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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07
NOW FOR CLEAN FAIRS.

National Stockman.
The fair associations which have been
pledging themselves to do away with the
fakir and side-show, as well as games OF
chance and other immoral features, will
now within few weeks have an oppor-
tunity of proving the sincerity of their
promises. The people have noted these
promises, and will be equally careful to
note their fulfilment. We hope to see
every pledge of this kind redeemed, and
to find that many associations which
have made no public announcement re-
garding the matter will follow the exam
pie of those which have set the pace for
the coming season for the better class of
fairs. The time has come when the eX-
hibition which aims to rate as anything
approaching first-class must discontinue
these things, and managers may just as
well recognize that fact first as last. The
people will not tolerate immoral features
in the exhibitions which they patronize,
and the sooner this is understood by
those in the management of these fairs
the better it will be for all concerned.
OATS FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Oats are to domestic animals what
wheat is for man, the best species of
grain. The chemists have never done it
Justice, because it contains some active
property that escapes analysis, yet tells
on the strength and nervous vigor of
horses and cattle alike, says Western Ag-
7.iclLLtaCTist.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

IF we could have little patience we
would escape much modification; time
takes away as much as it gives.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

THE feeble tremble before opinion, the
foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the
skillful direct it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

NEARLY all are of opinion that devo-
tion is purer and more ardent in solitude,
but declare to you that they believe it to
be their duty to set an example by going
to church. Is not this pride and vanity?
What must they conceive of their own
value and Importance, to imagine that
others will necessarily look up to them
as guides and modelsl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

THE fountain of content must spring
up in the mind; and he who has so little
knowledge of human nature as to seek
happiness by changing anything but his
own discontented disposition, will waste
his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply
the griefs which he purposes to remove.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07
PLAYING WITH MATCHES

And Set Fire to His Fathers Barn and
Was Burned to a Cinder.
CHICAGO, Aug. Awhile 4-year-old
Johnny Kruder was playing with
matches in his fathers barn yesterday
afternoon he set fire to the hay, and
like a flash the barn was turned into q
flaming furnace. Johnny attempted te
escape, but stumbled and fell, and the
flames burned him to cinder. The fire
spread to the adjoining property, and
before it was put out several dwellings
were destroyed. Loss, $4,000; insur
ance about 5000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

IT will not be long before you will have
forgotten all the world, and in little
while all the world will have forgotten
you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07
THE want of method and habit IN early

THE want of method and habit In early
life is answerable for many evils to man
hood. The youth accustomed to regu-
lar and industrious employment will sell
dom lose such habit in after life, while
those who have been suffered to pass a
desultory childhood will require extra
fortitude and strength of character TO be-
come persevering, energetic and indus
trious in later years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

WHEN any one is thoroughly interest
ed in some subject outside of himself,
he forgets all about himself and his ap-
pearance, his self conscious bashfnlness
crops away, and he becomes natural and
interesting; but when self looms up in
his mind as the central figure and the
all-important theme, all true modesty,
dignity and ingenuousness will take
their flight.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07
LASTED BUT SEVEN MINUTES.
Hailstones Measured Eight Inches and
Weighed Ten Pounds.

Weighed Ten Pounds.
Sioux FALLS, S. D., Aug. A vio-
lent storm took place here yesterday
morning, and while lasting only seven
minutes caused $4,000 damages. Hail
stones measured eight inches circumfer-
ence and weighed ten pounds. Just
prior to the storm the wind blew sixty
five miles an hour. Dispatches from
Salem report hail but no damage.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

WE anticipate our own happiness, and
eat out the heart and sweetness of world
ly pleasures by delightful forethought O
them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

1T is not safe thing to leave gener-
GUS feeling to the cooling influences of
cold world. If you intend to do a
mean thing, wait till tomorrow; if you
wish to do noble thing, do it now-at
once-and, like the blacksmith, Hstrike
while the iron is hot"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

NOTHING gives such blow to friend
ship as detecting another in an untruthi
it strikes at the root of our confidence
ever after.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

How mysterious is this human life,
with all its diversities of contrast and
compensation; this web of checkered des-
TIMES; this sphere of manifold allotment.
where man lives in his greatness and
grossness, little lower than the angels,
little higher than the brutes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

THE mind profits by the wreck of ev-
cry passion, and we may measure our
road to wisdom by the sorrows we have
undergone
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

