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Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
THE LAMB ESCAPED.
How Dog Was at Once and Forever
 Cured of Ills Only Vice.

A certain lady had once a valuable St. Bernard of excellent pedigree, care fully trained, and in all respects of we'll nigh ideal excellence save for one fault: He would kill lambs. He was beaten, he was imprisoned, the body of the latest lamb which had fallen victim to his fury was fastened around his neck as a badge of shame, but all to no avail His mistress concluded that it was impossible to break him of his fault and that she must sell him.
 While matters were in this state friendly farmer who had upon some occasion got into his head the fact that the dogs mistress was fond Of pets sent her snowy cosset, all gay with ribbons and looking as innocent as in- nocence itself The lady was in de- spair. She expected that her dog would fall upon the lamb and tear it limb from limb; but having in the past had much experience with pets she said to herself that if this catastrophe was to happen she did not propose to have it postponed until she became deeply attached to the new conner, and 60 deliberately led the lamb up to the dog, said to him that 1t was her lamb. and directed him to watch it. The dog looked at her rather wistfully, evidently requesting permission to tear the pretty innocent, but she stern ly shook her head and departing left the pair together on tho lawn.
 She is willing to admit now that the trial proved successful, that she had no idea that it would, and that she ex- pected to find the lawn strown with the dismembered fragments of the lamb When few hours later she re- turned. however. the dog was found to have taken the lamb into his especial favor and under his especial protection. He lay down with it, he followed it about. and seemed to have become un- commonly fond of it in way not at all allied to carnivorous instincts. In short the lamb and the dog became the closest of friends, and as long as they two did live they continued to dwell together in peace and affection.
 And the remarkable part of the tale Is that from that day the dog no more molested any lambs whatsoever. It was plain case of similia similibus curantur The dog was at once and forever cured of his vice and his fond mistress relates this story to admiring friends with mingled pride aad a!ie" tion. Boston Courier
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
Bn0WH X BLAkELYS Greet Reductioq Sale :!
Fifteen thousand dollars (Sl5,OOO) worth of first-class goods thrown upon the market
 Al Less Than Auction Prices!

We don't advertise bargains in cheap notions, etc, as some do in order to catch, but we are going to lay everybody in the shade everything Our stock is complete in every no-g goods of superior quality
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
R A N TED

CeHSsRsvils Nus, Dee. I2, lssS. FAnts MEDICINE Co. Paris. Tenn.
 fltasc send me thrc dozen Of your Crove'. T,ste. fss Ohil foute aas pleased win the lot iron, ,o,, last sHmnlcr, The people were d.Nrh,..l vitb t, gave yohf thtil fouic to some children pho wcrs lsh l ant ssRrhv snd en,aciated having had chronis i eut,s tf months past one of them for year .nt slihln th'rc ~eyss sf,tt beginning aIth inc Chia I"nir tbrS Serr bale aud hrartv Nith rs, .nd ,,,. ehesks It acted AAe charm. - wy
 W. W, sTINsos, A. D.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
OLO-STYlE COURTSHiP.
Boston Girls Do Not Believe In Love- Max
 ing by Letter.

Boston girls do not take kindly to the proposition to reduce the surplus of marriageable young women in that city by deporting them in 'job lots'' to the new States of the far West to meet the demand there for wives.
 One of the bright and pretty sales girls interviewed on the subject by a reporter said: "When l get married it will be after one of the old-fashi oned courtships. /" She secuted the idea of jumping into a matrimonial grab bag to get husband, and declined as wholly unsatisfactory the plan of a courtship by correspondence.
 The Boston girls are right The "old-fashioned courtships' are best A young woman misses ''the weetest thing in life and a young man is de- frauded of his dearest birthrjght in marrying without a courtship that courts. The 'Old -fashioned' kind may need some amendment to adopt it to the unwritton law of buckram and financial civilization. But it is doubt ful if all the changes are improve ments.
 The old-fashioned courtship did not require too much ''mothering" or chaperoning If trusted something to the native purity and prudence of young women and to the honor and chivalry of young men. And il is very doubtful if the proportion of happy marriages has been increased by the guards and checks which have been thrown around courtship by the grad ual introduction here of old world social customs.
 The Boston girls who are not sub ject to these customs propose to stand up for their rights and privileges. and the yonng men, at least, will glory in ,hcir opunk. - N. Y. World.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
PKEncorr. ARk., Angnst F, 1889.

