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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16
Grants Sorrel War Horse,

The first time | saw Gen. Grant to
know him" said Maj. Osmun to knot
oil story tellers, the other day, 'was in
the November of 1864. | was then
attached to Hancock's headquarters,
aud was sent to carry a dispalch to
Gen. Grant. 1t WAS Raining for all it
was worth, and the mud ABOUT those
Petersburg trenches was like glue.
Pnttlng my horse to a gallop. | was
getting over the ground At a good rate
aud soon | met and passed a solitary
rider astrlde little sorrel horse. The
mans slouch hat was pulled down
over his eyes, and the rain was cours-
ing in streams down On the poncho in
which he was closely wrapped. A
moment later came up with quite
group OF riders, and catching sight of
a iot Of gold brad, jumped at the cou.
cluslon that had struck some gener.
al staff. asked if they knew where
Gen. Grant was, and one of them said:
Why, boy, you've just passed him."
"Without word | wheeled nv
horse and dashed back to the solitary
figure ahead. AS came up he ssem.
ed to take in the situation, for he said
sharply:
"Who are you looking for, young
man."
care you Gen. Grant," | asked ea-
gerly.
My names Grant," he SAID stiff1y,
holding out his hand for my dispatch.
Then be said:
why didn't you come to me at
once::"
"Well, what?"
81 didn't think you were Gen.
Grant"
Il saw his eyes twinkle above his
cigar, that must have gone out three
or four weeks before, it looked 90 bad.
So ventured to tell the fact:
because | didn't suppose Gen.
Grant would ride such looking
horse as that"
"He burst out into hearty laugh
and Gen. Badeau told me afterward
that it was the first time for week
he had heard Grant laugh. The gen.
eral receipted on the envelope for the
dispatch and dismissed me, saying"
"rhe next time you are sent to Gen.
Grant perhaps you will know him."
But after that | took my Dispatch
es to the chief of staff Detroit JourA-
al.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16
A Kentucky Duel.

Victor Duquesne, the famous pistol
shot of New Orleans. while travelling
in kentucky stopped for the night at
tavern IN Frankfort, says tie New
York World. In his days pistols, like
kentuckians going to take drink,
went in pairs. Every gentleman car
ried his twin derringers. After sup
per Duquesne went to the office coun-
ter, behind which the proprietor
lounged, and putting down a half
dollar requested him to change it. The
proprietor swept the coin into his
money drawer in a mechanical way,
and taking out two "elts' or twelve
and half cent pieces, showed them
toward Duquesne. The latter, seeing
that the proprietor made no move to-
wards giving him any more money,
said:
81 gave you half a dollar; here are
only two "bits."
"You gi'me quarter, sir, re- pond
ed the host.
BEG your pardon; you are mistaken
Look in your drawer and you will
see."
"Do you mean to say l don't know
half dollar when | gee it? | say SIR,
you gi'me a quarter and you've got
your change for it."
Duquesne looked steadily at the
tavern keeper for a moment. The
guests seated around the fire place be-
came silent.
"You are a liar." said Duqnesne,
in low, even tone. Those terrible
words meant something in Kentucky.
and the speaker knew it. He felt
nervously for his pistols. They wer.
missing. He had left them in his
room. The tavern keepers movements
we're as quick as if he had been charg.
ed by an electric battery. He jerked
open his money drawer, took from it q
pistol, cooked it and covered Duques
ne, who stood motionless.
"Would yon shoot an unarmed
man?' ioonired the latter, calmly.
That appeal is never without it
effect in the Old Commonwealth.
AN unarTed man has no right te
give an insult"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16
4 trl(.
THE REASON WHY
BY ARTHUR NJ EASTER

