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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11
Renting Out Bibles.

There is a firm in town that hires out
Bibles. There is popular impression
that every family possesses a Bible, a
Dictionary and a copy of Shakespeare.
This impression, like many popular i'm
pressions, seems to be an erroneous one.
The Bibles thus hired ont are expensive
ones and suitable to hand over to a
fashionable clergyman or bishop, if a
church dignitary SO high as a bishop is
favoring the family in question with a
call or visit. Such an interesting re-
ligious episode in the life of a fashion
able family as the appearance of bishop
is usually known in advance, and the
Bible is secured in proper time.
The leaves between the old and new
testament are, of course, perfectly blank,
and if a representative of the church
should chance to turn to them he would
find that his fashionable friends were
alarmingly destitute of genealogical rec
ords. Such a discovery would strike
the family discovered with more horror
than it would any one else. They seem
willing. however, to take the chances.
Men who hire out the Bibles demand a
deposit in every case, and charge So a
night.-New York World.
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Improved Wood Carving.

A wood carving machine which pos
sesses many radical improvements has
been brought out The machine is de
signed specially for use in furniture
factories, and in car, organ and pi-
ano factories and other establishments
where wood carving is done 1t will
carve four duplicate pieces any length
at one operation if not over seven
and One-have inches wide, or it will
make two duplicate pieces any length if
not over fifteen inches wide, and if a
greater width is desired one piece can be
carved of any length, and from fifteen
to thirty inches wide.
The bits can be handled conveniently
and in any direction within an angle of
thirty degrees. The top, or table. can be
raised or lowered to make thick or thin
work, and will remain the proper height
for the operator. The table also rests
upon sliding ways. so that it can be ad-
justed for the convenience of the op-
orator on different varieties of work.
The driving pulley of the machine is sir
inches in diameter. with three inch face,
and shorld make l, 400 to 1,500 revolu-
tions per minute.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
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Jay Gould and the Cranks.

Mr.. Gould has some difficulty in keep
ing out of the way of the cranks, dan
gerous and not dangerous, who hang
about his Office door. They come for all
purposes, from Staying him to interest
ing him in flying machines and other en-
terprises. One day crank wrote to
warn him that he would be shot if he
did not put up the stock market before
o'clock in the afternoon. This cranks
letter had scarcely been read before an
other was received warning him that he
would be shot if he did not put down the
market before o'clock in the afternoon!
Whichever way the market went he was
bound to be killed, and the dilemma
amused Mr.. Gould more than anything
that had occurred in long time.-Inter-
view in New York Sun.
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Tamagno and the Czar.

The Italian Count Sergardi is an enter
tanning conversationalist and has the
national fondness for music. He was
much amused when told of Tamagno's
behavior in this country and that the
great tenor brought his own brother
along as his valet
THAT will be good to tell in Rome" ;"
he said. ''Tamagno's traits are so well
known there that it will be appreciated.
Italy has often laughed at him. Hewas
a street car driver in Turin and is with
out education. Verdi had the greatest
difficulty in personally teaching him his
part in 'Otello.' Some time ago an Italian
company to which Tamagno belonged
was engaged at theatre in St. Peters
burg. The company was one day given
an audience by the car.
''You know how strict is the etiquette
of the Russian court. None may leave
the imperial presence except at the cars
bidding. There came lull in the con-
versation and Tamagno remarked that
he thought he would go and abruptly
left the room. The rest of the company
was horror stricken. But the czar
laughed and nothing came of it. Chi
cago Tribune.
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would Have Preferred I,rrat,tude.

hOHiu have Ife1erreC Il 1srsltitude.
"Ah, then, miss. would you be tellin'
poor old woman where st. Ma1y's
home is?'
The fashionably dressed young woman
thus addressed stopped as she was walk
ing in Broadway and looked down on a
ragged ola crone, the picture of squalor
and i'll health. Her first inclination was
to get away as quickly as possible from
the uncanny object, but pity prevailed
and she said:
I'm going past the home myself.
Follow me and I'll point it out to you
when reach.it."
Then she started on again. If the old
woman had only been content to follow
quietly the young one would have felt
sufficiently rewarded for her kindness
by the consciousness of a good deed
done; but the old one began in loud
singsong to praise the Lord for sending
her so kind and beautiful lady to lead
her to the home.
''Glory be to Godr' she almost shouted.
''The Lord rest the souls of all the dead
belongin' to yel May the heavens be
yer bed. and every hair in yer head
candle round yer coffin to light We to
glory! Holy mother send ye rich hus-
band and a fine big fa1nily!' and so on,
all through crowded Fourteenth street,
to the vast amusement of the people and
the overwhelming confusion of the bash
full benefactor, who could hardly re-
strain herself from running away.-New
York Tribune
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Buffalo Herd. a Half Century .ro.

