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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
London Children Have to Work Hard.

London Children Have to Work Hard.
The testimony of Mr.. Lakeman, fac
tory inspector, before the committee on
the store hours bill sitting at London,
revealed the terrible fact that the ordi-
nary time of boys and girls behind the
counter is eighty-four hours week, Or
fourteen hours a day. But he knows OF
neighborhoods where the stores are
kept open for ninety-six hours a week.
or an average of sixteen hours a day.
All the employees are expected to be
present during the whole day. beginning
at 9 a. m. and lasting till 10 at night.
The lower the neghborhood the longer
the hours during which the stores are
kept open. In some parts where labor
ers dwell stores will be open on Satur-
days from 6 a. m. till midnight Mr.
Lakeman said that anania, dyspepsia,
and even varicose veins were produced
in girls of sixteen to eighteen years
through long hours in stores. On busy
days the EMPLOYEES were not allowed
more than ten minutes for dinner out OF
their sixteen hours of work day and
no time for tea. The majority of store
keepers, he said, would hail with JOY
law enforcing uniform limit of keep
ing stores open.-Chicago Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
A GARDEN sY THE SEA.
know a little garden close,

I know little garden close,
Set thick with lily and red rose,
Where i would wander IL might
From devy morn to dewy night,
And have one with me wandering.
And though within il no birds sing,
And though no pillared house is there,
And though the apple boughs are bare
Of fruit and blossom. would to God
Her feet upon the green grass trod,
And beheld them as before.
There comes a murmur from the shore,
And in the close two fair streams are
Drawn from the purple hills afar,
Drawn down unto the restless sea:
Dark hills whose heath bloom feeds no
bee,
Dark shore no ship has ever seen, -
Tormented by the bfllows green
Whose murmur comes increasingly
Unto the place for which cry.
For which cry both day and night,
For which LET slip all delight,
Whereby grow both deaf and blind,
Careless to win, unskilled 10 find,
And quick to lose what all men seek.
Yet tottering as I am and weak,
Still have left little breath
To seeA within the jaws Of death
An entrance to that happy place,
To seek the unforgotten face.
Once seen, once kissed, once reft from me
Anigh the murmuring Of the sea-
William Morris.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Cmsar's Isnoble End.

Julius Caesar is by many considered
the most remarkable man who ever
lived, take him all in all. AS states
man, orator, writer and soldier, he con-
hnuaHy aroused the admiration of his
countrymen and astonished his enemies.
He was many sided man, and to what
ever he turned his hand he succeeded in
pre-eminent degree. He overthrew
Pompey, conquered Gaul an Britain,
and, having finally made himself virtual
dictator of the Roman republic, was Of
fered kingly crown. At this culmi-
mating moment he was ingloriously as
sassinated by some Of those whom he
looked upon as his warmest friends
Yankee Blade.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
A Club That Attended Funera,s.

The Funeral club, of Paris. was a
CHASTITY organization. Its object was to
attend in body all public funerals, and
private ones where it was allowed. Its
meetings were always held in cemeteries,
and members invariably dressed in SON.
Der black with Grape sashes on their
hats. The only music they had was
hand organ, and this played nothing but
the dead march in Saul" No smile
was ever seen upon the face of a men,
Der in public. All kinds OF gayeties,
theaters, dances and parties the men,
bers were strictly forbidden to partici-
pate in at any time; indeed it is difficult
to imagine what on earth the men COM
posing the Funeral club had to live for
anyhow.-Boston Home Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. d. A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before nm neon
>. b. MEYER, Secy. +. ID. BAILEY, w. NJ
ST. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER. No n. Ro,nI
Arch MdsOns.-Stated eonvOcations iirst Friday Of
each month. "J Va
j. b. MEYER, Rec Ed RAJIFy uu
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 54. R. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y. j. RYAN TIM
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 20, K T-Stated
first Tuesday of each month
j. b. MEYER SecV J.B. RYAN, &c
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Mrs. Browning's sonnets.

The sonnets from the Portuguese were
written by Elizabeth Barrett to Mr..
Browning before her marriage, although
she never even showed them to him till
Some years after they were man and
wife. They were sonnets such as no
Portuguese ever wrote before or ever
will write again. There is quality in
them which is beyond words, that echo
which belongs to the highest human ex-
preston of feeling. But such love to
such a woman comes with its own testa-
nent.-Annie Thackeray Ritchie in
Harper's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
A Surprised Omcial.

The following story is credited to Con-
gresham Boutelle, of Maine:
There was once secretary of the navy
from an interior state. He had never
seen ship before arriving in Washing
ton. Some weeks after his induction
into office, he visited a ship of war. AZ
ter landing on the main deck he looked
down the main hatch and seemed great
ly astonished. ''Never dreamed" he
said, that the burned thing was hol-
low
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
An Electrical Finger.

