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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
A Prize Hen Party.

If three hundred hens lay three hundred eggs in
three hundred days, how many hens will it take
to lay one hundred eggs in one hundred days?
To the first person answering the above problem
correctly the publishers of the Ladies' Pictorial
Weekly will give an elegant Upright piano valued
at S325, or its equivalent in cash, as preferred.
To the second person will be given an elegant
Safety Bicycle valued at SIPS or its equivalent in
cash. To the third person, a handsome Gold
Watch. valued at $40, or its equivalent in cash.
The next fifty persons sending correct answers
will each receive prize, valued at from twenty
five dollars to fxe dollars. Prizes awarded in the
U. s. will be sent free Of duty Contestants must
enclose with their answer a U. :. Postal Note for
thirty cents (or fifteen U. s. twocent stamps) for
one months trial subscription to the Ladies Pic
toridl Weekly, which Is one of the handsomest
and best ladies' Weekly publications on this con-
tinent the object in Offering this prize contest Is
to introduce Il TO new families, and increase its
permanent subscription list. We guapantee that
prizes will be awarded strictly in order of merit.
The date of pOstmark on etters is given preced-
ence so that persons living ut a distance have
just as good an opportunity of securing valuable
prize. Address LADIES PICTORIAL Co., AZ. -
Toronto, Canada. 922
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
An Original Prize Contest.

To the first person who, by taking two letters
from the word PLAGUE can make the name OF
disease that is common in portions of pota Can
ada and the United States,will be given an elegant
UPRIGHT PIANO, valued at S325. or its equivalent
in cash, as preferred. To the second person will
be given Pony, CART and HARNESS complete
valued at 500, or its equivalent in cash, if prefer
red. To the third person will be given an elegant
GOLD WATCH, valued at S75, or its equivalent in
cash. Fifty other prizes, ranging in value from
S25 to So, will be awarded the next fifty persons
sending solutions strictly in the order as received
Ii you have tried other sO-called prize competi-
tons without success, you must not condemn
these offered by this company as they are perfect
ly reliable, and are carried on in good faith Con
testlnis must enclose U. S. Postal Note for 80 cts
or Is 2-cent U. s. stamps, for one months trial
subscription to the Ladies' Pictorial IFcekiD, which
is the hlndsomest and best Illustrated weekly pub
licatlOn for ladies on this continent The only Oh
ject in Offering this competitor to introduce it in
to new homes, and We guarantee that no partaiali.
ty will be shown in the awarding of prizes. Per
sons living at distance, or In the United States
have as good an oppo tunity, as the date of post
mark on letters will be given precedence; so an
swer early. Address LADIES PICTORIAL Co.,
" d." TORONTO. CANADA
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
THE DRYAD.


have seen her limpid eyes,
Large with gradual laughter rise
Through wild roses netiles,
Like twin blossoms grow and stare.
Then the hateful, envious air
Whisked them into petals.
have seen her hardy cheek,
Like a molten coral. leak
Through the leafsge shaded.
Of thick Chickasaws, and then,
When | made more sure, again
To a red plum faded.
have found her racy lips,
And her graceful finger tips,
But haw or berry;
Glimmers of her there and here, :
Just. forsooth. enough 10 cheer
And to make me merry.
Often on the ferry rocks
Dazzling dimples of loose locks :.
At me she hath shaken, y
And I've followed all in vain.
They had trickled into rain, =
Sunlit, on the braken.
Once her full limbs flashed on me,
Naked, where some royal tree
Powdered all the spaces
With wan sunlight and quaint shade
Such haunt romance hath made
For haunched satyr races.
There, l know, hid amorous Pan,
For q sudden pleading ran
Through the maze of myrtle,
And rapid violence tossed
All its fowerage-'twas the lost
Cooings of turtle.
Madison CaKein.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
Keeping Warm.

