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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Where Tobacco Is Raised.

Lancaster county. it appears, still
stands at the head of all the tobacco
growing counties in the United States.
with her 1927 800 pounds grown in the
season of 1889. Four other counties
Christian and Henderson, in Kentucky;
Dane. in Wisconsin, and Pittsylvania
county, in Virginia, grow over 10000, 200
each. There are seventeen other coun
ties that grow from 100000 to 10000,
600 pounds each. Lancaster county's
product in 1889. as all know, was sold at
exceedingly low prices-about the low
est in our history-and even then pro
duced the growers $1.349.0 900. The
nearest approach to this by any other in
dividual county was SSS6.S4O by Hart
ford county. Conn. The product o.
Lancaster county, in fact. fetched mort
money than that of the entire state OF
Connecticut or of Wisconsin or of New
York and Massachusetts, combined
Philadelphia Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
How Jewish Me., L. Killed.

One of the largest abattoirs of the city
of New York. covering an ample block,
owned and operated by iaen 0f Jewish
race and faith. Is remarkable for its
smooth and effective working and ad-
lnlrable distribution of parts Al aver
age of $40 cattle, between three and five
years old, pass through it in e;s<:l of the
business days of the year. Arriving
from the west at the river front. they
ascend one by one to the fateful inclos-
ure, where an adept employee fastens
q chain around the hind leg of each.
Hoisted by machinery. the bovine falls
gently upon one shoulder. and in most
instances without a cry. Occasionally,
however, some brute. maddened by sight
and smell of blood, breaks out into the
slaughter house and creates disturbance
that is speedily quelled by its own dis
patch Submissive companions. with
neck twisted to expose the throat. quick
ly feel the shochet's long and shining
knife. The shochet himself is stall
wart fellow. cool and wary withal, who
rarely makes a useless motion. He is a
religious man and of good moral char
acter. as his license from Rabbi Jacob
Joseph, chief of certain orthodox con-
gregations in the metropolis, avouches.
The life stream in torrents follows the
movement of his blade. This is '.shec-
hita, the killing. 1t insures complete
effusion of blood, in which may be
germs Of disease that otherwise might
lind entrance into human bodies. Next
follows "bediqah," the examination OF
instrument and victim. ! If nick ap-
pear on the keen edge of the knife. that
BY extremists is held to imply unneces-
sary suffering. injurious chemical
change and consequent unfitness of the
carcass for market If there be none
lungs, liver and heart, the entire body
indeed, are minutely inspected.-Cen-
tury.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
JIM'S STORY.
N rnn nlain. I'll donf try

tell you plain. If I don't Try I
To brace myself right firm I'll cry. 4
This soft wind anu this haze and sun. :
And the guild and red that melt and run
And splash the hills: and she not Lere
To say things about the dying year!
Didn't tell you? Oh. see
They called her Dora, all but me;
For she was a delicate lady born.
And |. well, was huSkin corn:
So called her Miss She was stayin hero
For the country air the heft of the year.
Sometimes she'd sit out under Il tree
And watch the hired msn work. that's me;
But she got so frail-like along in the fall
That she didn't weigh nothin. wraps and all.
And the women folks got me TO lend q hand
Moyip her out in the sun to he tanned
That's what they said. but she didn I seem
To care about jokin: just wanted 10 dream
And look at the foliage. gold and red,
On the hills, and talk about bein deadi
Cheerful Well, no; not exactly that;
But used to potter around where she sat,
Just watchin her, sort of. under the rim
OF my hat. an wishin she'd call me Jiml
Ever have that feelin? Well. | never cared
For a girl that was well. but If I'd dared
I'd a-told her how it made me thrill
When stole a look al her. sittin SO still
And holdin the red leaves in her hands,
Quotin some song about lotus lands,
Some place where IT'S always afternoon.
In voice that was soft and sweet as tune
And so just listened from under the rim
OF my hat, sort O. wishin she'd call me Jiml
That kind of girls ainr fer such as me.
Nor fer nobody else's fer's can see;
Fer they jist creep into a hired mans heart
When the leaves turn red and the brown burrs
part;
And then when it SHOWS and the skies are lead
And it's still In the house. you know who's
deadi
I've no right to murmur. but somehow yet.
Try as hard as may, | can never forget
How thrilled when her white hand touched
my arm:
And now when the trees are red on the farm
Sometimes listen from under the rim
OF my hat. sort o. wishin she'd called me Jiml
H. S. Toner in Chicago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Sir Walter scot..s Literary Blunders.


