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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
A jealous Elephant.

An amusing instance of elephautine
pride is told by Baker. The elephant
which usually led the state procession of
rajah being sick, the magnificent trap
pings were placed on one which had up
to this time occupied only subordinate
place. The animal, delighted with its
finery, showed its glee by so many little
squeaks and kicks of pleasure that gen.
eral attention was attracted to it.
Not long after another state process
sion was formed, and the previous
wearer of the gold cloths, being re-
stored to health, took his accustomed
place and trappings, when the now de-
graded beast, imagining perhaps that
he was being defrauied of his promo
tion, was with great difficulty restrained
from attacking the leader of the parade
-Pearson's Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PitESBfTERIAN CHURCH-Rev r. Alex
Inder, pastor Public worship every Sabbath
'horhihS dsd evening; Sabbath school Q % a. m
on ng peoples society of Christian endeayor Sn,,'
ayeVenlhgS; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday
Venlng. strangers welcome TO all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev-
ERA hIEStley' pastor Sabbath preaching, IL
L m p. m.; Young peoples meeting Monday
sveningS general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
hlnSS; SaDOath school 2:SO PIN. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN N CHURCH
ihOmas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m
0uDnc worship, II a. m; weekly PRAYER meeting
Friday p. m: monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
lay of each month, p. m; woman's missionary
) lciety, last Saturday OF each month, D. m dis
trict prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
thursdays and saturdays each month, D. m
Goung womens prayer meeting, second Saturday
ZACH month at the parsonage, p. m.
AFRICAN u. E. CHURCH-Rev Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 1890 a. m; Z D. m.; Sab
1ath school, 90 D. H.. weekly prayer meeting.
thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
When Music Was in Ill Repute.

The objection of the nonconformist
conscience to musical instruments did
not stay at organs, but was extended to
fiddles and harps. The drum was al
most the sole instrument which was not
Babylonish and anti-C Christian and could
be heard with no uncomfortable scru-
pies. Neither did that curious con-
science object simply to the use of the
harp and the fiddle upon the village
green after the common evensong upon
Sunday afternoons, but objected to them
even upon the week days. To be a
harper or fiddler was ipso facto to be a
sinner. Any money earned by playing
a harp or viol was the wages of in
iquity. London Saturday Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Yucatan,s Giant "Skeeters." !"

The largest mosquitoes in the world
are to be found in Yucatan," said Rich
ard Beverly. Until few years ago
there was not mosquito in all Mexico.
They were introduced by vessels from
the United States, and have in the land
of their adoption attained proportions
unknown in other countries. The low
lands of Yucatan swarm with monster
mosquitoes whose bite is almost as pain
full as the sting of bee. The historical
Jersey mosquito sinks into insignifi-
canoe beside these Titans of their kind.
which are frequently as large as house
flies. In neighborhoods where marshes
abound it is impossible to keep stock of
any kind, and during the rainy season
people wear coarse netting stretched
over face and neck to keep these insects
from devouring them. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
a MINE THAT SHUTS ITS MOUTH.
One of the Most Remarkable Natural
Wonders of Montana.


Reference to the natural wonders of
Montana. particularly the chicken broth
and bichloride springs, brings TO light
others of equal magnitude Colonel
John Doyle's wondertn. vinegar mine
II Beaverhead county passes the domain
of doubt into the sunlight of truth. 1t
is backed by crisp affidayits, and affi-
davits cost one dollar each in Montana.
The colonel and his partners did not
eonfne themselves TO vinegar. They
discovered a mountain of pure alum in
the Beaverhead range.
The discovery was considered ten
strike and better than a gold mine.
They kept the find a secret for several
weeks. during which shaft was sunk
to the depth of 200 feet. The cut was
made all the way through a solid vein
of alum, and it was estimated that the
whole mountain was composed of it. A
large pile of stuff was heaped near the
mine ready for shipment, and the miners
had scheme to food the market with
their product and rake in $1.000,00 at
one fell swoop Monday the colonefs
partner went TO town to lay in supply
of grub and the former remained behind
to guard the treasure.
During the morning heavy rain be-
gan to fall and continued all day, and in
the afternoon the colonel had occasion
to go down into the mine, making the
descent by sliding down the rope, and
when once down at the bottom was so
taken up with a contemplation of his
novel and wonderful mine that he did
not heed the feeting hours until he hap
pened to cast his eyes upward and saw
that daylight had faded from the mouth
of the shaft. He started to climb up
ward, but had not proceeded more than
half way when, to his horror, he discov-
cred that the heavy fall of rain had so
thoroughly saturated the alum sides of
the shaft that, as a natural result, they
had drawn together until the hole was
scarcely large enough for man to crawl
through.
The imprisoned man recognized his
awful position, and without losing much
time struggled toward the top of the
shaft. Every foot he advanced the
shaft became smaller, and for the last
ten feet he was compelled to dig his
way with a pocketknife, and when he
finally reached the surface he was COM
pletely exhausted, his clothes were torn
and his body badly bruised. The rain,
which was still falling, soon revived the
colonel, and he started toward the camp
to meet his partner, to whom he related
his marvellous experience.
Together they started to their mine,
or at least tried to, for although they
searched for two days they were unable
to find any sight of their late posses
sions. The rain had undoubtedly thor
oughly and tightly closed up the dis
covery shaft and melted away every
sign of the alum piled on the outside, SO
that to this time it has been impossible
to find any trace of the mine.-Omaha
Bee
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
A LOVE SONG,

