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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

Some of the immigrants arriving il
this country are wonderfully ignorant Of
the commonest domestic appliances. A
lady who had fit of economy not long
ago concluded to get fresh arrival from
Castle Garden, hoping by her wise man
agement to train the girl into capable
servant. Biddy arrived, stout and will
ing and rosy, and with mouth wide oper
in surprise at the novelties surrounding
her on every side. On being taken tc
the stairs to go up to her room she
stopped suddenly. ''And is it up thin
things that DILL have to go?" she said,
panic stricken.
She explained that it was the first time
that she had ever seen staircase She
overcame her fear speedily, however, fol-
the next morning the entire family were
awakened by sound that resembled the
prancing of a war horse. fastening tc
investigate the cause, the irritated mas
ter of the house discovered Biddy racing
up and down the wooden staircase in the
abandonment of her joy at having dis
covered the chang of it." "Shure," she
said, sit is an illigant amusement. y
New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
THREE STREETS

l sought the new, unknown to meet,
And found a gay and favored street
Where fashion walked with fitting feet;
And as 1 watched, a golden gieam
Pierced swiftly through the summer air
And darted DER the human stream;
Then nestled midst some dusky hair.
/ gazed upon the hairs dark grace,
The tender frame 10 woman's face,
That pictured all its charms 50 sweet.
Then as l looked met her eyes,
Deep as the blue of southern skies.
And from them glanced a baby smile
Ny own poor treasure to beguile;
Through every vein. throughout my frame
There swept dry, an ardent flame,
Loves passionl
Twas in the time of Loves defeat,
/ wandered through busy street,
And paced TO where four crosswsys meet;
And as gazed, the thronging crowd
Pressed onward, without reck or heed,
With hasty feet, too anxious browed
To cast a glance upon my need.
The chill neglect. the biting blast
That DER my heart as ice wind passed,
And turned to bitter all the sweet,
Brought from its frozen realms gift
The love of self, a careful thrift
To guard its treasure ana to guide
The current of its burning tide
Through every vein, through every pore,
An angry summons at my doorl
Ambitioni
| wandered for dim retreat,
| found a quiet moss grown street,
And trod its length with tired feet;
And as passed, a door i'll kept
And battered with the strife of years
Enclosed, and forth figure stepped
And met me with face of tears
A figure that had beauty's mien,
A face that in n movd serene,
Unmarried by grief, had been more sweet
Than aught that painters art had traced.
Or chiseled marble coldly graced-
And as l gazed with anxious will
There came glow, silent thrill
Through every vein, through every part,
The swift borne message to my heart,
Life's missionl
H. Boyd Carpenter in Good Words.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
PARIS IN SPRING TINE.

Providence Journal
Paris is simply the most enchanting
spot on the face of the earth. Many
and many a feeble pen has tried before
this to picture its destinations for the
unfortunate stay-at-homes who have
never fallen under the spell. Not to
mortals is it given to put into VOID
the charm of the gay, glittering city, Sc
enormous, so bewildering, so beautiful.
The first thing that strikes one is its
vastness and the crowds of people
wherever one turns. Even out in the
suburbs there are the same throngs, al
ways busy and lively; the same number
of shops, all apparently doing thriving
trade, and the same contagious efferv-
escence of spirits which is deliciously
characteristic of the French.
All the other large cities Of the world,
like Topsy, seem to have "jest growed," +"
spreading out clumsily in one direction
and another from time to time to ac-
commodate themselves to the increas-
ing population. When they are fine it
is only in spots. Generally their noble
churches and monuments are scattered
and squeezed in between pudding hous-
es so that they do not tell for half their
worth. Paris, on the contrary, appears
to have been deliberately planned.
In every direction stretch the broad,
handsome bouleyards, paved with asph-
alt, flanked by splendid edifices with
shops on the ground floor attractive as
only French shops can be, and always
terminated at the end of long vista by
open squares where some church, pal
ace or column rises majestic and impos-
ing. The effect is indescribable. To
stand in the Place de la Concorde, sur
rounded here by palaces and the green
gardens of the Tuileries and to look as
if in dream straight up the magnifi-
cent sweep of the Champs Elysees to the
great Arc de Triomphe, looming misty
and faint in the distance, is a never to
be forgotten experience, especially when
it comes for the first time in the spring
weather with the skies dazzlingly blue
overhead and the long arcades of horse
chestnut trees mass of pinEy blossoms.
On another side, through the Rue Ro-
vale, opens the Place de la Madeleine,
like an exquisite Greek temple, showing
against the sky. Behind the Tuileries
the wings of the Louvre spread wide,
but the avenue of the Champs Elysees
goes through the Gate of the Carousal
in unbroken length, presenting certainly
the most unrivaled vista in the world.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
A Wealthy Priest.

