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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBf TERRAIN CHURCH-Rev. X. Alex
ander, pastor Public worship every Sabbath
u orning asd evening; Sabbath school Q 30 a. M,
Dung peoples society of Christian endeay0r SIM,
ayevenlngs; general prayer meeting "Wednesday
Nenlng. strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rey.
Ezra Hlngeley, pastor. sabbath preaching II
/. m; Z p. m.; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. IN.
pubic worship, IL a. m; weekly PRAYER meeting
friday p m monthly prayer meeting last Satur
lay OF each month, p. m. woman's missionary
.Ielety last Saturday OF each month, p. m; dis
trlet prayer meetings, 1rst Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
thursdays and Saturdays each month. D. m
young womeh's prayer meeting, second SATURDAY.
Zach month at the parsonage, p. m.
AFRICAN NJ. E. CHURCH-Rey Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 1880 a. m; D. m.; Sab
path school, 2 80 p. m; weekly prayer meeting
thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
A ventriloquist Aboard.

''There was a very mad conductor on
the eastbound train the other night, "
said John d. Paterson, Kansas City
man. 1.-The car was crowded, and l
shared my seat with a st. Louis drum
mer, who was bent on having a good
time at the expense of his fellow pas
sengers. As the conductor came along
dog under our seat began to snarl
viciously. The conductor looked hard
at the drummer. No dogs allowed in
the coaches; take him into the baggage
car he said. Not my dog replied the
drummer, as he made a vicious kick.
The cur went bowling under the seats
the full length of the car. The passen-
gers became interested. The conductor,
porter and brakeman made search for
him. He continued to run and howl.
The passengers joined in the search, but
no dog could be found, and the quest
was finally given up.
''Just as the passengers had settled
into a doze the dog set up a heart
breaking, ear piercing howl. The
search was renewed, but without sue
cess. As we pulled into Bunker Hill the
dog got under the wheels, and his death
song was something appalling. The
conductor was overjoyed. He got off
and looked for fragments of the dog.
The drummer had alighted, and as the
conductor called all aboard, he put
down his grips and filled that train from
engine to sleeper with dog fights. He
was ventriloquist. The conductor was
SO mad that he forgot to take up tickets
for forty miles. s."-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Ocrat.
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Duststorms on the Atlantic.

Ships crossing the Atlantic in the lati
tude of the Cape Verde islands often en-
counter duststorms of longer or shorter
duration. One of the most remarkable
of these paradoxical storms swept down
on the German steamer Argentine in
the summer of 1889. 1t lasted for four
days, during which time the air was SO
full of dust particles as to make high
MONDAY almost as dark as the darkest
midnight. When the "storm" was at its
height the sailors were kept busy shov-
cling the dust from the steamers decks.
The machinery was made to work with
great difficulty, and at one time the cap
tain, j. G. Scheon, had grave apprehen-
sions that they would be dashed upon
the Cape Verde reefs.-St. Louis Re
mblic
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How the Wends Dance.

The serska reja is a pantomimic dance.
Each couple has its own turn of leading
The cavalier places his partner in front
of him, facing her, and while the band
keeps playing and the company singing
one of those peculiarly stirring Wendish
dance tunes he sets about adjuring her
to grant him his desire and dance with
him. She stands stock still. her arms
hanging down flop by her side. The
cavalier capers about, shouts, strikes
his hands against his thighs, kneels,
touches his heart-with the more dra-
matte force the better. At length the
lady gives way. and in token of consent
raises her hand.
Briskly do the two spin around now
for the space of eight bars. after which
for eight more they perform something
like cross between chassez croisez
and jig, and so on for little while.
after which the whole company joins in
the same performance. As a finish the
cavalier Stands the band and his part
ner some liquor, and merry round
dance concludes his turn of leading tU
the accompaniment of tune and song
roncka, selected by himself. Westmin-
ster Review,
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Heroic lighthouse Men.

