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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
GOVERNOR sewARo's LOST BET.
He Fails to Establish His Identity and
Loses Twenty Dollars.

| He Fails to Establish His Identity and
| Loses Twenty Dollars.
| The other afternoon, when the shadows
were growing longer in the streets and
the day was taking on somber hue, a
little group of politicians sat in the city
hall regaling each other with We stories
of We olden time. Among those reeled
off was the following regarding an ex-
perience of William II. Seward. who was
then governor of the Empire State. 1t
seems that while travelling around
through the rural districts and making
sure that his political fences had no very
bad breaks in them, he came one even
ing to the humble abode of a farmer.
1t was too far from the town where
he was stepping to go back that night,
and SO he asked permission to stop there.
This was cheerfully granted, and after
partaking of an old fashioned country
supper the old farmer invited his un-
known guest to take a ride across the
country with him, he having an errand
to do in a neighboring village. With
all the suavity for which Mr.. Seward
was justly famed, he accepted the invi-
tation, and as they drove along in the
gathering twilight he entertained the
old farmer with all manner of campaign
experiences and stories.
The old farmers native shrewdness
caused him to wonder why the stranger
should show him so much attention, and
at last he blurted out:
''Say, be you a book agent?'
"Not that know of" was the gov
ernor's smiling rejoinder.
Perhaps you're lightning rod man,
chr
mo, sir; you are wrong again"
Then you're sewing machine man"
No, SIR"
"Well, then, by gosh, you must be
politician.
Mr.. Seward at once acknowledged the
soft impeachment, and then informed
the inquisitive old fellow that he was
the governor of the state of New York.
This quieted the old fellow for awhile,
but at last he could hold in no longer, and
he quietly informed Mr. Seward that he
thought he was a liar. Mr.. Seward,
however, insisted on the truth of his
story, and the dispute finally resulted in
a wager of twenty dollars. The money
was placed in an old lantern that was
carried in the wagon to be used in case
of emergency, and it was agreed that
the first person they met was to decide
as to the ownership Of the money.
Should he fail to recognize Mr.. Seward
as governor the former was to win, and
vice versa.
The test soon came. Driving by the
shop of wayside blacksmith, the pro-
prietor himself stood in the doorway.
The farmer stopped his wagon and Mr.. |
Seward said:
my friend, my veracity has been
questioned by the gentleman with me,
and should be pleased to have him con-
vinced as to who l am. Will you be
kind enough to tell himT
The man of Drawn and muscle peered |
at Mr.. Seward long and earnestly. Then
turning to the farmer he said, in awe
struck tones:
"He's all right, Bill! l know him!
He's Thurlow Weed, by gosh!"
The farmer took the twenty dollars
and Mr.. Seward was poorer by that
amount than when he started out.-Chi-
cagO Mail.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, Aug &c. 90.
DR.. B. ]. KENDALL Co.:
Gents-It is with the greatest satisfaction thatI
inform you that have cured the following diseases:
Sweeney, Shoulder Joint Jlameness. Stffle
Joint LamenesS, Shoe Boil. IIEmeBess In
Fore Foot. l working on Hip-5 Oint
LameneSs and Will cure that ali with KendalPS
SPAWN Cure. 1t is the best LiniInent for man or
beast have ever used. 1recCmmend Ii to all horse
owners. Horses that have worked ON are valuable,
but without your Liniment would be worthless. !
have friends who used II for Srrains and
Bruises and cured them. They say 1t is the best
they ever used. Yours truly, E. IL s. WELLS.
Price 81 per hottie, or sir bottles for
S5. All druggists hare 1t or can gctft
for lOu, or it sriU be sent to any Gd-
dress on receipt of price by the prOprie-
tors.
DR.. B. ]. KENDALL CO.,
Enosburgh Falls, Vermont.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Soldiers Prefer Grim Eood.

