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SAe s.e. Ara hss staystIsdL s-srts: wnels
and ior O. Sis 's own hearth. viii terrible
tho struggle Of the coming invader" -.
On 4 peach footing France has now but
twelve line battAlions OF Alpine chas. eur:, and
twelve companies more from the TERRITORIAL
army: altogether probably hardly 2OVVO men s
To this force Italy opposes twcuty.tw line
battalions. TWENTY-FIVE companies from the
territctial army; altoeether az companies
these companies stand on tho French border.
This inferiority OF France In numbers lie moro
than counter balanced. however. by the mag,
niiicent drill of the French soldiers. aud
by = the moro advantageous =, positions
In Frances possession since the peace
OF Viliafranca. France has, IN fact; almost
every pass between her and Italy. and hns for for.
on many ways which the invaders must travel
q hundred M en can keep IN check n thousand.
From the Nth day after the general mohiliza-
tion. moreover. the Alpine chassaurs vii! re-
ceive strong re8nforcrments. while the Ital-
ians. will not be reinforced probably before the
ninth or tenth day.
AS has been Indicated, the special duty 81
case Of war. to defend the southeast border
against Italian troops. IN order that the French
forces In southern and solutions ern France
matching to the front With this purpose In
mind the French Department OF War has not
only Ind them drilled in all the mnnTuvres OF
offensive warfare, but is now constructing
the Tarentaise and the Maurenne. on the
heights overlooking all passes ncar, the
Brancon fortress. and at the passes Of Mont
Cenis and Of Mont Genevre.
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wits lssns. 90. STEPS och pisks ~ xsy y;
long march q before. HIN. each shoftsns and
qulckens he steps. Each knows how 20 cir
cumyent every .obstscle without disorderipa
the loosely jointed. winding line. On tho
brink OF the precipice he neither shrinks nor
hesitates, bat sets firmly and decidedly his
spiked shoe on tho one safo SPOT that he scgs
ahead OF his last step, When he must. scale
tho almost perpend icular rock while tho
M mules es, are sent ar by elrenit2us route IT.:
hands, two others for his feet. and lifts him
sell slowly and unerringly out OF tho way
OF his comrade behind him. with no
less hesitation tho men slip and slide down
precipitous tnclines. catching at roots and
branches as they make tho perilous descent
from solid rock to solid rock.
TO tho hardy mountaineers OF the higher al
titudes AL this Is comparatively easy, but to q
lew OF the recruits whose lives nearer the
sea level have been less adventurous II pre-
sents some difficulties. The. incessant prac-
tice. however. OF the Alpine clinsseurs in the
i've years term OF service is rigorous and
palnstaking. despite much OF its apparent
looseness.
For the mannuvres Of the summon and the
rifle practice Of the. winter the whole body OF
Alpine chasseurs II DIVIDED In twelve groups. TO
each OF which IRE added mountain battery.
an engineers' division. and a teleCraphic Sec
ton. Sevon OF these groups are In the four
teenth region md five are in the fifteenth
region OF the map Of the French army at home.
At the time Of mobilization. each Of these
groups Will be augmented by tho local COM
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a body OF men to meet the Italian chasseurs Of
the Alps. known as Alpini. organized by Gems.
Ricotti and Mezzacappo The kernel Of the
new force was found in the twelve battalons
Of chasseurs in garrison at Grenoble. Cham.
berry. Annecy. Villefranche and Nice. The
strength Of each battalion was increased from
four to six companies. and forty-iour mules
were allotted to each. At the same time the
twelve mountain batteries OF the Second and
Nineteenth artillery regiments ut Grenoblo
and Virnes together with all the draught and
riding horses attached to them. and sixty
mules were placed at the disposal Of tho new
force. The mules carry in painters the baggage
OF the officers tools for earth work. ammu-
milton chests. and food Some Of the mulesare
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PRETTY, But Il ROGUE
A Canadian Girls SkIIraI Work In Making
Illegal Money.

