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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Recall every day one good thought
Never press favor when it seems un-
desired
Every one can master grief, but he
that has it.
The mother grace of all the graces is
Christian good will.
A singlegrateful thought toward heav-
en- is perfect prayer.
Better make penitents by gentleness
than hypocrltes by severity.
Who keepeth his mouth and his tongue
keepeth his soul from trouble.
All men would be masters of others,
and no man is lord of himself.
The feeling of gratitude has ali the
ardor of passion in noble hearts.
Satire often proceeds less from lima
ture than from desire of displaying wit
We never injure our own character so
much as when we attack those of others.
Which is the best government? That
which teaches self-government.
That which is given with pride and
ostentation is rather an ambition than a
bounty.
1t is difficult to believe that true gen.
tleman viii ever become a gamester, a
libertine, or sot.
1t is not our criminal actions that re-
quire courage to confess, but those which
are ridiculous and foolish.
Gentleman is term which does not
apply to any station, but to the mind
and the feelings in every station.
Men of the noblest dispositions think
themselves happiest when others share
their happiness with them.
The extreme pleasure we take in talk
ing of ourselves should make us fear that
we give very little to those who listen
to us.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
DISORDERS WHICH EFFECT

The kidneys are among the most formid-
able known; diabetes, Bright's disease,
gravel and other complaints of the urin-
ary organs are not ordinarily cured in
severe cases, but they may be averted by
timely medication; useful stimulant of
the urinary glands has ever been found
in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, medi-
cine which not only affords the requisite
stimulus when they become inactive, but
increases their yigOr and secretive power:
by increasing the activity of the kidneys
and bladder, this medicine has the addi-
tIonal effect of expelling from the blood
impurities which it is the peculiar Office
of those organs to eliminate and pass off:
the Bitters is also purifier and strength
ener of the bowels, an invigorant of the
stomach, and matchless remedy for bill
iousness and fever and ague; it counter
acts tendency to premature decay, and
sustains and comforts the aged and in
firm. 2-5-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, being in com
pany once with three gardeners, who
were notorious liars, and wanting to ex-
pertinent little in human nature,
promised to reward the one who should
tell him the greatest lie. The first said
that he had never told lie; the second
averred that he could not tell one; the
third candidate, however, proved himself
the adept in the art, and obtained the
prize, for he assured the philosopher that
both his competitors had just told him
the truth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

HOPE is like the wing of an angel,
soaring up to heaven, and bearing our
prayers to the throne of God.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

GOOD nature is more agreeable in con-
versation than wit, and gives a certain
air to the countenance which is far
more suitable than beauty.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

HUMILITY is the first lesson we learn
from reflection; and self -distrust the first
proof we give of having obtained a
knowledge of ourselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

MANY persons criticise in order not to
seem ignorant; they do not know that
indulgence is the mark of the highest
culture.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

CRUEL men are the greatest lovers of
mercy, avaricious men of generosity and
proud men of humility; that is to say,
in others, not in themselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
PRONOUNCED HELPLESS

Yet saved. From letter written by Mrs.
Ada E. Hurd of Groton, S. D., we quote:
"Was taken with bad cold, which set
tied on my lungs; cough set in and finally
terminated in consumption. Four doc
tors gave me up, saying / could live but
a short time; | gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if i could not stay
with my friends on earth, would meet
my absent ones above; my husband was
advised to get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, coughs and colds; l
gave it trial; took in all eight bottles; it
has cured me, and thank God | am now
well and hearty woman" Trial bottles
free at Pattersons' drug store; regular
size SOC and 81.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

IT is no more possible for an idle man
to keep togethera certain stock of knowl-
edge than it is possible to keep together
stock of ice exposed to the meridian
sum- Every day destroys fact, a rela-
tion, or an influence; and the only meth
Cd of preserving the bulk and value of
the pile is by constantly adding to it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

THE virtue of the soul does not con-
sist in flying high, but walking orderly
its grandeur does not exercise itself in
grandeur, but in mediocrity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

THE happiness of life is made up of
minute fractions-the little soon forgot
ten charities of kiss, smile, kind
look, heartfelt compliment in the dis
guise of playful raillery, and the count
less other in6nitesimals of pleasant
thought and feeling.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

THE conservative may clamor against
reform, but he might as well clamor
against the centrifugal force. He sighs
for the 'good old times" might as
well wish the oak back into the acorn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12
DITTSBURGII. CINCINNATI AND
ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PANHANDLE ROUTE.
Time Card in Effect June Is. 1890.

tDally, except Sunday ~Daiy.
At Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Station with thrOughStrains on the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad fer baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York, Oh which run. Pullman Dining
Sleepius, and PaTlor 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. T.. A. FORD.
JOS. WOOD, Gen.I'asS. Agent,
General Manager Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

