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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10
To PROVE G Ggk M nA5Ta H.

On and after October /, 1891, we give every
person selling our medicine the privilege of
selling six bottles for $780, and guarantee
that in case it does you no good you can
receive your money back. Read guaranty
with every bottle. We claim to cure Dys-
pepsia, Headache, Sour Stomach, Heartburn,
Kidney Complaint, Neuralgia, Distress after
eating, Palpitation of the Heart, Collie, Ner-
vousness, Loss of Sleep, Dizziness, Irregular
lty of the Appetite, Pleurisy Pains, Bloat,
Wind on the Stomach, Hacking Cough, and
Constipation. And why will It cure? Be-
cause it is Relaxing, Purifying, Soothing
and Healing. 1t is compounded from the
purest roots and herbs, free from Alcohol
or Morphia. 1t is harmless to the smallest
child; children like it, and it is far superior
to Castor Oil and all other preparations.
Call for Groder's Botanic Dyspepsia
Syrup. None genuine unless bearing our
trademark, the Beaver
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10
GAN EAT PIE

if it is made with Cottolene,
the new pure substitute for
lard, Cottolene is simply
pure cottonseed oil and
pure beef suet, two of the
healthiest foods known.
Properly combined they
are better than lard for all
kinds Of shortening, and
everyone can eat, digest,
and enjoy food cooked with
it. Food that was indiges-
tible when cooked with
lard is easily digested when
cooked with Cottolene, and
many Of the leading house.
keepers Of the land say
they can make nicer bread,
rolls, biscuit, cakes, cookies,
ginger bread, pies, patties.
tarts, griddle cakes, cro-
QUOTES with Cottolene than
with either lard or butter.
Get it ofyour grocer and try
it. Beware of limitations.
N. X. FAIRBANk l. CO.,
SOLE MAKERS,
CHICAGO, and
8 Central Wharf. Boston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10

The vocal organs are strengthened by
the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Cler-
gymen, lawyers, singers, actors, and pub
lie speakers find this preparation the most
effective remedy for Irritation and weak
ness Of the throat and lungs, and for all
affections of the vocal organs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10
Cases.

Teacher-.1n the sentence, ga police
man arrested the thief" what case is
thief?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10

The difference in structure between
boas and pythons is a minute one, de-
pending on the absence of teeth in the
very front of the mouth in the latter
group. Pythons may also attain a
length of thirty feet, and such will swal-
low half grown sheep quite easily
They are fierce animals, save, of course,
when in torpid condition after food,
but they are never spontaneously aggres-
sive as regards man.-Quarterly Review
Always Finds a Way.
If boys boots were made of cast iron,
covered with tar and gravel, and then
painted four coats and vanished,
mothers would still have cause to Won
der how on earth "that boy" got his feet
sopping wet.-Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
BeIied His Looks.

remember being at table in the Astor
House, New York, when gentleman
entered who was an almost exact coun-
terpart, so far as personal appearance
went, of Daniel Webster The shape of
the head and face were the same, the
expression much alike. | was pro
fo1ndly impressed and resolved to make
his acquaintance. did so and found
that he had for years conducted dark
alley saloon in the oil districts until a
lucky strike made him a man of wealth.
but left him mentally where it found
him-but little better than a fool. Nc.
you cannot judge book by the cover.
but you will generally find that the
showiest covers are put on the most
worthless books.-Interview in St. LOUIS
GloberDemocrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
Not a Fair Sample of the Sex.

A man who has returned from trip
abroad says that women, as a rule, do
not know how to treat servants. On
shipboard, as every ocean traveller is
aware, it is established that fees are the
rule. Every one knows it. Every
guidebook ever written to tell one "how
to go to Europe" advises its reader
Of this fact. and how TO meet it. Some
of them even state the regulation tip
which it is best to give the steward-ten
shillings-though twice that amount Is
more often the rule, and it's worth it.
Women, it is said, invariably either
overdo this, and spoil the servants by
raising their ideas. or underdo it so amaz-
ingly as to be absurd. l suppose it is
another form of the old accusation-no
middle distance.
Well, Boston actress crossed on the
steamer with the man mentioned above,
sailing from East Boston in the early
summer. She sat at the captains table,
and was so pretty as to attract the ad
mring attention of every one on board.
The fact had its penalties. She was in
lusty health, and her appetite reflected
the bracing effects OF the sea air on her
fine physique. At every meal she called
for every dish on the bill of fare. The
cook must have felt honored, but it
kept the steward jumping. He took
more steps for her sweet pleasure than
for all the rest of his contingent. He
did his duty well. There shone in his
eyes the contented hope of a handsome
tip, and at the end of the voyage she
gave him-a shilling. Mahogany Tree.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
An Old ROsebusll.