Rev. James Mcmahon, of New York
city, who recently gave $5OO,00O worth
of real estate to the Roman Catholic uni
versity at Washington, is perhaps the
richest priest in this country, his wealth
being the result of judicious investments
in real estate. He is an accomplished
Biblical and Hebrew scholar, and once
published his version of the New Testa-
ment. OF late years he has given much
attention to the perfection of church
organs, making many improvements
Harper's Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
A General Concurrence.

Bloomer-Don't you think the high
hats worn by the women should be abol-
ished2
Blossom (who has just paid a milliner's
bill)-Abolished2 Of course / do.
Bloomer-Especially in the theaters.
Blossom-Theaters or churches, they
should be abolished. What we want is
low priced hat every time.-New York
Epoch.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
The Wildes.

Oscar Wilde, since he is a pere de
famille, is no doubt wiser and sadder
man; he has cut his hair, and no longer
wears garments a la Disraeh; he has LEFT
off turn down collars and short WASTED
coats and fobs, etc. Oscar has grown
very stout. His conversation is still
brilliant-rather too epigrammatic and
wanting in simplicity.
Mrs. Wilde is young and pretty; very
quiet, almost demure. She is as silent
as Oscar is loquacious. Lady Wilde
Oscars mother) is a striking old lady,
very accomplished. She can speak seven
languages, and though she has suffered
terribly from the state of Irish affairs,
she bears her many troubles bravely.
Her nom de plume is Speranza.-London
Star
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

l. Outline a system of language lessons suitable
for the second reader grade.
2. What is your method of presenting the sub
ject OF narcotics to the entire schOOl2
3. In your class-wOrk TO which do you attach the
more importance, the pupils knowing the facts or
his being able to express the thought in his own
language? Why?
L. What is the importance OF good prOnuncia-
ton? How and when do you teach il?
g. What is your object in hearing recitation?
G. What should be the great object in teaching?
T. What is good question? What is good
answer?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
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 l could not stay
with my friends on earth, | would meet
my absent ones above; my husband was
advised to get DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, coughs and colds; /
gave it trial; took in all eight bottles: it
has cured me, and thank God | am now
a well and hearty woman" Trial bottles
free at Pattersons' drug store; regular
size soc and 81.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
HISTORY.
T. P. HARRIS.
0lUitf flCO)

l. What were the limits of the territory of the
United States at the close of the Revolution?
2 When did William Penn come TO America?
What territory did he settle? From whom and
how did he obtain the grant?
g. Give the origin of names of the following
States: New York, Virginia, Georgia, Florida
Louisiana.
T. Who were the candidates for President in
1880, 1884, 1888?
s. What is meant by Reconstruction of the
South " ?
g. BY what claim do we own Oregon and Wash
ingtOn?
Z. Give date, location, and result of three i'm
pOrtant battles of the civil war.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

"Well, Rastus," said Mr. Freshfeld
to the waiter, handing him five dollar
bill to pay fifty cent check, 81 under
stand you have discovered the difference
between a gentleman and gent"
"Yassir," returned Rastus. ''De gen.
nleman nebber waits for no change,
sab. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

Analysis of individual beets indicate
that maturity, more than size, deter
mines the sugar contents of the beet. A
high weight Of leaves, as compared with
the roots, was no evidence of higher
sugar contents, but rather the reverse.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
To Save Coal Bills.