NOTHING is SO certain to bring genu-
inc happy smiles to our own faces as tc
watch such smiles grow in those of 9TH
ers as the result of our sympathy, our
gentle words, our helpful deeds.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

THERE is room for the exercise of
charity everywhere business, in So
ciety, and in church; but first and chief
est is the need for it at home.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

THE art of pleasing consists in being
pleased. To be amiable is to be salts
fled with ones self and others. Good
humor is essential to pleasantly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

MEN and statues that are admired in
an elevated situation have very differ
ent effect upon US when we approach
them; the first appear less than we i'm.
agined them, the last bigger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

TIE true Christian is like the sun
which pursues its noiseless track and
everywhere leaves the effect of its beams
in blessing upon the world around him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

ations, over which reason exercises NO
control. Thus wherever men are found
there are follies-aye, and the same fol
lies.
HABIT and imitation-there is moth.
ing more perennial in us than these two
They are the source of all working and
apprenticeship, of all practice, and al
learning in thic world
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-12

Surely no object is Of greater impor
tance than the enlargement of our for
eign markets, and nothing will contrib
ute so much to that end as the command
of direct and ample facilities for reach
ing them. The folly and the danger of de
pending upon our competitors for the
means of reaching competitive markets
cannot be expressed. Aid to our mer
chant marine is not aid to class, but tC
the whole people-to the farmer, the
merchant and the manufacturer quite a.
much as to the shipbuilder and the ship
owner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
CHRISTIAN INDIVIDUALITY.

Christians sometimes overlook the fact
that God designs to carry forward His work
in the world, not only through varied agen-
cies but through individuals possessing
diverse mental characteristics. All the diff
ferences OF natural temperament in His
chosen instruments should be gladly well
coined only 80 that they are sanctitied by
the Spirit, and are enlisted in seeking the
one great end. If We study the lives Of the
cvangclists, we will he impressed with the
peculiar personal traits that constantly be-
come apparent in their intercourse with our
Lord and with each other, ard we cannot
fall to be struck with the manner
in which these traits were employed by
their Master in furthcring His king
dom. All this was clearly exhibited by the
apostles in the early period of the Church.
Indeed, the record furnished by the four
eyangelists. and that Of the acts and the
epistles, will give struthful picture ofchurch
life around us at the present. Gods servants
must possess Christian ndividualty.--each
one fitted to act for himself-in order to
reach the best development of Christian
doctrine, and to give direction in practical
.Tort to the philanthropic and Christian
movements Of the age Methodist Protes-
ant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
Story OF an Invention.

J. N. Lowe, inventor of the adjust.
able street car, was telling at the Apdi-ss
torium the other evening how he cametos,
conceive the idea of street car that
could be transformed from au open to O.
closed car, or vice versa, in a few mo-
ments. S
"My family and myself were in Baston:
last SUMNER" said he, land we wenttoi
visit friends wis, live some distance OUT,
We rode in ar y2en, summer street car,
and on our way home we were overtaken
by rain storm. The curtains at the
side of the car afforded US no protection
whatever from the drenching rain, and
my wife's and daughters fine dresses
were ruined. They complained very much
about the plight they were in and spoke
of several other ladies on the car who
were as bodily off. That started me to
thinking, and 1 said to my daughter:
"Nevcr mind; I'll invent an adjustable
car and make enough out OF it to buy
YOU a much better dress I set to work
at once, and by the next evening I had
completed the first draft OF plan for 40
adjustable car. - Chicago Post. #
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
A NEW CREATION.

God never repairs. Christ never patches.
The gospel is not here to mend people: Re-
generation is not scheme Of moral tinker
Ing and ethical cobbing. What God does
He does new; new heavens, new earth, new
body, new heart - "Behold, make oil
things new" In the gospel thus we move
into new world and undera new scheme.
The creative DAYS are back again. We step
out of regime of jails and hospitals and
reform shops. We get live effects direct
from God. That is the gospel the
gospel is permanent miracle. God
at first hand--that is a miracle. The
gospel thus does not classify with
other schemes of amelioration. They are
GOOD, but this is not simply better, but dlf-
ferent, distinct, and better because d stinct
it works in a new way, and works another
work. Compare the wrought chains riXeted
on the demoniac, and the Divine Word
working new creation in the demouiac.
1t Is all there. 1t is like the difference be-
tween the impotent Persian lashing the
turbulent sea with chains, and the gracious
Lord saying to the troubled sea, "Pe:ce, be-
still"- Rev. c. II. Parkhurst.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
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Georgian Men and Women.

