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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Eugene Sues Vanity.

Notwithstanding the extraordinary
literary success which he enjoyed when
his works were the vogue, Eugene Sue
posed much more as man of fashion
than man of letters. After his dinner
at the Cafe de Paris he would gravely
stand on the steps smoking his cigar and
listening to the conversation with an air
of superiority without attempting to
take part in it. His mind was supposed
to be far away, devising schemes for the
social and moral improvement of his
fellow creatures. These philanthropic
musings did not prevent him from pay
ing a great deal of attention-too much
perhaps-to his personal appearance, for
even in those days of beaus, bucks and
dandies, of Counts d'Orsay and others,
men could hot help thinking Eugene
Sue overdressed.
He rarely appeared without spurs to
his boots. and he would no more have
done without new pair of white kid
gloves every evening than without his
dinner. Other men, like Nestor de
Roqueplan, Alfred de Musset and Major
Fraser, did not mind having their gloves
cleaned, though the process was not so
perfect asst is now. Eugene Sue averred
that the smell of cleaned gloves made
him i'll. The unhappy man finally fell
into poverty, was quietly cashiered from
his fashionable clubs and died in OBJ
scurity.-Chicago Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
No Title for Whittier.

1 notice that you refer to the poet
Whittier as "Mr. Whittier" This,
take it, is in bad taste. Call him Whit
tier, John g., John Greenleaf or Friend
Whittier, but never ''Mr." Whittier
He belongs to that pure democracy nj
Quakerism that permits no prefxes OF
titles to proper names-no Mr." nc
'Rev.," no Hon" no ESD" but plain
John, James, Charles, Dora, Rebecca,
etc. It does not accord with the gen.
orally accepted feeling toward him. The
good Quaker poet is nearer to the hearts
of our American readers than any other
living poet, and those readers are sensi-
lively exacting in the particular of the
treatment accorded him by Others
Cor. Chicago News-Record.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

flcklnS Out Ih1eves by Their Eyes.
The eye always indicates the charac-
ter of the man. This is particularly
true of thieves, for the expert detective
can tell in almost every case whether or
not man is thief by simply looking
him squarely in the eye. Awen known
detective in speaking of this matter,
said:
Yes, can pick out thief every time.
| can't tell you what it is that gives the
man away except that it is the expires
sion of the eye. In the first place, there
are few thieves that will look you
squarely in the eye unless they are
obliged to do so. They will avoid your
glance as long rs they can, and even
when they do face you and gaze steadily
at you it is always with the same ex
preston. Although their eyes may be
wide open and the gaze apparently
steady you will see, if you look closely,
that there is something away back
through the corner trying to avoid you.
have picked out numbers of thieves by
this little lodging movement. l never
saw thief who was free from it.
Everybody has met that man who
resolutely refuses to meet steady gaze
for more than three or four seconds at a
time. 1t is not fair to say that all such
persons are dishonest. In many cases
this peculiarity is a direct result of bash
fulness. A little close observation will
enable the observer to put persons in
the class to which they belong. The
man whose eye is almond shaped is al
most always dishonest at heart, if not
in overt act. The eyes of some of the
most notorious thieves in the country
are of this pattern, and the expression
given the face by this sort of eye is very
striking. Pittsburg Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
GRAINS OF GOLD.
A little sin is as black as a big one.

A little sin is as black as big one.
Every little act is the child of great
principle.
No deed can be small when the pur =
pose is great
All men would be masters of others.
and no man is lord of himself.
Don't have much to say about your
self, if you want to keep clear of hypoc-
risy.
A dollar will buy four times as much
for a grateful man as is it will for
stingy one.
In the masquerades of life, the great
est towards are apt to wear the most
ferocious masks.
1t never makes the church any the
stronger to have the man join who is
mean to his wife.
You can't tell how much money a
man has in his pOcketbook by the size
of the strap around it.
There is no way of reaping permanent
success in this life without giving an
honest equivalent for it.
Some people never find out that an OPP
portunity is an opportunity until it has
turned the next corner.
Don't forget that your children will
pay more attention to your tracks than
they will to your precepts.
Sleep eight hours out of the twenty
four; eat three meals a day, and walk
on the sunny side of the way.
There wouldn't be so many tired DeO-
pie in the world if men would stop climb
ing hills before they got To them.
The man who is faithful in the first job
of work he can get, no matter how poor
it may be. will soon have a better one.
You may safely commit your child's
clothes TO the servant. but the rest of the
little one you had better take care of
yourself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

