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sn,cide. in European Armies.

The Austrian army takes the lead IN
the matter of suicides. From 1875 10
1887 yearly average Of 122 suicides is
recorded for every 100000 effective
troops. In 1889 the number was l49.
Death by suicide represents fifth part
of the whole mortality of the Austrian
army. No disease is more deadly. The
Germans report about half the number;
the Italian army about one-third; the
French army about one-fourth; the Eng
lish army in the home service about one
sixth; the rate in the Russian army is
nearly the same, while in the Spanish
army it is least of all.
There are some curious facts about
these suicides In the European armies,
especially in Austria, it is the young SOL
diers who kill themselves during the
first month of their service. Suicides
are the most frequent among the cavalry
and infantry, and in the latter among
the soldiers who are accused anu await
ing trial.
The most frequent method is shooting,
though hanging and drowning are fire.
quent methods. The infantry use fire.
arms and usually aim at their heads.
The mounted soldiers hang themselves
by their horse brides. The Algerian
soldiers almost always shoot themselves
through the body, perhaps because the
Arabs think it is infamous to mutilate
the head. In Austria third of the sui
cides are attributed to a distaste fo1
military duty; in France, love trouble
is frequent cause; the fear of punish
ment is everywhere great incentive.
The maximum of suicides is reached in
the hottest weather, and the minimum
is reached in the coolest weather.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22

Wouldn't you like to see honey bee
as large or larger than the average man?
There is just such creature in the speci-
men room of the University of Pennsyl-
vania at Philadelphia. 1t is the largest
insect of its class ever seen in this or
any other country. Its wings are as
broad as those of an eagle and its honey
bag of twenty pounds capacity. Its legs
are also large and well formed, remind
ing one of the crooked supporters of a
piano stool of ye olden times. The
proboscis, which is attached to a head
the bigness of candy bucket, is over a
foot in length and as big around as a
broom handle. | know that you are
wondering where he ever found clover
heads large enough to work on, and who
provided half million of similar sized
specimens with hive in which to store
their tons of honey, but there is no use
exciting your curiosity further never
gathered honey; never improved each
shining hour" in fact, he never had
hours to improved
He is made of papier mache, and is SO
constructed that every part of his body
can be disarticulated for study. This,
the giant of the honey bees, was the
work of an ingenious French artifcer,
who spends his time making gigantic
worms, gnats, bees, flies, etc., for the
benefit of students who are studying
entomology, "wormology'' and kindred
sciences. Louis Republic.
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Astronomy of the Ancient Egyptians.

Astronomy Oh the ancient Egyptians
We find in the table at the Ramesseum
distinct references to the bull, the lion
and the scorpion, and it is also clearly
indicated that at that time the star
Sirius rose heliacally at the beginning
of the rise of the Nile.
The word heliacally requires a little
explanation. The ancients, who had nc
telescopes and had to use their horizon
as the only scientific instrument which
they possessed, were very careful in deter
mining the various conditions in which
a star could rise. For instance, if star
were rising at the same time as the sun
was rising, it was said to rise cosmically,
but unless certain very obvious precau-
tions were taken the rising star would
not be seen in consequence of the pres
ence of daylight. 1t is quite clear that
if we observe a star rising in the dawn
it will get more and more difficult to
observe the nearer the time of sunrise is
approached.
Therefore, what the ancients did was
to determine time before sunrise in the
early dawn at which the star could be
very obviously and clearly seen to rise.
The term "heliacal rising" was coined to
represent star rising visibly in the
dawn, therefore, before the sun. Gen
orally throughout Egypt the sun was
supposed to be something like ten de-
grees below the horizon when a star was
stated to rise heliacally.-Nineteenth
CenturY
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22

