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Beating TWO-FOrty.

One evening when Lucy's Papa had
come home from the Office and eaten his
supper he went into the Parlor and
Planted Himself on the sofa. After he
had been there Little While he MOTTO
ed that Lucy did not come in and Make
Break at the piano, as was her custom.
This puzzled the Old Gentleman great
ly, but he was very Happy, because the
parents of girls who play the piano usu-
ally feel like taking an AK to that In
strument. Pretty soon Lucy entered
the room and began telling her Papa
how much she loved him, and how Dark
and Cheerless her life would be in case
he should be Called Above.
This sort of talk made her Papa feel
rather solemn, for he had been to the
Races a good deal, and would occasion
ly 60 Out With the Boys, and when a
man gets on the Shady Side of so he
doesn't particularly care to have people
lug the Sweet By and BY into their con-
versation. But pretty soon Lucy placed
her Lily-White Hand on her Papa's
brow and began to smooth his hair, say
ing how glad she would be if she could
only smooth the Burrows Of Care that
time had placed there. Then she art
fully Shifted the Subject, and spoke of
how cold the weather was getting, and
what lovely Sealskin Sacques she had
seen in the store windows down town
that afternoon.
Then her Papa saw what she was up
to, and Dropped on Himself. So by the
I nd tn haf RI Of
talk where she put her arms around his
neck and kissed him, and asked him to
buy her Sealskin, he had nearly Ar
ranged His Lie. He told of how poor
the Crops had been, and that Trade was
in very dull state because of the nm
certainty as to what office Ben But
ler would want next, and Sung such a
Song that Lucy began to think she was
lucky to have place to sleep in and
pair of Heavy Shoes for the winter.
mo, my child" he said, 81 cannot
think of spending Three Hundred Dol
lars for Sealskin Sacque, when times
are so hard" and Lucy said that she
was sorry she had mentioned the Sub
ject, and went away feeling quite sorry
for her Papa.
Soon after she had left the room her
Big Brother came in. 81 saw that Horse
you were talking about" he said to his
Papa.
"Did you?" asked the Old Gentleman.
How Fast can he gO?"
"Two-thirty," replied the Big Brother,
sand thousand dollars will buy him."
Rising quickly from the sofa,. Lucys
Papa wrote a check and handed it to his
Son. $50 and close the Trade tonight"
he said," and tomorrow afternoon l
will make some of these people that
think they own TrOtters look like Hired
Men,"
So you see, children, that some Papas
think more Of beating Two-FOrty than
they do making an Only Daughter nap
py.-Chicago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
Muscle Beating.

In Riga, Russia, there is a gymnasium
at which many diseases are cured by
beating the surface of the body with
the hands, or instruments called mus
cle-beaters."
These instruments consist of three
elastic tubes fastened together at the
handle; the circumference of each tube
is about that OF finger, its length, as
also the thickness of the material of
which it is made. varies according to the
different purposes for which 1t is made.
DR.. Klemm. the manager Of the insti-
tuition, holds that, as so much refuse
matter is constantly thrown off through
the skin, it is of the utmost Importance
that this organ should be kept in the
best possible condition, and that the
best method of doing this and promoting
nerve-currents and blood circulation, is
muscle-beating.
He farther holds that the advantage
Of this manipulation over all others, is
that it makes the texture of the skin
softer and more elastic, and that its ac-
tion spreads deeper and not only pro-
notes nutrition of muscle, but also the
activity of the blood vessels of the
bones.
1t is especially beneficial in cases of
rheumatism and all chronic diseases re-
sulting from an impaired circulation of
the blood.
If the surface of the body is cold at
any point, it is an indication of an OBJ
structed circulation, and by slapping
with the hands or beaters, till the parts
are warm, the equilibrium of the circu-
latiOn is restored, and serious eonse-
quences to health are often avoided.
1t is very old custom to treat the
diseases of the human body by mechani-
cal means. The most ancient peoples,
the Egyptians and Indians, had in use
many different manipulations and eXer-
cises of the body for the purpose of aid
ing the curative tendencies of nature
Or. Karell. physician to His Imperial
Majesty, the Emperor Of Russia, says
he agrees completely with the principles
laid down in work on this subject,
and that they are based on the natural
sciences.-B B. NJ. p, in Youths Com
panion.
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NE =.

