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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-15
Roman Wealth,

When l.. Calpurnius Piso was ap-
pointed governor Of Macedonia for one
year he drew for his outfit from the pub
lie treasury 1S, ,000, 900 sesterces or $780,
600. He did not want the money for
that purpose; everything required by a
proconsul was supplied to him by the
province. Piso simply took the money
for himself, and lent it out in Rome at
high interest. e. Verres was charged
by Cicero with having robbed Sicily of
e350, 900 in three years, besides many
valuable works of art. He practically
admitted his guilt by retiring from Rome
without attempting any defense. Cic-
ero, when governor of the poor province
of Cilicia, found himself the richer in
one year by e20. 900, and he was perhaps
the only proconsul who ever handed
over his surplus to the state.
There can be no doubt that Cicero and
the younger Pliny received large sums
from their clients while those clients
were still living. Balbus is not likely to
have secured the argument "Pro Balho"
for a mere trifie, and the gratitude of
Sicily for the prosecution Of Verres un-
doubtedly took very substantial form.
Apart from all such honoraria, it is re-
corded that both Cicero and the younger
Pliny received legacies from clients to
the amount of e17O.O00 Gibbon tells us
on the authority of Olympiodorus that
several of the richest senators had ap in
come of e160,0O0 year-without COM
putting the stated provision of corn and
Review.
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A Relationship Problem.

Two ladies out walking met a gentleman; he
raised his hat to One and the other said: Do you
know that gentleman?" The other lady replied,
his mother was my mothers only child. The pub
fishers of the Ladies' Pictorial Weekly will give
an elegant CHICKERING PIANO. valued at five
hundred dollars, to the person telling the relation
ship existing between the gentleman and lady
speaking last. An elegant suite of PARLoR FURN-
ITURE valued a. two hundred dollars, will be
given for the second correct answer. A frst-cass
combination lady's or geDtlemans BICYCLE, val
ned at one hund -ed and thirtyive dollars, will be
given for third correct answer. An elegant suite
of bedroom FURNITURE valued at seventy five
dollars will be given for fourth correct answer.
Ten elegant GOLD WATCHES good mOvemenD
will be given for each of the next ten correct an
swers, and VALUABLE PRIZE will be given to
rectly. We are publishing the very best and
handsomest Ladies' Weekly publication for the
price on the two continents. 1t equals all the high
priced weekly publications, and our object in
awarding these prizes is to introduce it into new
homes and make permanent subscribers. We
guarantee that every person answering tnlS pro-
blem correctly will receive valuable prize that
will enable us to secure their friends as subScri
ers. Every one answering must send one dollar
for six months trial subscription to the LADIES
PICTORIAL WEEKLY, which is published by
perfectly reliable firm Prizes will be sent prompt
" and Just as represented. Contestants should
answer to-day, as date of post-lnark counts, and
this advertisement appears all over the country on
the same day. Prizes will be sent free of customs
duty Address LADIES' PICTORIAL WEEKLY,
" III, Toronto, Canada.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-15
A Ouarter,a Worth.

Not long ago l was in New York
store buying cloth for a new cloak
when tall and elegantly dressed lady
entered and asked to see some cloakings.
She told the clerk she wished to match
cloak and had no sample, but she
thought she'd know the stuff when she
saw it. That poor clerk pulled down
roll upon roll of goods for her inspec-
ton, and at length she found what she
wished.
''How much a yard Is thatY' she in
quired.
'Five dollars, madam" he replied.
every well; / don't wish much-just
enough to finish cuff on my cloak
Let me see-fve dollars-I think a quar-
ter's worth will be plenty"
The clerk fumbled in his pocket a mo-
I1ent, produced quarter, put it ON the
cloth and cut out exactly the size of the
quarter, and before the astonished WON
an could say word he put her quarter
with the piece of cloth and sent it to the
desk. She waited for the basket TO re-
turn and then quickly left the store.
The clerk spoiled the cloth, but he
still has his place.-New York Recorder.
Brer Harrity.
Brcr Harrity now Is a chairman bold:
For Cleve and Steve is he.
Brer Roose, elt collars the campaign gold,
And he's for-Tammany.
-Philadelphin Press
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An Original Prize Contest.

