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women and Their Dogs in Paris.

Women here. as in London, have an
Unsuitable mania for carrying or leading
by chain pug dogs of all degrees of ugli-
ness One afternoon, during a shower
of rain. one was seen walking along the
Quai Jemmapes. where a number of
workmen had Just finished discharging
a cargo of coal from a barge. The lady
held in one hand an umbrella. with
which she carefully protected from the
least drop of wet an ugly little dog with
a gorgeous blue ribbon round its neck.
By her side trotted her daughter, a little
girl about 3 years old. her shoes not so
waterproof as they might have been,
who, deprived of the protection of the
umbrella monOpolized by the dog, was
rapidly getting drenched.
As she was about to cross the bridge
which spans the canal one Of the coal
beavers went up to her and said, ALLOW
me. madam. 10 relieve you of your dog.
so that you may carry your girl to the
other side" The woman accepted the
offer, but when the party arrived at the
other end of the bridge the coal HEAVIER
threw the pug into the canal, telling its
mistress at the same time. That's les
son to you not to shelter a dog while
your child is getting wet.
The woman screamed and soon a crowd
collected, to whom she pathetically mar
rated the assassination Of her pet. Two
policemen at her instigation took the
coal HEAVIER to the station. but the super
intendent declined to formulate any
charge against him. All she could do,
be told her, xGs to bring civil action
for the value of her dog. She left the
station apparently much. dissatisfied
with the decision. Paris Cor. London
Telegraph.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
An Engineer Who Slept.

The writer asked an old engineer the
other day if he had ever while running
a locomotive yielded to sleep. NO
well, yes" he answered. THAT is, it
wasn't sleep, just nod; a sudden stop
ping of everything and then an awaken
ing with start. was so dead beat that
it seemed to Inc as if thousand pound
weight was pulling my eyelids down.
OF course fought it off, but for just one
second 1 gave in once. l was looking
ahead when suddenly felt my head go
down with jerk. don't think that
that sleep lasted one-tenth of a second,
but every sensation left my brain. 1t
was as if it flashed out and then back
again. 1t is sorry thing" he added
grimly, ''when engineers go to sleep in
their cabs New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
John Is the Older,

Among a certain coterie in this city
more or less speculation was a short
time since going on concerning the rela-
tive ages of Senator Charles B. Farwell
and his brother John v, the merchant
prince. 1t was of no use to consult the
public records, for they differed and
were not reliable. And as John V.
simply shook his head and smiled in
answer to inquiries on the subject, and
as the senator when in Washington de-
clined to express himself in writing, the
individuals interested were compelled to
let their thirst for knowledge continue
unslakened until the latter should re-
turn. When he did return he was i'll,
but that was no obstacle, and upon gain
ing his presence the committee put the
question to him. The senator looked at
them for a moment, raised himself on
his elbow and replied in feeble tones:
81 was born first, but John is the
older"
Then he lay down on his pillow, turned
over, and the committee, bursting with
plethora of information, withdrew
Chicago Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
A Farmer on a Bicycle.

The New England farmer of today is
much given to the covered carriage and
horse that holds his head high. l sus-
pect that the reliable but somewhat de
iberate OK satisfied his ancestors. Imet
one farmer near HOlyoke driving his
COW home from the pasture on a bicycle
that is, the man was on bicycle and
the COW was ahead of him on foot,
though she looked as if she would appre-
ciate bicycle, too, as he was speeding
her along on a rather lively trot. stop
ped him and, asked him if there was any
show for farmer to make money in
that section, and while the patient COW
leaned against a tree and caught her
breath he replied that there was none
whatever.
His grandfather had made money on
the farm, he said, but he could not.
Then he called to the COW to "hump her
self" and went spinning down the road
with the long suffering beast making
desperate efforts to keep from being run
over. 1t occurred to me that perhaps
his grandfather did not pick the stones
off the farm with bicycle and pair of
tongs.-Cor. New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

DR.. Stephen B. Weeks, of Johns Hop
kins university, has made a special study
of the early Virginia settlements under
Sir Walter Raleigh. He maintains that
it can be shown by legendary and his
torical evidence that the earliest En-
glish settlers in the New World were
not massacred, as is generally supposed,
Dut were absorbed by the tribe of Croa-
tan Indians, and their descendants are
still to be found in North Carolina
Baltimore American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

The ultra fashionable young woman
who still chngs to her dog is having the
silver collar made to duplicate exactly her
favorite bangle. The plain leather bands
and those studded with metal are hope
lessly old fashioned; chains have gone
out, beaten into bracelet designs. and
solid silver is the only sort of neckwear
in which self respecting dog will allow
himself to appear. Some of these new
collars are wonderfully rich and costly.
One, the property of luxurious King
Charles spaniel, cost his mistress consid-
erably over 800. 1t was fully an inch
wide, and as thick as the animals com
fort would allow.
The entire surface was richly engraved
with court scene from the reign of
Charles II. The work was fine and ar
tistic, and on either edge of this superb
collar line of tiny turquoises was set
deep in silver. If the young woman af-
fects cats she has the silversmith make
six or eight light silver hoops, some cut
and others plain, and these bright rings
he YIELDS around pussy's furry neck. A
beautiful pet Angora, which lies on a
cushion and feeds upon cream, wears
fine cut silver hoops that sparkle like
jewels every time she moves.-Manufac-
turing Jeweler
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
An Odd Coincidence.