Austria has had an earthquake.
Railway traffic in West Scotland is
stopped 10y the strike.
The Kentucky insane asylums are re-
ported to be Overcrowded.
Two Cinnamon were on trial in Chica-
go, last week, for murder.
Eleven shocks of earthquake are re-
ported from single town in Spain
The number of youth of school age in
Ohio last September was L0S1,S21.
Dayton, O., is to have new National
Bank, with capital of $4,000.
General W. C. Pendleton died last
week at his home in Staunton, Va.
Conrad & Co., st. Louis brewers, have
failed. with liabilities of more than
S5OO,O0O.
Ex-senator Dorsey has resigned the
Secretaryship of the Republicanship Of
the Republican National Committee.
An experiment of talking four hun
dred miles by telephone was successful
in New York.
A delegation of Ohio river pilots is at
Washington to advocate change in the
rules as to the signaling of passing
steamers.
George Scheller. lessee of the Newhall
House bar room at Milwaukee, has been
arrested on the charge of setting fire to
the building.
The $4,000 in gold belonging to the
u. ). Government. stolen at Panama,
was taken from the vaults of the rail-
road company. A number of arrests
have been made in connection with the
crime. eH
Ataspecial meeting of the Portland.
Oregon, Board of Trade, a resolution
was passed protesting against the injury
which will be wrought to the canning
industry by the proposed increase Of
duty on tin plate, and praying Congress
that the duty thereon be'redueed to one
half cent, per pound.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
Ohio,s Common Schools.

School Commissioner DeWOlf has filed
his annual report with the Gavernor. 1t
is probably the largest made by any Off
Ger in the employ of the State, and rep
lesents more hard work. The report is
for the year ending August 81. 1882, and
is the twenty-ninth of the department.
The general summary of statistics
shows the following interesting facts:
Number of youth of school age in the
State in September, 1882, 1,OSI ,321 num-
Der of sch, oil districts, 2.052; number of
subdistricts in township districts, 1O,9s3;
number of s(hool houses erected during
the year, 52S, cost of same, S1,123,6SS;
estimated value of school houses and
grounds, 23,6l0,S5S; number of teachers
employed, 24,135; average number of
weeks the schools were In session during
the year, 81; number Of pupils enrolled,
75l ,101; average number in daily attend
ance, Asa, ,232; number of school officers,
81, total receipts, including balance
on hand September /, 1881, S12,236,-
357 .6S ; total expenditures, SS, ,335, ,475.4S.
The number of white male youth of
school age in September, 1882, was $780,
Ooo, dH luClCdoO VI C,l0z uul iiIS eiIc )CdI
female youth of school age numbered
6394, an increase of 9.O24; total in
crease of white youth, II 7,2O6; number of
celored youth of school age in Septem
Der, 1882, 25,O74, an increase of IT'S. OF
the 1,OS1 1921 youth of school age, 253, ,43S
are unmarried between the ages of 10
and 2l years, being 23.44 per cent of the
entire enumeration. The number be-
tween six and sixteen, therefore. is S27,-
SS3.
The cost of erecting school buildings
during the year was S1,123.6sS; in 1881
it was S649, ,499; in 1880, S711,S35; III
1876, S5S0.so1 in 1878, SS43, ,S22; in 1877,
SSO3, ,146; in 1870, S1.391,5 ,597.
In district primary schools there have
been employed 9,675 gentlemen teachers.
a decrease of 31S. and S,5SS ladies. an in
crease of 295; in district High schools a
decrease in both sexes is noticed to the
number of Is. In city schools there has
been decrease of SO gentlemen and All
increase of 241 lady teachers.
In the township districts the average
cost per pupil enrolled, exclusive Of six
per cent. on permanent property, was
S7.41; in city schools, S14.55; cost in
townships per capita of pupils actually
in attendance, Sl4.33; same in cities,
S25.10; average in State, S15.95. In this
it must be remembered that
the county schools were in session only
twenty eight weeks.-[O. S. Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
Insurance. Decision.


