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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28

This is a great country for crazes
They sweep over the country like cy-
clones. Whence they come and whittier
they go man knoweth not. A few years
ago the entire country was in the throes
of the pedestrian craze. In every city,
town and village athletes were wearily
tramping around and around sawdust
circle, while thousands of spectators ap-
plauded the dreary exhibition. Nobody
walks now that can ride.
Next we had the roller skating craze,
which affected both men and women
1t, too, has gone glimmering, leaving a
trail of broken bones in its wake. The
bicycle craze is now upon MS, and bids
fair to become a chronic disease. The
men have had the red necktie craze and
recovered from it in time to laugh at the
suspender craze of their big sisters.
America soon loves her fads to DEATH
Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Marriage Experiences.

1t was the lot of young parson to be
embarrassed by the appeals of two young
women who wanted to marry the same
bridegroom. The first conner of these
had scarcely told how her faithless lover
had actually put up the banns in the
East End parish when the delinquent
turned up with an idiotic grin on his
face and q gayly appareled young wom-
an on his arm. What could the parson
then young and bashful curate-do
but invite the trio into the vestry room,
there to discuss the business. Luckily
for him, it speedily leaked out that there
had been no legal residence in his par
ish, which afforded him at once suffi-
cient ground for declining to perform
the ceremony.
On another occasion the awful dis
covery was made that the bride had by
accident been described in the marriage
license by her pet name. 1t was sug-
gested that an affidavit of identity sworn
at a neighboring police court might re-
pair the blunder. This was done just in
time to complete the ceremony within
canonical hours, but the accommodate
ing clergyman afterward received a
stern admonishment from high quarters
mot to do it again. ."-Cornhill Maga-
zine
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
The Lady Was Not the Ghost.

An Irish family once had ghost 30
troublesome that they sent for detec-
tives. One of these men late at night
fell asleep in his chair. The lady of the
house CHANGED to come into the room
and could not resist the temptation to
groan and rattle her keys. She had
never played ghost before: it was mo-
mentary indiscretion. But the police
man did not, and could hardly be ex-
pected to, believe this. He said it was
hardly worth while to bring him from
Dublin, and he withdrew in dudgeon.
Yet the lady was not really the ghost.
He was sulking in retirement. Hence
doubt has been cast on the ghosts of
haunted houses, even among rejecting
minds.-London Illustrated News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Three Humorous Titles.

Among the whimsical titles which ap-
pear on the pages of national history,
few are more apparently frivolous than
the Duke of Marnalade, the Count of
Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy.
They are, or We're, however, real titles,
bestowed by a genuine monarch on
three of the favorites, and that, too,
during the present century. In 1911 a
revolution occurred in Hayti, and Chris
tophe, negro, declayed himself en-
peror. Through conspiracy and plot,
his life often attempted, he retained
power till 1920, preserving to the last
the appearance of a royal court and Gre
ating numerous ability.
Among them were the three already
mentioned, and the oddity of the titles
has suggested to many writers the friv-
olousness of the African character. In
fact, however, all three names We're
those of places, the first two being origi-
nally plantations, but latterly towns of
some importance. This fact not being
generally known, misapprehension has
arisen with regard to the titles them
selves, which, however absurd, are
scarcely more so than some which were
bestowed in France and Germany dur
ing the Middle Ages.-Boston Tran
script
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
King Humbert's Stables.

The stables of King Humbert of Italy
are exceptionally fine, and contain at
present nearly $50 horses, chiefly Eng
lish bred. The double row of stalls
forms a regular street, SO beautifully
kept that it is pleasure to walk
through it, and each animal has his
name printed in large letters on little
board above the manger. Among the
English horses may be noticed such
names as Flirt, Milford, Lawn Tennis,
EPSON and Gentleman.
Up stairs are the state carriages and
those used on special occasions. Some
of these are magnifcently upholstered
in white satin. The carriage in which
the queen drives every day is very plain,
but this simplicity is counteracted by
the brilliant scarlet liveries of her
coachman and footmen.-London Tit
Bits
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Eluding The Officers.