An old friend (call him W. relates
how, while he was in Florida, his watch
stopped. Since it was a very good
watch and had never stopped before,
and had been duly wound the evening
before, W. was much surprised that it
wouldn't go. By and by the head of the
house (call him b. came in. ''Wil you
please give me the timer said w. Ger
tainly," said B., and pulled out his
watch. B. had timepiece which was
entirely trustworthy, not given to irreg-
ularities of any kind. He pulled it out
of his pocket by Jover he exclaimed,
my watch is stopped; that's queer" :"
They compared the two watches, and
they had stopped at the same hour and
at the same minute, and why they had
stopped neither man was able to discov-
er.-Boston Transcript.
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TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES.

The Hospitals in New York City Which
Fit aIen and Women for Nursing.
The Bellevue Training School for
Nurses ives started on May l. 1913. with
a superintendent and five nurses, having
five wards under their care.
In 1880 the school had G. pupils and
had graduated 345. while as direct out
growth of that modest beginning there
are three other great schools in New
York alone. These are the New York
City, which has ca pupils and has gradu-
ated 263: the New York hospital. with
4S pupils and 1872 graduates and Mount
Sinai. with 80 pupils and Ill graduates.
There are also smaller schools III the
city, but, great or small, Bellevue must
always be honored us the pioneer. Her
graduates are at the head of most of the
important schools and hospitals in the
country. and have even gone so far
afield as England. Italy and China.
The next school to be established was
the New York city, which was started
by the commissioners of charities and
correction in 1877, and is entirely sup
ported by the city. Until 1889 it was
known as the Charity Hospital school.
because it began there, but as it grew
its work spread, until the old name was
misleading and had to be changed.
1t is now the largxt and in some re-
spects the most important of all the
schools, as it nurses five different hos
pitals-Charity and Maternity on Black
wells Island, the Infants hospital on
Randall's Island, Gouverneur, at Gou-
verneur Slip, and Harlem, at the foot of
East One Hundred and Twentieth street,
the two last being accident or emergency
hospitals. while at Charity the cases are
largely chronic. Besides the pupils of
the school there are thirty-two perma-
nent trained nurses at Charity and Ran
dalls Island, making nearly hundred
in all. for whom the superintendent is
directly responsible, and over whom she
has full authority. The other schools in
the city are supported from the funds of
the hospitals which they nurse-Mrs.
Frederick Rhinelander Jones in Scrib-
ra1.'S
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
What's gone, what's past help, should
be past grief.
We rarely confess that we deserve
what we suffer.
The only thing certain about litiga
ton is its uncertainty.
The magic of first love is the ignor
ance that it can ever end.
How short our happy days appear;
how long the sorrOwful
1t is easy to find reasons why other
people should be patient.
Diversity of opinion proves that things
are only what we think them.
Health is contagious, as well as dis
ease; courage as well as cowardice.
To feel, to love, to suffer, to devote
herself, will always be the text Of the
life of woman.
The change of fashions is the tax that
the industry of the poor levies on the
vanity of the rich.
The life of true man cannot be a
life of mere pleasure; it must be above
all life of duty.
An ounce of generous praise will do
more to make a man your friend than
pound of fault finding.
The brain woman never interests like
the heart woman; white roses please
us less than red ones.
There are hours in life when the most
trifling annOyances assume the proper
tions of catastrophe.
Silence never shows itself to so great
an advantage as when it is the reply to
calumny and defamation.
People who fish for compliments do
not need long lines. They will get their
best bites in shallow water.
Every error of the mind is the more
conspicuous and palpable in proportion
to the rank of the person who commits it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

A prominent citizen of St. Paul was in
Minneapolis and met former acquaint-
ance whose ordinary condition was what
is known as impecunious. This time,
however, his face was fairly beaming.
How are your he asked in cheerful
bass voice as he extended his hand to the
man from st. Paul
First rate. How are you?"
Splendid! Do you know"-here he
dropped his voice to confidential key
five been given the use for life Of a
half million dollar estate over on Nicol-
let avenue?'
"You have?" asked the other man in
astonishment.
Eyes; the public library. Paul
Pioneer-Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
Impure Ice.