CURING OF PILES GUARANTEED.-wm give
$1,000 FOR any Of failure. No required OF RESPONSE
bic parties
YOUNG MEN-who have become victims Of solitary vice,
habit which annually
unmey grave thousands Of young OF exalted talent and
brilliant intellect, may call with confidence.
DR. FRANCE-After years Of experience. discovered
the known for weakness In the back and limbs In
voluntary discharges mpoency general debility
confusion Of ideas palpation Of the heart dit
trembling gddness diseases Of the head
OF the liver, lungs stomach
terrible disorders arising from the solitary vice Of
yout-and practices bghtng their most radiant hopes
or antcpaons rendering marriage impossible Take
candid thought before Is late week month may
place Of hope Ny method Of treat
speedily permanently the most obstinate case
and absolutely restore perfect manhood
TO MIDDLE-AGED MEN.-There many from the
age Of 50 20 so troubled with frequent excavations Of the
bladder oen accompanied by slight burning smartng
sation veakenpz the patient
account examination Of the urinary deposits
sediment will sometimes small particles Of abu
men will appear win be thin milkish hue, again
changing 70 torpid appearance There many
who die this difficulty, ignorant Of the which Is
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

WHILE in all things that we see or do
we are to desire perfection and strive
for it, we are nevertheless not to set the
meaner thing in its narrow accomplish
ment above the nobler thing in its
progress.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

WHEN the veil of death has been
drawn between US and the objects of our
regard, how quick sighted do we become
to their merits, and how bitterly do we
remember words, or even looks of un-
kindness, which may have escaped us in
our intercourse with them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

PARTING and forgettingl What faith
full heart can do these? Our great
thoughts, our great affections, the Truths
of our life never leave us.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

No man, for any considerable period,
can wear one face to himself and another
to the multitude, without finally getting
bewildered as to which may be true.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

THE man who has never tried the
companionship of little child, has care
lessly passed by one of the greatest
pleasures of life, as one passes rare
flower without plucking or knowing its
value,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

DEATH and exile, and all things that
appear dreadful, let these be every day
before thine eyes; but death most of all,
for so thou wilt neither despise nor too
too greatly desire any condition of life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-07

second stage seminal We viii guarantee perfect
in all such and healthy restoration Of genito
| urinary organs
PRIVATE D1SEASEs-Biood Poison. vsnere,I Taint,
Glee Structure Seminal Emissions, Loss Of Pozer
Weakness Of Sexual Organs Want Of Desire in Male
whether from mprudent habits
years. debitates functions
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confidential Absolute guaranteed No risks incurred
Correspondence promptly answered and medicines
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DISEASES OF WOMEN.-We have . special depart
thoroughly organized, and devoted exclusively
treatment Of diseases Every consulting
specialist whether letter person. given
full and consderate attention Important land
which have baed the skill Of all the home physcans
the benefit Of full council OF skilled speasts In
diseases peculiar females has
twothds Of patients being ladies' old, young married.
SINGLE rich and Our method Is entirely from
tionsbe features Of the general practitioner namely Local
We seldom necessary. prepare
dies constitutional and local. the Demands instruct
ladies' how themselves.
EPILEPSY. Oh FrTs-Posiively cured By = and
erfsing method
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
The Falling Leaves,

As l sat. one autumn day, watching
the yellow leaves as they came floating
to the ground, looking so much like
great, golden butterflies, this thought
came to me: wonder what answer the
little folks would make if 1 should ask
What makes the leaves fall?''
That evening put the question to
Alice. She thought moment and re-
piled: "Why, the wind"
''But, Alice, there is often so little air
moving that the leaves do not even rustic
on the trees, and still they drop to the
earth the same"
At this Charlie spoke, his black eyes
sparklingwith the thought that he had
solved the problem. II know! it's be-
cause they are ready to drop"
"All right, my boy, as far as you have
gone, but there is something more: what
makes them ready?"
AT this question the three little faces
became very grave; at last, Hattie, the
youngest, said in her timid way: 81
think they have done all the work God
had for them to do, and so he picks
them"
l wonder how many of us, who are
older, could have answered as well?-E.
B. 81. in Somerville Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
REPUBLICAN HONESTY DOUBTED.