1t seems inevitable that Sir Walter
Scott should sometimes err. When an
author is throwing off brilliant romances
at fever heat, in electric sympathy with
a tee1ning brain and tingling pulse, he
cannot be expected to be overcareful.
No one knew better than he-a famous
horseman himself-the limits of endur-
ance in a horse. He makes Wilfred of
lvanhoe advise his enemy. the TeInplar,
to take fresh steed for the fierce tilt
he was to run with him. Wilfred him
self had no chargers of remount: he'll
but one steed, the gift of Isaac of York,
and was compelled to run five successive
courses in rapid succession on the unfor
tunate animal. Horse and man were
both sheathed in armor. The day was
hot and sultry. No steed that ever was
foaled could have stood the ordeal. But
this may be hypercriticis1n. Is it hyper
criticism also to point out that in the
same novel full century is dropped in
such sort that one of Richard Is knights
holds converse with contemporary of
the Conqueror, who was Richards great
Or that the "Fair
Maid of Perth" goes to mass in the after
noon, whereas mass cannot be celebrated
save in the earlier part of the day?-Bel-
ford's Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Brass in Household Furnishings.

We are reminded that among the
many reforms introduced by A. Welby
Pugin, one of the abless modern Gothic
designers, it was made especially ap-
parent that brass was a metal having a
beauty of its own, and that it could be
used to advantage in many ways. both
in ecclesiastical and domestic purposes
Brass will take brilliant polish. and
the metals adaptability for design has
been thoroughly appreciated by modern
designers.
In all work connected with the house
hold there is now no need to say word
for brass in arrangements for lighting
in grilles. dishes, ornaments and so on.
for it is used with overwhelming sue
cess, and is even made into such things
as jardinieres and tables.-Decorator
and Furnisher.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Too Late.

During my second year at the Jeffer
son Medical college, in Philadelphia,
had for classmate regular lunkhead
One of the professors was in the habit OF
taking the boys unawares and quizzing
them. He said to this chap one day
"How much is a dose of - giving
the technical name of croton oil. "A
teaspoonful," was the reply.
The professor made no comment. and
the fellow soon realized that he had
made a mistake. After quarter of an
hour he said. Professor, | want to
change my answer to that question.
"It's too late, MIR. -" responded the
professor, looking at his watch, ''youI
patients been dead fourteen minutes.
Cor. New York World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
He Had Caupht the Idea.

The teacher is suspicious of the inhu
ence that the new boy in school seem.
likely to exert over the rest of the class
and not without some reason.
She had heen explaining how aquatic
birds are provided with boatlike bodies
so as to enable them to swim easily. and
was testing the results of her efforts t,
impress the fact in the minds of her pu
pills.
Now" she said, who can tell mt
why the ducks body is formed as it ISL
81 kim" said the new boy. holding VI
his hand.
Very well: you may give the reason.
SOS to have 'er all shipshape. DE
troit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
GRAINS OF GOLD.