Many deed of heroism is performed
by the light keepers in Uncle Sans en-
ploy. Scores of people have been saved
from the wrecks by the hardy mariners
of the New South shoal hghtship, who
never hesitate to launch a boat in the
most violent storm for the purpose of q
rescue. On one occasion twenty-seven
persons were snatched by them from a
watery grave when the City of Newcas.
tie ran upon the Nantucket banks and
sank stern foremost
On another day they caught sight of a
black object driven before the gale, and
putting forth in pursuit of it rescued a
man on raft, whom they found seated
upon the corpse of a fellow castaway,
his head buried in his hands and hope
less of the aid which came at last
Washington Star.
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Doctored Its Own Tail.

A small boy gave lesson in natural
history the other day. He brought into
the Office species of lizard popularity
known as the swift" Holding the lit
tie reptile above his head he let it fall
to the floor, with the result that Sec
ton of its tail was broken off. Noticing
that it was minus part of its prehen-
sile organ, the swift, after discovering
the piece of tail lost, backed slowly up
to it, and placing the stub against the
piece, held it in contact for a few sec
onds, and then ran swiftly away with
his tail glued together, apparently as
sound as ever.
The experiment was repeated several
times, with the same result. Swift glue
could doubtless be used successfully in
sticking dismembered limbs, fingers,
ETC., together, and we throw out this
suggestion to local surgeons for what it
is worth.-Ontario Observer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Sanctified selfrespeet is tower of
strength.
A liea mile away looks good deal
like the truth.
Give a lie room enough and it will run
itself to death.
Bad men are the most anxious TO be
we'll thought of.
Self-conceit has done as much to help
the devil as whisky.
The devil will be satisfied if the rule
of your Lille is to please yourself.
The earnestness of life is the only
passport to the satifaction of life.
Friendship should be compact for
mutual frankness and fOrbearance.
Statues are nodded with little touches.
Characters are formed in the same way.
The reason why all men do not hate
sin is because they cannot see its face.
No man can get very much of an ed
ucation without going to school to his
mistakes.
A creed is something that concerns a
mans intellect; religion is a thing of
the heart.
There isn't anything we know that
somebody didn't have to burn his fingers
to find out.
There is both joy and sadness in the
wonderful truth that whatever We SOW
We shall reap.
1t is hard to believe that a man who
doesn't agree with us can be altogether
right in his heart.
The devil gets many good "boost"
from the man who thinks that it is relig
ious to wear long face.
Were young man to write down a
list of his duties, health should be among
the first items in the catalogue.
A wise man ought to hope for the best,
be prepared for the worst, and bear with
equanimity whatever may happen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
Malay WeanOnS.

The national Malay weapon, the kris,
is said to have been invented by Java
nese monarch of the Fourteenth cen
tury. Its varieties are said to exceed a
hundred, and there are in Javanese no
fewer than fifty names for them. 1t
varies in size, from the two feet wavy
blade of Sulu down to a mere tooth
pick. But the popularity is that the
weapon is never ground, but kept rough
and sawlike in edge, by securing with
lime juice or the juice of an unripe pine
apple, sometimes mixed with arsensic;
and it is ON this account that kris
wounds are so dangerous.
Old specimens are so eaten away by
this practice that the blade seems
formed from bunch of wires roughly
welded up. Such krises are highly
valued, and some of the ancient ones,
heirlooms of chiefs, with grotesquely
carved and inlaid hilts and sheaths, are
almost unpurchasable.- Chambers Jour
mol
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14

Information has reached the city o.
the exciting experience of George Aller
and Mike Flynn, two prospectors, with
a cinnamon bear in the mountains 6
short distance from Red Cliff. The mel
were on a prospecting tour and wei
armed. As they were eating breakfast
they were paralyzed to see short dis
tance away and coming toward them il
a leisurely manner, attracted by he
odor of the bacon they had just cooked
a huge bear. Allen advised flight, but
Flynn could not resist the temptation tt
use his Winchester. Taking careful
aim, he fired.
The ball struck the bear in the mech
and with a roar he rushed for the
shooter. Flynn fled for his life, with the
bear in hot pursuit. Before running fan
he was fortunate enough to find tree
with low reaching branches. Grasping
one of these he swung clear off the
ground just as the bear came jumping
up, escaping with claw in the left leg
The bear attempted to follow, but was
finished with a shot in the spine from
Aliens rifle.-Leadville Cor. Denver
Nayys
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Individuality In Umbrellas.