The bird in its nest at morn
Looks out through the leafy space,
And sends a sweet little song
From its hiding place
Only note or two.
Only faint Coo. Coo
But some other l;ttle bird will hear
And soon draw near
The whispering leaves repeat
The story they oft have heard.
For oh. there's nothing - sweet
As the song OF the bird
A love song, il is true,
Only faint Coo, Coo,'
But some one calls oIJ a-near;
''Sweeiheart. am here
Goo, COO"' says one from the nest,
A shy little warbler she:
Goo, Coo comes the answer back
In a lower key
And then new song Is begun
Are these two birds or one?
And with thrills and twitt' rings sweet.
The love song they repeat
-Josephine Pollard in GOdey's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
occupations That Affect the Teeth.

Chloride of lime, employed by bleach
ers, frequently destroys the enamel and
dentine of the teeth. But phosphorus
used SO largely in the manufacture OF
Iucifer matches, affects very large
number of persons, women, girls and
children greatly preponderating. Peo-
pie who work in soda factories are af-
fected by the teeth becoming soft and
translucent: they break off close to the
gums.-London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
GRAINS OF GOLD.

A beautiful thought is mental sun
beam.
The thing done avails, not what is said
about it.
Love lessons woman's delicacy and in
creases mans.
Anxiety never yet successfully bridged
over any chasm.
What shadows we are and what shad-
Ows We pursue.
1t is a great obstacle to happiness to
expect too much.
Health lies in labor, aD9 there is no
royal road to it but through toll.
He is a fool who cannot be angrv; but
he is wise man who will not Ue.
The man who worships a god of his
own Indignation, wOrships himself.
Those who make the worst use of their
time, most complain of its shortness.
We never injure our own character so
much as when we attack those of others.
The best preparation for the future is
the present well seen to. the last duty
done.
Gold that is the price of blood was
never yet blessed to him that gave or
him who received.
One of the grandest things in having
rights is that, being your rights, you
may give them up.
Let no man measure by ascale of per
fection the meager product of reality In
this poor world of ours.
If we believe right we will seek right,
and if we seek right we will never make
a prayer that will not be answered.
Aim to be happy five minutes at a
time, and you will be surprised to find
how easy it will be to rejoice all day.
Never purchase love or friendship by
gifts; when thus obtained, they are lost
as soon as you have stopped payments.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. Is, Ed M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before tuIl moon.
j. i. MEYER, Secy. Ed. BAILEY W M
ST. CL1IRSVTLLE CHAP PIER, No. II. ROuoI
4reh Mdsgns.-Stated eOnvOcations first Friday of
zach month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. Ed BAILEY III III
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81 r. & s. M
Meets second Tuesday OF each month
j. b. MEYER, Secy. J. B. RYAN TIM
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 20, X. T.-Stated
concaves, first Tuesday OF each month.
j. B. MEYER Sec'v j. b. RYAN, Z. C..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
A Witty Reply of Pope's.

As narrated by Edward Walford in
his Greater London" Frederick, prince
of Wales, sometimes visited Alexander
Pope at his villa. On one occasion when
the prince was on visit, Pope, after ex,
pressing the most dutiful professions of
attachment, gave his royal highness an
opportunity of observing very shrewdly
that his 0he poet's) love for princes was
inconsistent with his dislike for kings,
since princes may in time become kings.
Said his royal highness:
Mr.. Pope, | hear you don't like
princes"
"Sir, beg your pardon"
"Well, then, You don't like kings"
'Sir, must own that l like the lion
best before his claws are grown"
No reply could well have been happier.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
A Remarkable Bible.