The Supreme Court yesterday decided
that the reinsurance reserve fund Of fire
insurance companies in Ohio is hereafter
to be listed for taxation. The test case
came from Cincinnati and the law is
made by the Court affirming the decision
of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, In
the suits brought by the Amazon and
Enterprise Insurance Companies against
Auditor Cappellar, of Hamilton county,
to restrain him from putting on the tax
duplicate their reserve reinsurance
funds. These suits sprung from cir
cular letter sent out by Auditor Oglevee
on the 25th of July last, addressed to
the county auditors, ordering them to
place on the duplicate for taxation these
reinsurance funds in the counties where
the general offices were located. This
was done by Auditor Cappellar, and the
suits mentioned were instituted to re
strain him from collecting taxes thereon.
The decision of the Superior Court from
which the appeal was taken, was sub
stahtially that the taxes could not be
collected, nor the penalty, for the years
1878, 1879. 1880, nor 1881, but that for
1882 and each year thereafter they
should be listed as personal property.
The instructions of Auditor Oglevee
were that they should be placed on the
duplicate for last year, as also for the
four years preceding, bat the Court de
cided that they could not be taxed fur
ther back than the year in which the
suits were begun.-[O. s. Journal, JAN
uary nth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
Mrs Bayard's Slip of the Tongue.

The Worlds Washington eorrespon-
dent has q column of gossip about men
and women of the olden days at the cap
ital. Here is charming story of an
old-time gallant and lady fair: The
other day l encountered nice old lady
who talked delightfully."- about the moth
er of Senator Bayard. "She was the
prettiest creature in the world. and Mr..
Clay admired her beyond everything.
One night at White House reception
Mrs. Bayard was on Mr.. Clay's arm, and
the young daughter of an old friend of
Mr.. Clay came up to them. What do
you think?' said Mr.. Clay, pinching the
girls ear; this naughty child refused to
kiss me to-day What simpletonp
said Mrs Bayard. Miss Malapert burst
out laughing. Mr.. Clay smiled, the sur
rounding circle caught the infection, and
Mrs. BAyard droeped the great mans arm
and flew out of the room covered with
bushes and confusion"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
A Good Reason.

Look here said the governor to high
state official, when are you going to pay
Inc that ten dollars?'
Upon my honor, governor, 1 don't
know
why, sir, the other day when l men,
toned the fact Of your Indebtedness you
asked me where would be Tuesday,
Yes, SIR
We'll, wasn't that a promise that you
would pay me on Tuesday,
No, SIR
why then did you want to know
where l would be Tuesday?'
Because / wanted to know where
you'd be so | could make arrangements
to be somewhere else.-Arkansaw Tray
eler
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

A CLEAR idea of the completeness of
the British control of Egypt may be
gathered from the diplomatic note which
Lord Granville has just lesued. No hos
tilities are to be permitted in the Suez
Canal. or in any of the territorial waters
of Egypt, even though Turkey be one of
the belligerents, and Egypt shall take all
the measures in her power to enforce
the conditions imposed upon ships of
belligerent power using tile canal.
Egypt in this case meaning England, it
follows that England is virtually to de
fend Egyptian territory against all ag-
gressions, even if Turkey attempts to
re-establish her lost authority over her
Nile possessions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

To EXCITE laudable ambition in the
minds Of young farmers is one of the
best things that can be done for the flu
ture of American agriculture-ambitiOn
to have prime stock, to raise first class
crops, to become thoroughly posted in
every detail of the busiRess-in short,
to excel. This is the spirit which ele-
Yates the standard of quality and the
basis of values-which develops the
young man and places him on the sure
road to success. 1t is the best possible
foundation for agricultural wealth. But
to get the Young farmer into the belief
that what he is doing is well enough
that half crop and mean bullock are
as good as any for him-is to at once
cripple him for all future effort and 10
start him for almost certain failure. We.
have no patience with. the man who is
satisfied to, do no better than he has
done, whether running a farm. breeding
fine stock or conducting a newspaper
[Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
BRET HARTE.
A Sketch Of the Career Of the Cali
fOrHia Author.