The average barber is pretty cheeky
person. but it is seldom that he has the
assurance to deliberately make use Of
customers head and face, to say nothing
of time, to further his selfish ends. A
good natured man on whose sparsely
fringed head a silk skullcap sits with
appropriate grace took his seat IN bar
ber's chair the other day for "a hair
trim and shave" There were four
BARRIERS at work in the shop and Just
four customers. The artist in whose
care the good natured man found him.
self did his work in very satisfactory
manner He handled the scissors deftly
and proved to be thorough master
of keen edged razor. After the bay
rum, the powder and the brilliantine
had been successfully administered the
barber unpinned the small sheet in
which he had wrapped his customer,
and was Just on the point of removing
it when his eye caught sight of man
in the doorway of the shop. The new
conner was one of those puffy. red faced
persons such as no barber likes to touch.
This cheeky barber therefore pressed
Significantly on the shoulder of his good
natured customer, repinned the sheet,
took out his scissors and razor and dill
gently went through the motions of
trimming the hair and beard. Then he
applied more bay rusl and powder and
fused about until one of the other
chairs was vacated and the red faced
man had actually taken possession of it.
Then with much ceremony and loud
call for Brush herer' he dismissed his
good nat1red customer with smile and
just the suggestion of wink.-New
York Times
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PA fSBf TERRAIN CHURCH-Rey r. Alex
ander, pastor Public worship every Sabbath
morning dsu evening; Sabbath school 80 a. m :
Dung peos'ie's society of Christian endeaynr. sun
ay evenings; general prayer meeting "Wednesday
vening. strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rey.
Ezra Hlhgeley- pastor sabbath preaching, II
:. m; p m; young peoples meeting Monday
'yenngs; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
ningS; SaDD9In school 2:3O pm. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN " CHURCH-Rey.
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m:
pubic worship, III a. M; weekly prayer meeting
FRIDAY p m monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
aay OF each month, p m.; woman's missionary
Slelety last Saturday of each month, p. m.; dis
trlet prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, d. M
young w0men's prayer meeting, second SATURDAY.
each month at the parsonage, p. m
AFRICAN NJ. e. CHURCH-Rev Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 80 a. m; D. m. Sab
bath school, go p. m.; weekly prayer meeting
thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
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Fines. Carpets in the World.

mean to make pilgrimage to Fon-
tainbleau in order to see two wonderful
carpets which have been transferred to
the palace by the presidents orders, and
which are said to be the most superb
articles of the kind in the world. They
were ordered by Napoleon Ill at the
Gobelin manufactory in 1868. They are
of colossal dimensions, one being nearly
thirty feet square, while the other is
eleven yards long and ten yards wide.
It took ten years to complete them,
and once finished their extraordinary
size caused them to De packed away In
the storehouse of Les Gobelins, whence
they were not extracted even to be ex-
hibited at the exhibitions of 1878 and
1889. They are the finest articles of the
kind that have been produced for the
French government since Louis XIV Or
dered 'ninety-three carpets for cere-
monies and festivals" to be manufac-
tured at La Savonnerie for the great
bathrooms and reception rooms of the
Louvre and of Versailles.
The smaller of the two, which has a
yellow ground, is set down in the in
ventory as being worth $4,000, the
larger, the ground of which is black,
being estimated at $4,000, though the
real value of each is stated to be at
least double.-Paris Letter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22
An Original Prize Contest.

To the first person who, by taking TWO letters
from the word PLAGUE" can make the name Of
a 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 $780, its equivalent in cash. if prefer
red. To the third person viii be given an elegant
GOLD WATCH, valued at S75, or its equivalent in
cash. Fifty other prizes, ranging in value from
SIS to So will be awarded 10 the next fifty persons
sending solutions strictly in the order received.
II you have tried other s0-called prize competi-
tons without success, you must not condemn
these offered by this company as they are perfect
y reliable and are carried on in good faith. Con-
testants must enclose U. s. Postal Note for 80 cts,
or 15 2-cent U. s. stamps, for one months trial
subscription to the Ladies' Pictorial Weekly, which
is the handsOmest and best Illustrated weekly pub
LEGATION for ladies on this continent The only OBJ
ject in offering this competition tOInt-Oduce 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.,
ID TORONTO. CANADA.
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B-eadcrumbs in Roquefort Cheese.

