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Pearls of Thought.

Want of care does US more damage
than want of knowledge. e.,y~,sy-
If the memory of an injury is cher.
ished it is not forgiven. F
One trouble sometimes makes US for
get thousand mercies.
1t is barren kind of criticism which
tells you what thing is not.
A cheerful face is nearly as good fol
an invalid as healthy weather.
Recollect that trifes make perfection
and that perfection is no tritle.
Chaplin once said beautifully: "Tht
fatal fact about the hypocrite is that he
is hypocrite."
Men are vainer about those qualities
which they fondly believe they have
than of those they really have.
A new thought may be false; if it is
it will pass away. When the new truth
has come to life it bursts the old husks
If we keep well and cheerful and the
mind constantly active we never grow
old. By and by and by We get to the end
of the journey but we never grow old.
Kind words are bright flowers OF
earthly existence; use them, and espe-
cially around the freside circle. They
are the jewels beyond price, and power
fol to heal the wounded heart and make
the weighed-dewn spirit glad.
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POETRY.
The Old Church Bell.
BY COL. W. II. SPARKS.

Ring on, ring on, sweet Sabbath bell
Thy mellow tone l love to hear,
I was boy when first they fell
In melody upon my ear;
In those dear days long past and gone.
When sporting here in boyish glee,
The magic of thy Sabbath tone,
Awoke emotions deep in me.
Long years have gone,and have strayed
Out DER the world, far, far away,
But thy dear tones have round me played
On every lovely Sabbath day.
When strolling O'er the mighty plains
Spread widely in the unpeopled West,
Each Sabbath morn I've heard thy
strains
Tolling the welcome day of rest.
Upon the Rocky mountains crest,
Where Christian feet have never trod,
In the deep bosom of the West
I've thought of thee and Worshlppeo
Godi
Ring on, sweet bell! I've come again
To hear thy cherished call TO prayer.
There's less of pleasure now than pain
In those dear tones which fill my ear.
Ring on, ring on, dear belli ring on!
Once more I've come with whitened
head
To hear thee toll. The sounds are gone!
And ere this Sabbath day is sped
/ shall be gone, and may no more
Give ear to thee, sweet Sabbath belll
Dear church and bell, SO loved of yore,
And childhood's happy home, farewell.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
Who Kissed Away the Tears.

Is anything stranger than the human
heart? Nature sends frail, green vine
creeping across the earth to reach a grim
wall and cover its ugliness-to reach a
dead branch and cover it with life. We
bless nature as we see these things, and
yet we do not realize that human hearts
are ever doing the same. One day, months
ago, rosy-faced child looking from a
window saw a queer old man go limping
past. 1t tapped on the pane and the old
man looked up. The sight of that sweet
face opened his old heart, and he went
on his way feeling richer than for many
a month past. He was the grim wall
the child was the green vine. He pass
ed again. and again the child was at the
window, and for days and weeks they
never missed seeing each other. At each
meeting the vine crept nearer the wall
the wall appeared less grim and for
bidding. One day the "wall' laid aside
his old hat for better one. Another
day he had new coat. Again he was
cleaned shaved, and the wine" scarcely
recognized him. No one knew the old
man, but all knew that he was feeling
the influence of the "vine."
A week ago as khe passed he miss
ed the face at the window. Was he too
early or too late? He fingered and look
ed and seemed lost. 1t was the same
next day, but kind heart pitied him
and sent out word that the child was
sick. The green vine had reached the
wall only to be blighted. Two days
more and there was Grape on the door.
The child was dead. 1t had fallen asleep
in death without struggle, knowing
nothing of the grand hereafter, but hav-
ing no fear. On its pale cheek was
tear-a single tear-which glistened
like diamond. No hand dared wipe
that tear away. 1t seemed a tie between
the present and the past-the living and
the dead.
"Please can l see the-the childp 1t
was the old man-the grim wall-who
knocked timidly at the door and spoke
thus. They knew him by sight, and
they led him into the room where the
vine lay dead. He stood over the coffin
for moment. lips quivering and eyes
full of tears, and then he bent over and
kissed the face which would watch for
him no more. When he had gone they
looked for the tear. He had kissed it
awayl Old and poor and unknown, he
had reaped treasure such as all the
millions of the world could not buy
Detroit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