A secret chemical powder introduced
abroad when sprinkled over the top of
the coal in a newly made fire cements
the upper part of the fuel together and
causes the coal to burn at the bottom
and throw the heat into the room, in
stead of allowing large part of it to go
up the chimney.-New York Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
A Nav T,Ords Hava.

1t would appear that there are lords
and lords, as the following dialogue may
illustrate:
Commoner approaching peerHA1low
me, my lord, to introduce you to my
friend, Lord Tadhurst.
Peer (bowing coldly)-Your friend
happens to be my nephew, and-taking
commoner aside-allow me to give you
piece of advice. When | want to know
fellow peer can introduce myself, but
| don't want to know every one of them.
London Truth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

The depth at which some of the Bel
gian coal mines are worked is something
prodig1ous. In pit at Flenu the work
is now done at 3,7O0 feet; in pit at
Fremerin at 2,s00 feet, and in the st.
Andre pit, at Montigny-sur-Sambre, at
5000 feet,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
PHYSIOLOGY, HYGIENE AND
NARCOTICS


l. What is digestiOn2 Why necessary Trace
a mOrsel of food through the process.
2. What are the objects Of circulation? Define
assimilation.
g. What is a cOld2 How is the heat Of the body
produced and regulated. Be erdct.
4 Describe the teeth as 70 use, number, and
structure Also, give directions for preserving
them
5. Describe the nervous system, and show the
twO-fOld nature of the will.
6. Describe the process by which alcohol Is OBJ
tained, and give its properties and uses
z How does alcohol resemble fire IN its action,
or effects on the tissues of the bOdy2
s. Why should alcohol affect the brain and neTy-
Gus system to greater extent than other parts oil
he hOdV0
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

Pullman Sleeping Cars are run on Nos.
IL and AZ, and ParlOr Cars on Nos 81
and 3s between Pittsburgh and Cleveland
via Yellow Creek and Alliance. Nos. 36 and
40 connect at Rochester with trains on Erie
4 Pittsburgh Div for New Castle, Erie and
intermediate stations, and with trains on
Pittsburgh, youngstown & Ashtabula Div
Tor Youngstown, Niles, Warren, Ashtabula,
and intermediate stations.
Nos. 35, 81, 40 and so connect at Bayard
to and from Canal Dover, New Philadelphia
and stations on Tuscarawss Branch
JOSEPH WOOD, E. a. FORD,
General Manager General Passenger Agent
h-23-@ PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For time cards, rates offare through tickets
baggage checks, and further information n
Agent ofthe Pennsylvania Lines
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
GEOGRAPHY

l. Describe the water boundaries of New York.
2 Write the names of countries which produce
India rubber, three names; tea, three names and
silk, five names.
g. With circle show the relative areas OF
the continents.
4 Where is the most desirable place to live?
Why?
g. Describe four isthmuses.
G. What is globe? Name six things it can be
used TO explain.
Z. Define mirage, aurora borealis, whirlwind.
tornado typhoon.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
Cotton in China.

In China previous to the Eleventh cent
ury cotton was rare and precious, and a
cotton robe was deemed fitting gift for
an emperor. 1t was grown only in gar
dens, and Chinese poets sang the beauty
of its flowers. 1t was early known in
Arabia, for its name-cotton-is derived
from an Arabic ord.-Harper's Young
People,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Omit tlDO.