The demand for Roquefort cheese has
become SO great that trickery now plays
i part in the ripening process. The
peasants have learned that ''time is
money" and they have found that bread
rrumbs mixed with the cprd cause those
lreen streaks of moldiness which de-
note that the cheese is fit for the mar
ket, to appear much more readily than
was formerly the case, when it was left
TO do the best it could for itself with
The aid of subterranean atmosphere.
This is not exactly cheating; it is COM
mercial enterprise. the result of COM
petition and other circumstances too
strong for poor human nature. In
cheesemaking breadcrumbs are found
70 be cheap substitute for time, and it
is said that those who have taken to beer
brewing in this region have found that
box, which here is the commonest Of
shrubs, is cheap substitute for hops.
The notion that brass pins are stuck into
Roquefort cheese to make it turn green
IS founded ON fction.-Temple Bar.
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A Priza Hen Party

If three hundred hens lay three hundred eggs in
three hundred days. how many hens will it take
to lay one hundred eggs in one hundred days?
To the first person answering the above problem
correctly the publishers Of the Ladies' Pictorial
Weekly will give an elegant Upright piano valued
at S325, or its equivalent in cash, as preferred.
To the second person will be given an elegant
Safety Bicycle, valued at 1925 or its equivalent in
cash. To the third person, a handsome Gold
Watch. valued at S75, or its equivalent in cash.
Tie next fifty persons sending correct answers
will each receive prize, valued at from twenty
five dollars to fixe dollars. Prizes awarded in the
U. S. will be sent free of duty Contestants must
enclose with their answer a Q. s. Postal Note for
thirty cents Tor fifteen U. s. twO-cent Stamps) for
one months trial subscription to the Ladies' Pic
tOridl Weekly, which is one of the handsOmest
and best a lies Weekly publications on this con-
tinent the object in offering this prize contest is
10 introduce it to new families, and increase its
permanent subscription list. We guapantee that
prizes will be awarded strictly in order of merit
The date of pOstmark on letters is given preeed-
ence so that persons living at a distance have
just as good an opportunity of securing valuable
prize. Address LADIES PICTORIAL Co., "E. y
Toronto, Canada. 9222t
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GRAINS OF GOLD.
Don't live an aimless life.

Don't live an aimless life.
OF the two evils choose-neither.
Keep cool; anger is not argument.
Men are whattheir mothers made them.
A beautiful thought is mental sun
beam.
Inxeperience is the mother of self
conceit.
The thing done avails, not what is
said about it.
Anxiety never yet successfully bridged
over any chasm.
1t is a great obstacle to happiness to
expect too much.
Merit may not always win, but it can
stand it if it doesn't.
Health lies in labor, and..there is no
royal road to it but through toll.
That day is failure in which you do
not try to make some one happy.
A sweet temper is to the household
what sunshine is to trees and flowers.
Hope never grows old. 1t is as buoy
ant in the grandsire's as in the grand
child's heart.
The man who has never been ashamed
of himself has never been well intro
duced to himself.
The man that goes to church much
hears a great deal of preaching that
hits other people.
Excessive liberty and excessive servi-
tude are equally dangerous, land produce
nearly the same effect.
Those who have few things to attend
to are great babblers; for the less men
think, the more they talk.
Many shining actions owe their sue
cess to chance, though the general or
statesman runs away with the applause.
Faith and persistence are life's ar
chitects; while doubt and despair bury
everything under the ruins of endeayor.
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Taking a Steamboat Around the Horn.