An active but not very robust city
boy was sent by his parents away ur
into the north woods a few days age
for the avowed purpose of building up
his health. He was cautioned by his
father and by the family doctor to keep
warm at night, the avoidance of chills
being especially desirable in his case.
The other day letter came from the
boy. He told his parents that he was
'feeling well, eating like horse, and
having a bully time" He also said
"And keep as warm as toast nights.
The other night went to bed with all
my clothes on. wore two shirts, three
pairs of trousers, two coats, my shoes
and overshoes and a cap."-New York
Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
Digging for Diamonds in India.

In India diamonds are found in allu-
vial workings and in the original gangue
or bedrock. So far diamonds have been
found in stu. both in the upper and
lower Vindbyan rocks. These consist
of series of shales. Hmestones and
sandstones, cut up and much mixed with
intrusions of trap. A species of con-
glomerate made up of what looks like
felted hornblende, with embedded peb-
bles of jasper, serpentine, quartz and
Bandstones is the matrix in which the
diamond is found.
When exposed to the action of the
weather, as in shallow workings, this
conglomerate is of rusty brown color
and very friable, so that it can be readi-
ly broken and the gangue washed away,
leaving the pebbles, which are of a
white, red. blue and green color. A
load of gangue yields about a quart of
pebbles, and if from this carat weight
Ot diamonds is recovered the mine is
considered worth working.
Overlying the diamond conglomerate
are beds of hard sandstones and shales,
which have to be cut through before the
diamond gangue is met. In the deep
mines the gangue is extremely hard
and tough and of green blue color. 1t
requires months of exposure to. the at
mosphere and frequent sprinklings with
water before the matrix becomes sufi-
GENTLY friable to obtain the pebbles
without breaking them.
All attempts to crush the matrix with
out destroying the included diamonds
have hitherto failed, and owing to the
long delay before the results are known,
the natives seldom work the conglomer-
ate in the rock workings unless it is
somewhat decomposed and softened by
the weather. The pebbles are about the
size of hazelnuts and are generally
Opaque. The presence of green pebbles
is considered good sign by the native
miners.-Mining and Engineering.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
An Observing Baker.

During a war between Austria and
Turkey baker in his cellar kneading
bread noticed slight noise rising and
falling at intervals, which seemed to
come from a distant corner of his cellar.
He stopped his work, and tracing the
sounds discovered that they were caused
by few marbles dancing up and down
on fac head Of little drum his child
haG left there.
The majority Of persons would have
been satisfied to attribute the motion of
the marbles to the rumbling in the
street, or to the occasional firing of guns.
but this man was an observer.
Surprised at the perfect re.v' arity
with which the marbles jumped from
the drum head, he put his ear to the
ground and noticed distant tapping
He recalled how as boy he had heard
from one end of long log q companion
scratching with pin upon the other
end, and he judged that the earth was
Just such conductor of sound as the
log had been.
Suddenly it flashed upon him that
what he heard was the sound of pick,
and that the Turks were doing what had
80 long been feared, undermining the
city. The news was carried to the Aus
trian general, examination made, .
counter mine prepared and exploded, and
the Turks put to hight.-Youth's Com
panion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
GRAINS OF GOLD.

The man who has wealth has a master.
Sham pleasures are the ones that cost
the most.
Success anywhere requires singleness
of purpose.
II you set up for growler you can al
ways be busy.
There is nothing more frightful than
a bustling ignorance.
No man is any stronger than the weak
spot in his character.
A self made man never gets tired
Dragging on his job.
People who give themselves away are
often dear at any price.
A man without modesty is lest to all
sense of honor and virtue.
One of the easiest things to believe is a
pleasing lie about ourselves.
Chance opportunities make US known
to others, and still more to ourselves.
To be content with what we possess is
the greatest and most secure of riches.
The best. thing to do when we cannot
see in any other direction is to look up
ward.
If you have never been in adversity
you have never found who your real
friends are.
The man who is quarrelling with his
lot in life is helping to make himself
miserable.
The man who puts heart into every
thing he does is watched by angels when
he works.
No man can ever break any of the
other commandments while he is keep
ing the first one.
Getting men to be selfish is one of the
principal ways the devil has of getting
them to become his.
The difference between wise man
and fool is that the FOOLS mistakes
never teach him anything.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
To Keen Flowers Fresh.