Omit tlDO
1. Name and define each kind of elementary
sounds
3 Which letters are called redundant letters?
Why?
3. Parse, OrthOgraphieally, speciOus
4. Mark for pronunciation the following Sluice,
rule, claws inquiry, hurrah.
5. What is a hOmonym? Write sentences con-
tanning the following hOmOnymS: Main and name,
wave and waive, lade and laid, mOat and mote, TO,
two and too.
6. What is a primitive wOrd2 Give the mean
ing of the following pTefiXeS and SufiXes, and Illus
trate each: Be, rect, en-, Y, let.
z. Spell correctly: BeautieOus, avOrdupoise, ar
tillerry, billeOus cemetery millionaire, umberella,
balance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
TEACHERS QUESTIONS.
The following questions We're asked at
the Teachers Examination held in
Belmont, on Saturday, June 18th:
GRAMMAR
;. c. MURPHY
OHutUO.

l. What is Infection Is ours a highly infected
language? What is the source Of our language
2 What are the properties OF the nOun2 How
is gender distinguished? Illustrated
8 What is ANALYSIS? Synthesis2 Which Is the
more important in our work as teachers Why"
a Correct and give reasons tor correction "a
He YOU and | recifeS our lesson, Do MARY came
into and walked through the house lcl He is the
smallest of the two BOYS whom You spoke To- I'd
This is th. shortest lesson which We have had.
s. Write a sentence containing relative pro
noun in the pOssesSye ease: also another contain
ing a relative governed by proposition
s. What is a substantive? Give an example OF a
clause used as such.
z Henry is a better scholar than the boy TO
whom you spoke. iAnalyze the above sentence.
DO not diagram.l
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

If others did not sometimes annoy US
we should not realize how much we an
noy others.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

*Trains run daily. tDaily except Sunday tDaiI
except Monday
Accom-. train leaves Columbus at 30 u m daily
except Sunday; Newark ; 45 y IN; arrive Zanesville
g 50 p M, Cambridge 80 m.
Columbus 4 SanduSky Accom-. leaves Columbus
n 20 a m; arrives Sandusky u 3npm
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

THERE is more saving virtue in one
quick stern reproof than in an hours
aimless scolding.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

HAPPINESS is to the heart what sun
light is to the body, and he who shuts
out either is an enemy to society.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

MEN and women who are actively
employed in Tightening the sorrows OF
others do not complain that life is with
out interest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

Cleveand-with fast trains for East and West;
Lorain-with the "Niekel Plate;' Elyria-with the
l. & NJ Ry; Grafton-with the c CC&I R'y:
Sterling with the n Y P& o Ry; WaTwick-with
the C 4 & C R'y: MasillOn-with w & l. E R'y and
7 Fit w & G R'y; ,Iustus-with the C &C R'y; Canal
DOver-with & NJ Ry; Uhrichsville-with the
Panhandle; BridgepOrt-with & p R'y Bel
laire-with b q O R'y.
J. F. TOWNSEND, Gen. TrGf. Agt
- IT. CLAIRSVILLE 81 NORTHERN
~ RAILROAD TIME CARD
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

THE charity that begins at home, and
stays at home, is not strong enough in
the legs TO ever take anybody to heaven.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

OF all the passions, jealousy is that
which exacts the hardest service and
pays the bitterest wages.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

THE acquisition of knowledge is not
the chief end of man, but it is noble
end, and the interest of the pursuit is
ineXhaustible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
ARITHMETIC.
JAMES DUNCAN.