Some of the republican organs are
afraid, apparently, that some of the
republican members of Congress are
not honest. The New York Tri-
bune, for instance, says !: "The fifty
southern representatives who take
seats without having been elected,
and the rest of the southern members
who uphold the systematic defraud-
ing OF the people, are said to have a
bargain in mind. They will vote,
according to report, to give the
worlds fair to the city which can
transfer to the democratic side
enough republican votes to defeat
legislation for purity and freedom of
suffrage. That is Enthusiastically
southern plan"
To assume that such a plan is
possible is to assume that some of
the republican members are willing
to bargain away their votes. The
Tribune admits that such a plan is
possible, or it would not take the
trouble to discuss it. 1t therefore
hasn't very high opinion of the
integrity of good many republican
members Of Congress. If it had, it
wouldn't assert that the democratic
members have plan to defeat legis-
lation for purity and freedom of suf-
frage, when it knows that such
plan is possible only by the aid of
republicans.
The republican organs can't avoid
letting it be known that they do not
trust the Congressman of their own
party, though they try to hide their
distrust by attacking the democrats.
1t is probable that no democrat ever
thought Of making such bargain as
the Tribune speaks of. The asser-
tion that such bargain has been
discussed is doubtless nothing more
or less than warning to republican
Congressman that if they don't obey
the party whip and vote on party
measures in accordance with party
dictation, they will be charged with
being corrupt. That is one of the
ways of the Republican party to
enforce discipline, and it is a very
mean way. 1t is based, however, on
the assumption that in the opinion
of the public republicans are cor
ruptible, and that charge of cor
ruption made against them is likely
to be believed, Savannah News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16

Professor Sieber has touched one of the
evils Of the day when he declares that
there prevails keenly felt dearth of
thorough teachers who have devoted
their lives to the special study of the for
nation Of the voice, and this remark APP
plies just as forcibly in public speaking.
Our people have yet to learn that ready
flow Of ideas and the gift of CAB do not
constitute the sole and only requisite of
the imprisoned and eloquent orator,
Cicero. when he began his public ca
reer, soon found his voice and delivery
so inadequate that he gave up his pro-
fession for time, and spent number
of years in Greece and Asia Minor in tbs,
study of elocution- When he returned
and resumed his profession, his voice be-
came proverbial for its sweetness, CON-
pass and power, and his delivery charmed
and delighted one of the most eloquent
ages in the worlds history. The severity
of the exercises pursued by Demosthenes
have furnished texts for even the writ
ing books of our schools, and, as result
he so developed the clearness of his ar.
ticulation and the strength of his voice
that it enabled him to subdue into silence
and awe those tumultuous assemble of
the Athenian democracy, where the noise
and confusion were often like that eon
the lips of the many sounding sea-"
Professor McIlvain, of Princeton col
lege, strikes squarely at the evil known
as clergymen's sore throat when he saws
it would seem that he who imagine
himself to be preaching the gospel, while
ne violates almost every law of oral
speech, deceives himself and commits no
little sin-a sin which, like all others,
does not fail to punish itself. For those
wasting throat diseases with which cler-
gymen are afflicted more than any other
class of public speakers are often traced,
physiologically speaking, to bad manage
ment of the voice; to the violation Of
those laws which nature has prescribed
for articulate speaking-laws which, like
all others established by the God Of ma
ture, can never be violated with i'm
punity. This view is confirmed by the
fact that no more effectual preventive
for these diseases has been discovered
than thorough course of sound elocu-
tionary training. Classics.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
A Great Questionable.

A recent Pekin Gazette contains me-
mortal from the chancellor of the Han.
Ian or Imperial college on the necessity
for re-editing the great encyclopedia
compiled 100 years ago in the reign OF
Kienlung, and of which only four copies
in manuscript are now supposed to exist.
This work, the index alone to which con,
sists of fourteen large volumes, contains
a complete compendium of the classics,
and includes also collection of every
thing written and revised by the empe-
rors themselves or published under i'm
perial authority. 1t embraces, says the
chancellor, all knowledge under heaven,
and reflects. as in a mirror, the past and
present
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
A River Pilot.

One of the many peculiar features of
steamboat plotting is the shifting of the
channel. The marks of pilots at GER
tain points along the river or riv-
ers that he works on, once learned,
are always known until they cease
to exist. But the shifting changes
of the channel Of a river like the Missis-
sippi presents on many occasions prob
lematical condition to the most compe-
tent pilots. The changes or shifts of the
channel are sometimes very sudden, but
it is, however, a rare occurrence for a
change to take place in less than forty
eight hours. For instance, tonight
may go down on the New South per-
fectly acquainted with the channels
position. On my next trip up in few
days there may have been change in
its position. 1t requires constant watch
fulness, hence it may be truthfully said
that pilots study is never ended
Old Pilot in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
HURRIED DINNERS.