VANITY can exist only on a narrow
basis; broaden the foui. d Ition, and it
will fall to the ground. The greater
man is the smaller he feels himself to
be; for he has in his mind a standard of
excellence far above that which he actu-
ally reaches, ever progressing and re-
minding him of his own shortcomings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

A French paper relates that Baron de
Lutz, late prime minister of the king of
Bavaria, was much addicted to shroud-
ing all his actions in mystery. Having
seriously hurt both his legs on one occa-
sion, he consulted separate doctor for
each of his injured limbs. The one who
treated the right leg was totally un-
aware that fellow practitioner had
been called in for the left one, and vice
versa.
Just fancy that, instead of his two legs,
each of his ten toes had been diseased!
Why, it would have taken fortune to
pay the bills of ten doctors.-La Setti-
mana
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Natural Sand Blasts.

The idea of cutting designs on glass
by forcing sand against the surface of
plates and vessels of that material was
first suggested by one of natures freaks.
Just as hundreds of other inventions
have been. An observing young man
who was summering on the coast of
New England noticed that the wind
storms in that section frequently gath
cred up large loads of sand and hurled
it with much force against exposed win
dow panes, and that these within very
short time were worn through and had
to be replaced. In places where they
were protected by leaves, vines, mos
quito netting, ETC., the glistening sur
face was left intact. He set about utiliz-
ing old natures hint at once, the result
being a machine which does work that
cannot even be initiated in any other
way.-St. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev r Atax
inder, pastor. Public worship every Sabbati
morning aad evening: Sabbath school o 40 n m
oulg peoples society Of Christian endeayOr. Sun.
ay evenings general prayer meeting, "Wednesday
Vening Strangers welcome 10 all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-pev
Ezra hllseley, pastor. Sabbath preaching, II
= H.; p. m young peoples meeting Monday
'Nenlnesi general prayer meeting, "Wednesday eve
nings; Sabbath school 2:3O pm Strangers cor
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CRURCH-Rey
lhonas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school 10 a. m /:
RllDilc worship, II a. m; weekly prayer meeting
Friday p M monthly prayer meeting last Satur
lay of each month, p. m.; wOman's missionary
'leiety, last Saturday OF each month"; D. m dis
srlct prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays
thursdays and Saturdays each month"; 2 D. m
;oung Women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
ach month at the parsonage, D. m.
A AFRICAN NJ e. CHURCH-Rey Albert March
iastor. Sunday service, 10 80 a. m. Z d. m: Sab
aih school, 80 p. m.; weekly prayer meeting
thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
An Accomplished Parrot,

On Sacramento street, near Kearny
on any sunshiny afternoon one can SEE
hanging in front of a Chinese store a
large cage containing a green parrot
which bird is most distinguished lin
guist. He possesses the faculty, so rare
among foreigners, Of speaking Chinese
He also speaks Spanish an1 English. Tt
a singsong question addressed to him
in Chinese by his owner the parrot
gravely replied, Pretty Polly, goodby,
while in answer to the stereotyped query,
Polly want cracker?" he burst into a
food of Chinese. He evidently scorned
to reply to the time honored query, there
being no cracker in sight.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
A Scared Animal.

Swift footed animals that have been
tanned. with abundant facilities for max
ing living of their own. are Npt to take
French leave in spite of kind treatment,
although in moments of danger sTch
renegades will sometimes remember an
old protector and volunteer TO renounce
their habits of truancy. The post trader
of the Forbin de San Pablo, near MAJ
allan. raised young ocelot, which hung
about the house, or rather the ranch, for
a couple of years, but at last ceased to
recognize the authority of its landlord.
Juanita would absent herself for weeks
together and visit the post only as a
guest, or privileged member of an in
specting committee, for she rummages
the premises, appears and disappears
without asking anybody's leave, and re-
sents every attempt at familiarity on
the part of her former owner. But one
evening she had just entered the store
when a troop of horsemen alighted at
the gate, and a minute later govern
ment scout with a big wolf dog stepped
up to the counter, while his companions
deposited their saddlebags near the open
door.
Juanita cast an uneasy glance at the
blockaded door and in the next instant
caught sight of the dog and he of her,
when the attitude of both parties be-
came so disagreeably suggestive of an
impending set-to that the scout reached
for a stick to chase the dog out. But
Juanita either misconstrued his motive
or had already made up her mind to Sc
cure a vantage ground, for just when he
faced about she leaped upon the counter
and with the next jump upon the shoul-
der of her old master, and there pro-
ceeded to get her back up" growing
yieiously and bristling up to twice her
natural size. like cat.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Illustrated Signs.