f'oH' INC foFDu0 Nho
systematically deirauded by the skiiiul con.
nivance OF an adept ut altering bank notes.
and operated the system must have had con- con-
,s6st az The work was carried on some-
:, The complaint first came from the Dominion
sanS sb b. One Of shsr sSsests found
IT. a;ssl lSnFiH sxS%mIasd the sSf s
Ssss BEEN m; ad ashat!
"nSS turned aneahs ap bill sho ct
piec" missing from this Bill. however il was
n"tic;ed. was from another portion OF the note
"pIrc ETH m %as ar"4sed and careful scruny
Work Rad bsepp Sss had SHsn cut Sa But
Would notice tic e deaci enc an expert banker
ca In3 w disthect nI dspst4snt was commune
Was several months beiors they were apie 10
ss sy q sa ths n sGa
these , short bills. and All analysis OF the differ:
soys s f ar ths:n era p9gb sd
thss n ns Ss aes taken from
M tssted. o, Tho detectives knew that the work
e CAS-. especially some months ago Several
w9 ,mn. ago ne suspected that the operator was
woman, and close watch was kept over her.
yesterday warrant was sworn out accusing
NRhnTIo .y young woman named Catharin,
Ibahk bills; she IL only IL years Of age. and
at T,n ter Lttlier Robert Rhodes aborer.
n,nerators, whoever they are. have been max.
, ,a -, note. In the same manner out Of hills
cSiipftnging to other Canadian, banks. The
razor and by cunning hand
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
,zRAyyINg AND AIMS OF THE CHAS-
SEURS OF THE ALPS

,rrasee's Iitaie Array OF MeuntAiaeers who
Are Expected 10 stop the usalian Invader
IN Case OF war-Their Marches. Man.
9uvres. and Peculiar Accoutre ments.
There is probably no more robust body OF
men In the armies OF the world than Frances
Alpine chasseurs. The raw material OF their
organization comes from the rugged noun
taineer population OF the districts where they
are stationed. This material is moulded and
hardened almost con stantly. winter and sum
mer. by some Of the most competent military
disciplinarians in the great French officers
corps. Tho result OF this happy combination
is force which. oven German authorities In
military matters acknowledge. would be able
in war to maintain the passes intrusted to it's
defence against doubly strong forces OF ltal-
ians Austrians. or Germans.
Frances Alpine chasseurs are com parative-
ly new part OF her army. The organization was
authorized first by the law Of Nov. 30, 1888.
and was created in the following year. The
plan OF the grand general stat was to prepare
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bristlng with foTtincations. Near the Tenda
Kroup, had lust fortified itself when
the eleventh group. moving from the valley
q the Bevera. clambered up to It and after i
hsIce attack forced y to retreat to its SECOND
Although the retreat was made In great haste.
over pIecipitous country grown thick with
trees and nnderbrush, the twelfth .grour got
away all its guns and animuls In fine order
and but two or three men were injured On
the next day tho eleventh group sealed also tho
heights of Castillon, hut after u struggle OF
almost an hour was beaten back. The twelfth
the eleventh with all speed to the, passes. Of
nna sb ie sq his
and at the italian boundary attacked. the
artillery battle bs he was reGulsed and driven
their t.crtuops ways. and tho sSiil with
which the batteries were taken apart.
i paeiksd, ~, up. and a.ain prepared for
i by German officer who in tho disguise Of
chassea!rs discipline and methods Of opera ao
ton; France y right" he, wrote. :in
new special force. for the Alpine mountsiaeer,
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Sestcnccd to the Gold Cure.