To the first person who, by taking two letters
from the word PLAGUE" can make the name of
IA disease that is common in portions of both Can
ada and the United States, will be given elegant
UPRIGHT PIANO, valued at 1925, or its equivalent
in cash, as preferred. To the second person will
be given Pony, CART and HARNESS complete,
valued at $500. or its equivalent in cash. If prefer
red. To the third person will be given an elegant
GOLD WATCH. valued at $40, or its equivalent in
cash. Fifty other prizes, ranging in value from
S25 to S. will be awarded TO the next fifty persons
sending solutions strictly in the order received.
If you have tried other socalled prize competi-
tiOns without success, you must not condemn
these offered by this company, as they are perfect
ly reliable, and carried on in good faith. Con-
testants must enclose u =. Postal Note for 30 cts,
or Is 2-cent U. s. stamps, for one months trial
subscription to the Ladies Pictorial Weekly, which
is the handsomest and best illustrated weekly pub
licatiOn for ladies on this continent The only OBJ
ject in offering this competition to introduce it in
to new homes and we guarantee that no partaiali-
ty will be shown in the awarding of prizes. Per-
sons living at distance, or in the United States,
have as good an OppO tunity, as the date of post
mark on letters will be given precedence; so an
swer early. Address LADIES' PICTORIAL Co.,
d, TORONTO, CANADA.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-15

They were evidently a rustic couple
on honeymoon visit to the metropolis
as they stood in the shade of tree in
city hall park.
Laying down his valise and consulting
a book of Photographic views, he said:
'This here's the city hall, Clara, and
this splendid building opposite is the
general postofice. Goshl but their old
city hall looks kinder mean beside that
grand pile of granite. That's what
call fine and imposing"
Excuse me, young man." said a
ruddy faced, white whiskered gentle
man who stood beside them tanning
himself with his straw hat, "you mis-
take size for beauty. The city hall is
an almost perfect sample of its type of
architecture, while the postofice is a
composite monstrosity, and not the only
one in the neighborhood. Why, sir,
look merely at those warty pillars that
run all the way round from the side
walk to the first story-they alone
would spoil any building. They remind
me of one of those clipped dogs with
tufts sticking out here and there on
legs and tail. Pshawl You haven't a
barn at home that isn't prettier."
Then the old gentleman put on his
hat, hoisted sun umbrella and stalked
off, while the young man and woman
from the country gazed after him and
drew long breaths.-New York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-15
Bravery In n Crow,

Some years ago at hawking party
on Salisbury Plain, falcon was flown
at a carrion crow, which it struck after
long fight, and the two birds came
down like parachute to the ground.
The party galloped up and were about
to dislnount to take up the falcon, when
the mate of the crow suddenly de-
scended from a great height with such
velocity that the wings made a whizzing
sound like that of falling stone and
dashed onto the falcon. The force of
the blow struck the hawk from its
quarry. which was uninjured by the
grapple in the air, and both crows flew
off unhurt into a copse near. In this
case the crow clearly understood the
cause of the danger and the possibility
of rescue when the falcon was on the
ground and least able to act on the Of
fensive
But the courage and devotion which
prompted it to overcome the natural
dread which the falcon inspires, and the
added terror of a party of mounted men
in hot pursuit. place the crows claim to
admiration on very high level.-Lon-
don Spectator.
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The nIozartjan system.

The all pervading principle of the Mo-
zartian system was conciseness of con-
struction and an unmistakable geogra-
ply of tonality. Before Mozart, melodic
figures, subjects and keys, with all other
theoretical addenda at the disposal of
the creative musician, were confused.
Mere bits of tune and jingle, with bril-
liant passage here and there, constitute
movement, or even a composition.
Haydn had brought much chaotic and
irregular theoretical lore into clear and
definite shape, but Mozart simplified
matters still more. Introducing the
keenest outlines, the most beautiful fig
ures, together with clear and lucid
teachings, he defined the formal con-
struction of the movement, section, re-
peat, etc., until now the musician or
student can set out with his principal
subject or theme, and having no misgiv-
ings concerning the dogmas of subsidiary
subject, complimentary keys and the
like.
Schooled in Mozart's principles of con-
struction, the student could pilot him
self safely through the intricacies of the
most advanced symphony, and it is for
his labors and the pattern he set in this
direction that the world of music de-
lights to do honor to the name of Mozart.
-Blackwood's Magazine.
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Afraid OF Taking the Disc ase.