Cornmeal was the grand necessary OF
life to those legionaries who, led by
Caesar, subdued the world, and who
counted themselves starved and were
apt to mutiny if reduced to the ''famine
fare" of animal food. Even British
troops have been known to suffer from
an exclusive meat diet, as indeed we
found to our cost in the Zulu campaign
of 1878, while the preference of the Ro-
man soldiery for the vegetable food has
its justification in the experience of the
Russian army, and still more of the
German one in 1870, which carried that
memorable campaign to its triumphant
close on the Erbswurst (pea sausage fav-
ored for little bacon).-London Lancet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
How Mines Are SaIted.

The gullibility of persons who buy
mines has passed into proverb. 1t is
said that such properties have actually
been salted with half melted silver dol
lars and sold to investors, who did not
realize that the precious metal was not
found in nature with the stamp of the
mint upon it. Undoubtedly the most
scientific method of accomplishing this
sort of swindle is to apply the silver in
the shape of nitrate solution. When
it is ready for use some salt is put into
it and it is squirted over the rock, the
salt causing an immediate precipitation
of the metal in a manner that is equally
conspicuous and deceptive to the eye
Kansas City Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
A Hard Question.

Doctor-My goodnessi This won't do
You don't eat enough.
Sick Boy-You don't want me to eat
do you?
Doctor-Indeed do.
Sick Boy (angrily)-Then why in tn
name O. sense did you tell me to take q
big dose o. cod liver oil before every
meal?-Good News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

MANY have talked in very exalted
language of the perpetuity of friendship
of invincible constancy and inalienate
kindness; and some examples have been
seen of men who have continued faith
full to their earliest choice, and whose af-
fections have predominated over changes
of fortune and contrariety of opinion.
But these instances are memorable be-
cause they are rare. The friendship
which is to be practiced or expected by
common mortals m lust take its rise from
mutual pleasure, and must end when
the power ceases of delighting each other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Coffee Good for the Voice.

When making speech Lord Salisbury
never drinks anything, neither does the
present leader of the house, and the same
may be said of John Morley and Mr..
Chamberlain. Sir Charles Russell, the
leader of the English bar, on the occa-
sion of his two days speech before the
Parell commission, drank nothing but
hot coffee, which he declared was not
only good for the voice but an excellent
MISUNDERSTANDING
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

In a breach of promise case, the other
day, the lady on the stand said that
when friend suggested that she would
make him a good wife, he answered:
"Hemp "Did he really say 'Hem?'" in
quires the counsel for the defense. HE
did," she averred, "or something of that
kind" This reminds one of the accu-
rate witness who swore that some one
had called over the banisters, tom,
Tom," or words to that effect.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Rice and wheat at Weddings,

Throwing rice and wheat at a wed
ding is relic of an old Roman custom,
and has probably been common in Eng
land since Roman times. Brand gives
several authorities for it. Friend refers
to the case of the bride of Henry VII at
Bristol in 1886, when wheat was thrown
upon her with the greeting. welcome
and good luckp'
Rice is used similarly at weddings in
India, and the substitution of this grain
for wheat in our own country of late
years may be partly due to that fact;
but where wheat cannot readily be come
at rice would naturally suggest itself as
q substitute.-Notes and Queries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. &A M-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before fun moon
j. b. MEYER, Secy. +. ID. BAILEY w M
ST. CL4lRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II. R0ual
Arch NdsOns.-Stated eOnyocations iirst FRIDAY OF
each month";
j. B. MEYER, Rec. +. ID. BAILEY H. H.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No ST. r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Sec'y. j. b. RYAN, T. In
HOPE COMMANDER, No. rs, K T-Stated
conelayes, first Tuesday of each month";
j. b. MEYER Secv JB. RYAN E. C.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
The Child's Protest.