1 think can truly say that 1 saw in
that region in one day more buffaloes
than l have seen of cattle in all my life.
l have seen the plain black with them
for several days journey as far as the
eye could reach. They seemed to be
coming northward continually from the
distant plains to the Platte to get water,
and would plunge in and swim across
by thousands-so numerous were they
that they changed not only the color of
the water, but its taste, until it was un-
fit to drink; but we had to use it. One
night when we were encamped on the
south fork of the Platte they came in
such droves that we had to sit up and
fire guns and make what fires we could
to keep them from running over us and
trampling us into the dust. We could
hear them laundering all night long;
the ground fairly trembled with vast ap-
preaching bands, and if they had not
been diverted wagons, animals and
emigrants would have been trodden
under their feet.-Gen. John Bidwell in
Century,
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Child Definitions.

l asked a little girl how she would de-
fine love. Unhesitatingly she answered,
"It's going errands." asked a little
boy the meaning of the word guilt. SIT
means telling on another boy" l asked
Harry Sullivan to define a gentleman.
He replied, not without some fervor,
"Oh, fellow who has a watch and
chain" l suppose he read disappoint-
ment in my face, for he hastily added,
"and loves Jesus" This same boy had
very hazy idea of Old Testament his
tory. He had heard of Adam and Eve
''They stole apples and were turned out
of the garden, and then they had to
work for their living till the sweat
poured down" A girl of II told me
how she wished to live in the country
because then / shouldn't see lot of
people having lot of things 1 can't
have. Mrs. Dorothy Tenant Stanley's
Book.
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What New England Reads.


1t is interesting to know what are the
reading tastes of such typical New
England town as Springfield, Mass. Tie
city report of its public library shows,
of course. that works of fiction are most
in demand, with Edna Lyall, Walter
Besant, E. P. Roe, Amelia B. Edwards,
w. D. Howells, Jane Austen. Amelia
Barr and Scott, Dickens and Thackeray
as the most generally read authors.
Next to works of fiction come biogra-
ply, travels, science, education, history
and theology, in the order named.
Among historical works everything re-
lating to the civil war is greedily read
by all classes, but especially by Grand
Army men. In fact, it is difficult to
supply the demand for some of these
books. Of French books, the one most
read is Victor Hugo's Lies Miserables. ~
The demand for German books is light.
Shakespeare is read principally by the
pupils of the public schools.-Exchange
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GRAINS oF GOLD.

Most great works are accomplished
slowly.
We double our troubles by broOding
over them.
The best instruction is to practice what
you preach.
Expectations are blossoms; few only
mature fruit.
"Boast of the day in the evening" is
a Russian proverb.
We learn something from everything.
even from failure.
All philosophy lies in two words, ''sus-
tain" and "abstain."
The faster man runs in debt the less
he is apt to get ahead
Many consider as truth what is mere
ly error sanctified by age.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the
handle which fits them all.
He is the kappiest, be he king or peas
ant, who finds peace in his home
A woman often thinks she is regret
ting the lover, when she is only regret
ting the love.
Afiiction is the school of virtue; it
corrects leyity, and interrupts the conf
dence of SHINING.
One of the causes that lead us to mis-
fortune is that we live according to the
examples of others.
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls
the longer it dwells and the deeper it
sinks into the mind.
More is accomplished by doing each
days work faithfully, than by crowding
two days work into one.
We can offer much in the large, but
to make small sacrifices in little things
is what we are seldom equal to.
There is no surer mark of the absence
of the highest moral and intellectual
qualities than cold reception of excel
lence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11

1t need not surprise any one to drop
into an evening gathering or a quiet
home circle and find people who wear
spectacles across their noses and carry
dignity by the ton trying to snap row
of ivory chips into little wooden cup.
That is the new game, christened fiddle
dy winks. 1t requires small wooden
cup called wink pot and two dozen
bone or ivory chips called winks, also
four larger ones about the size of an old
fashioned pants button, known as tiddle-
dies There is a cushion to snap the
chips upon, or you can spread small
square of Brussels carpeting under the
tablecloth, which answers just as well
if not better. The trick is to snap the
winks into the wink pot by means of the
tiddledies held between the thumb and
finger, the winks lying fiat on the cush-
ion or table. This is the game of the
season-the great social snap, so to speak
There are two or three ways of playing
and keeping tally of the game. Ever
tried it?-Springfeld (Gass.) Homestead.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11