An electrical finger for surgical uses
has recently been invented. A bulb, at
cached to long probe, is attached to a
finger stall. The bulb is double and the
outer skin is flexible. The two layers
are connected with opposite poles of the
battery, and wires connect the inner
layer with the finger tip. Pressure at
any point closes the circuit and the cleo
trical current is transmitted to CORE
tponding point on the finger. The sur
geon has thus means of feeling and
measuring things which he can neither
see nor reach by ordinary means.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Spain's Silk Cultare.

Spain owes silk to the Moors. and pro-
duces it in true Spanish fashion-lazy,
haphazard, picturesque. She it is who
supplies the silkworm gut for leaders
for fly fishermen the world over. This
is the gorged gland of the worm just
ready for spinning. Barcelona silk is
in great request wherever a filament
fine and peculiarly strong is required
Chicago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Useless Expense.

A prince received from the house
steward his monthly statement of ac-
counts, in which occurred the item of so
lire for the keep of cat in the palace.
The prince Immediately wrote in the
margin, 'H there are no rats in the
house, it is no good keeping cat; if
there are any rats, the charge for the
Keep of the cat is superhuous." And he
truck out the item.-Don Chisciotte.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Sandy's Answer.

SANDY" said Mrs. Simpson to her
eldest olive branch the other day when
he returned from school, Il forbid ye to
play or rim about wi that Bobby Wilson
Ony mare. Mind that, ma, an if | ever
hear O. you playin wi him again I'll gi
ye guild hckin." ~What way have
no to play WI Bobby, map queried the
youngster. with some surprise. "Becus
he's q bad, wicked laadie," replied his
mother. 'Weel, ma," returned Sandy,
after a moments thought. 81 dinna
think I'm that awful guild myself, that
ye need to be sac feart. Scottish
American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

1t is asserted that when the present
comprehensive plan of connecting all
England's West India possessions by
submarine cable is completed fully one
third of her defensive fleet for the pro-
lection of these colonies can be done
aWay with
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
The Market Value of a Maine Man.

The Market Value OF Maine Man.
A Belfast man who evidently had
been rejected by some pensioned widow
was discussing pensions recently. He
said very Indignantly: ''If had my way
I'd abolish the darned widows pensions.
They won't marry, preferring twelve
dollars per month to a man. Abolish
'em, sayr-Bangor (Me) Commercial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

Mail carriers in Morocco are said to
avoid the risk of losing their places by
oversleeping by tying a string to one
foot and setting the end on fire before
going to sleep. The string. they know
from experience. will burn SO long, and
when the fire reaches their foot it is
time for them to get up.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

A hot bath is valuable in the first
itages of congestion of the lungs, as it is
also in infantile convulsions and in sud
den brain trouble. In the last named
attack ice should be applied to the head
and hot water bag to the feet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
A Dentists WAY of Expressing II.

A story is told about a popular dentist
who was a farmers boy before he studied
his profession and the metaphors of the
farm came ghbly to his lips. He had
Just opened an office and one of his first
customers was young lady, whose
teeth he carefully examined and then
remarked, 81 find, miss, that one of your
aind teeth needs little filling. Spring
field Homestead.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

In an Irish lead mine, whenever the
periodical cleaning of the tall chimney
and the underground tunnel communi-
eating with it takes place, hundreds of
pounds worth of silver particles are dis
covered in the soot.-London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Recovering Hydrogen.

1t has been found that by passing
mixed hydrogen and carbonic oxide
over nickel and cobalt they can be sepa-
rated. Then by applying the hydrogen
to strips of platinum, powerful primary
battery is formed which will yield, it is
stated, 80 per cent. of the total energy
in the hydrogen absorbed.-New York
World
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
A Pneumatic Sole.

A pneumatic inner sole for boots and
shoes has recently appeared in London.
1t is inflated with air or gas under pres
sure, the external protective covering
being canvas linen or some other suita-
BILE material that can Withstand the pres
sure.-New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
A Queer Memory.

Mamma-Did you go see the doctor
about your cold?
Little Boy-Yes'm.
Mamma-And did you have the den
tist pull out that aching tooth?
Little Boy-No'm. | forgot about
that.-Good News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Two Things That Cannot BE Done.