Francis Bret Harte was born in Al
bany, New York, in 1899. From his
parents he inherited English. German,
nld Hebrew blood. His father, a man
Of some culture and ability, was a Pro-
fessOr in the Albany Female College.
Some years after his birth his father
lied, and in 1854 the family moved to
California. Living in the rude mining
settlements of the interior, and ming
ling with the rough characters that peo-
pied them, the boy absorbed from actual
experience many of the incidents which
afterward grew under his magic touch
into the now familiar idyls CT the en-
battled diggings, the lawless fiat, and the
immoral bar. The first three years Of
his life in California he had all the mix
ed fortunes of pioneer, and tried his
hand at many means of livelihood. For
II time he was cOnpositor in news
paper office at Eureka: then he mined
for himself, without largely increasing
his fortune. As school teacher be
was able to indulge more literally the
literary taste awakened by his work as
Il printer. These latter experiences af-
terward grew, with all their natural
color and textures, into the delicate
"A
as express messenger gave him the clear
rut pictures of Yuba Bill and other
knights of the stage. In 1857 Mr.. Harte
came to San Francisco, taking his place
as cOmpOsitOr in the office of the Golden
Era. A few Bohemian sketches written
as copy brought him under the fayora-
ble notice of the editor, and he was at
once translated from the case to the
desk. Those were busy days, and much
of the matter ground out in that time of
probation is AS pregnant with genius
and bright with wit as any tnat ne has
seen lit to retain in his complete edition.
II was in 1863 that his first speech ap-
peared in the East. Jessie Benton Ere
mont, in those days one of the most eul-
tivaLed women in California, took a
great interest in the young author, and
it was on her recommendation that the
Atlantic published the Legend of
Monte Diablo"-a piece of work that
shows what Bret Harte might have ac--
as reporter if his tastes
had not carried him into fictiOn.-(0Ver-
land Monthly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

IT is an old idea that no man can eat
qaail each day for thirty consecutive
days. We know not hew it originated,
unless perhaps it was in part OF the
country where scarcity of the birds
prevented the securing Of months
supply. However that may have been,
an individual in New York City is en-
gagged in the task of eating two quail
day until he shall have consumed six
ty. He is a game man, the market is
wei, supplied, and no doubt he will sue
seed. But the world will not hold its
breath until it learns whether he tri-
umphs or fails.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. g. A. N.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT. NJ. EATON, W. N.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL,
- ROYAL Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
j. B. RYAN, Fl. p.
] JEssR B. MEYER, Secy.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, r. s. s. M.
Id Meets second Tuesday of each month.
H. r. BUMGARNER, T. !. n.
F. D. BAILEY, Secy.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 90, K. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. G. w. CARROLL, &. q.
T.. L. 5RDwIOK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

MRS. FITz-NICKEL aspires to be as
fashionable as any of her swell neigh
bors. She was telling lady visitor the
other evening that she had just engaged
very efficient, experienced and high
priced French cook. While her friend
was congratulating her upon her new
acquisition, the French cook inserted
her head in the doorway, and asked her
"Shure, ,missus. an shall pale the praties
or bile 'em wild their jackets on ?"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
The Golden Land.

