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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

BROWNS IRON BITTERS ALMANAC
For 1S92
Contains One Hundred Recipes for maxi
ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly
at home. This book is given away at drug
and general stores
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18
ClEVElAND, IORAiN l. WHEELING r. r.
Time Card Of Passenger Trains.
In effect Dec. 27th 1891, and until further notice.
Standard Time-2S minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio, time.

Cleveland-with fast trains for East and West;
Lorain-with the "NickeEPlate," Elyria-with the
L 5 4 M R,y; Grafton-with the CCG&I R'y;
the G A s. c R'y: Masillon-with W & Ry and
Ft W sc R'y; Justus-with the sc R'y; Canal
Pan-Handle: Bridgeport-with C s R'y; Bel
laire-with b & Ry
J. F. TOWNSEND, Gen. Traf. AgT
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

As mans '.yes" or mo" so his char
acter. A prompt yes or no marks the
firm, the quick, the decided character;
and the slow, the cautious or timid.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18
CT. CLAIRSVILLE s. NORTHERN
~ RAILROAD TIME CARD.

trains on c., L. &W. Ry. H-Direct with Street
Cars from Bridgeport to Wheeling. Only direct
route between St. Clairsyille and Wheeling
A. c. DARRAH, j. +. TOWNSEND.
President Gen. Traf. Ag't-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

By loves delightful influence all the
injuries of the world are alienated, the
bitter cup of affection is sweetness, and
fragrant flowers are strewn along the
most thorny path of life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

AVOID unpunctual people. Make it
your own rule not only to be punctual,
but a little beforehand. Such habit
secures a composure which is essential
to happiness; for wan.-of it many peo-
pie live in constant fever, and put all
about them in a fever too.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

We make provisions for this life as if
1t were never to have an end, and for
the other life as though it were never to
have beginning.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

IN politeness, as in many other things
connected with the formation of charac-
ter, people in general begin outside,
when they should begin inside; instead
Of beginning with the heart, and trust
ing that to form the manners, they be-
gin with the manners, and trust the
heart to chance influences.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

BREvITY and cOnciseness are the
parents of conviction. The leaden bull
let is more fatal than when multiplied
into shot.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

TIE art of forgetting is the hardest to
learn where it is most in request. 1t is
the happy past that makes happy pres
ent, and together they give pledge of a
happy future-a threefold cord not east
ly broken.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

HABIT, if wisely and skillfully formed,
becomes truly a second nature, as the
common saying is; but unskillfully and
unmethodically directed, it will be, as it
were, the ape of Nature, which initiates
nothing to the life, but only clumsily
and awkwardly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

Trains run daily. tDaily except Sunday. tDaily
except Monday.
Accom- train leaves Columbus at 80 m daily,
except Sunday; Newark IS p m; arrive GAINESVILLE
8 30 p m, Cambridge 80 m.
Columbus s. Sandusky Accom-. leaves Columbus
n % a m; arrives Sandusky n 30 pm.
Sleeping and Dining Cars on all Through Trains
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

THERE is generally no such thing as
duty to the people who do it. They sim
ply take life as it comes, meeting, not
shirking its demands, whether pleasant
or unpleasant; and that is pretty much
all there is of it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

WHY destroy present happiness by
distant misery, which may never come
at all, or you may never live to see it?
For every substantial grief has twenty
shadows, and most of them shadows of
your own making.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

LET us beware of losing our enthusi-
asm. Let us ever glory in something,
and strive to maintain our admiration
for all that would ennoble, and our in
terest in all that would enrich and beau
tify our life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

To do simply what we ought is higher,
diviner and more creative than to write
the grandest poem, paint the most beau
tiful picture, build the most worshj ful
temple, or dream out the most enchant
ing melodious composition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

MANS great actions are performed in
minor struggles. There are obstinate
and unknown braves who defend them
selves inch by inch in the shadows
against the fatal invasion of want and
turpitude. There are noble and mystic
rious triumphs which no eye sees, no re-
nown rewards, and no flourish of trum-
pets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation,
abandonment and poverty are battlefields
which have their heroes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