The Massachusetts, board of health has
examined 76 samples of water and 3S6
samples of ice from 5S localities, with
the result of showing that, contrary to
general belief, ice may be nearly as i'm
pure as the water from which it forms.
The crystallization of the water forces
out the color, salt, and most of the mat
ter in solution, and clear ice from pol
luted sources may be comparatively free
from impurities and the probability of
hiding disease germs.
But in snow ice and ice formed by
flooding the impurities become entan-
gled, SO that freezing gives no purifica-
ton. The public is warned by the board,
therefore, that ice is unsafe for domestic
purposes when obtained from source
polluted by sewage beyond that which
would be allowable in drinking water,
and that in general it is much safer to
use for drinking water and for placing
in contact with food that portion of the
ice that is clear. Traveller
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Walt Wbitmnn's Humor.

Walt Whitman is popularly thought
to have no sense of humor, but one day
a young man dropped in upon him at his
humble home in Camden, N j., intro
duced himself as poet, and begged to
be allowed permission to read selections
from bundle of manuscripts which he
carried. "No, thank you," said Whit
man. courteously but firmly, II have
been paralyzed twice. San Francisco
Argonaut.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
A Clever Youngster.

Little Kitty Clover is the most brazen
of beggars.
Grandma, will you please lend me
your gold beads?' she asked, for perhaps
the seventh time that week
Grandma patiently took them from
the drawer, and said, with her usual
mildness, as she gave them to the child:
TRY not to ask for them any oftener
than you can help, Kitty"
"No'm," said Kitty, adding, as a
clever solution of the difficulty occurred
to her, "If you don't like to lend 'em,
grandma, you could give 'em to me and
then l needn't askr-Youth's Com
naniOD
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
Mixed in Her Lines.

A friends little 4-year-old daughter
went to Sunday school few Sundays
ago, and was very mnch impressed by
the exercises. She remembered bits of
some of the hymns, and for some days
never tired of singing them over and
over again. She was trifie irregular in
some of her lines, however; one well
known hymn she began:
There's land that is fairer by day,
And by faith we may see it afire.
Her father, who is a Wall street man.
but good churchman withal, hopes
she is mistaken.-New York Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
A Historic Cradle.

The Emperor William, his brothers
and sisters, his children and all his Ho-
henzolle1n ancestors born since 1722 have
been successively rocked in the family
cradle of that illustrious house or en-
throned thereon during the court pro-
cession which adds splendor to each
royal christening. The ancient couch is
clumsy structure of old oak, richly
carved, round whose four sides is cut in
large Roman characters the text, He
hath given his angels charge over thee,
that they keep thee in all thy ways
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

AT his season of the year people can
not be too careful about keeping their
bowels regular Bilious and malarial
diseases are brought on by allowing the
bowels to become torpid. An occasional
dose of st. Patrick's Pills is all that would
be required and might prevent serious
sickness. For sale by J. B. Hoge, Drug
gist. 1912 At.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
To Lubricate His Words.

Miss De Gimp docking through the
samples of drummer for a material
house)-What do you carry this little
oil can for?
Drummer I wear that under my
tongue when tackle rough customer.
jewellers Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
How a Hrpoerite Got cotton Hands

One of our Fork farmers was so anx-
ious to get his cotton picked that after
riding around the neighborhood several
times hunting hands without success he
went to negro camp meeting and ap-
pealed to them in many ways, but with
out success. AT last he went up to 'be
prayed for, put a nickel in the mission
airy box, and afterward got plenty of
pickers.-Orangeburg Is. c. Enterprise.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
They Did.

Bill Clark-If had as much money as
the old man I'd quit business and travel.
Ad Collum-So would l.
Employer (entering unexpectedly)-I
guess that's what you'd hetter do any
how.-Puck
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DITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AND
l. ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PANHANDLE ROUTE.
Time Card IN Effect June Is. 1890.

TIJflIIy ONOOPO NtUI9' 17'1II!'
At Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Station with thrOugh:trains 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
points in the West, Northwest and Southwest.
For further information call on or address near
est ticket agent Z. A. FORD,
JOS. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent,
General Manager. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

In most quarrels there is fault on both
sides. Both flint and steel are necessa-
ry to the production of spark. Either
of them may hammer on wood forever
and no fire will follow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

LET no one suppose that by acting a
good part through life he will escape
scandal There will be those even who
hate him for the very good qualities
that ought to oprocure him esteem.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CONDUCT is but partial exhibition of
life. There is an infinite activity of life
which does not come to the surface.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

The Legislature of New Hampshire
and Kansas will not be Democratic, as
at first feared, and Republicans will be
returned to the L. S. Senate.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

He who, meeting pleasant tempta-
ton, stops to shake hands with it will
generally end by going with it wherever
it chooses to lead him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

No country can find eternal peace and
comfort where the vote of Judas Iscari-
ote is as good as the vote of the Saviour
of mankind.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

1t has been suggested that the study of
the influence of diet and habit upon the
color Of hair in different nations of men
may ca1se discoveries by which the color
of the hair in the human race may be
modified by judicious treatment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
Walking Sticks.