.
Captain John Thompson, master of
the steamboat Cumberland, lnternation-
al line, relates a remarkable incident of
Names early contributions to the Pa
cific coast. Shortly following the gold
fever of 1S49, in the years 1861, the
steamship S. B. Wheeler, sidewheel
wooden craft of medium tonnage, was
built at Eastport. Farther up the St
Croix, where the towns of Calais, Me-.
and st. Stephens, N. B., stood on oppo-
site sides of the river, was built the bark
Fannie. The Fannie was constructed
with detachable stern, this part being
secured by screwbolts, and after COM
pletion the hull was towed to Eastport,
Thompson forming one of the crew Of
tow.
At EastpOrt the stern was removed
and the craft sunk. While submerged
the steamboat was floated in: then the
Fannie was raised, the stern secured, her
hold freed from water, the steamboat
steadied by ballast and freight, the
masts of the bark stepped, two of them
passing directly through the steamboat,
her rigging and sails supplied, and out
of the Passamaquoddy she sailed around
the Horn to San Francisco. Passage
rates to California were high in those
days, and the cabin of the steamboat
afforded extra facilities.
The Fannie arrived safely in Califor-
mia, where the same plan of submerging
liberated the steamboat, and for many
years it ran on the Sacramento river, the
first steamboat in California waters
Republican Journal.
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Some Striking Facial similarities.

Professor Galton, illustrating the
strong likeness which often exists be-
tween members of the same family, re-
ports the following facts:
"One boy sometimes spoke to himself
in looking glass, thinking that he was
talking to his brother. A little girl
whose mother and aunt were twins
often called her aunt mother and her
mother 'auntie.' SO much alike were
those ladies'"
''On one occasion when returned
from foreign service" says a British
officer, my father turned to me and
said, 4 thought you were in London,
thinking was my brother: yet he had
not seen me for nearly four years. -
London Tit-Bits.
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propertv Among Ants and Bees.

The collective system of property
must have lasted among ants and bees
for many thousands of years, for, apart
from cases of Generalization such as
may, for example, be produced among
bees by giving them taste for drunk
enness, these intelligent insects show
the most absolute Difference and devo-
ton to social property. Their primi-
tive selfshness has broadened out into
collective or patriotic egoism. But
these very social species, with their
more than Christian charity, have not
reached this high degree of civilization
at one bound. In the ant and bee
worlds, as in our own, there are saw
ages. There are still at the present
time certain species of ants ignorant of
the division of labor carried so far
among their civilized congeners.-
Property: Its Origin and Develop
ment."
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A Narrow Escape.

A Mr. c., who had been ill some
time, fell into what was thought his last
sleep. The medical attendant. how
ever, had suspicious in his own mind.
which he did not care to communicate
to the mans family for fear of arousing
false hopes. He therefore put off his
sanction to the burial from day to day,
much to the indignation Of the supposed
dead mans mother. On the fifth day.
however, the doctor had the gratiica-
ton of seeing his patient revive. Mr..
c., some time afterward. had re-
currence Of the malady, this time last
ing seven days.-Yankee Blade.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular rs to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
proise. A purer medicine does not exist
and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Elestric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the liver and kidneys, will
remove pimples, bOils, salt rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure all malarial
fevers. For cure of headache, constipa-
tion and indigestion try Electric Bitters.
Price SOC and 81 per bottle at Patterson
q Sons drug store. 5
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. 16, f. d H. M-Meets :
every Wednesday night, ON or before full mOon
D. b. MEYER, Seey. +. ID. BAILEY, W. M.
ST CLAIRSVILLE CHA PTER. M n RounI
each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec I'd BAILEY. LII
BELMONT COUNCIL, No a. r. d SN-
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
d. b. MEfER, Secy. j. b. RYAN, Tim.
HOPE COMMANDER, No aS, Il. T.-Stated
conclayes, first Tuesday of each month
j. b. MEYER See'v j. RI RYAN NRC
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22

TIE sun is hundred million miles
away, and the water roses that open to
the light of day are in the pool; the
moon, friend of the night blooming
lotus, is two hundred thousand miles
distant. Friendship knows no separa-
tion that divides it in space.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22
How the Mosquito Does It.

A mosquitoes bill Is an elaborate con-
trivance and consists of two sharp saws
and lance inclosed in a sheath which
is also employed as pump. The saws
IRE bony. but flexible, and the teeth are
near the end which is pointed. The
lance is perhaps the most perfect instru-
ment known in the world of minute
things. 1t is first thrust into the flesh
and the opening is enlarged by the saws.
which play beside it until the sheath can
be inserted. The saving is what causes
irritation when a mosquito is biting
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
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The Colnrs of her.