Terence Connefrey. an alcohol soaked wreck
OF humanity. was among the prisoners i'm the
Troy Police Court yesterday. lie was sen
FENCED TO tho penitrntiary for two months. hut
hue called him back and said
Wait a minute. Are You willing to try the
gold cure for drunk enness y
Yes, whether it kills or cures" said tho
Honor we Viii II make max Sm tsst as fas
DR.. Fisk. Tho Doctor says ho is willing TO
treat free OF charge any man recommended,
and we will recommend you."
At the request of the Court tho reporters
present acted AS committee to notify DIR.
FISK. and the Doctor accepted tho case stipu-
lating that florence shall bc brought 10 his
piice four times a day and returned to the iail
ny an officer, Chief Detective Markham agreed
ence under no plea or preteXt Is to havs q
drink on the way to or from the Jail.
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Here is Club story-not very new but very
good. An Episcopal clergyman is addicted To
sports. HIS parishioncrs bear 1t all without
complaint. until finally lie gets to driving his
horses tandem; then they demonstrate. and
the c4nchlintinG offices OF the, Bishop. are in
nun. advises the rector to Yield to the wishes
OF MS Hook; but he rector protests that he has
What IL the diYerencr," IL. demanded.
whether u man drives his team abreast or
one horse ahead Of the OF her Z"
nged b,shop. softly. LET VA take IL pnrniiel
case. when YOU pray you dispose your hands
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madic lives OF hunters. herdsmen. or snug.
glers. the loose drill Of tho chasseurs is little
moro than q development of what they have
learned redundancy.
Tho uniforms and arms arc adapted to the
popularity OF their needs The soldier wears
. thick. heavy blue blouse. a clap" hat with
the front hanging over the forehead and shad-
short trousers. thick legginGs TO tho Knees
and laced shoes. The mules carry snowshoes
for emergencies Besides his rino and one
roe Of q tent. each soldier Inns an nlponstork
with u steel point and sCome Of tho materials or
nm tn. 70 ebb work or Saying and
gage carried on the person Is light, despite
the number OF articles included In Il.
and uneven paths Of the Alps 10 IN Indian lie.
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ALPINE CHASSEURs.

provided with chairs for carrying the wounded
Tho mules attached to the batteries carry tho
disjointed guns and the ammunition for them.
The horses drag tho wagons containing tho
reserve ammunition along tho more accessi-
bic roads.
The nature OF the work. skill. and endurance
of the Alpine chasseurs has It's basis in the
work. skill. and endurance OF the men who are
the raw material OF the organization. All the
recruits come from tho population OF the high
mountainous country In which they are to ilght
They are men who have climbed and hunted
and studied the clouds and the mountains all
their lives. Each knows how far he can safely
trust himself on field OF ice or snow or
on hanging rock. and whether n root Ia
strong enough to sava him from the
abyss beneath. He knows whore the grass
signifies the nearnoss TO a spring and where it
denotes, the approach to unsafe soil. Every
way and byway Is known to him. To men ii
this knowledge OF their surroundings. who
have led. moreover. the adventurous or mo-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
Truth and Fiction.

Touchstone says that 1.-The truest poet
~ is the most feigning." Without go
ing that length, we may affirm that the
construction of correct versification
gives man so much to think of that he
cannot attend very strictly to the truth
of what he says. Blank verse Of the or
dinary sort does not come under this
rule: it leaves the mind very free And
hymns-Dr. Watts ruthlessly sacrifices
the sound TO the sense; some lesser lights
sacrifice the sound without benefiting
the sense. But no one can read some
parts of Pope carefully-those lines in
which, in word or two, he sums up the
character or achievements of the nota-
bilities of his day-without suspecting
that an apt rhyme occasionally beguiles
the poet into more forcible expression
of admiration or contempt than he would
have given in prose.
The teller or writer Of the story has
the impulse upon him so strongly to
make it good story that it is next to
impossible for him to avoid modifying
its more commonplace features. And he
adds little here and he prunes little
there. Point before precision is, it may
be feared, sometimes even the historians
motto. There are veracious narratives
we feel bound to accept on the word of
our friends. We should not have be-
lieved the stories had any one else told
them: as it is, we store them in our
memories as splendid illustrations of the
often quoted saying of the poet that
truth is stranger than fiction.-All the
Year Round.
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Bass Eats Bass.

Colonel Richard Bright had remark
able experience at .Woodmont, on the
Potomac, while fishing fer black bass.
He was casting with minnows of mod
crate size and was slowly reeling in a
small bass, when a hungry three FOUNDER
shot ont from his concealment and bolted
the hooked fish bodily. The colonel be-
came aware of the augmented strain on
the reel and, by careful management,
landed his double prize. The small bass
went into the nav of his big cannibal
brother smoothly enough, but his sharp
spines stuck in the throat of his captor
and made escape impossible. The two
bass were presented to the National mu-
seum, where they are preserved just as
they came from the Potomac, the tail of
the small one projecting from the mouth
of the larger. The weight of the two is
81 pounds. Necessity knows no law"
and hunger recognizes no relationship
Forest and Stream.
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ST.. CLA1Rsy1LLs. O.. Jan, Is. 1se:

ST.. CLAIRsvILLE, O., Jan. Is, 1899.
HoN. JoHN B. DR.Ges. Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas Of Belmont Co., o.:
SIs:-The undersigned Committee ap-
pointed by your Honor 10 examine the ac-
companying report of the Board of County
Commissioners of Belmont County, Ohio,
exhibiting their financial transactions for
the fiscal year ending September 5, 1891 /,
respectfully submit the foregoing report:
We have carefully examined the Rumer-
GUS items Of which said report is Composed
and compared them with the entries in re-
lation thereto found in the books, records
and accounts of the County Auditor, and
find said report contains correct, and suf-
ficiently detailed statement of the receipts
and disbursements of the several funds
therein mentioned.
We find the several sums of money to
have been expended rs therein set forth and
are supported by appropriate vouchers, aud
appear legal and proper in every instance
excepting in the following cases, viz:
1st-$4l6 paid in different portions to
U. E. Foulke, Sheriff, and James Harrison
Deputy Sheriff, for services as Janit0rs
for the Common Pleas Court room.
We are unable to find that the County
Commissioners, upon whom is imposed the
duty of employing japitors for the public
buildings, ever entered into contract with
either or botl of said persons for the per-
formaEce of such service; nor do we find
any legal authority warranting such officers
in demanding payment for such service in
the absence of contract with the Commits
sioners, yet, in justice to all officers con
cerned we deem it proper to Say that such
allowance is in accordance with long
standing custom.
End 1t appears from the face of the sew
era! returns made by the County Coroner,
that he is in the habit of charging for his
services in Inquest cases in excess of the
fees provided by law; yet by reason of our
want Of knowledge of the services perform
ed by him, and of the fact that his bills are
not properly itemized We are unable to re-
port the amount which has been Overpaid
him in those cases.
J. w. WALTON, Cor
GEORGE LINN,
j. w. HoLuNeswoRTH. Pros. Attorney,
Jan. 90. Belmont County, o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
THE SONG OF THE FARM.

The poppies that peep from the wheat at morn,
With pearls of the night dew glittering still,
The shadows that race DER the waving corn
And the shy little runnel down under the hill.
The hoary old orchard whose trees are bent,
And the clover fields where the honeybees
swarm.
Cry, Come to the cradle of calm content!
Come see Mother Nature at home on a farmi
Here are pillows Of meadow whose waves are
so sweet
They perfume the air; here are mountains Of
hay:
Here are little winds lost upon oceans of wheat,
And butterflies shipwrecked in holly hook
spray;
Here is peace in the air and a smile in the sky,
And never a fear of deception or harm.
From the cares and the woes of city life fly
To old Mother Nature, who lives on farm!"
And so the old song from the cherry tree tops
And arbors where Bacchus might gather a
treat,
From old fashioned sparrows that live in q
copse
And not in the dirt of an i'll smelling street.
From the beesand the kline and the sentinel cry
OF the cock, whose shrill clarion BODIES no
alarm,
Rings out TO the city folk ever and aye:
Come back to Dame Nature; she lives on
FARM New York World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBFTERIAN CHURCH-Rev r. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbatl
morning AID evening; Sabbath school 9 30 a. M
young peoples society of Christian endeayOr, sun
day evenings; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCR-Rev
Ezra Hingeley, pastor. Sabbath preaching, II
1. m-; p. m. young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
nings; sabbath school 2:30 pm. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m.
pubic worship, IL a. m; weekly prayer meeting
Friday p. m. monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
aay OF each month, p. m.; wOnlanS missionary
s,elety, last Saturday of each month, p. m dis
trlct prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, p. m.
young womens prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, p. m.
AFRICAN N. E. .CHURCH-Rev Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 1870 a. m; p. IN; Sab
oath school, 2:30 p. m.; weekly prayer meeting,
Thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
Log Rolling In Earnest.