The late II. l.. GUIDE, superintendent
of the city railroad, was one of the most
genial and large hearted men in San
Francisco. One day he contracted Sc
we're cold which turned into quick con-
sumption. He consulted his physician,
who told him that Lis complaint was of
little importance and would pass away
in day or two with little care and
rest, but realized that he was already
beyond medical aid and that change
of climate might do him some good. He
was accordingly ordered to Auburn,
which is the resort of consumptives
from all over California. The doctor
was surprised day or so after to SEQ
him back again, and inquired what was
the matter. We'll" he said, "there was
10 much coughing around me that al
most thought | had consumption, and
tame back fearing might possibly con-
tract it." T.he following day the poor
fellow was dead.-San Francisco Argo-
naut
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Dancing Party in the Surf.

Old Orchard has witnessed the intro
duction of many a novelty in surf bath
ing, but the very latest thing was sprung
on the unsuspecting public Thursday by
a party of the Imperial's guests. About
fifty ladies and gentlemen from that
hotel, among them several theatrical
people, marched down to the beach
about II o'clock and proceeded to the
Mammoth bathing house, where they
arrayed themselves in surf dipping at
tire. Then they went out into shoal
water, formed sets for a round dance
and went through all the changes Of
quadrille.
Next a waltz was introduced, and
later galop and schottische, all TAX
ing part and going through the evolu-
tions just as if they were in ballroom.
The sport was kept up in the water and
on the smooth beach for half an hour.
during which time large number of
spectators were gathered on shore to
watch maneuvers.-Boston Herald.
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Low Rate Harvest Excursions.

The announcement that the North
Western Line, comprising over 5000
miles of thoroughly equipped railway,
has arranged to run two low rate Harvest
Excursions during the months of August
and September, will be gladly received
by those who are interested in the devel-
opment of the great West and North
west, as we'll as by those who desire to
visit this wonderfully productive region
at a season of the year when exact dem
onstration can be made of the merits
and advantages it offers to hOmeseekers
and those in search of safe and prOiita-
BILE investments.
These excursions will leave Chicago on
August 30 and September q, and tickets
can be purchased at the very low rate of
one fare for the round trip to points in
Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Da-
kOta, Nebraska Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah, Idaho and Montana. They will be
strictly first-class in every particular and
will be good for return passage at any
time within twenty days from date of
purchase. Full information concerning
rates and arrangements for these excur
siOns can be obtained upon application
to any coupon ticket agent, or w. A.
Thrall, G. p. Z. A, Chicago and North
Western R'y, Chicago. S-4 st.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-15
MARE SERENITATIS.
There all is waste and wild and dark an
drear

There all is waste and wild and dark and
drear,
The deepest silence-still in death;
No flying wing. no winding call-the ear
Hears not the slightest breath
All. all is Wild; no sunshine falls. Alone,
The very mountains seem TO sleep.
No pine trees rock in wavy breeze. No moan
Comes from that silence of the deep.
From Tycho's broad chaotic waste to where
Gassendi's crater spreads,
There lurid, darksome mountains catch the
glare
Eternal o'er their heads
Where are the souls that once those wales did
fill
That poured their hearts above
Once gushing stream, now dried up, wasted
rill.
Once music soft as love?
Oh, that deserted world abovei who knows
What hand hath made it SO?
What epic strain could sweep in song its woes,
Divine what cause hath laid it low?
Oh, nay, it's not for human art to soar
That vast chaotic deep!
When time and place and art shall be no
more,
Twill rouse from mystic sleep
e 7. O'Loughlin in Godey's Lady's Book
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CHURCH DIRECTORY

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rey. r. AIex
seuer, pastor Public worship every Sabbath
..oII'h6 dtu evening, Sabbath SehOp D D. a m
o1lh5 peoples society of Christian epde rIo1 S1n
ay evenings general prayer h:eStiug We,if,s,Iav
NeIiIng. strangers welcome to al services
I'm. az hni1ODISf IIiSf EPISCOPAL CRURCH-Rey
Ezra HluSeieEt pastor. Sabbath preaeh,ur n
i; IN; ~. Z p, m Young peoples meeiing Monday
vehihgs; general prayer nieeting "Wednesday eve
daily invited to all services N'
,,, ONlfED PRESBfTERIAN CHURCH-Rey
1 inoinaS Baiph, pastor. Sabbath school. 1da- m:
RuDiIe RRi worship, II a. m.; weekly prayer meeting
IIiIuay y; IN monthly prayer meeting last Satur.
aay OF eaeh month, p. m; wOman's missionarv
lclety, last Saturday OF each month, 2 D. m: dis
Irlct prayer meetings, first TUESDAYS, Wednesdays
thursdays and Saturdays each MONTH ? y. m
young wOmen's prayer meeting, second Saturday
7ach month at the parsonage, p. m.
AFRICAN NM.E.CHURCH-Re NJ Albert March
pasLor sunday service, l0:30 a. m.; Z D. m; Sab
Satn rS school, go p. m; weekly prayer meeting.
thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-15
A TRYING MOMENT.
A Young Woman's Needless Agitation
About Her False Hair