Gil EsNEN WANTED. Salary and expenses
,Ohhpaid Brown Bros. Comply, Rochester, NY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

TChnuCQC wANTED-To try the PROGRES-
lCHUIlCnO SIFE SCHOOL. Eight weeks only
a5c. Year (40w) 81. "The best school paper in
Ohio" says one; Good for all grades OF teachers
another. Examination list weekly; news, etc lepp.
Alliance. Ohio. li-Ssm
GALL AT THE CHRONCLE Hob
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18

Or no use are the men who study to
do exactly as was done before, who can
never.understand that to-day is new
day. We want men of original percep-
tion and original action, who can open
their eyes wider than to nationality
namely, to considerations of benefit to
the human race-can act in the inter
ests of civilization; men of elastic, men
of moral mind, who can live in the mo-
ment and take step forward.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Japanese Clocks.

Long before Japan was opened to for.
eigners did the the Japanese possess en-
inent astronomical knowledge and d 10
dlac of their own. Theit year began
with our first of February, and had
twelve months.
The day was divided in different man
ners; the military counted, like our sail
ors, ~s.watches;" the priests by ''di-
Visions" which marked by the striking
of very large bells suspended in their
high temples, d custom which is still IN
vogue; and, finally, the lay element, the
population, reckoned by 'shours." They
began the day, which was divided into
twelve hours, at sunrise and ended it
after sunrise.
Since the length of the day is a on
stantly varying one, each month was, for
simplitication, calculated into q mean
length, and this length of day established
for the whole mouth; the Japanese
evinced a high degree of science by these
calculations.
Their clocks were of two kinds: the
so-called 'slong clock" with hands
fastened to the defending weight,
and marking time upon az upright dial,
and the tsround clock" with movable
dial and fixed hand, or fixed dial and
movable hand. 10 regulate the di-
vision of hours for the varying length of
the different months many very ingenius
c%ontrivances and constructions were
used. The matter was comparatively
easy with the long clock, says the
jewelers. Review.
Six dials, shortened according to the
falling height of the weight on hand,
were each divided into two parts, cor
responding to the length of day and
night; each of these parts into twelve
subdivisions. the hours. Only six such
dials were necessary, since, by reversion,
a dial used for a summer month could be
used for the opposite winter month.
At the beginning of every month the
corresponding dial was inserted under the
hand connected with the falling weight
and replaced by the next following at the
end. The greatest length of the day
was fifteen and the shortest nine of our
hours, and, owing to the contracted
space Of the falling weight, it had to be
wound every morning. To use the
clock during the night time, the dial
was reversed and the weight wound up.
1t is singular that the Japanese, in
spite of this clock furnished with ratchet
wheel, pendulum aud weights, did not
employ the spring as a motive power,
but simply used for striking on clock
bells. The round clocks were provided
with weights working upon levers, for
retaining different length of days. It is
said that these constructions were very
excellent, and very reliable clocks were
produced Herewith.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