The pictorial sign is but little seen in
this country. Among the few that we
find are the District Telegraph com
pany's pictures, showing deceptive rep
resentations of fast speeding messenger
boys, and the colored signboards used
by nearly all costumers, some East
Broadway modistes and few Bowery
tailors. One clothing establishment had
the rather original idea of placing por-
traits of all the members of the firm be-
tween the windows of the building, and
the same plan was later on followed by
an electrical belt" doctor on Broadway.
The back view of gentleman with a
very high collar is familiar sign on
one of the city's launderies, and Steve
Brodie has had the scene of his first ex-
ploit reproduced in color. At Eighth
avenue and One Hundred and Thirty
fifth street shoemaker has for many
years hung out a signboard showing a
cobbler with kit on his back mounting
horse and the inscription, won't you
help me upY'-New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
HE FOUND FATHERS BODY.
Though He Had Laid in a Nameles
Grave for MANY Years

Now this Is true story" said q
gentlem. n whose Office is a door or two
off upper Broadway, land the question
is, was ii fate. psychic attraction, an
Overruling Providence or-but III tel
you the incident.
When the war broke ont my brother
and classmate of his, TO whom he was
much attached, both enlisted at the
same time and departed for the SOUTH
leaving behind in the little town in
western New York their young wives,
to whom they had been married but a
short time Ny brothers chum, whom
we may call Ned Brown for conven-
ience, had, / think. been a husband but
six weeks when he left for the front.
Brother Jack was soon after transferred
to the adjutant generals department, SO
saw little of active service, and Ned
was in the division of the army which
remained in the vicinity of Washington
for about year. Then came the Battle
of the Wilderness and with it the
startling intelligence to Jack that Ned
had been mortally wounded and had
sent for him. He made all haste to the
side of his friend, who soon after his
arrival died in his arms.
LAS was usual after great battles, the
dead were buried, many together, in
large trenches, and my brOsier was
much troubled over the probability Of
there being no means of locating or
identifying the body, when, as he felt
sure, the family would wish to send for
| it. There had been a little son born to
the young soldier in that far away vii
lage by the lake, and he felt that the
child, who had never looked upon his
fathers face, would one day want to
know at least where his body lay.
The men in charge assured Jack that
the body should be placed at the head of
the trench, and if any mark could be
left upon it it would be easily found.
For some time my brother wondered
what he could do. Then an idea struck
him. He found bottle, and placing in
side of it a paper upon which was
written the name and regiment of his
friend, he tied it about the neck of the
corpse.
'Some time afterward when friends
of the dead sold.g came for the body
other trenches hal been dug near the
first, and it was impossible to identify
the spot, though the grief stricken
widow could scarcely be prevailed upon
to give up the search.
well, just the other day young
commercial drummer from a Rochester
house found himself in the quiet town
of Petersburg, Va, and to pass away a
dull Sunday went out to the soldiers
burying ground. After he had wan
dered around for a time among the
green mounds he suddenly saw painted
upon a wooden slab a name that made
his heart leap.
1T was his fathers name. And this
was Jacks boy, the boy the brave young
soldier had so longed to see. Years ago,
when the bodies were removed from the
old trenches and reburied, the bottle
with its bit of paper had been the means
of identifying one at least.
THAT night there flashed over the
wires this message to the soldiers wi
dow, Il shall bring home fathers body
with me next week. New York
World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
A Bright Little Animal.

Taking his size into consideration, the
mole is the strongest animal we know.
Whatever he does, too, he does with all
his might. One can see the reason of
the comparison "blind as a bat;;" but
why folks should ever say "blind as a
mole" is incomprehensiblet to me. Watch
him as he runs about in the bright SUM-
shine, aftera spell of underground work,
and tell me whether you think those
eyes of his, small though they are, do
not serve him in good stead. And that
beautiful coat never shows any dirt
upon it, no matter how clayey the soil
may be among which he works.-Pall
Mall Budget.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

"What has become of your niecer'
asked Miss Donahue of Mrs. O'Rafferty.
"Och, sure, an she's done well wild
hersilf. She married lord"
why, you don't tell me! An English
lordY'
mo; | don't think he's an English
lord. He's landlord He kapes q
hummer hotel. Texas Siftipgs.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

To be a gentleman and live like a
gentleman ought to be the same; but, in
common acceptation, they have no con
nection, are indeed often opposed. To
be gentleman means great deal-far
more than many who claim to be gentle
men have any conception of. To live
like gentleman refers generally to ex-
iternals alone, to outside presentation, to
keeping up appearances.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deep
depending upon healthy condition OF
all the vital organs. If the liver be in
active, yOu have Bilious Look and if
your kidneys be affected you have a
Pinched Lack. Secure good health and
you will have good looks. Electric
Bitters is the great Alternative and Tonic
acts directly on these vital organs.
Cures pimples, blotches, bOils, and gives
a good complexion. Sold at Patterson's
Drug Store, soc per bottle.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
One Year's Sale of Stamps.

