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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
HERE AND THERE A GEM.

Worthy books are not companions, they
are solitudes; We lose ourselves IN them,
and all our Bailey.
The smallest effort is not lost,
Each wavelet on the ocean tossed
Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow;
Each rain drop makes some f1oweret blow,
Each struggle lessons human woe.
-Mackay.
The Master keeps the lips of His ser
wants. by so filing their hearts with His
love that the outflow cannot be unleving,
by so filing their thoughts that the utter
ance cannot be un-Christ like There
must be filing before there can be pour
ing out; and there mtst be pouring out,
for He ha h said, Out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh. IF R.
Havergal.
Tie loveliest flowers the closest cling to
earth,
And they feel the sun; so violets blue,
30 the soft star like primrose drench'd in
dew;
The happiest of springs happy, fragrant
birth
To gentlest touches sweetest tones reply,
Still humbleness with her low-breathed
voice
Can steal DER mans proud heart, and win
his choice
From earth to heaven, with mightier
witchery
Than eloquence or wisdom e'er could own.
Bloom on, then, in your shade, contented
bloom,
Sweet flowers, nor deem yourselves to all
unknown
Heaven knows you, by whose gales and
dews ye thrive.
They know. who one day for their alter'd
doom
Shall thank you, taught by you to abase
themselves and live. -Keble
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17

this world is honesty and moral truth .
For all beauty is truth.
BOYS will be boys; but they will be
just such boys as their companions. old
and young. make them.
Those who have obtained the farthest
insight Ito nature, have been in all ages
the believers IN God.
Whichever trait is the feebler in US
needs more abundant exercise by which
to grow and strengthen.
Reflection is All angel that points out
the errors of the past, and gives US cour-
age to avoid them in the future.
Scrupulous fairness ia estimating the
doiBgs and characters of others, is not a
very common characteristic.
Strive TO be rich in knowledge. A man
gets more than the value of whatever he
gives in exchange for learning.
When We fancy that we have grown
wiser. it is only, in many instances, that
new prejudices have taken the place of
old ones.
A lsying act does more good than a
fiery exhOrtation. What mankind needs
is not more good takers, but more good
Samaritans.
Praise no man too liberallv 10 his face,
nor censure him too la, ishlv behind his
back; the one savers of fiattery, the
other of malice.
Cold words freeze people, and hot
words scorch them; bitter words make
them bitter, and wrathful words make
them wrathful.
Only the true man can really be brave,
only the righteous man walks the dark
ness, and faces with a serene soul the
mysteries of life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
Here and YOnder.

I walk in the crowded city,
And the pavement pains my feet,
And nothing but piles of buildings
Shut in the stones of the street;
But | only see the meadow
And the wood so cool and sweet.
I walk in the crowded city,
Aud mix with the noisy throng,
And the din is like to the beating
OF great, inces>ant gong;
But | only hear the brook flow
And the brown wood thrush's song.
walk in the crowded city,
And daily the many grow more,
And they fill up the street like mile race
As hither and thither they pour;
But | only see cottage
And a maiden at the door.
/ walk in the crowded city,
And buy and sell in the mart,
But still in its crush and climor
feel that have no part;
For the sweet, fresh life of the country
Forever abides in my heart.
l walk in the crowded city,
But see the green meadow still,
And look through the piles of buildings
To the wood that crowns the hill;
And alone with the cottage maiden
/ wander afar at will.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
GRAINS OF GOLD.

AS he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
II you have time don't wait for time.
When one gets to love work, his life is
a happy one.
Few women have virtue to withstand
the highest bidder.
Oh! how seldom the soul is silent in
order that God may speak.
As every thread of gold is valuable, 20
is every minute of time.
We do that in our zeal our calmer
moments are afraid to answer.
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by
any outward touch as the sunbeam.
What is resignation? Placing God
between ourselves and our trouble.
When man resists sin on human mo-
tives, he will not hold out long.
To be true men and women. we must
be self poised, self directing, self respect
ing.
He is good that does good to Others.
If he suffers for the good he does. he is
better still.
The Affections Of this life are neither
too numerous nor too sharp. Much rust
rough lile.
After all. the most natural beauty in
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
Kitchen and Market Garden.