The leading Scientist OF to-day agree tha
| most disease are caused by disordered Kid
neYs or Liver. If, therefore, the Kidneys anG
Liver are kept in perfect order, perfect health
will be the result. This truth has only been
known short time and for years people suf.
fered great agony without being able to find
relief. The discovery of Warmers Safe Kid
treatment of these troukles. Made from q
sim pie tropical leaf of rare value, 1t contains
just the elements necessary TO nourlsh and
lnvigorate both of these great organs, and
safely restore and keep them in order. 1t is
q POSITIVE REMEDY for all the diseases
that cause pains IN the lower part OF the body
for Torpid Liver. Headaches. Jaundloe, Dis
and all difficulties of the Kidneys. Liver and
Urinary Orgsps.
IL is an excellent and safe remedy for fe>
males during Pregnancy. II will control
MeDstruation and is Invaluable Tor Leucor~
rhCea or Falling Of the Womb.
asa Blood Purifier IL is unequaled, for IL
cures the organs that make the blood.
g. .a.rr READ THE RECORD.
II saved my life."-E b 1.akely, Selma, Ala.
"It is the remedy that will cure tine many
diseases peculiar to women. .''-Mothers' Magz
ut has passed severe tests and won endorse
ments from come of the highest medical
talent in the ecountry."-N World.
mo remedy heretofore discovered can be
held for one moment in comparison with
it."-Rev @ Harvey, DID, Washington. d
This remedy, which has done such wonders,
any medicine upon the market, and Is solo
by Druggists and all dealers at 81 % per bot
tie. For Diabetes enquire for WARMERS
SAFE DIABETES CURE. 1t is POSITIVE
II. H. WARNER & co.. Rochester N
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Sex i'm Eggs.


A correspondent of the London Jour,
nal of Horticulture says: LAST winter
an old poultry keeper told me he could
distinguish the sex in eggs. laughed
at him and was none the less skeptical
when he told me the following secret
Eggs with the air bladder in the center
of the crown of the egg will produce
cockerels; those with the bladder on one
side will produce pullets.. The old man
was so certain Of the truth of his dog.
ma, and his poultry yard so confirmed it,
that determined to make experiments
upon it this year. l have done so, care
fully registering the egg bladder yerti-
cal, or bladder on one side, rejecting ev-
cry one which was not decidedly one or
the other, as in some it is very slightly
out of the center. The following is the
result: Fifty-eight chickens were hatch
ed, three are dead and eleven are yet too
young to decide upon their sex !; of the
remaining forty-fonr, every one has
turned out true to the old mans theory
This, of course may be an accidental
coincidence, but l shall certainly try
the experiment again
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

BY the breaking of a tight-rope al
Flushing, L. l., Prof. Dare was fatally
| injured.
The material which Mark Twain is
now collecting in his Southern journey
is to be worked into an illustrated book
which will contain also the sketches OF
the Mississippi which Twain wrote sew
eral years ago for the Atlantic.
The deepest coal mine shaft in Eng
land is at the Ashton ctlliery. near Man
chester, which has pierced the earth to
the depth of 2,s2O feet. The largest air
current is at the Bradford colliery, near
Manchester, which extends over eight
miles.
The Methodist condemns the Auto
crat of the Breakfast Table" as posi-
tive and even violent anti Christian pro-
ductiOn, and reckons DR.. Holmes "about
the most aggressive as well as the most
insinuating of the whole school of Bos-
ton agnostics:"
Barnes, the Kentucky revivalist, under
whose preaching Colonel Abe Buford
the noted turfman, was converted, be-
lieves that there are horses in heaven.
The Louisville Post thinks that this ac-
counts for bis great success in convert
ing Kentuckians, as "a Kentucky man
would utterly scorn heaven without IA
race horse attachment"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

"A good old preacher of the Meth
odist persuasion officiated one day at a
funeral in Massachusetts, and at the
close had word of inquiry ard advice
as is the local custom, with many of the
audience. Among others he approached
lady, stranger to him. who was visit
ing in the neighborhood, and, after
shaking hands, asked her if she was on
the way to heaven. "Yes," she promptly
answered, "and if you come that way
should be pleased to have you call" The
good old man, horrified at such seeming
levity, turned away without reply, when
friend, sitting near, demonstrated with
Mrs. -, who, still more. Mortified at
her mistake, said she understood him to
ask if she WAS on her way to Hudson,
where sne lived.
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I Shall Not Want.