To hold a school up to the highest
standard Of excellence, and this by un-
ceasing vigilance, is one thing. To man.
age it 80 as to make the mt t money and
to gain the most friends is another.
The teacher who tries to both will
probably not succeed in the rst.-Anna
c. Bracket in Harper's.
In size the sun equals 300, 900 earths,
but owing to its smaller density its
weight equals only 300, 900 earths.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
BELMONT COUNTY DIRECTORY,

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs.
Probate Judge-JameS +. Tallman
Clerk of COurts-Henry NJ. Davies
Standardization NJ Scott
Auditor-Joseph A. Henderson.
Treasurer-Frank b. Archer
Prosecuting AttOrney-Jesse w. Hollingworth.
RecOrder-JOhn M. Beckett
SuryeyOr-Chalkley Dawson
COroner-A- NJ. F. Boyd
Commissioners-Miles r. Hart, John c. Israel,
w. s. Meehem.
lnfrmary Direetors-Wiliiam Lodge, president;
John A: Clark, clerk; b. NJ. Loper, auditor
superintendent ntrmary john SdebOttom,
East Rchland. -
Superintendent ChildreD's Home-Peter Giffn,
BarneSville
School Examiners-James Duncan, Bridgeport;
s. q. Murphy. Belmont. L. p. Harris SOmertOn
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Safe.

John" said the dealer, where is the
key to this self locking safer
"Insoide, SORT. It'll not be losht there,
sorr," returned John.-Harper's Bazaar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

"WHFS was young man," said Johnathan
Gray.
II fellow took phystc he knew it. you bet.
1t would cramp him all up in eOllicky way,
And, good Lord, what a twisting his insIdes
would get!
But the pills in Use nowadays by sensible folks
Are as easy 10 take and as pleasant as jokes"
Of course, the kind referred to by Mr..
Gray, was DR.. Pierce's Peasants Pellets,
the very best Liver Pill ever made
mild, but sure and effective. The only
pills sold by druggists, absolutely on
trial. Satisfaction guaranteed, or your
money is returned.
THERE are 100000 commercial tray.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

Several attempts have been made from
time to time to develop balloon photog-
raphy, and special cameras have been
devised for the purpose.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

How easy it is for one benevolent be-
ing to diffuse pleasure around him; and
how truly is kind heart a fountain of
gladness, making everything in its vi
cinity to freshen into smiles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

A favorite dish of the East Indians is
an ant mash. The insects are caught in
pits and mashed by handfuls like raisins
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

IF we would have powerful minds, we
must think; if we would have faithful
hearts, we must love; if we would have
vigorous muscles, We must labor; and
these three thought, love, labOr-in-
clude all that is valuable in life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

The test of man is not whether he
can govern kingdom single handed,
but whether he can govern himself, and
thus have his private life tender and
considerate, so as to make his wife and
children happy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

THE fortitude of Christian consists
In patience; not in enterprise, which the
poets call heroic, and which is commonly
the efforts of interest, pride and worldly
honor
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

WORK and play are seeming anti
podes, yet without play work will be un-
profitable, and without work play will
be unpleas able.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

AN fully convinced that the soul is
indestructibie, and that its activity will
continue through eternity. 1t is like
the sun, which, to our eyes, seems set
in night; but it has in reality only
gone to diffuse its light elsewhere.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

WERE sympathy pruned of its redund-
ant branches and its vital sap directed
into proper channels, its fruit would con-
tribute far more effectively than it now
does for the healing of the nations, and
the law of kindness would be much bet
ter fulfilled.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

FEAR guides more to their duty than
gratitude. For one man who is virtu
Gus from the love of virtue, from the
obligation which he thinks he lies un-
der to the Giver of all, there are ten
thousand who are good only from their
apprehensions of punishment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

NOVELTY is indeed necessary to pre-
serve eagerness and alacrity; but art
and nature have stores inexhaustible by
human intellects; and every moment
produces something new to him who has
'quickened his faculties by diligent OBJ
.servation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

THERE are 100000 commercial trav-
elers in the United States.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

LIFE affords no higher pleasure than
that of surmounting difficulties, passing
from one step of success to another,
forming new wishes and seeing them
gratified. He that labors in any great
OF laudable undertaking has his fatigues
first supported by hope and afterward
rewarded by joy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

AS freely as the armament embraces
the world, so mercy must encirtls friend
and foe. The sun pours forth impair
TALLY his beams through all the regions
of ininity; Heaven bestows the dew
equally on every thirsty plant. What
ever is good and comes from on high is
universal and without reserve; but in
the hearts recesses darkness dwells.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

1T is not every one that crieth out for
mercy that will be heard. The ways Of
Providence are not to be judged by men
MANY are called, but few are chosen" +"
1t is easier to talk of humility than to
feel it. Are you so humble, vile worm,
as to wish to glorify God by your own
damnationF If not, away with you for
a publican and pharisee.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19