Flowers may be kept fresh for long
time by putting pinch of soda into the
water in which they are held. They
should not be gathered while the sun is
shining upon them, but early in the
morning or after the sun has been down
for an hour. To revive wilted flowers
plunge the stems to about one-third of
their length into boiling water. This
will drive the sap back into the flowers,
causing them to become fresh. Then
cut away the third Of the stem which
has been heated and place the flowers in
cold water.-New York World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

ACCORDING to recent census, Chris
tianity is the third creed in India in point
of numbers. DIR. George F. Pentecost,
who has been engaged in missionary
work in that country gives hopeful ae-
count of the steady growth of Christianity
in India. He reports Brahmin as say
ing that Christianity is not so much con-
verting individual Hindoos, as Christian
iZing Hinduism.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
canse of a National Trait.

1t is matter of common observation
that Hebrews as a rule are more than
ordinarily devoted to their families, and
their home life is beautiful in many
ways. AS everything has cause, the
most plausible one in this regard appears
to me to be the severe prosecutions to
which that race has been subjected fol
centuries, compelling clannishness and
affording them their greatest happiness
at home. Persistent influences acting
through numberless generations would
surely institute racial popularity such
as this.-S. V. Clevenger in Science
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
RELEASED AFTER % YEARS

Perhaps no more pathetic tale of inno-
cent incarceration has come to light than
that which occurred in Greensboro, N. G.,
on Aug. 81, 1890; John a Phillips, a re-
spected citizen of that town, says: "For
29 years | suffered from dyspepsia; could
not enjoy one mouthful of food; my liver
and kidneys refused to act, and my whole
system was completely deranged; tried
everything without benefit. DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-RoOt cured me-" Atdruggists 6
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. d H. M.-Meets
every wednesday night, on or before full mOOn
j. B. MEYER, Sec'y F. d. BAILEY " M
ST. CLAIRSVILLE CHA PIER. No. n. RouoI
Arch Mdsorls.-Stated cOnvOcations iirst Friday of
each month. ' VI
j. b. MEYER, Rec. Ed. BAILEY TT TT
BELM0NT COUNCIL, M "A p e. . NJ
Meets second Tuesday of each month";
j. B. MEYER, Sec'y. j. III RYAN TIM
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 2s K. T-stated
cOnclaveS, frst Tuesday of each month
Z j. b. MEYER SecV j. B. RYAN E C.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
A Giant with Sixty Teeth.

The Chevalier Scrog, in his narrative
of his journey to Teneriffe, says that in
one of the burial caverns ON the peak
he found the head of human being,
supposed to have been a Gunich, as
large as a bushel, the jaws containing
exactly sixty teeth-thirty above and
the same number below.-MDlion-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

ALTHOUGH Mr.. Howells has resigned
his position on the Cosmopolitan, he will
still probably have much to do with Civ
ing a distinctive character to that maga-
z ne. He is to take charge of a depar'-
IN, Mt under the title of "a Traveller
f.om Altruria," beginning with e
November number.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

THE formula of Ayers Sarsaparilla is
well known to the medical profession,
and universally approved. The reputa-
tion of the firm guarantees excellence
and uniformity in the medicine, and the
worlds experience for nearly half a
century has fully demonstrated its
value
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

A young man named M. W. Smith
arrived at the mining town of Cripple
Creek, Colo, with thirty-three dollars
in his pocket. He commenced peddling
peanuts and popcorn and in sixty days
cleared g, 900.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
Do you Know 2

That more ills result from an
Unhealthy Liver than any
other cause-Indigestion, Consti-
patton, Hea3ache, Biliousness,
and Malaria usually attend it.
DIR. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is a vegetable specific for Liver
Disorders and their accompany
inc evils. 1t cures thousands
WHY not be one of them! Take
DIR. Sanford's Liver lnvigorator.
Your Druggist will supply You.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