warfare, that Edna repeated her little
formula and added that she would like to
be independent; and meant to look about
her for something to DO. Gould he help
her to find d position7 l..
The doctor looked very grave at this
communication, thought a few minutes,
then said he would willingly assist heI
and asked what kind of position she was
capable of filling; and drawing out q
little notebook he prepared to take
down her answer:
Edna's eyes CLEANED malicioisly as she
thought what d triumph she would have
over, her aint when she announced that
the doctorrwas. as little id love DIS AlphO4-
80, only adding to the insult by offering
to ~patronize her. Then she said very de-
murely: 49,
~ might take a place as lady's maid,
a childss governess, or possibly that Of
companion"
The doctor regarded her e~ontempla-
lively a timei then said:
tI think 1 can help you If you are
equal to all the requirements; for know
d person who needs q companion"
NuWhst would be neoessary" asked
Edna, in a voice fairly trembling with
suppressed mirth aud a little anger:
NIn the first place the person / refer
to is subject to various moods. Gould
you play gay, solemn or pfaintive music
to charm the different humori"
eyes" said Edna. az think I may
safely say I play well almost any kind of
piece"
~"secendly, the person has a terrible
habit of tearing off buttons. Are you or
are you not handy with your needles"
The doctors voice wixed stern in the
delivery of this important Question:
Again Edna answered affirming her abil-
ity to perform her necessary task. ,
Classify" said the doctor, rising and
approaching her, 'sthe mi great require
ment that far ~out-weighs ali others and
one that the person Graves for with all
his heart, with all his strength, is that
| you love him a little"
He held out his hands to her with a
look of love SO intense aud passionate
that her heart thrilled strangely in re-
spouse. She closed her eyes and pressed
her hand over them, an old trick of hers
when III Thought:
The man stood patient and motidnless:
Minute after minute passed, till at last
Edna moved. Advancing, she placed
both hands in his, and, with a tender
smile illuminating her face, whispered:
"Take me."-New York Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The Canadian census takers had trou-
BILE with their Indians. The Indians are
described as being, not unnaturally, very
curious to know what the ensus was for.
At n place they would demand to be
paid for giving their names, and at an
other the enumerator had to bride them
with tobacco before they would tell the
names of children and Others who were
out hunting or berrying in the woods.
At village of Howqual-gate Indians,
where a white man had seldom been
seen, the whole population surrounded
the party demanding explanations. The
chief said the priest had told him that
the Lord had raised them out of the
clay and given them the land, and he
supposed that the Government was now
trying to find out their numbers so as to
do away with them and get their land.
Only after an hours hard talking through
the Indian Interpreters the chief was per-
saaded that noeling but good was in
tended.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

An experiment which the New York
Post deems we'll worthy of imitation is
that of the Boston merchant, Eben
Jourdan, who has opened a gymnasium
fot his female employees, and gives them
the benefit of professional instruction in
the art of physical exercise. The classes
are free to all who choose to avail them.
selves of the privilege, aud daily instrue-
ton is given between the hours of five
aud six o'clock in the afternoon. Six
hundred girls have already begun a
course of exercise, and upon the success
of the trial depends the accession of
nearly a thousand of their associates.
Those who have joined the classes arc
delighted with their experience, and say
that the tired feeling caused by close
confinement in the store sooa gives place
to one of elasticity aud freshness. Mr..
Jourdan expects to see in the near fu-
ture a gymnasium attached to every
large business establishment where wo-
men are employed.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

A few days ago one of the agricultural
colleges Of the South took an electric
motor, and by its means ginned cotton
and ground corn very successfully.
The experiment was made to see how far
electricity could be depended upon as a
motive power in plantation aud farm
work. This subject is pressing for atten.
ton just now, and Senator PETER has
made It his business to push a bill in the
Senate appropfiating o sum Of money to
determine the value Of electricity as d
farm laborer. The State of Kansas has
an interest in the matter, and A. A.
Denton of the Department Of Agricul-
rure at Sterling, KAN, in . recent com.
munication to one of the electrical
Journals, says: western agriculture re-
Gaires power by which one man may &C.
complish as much as many men in the old
way-power to cut wider and deeper and
swifter burrows at less cost than in the
old way. Manufacture and mmer
and mining have the advantage Of ample
and cheap power. II the motor be
sdapted to farm work, Western agricul-
IRE will enter a new era. The great
pains appear to have been planned for
cultivation Of the soil on 4 large SCALE"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
A Miracle Performed by Scared Geese.

A friend of ours, whose v~eracity We
should never think of impeaching, re.
lated to us a most extraordinary experi-
ence of his while wildfowl shooting in
the Big Bend country. In that secluded
spot, thanked and buttressed in by tow-
ering hills, is a natural cul-de-sac of the
Pit River, probably an acre in extent,
and much resorted to by wild ducks and
geese. Visiting this early one unusually
cold morning recently be was surprised
beyond measure to see the lake covered
with ice and a flock of wild geese frozen
fast to its surface. Imagine his astonish-
ment on drawing near when the entire
flock with q mighty cIamor rose before
him and sailed away, bearing the pond
with them and leaving only a hole in
the ground to mark the spot-Atla
lCal. Advance.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Perfumes the Horse Likes.