A Young woman's Needless Agitation
About Her False Hair.
"We are very apt at times TO let our
imaginations make sad towards of us,
said young American lady whose ex-
periences have been manifold. 81 do
not think that suffered more from alb
ject fright than on one day when riding
In Rotten row during my first season in
London. had had typhoid fever the
autumn before, which left me rather
delicate, and the following winter my
hair came out in such quantities that
finally, although very loath to do SO.
concluded to have it shaved and conse-
quently was obliged to make my debut
in English society and my courtesy to
the queen in a wig!
1T was very clever one, however,
and l think that no one suspected that
! it was not my own hair. ! was absurd
ly sensitive about it, considering it was
simply the usual sequence of such a
fever, and l concealed the fact of my
shaved head from even my intimate
friends, growing as red as peony from
sheer consciousness whenever the word
wig was even mentioned in my pres
ence.
my chief pleasure in those days was
to ride In the park, for / still felt the
effects of my illness. It had SO happened
that somehow or other my wig had
never troubled my mind when l was
equipped In hat and habit; but suddenly
one day-a gala day, remember, when
the prince and princess and no end of
notables were in the row. suddenly
felt that my unfortunate head covering
was slipping, and in an instant saw
myself in my minds eye riding with
bald and shaven crown wildly down the
crowded bride path the cynosure Of all
eyes-royal and otherwise. It was an
awful sensation. did not dare touch
my slipping headgear for fear Of hasten
ing the catastrophe. and besides 10y
horse was somewhat slzittish and it took
both of my hands to manage him. !
assure you / turned fairly sick with
fright and felt ready to faint
"I shall be disgraced forever; shall
be in the papers on both sides Of the At
lanticr l thought shudderingly; and
then aloud to my escort, 4 feel very Ill
indeed l gasped; pray call cab. And
what can you do with the horses? Mr..
A., good natured young Englishman,
assured me that he could manage, and
with profuse expressions Of sympthy
hailed passing hanson at the entrance
to the park and put me in 1t. Are you
sure you can go aloneT he asked anx-
iously, for must have looked really Ill
"'Yes,' answered impatiently, yes,
only tell him to drive quickly A few
minutes later had reached the hotel,
and fastening to my room locked the
door, and with great sigh of relief
turned to the glass to examine my head
gear. What was my surprise, relief and
self pity to find that everything was as
tight and secure as possible; there was
and there had not been the slightest
possible danger of the dreadful mishap
conjured up entirely by my hypersen-
sitive imagination. New York Trib-
nna
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Farming in the Adirondacks.