"I'm afraid of restaurants and soda
fountains" she had said in the first of
their acquaintance, and it led him to
offer himself at once, for he felt that he
could afford to wed such a girl.
But he was disappointed. She steered
him right into the light refreshment
parlor, and the corner drug store alb
soybed all his nickels and the small
payment-down cottage home vanished
into thin air.
One day, goaded to desperation by the
absorption of his last nickel, he said to
her:
~ thought you told me you were
afraid of summer restaurants and soda
palacesY'
81 am" she said sweetly; "don't ice
cream whenever come near onef'
He will not recover.-Detroit Free
Press,
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EXAMINATIONS.
1892 BELMONT COUNTY. 1898.

Teachers examinations will be held as follows:
Belmont-Friday, Sept. .; Saturday, Nov. 10,
Jan. Il, Feb. %, April S, May 10, June 10.
st. Clairsvile-Alay "a, and ut close OF Institute
in August.
Barnesville-March II and June 24
Bellaire-Sept IL and Feb. 4.
BridgepOrt-December 10.
SomertOn-March 25
Hendrysburg-April -.
Flushing-October 10
Bethesda-In July
Pupils examinations first Saturday in April and
In May.
Tests for professional certificate will be given Al
any time, when called for by number desiring
them Any necessary branch: also primary, will
he given at any time, upon due notice being gtyeT
the clerk.
Examinations begin at O'Clock a. NJ.
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
I. F. HARRIS,
C. MURPHY, Clerk.
Oily Board of School Examiners.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

REV. H. H. FAIRALL, d. D., editor OF
the Iowa Methodist, says editorially, ave
have tested the merits of Ely's Cream
Balm, and believe that, by thorough
course of treatment, it will cure almost
every case of eatarrh. Ministers, as a
class are afflicted with head and throat
troubles, and catarrh seems more pre-
valent than ever. We can not recon-
mend Ely's Cream too highly"
| used Ely's Cream Balm for dry
catarrh. 1t proved cure.-B. F. NJ.
Weeks, Denver.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

In the last year the American Bible &C.
ciety printed and issued from the Bibl
house 913,678 copies of the Bible, which
IL more than two books for every minute
of the 3l3 working days of the year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
belmont COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs
Probate Judge-JameS L. Tallman
Clerk of COurts-Henry Nj. Davies
Standardization Nj. Scott
AuditOr-JOseph A. Henderson.
Treasurer-Frank b. Archer
Prosecuting AttOrney-Jesse W. HoIingworth
RecOrder-JOhn NJ Beckett
SurveyOr-Chalkley Dawson,
CorOner-A. NJ f. Boyd.
- Commlssioners-Miles r. Hart, John C. Israel
W. s. Mechem. 'o'
lnhrmary Direetors-William Lodge, president;
John A: Clark, clerk; b. NJ. Loper, auditor
superintendent lnirmary ry-JOhn Sidebottom
East Richland
superintendent ChildreD's Home-Peter Gifin,
Barnesville.
school Examlners-lames Duncan, Bridgeport;
5. C. Murphy. Belmont T. P Harris Somerton
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Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years We have been selling DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
DIR. Kings New Life Pills, Bueklen's
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and We
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits. Patterson & Sons, Drug
giStS, St. Clairsville, y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

81 CONSIDER Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy specific for Group. 1t is very
pleasant to take, which is one of t. G
most important requisites where cough
remedy is intended for use among
children. have known of cases of
cronp where l know the life of little
one was saved by the use OF Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy J. j. LaGrange,
Druggist, Avoca, Neb. Fifty-cent bot
ties for sale by Patterson & Sons. 1916 4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

ACCORDING to French divorce statis-
tics the most unhappy period of matri-
mony is that extending from the fifth to
the tenth year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

PRINCESS LOUISE has now completed a
bust of the Queen, which, with Her Mai
esty's consent, is to be sent to the
Chicago exhibition. 1t is now in the
Queens bOudoir at Osborne.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