Mr.. Augustin DAILY, the theatrical
manager, possesses what is probably the
most remarkable Bible in the world. II
comprises forty-two folio volumes, and is
illustrated by plates on Biblical subjects.
He has copies of all the Madonnas OF
every age and every school of art, and in
the collection are included mezzotints,
full line engravings, original drawings
and unique prints. He has one original
irawing of Raphael's and several of AL
bert Durer's. The collection is history
pf Scriptural art.-Harper Bazaar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Delicate TyroIean Handi york.

A curious plaque work is done at Csr-
TIM, in the Tyrol, of marvelously fine
silver thread and tiny pieces of gold.
The men and women employed at it
work with strong magnifying glasses
and small pincers, with which they some
times fit into single tiny leaf no larger
than currf mt 100 pieces of metal. The
odd thing about it is that men working
in this way have more delicate manipu-
lation than women. which bears out the
dictum of the chiromancists, who de-
clare that large hands are best for de-
tail. small ones for breadth of effect
New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

THE BEST PLAsTER.-DSmpen apiece
of flannel with Chamberlain Pain Balm
and bind it on over the seat of pain. 1t
is better than any plaster. When the
lungs are sore such an application on
the chest and another on the back, be-
tween the shoulder blades, will often
prevent pneumonia. There is nothing
so good for lame back or pain in the
side. A sore throat can nearly always
be cured in one night by applying a
flannel bandage dampened with Pain
Balm. Fifty cent bottles for sale by
Patterson & Sons, Druggists. l1-3 It
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Soft Beds for Iuyaiids.

Air beds are the modern sine qua non
of the invalid. Nothing can be more
restful and comfortable to the sick frame
than the relief from the bed fatigue
which this invention affords. They are
tick covered and readily inflated. The
slightest motion alters the position OF
the occupant, and there is no such thing
as a lumpy surface possible beneath him.
New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Young People Who Go on the Stage.

Mr. Dancy puts down the "draggle
tailed" habits of speech on the stage to
the fact that the stage is to great ex-
tent the refuge of young people who
take to it because they imagine the life
to be free and easy, and who adopt it
with no greater qualification than an
attractive appearance and a confident
manner. They also regard it as espe-
cially favorable to their purposes, in
that as they imagine it requires no pre-
liminary training. Telegraph
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

Mr.. MOORE, the postmaster at Brad
shaw, Va, after reading an advertisf-
ment of Chamberlain's Collie, CholeAa
and Dlarrh9a Remedy, concluded to try
small bottle of it. He says: Il used
it in two cases for collie and three for
diarrhea with perfect satisfaction. l
have hOndled and used great deal OF
patent medicine but never tried any that
gave as good results as this" For sale
by Patterson & Sons. Druggists. 11-3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

Kind Father-Children if the clock
struck fourteen, what time would it be:
Logical Louise-Two o'clock, papa.
Clever Charlie-Time tC get the clock
fixed. New York Herald.
1t is not waste to spend your money
at all-that is what money is made for.
1t was made to give the greatest amount
Of pleasure to you and me.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Why Suffer I?
When YOU can be Cured

Thousands are suffering with
Torpid Liver-the symptoms are
Depression of Spirits, Indiges-
ton, Constipation, Headache.
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is a reliable remedy for Liver
Disorders. 1t cures thousands
every year; why not try
DR.. Sanford's Liver InvigoratorF
Your Druggist will supply you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

MANY people suffer for years from
troublesome and repulsive sores, boils
and eruptions, without ever testing the
marvellous curative properties of Ayers
Sarsaparilla. The experiment is, GER
tainly, worth trying. Be sure you get
Ayers Sarsaparilla and no other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
belmont COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs.
Probate Judge-JameS +. Tallman.
Clerk of COurtS-Henry NJ. Davies.
Standardization NJ. Scott.
AuditOT-Joseph A. Henderson.
Treasurer Frank B. Archer
Prosecuting AttOrney-JesSe W. HOllingwOrth.
Recorder-JOhn NJ. Beckett.
SurveyOr-Chaikley Dawson.
CorOner-A. NJ. +. Boyd.
CommiSsOnerS-Mile II. Hart, John C. Israel,
w. ). Mechem.
lniirmary DrectOrs-William Lodge, president;
John A: Clark, clerk; b. NJ. Loper, tuditOr.
Superintendent lntrmary john SidebOttOm,
East Richland.
Superintendent Children's Home-Peter GifTin,
BarneSvile.
School Examners-James Duncan, Bridgeport;
). G. Murphy. Belmont T. P. Harris SOmertOn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Crickcts as Pets.

A woman in kennebunk, Me-, has
III. lie pets of five field crickets. Each
has a name and seems to know it when
spoken. They are peculiarly sensitive
to music, and are always chirping when
the sound of musical instrument is
heard.-New York Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Tadema's Individuality.