An old farmer in Morgan county,
Ind, was busy in his clearing some
years ago rolling logs together, stacking
brush, pulling stumps and the like, when
two hunters emerged unexpectedly from
the bushes.
They '.passed the time of day" with
the farmer, and the younger of them
said to his companion:
Ibid you ever do any work of this sort.
judge?'
"Yes, indeed" answered the second
man.
"Well," said the first speaker, $50 did
a good many years ago. Let's try our
hands at it now."
agreed" said the judge, and the two
men laid aside their guns, took off their
coats and went to work with will. AT
the end of an hour they had finished
their stint, and the farmer offered to pay
them.
"Oh, no. the strangers said; ''you are
welcome to what we have DONE"
"Well, don't know your names, gen.
tlemen, nor whom | have to thank,
but
my name is Elliot" the judge broke
in, ''and my friend here is Senator Har-
rison."
"You don't mean it!" exclaimed the
farmer, and as he United States sena-
tor and the judge of the supreme court
started into ths woods he said to him
self:
well, now, I've read a good deal in
the papers about these politicians a-log
rollin, but I'm blest if I thought they
ever really did t."-Youth's Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
Charms to Ward or Disease.

For what will charms not be worn?
know American mothers who buy seeds
-"Job's tears drug stores to string
them into necklace to hang about the
baby's neck to ward off eye troubles.
The Bechuana mother strings beetles of
a certain species and hangs them about
the neck of her baby to help it in teeth
ing.
Professor Putnam found metacarpal
bones Of birds buried with babies in the
little graves which he discovered under
the hard clay floor of old house circles
in Arkansas and Missouri. From anal
ogy with modern Indian customs, he
believes these were charms to help the
child in cutting its teeth.-Professor
Frederick Starr in Popular Science
Monthly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
A Trenaured Hoof.

A very interesting relic has fallen into
the possession of the well known Bir-
mingham physician, Sir James Sawyer.
It is one of the hoofs of the identical
horse that Lord Cardigan rode in the
charge of the Light Brigade. Lady
Sawyer's father, who was Lincolnshire
rector, received this precious relic of the
historic charge from Lord Cardigan, and
it bears an inscription to this effect. The
four hoofs are now disposed of as fol-
lows: The Prince of Wales, an honor
airy colonel of the Tenth Hussars, has
one; another belongs to the officers of
that famous regiment, and it is brought
out at mess on state occasions; the
Countess Of Cardigan owns third; and
the last, which is the off hind hoof,
graces the sideboard of Sir James Saw
yer. 1t is beautifully mounted in silver,
and is naturally highly priced by its
Iowner.-London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
Does Modern Educat,on Eaucatee

One of the greatest disadvantages of
an exclusively college education is that
it is apt to foster what Macaulay calls q
.'Chinese cast of mind" that stupid con-
tempt of everything beyond the wall of
the college mans celestial empire. The
defenders of college education claim
as their own every man of distinction
who has attended college, whereas these
men became eminent authors, lawyers,
statesmen, ETC., IN spite of the fact that
they spent several of the most valuable
years of their lives at college. and were
only saved from the obscurity of the
majority of college bred men by syste-
matically neglecting the dull routine of
prescribed studies and spending their
time in desultory reading.
Bacon, Dryden, Sheridan, Byron.
Scott, Wellington and many other illus
trious men went to college, but dis
dained to subject their intellects to the
antiquated course of studies prescribed.
Who were the senior wranglers at COL
lege when the men just mentioned were
cutting the classics and reading history
poetry and fiction? The very names of
the successful scholars are unknown,
but the idle young men" who refused
to be tied to the mental corpse Of dead
literature made their names immortal. -
No Name Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-01-28
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Lift others, and self will be lifted, too
You need a long reach to your thought
Let your thoughts be deep and moi
shallow.
Be blessing and you will receive
blessing.
The hours are inch-marks on Time 1
yardstick.
In the little circumstances of each da!
we ale lost.
The best thinking is only filling ou'
the footprints of God.
All are born to observe order, but few
are born to establish it.
For insult given the noblest vengeance
is forgetfulness forever.
What honest man would not rather bt
a sufferer than defrauderr
When a girl marries man TO reform
him the devil doesn't worry.
Prayer will keep you from SHINING
and SHINING will you from prayer.
1t is a sign of high culture to say the
greatest matters in the simplest way.
Wemust often consider not what the
wise will think, but what the foolish will
say.
One of the most powerful elements in
every success is the determination to
succeed.
With the thought of eternity comes
the brother thought of duty, of destiny
of character.
Envy is always robber. for the mo-
ment we envy others their possessions
we lose our own.
II an old man only knew as much as
young man thinks he does, how this oid
globe would whirl.
He that aspires to be the head OF
party will find it more difficult to please
his friends than to perplex his foes.