Here is an amusing description of one
of Balzac's periods of impecuniosity.
Merry, the poet, great friend of Bal
zac's, was an inveterate gambler and
rarely left the card table before day
break. His way lay past the Cafe de
Paris and for four consecutive mornings
he had met Balzac strolling leisurely
up and down dressed in a pantalon a
pieds trousers not terminating below
the ankle, but with feet in them like
stockings) and frock coat with velvet
facings. The second morning Merry felt
surprised at the coincidence, the third
he was puzzled, the fourth he could hold
out no longer, and asked Balzac the
reason of these nocturnal perambula-
tions roundabout the same spot.
Balzac put his hand in his pocket and
produced an almanac showing that the
sun did not rise before $40. 81 am being
tracked by the officers of the tribunal
de commerce and obliged to hide myself
during the day, but at this hour l am
free and can take a walk, for as long as
the sun is not up they cannot arrest me. "
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Enpli n Rulers and the Language.

Unlike most other countries England
has repeatedly been governed by for
eigners, who thought so little of their
people that they did not even take the
trouble to learn the language of their
subjects Most of the Danish kings
knew no English, and if William the
Conqueror, William Rufus and others
knew. the language they kept the fact to
themselves.
The early French kings, in fact, re-
garded England as a conquest and
France as their home. Richard l, for
instance, spent but few months of the
ten years of his reign on English soil.
In modern times George neither knew
nor cared to learn English, and George
II spoke it very imperfectly.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Te.fIng counrernn ro1n..

"Here's the way we test coins in the
treasury" And the expert swiftly poised
the dollar piece horizontally on the tip
of his forefnger. holding the thumb a
quarter of an inch away from it and
gave it brisk tap with another coin. A
clear silvery ring sounded out. Good,
but here; listen;" and he repeated the
operation with another coin that gave
out dull, heavy clink that ceased al
most as soon as it began. Type metal
and lead; nodded too. That is a
wretched counterfeit How do you
tell that it was molded?" He held the
two coins SO that the light struck on
their edges.
Just compare the reeding, will you,
or milling, as most people call it? In this
genuine coin this is very clear and sharp
cut, in the counterfeit it is coarse and
dull. That is because it is nodded instead
of being stamped in cold metal like the
government coins" why do the
counterfeiters not use the same cold
process?' 1T costs too much and makes
too much noise. With q mold, you see,
cOunterfelter can carry on MS WORK III
a garret and if a policeman comes in he
can shy the whole outfit out of the
window. But it takes great power to
run die. Still some high flying counter
feiters do use them, and their work is
usually harder to detect, though it is
never so perfect as that of the govern
ment mint"
What is the surest test for counter
felt coin for popular use?" 1.-The looks
of the reading, as L was telling you
the milling, by the way, is on the face
of the coin and not on the edge, as most
people think. That's the surest and
easiest thing, but of course other tests
have to be used, especially for weight
and thickness. springfield Republi-
can
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
The Care of Brushes.

Do not neglect your paint brushes.
Dip them in an old can containing ben
zine, kerosene or turpentine, then wash
thoroughly with soap and hot water.
Pearline is even better than soap; it re-
moves the color rapidly and does not in
jure the bristles if they are well rinsed
in clear water afterward. Put your
brushes in a jar, handles down, and
leave them to dry. One of the oldest
sights III an artists studio is the number
of brushes disposed in various artistic
bits of pottery in hooks and corners.
Some painters pride themselves on
owning many hundreds of brushes of
every possible style and size. Handsome
brushes are ruined if let dirty; it makes
the hairs come out, but the large brushes
used in common work will not be in
jured by being left in water over night
if you intend to use them for the same
colors next day.
Burn your paint rags when you have
done with them. Oily rags are very in
fammable and sometimes take fire spon-
taneously when left i'll heap in some
corner.-Harper's Young People.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
GRAINS OF GOLD.