1t is a mistake to eat quickly.
Mastication performed in haste must
be imperfect even with the best of
teeth, and due admixture of salivary
secretion with the food can not take
place. When a huge mass of mad
equately crushed muscular fibre. or
undivided solid material of any de-
scription, is thrown into the stomach
it acts as a mechanical irritant, and
sets up a condition in the mucous
membrane lining of the organ which
greatly impedes, if it does not alto
gether prevent, the process of diges-
ton. When. the practice of eating
quickly and filling the stomach with
unprepared food is ha5itual, the
digestive organ is rendered incapa-
bic of performing its proper func-
tions. Either much larger guam
tity Of food than would be necessary
under natural conditions is required,
or the system suffers from lack of
nourishment. Just as man may 90
on for years with defective teeth,
imperfectly masticating his food, and
wondering why he suffers from in
digestion; so man may habitually
live under an afliction OF hurried
dinners, and endure the consequent
loss of health, without knowing why
he is not we'll, or how easily the
cause of his illness might be
remedied.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
A Most Curious Funeral.

It was that of Inez de Castro-"the
queen crowned after death"-who was
murdered in the fourteenth century by
three assassins. The lady was the wife
of Portuguese crown prince, and she
was murdered by order of the king-her
father-in-law. The prince never spoke
to his father again, and when the old
man died the remains of Inez were lifted
from the grave, placed on magnificent
throne, and crowned queen of Portugal
The clergy, the nobility, and the people
did homage to her corpse, and kissed the
bones of her hands. There sat the dead
queen, with her yellow hair hanging like
aveil round her CHASTITY form. One flesh
less hand held the scepter, and the other
the orb of royalty.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
Keeps Him Out of Mischief.

One of the busiest men in Boston is a
gentleman whose Office is situated not
far from fremont house. He is the bust
ness representative of New York pub
fishing house, and also of a Philadelphia
magazine, besides this he furnishes mat
ter regularly to four other journalistic
enterprises, is trying to patent an i'm
proved kitchen utensil, is thinking of
bringing out volume of poems, has just
begun work on some encyclopedia
articles, and is about to be married.
With all these things he manages to at
tend to many other business enterprises
whenever they come in his way.-Boston
Advertiser.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
An Ingenious School Bov.

An ingenious English school boy, who
wanted an answer to an arithmetical
problem. dropped into grocers store
on his way to school and said he wanted
certain commodities at certain prices.
After exhausting his list, he said: ''Now,
if I give you half sovereign, what
change shall / get back?" The grocer
told him, whereupon he thanked the
shopman and turned to go. "Wait fol-
the things" called the grocer; and his
disgust can be imagined when the urchir
told him he was late for school, and, az
he hadn't learned his arithmetic lesson
he had adopted that method of gettins
the problem worked for him. - Elk
change
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16

The southern people who hoped
that the President would treat the
south fairly may now from a pretty
definite opinion as to whether or not
their hopes will be realized. He
wants the administration to control
southern state elections. He wants
to keep alive the animosities grow
ing out of the war. He wants to
appoint republican returning boards
to count in republican congressman
sin the south. All of this is in the
Interest of the Republican party
Where does the Presidents friendly
Feeling for the south come in?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
The Hebrews Good Example.

The Hebrews set the world an exam
pie by the way they care for their
own people. In Philadelphia on single
day collections taken up in two syna-
gogues Melted $4,000. Their helpfulness
is by no means confined to measures of
this kind, for there is system among
the "chosen people" by which every
brothers welfare is made the concern of
the whole body. 1t is an example which
might proftably be followed more thor
oughly than it is by other religionists.---
Pittsburg Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
The Horses Had Brains.


Down on West street the other day
there was big truck loaded with boxes
stalled across the street car track. The
driver of the truck was shouting and
flashing his horses, and, after two or three
attempts to move the load, they gave up
in despair. The driver of the car was an
old man, and, after watching things for
few minutes, he stepped down and ap-
preached the truckman and queried:
"Did you ever see horses head dis
sectedY'
"Naw! What are ye givin' me2~ was
the angry reply.
"Well, you'd better find opportunity
some day. You'll be perfectly aston
ished You imagine that his head is
hollow, or stuffed with bran or sawdust,
but you are way off Nature gave him
brains Let me prove it"
He stepped to their heads, rubbed their
noses, spoke few kind words, and then
called upon them to put forth their
strength They buckled down to it,
pulled together, and the truck went over
the rails and far beyond The crowd
cheered, the car driver looked pleased,
and the truckman got away as soon as
possible to hide his chagrin.-New York
Suu
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-01-16
mo,bsA CLAD NOTES.

We ave for sale ronclad notes waving
all the exemptions, with other binding fea
Tres, prepared by he Solicitor General
IF the Blue Ridge Circnit, which is pro-
nounced the strongest and best note in ex-
istence. 1t leaves no loophole for dishon.
est man to escape from paying his obliga-
ton, while it is approved by honest men.
We send abook Of one hundred notes, with
stub, posi- paid TO any address ongsceip4 Of
so cts, or book Of FIFTY notes FOR IS OTIS
Address Marietta (GA. Jourral