Joseph Haworth, the actor, tells q
story of little girl who was very cur
ious to know all about thunderstorms,
and was told by her mother that they
were the voice of God. A few days
later the child was caught out in thun
derstorm and called by her mother to
come in. Her little legs came toddling
mp to the piazza as fast as they could
but as she reached the steps there came
terrific clap of thunder, and the little
one, looking up, said, with panied ex-
preston on her face: ''Oh, bod. 'oc
needn't holler SO loud; Use hurryin dest
as fast as tan."-Buffalo Express.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
A Physician's Fees.

South Africa responds to modern in
novations. A recent traveller in Kafir-
land tells this incident:
As we were upsaddling, there passed
us man driving small flock Of goats
and several head of cattle This was
the husband of a lady physician who is
running the practice of the local witch
doctors, and he was taking home his
wife's fee for attending patient
Youths Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Not the Man in Question

A laborer in rough felt hat and long
smock walked the other day into the
Shakespeare library, and after looking
sttentively for some time at one of the
custodians, went up to him and said, 81
say, zur, be you Mr.. Shakespeare as I've
heer'n speak ovY" The custodian ex-
planned to Hodge that he was not the
gentleman referred to.-London Tele-
graph.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

The artist who carves meerschaum is
required to pass through as severe a
school of apprenticeship lasting from
three to ten years as though his work
were in marble. Meerschaum carved
and in the rough resembles the ordinary
plaster cast. The outlines being COM
plete, it is scraped with knife, filed,
soaked in a preparation, and then pol
ished with linen cloth.-New York
TiYpaa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

THE heavens themselves run contin-
ally round; the world is never still; the
sun travels to the east and to the west;
the moon is ever changing in its course;
the stars and planets have their constant
motions; the air we breathe is continu-
ally agitated by the wind, and the waters
never cease to ebb and flow; doubtless
for the purpose of their conversation,
and to teach us that we should ever be
in action.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
The Indian Hunters Stone.

The Indian hunter will cut the shape
Of an animal out of stone, have it
''blessed" by the medicine man and be-
Geve it gives him good fortune in the
chase of the beast represented. When
he kills one he dips the fetch in the
blood. Perhaps he wraps about it beads,
signifying money, and attaches to it
little arrowheads, which represent the
executive function of slaughter. So as
to secure as much help from the un-
known as possible, he hangs charms all
over his Washington Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Large Family.

Patsy Dooley was a very poor arith-
metician, and was puzzled by great
many questions of numbers which did
not enter other peoples heads.
One day new acquaintance remarked
In his presence:
81 have eight brothers,
"Ye have eight brothers?" said Patsy.
"Then 1 suppose livery wan O. thin has
eight brothers tooT'
Certainly"
"Arrah, thin" said Patsy, show many
mothers had the sixty-foor O. YEP
Youths Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

An investigator has discovered that
the greater number of congressman are
undersized, and traveller in the west
reports that St Louis people are shorter
If stature than easterpers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Paper Fire Engines.

A novel fire engine is being tried by
the Berlin fire department. The car
riage is constructed entirely of papier
mache, all the different parts-body,
poles, etc.-being fashioned in the best
possible way. The weight is much less
than the ordinary carriage, while the
durability is equally great.-New York
Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
LOOK OFT FOR THEM

"My kidneys are all right; l have nc
pain in my back" Mistaken mani PeO
pie die from kidney disease of so bad q
character that the organs are nearly de
strOyed, and yet they have never had a
pain or an ache. Why? Brcause the dis
ease began in the interior of the kidneys
where they are few nerves of feeling to
convey the sensation of pain. DIR. Kill
mer's "Swamp-RoOt is the great specific
for Bright's disease" urinary troubles
troubles and kidney difficulties. Sold by
druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
The Thumb an Index to Character.