AS long ago rs ii e year S22 Hides.
helm is mentioned in history. In that
year we are told Louis the Pious, Char
lemagne's son and successor, made il
the seat of the bishopric intended by his
father to be established at the neighbor,
ing town of Elze. Less than century
before Charlemagne had brought the
heather SaXons into subjection and
Christianity was yet new in the land.
Gunther, the first bishop, had been can,
on at the cathedral at Reims. Three
years after his elevation to the new
episcopal see he consecrated the first
chapel, naming it in honor of the Virgin
Mary. The chapel is supposed to have
occupied the site under the present
cathedral, where the crypt of the new
church is built.
A pretty rosebush that now clings tc
the outer wall of the cathedral choir is
said by tradition to have grown there
since the days of Louis the Pious him
self. In the Twelfth century, when the
choir and crypt were being enlarged, p
protecting hollow wall was built around
the rosebush, in order that the vine
might continue to grow about the build
ing when the new wall had been COM
pleted. A bit of the old arching may be
seen behind the altar in the crypt. IT, is
is the present voucher for the great age
of the rosebush, and it must be admitted
that many traditions repose upon a less
solid fOundation.-Arc Record
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
An Odd Railway.

Zone of the queerest railroads any.
where in the country said the Rev. D.
S. Banks, of North Ontario, lis novel
line that runs from South Ontario, in
San Bernardino county, where live.
The line is seven miles long. A span OF
stout mules draw the car up over the
road. There is nothing singular about
that, but it comes in on the return trip
THE seven miles are on tilt all the
way, although the track does not look
like it. So when the car starts back the
mules get on and take ride, the car
booming over the whole line by gravity.
The mules enjoy it too. They ride there
in as self satisfied a way as any other
passenger, and the view seems equally
charming. North Ontario, you know,
is situated at the mouth of San Antonio
canyon, but there are lot of magnif-
cent mountains around there. One col
ony-for they can scarcely be called
towns-is situated on the Santa Fe road
and the other on the Southern Pacific.
1t is the seven miles of street railway
that connect the two.
ne way tney SeI Une nuleS dDOdru
is this: There is little truck under the
car, and it is pulled ont, becoming an
adjunct to the regular passenger depart
ment. The moment the truck is slid
out the intelligent animals make start
for it and step up and on. 1t is extreme
ly amusing-the way they do it and the
way they enjoy this ride, and they are
great favorites with the people" San
Fran cisco Examiner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
Forest Fires and Mosquitoes in Alaska

Miles and miles of blackened stumps
marked the ravages of forest fires. The
Indian, when resting on his journey and
suffering from mosquitoes. sets fire to
the twigs and leaves around him, ere.
ating a smoke which keeps the pest al
a distance, and when refreshed he straps
on his pack and moves along the trail
of course without extinguishing his fire.
In announcing his approach to friends
at distance, he sets fire to half dead
spruce or tamarack tree, and the column
of thick, black smoke is the signal, to
be acknowledged in the same manner
by those who see it, so as to direct the
traveller to their camping grounds. In
the summer everything is crisp and dry,
and the timber is saturated with tur-
pentine The trees left to smolder are
famed into flame by the slightest breeze;
the flames creep among the resinous
trees and spread till whole forests are
destroyed.
These forest fires and the mosquitoes
account for the scarcity of game Over
the vast untraveled region that we Wis
tied there was a remarkable scarcity of
wild animals. We saw only a few
ground squirrels and some grouse and
ptarmigan. The Indians say that all
the larger animals retreat in summer to
the hilltops, where, exposed to a con
stant breeze, they are free from the ter
ments of insects.-E. J. Glave in Cen
tQry
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
Taking Dickens Down.