FAINT heart never won fair lady,"
or conquered difficulties, or achieved
glory; but insolent assumption is more
contemplate than a lack of moral cOur-
age. Be determined, fearless, ener-
getic-not impudent. Stick up for your
own rights with all your soul and with
all your strength, but never infringe a
hairs breadth on the rights of others.
THE boy who leaves at the'end of
common school course with love for
reading good books is better prepared for
life of honor and influence than one
who has passed through high school
without that love; and he who has an
ordinary school education combined with
a taste for good reading is better equip
ped for the duties of life than the grad
uate of the best college or university in
the country without that taste.
To get through one thing and to be-
gin another seems to be the whole of life
to some people. The element of well do
ing is forgotten; there is no time allot-
ted for that. The mind, concentrated on
getting on, or getting through the bust
ness on hand, has no opportunity for
consideration, reflection, comparison,
judgment-no time for proving methods
or testing results. Yet, without all this,
how poor thing is work of any kind!
EVEN the robber and the cut-throat
have their followers, who admire their
address and intrepidity, their strata
gems of rapine, their fidelity to the
gang. The liar, and only the liar,
is invaribly and universally despised,
abandoned and disowned; he has no
domestic consultations which he can
oppose to the censures of mankind;
he can retire to no fraternity where
his crimes may stand in place of yir-
iues, but he is given up to the misses of
the multitude, without friend and with
out apologist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-02
Yachting Notes.

The Regatta Committee ofthe Isrehn,ont Yacht Club
Chairman. Otto Sarony. and Clarence bergen
h.sss the n cay Yacht club on ne
OCCASION being the annual paIkea .had dinner OF that
number OF guests at 10.
Tie Juanita a cabin catboat. built and owned by
Charles Larzelsre. proprietor of the La,iy Ho<e Re-
t.arzelrre and some trends went out sail Oh the
Brooklyn Yacht club house in the afternoon. Ths wind
been for about hour Rummel took his open
cat, Edna D; she had good reputation as being /.
Holman Island. Juan,sa being ahead; The wind had
or OF and hs n. mel.
sh.Ad Mr. R1mmsi soen s,SnalIed that hs had
9ra.ys ossrhauns the Edna D. ana soon passed
her The Juanita was built on the Shrewsbury She
she has raj. ns
foot hoist Of sail The Edna D. is Itfoot boat, and
serre was well Pleased With The shSWins The Su.nt.
made Yesterday was only ths third time she hA. been
OF the Brooklyn Yacht Club.
II seemed like summer at Gravesend beach yester-
cSb were down there to oai at Their Sscs and 70
Esysv.st to Pedro Bsraza; hoe the Bay View House
& 4 Sps M .na S ~ T.
is three story structure built Of wood On the ground
moor is q spacious cafe. The second moor is occu.
and sever. saa! those who ~:h to o0 eat
in seclps,on ON the third floor are the bedrooms
Of The hay from the Narrows down to the oot and il
% as' es n tsfk coier Of sr Saiy
xn ss ReHHs twenty ss
Host. Of yach'smrn. 100; called on Peter and
S h,s @ ls sp,f:a s
Bay View House were Commodore b. y. sntton. y
Essnsa fzisr.a Il Ga..
Mccarthy. II. Ogden. anu ~ ,, Tobin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-02
The Fine Home or the UaiversIty A, e,

The University Athletic Club threw open the house at
h5 West Invent street saturday night for insprc.
ton by the Of the Council and press
tsiives Les than month ago the G nh took posses.
sion Of the rooms which were formerly occupied by
the Racquet Club The House Committee began
vigorous crusa,. with paint and scrubbng brushes.
after which the rooms returnished from top to
bottom The result IL that last night President Adee
and his assoc at.s IN the Council looked upon as at
trAct!ve and cosey club house can be found this
vicinity.
Fronting Twenty sixth street are tho par.ors and
sinnIing rooms In The r.E are the billiard room
baths lockers. and grilI room Above the two
racquet courts, bowling alleys, and q
ming track. measuring III rteen laps TO the mile The
iurrishinss are very handsome, and the rooms are
bright anu attractive,
Tue meinberrh of the club IS 500 and the limit
l,Hp There wifi be II hon>-whrm,na next Saturday
nlsht and HE members Of the Harvard and Princeton
,a,ehal teams who play me nrst game for
thc inter. leKlate championship at Prime zion
on ina, day. have been invited to attend
me club bonse al. he repository for
college athletic news Hase ball games will be LuI
ltiin-i hy INNING. auI athletic meetings will be re.
'ei'eH ny event, and posted.
member OF mr. Council said that the rniysrstty A.
ieNcs, or interfere with them IN any way.