The natives of Georgia, country inss
Asia, situated on the south side OF thu
Caucasian range, and now included Ia the
Russian Government Tiais, belong totha,
Caucasian race and have been as much:
celebrated as the Circassians for the aths
letic frames of the men and the beauty Of
the women. These qualities have created
in bygone times large demand for the
men to serve in the armies and TOR ths3
women to become inmates of the harens
of the Turks.
The Georgia mobiles long derived their
chief revenue from this traffic, valuing
their serfs only for the money which they
could obtain for them in the Turkish mar-
kets. Under the Russian sovereign,
which was established in 1900, this traf-
fic has ceased and the distinction wlich
divided the whole population into the
classes of mobiles and serfs, nearly equival-
ent to those of masters aud slaves, though
still subsisting, has been greatly modi-5
fed. The Georgiaus belong to the Greeka
Church, and the Bible was translated
into their native language as early as the
beginning of the Fifth Century. .-Nswss
York NenS. S
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
Two Glaciers In Wyoming.

Wyoming boasts two glaciers equal in
surroundings and beaten only in extent
by the famous icy formations of the old
world. The first is found in the ascent
of the highest Of the three Teton Noun
tains just outside the National Park in
Fremont County. 1t was discovered but
a few days ago By W. o. Owen, civil
engineer visitingthat section for pleasure.
1t is of smooth surface except for
few great seams. The second glacier Is
reported by G.. W. Johnson, Govern
ment geological surveyor, whose lnvesti-
cations have been cut short by an order
taking him to California. This Rocky
Mountain freak is on Cloud Peak, forty
miles from the town of Buffalo, and at
one polnt on the ice field johnson looked
down sheer twelve hundred feet. A
basin filed by seepage gives this glacier
a Lake attachment.-Chiea9o Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
The Horseshoe Superstition.

The custom of mailing a horseshoe
over the door of house or other build
ing as a protection against evil spirit,
and as an assurance cf good luck is
widely spread over the United States
and England. 1t also 1ourishes among
the Teutonic and Scandinavian races,
and has been recognized as far East al
Hindoostau. The horseshoe unites
within itself three lucky elements-it is
crescent shape, it has been, or is to be,
in contact with horse, and is made Of
iron. Popular superstition has for ages
endowed iron with protecting powers.
The Romans are known to have driven
nails into the doors and the walls of
their houses as an antidote or as pre-
ventive of the plague. The Arab who is
overtaken by a simeon in the desert
seeks to propitiate the Jinns by shrek
ing: "Iron! Iron!" Since time out of
memory the Scandinavians have sought
to exercise the river spirit, Neckaw, by
sticking an open knife in the bottom of
the boat, or driving a nail in the mast or
oar. In the mythology of England the
horseshoe has always been considered
"luck bringer."
The popular belief in the horseshoe
attained its greatest diffusion about the
end of the last century. Aubrey, in his
"Miscellauies, tells us that in his time
most all tine houses in West London had
a horseshoe over the door. Lord Mel
son nailed one to the mast Of the Victory,
and ':Lucky" DR.. James used one as
c.est for his carriage. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
LIGHT-It0LDERS.

Every yoyager through the British chan
,el will remember the famous lighthouse
hat stands near the gates Of the Atlantic. 1t
Uses from rock in the middle Of the waves,
Is beacon-blazc streaming out over the mid
hight sea.
Christians are Christ's light-hoders to
heir fellow men. The lantern of q light
louse is not self-iuminous. 1t has to be
;indled by hand from without itself. Con-
rersion by the Holy Spirit Is spiritual il
umination Of the soul. Gods grace lights
Up the dark heart. Sometimes suddenly, as
n the case Of Paul. Sometimes, as inIale
Ease Of Newton. there is at first feeble germ
If light, like the little blue point of flame on
;he candle wick; and this germ Of light grows
INTO clear, full blaze. The beginning Of
true religion is In the first act Of trac faith
the first breathingS of earnest
prayer-the first hungeriugs after God-the
first honest attempt to do right and serve
the Lord Gods grace is the only original
source Of light that makes any man lumi-
nary in society; and when man has been
once kindled at the cross of Christ he Is
bound to shine. And in order to do this he
need not be conspicuous in society for tai
ents, wealth and intellectual culture. The
modest candle by which housewife threads
her needle shines as truly rs does the great
lantern that burns in the tower of city
hall.-[W Word and Work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
.POorly-ShOdChildren. .