] shall not want; in deserts wild
Thou spread'st Thy table for Thy child ;
While grace, in streams for thirsting
souls,
Through earth and heaven forever rolls.
1 shall not want; my darkest night
Thy loving smile shall ELL with light;
While promises around me bloom,
And cheer me with divine perfume.
1 shall not want; Thy righteousness
My soul shall clothe with glorious dress,
My blood-washed robe shall be more
fair ~ F n
Than garments kings or angels wear. s.
shall not want; whate'er is good,
OF daily bread or angels food, "a
Shall to my fathers child be sure
So long as earth and heaven endure.
-lRev. Chas. F. Deems, d. ID.
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Weeds in the Garden.

Every one has garden called Conver-
sation. If the unpleasant words which
blossom into thoughts are kept out, the
garden becomes beautiful and interest
ing. There are a few kinds of weeds,
which uneonsciously creep into this
garden, and unless they are cut down, or
better. pulled out, they injure and spoil
the good flowers:
1. UNTRUTH.-This is dark-leaved,
and so small at tirst that it is scarcely
noticed. In its early stages it is called
exaggeration. You are not sure wheth-
er you saw three or four things and you
say four. The Hext time the number
becomes larger. and so the weed grows
until it is strong and hardy. Be sure
and pull it up.
3. SLANG.-This spoils many garden
ofchoiee flowers. 1t is sometimes over
Hooked in boys, but is not considered to
have any beauty.
8. BAD GRAMMAR.-This is a common
weed found in the gardens of uneduca-
ted and careless persons. Itgrows SLOW
ly but steadily, and finds place beside
the incest looking flowers. There are a
number of varieties, and among them
are Il seen," which chokes ups saw
or Il have. seen;" "it's her'H," which
crowds Cnt sit is hers" and sit isme.' y
which grows Gloss to the little plant sit
is ]" ,eH E.sEf- 3
4. GossIP.-Every one knows this ug-
ly weed which works mischief wherev-
er it appears. 1t is one of the varieties,
and has been known to over-run and
spoil the gardens in which it was allow
ed to grow.
These are the principal weeds which
find their way into the garden of con-
versation. Examine the one belonging
to you and see what weeds are gaiuing
headYay.-Scholars Companion.
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Austin Justice.

What" exclaimed an Austin Justict
to &. colored culprit, shave you the au
dacity to say you do not recognize this
pocket-book?
"Yes, sah."
But it was found in your possession.
"In my what, did yer say, Jedgep
"In your possession. This pocket
book was found in your pocket, sir"
'Jedge, you has done tole two stories
about dat ar. Fust, yer said hit wa:
foun' in my possession, and den yel
lowed hit was foun' in my pocket. Boft
dem yarns can't be true. Eff de Jedges
or de bench can't tell de troof hits nc
wonder dat poor miserable niggat
like got led astray." 81
The Justice drew long breath, and
once more producing the pocket book
said:
Z "You denied just now that you had
ever seen this pocket book. l now ask
you again, did you ever see this pocket
book before?"
"Why, of course. Hit am de same one
you showed me minute ago. Yer must
be losln' yer mind, Jedge."
Remanded.to jail without baill Tex.
as Siftings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

Chicago is the largest lumber market
in the world. The single item of sawed
lumber received there in ISL weuld lay
an inch flooring fourteen feet wide
round the earth at the equator. The
amount af lumber manufactured in the
three States of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota during 1881 would lay such a
floor fiftyy' feet wide.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
For SaIe.-PlHmouth Rocl

For Sale.-Plymouth Rock eggs from
our fine yards al S1.5O per sitting; two
sittiRgs, $3.50; three sittings, $500. Our
Plymouth Rocks are truly the farmers
fowl; large size and good layers; four
fine yards. Order early. Call on or ad-
dress J. II. Denham, Box 221, ST. Clairs-
vile, Ohio. 't 1924 S9-4m
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