Little sins carry big ones in their arms
No man who believes wrong will dc
right.
Don't try to carry al your religion in
you head.
To hope and not be impatient is real
ly to believe.
Before you can do much good, you
must be good.
A Christian is the gentlest of men, but
then he is man.
In nothing else can there be such a
change as in man.
The patience of love never wearies.
1t is provocation proof
Man is unjust, but God is just; and
finally justice triumphs.
An obstinate man does not hold opin-
ions, but they hold him.
In society we try the hardest to please
the people who love us the least.
No man will keep right who does not
decide that he will always do right.
Remember this: You are not growing
in grace when you are finding fault.
There are two sides to every question,
but every man believes that his side is
right.
The devil has good deal to do with
making some people believe that they are
religious.
Our mistakes can tell US something
very much to our advantage, if we will
but listen to them.
There is only one real failure in life
possible, and that is not to be true to
the best that one knows.
As sins proceed they ever multiply;
like figures in arithmetic, the last stands
for more than all that went before.
Never fear to bring the sublimest mo-
tive to the smallest duty, and the most
infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
A Noted Far Man

Some years ago MAN named Hanson
Craig, hailing from Kentucky. claimed
70 be the heaviest man In the world
His weight was given at 792 pounds. 1t
took thirty-six yards of cloth to make
him suit. He was feet AZ inches
high. and at birth weighed only seven
pounds At two years of aye he took a
81, 900 prize in New York. and tipped
the beam at 206 pounds. His father and
mother were small people, both under
130 pounds. .-Pittsburg Leader
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

The demand for platinum for use in
science has raised its value to three
quarters that of gold. Three years ago
it was worth eighty dollars pound. 1t
now costs $3.50. or elev@ times more
than silver. 1t is found IN small guam
titles in Peru. Colombia. Brazil, the
Ural mountains. California, Oregon and
Borneo. The yearly output has never
been more than four tons and is now
three. ee.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

The motion of glaciers is yet bone Of
contention, but it is generally admitted
that the cause of it is to be found mainly
in gravitation, and is also partially ac-
counted for by the strange property Of
"viscosity" in what appears to the casual
observer to be nothing more or less than
rigid solid.-Goldthwaite's Geograph-
ical Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

BETTER draw the cork of your indig
nation, and let it foam and fume, than
to wire it down to turn sour and acrid
within you. Sulks affect the liver, and
still worse for the heart and the soul.
Wrath driven in is as dangerous to the
moral health as suppressed smallpox to
the animal system. Dissipate it by re-
fiecting on the mildness, humility and
serenity of better men than yourself,
suffering under greater wrongs than you
have ever been called upon to bear.
Whatever you do, do not sulk.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Number of Postal Cards Used.

Our postal cards were first issued in
May, 1878, and during the first two
months of their use there were 81 ,000, 900
of them issued. During the following
year 10000. 900 were used, and in 1878
the number had risen above 200, ,000. 900.
During theyear 1891 we used 1856, ,OOO, 900.
The government gets these cards made
for thirty-fve cents thousand, or at the
rate of thirty for cent.-Louisville
Courier Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
why a Singer Didn't Sing.

A Bangor man said there was no So
prano at his church on a recent Sunday.
When an explanation was asked he said
that Saturday night the soprano had a
dream, in which an angel appeared and
told her that the Lord wanted her to
sing anthem No. So Sunday.
''She got mad and said she wouldn't
be bossed by anybody, and so she staid
away from church. Bangor CONNER
Il
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

The vagaries of bridesmaids favors
grow. Recently in London the eight at
tendants upon the bride carried walking
sticks of the Alpine sort with Dresden
china heads. gifts of the bride, and at
another wedding little silver whistles
were worn by the maids because the
bride bestowed them. Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Reuuisites of n Pet.

What is required for an everyday pet
is that it shall be beautiful and intelli
gent: that it shall neither be too large
nor too delicate. and if bird that it
shall sing or talk-preferably both. The
first two requirements will not go far to
limit the choice. Beauty of form and
harmony of color are the almost insepara
BILE attributes of that physical perfection
which the natural life of animals de
mands. and he would be rash man who
classed any of the more highly organized
animals as stupid" without trial.-Lon-
don Spectator.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Points for the Suburban Resident.