James B. Carnwyl, of England, was at
the fremont House on his way home
from South America. "If the people in
Chill wore the same kind of shoes now
that they did twenty years ago." said Mr..
Carnwyl, "Balmaceda would still be rul.
ing over them. The soldiers could not
have made the marches they did under
General Canto around Valparaiso. As
late as 1874 most of the people you would
meet in the street in Valparaiso wore no
foot covering at all. Soldiers and
officials of the lower class had a foot
covering consisting of sole of beef hide
not tanned and fastened to the foot by a
lace made of the same material running
through holes clumsily cut. The well
to-do middle classes wore shoes laced up
the front, with wooden soles pegged on
in clumsy manner. At that time tho
city of Valparaiso possessed but foui
shoemakers. Three of these made custom
work and the other made ordinary work
to send into the interior of Chill and to
Peru and Bolivia. To-day there are
more than 1000 good workmen, among
them there is scarcely score OF the first
rank.
"By the way, a poor shoemaker in
Chill made peculiar discovery in Pc
culiar way. On August ID, 1888, a dyke
burst in river at Valparaiso and flooded
the whole business section CT the city.
In speaking of the affair this shoemaker
said to me: 'Out of every evil there's a
little good, for after cleaning up my store
all could find in it were Eve bull frogs
of a gigantic size, the smallest weighing
five pounds. After killing them I en-
deavored to remove part of the skins by
soaking them IN alum and was well paid
for my trouble. "Chinese mules" were
made of the skins, and they were very
supple and as easily worked as kid.
Finding a ready sale for them, other
frogs were obtained and similarly used.
They are called little elephants here.
That poor shoemaker made special
traffic in those frog skins, as they were
found to be well adopted for the manu-
facture of pocketbooks and wallets. To.
day he is rich maa-a fortune made
out af nothing but frog skins. - Chicago
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
MY MOTHERS CHAIR.

NV mothers chair; vacant now. but,
thank God, not forever She walks on tne
piazza, or stands for nsment by her rose
bush; she will come soon and NIL the seat so
of her cap against the dark cushions, her
gray brown hair and gentle eyes. She Will
speak, and shall hear her voice-the music
of that sacred word, mother. When the
voice shall be hushed. the music OF the WORD
will fall into minor strain. On, how near
the mercy-seat is this aged mothers chair!
How many times has she touched the hem
of Christ's garment with such prevailing
prayer that from the multitude of angels
thronging his holy presence he has turned
to ask, "Who touched me?" and then came
the answer, Daughter, be OF goou comfort,
prayed." More precious than throne will
Be this chair. if l should look upon it when
my mother has heard the summons, Come
up hither. Us. A. W., in Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28

Jacob toiled seven years for his wife,
and so great was his love for her that
they seemed but day. Cupid is very
much the same sort of fellow now that
he was in the patriarchal days. When
man once sets his heart on a woman,
if his affection for her is of the proper
gort, few years more or less is not 60
ing to bother him when he sets out to
win her. Will ]. Lyman, of Brooklyn,
is happy bridegroom, and besides that
he has comfortable bank account, be-
ing, therefore, able to support wife.
He worked for her longer by one year
than the period of Jacobs first probation,
but he got her, and says he will appre-
ciate her all the more because he had to
wait. Eight years ago, at Rondout, N.
Y, he wooed and won the affections Of
Maggie Madden, Of Wilbur, a neighbor-
ing village. Her parents objected be-
cause he was very poor. "Will you wait
for me, Maggie2" he asked her, when he
found that she was disposed to listen to
the admonitions of the old folks in spite
of her love for him. eyes" "How
long" "Always. When you come
back with moderate fortune,.if it be
next year, or ten years from now, you
will find me true to YOU"
With this to encourage him, the
young man turned his back on, his sweet
heart and his face on the world. He set
to work like hero, and believing it
would do no great good, by tacit con-
sent the couple kept up no regular cor.
respondence. They heard from each
other occasionally, though. Lyman came
to New York. Ono day last week ro-
bust young man, bearing the independ.
ent air of a well-to-do American, called
at the Madden homestead in Wilbur and
asked to see Maggie. She came into the
room and he said simply: 81 am able
to support you now, Maggie, and have
come for you" She recognized him at
once and flew to his arms. Mrs. Lyman
now declares that in all the years that she
was waiting for her husband she never
doubted his constancy, and that he would
ultimately come to her. In the mean.
time, she had refused to 60 much into
society because she considered herself
engaged.-Caacago Mus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
Raised as q Girl.

Il is said that the eccentric Queen
Natalie's more eccentric sister, the Prin-
cess Ghika, entertains an absolute
aversion to boys and is very fond OF
girls. Very much to her disgust, her
only ,:hild is boy. She endeavors to
assuage her disappointment by dressing
and treating him exactly as though no
we're girl. Though now more than ten
years old, he wears long, flowing curls
and a feminine costume, low-necked and
snort.sleeved frocks, and is called by u
girls name, very much to his disgust
-Heayuns. b