81 am great admirer of the works of
Charles Dickens, but l had very poor
opinion of the man." said L. c. Court
ney, now stopping at the Laclede.
Dickens was crank of very often
sive class. Many peculiarities may
properly be excused in a man of genius,
but boundless egotism and bad taste are
not of the number. When the author of
the 'Pickwick Papers visited America
he succeeded, by his boorish manners,
in discriminating thousands of his wor-
shippers ON this side of the Atlantic. He
dressed loud and his manners were
even more stunning than his dress. He
was great pedestrian, and took long
tramps every morning. When he was
in Washington l met him one morning
ON the steps of the Capitol. With me
was young congressman from Tennes-
see, whom the great novelist had
offended by his boorishness.
THAT morning Dickens was in great
good humor and full of talk. 4 have,
said he, found an almost exact counter
part of Little Nell Little Nell who?'
queried the Tennesseean. Dickens looked
him over from head to foot and from
foot to head before he snorted out, My
Little Nell Oh said the Tennesseean,
4 didn't know you had your daughter
with you i am speaking of the Little
Nell of my fiction, sir retorted Dick
ems flushing. Oh said the imperturb-
able Tennesseean, you write novels, do
you? Don't you consider that rather
trifiing occupation for grown up manT
Dickens snorted like quarter horse and
went down the avenue like Colonel Bill
Sterrett on his bicycle. st Louis Globe
Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
GRAINS OF GOLD.


The only real good is the good of all.
Sit down crooked if you like, but talk
straight.
The same wind that ruins the chaff
cleans the wheat.
If You haven't much, you can double
it 10y being thankful.
BY the side of know thyself should
be written "Be thyself"
For insult given the noblest vengeance
is forgetfulness forever.
The moment a man does anything
wrong he hates the light.
One often regrets saying too much, but
seldom of saying too little.
The reward Of doing ones duty is the
power to perform another.
The pleasure of doing good is the on
ly one that never wears out.
He is the happiest, be he king or peas
ant, who finds peace in his house.
If thou art master, be sometimes
blind; if servant, sometimes deaf.
Everybody who tries to make others
happy gets paid for it in heavens money.
People who always eat in a hurry in
variably suffer from indigestion at
leisure.
The people that would have done so
and SO, if they had been there, never
get there.
Let your expenses be such as to leave
a balance in your pocket. Ready money
is a friend in need.
1t does not depend on us to avoid row
erty, but it does depend on us to make
that poverty respectable.
The charity which thinketh no evil is a
wiser craftsmanship than the misanthro-
py that thinketh no good.
The friend who cries with you finds
out a great many things that you will re-
gret when your eyes are dried.
Confidence is everything between hus-
band and wife; and woman who loves
desires above all things to be trusted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01

1t is evident that a man who will seri-
ously undertake to put himself en- rap
port with other animals can exchange
communication with them at least as
satisfactorily as he could with another
man who was confined to an entirely
different language. My dog, who has
had no special training, understands
some half dozen of my gestures, and
himself uses the turning aside of
the head to indicate dissent, accom-
panied often by plain look of disgust
at being misunderstood, puts up paw
to deprecate punishment, turns on his
back to express submission, sticks up his
tail--the warrior brandishes his weapon
or waves his flag; the dog has no weapon
by way of defiance, lowers it for shame
or alarm.
That turning on the back, by the way,
is well understood among dogs as a
gesture of surrender. If two stran se
dogs meet on the street and one shows
fight, if the other turns on his back he
will not, as a rule, be molested.-Cor.
New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
Eating Shoe Hash.

In London century ago it was nc
uncommon practice on the part of the
''fast men" to drink bumpers to the
health of a lady out of her shoe The
Earl of Cork, in an amusing paper in
The Connoisseur, relates an incident of
this kind, and to carry the compliment
still further he states that the shoe was
ordered to be dressed and served up for
supper.
1.-The cook set himself seriously to
work upon it. He pulled the upper part
(which wa7 of fine damask) into fine
shreds and tossed it up into ragout,
minced the sole. cut the wooden heel
into thin slices, fried them in batter and
placed therl round the dish for garnish.
The company testified their affection for
the lady by eating heartily of this .ex-
quisite impromptu."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
ARE musTAcHEs ORNAMENTS,
Young Woman Writer Discourses &C
Rn Important Part of Nan