Amber has wonderful variety of
colors. Some of it is as clear as crystal,
some as yellow as honey, some light
blue and again transparent green.
Then it is found as white as snow, the
color of cream, and often many of these
tints are blended in one piece. There is
popular notion to the effect that am
ber has curative qualities for such all
ments as Group and sore throat, and
many Thousand necklaces of it are sold
annually for that purpose.-Interview
in Washington Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22
SnOrtfVe Lambs.

A flock of ewes and lambs were once
observed in adjoining fields, separated
by fence with several gaps in it. "Fol-
low my leader" was the game most in
favor with this flock, the biggest lamb
leading around the field and then jump
ing the gap, with all the others follow
ing in single file. Any lamb that took
the leap unusually well would give two
or three more enthusiastic jumps out of
sheer exuberant happiness when 1t
reached the other side. Fawns played
q sort of cross touch from one side to
the other, the ''touch" in each case be-
ing by the nose.-London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22

AS general rule, it is best not to
correct costiveness by the use of saline
or drastic medicines. When purgative
is needed, the most prompt, effective,
and beneficial is Ayers Pills. Their
tendency is to restore, and not weaken,
the normal action of the bowels.
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More Than One Kind.

An Englishman at the Hotel Athe-
reum asked bell boy to bring him
some good gum. A stick of the boys
favorite article was procured, the boy
assuring our English friend that it was
unsurpassed. To the bell boys aston
ishment. the purchaser began to rub a
piece of manuscript with the gum. After
a few seconds of vain rubbing he asked
how we use gum in America. 1t took
some time to convince him that in Amer
ica an eraser is not "a gum."-Chautau-
qua Herald.
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pELMoNT COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Pleas Judge John b. briggs.
Probate Judge-James +. Tallman.
Clerk Of COurts-Henry NJ. Davies
Standardization M. Scott.
AuditOr-JOseph A. Henderson.
Treasurer-Frank b. Archer
Prosecuting Attorney-Jesse W. Hollingworth
Recorder-John Nj. Beckett.
SuryeyOr-Chalkley Dawson.
CorOner-A. Nj. +. Boyd.
COmmissioners-Miles X. Hart, John c. Israel,
W. s. Meehem.
lntirmary Drectors-William Lodge, president;
John A. Clark, clerk; b. M. LOper, Iuditor.
Superintendent lnfirmary SidebOttOm,
East Richland
Superintendent Children's HOme-Peter Gifin,
Barnesville.
School Examlners-James Duncan, Bridgeport;
5. C. Murphy. Belmont T. r. Harris Somerton.
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Do YOU Know 2

That more ills result from an
Unhealthy Liver than any
other cause-Indigestion, Consti-
patton, Headache, Biliousness,
and Malaria usually attend it.
DIR. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is vegetable specific for Liver
Disorders and their accompany
ing evils. 1t cures thousands
whv not be one of them? Take
DIR. Sanford's Liver lnvigorator.
Your Druggist will supply you.
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Politics and Presents.

A recent English bridegroom gave to
the bridesmaids at his wedding brooches
upon which were inscribed the number
$685." This, it seems, was the majority
by which he secured political prefer
ment. If Americans should take to
mixing politics with social events some
curious results might be evolved New
York Times
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22

Titus Sheard's partner in the knit
goods underwear mills at Lift Falls,
says: 1--WE sell knit goods now for $500
a dozen that we asked $40 90 for in the
year 1890. One of our spinners, a young
man, has made in six days s2l.56. l
never knew spinner before to make so
much. In England spinner thinks
he has made good wages when he is
paid $500 week"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-09-22

CHICKENS have been acting as gold
Mont. In one chickens crop and giz
zard he found some gold nuggets. He
therefore killed the remainder of his
brood, 81 in number, and found in them
gold to the amount of 1897.