We should stop the mouth of slander
by prudence
He loses his thanks who promiseth
and delayeth.
Beware equally of sudden friend and
a slow enemy.
Hear one man before you answer; hear
several before you decide.
Kindness is the golden chain by which
society is bound together.
A friend exaggerates mans vittues;
an enemy exaggerates his crimes.
Thoughts are blossoms of the mind,
and deeds are the fruits of desires.
Time stretches back immeasurably, but
it also stretches on and on forever.
Were not curiosity so over-busy, de-
traction would soon be starved to death
The conscientious man finds it hard
er to please himself than to please others.
The feathered arrow of satire has oft
been wet with the hearts blood of its
victims.
We Judge our neighbors by ourselves,
when they are good; when bad, by other
neighbors.
The best woman has always somewhat
of a mans strength; the noblest man,
woman's gentleness.
The only thing that walks back from
the tomb with the mourners and refuses
to be buried is character.
Men may often boast of their great
actions, but they are oftener the effect
of chance than of design.
There is Swiss prOverb which says
that lit takes a good many shovelsful OF
earth to cover the truth.
1t will be found that they are the
weakest minded and the hardest-heart
ed men that most love change.
What seems generosity is often dis
gnised ambition, that despises small
things to run after greater interests.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Driving Out the Rabbit,

When the rabbit, which seems to be
great mischief maker in the folklore
of most races, is identified by the alb
original Cherokee physician as the cause
of disease the rabbit hawk" is sum-
moned to drive the wicked animal out
of the patient. Sometimes after the in
truder has been thus expelled "a small
portion still remains" in the words of
the formula, and accordingly the whirl-
wind is summoned from the tree tops to
carry the remnant to the uplands, and
there scatter it so that it shall never re-
appear.-Washington Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Joy FOR BALoiEADS.
An Invention That Promises to Make Life
Worth Living for Many.

The wind has long been tempered to
the shorn lamb. but the baldhead has
had 10 take the blasts as they came. No
special dispensations in the matter Of
weather have been made on his account.
He has had TO look ont for himself, and
the fact that he survives so numerously
Is perhaps better evidence Of his hustlng
ability than of his innate goodness.
Why, no one appears able to tell, but
certain it is that from time immemorial
there has been none TO do the baldhead
reverence.
1t will be remembered that when the
original baldhead was making his way
toward Bethel the children by the way
side requested him TO ''go up" This
expression has no place in modern slang,
but compliance with the order doubtless
involved journey to sections not down
on our list of desirable habitations. Be
that as it may, the fact remains that the
caput destitute of hairy adornment has
all along been the butt for universal
ridicule.
But it is long lane which has no
turning, and the baldhead's turn has
come at last Some enterprising philan-
thropist has invented a polish for the
hairless crown which is warranted to
turn it into thing of beauty and joy
forever. This blessing comes in the
shape of a polish, which is easily ap-
piled by barber and imparts to the al
ready shining crown shine so brilliant
that it dazzles the eyes and so smooth
that upon it no fly can gain foothold.
Those who have never experienced
the joys and SORROWS of badness may
not be able to appreciate the value of
this discovery. The value is there just
the same. With little care the polish
can be made windtight and mosquito
proof, and the baldheaded man will no
longer fall an easy prey to the influenza
laden breezes, while he can lie down to
dreams unbroken by the assaults of
winged things. Surely the baldhead
millennium is at hand.
The direct moral influence of this dis
covery cannot be overrated. With his
sparsely thatched crown protected from
the attacks of envious Cascas the bald
head will recover from his tendency to-
ward the use of unauthorized expletives,
and he may even rise to the point of
taking front seat in the sanctuary in
fly time. Relieved of the necessity for
turning his skull into a block upon
which to butcher the musca domestica,
ETC., he will be able to turn his whole
thought to the sermon, thus setting
worthy example to the congregation
while absorbing truths of which he has
long stood in need.
If there is justice in III things, the
man who makes two blades of grass
grow where one has grown before will
have to take back seat when the in
ventor of the polish for baldheads comes
in for his reward.
Verify, these be glorious times, and
the baldhead is one of the chief partici-
pators in them.-Troy Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
A Cruel Test.