The way in which the thumb is held
Is true sign of character. The man
who turns it in under his fingers is al
ways weak. That is the position in
which it is always held by child. The
thumbs of great men are large and
point out conspicuously from their fel-
low members.-Interyiew in st. Louis
Globe Democrat
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

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 other
pain in to minutes; also bruises, burns,
wounds, wire-cuts, swellings, bites, sum-
mer complaints, collie, (also in horses),
diarrh9a, dysentery and flux.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
B. and D. Excursions.
Domecratic State Convention

On June 18th and 14th the Baltimore
& Ohio Railraad will sell excursion tick
cts at the low rate of one fare for the
round trip, to Columbus, Ohio, on ac
count of the Democratic Convention tC
be held June 14th and 18th. Tickets
will be good for the return passage to
and including June 16.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs
Probate Judge-James +. Tallman
Clerk of COurtS-Henry NJ Davies
Sheriff-MadiSOn Nj. Scott
AudtOr-Joseph A. Henderson
Treasurer-Frank b. Archer
Prosecuting Attorney-Jesse w. HOllingyorth
RecOrder-John Nj. Beckett
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson
COrOner-A. nj. +. Boyd,
COmmissiOners-MiesR X. Hart, John c. Israel
W. s. Mechem.
Infirmary Directors-Willam Lodge, president;
John A. Clark, clerk; b. Nj. LOper, sudifOr
Superintendent Intirmary john SidebOttom,
East Richland.
Superintendent Children's Home-Peter Grim,
BarnesVile,
School lExamners-James Duncan, Bridgel ort;
). q. Murphy. Belmont I. p Harris SOmerton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

1T cost the State of Ohio over $1,000
to secure the conviction of Will J.
Elliott, the Columbus murderer; $5, 19l
for the conviction of Van Loon, and
$3,025 for that of Patsy Elliott. Allow
ing these to be fair samples. the average
cost of convicting a murderer in Ohio is
something over $1,000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

Money Lender-You want to borrow
hundred pounds2 Well, here's the
money. charge per cent a month,
and as you want it for a year, that leaves
just forty pounds coming to you.
Innocent Borrower-Then if wanted
it for two years, there'd be something
coming to you, suppose, eh?-London
Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Strawberries With Whipped Cream.

Sift powdered sugar over a layer OF
hulled and washed strawberries, arranged
IN deep dish, and cover with straw
berries again, then with sugar, till the
dish is nearly filled. This should be
done just before they are served Pour
over them a large cupful of cream
whipped with the whites of two eggs
and two tablespoonsfuls of powdered
sugar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

In cemetery indefinitely located "on
the Susquehanna river" there is grave
with this epitaph on the marble memo
rial slab: "Chas. Lewis; He voted fol-
Lincoln" A Baton Rouge, Ia, grave
stone bears this legend: "Here lies the
body of David Jones. His last words
were: Il die Christian and Demo
crat.'"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

PROBABLY the oldest man on earth is
the Spaniard living in Mexico, who has
reached the remarkable age of 154. The
priest of the church which he attends
says that the Spaniard was an old man
when he (the priest) was but an acolyte.
The papers which the old man carries
to prove his assertion are the copies of a
church register in Valladbird, Spain,
showing his date of biith and baptism.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

STEAM navigation was once looked
upon with doubt; so was the power of DIR,
Fenner's Cough Honey to relieve any
cough in hour, until thousands of trials
demonstrated the fact. Gives energy
and strength; money refunded if salts
faction not given.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

THE Brooklyn boy who defined "con
science" as something wot makes you
sorry when you get found OUT didn't
strike high ethical standard, but he
came pretty close to the view of a good
many people on the subject.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
To Buffalo, New York.

June 18th and 18th the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets
to Buffalo, N Y, at rate of one fare
for the round trip, on account of the Be
nevolent Protective Order of Elks, to be
held June 18th to 18th, 1892. Tickets
will be good for return passage to and
including June 18th, 1892.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

CHARLES BOSWELL, chief clerk to
Governor Mckinley, was welded in
Canton. o., Wednesday, to Miss Nina
Danner, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Danner
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

Col. r. A. CRAWFORD, who died at
Atlanta few days ago, was buried in
his Confederate uniform, a faded old
suit with bullet holes in it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

Among the Egyptians the bed often
was made in the form of an elongated
animal, with coverings of fine linen and
tapestry of silk or wool
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
BROWN IRON BITTERS
Cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility.