HENRY B. CLEAvEs, the new Govern
or of Maine, came out of the war lieu
tenant and at once secured work as an
ordinary hand in a sash factory, but af-
ter two-years' trial of the job he
thought it wasn't a promising one, so he
struck out in other lines.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

BLoNDIN is now 68 years old, but he
can walk arope as steadily and safely as
when he crossed Niagra in the long, long
ago, when such deed of daring was the
wonder of the world. OF course he now
uses the low rope for his performances.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

WHEN Abraham Lincoln was elected
President of the United States, in 1860, he
received 1866, ,9l3 votes in the 80 States
which then constituted the Union. In
the Presidential election of 1888 the total
vote of New York State was 1920, ,109.
New York's total this year will not be
very far from the entire vote cast for Mr.
Lincoln in the whole United States 80
years ago.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

THE man who talks everlastingly and
promiscuously, who seems to have an
exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds
so many words into his thoughts, that he
always obscures, and very frequently
conceals them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

IF YOUR BACK ACHES,
Or you are all worn out, really good for moth
ing, it is general debility Try
BhOHRS IRON BITTERS.
1t viii cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
good appetite
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

A WOMAN in Cincinnati has bed quilt
which contains l ,116 pieces of silk.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

WE sleep, but the loom of life never
stops; and the pattern which was weav-
ing when the sun went down is weaving
when it comes up tomorrow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

TIMES of great calamity and confu-
sion have ever been productive of the
greatest minds. The purest ore is pro
duced from the hottest furnace, and the
brightest thunderbolt is elected from the
darkest storm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

AT all times presence of mind is val
liable. In time of repose it enables us
to say and do whatever is most beftting
the occasion that presents itself; while
in time of trial it may protect, and in
time of danger preserve.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

ABOUT 1000 stump speakers are at
present said to be at work in this cam
paign.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsom will stop the cough al
once. Ask your friends about it. g. ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

PERHAPS some of our readers would
like 10 know in what respect Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is better than any
other, We will tell you. When this
Remedy is taken as soon as cold has
been contracted, and before il has be-
come settled in the system, it will coun-
teract the effect of the cold and greatly
lessen it's severity, if not effectually cure
the cold in two days time, and is the on
ly remedy that will do this 1t acts in
perfect harmony with nature and aids
nature in relieving the lnngs. opening
the secretions, iiquefying the mucus and
causing its expulsion from the air cell of
the lungs and restoring the system to a
strong and healthy condition. No othec
remedy in the market possesses these re-
markable properties. No other will cure
a cold so quickly or leave the system in
as sound condition. For sale by Pat
terson " Sons, Druggists. 1864
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06
The Value of Willow.

The Importance of the willow to man
has been recognized from the earliest
ages; and ropes aud baskets made from
wiliow-twigs were probably among the
very first of human manufactures in
countries where these trees abound. The
Romans used these twigs for binding
vines and tying their needs in bundles,
and making all sorts of baskets with
them. A crop of willows was consider
ed so valuable in the time of Cato, that
he ranks the salictum, or willow field,
next IN value to the vineya.d d and gar
den. In France. the leaves, whether in
Il green or dry state, are considered the
very best food for cows and goats; and
horses, in some places are fed entirely
on them from the end of August till
November. Horses, so fed, it is stated,
will travel twenty leagues day, with
out being fatigued. In the north of
Sweden and Norway, and in Lapland,
the inner bark is kiln dried, and ground,
for the purpose of mixing with oatmeal
in years of scarcity. The bark of the
willow. and also the leaves are astrin-
gent; and the bark of most sorts may be
employed in tanning.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-10-06

nRUMMOND POST No. 2O3-G. AR,
Meets Saturday evenings on or before the full
moon. Comrades requested to attend.
j. F. .CHARLESWORTH,P p c.
NJ DAVIES, AdJ't
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KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

OII ESMEN WANTED. Salary and expenses
Dbl paid Brown Bros. Comply, Rochester. Ia