There are some perfumes that are very
grateful to horses, however little credit
q horse may commonly receive for pos
sessing delicacg Of scent.
Horse trainers are aware Of the fact
and make use of their knowledge in
training stubborn and apparently intraet-
able animals. Many trainers have favor-
lite perfumes, the composition OF which
they keep q secret. and it is the possess
SION of this means Of appealing to the
horses astheticisrn tnat enables SO many
at them I'd accomplish such wonderful
results .-St Louis Hlobe-D Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
LOVE SONG

I feel the magic spirit OF
Her presence in the May,
Whose witching beauties breathe Of love
Along che lowered way.
In the pink rose l see her face
Carven so frail and Sweet;
The subtle music of her grace
Flows in the dimpling wheat.
4 hear the rustic of her gown
While breezes stir the treess
Whene'er they shake q blossom down,
She throws a kiss to me.
r. K. Mankittrick. in Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

William Hosea Ballou, of New York,
recently addressed a letter to President
Harrison, in which he said: aWhen |
called upon you last summer in Wash
ington in reference to the cruelty to ami
mails at sea, you informed me that if /
would begin at the bottom and carry the
matter up to you through the proper
rhannels,you would act thereon officially.
| beg to say that the subject is now be-.
fore the State Department, and I trust
7ou will keep your promise. The oppor-
,unity is ripe for q great and humaue ac-
a By joint arrangement between the
Feral maritime Nations, BY which pun
shment may be had for acts Of fragrant
cruelty on high seas This communica.
tlon was regularly referred 10 the De-
.artment Of State, and Secretary Blaine
wrote to Mr.. Ballou IS follows. aYour
letter Of the Goth inst. to the President,
relative to the Importance of providing
in some way against the alleged cruelty
to animals while being transported By
sea, is received. In pursuance to his re-
quest I hare 70 state that while it Is not
seen that effective action can be taken
under existing law, the Importance Of
tho subject il recognized, as il the ad-
vantage Of some decisive action ID re-
gard thereto; and it Is suggested that
with your familiarity with the facts and
that Of others who have especially inter-
ested themselves ID the Subject, tb1 matt
ter might be presented BY you 70 the
consideration Of Congress, Sesretary
Rusk states thas nince the agitation be-.
gan ten months ago, the Department OF
Agriculture has reduced the amount Of
deaths to American cattle at sea frous
sixteen par en-. 70 q per cent. On
So 000. 900 worth exported annually
saving 81 g. 7so. 300 worth of cattle =.
nually
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Cheese making in Canada has enor-
mously improved within recent years as a
result.of the method of instruction which
has been promoted by the Government in
sending competent instructors am ong the
cheesemakers.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
PENSION