will not name her in advance,
Thou.h she is be etutIfal to ma.
Bu, picture her. ,ri then. Perchanc",
The reason you Ni! sc
love h-r--hrr4a-. = r's - j,
And -erthE beng .o''t.
An iir.l Of trut "ou nh '"d
\. -ref sweetheart go e
lo,., hecause e,i,1pta crowned.
She bath good jq4 ueu,, htn.r,
Wen-cutqr.d is and DOT abound
In tact and common sense
! love her for Der energy.
Lite. rightlp,ss and Zes;.
For al these heaven born siit' that tie.
But ah' love her test.
just for hcr.eI'. herself one,
Because hersel; she Is,
When girhood d.vs sui charms are gone
Ny song shall still b. this
I love er fot The ga ees fsrF
That smtl- out cj'ar and sweet,
! love her for her soft brown hblr,
Her hsare i5im 4ud neat.
| love her for the heart 30 true
That looss through her bright eyes.
oirrer cs.ugtng ;~i!ishi hue.
Th4tralss oae 10 the skies.
/ .ore her for ise d-iCiy touch
CT geul,e, shapely hands
! luse her for her voice, ~ such
It's sound ny love toLmAads
iore be-s for all th..e. ng isilt,
Ny brghl eyed, SWEET voiced dove,
But eu!y kao~ing be: cas- te'!
How much ough, "a love,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16

You cannot afford to waste tins in expert.
men,ins chen your lungs are in danger.
Consumption always seems, at frst, oaly
cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose
upon you with some cheap imitation Of Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Colds
and Coughs, but ba sere you get the genuine.
Because he can make more rroIt he Eay tell
you that be has some hing jast q. good, or
Just the same. Don't be deceived, but insist
upon getting Or. Kings New Discovery, which
is guaranteed to give relief il all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free at W.
W. Padgett's Store. Large Bottles 81.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16
IMPORTANT
Fall and Winter Goods |.

H4rioz purchsssi : vrry large aa4 carefully
:. r.. tr4 Stock OF FL ami W1u,s- Ggais asi
- order 10 clrt: them g.; far The urN; ma =
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16
Eslsrf Rsaning.
Capture Of Amelia.

-
One evening last winter. as was
imna,i~u,Iy Walking M and down the
pl,,fnrm - a Pans railroad station,
Mating ,,r tho -.3u e-nress train.
r.ca,yrd a trrmrndo.s thump on the
back. | turned a,ound. and 10 and
behold; i, aas nv friend jacques.
.Wbrra AYE Won vo,og =" he asked.
To Njce.'
4 am com, n Nice too"
.Th,, = fr.t r.,t. W. will travel
together
7The tram in h, meantime arrived
and A. "a, weut to tsnr sur l,g.rss "a
In, cuuvr. ae rsas,~d the rcsf,l car.
| slouldn', lAr TO b.. cmnIoYed in
on or those uns,al cars with all those
d.rty li,t!r bass. They have 10 stand
mail ths.ray too. | should think the,
s'g.I h. tired ont remarked
.Yr. u - no, agreeable 10 travel in
2ne Of those cars. | Travelled 2O(
u:lles in one Of them o. c.. and ! don't
think ever suffered rs much tn my
life.
.Uas did that h.posn y
.Ijsar,sht fuunv story. Let US ga'
our pl.ce, and then Ill tell you 81
about IT.
We 20. into the coupe aud JAcoue.
told the .,IlosIng yaru,.whlch lthInS
Is worth repeating:
AZ the time TO which refer,
said jacques. WAS acquainted with ,
certain blonde copnte,s. Yen knew
her, bvc.us, several ,ln,e caught yos
trying 10 illr, With her She was liv
my a, that time at re. vii, near Var
Her uafn. Is Amella. We used 4
write 10 each other daily. wrote Il
keep her thoroughly lnfromed of ,h,
TACT that loved her mailv. She wro.,
10 me because life ID very tedious ou'
"a the country, and she hal TO do som,
thing TO Kill time. Her letter. wer,
rather cold, and Was much ufrait
that she va. not going 10 make much
Of an effort TO reciprUcate my affection,
Just at this crisis | was CARRYING on s,
correspondence Of pretty much tht
same character with another lad,
whose name Was hot Amelia. but
Louisa. and who w,s living in Nor
mandy.
y nice man YOU are
1T is the rr,rasative of innocenc,
TO proi c, the inlylatogy bowlder re
spondrd .Jacqus, lighting a cigarette.
i sun, ose you mean to quote ,ha
he who Is without sin among vol
should cast the first stone
just so, resumed Jacques. Mis-
Louisa, this Normandy cores penden
# mine WAS no countess. Neitbe
WAS she a blonde, We had reached
that no,nt IN orr rcorrespondence wher
she felt it incumbent on her to inform
NE almost every day that she love,
me for myself al.ne. replied yer,
cooIlv and inditIerently, for | was de
slrous of giving her no encouragement
wb,teyer was tr,juo 70 oiy. I,ousi,
what is known as the cold shake. bu
| wanted to do it grnteelly, as gen
tleman should
Il presume the countess is the on,
that had the most money! remarked
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16
ORPHANS COURT [.
Assoeidts Judges /:

JOSEPH. PRICE, ID. lGs. oANphh''
Cros; Roads, Md. La Plata, Md.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16

nEE0 SEA Wonders exist in thousands of
u ~ forms, but are surpassed by the malr
els OF Invention. Those " ho are in need of prof
table work that car he done while living at home
should at once send their address to halett 4
Co., Portland Maine, and receive free, fall infor-
nation how either sex, of all ages, earn
from 8 TO s25 per day and upwards wherever
they live. Your started Tree. Capital not
required Some have made over $50 IN q single
day at this work. All succeed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Patience heals many a wound
Kindness is never thrown away.
Never try to outshine, but to please.
Nothing is really beautiful but truth.
Envystrikes at Others and stabs herself.
Weigh your answer well before utter
ing it.
1t is more trouble to revenge a wrong
than to bear it.
If we flatter ourselves the f1attery of
others will not injure us.
To do as you please is to become the
slave of your own caprices.
Imaginary ills soon become real ones,
by indulging our reflections.
The true measure of earthly prosperi-
ty is its influence upon the soul.
Small faults are little thieves that
open the door for big ones to enter.
Seek out a mans good traits of char
acter before you search for his bad ones.
The man that has never made a mis-
take has never attempted to do anything.
He who observes the faults of his
I
neighbor is too much occupied to see his
own faults.
Man can do everything with himself,
but he must not attempt to do too much
with others.
Neglected graves are not half SO sad
as neglected poor people who will soon
need graves.
The tongue of fool is the key of his
counsel, which in wise man wisdom
hath in keeping.
There are but very few who know how
to be idle and innocent. By doing moth
| ing we learn to do i'll.
The beautiful in heart is million
times of more avail in securing dOmes-
tic happiness than the beautiful in per-
son.
He who does a good deed is instantly
ennobled; he who does mean deed, is by
the action itself contracted and self-de-
graded.
The call to religion is not call to be
better than your fellows, but to be bet
ter than yourself. Religion is relative
to the individual.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

ACCORDING to the annual report of
the General Superinten dent of the Coast
Life Saving Service for the past year
1868 persons and S9,555,2S5 worth of
property were concerned in the wrecked
vessels of which the service had to do
with, and yet of the persons only twelve
were lost, and of the property all but 81,
776,SS0 was saved. The cost of main
tanning the service was only S926,213.
Not many departments of the Govern
ment can make such an excellent show
ing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
A FAMILY GATHERING.