ORRIN CLEMENS, Mark Twain's elder
brother, is noted among his townsmen
of Keokuk, Ia, for his wit and humor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

No part of the body should be clothed
80 warmly that perspiration is easily
induced, since a rapid loss of heat is
caused by its evaporation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
The Common Snake.

The common snake is found through
nut Europe (save in Ireland, the Ork-
neys, Hebrides, Shetland islands and
Iceland), extending northward in Scan
iinavia to 65 degs. 1t abounds in Sic
lily, Sardinia and Corsica, and occurs,
though rarely, in Algiers, but not thence
eastward in Africa. It is found in Per-
sia and western Siberia, and Asia as far
Lake Baikal, and in the Alps at an alti-
tude of 5000 feet.-Quarterly Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

As our intellectual food makes our
minds what they are, coarse or refined,
barbaraic or cultured. disciplined or wild
and riotous, so our spiritual companion
ship makes our spirits what they are.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

WISH popularity! but it is that popu-
larity which follows, not that which is
run after. 1t is that popularity which
sooner or later never fails to do justice
to the pursuit Of noble ends by noble
means.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

WE may satirize error, but we must
compassionate the erring; and this we
must always teach by example to chill
dren, not only in what we say Of others
before them, but in our treatment of
themselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

WITH every exertion, the best of men
can do but a moderate amount of good;
but it seems in the power of the most
contemplate individual to do incalcula-
BILE mischief.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
The Age of Coal Burning.

have heard that when King Hudson,
in the zenith of his fame, was asked as
to what his railways were to do when
all the coal was burned out, he replied,
that by that time we should have learned
how to burn water. Those who are asked
the same question now will often reply
that they will use electricity, and doubt
less think that they have thus disposed
of the question. The fallacy Of such
answers is obvious.
A so called water gas" may no doubt
be used for developing heat, but it is
not the water which supplies the energy.
Trains may be run by electricity, but
all that the electricity does is to convey
the energy from the point where it is
generated to the train which is in mo-
ton. Electricity is itself no more a
source of power than is the rope with
which horse drags a boat along the
canal.
The fact is that very large part of
the boasted advance of civilization is
merely the acquisition of an increased
capability of squandering. For what
are we doing every day but devising
fresh appliances to exhaust with ever
greater rapidity the hoard Of COAL
Robert Ball in FortnightlY Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

The grain crop for one year of the
states west of the Mississippi, including
oats, barley, rye, etc., at the lowest esti-
mate will reach $500, ,OOO, 900.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

MANY things rightly claim our atten-
tion; but none of them will receive it
Alright if our thoughts wander aimlessly
from one to another without a guide.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

AN intrepid courage is at best but a
holiday-kind of virtue, to be seldom ex-
ercised, and never but in cases of neces-
sity. Affability, mildness, tenderness,
and a word which l would fain bring
back to its original Specification of vir-
tue-I mean good-nature- are of daily
use; they are the bread of mankind and
staff of life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

HUMILITY is the most natural cure for
anger in the world; for he that by daily
considering his own infrmities makes
the errors of his neighbors to be his own
case, and remember that he daily needs
God and his brothers charity, will not
be apt to rage at the faults of another,
and greater than those which he feels
that he is frequently and inexcusably
guilty of.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09

If there be pleasure on earth which
angels cannot enjoy, and which they
might almost envy man the possession
of, it is the power of relieving distress.
If there is a pain which devils might
pity man for enduring, it is the death
bed reflection that we have possessed
the power of doing good, but that we
have abused and perverted it to pur-
poses of ill.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

WE should give as we would receive,
cheerfully, quickly, and without hesita-
ton; for there is no grace in benefit
that sticks to the fingers.