Nowadays there is hardly any limit to
the kinds of material used in walking
sticks. Formerly only few native
woods and some foreign species were
used. Innovations in the style of walk
ing sticks and umbrellas have been con-
stantly introduced during the last forty
years until their manufacture has be-
come quite an art and business of con-
siderable Importance. Natural sticks,
that is, saplings of trees and climbing
plants, whose roots will form handles or
knots, are most used. They are some
times mounted with precious metals,
onyx, jasper, marble, precious stones,
ivory and horns of all kinds.-Youth's
ComnaIinn-
Misnamed.
'Misft photographs for salel'' is writ
ten up over the door of a certain photog-
raphers. Why "misftsT One might
lie more inclined to set them down az
mis-takes!-Judy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

IIdIIls IlII udIy. TIdIly Except ouIludy- 4DdIIy
except Monday.
Accom-. train leaves Columbus at 4 90 p m daily,
except Sunday; Newark % pm; arrive GAINESVILLE
45 pm.
Columbus, GAINESVILLE s. Sandusky Accom-. leaves
Columbus "a 20 m; arrives GAINESVILLE 40 m;
Sandusky u 30 IN.
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains
j. T. ODELL, c. o. SCULL,
Gen1 Manager, Gen1 Pass Agent,
Chicago, Ill. Baltimore, Md.
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Fish with Brass Labels.

If any one engaged in sea fishing should
capture fish with brass labels tied to their
tails with aluminium wire or black silk
cord an explanation will no doubt be
somewhat eagerly desired. There are
hundreds of fish so treated in the sea,
and it need not be concluded that prac-
tical jokers have been at work The
brass label is an indication that the fish
wearing it has been in the hands of the
grave men of science who are investigat-
ing the habits, the food and the growth
conditions of fish in Scottish waters. Two
objects are served by the label attach
ment.
In the event of the fish being recap
tured by any one who will give informa-
ton to the scientific cruisers of the Scot
tish fishery board on the Garland there
will be something known about its mi
gratory habits. Its rate of growth in a
state of freedom may also be investigat-
ed. Itmight be thought that the chance
of meeting with these labeled fish again
would be very small, but it appears that
the Garland cruisers themselves have re-
captured 2A per cent. of the plaice and
1S per cent. of the cod wearing their
medals. But only plaice, cod and skate
were recaptured. The experiments are
to be continued on a large scale. They
do not interfere with the health of the
fish, which when recaught are plump and
in good ondition.-London Illustrated
News
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

RESTRAINT and freedom are opposed,
and in our zeal for the latter we would
often like to destroy the former; yet on
ly as the former is wisely enforced can
the latter prove the nnmixed blessing
it is capable of becoming.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

THE truth cannot be burned, behead-
ed, or cruciied. A lie on the throne
is lie still; and truth in dungeon is
truth still; and lie on the throne is on
the way to defeat, and truth in the
dungeon is on the way to victory.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

HUMILITY is virtue that all preach,
few practice, and yet everybody is con-
tent to hear of. The master thinks it
good doctrine for his servant, the laiety
for the clergy, and the clergy for the
laiety.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

Of law, Treasurer t t Ohi hereby TO
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Editorial Courtesy.

Editor Ito Miss Oldgirl, aged about
forty)-Your work shows promise, mad
am, but do You know that good literary
work is seldom done by woman until
she IS 30 or 35f Several years hence you
viii be able to write available articles.
Miss Oldgirl (as she leaves)-That was
the most delightful man ever met
West Shore.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

WHEN people talk lightly and glibly
of having 'made up their minds" about
things on which the wisdom of mankind
is still divided, we may well conclude
that they would be intellectually better
off if their minds were in less finished
condition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

WHOEVER would live his life over
again, that he might live a better life,
would do well to remember that he would
do no better than he is now doing. If
you want to begin over again, begin
now, and don't think to order cradle
and begin by being baby over again.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

To desire the good opinion of others
is natural, and supplies a powerful mo-
tive for conduct that shall merit that
good opinion. But if this desire be not
balanced by self-respect which desires
even more-the approval of ones own
conscience will lead its possessor in:
to the temptation of hypocrisy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13

WERE man not to marry a SECOND
time, it might be concluded that his first
wife had given him a disgust to mar
riage; but by taking second wife he
pays the highest compliment to the first,
by showing that she made him so happy
as married man that he wishes to be
so a second time.