Kk.A
 
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Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL \T0NIC

IL is as pleasant to the taste as lemon
 syl"p. The Smallest infant will take it and
 never know 1t is medicine. Children cry for it. Never fails to
 cure. Chills once broken will not return. Cost you only half the price of other
 Chill Tonics. NO Quinine needed. No purgativs
 needed. Contains no poison. Cheaper than
 Guinine. It purihes the blood and rsmovss all
 malarial poison from the system. Atis as large as any dollar Tonic and
 RETAILS FOR 50 CENTS.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
WHAT AN ALLIANCE MAN SAYS:

nanipo Aby h from
 skill physicians oft He including Hd to
 He noce hc hn curdh him county Tcxas.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30

A tree at Jamesburg, N. J.. it is asserted. produces three kinds of ap- pies and one kind of pears. The ap- pies ripen at different times, and one crop folloas another through the sum- mer
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30
Read the Evidence-TestimOnials.

word for ts unless think tell the truth write
 and else select certificate will for trouble and io honesty We here few of the thousen
Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-30

The people the tereoped prices nkshop and submit the lowest list onirs goods published in Southwest Arkansas
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
THE HAIR.

The quality and color of the hair was
subject of speculative theory for the
ancients. Lank hair was considered
indicative of pusillanimity and coward
ice; yet the head of Napoleon was guilt
less of curl.
Frizzly hair was thought an indica-
ton of cOarseneSs and clumsiness. The
hair most in esteem was that termina-
ting in ringlets. Historians state that
Achilles and A iaX lebanon had curling
locks; such also was the hair of Timon,
the Athenian. As to the Emperor Au-
gustus, nature had favored him with
such redundant locks, that no hair
dresser in Rome could produce the like.
Auburn or light brown hair was
thought the most distinguished, as por-
tending intelligence, industry, a peaceful
disposition, as well great susceptible
ty to the tender passion.
Castor and PolluX had brown hair; so
also had Menelaus. Black hair does
not appear to have been esteemed by the
Romans; but red was an object of aver
sion.
Ages before the time of Judas red
hair was thought mark of reprobation,
both in the case of TyphOn, who de-
prived his brother of the scepter of
Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar, who ac-
quired it in expiatiOn of his atrocities.
Even the donkey tribe suffered from
this ill-omened visitation, according to
the prOverb of "Wicked as a red s.
Asses of that color were held in such
detestation among the COpts, that every
year they sacrificed one by hurling it
from high wall.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
THROUGH CARS TO NEW YORK
VIA BALTIMORE AND OHIO RR


Under the schedule taking effect May
18th, the B. x o. r. r will again resume
through car service to New York. and
the new Express train leaving Bellaire at
1l.O6 p. m. daily will be equipped with
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars.
running through to New York without
change. This train will arrive next day
IN Washington at 11.45 a. m. Baltimore
at l2.9O p. m, Philadelphia at 3. 10 D. NJ,
and New York at $50 p. m.
The Nestibuled Limited will leave Bel
lalre at 3o4 a. m. daily and will arrive the
same day in Washington at 4.O5 D. m.
Baltimore 5.15 p. m, Philadelphia 1.2O D.
m, New ork $50 p. m. All cars on the
Limited are vestibuled The vestibule
appliance entirely overcomes the Swaying
motion impaired to ordinary trains in
rounding curves and, as the Limited
passes over the mountain division of
the line in daylight, travellers can en-
JOY the beautiful scenery for which Pic
turesque B. X q. is famed without suffer
ing the slightest discomfort.
The Limited is a solid train from Chi
cago to Washington and Baltimore: pas
sengerS for Philadelphia and New York
change at Washington in same depot. in
to a veStibuled train running through
from Washington to New York.
Great improvements have been made
in the roadway and equipment of the b.
II o. X. R. in the last two years and its
present train service is equal to any in
America. In addition to its attractive
ness it is rja the b. & O. only that the
National Capital can be visited while
enFOute between the East and West. All
B. & o. trains run cia Washington.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
WEIGHING DIAMONDS.