(OInu tlCO)
/. Extract the cube root of to four decimal
places.
2. Reduce 5-64 to a decimal, and then reduce the
decimal to 5-64.
8. Define arithmetic, formula, problem, sign,
ratio, multiple, imperfect number.
f. Explain the geOmetrie solution of the problem
of the square root.
s. If the length of an oar from the thOle-pin
to the end of the blade is feet, how many feet
would the end of the blade travel in the water dur
ing 6OOO strokes, each describing an arc OF Cos .?
g. What is the sum OF the infinite series 2, !, II,
etc?
Z. Being asked to find the probable cost of a lot
Seventh street, 80 feet front and 9S feet deep,
thought of my own lot close by, which is "A feet
front and 20 feet deep, and which cost me 1880
What should the answer be?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

ALL honors should be given to those
who bear failures bravely and rise up
from them with undaunted energy, for
fresh endeavors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

TRUE culture demands sufficient pri.
vacy to preserve individuality and suf
ticient publicity to do all the good that
is possible; and he who so combines the
two in his own person secures some OF
the most necessary elements of valua-
BILE and happy life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

DoN'T flatter yourself thai friendship
authorizes you to say disagreeable things
to your intimates. On the contrary, the
nearer you come into relation with a
person, the more necessary do tact and
courtesy become.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

POSSESSION, why more tasteless than
pursuit? Why is wish far dearer than
crown?-that wish accomplished why
the grave of bliss? Because in the great
future, buried deep, beyond our plans of
empire and renown, lies all that man
with ardor should pursue; and He who
made him bent to the right.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

ALTHOUGH we may know perfectly
how to do some special thing, and have
also learned to do it in the best way, we
still must remember that we have to
consider how to economic our strength
in doing it SO as to produce the great
est eventual results.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

WHATEVER tends to draw men to.
gether in bonds of affection and harmo,
ny will also enable them both to give
and to receive an occasional rebuke in
the spirit which alone can make it eff
fective in doing good.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

THE chief ingredients in the compost
tion of those qualities that gain esteem
and praise are good nature, truth, good
sense, and good breeding.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

WHEN an engineer wants to stop an
engine he don't put brake on the bal
last wheel, he shuts off the power that
makes it run. When you want to quit
your meanness the work must begin on
the inside,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

TAKE the hand of the friendless smile
on the sad and detected; sympathize
with those in trouble; strive everywhere
to diffuse around you sunshine and joy.
If you do this, you will be sure to be
hello Ved
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

TRANQUILITY is the wish of all. The
good, while pursuing the track of virtue,
the great, while following the star of
glory, and the little, while creeping in
the ruts of dissipation, sigh for tran
guilty, and make it the great object
which they ultimately hope to attain.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

"HE who would eat the kernel must
crack the nut-he who would have the
grain must take the pain" Right judg-
ment is the kernel of the whole great
nut of life, but it is to be gained only by
pain and diligence, and the determine
tion to know so much of the truth of
things as we can get at.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
SOUTH BOUND.

CONNECTIONS AT Barton with all passenger
trains on c., l.. & W. Ry ssg-Direct with Street
Cars from bridgeport to Wheeling Only direct
route between st. ClairSville and Wheeling
A. C.. DARRAH, j. f. TOWNSEND
President. Gen. Traf. Ag't
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

A MANS individuality is what brings
him success in the world, and there have
never yet been laid down any set of rules
or regulations by which men are made
to gain distinction among their fellow
men,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
CLEVELAND, LORAIN & WHEELING R. R.
Time card Of Passenger Trains.


In effect May. 10TH 1891 and until further notice
Standard Time-2S minutes slower than
Columbus. Ohio time
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

THERE is kind of aid which it is i'm
moral for friend to give and equally
immoral for another to receive; it is the
aid which takes the place of some work
we ought to have done, some energy we
ought to have put forth. some strength
and power of character we ought to have
attained.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

THE cross had three arms. One point
ing toward heaven, and the other two
outstretched as though to take in the
whole world in blessed embrace of sal
walton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

No man can do right while his heart
is wrong. 1t don't do much to white
wash the house while everybody inside
is down with the smallpox.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11

KNOWLEDGE must be gained by our
selves. Mankind may supply us with
facts; but the results, even if they agree
with previous ones, must be the work of
our own minds.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-11
WRITING.

Write a full business letter, ordering a book
some firm, as a specimen of your writing.