There is an individuality about UNI
brellas, taking them all along the years,
that is a most interesting study. The
big, clumsy green cotton umbrella which
is the heirloom of the old fashioned fam
lily is unmistakable in its domesticity.
The somber black umbrella of the par
son is the very essence of respectability
The demure, unsophisticated umbrella
that is always getting lost or hiding be-
hind the doors never survives to old
age. The jolly round umbrella that
never loses its head in Irritation with
the wind is an esteemed member of the
family. The combative umbrella with
a cruel beak runs amuck with the pop
ulace, and not infrequently kills its
man. There is lots of human nature in
an umbrella, especially after it has been
magnetized by its owner.-Detroit Free
Press
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A WOMAN.

All, she is of our thought and time,
And we are vaguely loath to trace
Through nights OF variant age and Cline
Her birthright TO a servile race.
Amid the tumult of our days,
Thrilled with the fire of hope and dream
She treads in fearless wise the ways
That men had sought aud trod supreme.
With gladdened eyes she fares, ald none
Shall check her warm, uplifting soul
That sees afar some shining goal
Like the new glory of a sun.
She feels the exultant sense of life,
And battles in the blood of strife;
Where men have climbed, her hands shall
reach;
What men have taught. her tongue shall
teach;
Sexless in struggle. bold in mind,
Fertile in fresh expedient, strong
To hold her right against the wrong,
To seek what Others dare TO find,
She stands uncowed, unbowed, unbent,
The mistress of her high intent.
Yet she is but woman still,
Who weeps as only women weep,
Who loves as only women will,
And reaps her joys women reap;
Whose mystery, in its sacred stir,
Is the inviolate part of her;
Whose charm is not of man, but blown
Like the wild roses, all her own.
Sweetheart and flower of fruitful years,
Time cannot change her smiles and tears,
Time cannot rob her of the grace
Which burns like love light in her face.
George Edgar Montgomery in Frank Leslie's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
1t Often Depends.

A certain prelate had among his sub
ordinates an honest and simple minded
clergyman, who was in the habit of pre-
fixing to nearly all his replies the Latin
word ''distinguo.' One day the prelate,
wishing to divert himself at the expense
of the said clergyman, in the midst of a
large social gathering, gravely said to
him:
Mr.. Thaddeus, would it be right, in
a case of emergency, to baptize an in
FAINT with broth?'
''Distinguo" THAT depends), replied the
ecclesiastic. with broth from your
kitchen, it would be very wrong indeed,
but the broth served in the hospital
under your management might very
properly be used for the purpose, as if it
is not pure water, it is not very far off. "
-Storie Scelte.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
She Appealed to lis Patriotism.

A friend of mine has polly" that is
very talkative. Sunday he put the bird
on the parlor window sill. Polly pretty
soon caught sight of a policeman who
was just passing by, who was also a
member of the A. o. H., and shouted at
him, what hatT The policeman
turned around, and seeing no one near
turned to go away. No sooner had he
turned his back than Polly again shout
ed at him. This time Polly was caught.
The policeman drew his club, and shak-
ing it at Polly, said: Its you is it? It's
a good thing you're a polly, for if il
wasn't for your color I'd shoot ye."-
New York Recorder
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada Z.
Hurd, of Groton, 5. D., we quote: WAS
taken with bad cold which settled on
my Lungs, cough set in and finally ter
minated in Cosumption. Four doctors
gave me up, saying l could live but a
short time. l gave myself up TO my
savior, determined if L could not stay
with my friends on earth, would meet
my absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
/ gave it trial, took in all, eight bot
ties; it has cured me, and thank God I
am now a well and hearty woman" :"
Trial bottles free at Pattersons' Drug
store, regular size, soc. and Sl.00. 4
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A Real Nice Girl.