The appraiSing of diamonds by the
Government officials is one of the most
delicate of all the tasks they are ever
called upon to perform. 1t is done in
absolute quiet, the scales being so deli
cate that even the vibration of the hu-
man voice would stir them, and an eye
lash accidentally dropped on one of
them would send one side or the other
flying up.
Every gem is examined with most alb
solute precision, powerful magnifying
glasses being used to detect any flaws.
This has to be done, and most particu-
larly with the larger stones, for flaws in
visible to the naked eye, but which, ac-
cOrding to their location, seriously affect
the value of any of them, are discovered
by the magnifying glass.
This tries the eyes severely, the many
different cOlors of the stone dancing
continusly before the eyes.
From the Judgment of this govern
ment expert no appeal is possible, and
so well is this understood that there is
seldom a false invoice made on the
stones sent into this country.
Millions of dollars worth of stones are
annually imported by us. They come
in small wooden boxes about six inchts
long and three inches wide and deep.
An air of mystery and secrecy pervades
the appraising room when these are
opened, the experts being shut in be-
hind carefully closed and guarded doors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Wishes at least are the easy pleasures
Of the poor.
When all is consumed, repentance
comes too late.
The only disadvantage of an honest
heart is credulity.
You believe that easily which you
hope for earnestly.
Correction of error is the plainest
proof of energy and mastery.
If you should escape the censure of
others, hope not to escape your own
The man who is sure Of what he says
gives assurance to those who hear him.
1t is right to be contented with what
We have. but never with what We are.
Without content, we shall find it al
most as difficult to please others as our
selves.
The covetous man pines in plenty, like
Tantalus up to the chin in water, yet
thirsty.
Violent zeal for truth has hundred
to one odds to be either petulancy, am
bition or pride.
In matters of conscience first thoughts
are best; in matters of prudence last
thoughts are best.
The denial of mans immortality in
wolves a violation of the general nor
nal human consciousness.
He who receives a good turn should
never forget it; he who does one should
never remember it.
A child that stayeth at one stature,
and never groweth bigger, is monster.
Unless we go forward, we slip back.
Our own faces seen suddenly will
sometimes tell US things concerning our
selves that we did not suspect before.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
Belutu1tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY. JUNE c. 1883.
W1rnIN two months the RepubIieans

WITHIN two months the Republicans
of Ohio will enter upon a political cam
paign of tremendous importance. Bel
mont County will be an important factor
in the struggle. and it is important that
the Republicans of the county shall be
in position to make an aggressive and
vigorous fight. THE CHRONICLE will be
found a useful helper in the good Cause.
We hope to largely extend its circula-
ton, and to that end offer it in clubs of
ten and upward from the 4th of July
until the 9TH of November for p cents.
This low rate ought to add one thOus-
and, OF more, to its circulation, and it is
safe to say five thousand more persons
would weekly have the opportunity to
read Republican paper. Brethren! is
there anything else you can do likely to
produce such good results? g? One thOus-
and, or more, campaign subscribers can
easily be procured if Republicans at each
post-office in the county will appreciate
the mighty help this increased constitu-
ency will afford in the campaign.
The cash must in all cases accompany
the order.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
REFLECTIONS