Early planting requires early plants.
The market gardener depends upon his
cold frames and hot beds. Every farm
garden or other family garden can pro-
vide early cabbage and caulitiower
plants, lettuce, tomatoes, &c, by sowing
the seeds in boxes of soil placed in the
sunny kitchen windows. We have in
former numbers described convenient
window boxes. but any box that will
hold soil will do. Sow the seeds about
six weeks before the time at which it
will be safe to set out the young plants
in the open garden and gain a month.
Rhubarb-The acid of rhnbarb stalks
is especially welcome in spring. The
stalks may be had early by takirg up
few roots as soon as the ground thaws;
place them in barrel and fill the spaces
with earth. Cover the barrel and let it
stand where it is warm. If a new
planting is to be made, do it early. Di-
vide AN old root so as to leave bud
with each piece. Set the pieces in high
manured soil. four feet apart each way.
Peas-The round sorts, while not the
best, are earliest and hardest. Sow
Daniel OROuIke or early kentish as
soon as the frost is out of the ground.
Seeds to be sown early, as soon as the
soil can be worked, are: Beets. tuTnIps,
parsnips, satisfy, spinach, spinach, knoll
rabi, and Iadish. The following may be
sown in seed beds. to be transplanted:
Cabbage, caulihower, parsley and let
tuce.
Things to be thought of.-Nothing
helps along In garden work more than
good seed drill. A market garden
must have it, and it will pay in small
garden. A line aud reel is needed. A
good wooaen reel is better than poor
IRON one, such as is often sold. Re
pan all implements. Have good wheel
barrow. 1t is convenient To mark the
handles of hoes and rakes with feet and
half feet. Ali seeds when sown should
be marked with kind and date. Prepare
labels; let them be 50 large that they
cannot be hOed up without effort. Sc
cure bean poles and pea brush before
the trees and shrubs are in leaf.-Am.
Agriculturist.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
AYERS PILLS.

A large proportion of the diseases which cause
human suffering result from arrangement of tho
stomach, bowels, and liver. AYERS CATHARTIo
PILLS act directly upon these organs, and are
especially designed to cure the diseases caused
by their arrangement, including ConstipaticL,
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Headache, Dysea-
terry, and host of other ailments, for all OF
which they are a safe, sure, prompt, and pleasant
remedy. The extensive use of these PILLS by
eminent physicians in regular practice, shows
unmistakably the estimation in which they are
held by the medical profession.
These PILLS are compounded of vegetable sub
stances only and are absolutely free from ealomei
or any other injurious ingredient.
Sufferer from Headache writes:
LAYERS PILLS are invaluable to me- and arc
nv constant companion. / have been . severe
sufferer from Headache, and your PILLS are the
only thing l could look TO for relief. One dose
will quickly move my bowels and free my head
from pain. They are the most effective and the
easiest physic have ever found. 1t is pleasure
20 me TO speak in their praise, and always do so
when occasion offers
Franklin ST., Richmond, Va, June s, 1882.
al have used AYERS PILLS in numberless in
stances as recommended by you, and have never
known them TO fail to accomplish the desired re-
suit We constantly keep them on hand at our
home, and prize them as q pleasant, safe, and
they are invaluable. Ut. HAYES
Mexia, Texas, June II, 1882.
The REV. FRANCIS B. HARLowE, writing from
Atlanta, Ca, says: " For some years past have
been subject to constipation, from which, in
spite of the use of medicines of various kinds,
/ suffered increasing Inconvenience, until some
months ago began taking AYERS PILLS. They
have entirely corrected the costive habit, and
have vastly improved my general health"
AYERS CATHARTIc PILLS correct irregulari-
ties of the bowels, stimulate the appetite and
digestion, and by their prompt and thorough
action give tone and yigor to the whole physical
economy.
PREPARED BIT
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Sold hY all Drnrpists
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POETRY.
THE BEST WIFE OF ALL.

Three travellers met in the Brander Pass
By the bubbling Brander Spring;
They showed their cake, and their Venl
son,
And they talked of many thing
of books and song. and foreign lands,
OF strange and wandering lives,
And by and by, in softer tone,
They spoke of their homes and wives.
.I married the Lady o Logan Brae,"
Said one with loftv air;
.Tnere is ma in a. the North countree
A house wi better share
OF gold and gear, and hill and loch,
or houses and farms 10 rent:
There's many a man has envled me,
And I'm lnair than weel content.
.Dream of a woman as bright as day"
The second traveller said;
.Dream of a form of perfect grace,
or noble face and head,
of ewes that are as blue as heaven,
of flowing nut-brown hair;
That is my wife; and though not rich,
Obi she is wondrous fair.
The third one said: Il have wife,
She is neither rich nor fair;
She has not gold. nor gear, nor land,
Nor a wealth of nut-brown hair;
But obi she loUes me! aud her love
Has stood through every test;
Beauty and gold are good, but, friends,
We know that love is best.
They filed their cups in the spring again
And they said right heartily:
~Here's to the Loving, Faithful Wife!
Wherever her home may be-"
And soon they took thei' different ways
One thought in each mans breast:
Beauty is good. and gold is good,
But a True Love is the best"
Lille E. Barr, in n. Y. Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17