why. my darling" exclaimed Mrs.
Worldly to her eighteen year-old rose
bud Maud. why in the name of good
ness can you want to marry that impe-
cunious young fellow Harry Juventus.
when there is that charming Sir Crusus
Senectus, man of dignified maturity
and countless wealth, who is dying to
make you Mrs. Senectus, and who
would place my jewel in a magnificent
settingF'
How can you talk so. mammal re-
piled Maud, looking down and blushing
a few lines of solid nonrareil 1T is
true that Sir Crpsus is rIch and Harry
is not; but then Harry is young and Sir
Cresus is old. Now, Harry is young
and he can acquire wealth; while Sir
Cresus is rich, but he cannot acquire
youth. Do you catch on. mamma. as
the boys say?"-Minneapolis journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
A New Element In a Mineral.

1t is reported that new element has
been recognized in a mineral found in
Egypt by johnson Pasha in 1890. This
mineral, first called "Johnsonite," but
afterward masrite, consists mainly of
aluminium, manganese, cobalt and iron,
in combination with sulphuric acid. 1t
dissolves in water and yields on treat
ment with sulphuric hydrogen in an
acetic acid solution white precipitate,
from which pure hydroxide was pre-
pared. New York Journal.
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GAVE HIM ROOM.
He Only Wanted to Get Into His Room,
but He Was in Earnest About Ii.

He Only Wanted to Get Into His Room,
but He Was in Earnest About 1t.
On the steamer which came in from
Florida there arrived a tall, lank citizen
of the Cracker State. He was well
equipped with baggage, and when he
had collected his belongings and found
an expressman he went up to a Broad
way hotel, registered and took a room.
About an hour later he reappeared at
the desk
Reckon you didn't see the baggage
brought, did you:" he asked the clerk.
Yes"
Notice the two trunks
Yes
Three valises and shawlstrap?"
believe so.''
See the hatbox"
Il did"
Umbrellas, canes, and all that"
Yes"
Then reckon you made a mistake
in the room"
Il put you in 309."
80 you did," admitted the new ar
rival, but it's closet: it amt room. -
Nothing of the kind" snapped the
clerk Comfortable, airy room; we
had no other"
rs, hey? Well, the porter has just
brought up my baggage, and it's all in
side except the shawlstrap and me. We
was last and couldn't get in"
"You asked for dollar room," said
the clerk.
Il know it."
81 can give you suite on the fourth
floor for five dollars day."
Don't want it," rejoined the Florida
citizen emphatically. Colonel" he add
ed with a graceful wave of his hand,
II amt come down to kick; I'm per-
fectly satisfied. like your hotel. The
rooms is all large and airy. Me and the
shawlstrap is going to get into 309. 1t
may take some noise and hammerin.
but we'll get thar. I'm goin to spit ON
my hands and begin pretty soon, and l
thought I'd ask you to send some one
around in about an hour to sweep up
the splinters."
The clerk looked at the mild manner
ed Florida man for moment in silence
Then he said: Front, show the gentle
man to that suite on the south corner.
fourth floor. No extra charge. SIR" he
added to the guest with beaming
smile; ''you must be tired after the voy-
age. Anything else l can do?'-New
York Tribune.
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COnvicts of Abyssinia.

In Abyssinia political offenders and
obstructionists are arrested, chained
and placed on the small table land OF
Abba Salama, a high, rocky and precip
itous mountain about thirty miles from
Adowa. So sheer and steep are its
sides that the prisoners are drawn uI
by ropes. Their chance of escaping is
impossible, unless they run the risk Of
dashing themselves into eternity on the
rocks below. On this lonely height
there is soil on which they may grow
grain, and there are wells with good
water. There is no speaker to keep or
der, and they may, if they choose, abuse
the prime ministers and crowned heads
to their hearts content, but they return
no more to the ways of the world
Frederick Villiers in Century.
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wGCLlNeToN's FAMOUS BALL
Bellies and Beaux Who Really Danced
the Dance of Death.