J. A. Macon, in Century Bric-a-Brac.
Stills are no better in conversation
than in foot race.
Folly must hold its tongue while
wearing the wig of wisdom.
1t is the foolish aim of the atheist tC
scan infnitude with microscope.
When poverty comes in at the cottage
door, true love goes at it with an ak.
A vein of humor should be made Wis
ible without the help of reduction mill
The reformer becomes a fanatic when
he begins to use his emotions as a sub
stitute for his reasoning faculty.
Many an object in life must be attain
ed by flank movements; it is the zigzag
road that leads to the mountain top.
All the paths of life lead to the grave,
and the utmost that we can do is to
avoid the short cuts.
The Office should seek the man, but it
should inspect him thoroughly before
taking him.
Humility is most serviceable as an un-
dergarment, and should never be worn
as an overcOat.
The Good Samaritan helps the unfor-
tunate wayfarer without asking how he
intends to vote.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
THELIGHTBRIGADE SURPASSED

.THELIGHT BRIGADES SURPASSED.
From the National Tribune.
We cannot forbear one more compar-
ison with European standards to show
how much bloodier was the fighting of
our own soldiers. The charge of the
Light Brigade at Balaklava stands out
in the history of all European wars as
the most murderous loss ever sustained
by a single organization in battle. 1t
has been sung about, painted in pic
lures. and made the subject of count
less pieces of mastery word painting.
What are the exact figures? 1t start
ed upon the charge with 673 men, and
lost ll3 killed and l34 wounded; total
247. or 36.7 per cent. of its number
This was its first and only battle. After
that it rested on its laurelS. There were
scores of regiments in our army which
lost more heavily than this in single en-
gagements, after having suffered severe
" before, and which went to other bat
ties, where they suffered still more.
Take, for example, the First Mime
sofa, Whlcn, dIJeT having IOuSnI VAL
iantly at the first Bull Run, on the Pc
ninsula, at the second Bull Run, Antie-
tam, Fredericksburg and Chancellors-
vile, found itself at Gettysburg with
the 1850 men it started out with re-
duced to 262 At a critical point in the
battle Hancock found it necessary to
sacrice it to gain few minutes time.
He ordered it to charge into an over
whelming mass of the enemy and cap
ture their colors, which it did, though
almost annihilated. 1t lost IS men killed
or mortally wounded, and 149 wounded
-224 in all, or 81 per cent! This did
not stop its fighting either, for it lost in
nearly every battle the Army of the Po-
tomac fought afterward. The Light
Brigade's loss in killed was 16.S per
cent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA.

The Niconte Eugene MechiOr de Vogue, in Harp
er'S Magazine for june
The Russians generally marry quite
young in the upper classes, and amongst
country people even at an earlier age;
and to the honor of this society be it
said, love marriages are the rule, and
marriages for money are very rare ex-
ceptions. Dowry- hunting and marriages
of interest have not yet made their ap
/ pearance in Russian manners. Girls of
high social position readily marry young
officers of the Guard, who furnish the
/ largest contingent of dancers to the balls
of Petersburg. During the carnival
/ fetes the two armies, the army in petit
coats and the army that wears epaulets,
learn to know each other thoroughly.
/ Friendships spring up, the young man
pays court, and one day, without hav-
ing consulted anybody, two tianc6s come
| to ask of the parents blessing, which is
never refused. The Church does not mar
~ during Lent,So they have to wait until
| Easter week. Fashion demands for the
! celebration of the ceremony the chapel
of some private house, if the couple
have not sufficiently lofty relations to
secure the chapel OF the palace. a fam
! lily that respects itself ought to have at
! its wedding as honorary father and hon
orary mother, if not the Emperor and
| Empress, at least a Grand-Duke and
] ! fsaNl
gives the holy image, which some little
child related to the families carries in
front of the fiancGS. They enter the
church, followed by all their friends in
gala uniform. The ceremony begins; it
is very long, and complicated with many
symbolic rites; a small table-a sort of
movable altar-is placed in the middle
of the oratOry; the couple are separated
from it by band of rose -cOlOred satin;
when the priest calls, they must advance,
and the first who sets foot on the band,
whether husband or wife, will be the one
who will impose his or her will in the
household. This is an article of faith for
all the matrOns, who watch them at that
moment. On the table is placed the
liturgical fOrmulary, the candles which
they must hold, the cross which they
will kiss, the rings which they will ex-
change, the cup of wine in which they
will moisten their lips, and which is
called in the Slavonic ritual '.the cup of
bitterness" Pages relieve each other to
carry with Outstretched arms two heavy
crowns, which must be held above the
heads of the ianc6s while the ceremony
continues. At the decisive moment,
when the priest is pronouncing the
words that bind them together, the
couple walk. three times around the al
tar, followed by the crown bearers; until
the third turn is completed there is time
to turn back; after that the die is cast,
the couple are united for life. There
upon the singers strike up in their most
strident voices the joyous hymn, "Let
Isaiah rejoice" The bride and groom
then go and PROSTATE themselves before
the Virgin of the IcOnostase, and kiss
her filigree robe, after which they pass
into the neighboring salon, where they
gayly clink glasses of champagne, while
the invited guests receive boxes of
sweetmeats marked with the monogram
of the young couple.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06