II is better to let the heels Of your
shoes go unblackened than to miss a
train.
1t does not pay to invest in accident
insurance policies. The accident al
ways happens to some other train than
the one in which you are travelling
Late to bed and early to rise will
shorten the road to your home in the
Skies
Always try to eat at least one meal
each week with your family 1t keeps
up the acquaintance and conduces to so
ciability. Chicago Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

St. Johns, Newfoundland; Montreal
and Ottawa: Portland, Or; Temeswar,
Hungary; Trieste. Austria. and Venice,
Padua. Verona. Mantua. Milan and
Turin. Italy. are all situated between 45
and 46 degs. of north latitude. Who
would think Of putting Montreal and
Ottawa in the same latitude as Venice
and Verona?-St Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. rs, F. d A. M.-Meets
very wednesday night, on or before fIll moon.
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y F. ID BAiIEY ~ NJ
81. CLAiRSY lille CHAPTER, No n. RoyoI
Arch Mdsons.-Stated conyOcations iirst Friday ~
zach month. '' ~
j. B. MEYER, Rec FD RATrEy N u
BELMONT COUNCIL No "A
d5etS SECOND tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y. j RYAN TIN
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 2s, K. T-Stated
conciaVes, hrst Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER Sec'y i r. RyAN z ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

Sweet Girl (affectionately)-Papa. you
wouldn't like me to leave you, would
you?
Papa (fondlySIndeed ! would not.
my darling.
Sweet Girl-We.l. then. I'll marry
Mr.. Poorchap. He's willing to live here.
New York Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

worth sixty Times It's Weight IN Gold.
There is in existence substance other
than jewel of the purest water which
is worth no less than sixty times its
weight in pure gold. In the cabinet of
chemical elements which the late Prince
Lucien Bonaparte bequeathed to the
English nation there is a substance
called germanium. which is reported to
be of this fabulous value. London Tit
Rite
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Too Had.

Soso lin the front row at the theater)
How dazzlingly beautiful Mile. High
kicker's teeth look tonight.
DR.. Dentelle-They ought to; | spent
all day cleaning and polishing them.
Soso-It must have tired her dread
fully.
DR.. Dentelle-Not at all She sent
them by her maid.-Kate Fields Wash
inptOn
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Picture of a Solar Eruption.

A recent eruption on the suns face
was photographed. and lasted for fully
fifteen minutes. Its angular height
showed it to be a disturbance causing
the vapors to ascend fully $4,000 miles
New York IOnrnal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

The latest whist story comes from
Waramganj, well authenticated. The
dealer held all the trumps but the ace,
and the player with the ace was so par
alyzed with learning the state of affairs
that he revoked and gave away the game
h the deaI.-New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Might Fit.

Tramp-Please mum. me feet's on tn
ground, an if ye could spare me an ole
pair o shoes, I'd
Mrs. Spinks-There's wedding going
on IN that big house across the street.
Just you go over there and wait. When
the couple comes out the family will
throw lot of the brides old shoes after
her.
"But, mum, they'd be too small"
HUH Wait till you see her feet"
-Ne,v York Weekly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

For headaches, biliousness, constipa-
ton, dizziness, sleeplessnesS, the blues,
scrofula, the blood and all skin eruptions
DR.. Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and
Nerve Tonic never fails; warranted to sat
isfy or money refunded; could this be af
forded if the Remedy wasn't certain? 4,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

VIII 1t Make the Live" Wire Dead9
A new insulating material possessing
superior properties is composed of a
mixture of sulphur, pipe clay, slate dust
and parafine wax.-New York Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

WHEN book raises your spirit, and
inspires you with noble and courageous
feelings, seek for no other rule to judge
the event by; it is good and made by a
good workman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

ALEXANDER army knew no defeat.
The same is true of DR.. Fenner's Golden
Relief; it is warranted to relieve tooth
ache, headache, neuralgia, or any othe1
pain in 2 to minutes; also bruises, burns
wounds, wire-cuts, swellings, bites, sum
mer complaints, collie, (also in horses
diarrhea, dysentery and flux.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

One of the scholars in country
school, at Grayson, KY, is a Justice OF
the Peace, aged A years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

CENsURE and criticism never hurt
ANYBODY. If false, they can't hurt you,
unless you are wanting in manly char
acter; and if true. they show man his
weak points, and forewarn him against
failure and trouble.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