1t would be difficult to praise too high
ly the air, the water, the scenery and thu
forests of the Adirondack Mountains
from the point of view of the summer
visitor; but when it comes to the farms
of that region, viewed from the money
making point, it would be difficult to
say anything more characteristic OF
many Of them than was said by one OF
the farmers to the writer this summer
"If you buys the stones" said he, "the
owner throws the land in" And again
| up on my woman'S brothers farm they
sows their grain with shotgun-blows
it in among the rocks, you understand.
The writer was driving along love-
ly hill road overlooking the sparkling
waters of Lake Champlain. in their set
ting of blue mountains, when he came
to a pretty, white farmhouse, with the
sign "For sale" posted on the veranda.
Big barns and outhouses loomed up be-
hind the house, and a man was moving
long hay in the orchard.
How much do you want for this
farm?" was asked.
"a thousand dollars" was the reply.
"How many acres?'
lone hundred"
"HOw many cleared?"
"Sixty."
"How much wood LOTT"
"About sixty"
ANY springs on the placer"
"a fine one that sends its stream
through an iron pipe right into the
kitchen. It's ice cold and never fails"
1.-The buildings look as though they
cost more than $1,000"
$50 they did"
"How much?"
Five or six thousand"
"Why put them on so cheap a farm?"
"This farm was held high before
the West opened up, when this house
was built"
Gould man make money off it YETI"
"Yes stree. 1 work it on shares with
the owner. and L made all of $3.50 off it
last year for my share"
"Great Scott! all that Do You live in
the the hOuse?"
"No, L live on another farm about
four mile off. / work both"
"Make as much off the other as you |
do off this?"
sometimes"
Suppose offered to rent this house
and orchard and outhouses only, what
would the owner charge me?"
"Well, he'd charge you pretty steep,
stranger, bein' city folks. Perhaps more
than you'd care topay."
"Perhaps so. How much do you think?'
"Well, (cautiously,) mebbe as high as
$75 year."
The writer looked longingly all over
the pretty, nine-room, white house, with
green blinds and wide veranda, COM
manding view of mountain, valley,
plain, forest, and lake, hard to excel;
counted the big apple trees in the quiet
orchard, and compared sadly all that
room for SIS year with his hot New
York fiat, where $75 hardly sufficed for
two months rent, and turned away re-
For what is the use of rent
ing even Paradise if you must live in
some other place?
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Changed His Boarding Place.

"Pve given my landlady warning that
I'm going to move" remarked Snaggs
to his friend Boggs.
"For what reasonT inquired Boggs.
"Oh, I'm tired of hearing of other
peoples troubles. I'm going to find a
place where they don't have any
trouble"
"When you get there communicate
with me if you can"
"Why. where do you expect that I'm
going"
"To heaven. l suppose. | never heard
of any other place where they don't have
any trouble. Detroit Free Press.
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GRAINS OF GOLD
BE always at leisure to do good

Be always at leisure to do good.
Noble thoughts lead to noble deeds.
Hope is light diet, but very stimulating.
Faith is the real basis of JOY in religion.
Nothing chills the heart like distrust.
Never go round sin; strike it fair in
the face.
Presumption begins in Ignorance and
ends in ruin.
PRAY that you may not think evil, and
you will not speak it.
How we do admire the wisdom of those
who come to US for advice.
The man who looks at everything thro'
money never seeks very far.
1t is very clear that one way to chal-
lenge insults is to submit to them.
The man who worships a God of his
own Imagination, worships himself.
Every man eats, but it is only here
and there that you find one who thinks.
Good examples and good training
alone will not make any one good.
The less a man amounts to the prouder
he is of his ancestors being big people.
People generally despise where they
flatter, and cringe to those they would
overtop.
Temperance means the right use of
right things; there can be no right use
of wrong things.
Man is never so unhappy as when he
hates his brother, and never so happy as
when he loves him.
If sunlight had to be paid for, there
are people vino would declare that can
die light could beat it.
Thousands of people would work like
beavers in the church, if they could only
do it in the front window.
Perhaps all men cannot be successful,
but every one can make up his mind
that he will deserve to be.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELM0NT LODGE, No. Is, F. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night. on or before full moon.
d. ID. MEf Err, Secy- +. ID. BAILEY, W. M.
ST. CLAlRSVILLE CHA PIER M ~ E2o,,oI
each month M % iiu"s VI
j. b. MEYER, Rec FD RAIIEv mn
BELMONT COUNCIL No :, q . \,
Meets second Tuesday of each month - % M
j. B. MEYER, See'y i r IVAN rI,,
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 2s, K T-Statad
concIaveS, nrst Tuesday of each month.
D. D. MEYER oeeV j. b. RYAN. Z. C.
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Detected bv a MisspeIt Word.

In a trial of political Importance, the
whole case of which hinged upon the
question Of the genuineness Of certain
letters, the most important witness was,
while under examination, suddenly
taken by surprise by being called upon
to write down particular word which
occurred in the letters. The slip of
paper was handed back with the word
raisspelt in an identically similar fash
ION to that in which it appeared in the
correspondence, and the clever forger
was soon after detected in the witness
himself. San Francisco Argonaut.
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Didn't Like the Shop,

Akenside's father was butcher, but
the poet himself in boyhood could rarely
be persuaded to enter the slaughter
house. During his whole life he was
lame from a wound in the foot occa-
stoned in boyhood by the fall of a cleaver
st. Louis Globe Democrat.