the Dance Of Death.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond
We're living in fine hotel on the Rue de
Ia Blanchissere. which stood on its own
grounds and had a fruit and flower
garden extending to the city ramparts.
Their graces moved in all the society OF
Brussels, and entertained great deal.
The duchess, who had issued 220 invita-
tions for the ball, proposed to recall
them when she heard that Napoleon's
army was advancing. But the Duke of
Wellington, TO prevent alarm, requested
that the ball might take place.
Nevertheless, many English families
were frightened away from Brussels,
and post horses We're kept harnessed in
the Duke of Richmond's stable. in case
bad news from the scene of the conflict
should make it advisable for his chill
dren to be sent to Antwerp. The ma
jority of the people of Brussels were
violent BOnapartists, and were prepared
to entertain Napoleon in great style
should he force the British army to re-
treat and enter thei< city in triumph.
So it was that the Duke of Wellington
and many of his officers went to the ball
after the business of the day had been
attended to. While the merry couples
were flying around dispatch from the
front was handed to Wellington. He
asked the Duke of Richmond for pri-
vate room where he might consult with
some of his generals who were present,
The duchess dressing room was the only
convenient room safe from intrusion.
Candles were hastily Sighted on the
dressing table, at which Wellington sat
with map before him, and having ex-
planned certain points to his staff they
all rejoined the company. They left the
house before 10 o'clock and succeeded
in doing so without attracting any at
tention. Very few, if any, of the
dancers guessed how near at hand was
the crisis which was to decide the fate
of Europe, and it never entered the
heads of the young girls that some of
their partners were dancing the ''dance
of death. Manchester Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14

AS many diseases, prominent among
which are those of the abdominal and
pelvic organs, are the consequences of
congestion, and as good circulation does
much for the prevention of such con-
gestion, muscular exercise, by improv-
ing the general circulation both by in
creasing the activity of the heart and
aiding in the venous return, will do
much to prevent large class of dis
eases.-Dr J. NJ. Rice i'll Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
Carlyle Would Talk.

Professor Blackie has said of Carlyle
Il admired his genius. But how he
would alk-talk-talk, and give nobody
a chance to put in word! One night
actually shook him. His wife had been
trying all the evening to say something.
But there was not the smallest chance
took hold of him, and shook him, say,
ing. Let your wife speak, you monstery
But il was of no use."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
A Long Span of Wire.

1t is claimed that the longest span OF
telephone wire is across the Ohio river.
between PortsmC ~th, o., and South
Portsmouth, KY. The wires at this point
span the river from pole on the Ohio
side, measuring l02 feet above ground,
to the Kentucky hills on the opposite
side, the distance being 3,173 feet be-
tween poles. The wire is made of steel,
and its size is No. l2 gauge.-Philadel'
phia Ledger
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-07-14
She Did and She Didn't.

When you save a lady from being
killed in runaway and she says
Thanks" she really means, "The next
time you do anything of that sort please
don't muss the lace on my dress" II
she really felt any sense of gratitude
she would exclaim, Call around and
I'll introduce you to my youngest sis
ter."-Detroit Tribune.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. 10, F. "A M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon
j. b. MEYER, Secy. Ed BAILEY w NJ
81. CLAiRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II, ROudl
Arch Mds0ns.-Stated eOnyOcations frst Friday of
each month. -
j. h. MEYER, Rec. Ed BAIIFY III III
BELMONT COUNCIL No 81 R6S NJ
Meets second Tuesday of each month";
j. b. MEYER, Secy. j. B. RYAN TIM
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 26 K T-Stated
cOnclayes, first Tuesday OF each month.
j. B. MEYER Seey j. B. RYAN. Z. C.
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If the Earth Was Frozen.

If this globe were cooled down to 2OC
degs. below the zero of centigrade il
would be covered with sea of liquefied
gas thirty-five feet deep, of which about
seven feet would be liquid OXYGEN
London Spectator.
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How Watch Crystals Are Made.

Watch crystals are made by blowing
q sphere of glass about one yard in
diameter, after which the disks are cut
from it by means of a pair of compasses
having diamond at the extremity of
one leg.-New York Journal.
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The AIi-important Organ.

A man feels pretty badly scared when
his heart is in his throat. but he feels IA
great deal more scared when his stomach
is there. That is one of the signs of
dyspepsia. a.-Atchison Globe.