We live in an age of self Importance,
sustained and promoted by methods un-
known to the simple minds of our an
cestors. The interviewer and the re-
corder of social gossip have artfully
created daily want which they them
selves supply. If A, the millionaire,
adds an acre to his estate we ascertain
the price paid for it almost as soon as he
does. We could pass a creditable exami-
nation upon the habits of q the essay
list, during working hours; we are thrice
familiar with the arrangement of his
furniture. and have even learned what
pens he uses.
The harm in dwelling upon these
things is not at first apparent, since we
burn to know them. This weakness of
mind induces the belief that our friends
are eager for similar details about our
selves, and as natural consequence
when it is our cue to talk the personal
nominative does not lack advancement.
EgotisIn, spoken and written, is the fash
ion as well as the failing of our waning
day.-Scribner's
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Destruction of Forests.

The consumption of pine from the
forests of Wisconsin and Michigan is
enormous. While Canada is being look
ed to for future supplies, it is shown that
that country is becoming alarmed at the
rate at which her forests are disappearing.
Furthermore, it is estimated that in Cali
fornia alone in 1889 s25. 10000 worth of
timber was destroyed by fire, the greed
of spectators and the efforts of the
herdsmen to secure pasturage for hocks.
Philadelphia Press.
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THE OLD SOLDIER.

sit on a stile and watch the drill
The sword is bright with morning dew.
Ifeel in my heart a surging thrill
AS the Squadrons thunder ',sonitu
Quadrupedante.
think Of the days long since gone by,
How well remember my bobtailed horsel
His temper was bad; he'd kick sky high:
But few I've had better, and many worse;
Poor Rosinante,
And the note OF orr old chiefs command
In memory's eur still echoing sounds.
His drills were held by the cornet's band
To stir the blood like a day with hounds;
But the chief Is dead
Those CHEEKY comets, all comrades good,
'Tis SD to think how few remain,
They did their duty as soldiers should,
And the joy Of life was sufficient gain
To each reckless head.
The squadrons form and advance and wheel
How l envy those boys, who ride in line.
Each sunburned face looks as brave and leal
As those OF the meSsmates thirty years syne
In my days Of gold
But the trumpet cries, 'Ride home at ease,
And, though am now but Of small account,
can wish good luck TO lads like these
As leave my stile. Twas steady mount
For soldier old
London World
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A Wonderful Picture.

Directly after the great Johnstown
food, some time during June, at any
rate, D. S. Wingrove, superintendent of
the marble yard at the penitentiary at
Baltimore, found slab of marble with
lines and veins which made a perfect
picture of the fated city of Johnstown
and the surrounding country. The
sky is plainly marked, as are also the
hills aid mountains surrounding the
town. Piles upon piles of ruins are
marked, with an occasional steeple or
toppling wall overhanging the scene of
awful destruction. Taken all in all, the
scientists consider it one of the most
wonderful natural formations ever found
in America. Louis Republic.
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eHellol Tom. Glad to see you, old fellow
It's almost ten years since we were married Sit
down: let's have an experience meeting. Hows
the wife 30
ing something l can't Afford
Well, we all want something more than we've
got. Don't You ? ~
:" Yes but guess want will be nv MASTER I
started to keep down expenses and now Lii saws
I'm mean and she's tired OF saving and never
having anything to show for it, saw your wife
down street. and she looked as happy queenl !"
- think she is and we are economical, too
have to be. My wife can make little go further
than anyone l ever knew, vet she's always sur
prising me with some dainty cOntrivance tha:
adds TO the comfort and beauty OF our little home
and she's always merry lark When ask
how she manages it. sic always laughs and saws:
oh that's my secret But ! think I've dis
covered her secret When VIC married we both
knew We should have 10 be very careful, but she
made one condition: she would have her Magazine
And she was right | wouldn't do without it my
self for double the subscription price. We read
1t together, from the tiile-page TO the last word
the stories keep our hearts young; the synopsis
of important events and scientific matters keeps
me posted so that can talk understandingly OF
what is going on: my wife is always irving some
new idea from the household department; she
makes all her dresses and those for the children
and she gets all her patterns for nothing. with the
Magazine; and We saved Joe when he was so sick
with the Group, by doing just directed in the
Sanitanan Department. But can't tell you hal:r'
.What wonderful Magazine is il 80
Demorest's Family Magazine, and
"Whst Why that's what Lii wanted so bad,
and told her II was an extravagance.
"Well. my friend. that's where you made a
grand mistake, and one ynu'd better rectify as
foon as you can. I'll take your sub right here
on my wifes account: she's bound TO have china
tea-set In time for our lin wedding next month
My gold watch was The premium got for getting
up club. Here's copy with the new Premium
List for clubs-the biggest thing out. II yon don't
see in IL what you want. you've only To write 10
the publisher aud tell him hat you want. whether
IL Is tack hammer or new carriage. and he Will
make special terms for you either for club or for
part cash Better Subscribe right Off and surprise
Mrs Tom Only s2.ol vear-wil save fifty times
that in six months Or send 10 cents dirrci TO the
publisher, W. Jennings Demorest. Is East 1ith
Street, New York. for a specimen copy containing
the Premium List"
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Two Distinguished Brothers.