Lonely DER Life's desert dresry,
One broad waste of glaring sand.
Roam |, weak and worn and weary.
Searching for my ''Golden Land"
For they told me when | started
On that journey, years ago,
Hopeful, blithe and happy hearted,
Ignorant of pain and woe,
That, beyond the line of brightness
So this desert looked to ME
Dazzling in its silvery whiteness,
Like the foam on summer sea
Was the 'Golden Land enchanted,
Known to youth of every age;
BY the hand of artist painted;
Sung by poet, sought by sage;
Land where hopes have glad fruition:
Land where dreams are dreams no more
Till, before my longing vision,
Seemed to rise its glorious shore.
Sense enraptured with its beauty,
Soul enraptured with its bliss;
What cared that life meant duty
|, who owned estates like this?
So, from childhood's happy valley,
Out upon the sparkling sand,
Eagerly stepped and gaily-
Ali that was my Golden Land!
But left it, little guessing
All the wealth left behind;
All the beauty and the blessing
That no after-search can find.
That wild landscape stretched before me,
Swift sped, the goal was nigh,
While like furnace walls, bent DER me,
Quivering with white heat, the sky.
OF the happy future dreaming,
OF the glories just before,
On the fair horizon cleaning
That enchanted, smiling shore.
And saw, as came nearer,
Waving trees and sparkling streams;
Fairer shone the scene and clearer,
Brighter than my brightest dreams.
Groves and gardens softly shaded.
Stately mansions snowy white.
But the visions slowly faded,
Faded from my ravished sight.
Then grew 80 faint and tired,
That only longed for rest;
All my glowing hopes expired
And despair my soul possessed.
Now know the land enchanted
That CLEANED fair before my eyes
Was but desert mirage, painted
On the trazen, blazing skies;
And my feet shall wander ever,
On this scorching, burning sand;
shall faint and fail. but neoer
Shall find my ''Golden Land"
Charles Hamilton, in Our Continent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r.
Il Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, $50 .. III. Young
mems prayer meeting; Tuesday pm; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
N1Rev. 5. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; pm. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday 2
pm; general prayer meeting Thursday 7p IA.
Strangers are cordially invited to all dur
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 a-m. Public worship: II an.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, p. N.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

THE Democratic leaders have had a
great deal to say for several years about
reform in the Civil Service, but now that
they imagine themselves on the thres-
hold of power. they are rsving mad over
the Pendleton proposition, which.
through Republican Congress and a
Republican President, has been enacted
into law, and the Ohio brethren pro-
pose to smash Mr.. Pendleton because of
his advocacy of the measure. This is ii
fair criterion of the Democratic desire
for reform.- Gin. Com. Gaz.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

The sixty-iirst birthday of John X.
Buchtel. founder of Buchtel College
was appropriately celebrated at Akron,
O., Thursday afternoon. At meeting
of the Board of Trustees the Bucntel
donation of 100000, and that OF Mrs
George Messenger of $4,000, were for
mally presented and accepted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

REV. ROBT. GoLLYER's recipe for be
ing young at 50 years is temperance,
good humor, and virtue. As to bis own
experience SO far, he says:
In a talk made once to n great CON-
pany of young men tried 20 show the
reasons, 50 far as they lay outside the
conduct of my own life, for the fact that
during these many years Cunning now
toward sixty have never been sick for
day, and, in despite OF many hardShip.,
have managed to keep on the sunny side
of the hedge. l told them l thought
one great reason lay in my hardy and
healthy nurture in as sweet little
home as any boy ever lived in; how
was raised on oat meal and milk and oat
bread, with butter once a week, and
white bread and potatoes now and then
when we. could catch it-and then
more oatmeal; and the result is to-day
that hardly know what you mean by
system or digestion. 50 strong and sue
are the foundations of my life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

The Senate has agreed to the amend
ment to the Postoffice appropriation
bill, allowing slS5,OOO for the fast mail
service, and continuing swift trains for
the almost special benefit of New York
aud Philadelphia newspapers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25
Belmont County onlcIal Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
: Probate Judge-ThOmas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Barrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
William n. Coffland.
decentralization Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred H. Mitchell.
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
Commissioners-0wenM Mehan, Morris Cope,
Nathaniel Taylor.
Surveyor-James Crosgrove.
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Levi
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

A number OF the Democratic Bepre-
sentatlVes al Columbus have agreed to
a protest 10 be entered on the House
journal against the resolution compli-
mentary to Senator Pendleton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

THE South Sea Islanders may be said
to make mash" They knock down
their sweethearts with club as a sort
of introductory formality.-Saturday
American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-01-25

THE Richmond Dispatch gives the fol-
lowing timely advice to the Massachu-
sets Democratic champion: Governor
Butler might as well learn first as last
that neither larty will ever nominate
him for president. We all enjoy thp dis
cOmtiture of his Republican enemies,
but that fact does not mean that he is
Il suitable man to be made the head of
the gratest country in the world"