If you want to spoil all that God gives
you. if you want to be miserable your
self and maker of misery to others, the
way is easy enough. Only be selfish,
and it is done at once.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

THERE is but one way know of con-
versing safely with all meu; that is, not
by concealing what we say or do. but by
saying or doing nothing that deserves to
be concealed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

TCAnurDo wANTED-To Try the PROGRESS
IChUllCnS SIVE SCHOOL. Eight weeks only
.5c. Year (40w) 81. "The best school paper In
Ohio says one; ''Good for all grades OF teaehers,"
another. Examination listweekly; news. etc. f6pP.
Alliance. Ohio. H-6en
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

CoONs are now hunted in the South
with roman candles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

EMPLOY your time in improving your
self by other mems writings; SO you
shall come easily by what others have
labored hard for.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

BROWNS IRON BTTTERS ALMANAC
For 1892
Contains One Hundred Recipes for MAX
ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly
at home. This book is given away ut drug
and general stores.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

A GOOD conscience is port which is
land-locked on every side, where no
winds can possibly invade. There man
may not only see Lis own image, but
that of his Maker, clearly reflected from
the undisturbed waters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
Hol MY sisters, see the banner

HO! MY sisters, see the banner
Waving in the sky.
Are you bTOken-dOwn, discouragedS
Courage! help is nigh.
On that banner read this legend:
suffering women, hail,
Piercc's FavSrlle PfeSe ~iptiOn
Ne'eT WAS known to rail-
The success of this remedy is won
erful. Its record is unparalleled. II
has cured thousands of cases of female
irregularities, and all diseases
peculiar to the sex. 1t can always be
depended on TO do exactly what is
claimed fer it. All the proprietors ask
is trial. That will convince the most
skeptical of its wonderful virtues. Price
(Sl.00) refunded if it fails to give salts
faction. Guarantee printed on every
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
belmont COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Plsas Judge John B. DriQes
Probate Judge-James F. Talman
Clerk Of Courts-Henry NJ. Davies
Standardization M Scott
Auditor-JOseph A Henderson
Treasurer-Frank B. Archer
prosecuting Attorney-yesse W. Hollingworth
Recoruer-JOhn NJ. Beckett
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson
COrOner-A. NJ. F. Boyd
oHmissioners-Miles r. Hart, John c. Israel,
". s. Meehem.
lnirinary Directors-William Lodge, president:
Iohn A: Clark, clerk; B. NJ. Loper, iudifOr.
Superintendent lnfrmary John Sidebottom.
.aSt isichland.
Superintendent ChildreD's Home-Peter Gif1n.
GAINESVILLE.
School Examlners-James Duncan, Bridgeport:
s. G. Murphy. Belmont I. P. Harris Solnerton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

ILLINOIS pays her Lieut. Governor
$2.17 day.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

PERHAPS even guilt itself does not
impose upon some minds so keen sense
of shame and remorse as a modest, SEN
sitive and inexperienced youth feels
from the consciousness of having neg
lected etiquette or excited ridicule.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

NOTHING really succeeds which is not
based on reality; sham, in large sense,
is never successful. In the life of the
individual, as in the more comprehen-
siye life of the state, pretention is moth
ing and power is everything.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

THUNDERsToRMs occur most frequent
ly at sunset.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

THE immoral man who invades an
others property is justly imprisoned for
it; and the ill-bred man, who by his i'll
manners invades aud disturbs the quiet
and comforts of private life, is, by COM
mon consent, as justly banished from
society.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

JAPANESE women are almost wholly
vegetarians.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

PEACE does not dwell in outward
things. but within the soul We may
preserve it in the midst of the bitterest
pain if our will remain firm and sub
missive. Peace in this life springs from
acquiescence even in disagreeable things,
net in an exemption from suffering.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25
CLEyELAND. LoRAIN l. WHEELING R. R.
Time Card Of Passenger Trains.

In effect Dee. 9th, 1884, and until further notice.
Standard Times minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio, time.