Two wise looking young men met in
the billiard room of the Chatham hotel
in Paris the other evening. Both wanted
to play a game, but they did not know
each other. The elder, Mr.. Combe Ten
nant, made bold to say: "Will you join
me in a game of billiards, sir? My name
is Tennant-Tm the brother of the lady
who married Mr.. Henry NJ. Stanley"
THANK you, Mr.. Tenant" answered
the other; Il shall be most happy to
join you. Ny name is Chanler-Fm the
brother of the gentleman who married
Miss Amelie Riyes. Eugene Field in
Chicago News.
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Utilizing Waste.

Blood is manufactured into door knobs:
shutters and doors are made from wood
pulp; sawdust is most useful article;
dust and dirt are transformed into multi
tudinous building materials, while the
waste products Of the gas house are more
valuable, if possible, than the original
substance. ce.-Baltimore Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11

One of the greatest problems of the
future is thought to be the tranforma-
ton of carbon energy into light upon
the same principle that the glow worm
and FREELY give their light, and when
single pound of combustible material
will furnish as much light as is now OBJ
tained from ton of coal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11
Artificial and Natural Gas.

Professor Shaler is of the opinion that
what is popularly termed natural gas is
destined to speedy exhaustion, but he
thinks its effects on the economic meth
eds of our civilization are certain to be
enduring, and that the superior cleanli-
ness and convenience of gas as afuel will
bring the world to the use of manufact-
ured gas for fuel purposes when the sup
ply of natural gas has given out, and in
those localities where the geological
formation is such that the discovery of
natural gas cannot be hoped for.-New
York Telegram.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11

Cincinnati uses 2,500,OOO cabbages
every year for its sauerkraut manufac-
tories. Its supply is drawn from Michi-
gan, of which Detroit is headquarters,
and also Illinois, where Chicago is the
distributing point. The cabbages are
generally sold by the ton, the price rang
ing from $40 to s25 per ton. The trade
of Cincinnati in kraut extends through
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia and into the Virginias.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-11

When people do not particularly like
each other it is sometimes said, There
is no love lost between them" The
phrase occurs in the old ballad of "The
Babes of the Wood" and in tale of the
days of Shakespeare, entitled Mont
chensey"
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Time Card in Effect June Is. 1890.


3
At Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Station with throughstrans on the Pennsylvania
Railroad for Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York, on which are run Pullman Dining,
Sleeping and Parlor Cars
At Chicago and st. Louis connections are made
in Union Station with prominent railroads for all
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Looking Forward.

Tommy is very hard on shoes and
trousers. His mother understands this
and governs herself accordingly when
she goes shopping.
One day, while out with another lady.
she was buying cloth for pair of panta-
looms for Tommy, and ordered good
deal more than seemed necessary.
why do you get SO much?" asked her
friend.
"Oh," was the reply, "this is for re-
served seats!"-Youth's Companion.
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When grapes are served do not spit
out the stones, but eject them from the
mouth into the half closed hands, from
whence they should be transferred as
unostentatiously as possible to the plate
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HARPER'S BAZ.AR.
IL ILLUSTRATED.
1891.

Harpers Bazaar is a Journal for the home Civ
ing the latest information with regard to the Fash
ions, us numerous Illustrations, fashion-p plates
alike to the home maker and the profession
al modiste. No expense is spared in making its
artistic attractiveness Of the highest order. Its
clever short stories, parlOr plays and thoughtful
essays satisfy all tastes and its last page is famous
budget of wit and humOr In its weekly issues
everything is included which is of interest to wo-
men. During 1891 Agnes B. Ormsbee will write
series of articles on "The House Comfortable -
Juliet COrsOn will treat of SANITARY Living, and
an interesting succession of papers on woman
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If the throat is very sore wiring cloth
out of salt and cold water, and bind it
on the throat tightly when going to bed;
cover it with dry towel. This is excel
lent