A good looking, well to do young
was being teased by the young ladies of
club for not getting married. He said:
"rll marry the girl of your club whom,
on a secret vote, you elect to be my
wife" There We're nine members of the
club. Each girl went into corner, and
used great caution in preparing her bal
lot, and disguised the handwriting. The
result of the vote was that there were
nine votes cast, each girl receiving one.
The young man remains bachelor, the
club is broken up and the girls are all
mortal enemies, united in the one de-
termination that they will never speak
to that nasty man again. Free
Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. rs, +. & A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon
j. H. MEYER, See'y +. ID. BAILEY, W. Nj.
81. CLAIRSVILLE CHA PIER, No n, ROudI
Arch MGs0ns.-Stated eOnyocations iirst Friday of
each month.
j. Il. MEYER, Rec Ed RAIIFY II VI
BELMONT COUNCIL Nc "a X g. y NJ
Meets second Tuesday of each month";
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y. j. b. RYAN TIM
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 2s, Il. T.-Stated
conelaves, first Tuesday of each month
j. b. MEYER SeeV j. b. RYAN E c.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
A PIuckY Captain.

A yeomanry regiment of Devonshire
was enacting a sham fight, when Cap
tain Prettyjohn was ordered to retreat
before charge of the enemy.
"Retrait! what doth that manep in
quired the captain. "Retrait meanth
rinning away, l zim; then it shall never
be told up to Dodbrook market that
Cap'n Pridgen and his brave men rinned
away"
Accordingly, as the enemy came On,
bearing down upon him at rapid trot.
he shouted to his troop:
"Charge, my brave boys, charged Us
baint voxes and they baint houndsl
Usll face 'em like menr
The collision, as one might guess,
was awful. Men, horses and accouter-
ments strewed the ground on every side.
and several troopers were more or less
injured. Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Street Railways In Great Britain.

There are 963 miles of tramways
opened for passengers in Great Britain.
The working stock consists of 4, ,067 cars,
and animal traction is still the favorite
method. In 1901 $1,000 horses were en-
ployed and 579 steam locomotives; $685.
0O0, 900 passengers were carried, and the
receipts were SIG, ,451 900. The value of
the tramways is about SIC, 100000. The
value of the roads in the'state. of New
York is S73, ,OO0. .OO0.-New YorkSun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
A MESSAGE FROM PARADISE.

Why mean you by this weeping
To break my very heart?
We both are in Christ's keeping,
And therefore cannot part.
You there-I here-thouGh severed,
We still at heart are one:
only just in sunshine,
The shadows scarcely gone.
What IL the clouds surround you, :
You can the brightness see,
'Tis only just little way (
That leads from you TO me. 4
i was SO very weary, -
Surely you could not mourn, IS
That | little sooner
Should lay my burden down. -
Then weep not, weep not, darling;
God wipes away all tears, :
'Tis only yet a little WHILE" ,
Though you may call it-years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
,rohahle that this fraudulent attempt

probable that this fraudulent attempt
could have been successfully carried
through than in this year of 1892, with
the Presidential campaign pending. But
right at this time it has been defeated,
and this nation is now virtually upon a
solid financial basis. Let the silver
men. therefore, retire to the rear, and let
the bogus senators who have sought to
control the Senate of the United States,
take back seat. Let such eminent
statesmen and great tinaneiers as Sena-
tor sherman come to the front and guide
the financial helm of this nation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Intelligent Ants.

Several species of ants in South Amer
ica make raids on the black ants, rob
them of their larvae and compel the poor
black ants to be their slaves. In the
burying of their dead, ants show Won
derful intelligence, having cemeteries,
and even bury their slaves in different
place from their masters and are quite
up in funeral pageantry. Much may be
learned from ant life in their wonder
full government, sanitary arrangement,
common brotherhood, nursing and care
of the young, temperance and love of
fresh air.-Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Buddhist Ceremonies.

