;
Winds are wailing. higher and higher,
Waves are rising higher and higher,
Sleep, child, sleep;
While thy father, out on the sea,
Tolls all night for thee and me-
Sleep, my baby, content and blest,
Sleep, child, sleep;
Whether the heart in thy mothers breast
Be light or heavy so best! so best!
Sleep, child, sleep;
While thy father, out on the Sea,
Tolls all night for thee and me.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

The young man who wrote and asked
his girl to accept of "bucket' OF flowers,
became little pale when she said she
wooden wear it.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

'Be careful how you prnctuate the
stove," is the latest. It means not to put
too much colon.
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

Fhc Country Parsons Donation.
They carried pie to the parsons house
And scattered the floor with crumbs,
And marked the leaves of the choicest books
With the print of their greasy thumbs.
They piled the dishes high and thick
With lot of unhe althy cake.
While they go5bled the buttered toast and
rolls
Which the parsons wife did make.
They hung round Clyte's classic neck
Their apple parings for sport,
AND everyone laughed when a clumsy lout
Split his tea in the piano-forte.
Next day the parson went down on his keees
With his wife. but not to pray:
Oh no, twas to scrape the grease and dirt
From the carpet and stairs away!
Daily globe., 1879-03-23
Fun In Rhyme.


Now wait the warmth and fragrant spring
When bees will hum and birds will sing
And bursting bud to bloom aspire
John! Dump some coal upon that fire!
Graphic
Shovel, brothers, shovel with care
Shovel if none of your neighbors dare.
Shovel IN the teeth of the Nor'westare.
Shovel in spite of the biting air.
Shovel path for the passengaire.
Our Grandf. ther's Watch.
Our Grandfather's ticker
Was to big for his vest,
So he wore it in his duster tail pocket:
And one day goin' to town
In that farm wagon of our'n
The jouncin' of the vehicle bruck it.
All of sudden his big hand
Under his duster tail he ran,
AS his eyes and his mouth he opened wide:
But it had stopped short,
Never to tick again
And the old man cried Yonkers Gazette.
The st. Louis I iaaes j Journal, through
Euge1e Fields, thus gets at geographical
derivatives:
"Now." in a Chill tone she said,
II will be Frank, tits true
Altho' you Arab brilliant catch,
do no. Caffre you!"
20, lady, Dane to hear my suit
This heart is Scot by thee"-
May, sir, cannot heed your words
For you Arnaut to mel"
"'Tis Welch,' she added, freezingly,
"Since Siam pressed so far,
To Hindoo you no longer here,
And so, good sir, Tartarv'
What Ottoman like me to do"
Bewailed the stricken man;
"l'll Finnish up my mad career
And wed the Gallican!"
Daily globe., 1879-03-23

Now wait the warmth and fragrant spring
When bees will hum and birds will sing
And bursting bud to bloom asp pire-
John! Dump some coal upon that ti-e!
-Qrurb5c
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Chinese Beauties.


a Canton (China) letter-writpr sayg:
never could find out precisely what IL
the great joy Of n Chinese woman's life.
but think 1t must be the dressing of her
hair; and, truly, this is done with an
elaborate. artistic science, curious 10
see. This Embarrassing IL the one ac-
complishmcnt of the Chinese ladies. oc
cupying the same place that music and
drawing have in the education of our
owa women. Their ,hair IL invariably
black ana very long. II is drawn back
tightly from the face and stifIcncd with
Il gum made from some kind Of wood
1t il piled up in a wonderful pyramid
of bows, loops, wings. leaves, flowers.
rolls, all so stiff that they stand alone
without the aid Of pads, roulcttcs, puifs
or hair pins. Not n single hair Is astray.
the whole being highly polished, or,
should say, ycncercd, which keeps It
smooth for nearly a week, when the
fabric is taken down and rcmodcled.
How do they sleep ?" asks curious
reader. They have a small leather pill
low. which fits underneath the back of
the neck and keeps the head in settled
position. Others have a case or box in
which they put the whole head comfort
ably. and which protects the cOiifurc
from being disordercd. II is, beyond
question. the most intricate structure
that could be reared with hair. and
adorned with flowers and gems is both
an elegant and imposing head-dress.
Few women are taught 10 read or
write, whereas every boy is instructed by
the monks in reading and handling the
paint brush. with which their writing
is effected. ! was surprised to find in
this so-callcd bcnightcd cotunry that
even the coolic icchain-bcarcrs could read
IL must be remembered, however. that
this much education is insisted upon by
the government merely 10 fit men for
til" proper discharge Of their respective
callings. and not from any abstract idea
Of disseminating knowledge or "Cul-
turc among the masses II "A boy dis
plays quickness at his lesson hc does
not necessarily aspire Ia become "A clerk
instead Of a coolic-a mode Of progress
sion which. if universally carried out.
would leave the world without any
manual workers nj all.
There are no spinstcrs in China except
the nuns, who dedicate their yirginiiy 10
Buddhz. These ladies shave their heads
like the Buddhist priests and thus de-
priye themselves Of the only sign Of gen
dcr-thc hair Is dressed IN teapot.
paid them visit in nn old tumblc-down
convent, more intricate Of navigation
than even the mandarinF' laby rinthinc
palaces. They visit the sick and perform
ceremonies over them which are consid-
cred alike beneficial for this world and
the next. These women are reared for
their calling, like the ycsial virgins Of
the Romans.