NJ. Tadema's career has been marked
by vigorous individuality. "One reason
of my success" he says himself, lis that
l have always worked entirely out of my
own head and never initiated other paint
ers. Whatever my qualities or my fail
ings have been, have always been true
to myself. ."-Atalanta.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell DR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs, and colds, upon
this condition. If you are afflicted with
a cough, cold or any lung, throat OF
chest trouble. and will use this remedy
as directed, giving it fair trial, and
experience no benefit, you may return
the bottle and have your money re-
funded; we could not make this offer
did we not know that DR.. Kings New
Discovery could be relied on; it never
diSappoints; trial bottle free at Patter
sons Drug Store; Large size soc. and
Sl.00.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

About 1889 enormous headdresses came
into fashion in England, France and
Italy. They had horns standing out
from the head sometimes more than two
feet, and from these veil depended
which foated down the back of the
wearer.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
A Wonderful Knife.

A Meriden Comm cutlery factory has
inst finished a wonderful toy-a perfect
pocketknife with thirty blades, pinchers,
shears, avis, etc, which weighs but one
eighth of an ounce.-St. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Looking Out for Number One.

A gentleman who has occasion to
walk With two ladies, with one um-
brella, should always goin the middle
that secures a dry coat to himself, and
is showing no partiality to either of the
ladies.-Exchange
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

lam of the opinion that there is no
proverb which is not true, because they
are all sentences drawn from experience
itself, the mother of all sciences.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

As the sense of hunger presupposes
food to satisfy it, SO the sense of de-
pendence upon God presupposes his ex-
istence and character.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

THOUGHTS there are, that need no
embodying, no form, no expression. 1t
is enough to hint at them vaguely; a
word, and they are heard and seen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

THERE are many things that are thorns
to our hopes until we have attained
them, and envenomed arrows to our
hearts when we possess them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

A dishwashing machine in London
hotel can, with two persous to attend to
". wash 900 dishes an hour.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Henry LII,

1t has been mentioned as proof of Al
exander Pope's love of economy that he
wrote most of his verses on scraps of
paper, and particularly ON the backs of
letters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

THE highest church steeple in Eng
land is that of st. Walburg's, which is
303 feet in altitude.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

TEN million nerve fibers are said to
be found in the human body.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

WEIR KHo- -JA- UsK, in NortheI Siberia
is said to be the coolest place on earth
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

THE inventor of the last new air flying
machine claims that he can make 200
miles an hour with it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

One million three hundred Thousand
pounds of pickles and sauces are exported
yearly from England to other countries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

The fork was absolutely unknown to
the Greeks and Romans. 1t appeared
only as a curiosity in the Middle Ages,
and was first used upon the table by
Henry LII.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

Kemp's Balsom will stop the cough at
once. Ask your friends about it. 81 ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

MORE than one-third of Great Britain
is owned by members of the House of
Lords
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

WE celebrate nobler obsequies to those
we love by drying the tears of others
than by shedding our own; and the fair
est funeral wreath we can hang on their
tomb is not SO fair as fruit offering of
mood daads
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

SELFIsHNEss, though refined, is still
but selfishness, and refinement ought
never to interfere with doing good in the
world as it exists. 1t is not desirable to
appeal early to this feeling, or perhaps
ever directly to cultivate it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

He who makes baseless insinuation
against neighbor's integrity or honor
is guilty of an injustice which is atroci-
Gus and monstrous in comparison with
the petty depreciation of the despicable
thief who breaks into his granary and
surreptitiously carries away his corn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-24

LOVE is king wherever he elects to
plant his throne. He is as potent among
the lowliest as in the palace of the
mightiest emperor, and his Scepter is
welded with as much despotism as
though it were studded with precious
stones and held over the heads of prince
and archduchess.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-10-22
FAIR SEX FASHIONS.

Dancing gowns will be nearly, without
exception, all empire style this season.
Slashed sleeves are again in favor
and are as handsome as velvet and
brocade can be.
Feather ruches now take the place OF
the stiff linen and lace ones, and are ex-
tremely pretty and becoming.
Black hosiery will probably never go
out of fashion, but for evening wear and
for home wear, too, colored hose will be
affected this year by many people.
Silk skirts have become so much the
fashion and have taken hold ON the
popular fancy that white ones are rarely
seen and may be said to be out of date.
Velvet jackets to go with different
gowns are now the fashion, and when
lined with satin of gay tint and EN-.
broidered in braid or gold thread are
exceedingly stylish.
The pretty recamier effect-that of a
loose fold of tulle from the shoulders
across the bust, terminating in bunch
of flowers in the middle of the corsage-
will be much worn for evening gowns
New York Advertiser.