A SIGNAL example of political fore
thought has been furnished by Senator
SpoOner, of Wisconsin, who had the sal
airy of the U. S. Consul at Prague raised
from $1,000 to $1,000 some time ago, and
now has got his brother appointed to it.
This is a match for the stroke of busi-
ness which the Hon. S. S. Cox did in the
first year of the Cleveland administra-
tion by fixing up the Turkish mission
with lot of comfortable perquisites,
and then getting himself appointed to
the place.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
EXPAND THE MIND

By seeing as much as you can of the
world; but ere you set out either as a
tourist, commercial traveller or emigrant
whether you go by rail, steamship OF
steamboat, provide yourself with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which the travel
ing public recognizes as the finest medi-
cal safeguard and preventive of sea sick
ness with which any one jOurneying by
land or water can be provided 1t furn-
ishes to the western pioneer adequate
protection against malaria, rheumatism,
and those disorders of the bowels which
miaSma tainted water beget. Its sedative
effect upon a stomach pertubed by the
rocking of ship is truly magical, and it
is capital appetizer and nerve invigora-
tor. Excellent is it for biliOuSnesS and
kidney inactiOn, and it cOunteractS, in a
remarkable degree, the effects of fatigue,
physical or mental After wetting and
exposure in inclement weather, it should
be used as preventative. 52-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE?

Read the following: C. H. Morris, New
ark, says, WAS down with abscess of
lungs, and friends and physicians pro
nounced me an incurable consumptiye;
began taking DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption; am now on my third
bottle, and able to oversee the work on
my farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made" Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died of lung trouble; was given up by
doctors: am now in best of health" Try
it. Sample bottle free at Patterson Il
Sons drug store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
THE VERDICT TUNANIMOUS

W. ID. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
titles: " can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief in every case One
man took six bottles, and was cured rheu-
matism of ten years standing" Abra-
ham Hare, druggist, Bellville o., afiirms:
" The best selling medicine | have ever
handled N my twenty years experience,
is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
ters do cure all diseases of the liver. kid
neys or blood. Only half-dollar a bot
tie at PattersOnS' drug store. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING.

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at PattersOns
drug store as their giving away to theil
customers of so many free trial bottles OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump,
ton. Their trade is simply enormous in
this very valuable article, from the fact
that it always cures and never disap,
points. Coughs, colds, asthma, bron-
chitis, Group, and all throat and lung dis
eases quickly cured. You can test it be-
fore buying by getting trial bottle free
large size 81. Every bottle warranted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06

For single consulate in South Amer
lea there are one hundred and fftv-six
candidates. And after the appointment
is made one hundred and ffty-ive of the
applicants will be convinced that this ad-
ministration is not living up to pledges
of the party.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06

The completed returns of the Assess
ors of Knox County, o., show a decrease
in the valuation of sheep from last yeal
of $70,541, and a decrease in number OF
1897.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-06
MERIT WINS.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies thatsell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfaction.
We do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to refund
the purchase price, if satisfactory results
do not follow their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity purely
ON their merits. Patterson q Sons. l