kept in table condition by frequently
tumbling in barrel. to kill the sprouts.
were planted upon good garden soil on
rhe Sd day of July. They were up in
very few days, made most rapid growth,
and, although no rain fell to wet the soil,
the vines nearly covered the ground and
produced large yield of what would be
graded as -large-sized planting potatoes"
Although standing in a barrel in mod
erately cool cellar, by the side of other
patatOes that were ripe when dug, and
which have made long sprouts, these
have remained perfectly dormant. 1t is
said that in ATTITUDES little South of us,
in Southern Kentucky, the white or Irish
potatoes, can only be grown successfully
by plansing late grown seed raised as
second crop. The theory is worthy OF
attention.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
Seed PnfafnnS

A potato which has squandered its vi
tality by throwing out long sprouts in
March, which will be broken off in hand
ling, cannot be worth so much for seed
as one that is solid with buds, all dor
mant, so that the first sprouts which
start will be the ones to live and grow.
Mr.. A. W. Cheever, in discussing this
point, calls attention to the recently ad-
vanced theory that potatoes of the early
varieties, for planting, should be grown
especially for seed by very late planting
the previous year, so that they will not
become fully ripe. In this way it is
claimed that seed may be had that will
not sprout in the Spring until it will be
time to put it in ground. He attempted
to try the experiment last SINNER and I'D
to the present time it appears successful.
4 quantity of potatoes which had been
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
PRACTICAL FARM TOPICS.
Poultry and Swine as Frnit Protec'
Tors,


In a recent bulletin from the Massa
chusetts Experiment Station Professor
MAYNARD says that the worm found in
the apples falling in early Summer is not
the Larvae of the coddling moth as has
been generally supposed. Last Summer
a tree of Westfield Seek-no-further, abun-
dainty set with fruit, was selected, and
out of 800 apples which fell when from
one-half to one inch in diameter, all but
three were punctured by the plum curcu-
lio, and under each crescent shaped mark
was found an egg or small larva. Only
four or five larvae of the coddling moth
were found. The ordinary remedy of
jarring the trees cannot be applied to ap-
pie trees on accouot of their size, and,
therefore, it is recommended to adopt the
hen cure. Says Prof. Maynard:
This plan has proved successful in sa
wing the plum crop, and would uudoubt
edly be as successful with the apple, but
the fowls should be numerous enough to
not only catch the insects when they
come from the gronnd, but also to let
none of the Larvae escape when they come
from the fallen fruit to go into the
ground. Perhaps more sure preventive
would be, in addition to the above, to
have the fruit destroyed by pasturing
swine in the orchard in sufficient num-
bers to eat all of the fruit as soon as it
drops"
The apple maggot has of late years be-
come rival in deStructiveness of the
coddling moth. The maggot Injuries the
fruit by making burrows in the flesh.
many Larvae often working in the same
apple.
The eggs are laid by small fly some
what resembling the common house fly =
but not more than one-half its size
through a small opening in the skin of
the apple made with its ovipositor. 1t
shows especial liking for the thin-skinned,
mild, sub acid or sweet Summer or Au
umn varieties, but also attacks some Win
ter varieties.
Its raYages have become so extensive
in some localities that prompt measures
must be taken for its determination, or it
may work the total destruction of the ap-
pie crop.
The practice of pasturing swine in the
Summer is being recommended and prac-
ticed by many of our leading farmers
and stockbreeders. and tue urchardist
must combine to certain extent this
branch of business with his own, if he
would be successful, for the destruction
of the fruit as it falls from the Iree is the
only safe and sure remedy now known to
prevent injury by these three insects
1t may not be amiss to cite in addition
to the above the recorded experience of
the New York Experiment Station.
All the plum trees here are, with sin
gle exception, in the poultry yard. Of
one hundred specimens of fruit taken at
random on different trees in the yard, but
three were stung by insects; while in the
same number on the tree outside, 81 had
been stung. Nearly all the trees within
the poultry yard produced good crop
of fine plums, while the outside one bore
a few SnacimenS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
The Fruits of Merit.