Have you father? Have you a moth
er? Have you son or daughter, sister OF
a brother who has not yet taken Kemp's
Balsam for the throat and lungs, tie
guaranteed remedy for the cure of coughs,
colds, asthma, Group, and all throat and
lung troubles? If so, why? when a sam
pie bottle of gladly given to you free by
any druggist and the large size cost only
SOC and 81 d
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
BuCKLEN,S ARNICA sALYE.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, ChilblaiDs,
Corns and all Skin EruptiOns, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by Patterson & Sons. ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
A SAFE INVESTMENT.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or in case of falme q
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
druggist bottle of DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. 1t is guara,
teed to bring relief in every case, when
used for any affection Of throat, lungs OF
chest, such as consumption, Inflammation
of lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whooping
cough, Group, etc. 1t is pleasant and
agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can
always be depended upon. Trial bottles
free at PattersOns' drug store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
Daily, except Sunday. *Daily,

At Pittsburgh connections are made In Union
Depot with through trains on the Pennsyvania
Railroad for Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York, on which are run Pullman Buffet
Sleeping and Parlor Cars.
At Chicago and st. Louis connections are made
in Union Depot with prominent railroads for all
points in the West, Northwest and Southwest
For further information call on OF address near
est ticket agent. E. A FORD,
JAS. MCCREA, Gen. Pass Agent,
General Manager. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

THE Republican and Democratic
members of the Grand Army of the Re-
public have heretofore dwelt together in
peace and unity, and it is hardly likely
that the present efforts of Gen. Palmer
and a few other sore-headed politicians
will succeed in stirring upstrife between
them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

THE fountain of perpetual youth was
one of the dreams of antiquity. 1t HIS
been well-nigh realized in Ayers SarSa-
parilla, which purifies the blood, gives vi
tality to all the blood functions, and thus
restores to age much of the yigOr and
freshness of youth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

CoNNECTIONs-At Barton with all passenger
trains on c., L. & W. R'y; at Bridgeport with c. &
?. R'y for Steubenyille, Pittsburgh, and interme-
diate points; at Bellaire with B. & o, and B., T.
9. Rvs. ~ Direct with Street Cars to and from
Wheeling: Only direct route between St Clairs-
vile and Wheeling
A. G. DARRAH, F. NJ TOWNSEND,
President. Superintendent
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VALUABLE MEDICAL TREATISE

VALUABLE MEDICAL TREATISE.
The edition for 1889 of the sterling
Medical Annual, known as Hostetter's
Almanac, is DOW ready, and may be OBJ
tanned, free of cost, of druggists and gen.
eral country dealers in all parts of the
United States, Mexico, and indeed in
every civilized portion of the Western
Hemisphere. This Almanac has been
issued regularly at the commencement of
every year for over one-fOurth of a cen
tury. 1t combines, with the sOundest
practical advice for the preservation and
restoration of health, large mount of
interesting and amusing light reading,
and the calendar, astronomical calcula-
tiOns, chronological items, etc, are pre-
pared with great care, and will be found
entirely acurate. The issue of Hostel
ter's Almanac for 1889 will probably be
the largest edition of medical work ever
published in any country. The proprie-
tors, Messrs Hostetter & Co., Pittsburgh,
Pa, on receipt of two-cent stamp, will
forward copy by mail to any person
who cannot procure one in his neighbor-
hood. IL elm
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

DEPEND upon it, religion is, in its es-
sence, the most gentlemanly thing in
the world. 1t will alone gentilize, if
unmixed with cant; and know nothing
else that will alone.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

Do NOT believe that book is good, if
in reading it thou dost not become more
contented with thy existence, if it does
not rouse up in thee more generous feel
ings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
1889.
Harper's w Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harpers Weekly has wellestablished place as
the leading illustrated newspaper in American.
The fairness of its editorial comments on current
politics has earned for it the respect and confidence
of all impartial readers, and the variety and excel
lence of its literary contents, which include serial
and short stories by the best and most popular
writer's fit it for the perusal of people of the widest
range of tastes and pursuits. Supplements are
frequently provided, and no expense is spared to
bring the highest order of artistic ability to bear
upon the Illustration of the changefu phases of
home and foreign history. A new work of fiction
from the pen of William Dean HOwells and one
by Capt. Charles King, will be among the leading
features of the Weekly for 1889.
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Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS. Rungan P. O., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: MY daughter had catarrh when
she was five years old, very badly. saw DR..
Sages Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; third bottle effected a perma-
sound and hearty"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

A MAN ought to inquire and find out
what he really and truly has an appetite
for; what suits his constitution; and
that, doctors tell him, is the very thing he
ought to have in general. And so with
books.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

HABIT is like rope to which we are
constantly adding new threads and
strands. 1t finally becomes so strong
that it cannot be broken, except by a
strand at time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

THE first condition of mental growth
is that we keep our minds open to new
impressions, and the longer we retain
something of the child's susceptibility
to new impressions, the longer shall we
continue to grow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
"UntoId Agony from Catarrh.''

Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmerist,
of Ithaca, N. Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
1 suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
incurable, and said 1 must die. My case was
such bad one, that every day, towards sum
set, my voice would become SO hoarse could
barely speak above s whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use of DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man. and the cure has been permanent"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

SOME men cannot stand prosperity;
some never get the chance to stand it,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
.ConstantIy Hawking and spittine.,,

THOMAS ]. RUSHING, Esq, s90s Pine Street,
St. Louis, Mo-, writes: IL was great sufferer
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. I
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
lily, l was advised to try DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy$and l am now well man. / believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it a
fair trial to experience astounding results and
q permanent cure.'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

IT may be proper for all to remember
that they ought not to raise expectations
which it is not in their power to satisfy;
and that it is more pleasing to see smoke
frightening into flame than flame sink
ing into smoke.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

DELUDE not yourself with the notion
that you may be untrue and uncertain
in trifes and in important things the
contrary. Trifes make up existence,
and give the observer the measure by
which to try us; and the fearful power
of habit, after a time, suffers not the
best will to ripen into action.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull,
heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody ana putrid; the eyes are
weak, watery, and inflamed; there is ringing
in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the
breath is offensive; smell and taste are i'm
paired; there is sensation of dizziness, with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen.
eral debility. Only few of the above-named
case. Thousands of cases annually, without
manifesting half of the above symptoms, re-
suit in consumption, and end in the grave.
No disease is so common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood by physicians.
By its mild, soothing, and healing properties,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases OF Catlrrl,, "cOId in the head"
COryZa, and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold by druppistS eYerYMhere: 30 Gents
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

IT has been wisely said, ''That well
may the guardian angel suffer thee to
lose thy locks, when thou darest willful-
ly to lay thy head in the lap of tempta-
tion" Was it not easier for the hero of
Judea to avoid the touch of the fair
Philistine, than to elude her power when
held in her arms?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

THERE is no virtue which is more
pleasant than gratitude. To see that
kindness is not thrown away, that some
return, however small, is made by the
recipient, renders us more ready to do a
person a service another time; while in
gratitude is one of the most frequent or
iginators of hard-heartedness and sell
fishness.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

THE aim in educating all must be the
same, namely, to render them virtuous
and intelligent, but as the natural en-
dowment of individuals is different, al
persons are not capable of the same i'm
provement, and every one can not be
induced by the same motives to pursue
the same end.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

THE lust of dominion innoyates so i'm
perceptibly that we become complete
despots before our wanton abuse of pow
or is perceived; the tyranny first exercis-
ed in the nursery is exhibited in various
shapes and degrees in every stage of our
existence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

ndTARRU SAMPLE TREATMENT EpEE
Uhlhiahn We mail enOught to convince. hnn
B. 5. Lauderback & Co. 773 Broad-st. Newark, M.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

OATHs are vulgar, senseless, offensive,
impious; like obscene words, they leave
a noisome trail upon the lips, and a
stamp of odium upon the soul. They
are inexcusable. They crafty no sense,
while they outrage taste and dignity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13

CT. CLAIRSVILLE & NORTHERN
~ RAILROAD TINE CARD.
Time Schedule, in effect May 18th, 1885,
Standard Time, So Minutes SIOlCer than Local TINE
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WORLDLY ambition is founded on
pride or envy, but emulation, or lauda-
BILE ambition, is actually founded in hu-
mility; for it evidently implies that we
have a low opinion of our present at
tainments, and think it necessary to be
advanced.