! Why do young men take such pride
in their mustaches: 1t is, suppose, be
cause they think a mustache is orna.
mental. Is it? Why do men have clean
/ shaven lips when they could grow mus
taches: And why do men wear half a
| dozen struggling hairs when they ought
TO have them shaved off? Why will men
continue to spend hours every day in
| training the hair on their upper lip
when it doesn't make them look any
more handsome. when il is annoying tc
/ their sweethearts by scratching then
cheeks, when il prevents cigar being
smoked more than half through, an6
when it shows a horrid propensity fol
getting mixed up with the food:
|. l don't think mustaches are orna-
mental. The ideal mustache has yei
TO be invented. 1t must not draggle
nor be used as shield to hide ones bac
teeth, nor be fierce. And oh, it musi
not be waxed or loaded! What do mer
say of women who use grease? WheI
you are enjoying a spoon don't you think
it takes all the romance out of the thing
by having a nasty, cosmeticized piece OF
hair edge is way against your lips
And isn't it exasperating when -youl
lover leads his mustache and never tells
you? You go home with your face like
a metropolitan extension map, and fee
very uncomfortable when father and
mother say there have been a lot of smutf
about, for your face has got quite dirty.
No, mustaches are neither useful nor
ornamental. Were | a man and capa
bic of growing a most luxuriant mus
tache l would cut it off. A clean shaven
man looks much the incest. Girls like
a beardless face. They are content to
know that whiskers and all the rest
could be there if they were wanted.
You see. man with mustache is
generally a bit of fop, and girls don't
like fops. If a man doesn't keep il
trimmed it gets struggling and ragged
if he does keep it trimmed then he
appears conceited. He is eternally
twisting it this way, giving it a curl
that way, stroking it and patting it, un
til he loses all character for manliness
Now, clean shaven man seems to be
dignified. Women love dignity. Why
is it they are always so fond of curates
especially high church-and actorsi
Simply because they shave. Women
want in men a smooth, clear cut face
not with a great bunch of hair stuck out
under the nose. Whoever heard of tie
Greeks having mustaches? Whoever
saw statue of a Greek god with a
mustache unless he We're al old god and
wore beard as wellT
Mustaches are not ornamental, be-
cause they rarely suit the face, because
they are protuberance and hide the
outline of the mouth, and because, with
a mustache, man is frightened to
laugh, as it disarranges it. Only few
women care for them. Men think ali
women do. That is a mistake.-"A FaiI
Critic" in London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
Economics of the Poor.

A cheerful creature, who deserves
more credit for her courage than many
heroes who have died on the field of bat
tie, gave detailed list of her 'econom-
les" to reporter few weeks ago.
"Shoes are the greatest expense she
said; "they cost fifty cents, and my boy
has to have new pair every week" II
is pitiful, when one reflects that for two
dollars the boy might have pair of
shoes which would last him four months
These are the economics of the very
poor. They buy worthless things, and
are obliged TO do so often, for the simple
fact that they have not enough ready
money to buy good ones.
They cannot lay in quantities of pro-
visions nor buy healthful ones for the
same reason, and are consequently kept
poor and poorly clad and nourished be-
cause they cannot afford an outlay. In
furnishing their houses it is the same
thing. A cheap stove and a cheap chair,
which wear out and break down shortly,
are the only ones that can he got ut the
moment.-Mary Abbott in Chicago Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
HURCH DIRECTORY.

kASSBl TERIAN CHURCH-Rev r. Alex
DER, pastor Public worship every SeDbat
oInIns dtu evening; sabbath school 9:3o a. m.
ung peoples society OF Christian endeay0r sun
evenings; general prayer meeting. "Wednesday
ehing- strangers welcome to all services
HETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rey.
I-IIS LID Hh!SeIeyi pastor sabbath preaching, ii
a. m; p m; young peoples meeting Monday
sVehlhgs general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
daily invited to all services w
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN N CHURCH
thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m:
PuDnc worship, ii a. m; weekly PRAYER meeting
IIday p, m; monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
aay OF each month, p m; wOman's missionary
lclety, last Saturday OF each month, D. m dis
Iricl @ PRAYER meetings, nrst Tuesdays Wednesdays
thursdays and Saturdays each month. ? ~ m
Oung womens prayer meeting, second Saturday
ach mOD-h at the parsonage, p. m
AFRH In VI. E. .CHURCH-Rev Albert March
astor. sunday service, 1880 a. m.; I'D. m; Sab
In 'ool, 30 p. m; weekly prayer meeting
--iurs y evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
FALSE TEETH ARE COMMON.