DR.. Hartman & Co.-Please send me
lot of your books on the Ills of Life
sell great deal of your Peruna and
Manalin; they are very highly spoken of
in this part of the country. F H Buss-
man, P M, Westford, Pa.
Dear Sir: have taken half dozen
bottles of your PeruDa and find it is do
ing me great good. Yours truly, James
Wyatt, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Nfck's Floral Guide

For 1859, is an elegant book of $50 pages.
eolored plates of Flowers and Vegetables, and
more than 100 illustrations of the choicest
Flowers, Plants and Vegetables, and directions
for growing. 1t is handsome enough for the
center table or holiday present. Send on your
name and postoffice address. with 10 cents, and
will send you copy, postage paid; this is not
a quarter of its cost. 1t is printed in both
English and German. If you afterwards order
seeds deduct the 10 cts. VIcK's SEEDS ARE
THE Best IN TUE WORLD! The Floral Guide
will tell how to get and grow them.
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, lis
pages, colored plates, 500 engravings; for 50
cents in paper covers; 81 in elegant cloth; in
German and English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 81 pp..
colored plate in every number and many fine
engravings; price Sl.25 year; five copies for
50. Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents; 3
trial copies for % cents.
JAMES WICK, Rochester, N. Y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17
Farmers Homes.

Frank D. Curtis, in bis address before
the New York State Agricultural Soci-
ETY., said several good things in regard
to farmers homes, but none more TO the
point than the following. in regard to
the location and surroundings of the
dwelling:
"a house on a hill, with no trees
around it, looks cheerless and unhome
like. Have grounds around the dwell
ing. Tear away the fences; they cost
money and are useless. mean fences
shutting the house up as if there was
danger of its running away. Let there
be not less than an acre of doOryard (;
ten will be better Make rich lawn
of this, and cut the grass. 1t can be no
waste, but it will be a thing of beauty /;
and a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
There need not be any loss To be taste
full; nature and beauty are synOny nous; /;
good taste and economy can therefore
oe made handmaids to each other. Set
your fruit trees in this eLclosurs, and
dig around them with spade each year,
and top dress the whole. and the trees
will grow finely, and the grass will
grow iuxuriantly, and the house will
grow beautiful, aud the children will
grow contented, the fathers and moth
rrs as they grow old will grow happy,
the neighborS will grow to emulate and
excel, the township will grow attractive,
aud The yonng women will grow up to
feel that there is no place after all, like
Home, Sweet Home Am. Farmer.
THE MEADow.-The old saying, no
grass no cattle, no cattle no manure, no
manure no crops, is as true to-day as
when first spoken. Grass takes care OF
him who sOws il. The meadow is the
master mine of wealth. Strong mead
ows fill big barns. Fat pastures make
fat pockets. The acre that will carry d
steer carries wealth. Flush pastures
make fat stock. Heavy meadows make
happy farmers. Up To my ears in soft
grass laughs the fat OK. Sweet pastures
make sound butter. Soft hay makes
soft wool. The grass seed to SOW de-
pends upon the soil, and here every man
must be his own judge. Not every
farmer, however, knows the grass
adapted to his soil. II ne does and sue
ceeds by the bushel, or other measures,
he IS apt to be misled.
An experienced gardener highly re-
cOmmends the white plume celery, the
stalks, inner leaves, and heart of which
are naturally white, which fact makes
unnecessary the costly wsgk of banking
the celery to bleach it. In appearance
the white plume is very ornamental, as
the inner leaves are disposed something
like an ostrich feather or pine, which
suggested its name. 1t is said to be-
crisp, solid, and Of fine favor, but not as
long keeping as the old green sorts. its
tenderness and crispness causing it to
rot sooner.
April is good time to train apple
trees. They should be pruned 80 as to
allow air and sunlight to enter among
the branches freely. No better illustra-
tion can be given than to make the
main branches stand Out from the tree
like the rods in an inverted umbrella.
Allow no branches to cross each other,
nor allow main branches to grow too
closely parallel to each other. There is
hardly any danger of leaving the bran
ches too open.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17

EINE SHOES-Our spring stock of
Il Shoes for Women and Men are now in.
We can show very fine line and only
ask the privilege of doing so. A full line of
Children'S Shoes next week. Call.
Opposite Tressurer's s-office.
10-1t JRPsoN & PATTON.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-04-17

Trains run Oh Columbus time west Ohio river
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily;
Win through Sleepers from Chicago to New
YORK; Washington and Baltimore Epress with
tnro0gh sleeper from Chicago to Baltimore
daily, and Through Coach from Ssndusky To
express daily Newark to New York; on otner
DIVISIONS. daily. except Sunday. Sleeping
daily, except Sunday.