Gentlemen: 1 have used your Brewster sic e.
bar buggies for teur years, together with bug
gies that cost me 500 and $3.50, and your bug
giles were the first that went out, on account
of being side-bar; they have not cost me IS for
repairs, and those have sold of your make
have given good Satisfaction; think that you
make the cheapest and best road wagons that
are made in the United States for the money.
Lawrence, Kas, Resp'y, P. NJ. HAMLIN.
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Dear ISirs: l have been using your buggies
and phetons in my business for over three
years, aud can cheerfully recommend yeur
work; and buggies that can stand the work in
livery stable must be of good material, and as
long as you give me the same good material
and style as you have been doing l shall use
no other work than the work Of the Columbus
Buggy Com pany, of Columbus. Ohio.
Resp'y. EARNEST BURGDORF,
Washington, d. @. Livery and Sale stable.
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Gentlemen: We have been handling your
work for two seasons, and have in every in
stance found your buggies first class; we have
never had one of your jobs returned 10 US for
repairs; neither have we had sigle complaint
on account OF work not being perfectly satis>
factory Yours respectfully,
Springfield, Ill. II P BUCKLEY & co.
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Gentlemen: Your buggies in this section OF
the country are giving perfect satisfaction for
and finish; as for style they can.
not be surpassed; | took first premium at two
fairs las; fall with one had used four month,
md had been washed, presume twenty times,
and still the painting held Its gloss; they are
here as the finest buggy going.
Very truly, nj BLOOD
Madison, Lake county, Ohio
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Dear .Sirs: For the past two years we have
used your buggies side by side with othel
makes in both our stables and are perfectly
SO tistied with the strength. durability and
work Inanship. compared with others; as fast
as our stock in livery is used up we shall re.
place them With your manufacture, knowing
from experience that IL is the best we can
do. Respectfully,
Quincy, Ill. SWEET & FOLLANSBEE.
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Gentlemen: Having sold your buggies fol
some time. 1 can heartily say they give en-
tire satisfaction; | have never seen any factory
buggy equal To them in fHish; know OF two
of tnem that have been in use for two years at
least by men who are very hard drivers, and
the buggies are as good as when bought:
Mansfield, Pa. Yours, d A GAYLORD.
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How to Train Tomato Vines.

When the ground is made ready, set
the plants in rows about four feet apart
and three feet in the row. When about
foot high, place stake about six feet
long firmly driven in the ground, leaving
about four and half feet above the
ground. To these stakes the stalks are
tied, pains being taken as the plants
grow to have crotch at or near the
ground. As these two branches grow
entwine them about the stake. When
any branches start out of the maiu
stalks, they are allowed to grow only q
few inches long. then headed in by tax
ing off the terminal buds. In that way
many side branches are furnished fol
bearing.
When planted in this way, the plants
are easily cultivated; light and air free
ly circulate in every part. The toma.
toes being thus favored grow very large
and being thus far above ground, are
free from dirt, and all washing and
cleaning are avoided. They are ready
1oi hi1i hCe hHOH plChcu. w mere 6l6re
is not suitable branch formed near the
ground, one stalk is wound around the
stake, and does very well. When the
stalks reach the top of the stake they
are not allowed to go higher. On plants
set out in this climate about the last OF
April, or first of May, the first ripe fruit
appears about the middle of July, and
growth of vine and yield of fruit contin-
ue until frost kills the leaves, usually
three months of ripening.
In this way of training the stalks, the
fruit is ripe two weeks earlier than by
the low way of training. The object of
this trimming is to induce growth OF
fruit instead OF unnecessary branches.
When the stalks are in rapid growth,
trimming is needed once in ten or twelve
days.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

ExVice-President Wheeler has sent
$1,000 to the Methodist Church Exten-
sion Society, telling them to go to the
frontier and build up churches, and that
"when they get the country well under
brushed, we will send out some Presby-
terians to put on the finishing touches" !"
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Gentlemen. With over fifteen v