H-Acr OF JUNE 81, 1s9O.-Penaons soldiers and sailors of the var o. the
rebellion who served go days an Were honorably discharged from the service, snd
dnen, dependent parents, fathers and mothers All pensions under this Act will
commences from the date of filing the formal application (after the passage Of the
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau on or after June 81, 1890. date of the
AD nil not in the form, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary. Tbs rates:
child of soldier under sixteen years; and if thu widow dies, the child OF children
can draw such pension. The soldier is EMIT ed to any rate from SO to $2 per
may apply under this one,o n pensioner under this n may apply under ether
laws, but team draw only one pension at the same time. This law requires in Of
diers or sailors case:
a. An honorable discharge. /$
C0 That he served at least ninety Gays.
G0 A permanent physical or mental inability ITO earn a support, but lot Tue
vicious habits. Git need not have originated in the service)
CASE O A WIDOW
% That the sailor Or soldier served at least ninety days.
C0 That he was honorably discharged. 80
~ Proof of death, but it need MT have been the results of his Army y
Naval ervice.
a. SHAT the widow is without other means Of support than her daily
labor"
G0 That she married soldier prior to June ~, 1890, the date of thu. Act
DEPENDENT PARENTS CASE.
O That the soldier or sailor died of a wound, injury o. disease. which, I'M
der prior law, would have given him a pension.
C9 That he left no wife or minor child.
(0 That the mother or father Is at present dependent OF her or his own
manual labor; being without other present means of support than their " man.
ual labor, or the contributions of Others not legally bound for their support
the parents Of those who served in the war of the rebellion, but are extended 10
all parents where pensionable dependence has arisen n account Of the death Of q
son who served, since said war;, in behalf of the United States, as well as for dis
labIitts contracted before or since discharged. S
"a That in case a minor child is insane, idotic or otherwise permanently
proviso shall apply to all pensions therefore, granted, or hereafter to be granite,
under this o. any former statute, and such pensions shall commence from the dae
of application therefor after passage of this At.
The rules and regulations of the Department will govern all applicants an
attorneys.
HNoTICELDr w. 4. Lasrapes having recently been appointed U. p
Claimants Of Persons to come to me and make nut their applications, =
they csnn now be examined without having to sustain the expenses of going e
New Orleans for medical examination, at which place they have heretofore been
directed to go.
HART r.. SANDOZ,
TT q 81. cln Aoent E
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Novel TeIegraphY.

The celebrity Of Geographic communl-
cations was well demonstrated during
the recent Oxford-cambridge boat race.
The press boat, as it steamed up the
river, paid out q cable during its entire
course, and at every point in the q c the
news was Immediately flashed by means
of this line direct to London.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The valae Of the oysters consumed IN
Lsnaou yearly is about S3, 0Ud, QUO.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27


her pretty
bay a few Hundred
feet from the road,
then to d little hill
lock, Edna Grant
flung one arm caress-
ingly. around her
horses neck and
gazed slowly about.
She drew in deem
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
ION THE BAY.'

BY ANNIE NJ. K
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-05-27
A Wonderful Time-Piece.

A wonderful piece of mechanism,
consisting of watch dial Of unique
construction, has been finished and
put on exhibition by one Of the dcft-
large watch factories at Waltham,
Mass. 1t contains, instead OF the
usual numerals, twelve small but dis
tinct silhouette figures, beginning
with II woman with a very small child
in her arms. At o'clock, the little
mother and her miniature baby are
clearly depicted, the infant being in
long clothes Al , o'clock the same
figure appears, but the child has per-
ceptably grown. At 3 o'clock the
little mother is still the same. but the
baby is in short clothes" At o'clock
the child again appears, and so ON
up to s o'clock, when he goes to
school for the first time. At 8 he is seen
in college gown, standing beside the
now elderly mother. At 10 o'clock
the death-bed Is brought to view, the
young man taking leave of his aged
parent At II o'clock he is aged with
the SHOWS Of many winters. AT IL he
makes his final appearance, a de-
crepit specimen of humanity, praying
for the end During the next twelve
hours the same scenes are enacted.
The little machine is a wonder all
around
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-05-27
THE STORY OF A SEED.

This is the seed that the wind sowed.
This is the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the wind
sowed.
This is the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the WIN
sowed.
This is the sun
That shone on the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the WIND
sowed.
This is the flower of beauty rare
That loved the sun
That shone on the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the WIND
sowed.
This is the feathery bell so fair
That burst from the flower Of beauty rare,
That loved the sun
That shone on the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the wind
sowed.
This is the zephyr OF perfumed air,
That scattered the feathery ball SO fair,
That burst from the flower of beauty rare,
That loved the sun
That shCne on the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the wind
sowed.
This is the child with the golden hair,
That blew the zephyr OF perfumed air,
That scattered the feathery bah so fair,
That burst from the flower OF beauty rare,
That loved the sun
That shone on the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the wind
sowed.
This is the mother that stood on the stair,
To welcome the child with the golden hair,
That blew the zephyr OF perfumed air,
That scattered the feathery ball so fair,
That burst from the flower OF beauty rare,
That loved the sun
That shone on the bud
That followed the leaf
That sprang from the seed that the wind
sowed.