Some Buddhist ceremonies present a
striking analogy to certain Christian
rites. DIR. Medhurst says: 1.-THE very
titles of their intercessions, such as god
dess of mercy holy mother queen of
heaven with an image of the virgin
having child in her arms holding a
crescent, are all such striking coinci-
dences that the Catholic missionaries
were greatly stumbled at the resem-
blances between Chinese worship and
their own when they came over to con-
vert the natives to Christianity. Lon
don Standard.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
TurpentIne for Corns.

The cheapest and surest remedy for
either hard or soft corns is turpentine.
If little of this is rubbed ON a corn
every evening for about two weeks the
corn and roots will both come entirely
out and will not reappear in any form.
If the turpentine runs onto the adjoin-
ing skin it will cause little soreness,
but otherwise the remedy is as painless
as it is efficient.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
The Old Man Would Have His Joke

Two boys who owned cattle farm out West,
Christened it Focus, at their Sire'S request
The old man thought it quite good conccit,
For there the suns rays meet-(the sons raise
meatD
The lads prospered, and they and
they and their families enjoyed the very
best of health. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets were always found in their med
icine chest, the only positive cure for
bilious and sick headache, dizziness,
constipation, indigestion and all disor-
ders of the bowels and stomach. Strictly
vegetable, small, sugar coated; only one
required for dose, and their action is
gentle and thorough. The best Liver
Pill on earth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
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. Hollingwortb.
RecOrder-JOhn Nj. Beckett
SnryeyOr-Chalkley Dawson.
CorOner-A. NJ. +. Boyd.
CommiSsiOners-Mile X. Hart, John c. Israel
W. s. Mechem.
lniirlnary DirectOrs-William Lodge president:
John A. Clark, clerk; b. M. LOper, auditor
Superintendent lnfrmary JOHN SidebOttOm
East Riehland
Superintendent Children's Home-Peter Giffin,
Barnesville.
School Examlners-,James Duncan, Bridgeport;
5. q. Murphy. Belmont L. Z. Harris SOmertOn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28

In spraying with arsenicals against
the coating moth, the safe proportions
are one pound of poison, either paris
green or London purple, to $50 gallons
Of water. When this is properly done
but little harm is possible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28

Louis the Great, less his high heeled
shoes and towering wig, dwindles to
about feet 6, but even thus pared down
to the inches nature gave him he was a
giant compared with Sir Francis Drake
and with Admiral Keppel-"Little KEEP
pel,' as every sailor in the feet fondly
dubbed him from pure love and admira-
Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Curinus South American Anita,

There is a species of ant in South
America that plant and cultivate kind
of grass called ant rice. and are so ad-
vanced in civilization that mailing is
understood by them. Then there are
mushroom growing ants, who cultivate
fungus, and others again who use um-
hrallas
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
A Philosophers Opinion.

Voltaire said to a beautiful young
lady with whom he was dining, "YOur
rivals are the perfection or art; you are
the perfection of nature" This could
not have been said if the young lady
was suffering from disease and pain had
left its signs on the features. Women
who want to keep beautiful, and be the
perfection of nature" should use "Fav-
orite Prescription" to assist nature when
needed, to correct Irregularities, aid cir
culation and digestion, and thereby
clear up the skin, renderidg it soft and
beautiful. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the only medicine for wom-
ans peculiar ills, sold through drug
gists, and guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion in every case, or money refunded
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
Why the Negro Stands Heat.

The African is better protected against
the evil effects of the excessive heat than
his white brother in two ways. The
texture of his cuticle is exceptionally
well adapted to encourage free perspira-
ton and his natural temperament does
not incline him to borrow trouble large
ly.-Chicago Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-28
A Mat Made OF Jewels.

The costliest mats In the world are
owned by the shah of Persia and the
sultan of Turkey. The shah and the
sultan each possess mat made of pearls
and diamonds, valued at more than $2,-
600, 600. The largest mat ever made is
owned by the Carlton club, of London,
and is q work of art.--New York Sun.