Gentlemen: With over fifteen years experi>
ence in building buggies. wagons. ETC., 1 do
riages are strictly first class in Workmanship,
material and proportions, filling a lopg>feIt
want for q reliable article that can be sold at
q price lower than any ordinary manufacturer
can produce and sell the same quality of work
at. Yours, &C.,
Conneautviile, Pa. 1. s. KRICK.
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Gentlemen: We have used the Columbus Bug
gy Conn pany's work for the last five years anC
can conscientiously recommend 1t rs strictly
first class as to style, material, workmanship
and durability; your buggIes have given bet'
hicies we have had in use for the last TO years
Red Oak, Ia. PALMER & WHITAKER
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Dear SirS: Your work has not failed In a sins
gle instance to give entire satisfaction. and
proves equal TO greater emergencies than you
claim for it,: We heartily recommend IL as
superior for the price to any buggy OF which
we have any knowledge. Yours truly,
Baldwin, Miss. THOMAS & BRO.
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Gentlemen: have no hesitency in saying
that the buggies manufactured by the Column
bus Buggy Company are the best work for the
price nave any knowledge of; in not a single
Instance has there been any dissatisfaction on
the part of any one of my e1stomers.
Greensboro, Ky. FRANK l. HALL.
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-Groceries-Fruits dried and canned,
as low as the lowest, at Bentley & Coff-
lands, Bruce, Ohio. a 20 tf)
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One planter near Yazoo, Miss, SAYS
the overflow, from the deposit of fertil.
izing sediment on his land, has been
worth So an acre to him. The old darkey
was right who said the Lord was ma.
nuring the land for those who wouldn't
do il for themselves.
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Dear Sfrs: We have been rsiDg your busgies
the last four or five years; they have given en-
tire satisfaction; think they are the best bug.
giles made for the money.
W.B. GRIMES & co.
Whitehall, Ill. Liverymen.
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MCALiSTER'S
ALL HEALING! ALL HEALING!
OINTMENT!

This remarkable Ointment contains no Mer'
curial nr other Mineral substances, and moth
ing can be found in its composition that can
injure the tender infant or unduly effect the
aged or infirm. Being Vegetable Prepare,
tion the ALL HEALING OINTMENT will
never iniure you, but can be used with i'm
punfty by ALL. Its healtng powers are won>
derful and The great reputation IL has acquir-
ed during the past 35 years speaks volumes OF
praise Tor its merits. THIS OINTMENT II AS
THE POWER TO CAUSE ALL EXTERNAL
Sores, scrofulous Humors, Cutaneous Erup>
tiOns, Common Itch, Felon and Poisonous
Wounds to discharge their putrid matter and
thorough healing process follows. RuTns and
Scalds are instantly relieved. Cha apped Hands
sne Feet, Frosted Limbs and Ch1iblaius are
Ring Worm, &C., are speedily eradicated.
.sReey Reay PILES P6Ge oG 6S G al Pef Drug 91E
gists, or mailed free on receipt OF 25c by HALL
\ RUCKEL. Druggists. 2lS Greenwich st. n. Y.
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Trains run Oh Columbus time west Ohio river
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily.
with through Sleepers from Chicago to New
York; Washington and Baltimore Epress with
through sleeper from Chicago to Baltimore
daily on O. o. DIV; other Divisions daily ex-
eeptSundsy. Al other trains daily except
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Gentlemen: 1t gives me pleasure to state that
have been selling your buggies and carriages
for four years, and can safely recomm end them
to any one in want of buggy or carriage.
Macomb, Ill. Yours truly, IL. GRIBBLE.
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SETTLE IPI

Persons indebted to the firm of Shep-
herd & Kirk, on account, are requested
to call promptly and settle their ac-
counts. SHEPHERD & KIRK.
p If ~
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OSCAR WILDE Hats, for summer wear,
are the very latest. For sale at HOFF-
NEE'S. 5-4 St.
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& IN Per week can be made in any locality.
VOO Something entirely new. agents for S.
outfit free. G. W. IN6RAHAM d CO. Bost on.
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1000 men and women wanted tC
call at Bentley r& Coffi lnd's store, al
Bruce, and get s0ins of tlIGse bargains
which they are Offering. a 20 IT,
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Dear ISirs: AS an evidence of my appreciation
of your bugsie which 1 have teen using for
some time in my livery, enclose orders for
more Yours respectfully,
Danv' lie, Va. W W NEW.
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FINE MANILA 'HATs-serviceable
and dressy-at HoFFNRR' 5-4 st.