Artificial Teeth Are So Cheap That No
body Need Be Toothless.
1--WE sold 1000, 900 more false teeth
last year than we ever disposed of be
fore in a twelvemonth." said the man.
ager of the greatest dental supply eS-
,ablishment in the world to a reporter
yesterday. Il don't imagine that it was
because people are losing their teeth
more rapidly now than heretofore, al.
though it is unquestionably the case that
the enduring quality of the human chew.
ing apparatus has become progressively
| less from generation TO generation in
this country.
1T is more the fashion now than il
has ever been in the past to wear false
teeth, partly for the reason that the pub
/ lie has come to realize what excellent
substitutes they are for real ones. and
partly owing to the fact that toothleSs-
ness excites much more disgust than it
did in old times. when such an affiiction
was commonly observed and was regard
ed as unavoidable.
1T Is very rare to see person now
adays, whether man or woman, visi-
bly, disfigured by the absence of teeth.
Anybody whose grinders fall out will in
nearly every case go to dental surgeon
and procure artificial ones. They don't
cost much. You can get a complete
double set from sixteen dollars to sew
enty-five dollars. Probably a fashion
able dentist will charge you the latter
price. His margin of profit is consider
able, inasmuch as the teeth themselves
cost only from fifteen to eighteen cents
apiece. They are made of porcelain, of
kaOlin usually, baked in an oven.
For the plates the material best ap-
proved is rubber The handsomest
plates are made of celluloid, and they
have the advantage of hghtness in
weight, but the celluloid does not resist
well the acids with which it comes into
contact in the mouth. Aluminium has
been tried, but it is affected by vinegar
and salt as well as by other substances
that are eaten, the result being the de-
velopment of salt of aluminium which
is thought to be injurious to the system
''The enamel of artificial teeth is
composed of metallic oxides, and the
finishing processes to which they are
subjected are so delicate that no two
teeth produced can be made exactly
alike in point of coloring. Among all
the hundreds of thousands of teeth
which we keep in stock probably no two
would match to absolute perfection. But
those that are most nearly alike are put
together so that the eye of nobody but
an expert would detect any difference.
After all natural teeth exhibit marked
dissimilarities in any individual.
1T does not do to make false teeth
look too handsome, lest they appear I'M
natural, and dental surgeons commonly
carry their imitation of nature so far as
to make teeth in many instances look
more or less defective, the better to
carry out the deception. Washington
Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
Big Sales of Humminr Birds.

Owing to the reckless slaughter OF
humming birds for ornamental purposes.
certain species are already on the verge
of extinctiCa. This does not seem SUI
prising when one learns that 5000 skins
of the ruby and topaz humming bird
alone were shipped not long ago from l
Brazilian port in single consignment. .,
while at piblic sale of birdskins. he
in London, March 81, 1883, more thG I
Il, 900 humming bird skins were disposed
of! And in one week during the same
year there were sold at auction in Lon
don 100000 humming birds and other
birds from North and South America
Philadelphia Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-01
AN Autumn MELODY
What notes az what ditty can sound from the
city.

What notes az what ditty can sound from the
city.
From out Of :he dust and the din.
Where the suns pallid taper Is dim through
the vapor
That shrouds all the sorrow and sin?
At evening lisIen-the murky lamps glisten,
The stars peep by two and by three:
The harsh Babel noises replace your sweet
voices,
Dear sea!
Yet past the fog curtain, I know it for certain.
The barn roofs have caught the last ray;
The smoke OF the threshing is softly enmesh-
ing
Brown gables with delicate gray:
The red leaves are falling, the plovers are
calling.
The sea wind is salt DER the void:
The bryonies blacken, the tufts of greer
bracken
Turn gold.
o scents that redouble where slow through the
stubble
The plow cleaves pathway of hope!
o woods fading yellow, and orchards grown
mellow.
And flocks on the faraway slopel
. sea songs that mingle ON bowlder and
shingle,
o fields that of old time knewl
My heart swells to bursting with infinite
thirsting
For you.
M. c. ellington in Chambers Journal