The number of postage stamps used
in year is something enormous. For
instance, the ordinary postal revenue for
the year ending June 80, 1891, exclusive
of the money order business, was $685.
O65. .293S7. Of this $41 ,432, 1880 came
from letter postage. The bulk of this
is of course in two cent stamps, and it
is safe to put the whole number of this
denomination used at more than two
billions per annum.-Kate Fields Wash
ington.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Heathen Men of Mashoupa.

Mashoupa was once the residence of a
missionary, but the church is now aban-
doned and falling into ruins, because
when asked to repair the edifice at their
own expense the men of Mashoupa
waxed wroth, and replied irreverently
that God might repair his own house,
and one old man who received blanket
for his reward for attending divine
service is reported to have remarked
when the dole was stopped, mo more
blanket, no more halleluiah." fear me
the men of Mashoupa are welded to
heathendom.-Fortnightly Review
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

From the following figures in a report
submitted by the gentry of Kaoyao
Hsien, Kuangtung, to their magistrate,
of the number of old people in that dis
trict, we cannot help being convinced
of the fact that the Chinese are long
lived race. In that single district there
are three persons over 100 years Of age,
1sO about the age of 80, and as many as
5000 who have reached the mature age
of fourscore.-North China Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

l FEEL it my duty to say few words
in regard to Ely's Cream Balm, and dc
so entirely without solicitation. l have
used it more or less half year, and
have found it to be most admirable. /
have suffered from catarrh of the wors,
kind ever since l was little boy and ]
never hoped for cure, but Cream Balm
seems to do even that. Many of my
acquaintances have used it with excel
lent results.-Oscar Ostrum, As Warren
Ave, Chicago, Ill. S42t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Chinese and the Telephone.

According to telephone authority
the easiest language for telephoning is
Chinese. tits principally monosyllables
and is made up of simple rising and fall
ing infections. German, it seems, is
not as bad a language for telephoning a.
might be thought. French is not bad,
but it is almost as sibilant as English
Yankee Blade.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Picking Out Thieves by Their Eyes.

Campbell Scott in Youths Com
panion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
when white stockings We're WORN

Those who are middle aged well re-
member when white and balbriggan
were the two colors universally worn.
In those years colored stockings, except
in silk, were very rarely seen, and a
large item in everybody's wardrobe was
dozens of stockings, a clean pair being
often as necessary as a clean collar. At
the present day Germany manufactures
the greatest amount of hosiery.-Dry
Goods Economist.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. d A. M-Meets
very wednesday night on or before full moon.
j. Il. MEYER, Secy. Ed BAILEY w M
ST. CL4IRSVILLE CHA PIER. No. n. ROUaI
irch MdSoHs. Stated cOnyocations iirst Friday of
zach month. -
j. b. MEYER, Rec. Ed BAILEY HH
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81 r. M
Meets second Tuesday of each morIi.
j. Il. MEYER, Sec'y i r. RYAN TIN
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 2S, K. T-stated
sonclaves, lrst tuesday Of each month.
j. b. MEf ER oecE j. B. RYAN, f. e.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Without Bone.

A funny mistake occurred lately in
printing labels for meat preserving
company. The printer had been in the
habit of labelling tins of beef or mutton,
as the case might be, with the words
without bone" prominently displayed.
The company having added kidney soup
to its list, the new article was duly tick
eted as kidney soup-without bone."-
London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
An Execution.

Professor-To contract is to make
smaller; to expand is to enlarge. Cold
contracts, heat expands. The operations
cannot go on at the same time in the
same thing. If
Pupil-Beg pardon, professor, there
are some things the more you contract
the more they enlarge.
''Ah, indeed. Name some of them"
debts, sir. Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Ono Days Liberty.

Mr.. Neater-I wish you wouldn't let
little Dot play with such a dirty raga-
muffin as that boy she is with out there
on the street.
Mrs. Neater-Why, that's little Dick,
your own son. I've been away all day
and he's been doing as he pleased
Good News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
Old SaWa

Some of the old forms of our commonesi
saws are pleasant enough: "That which
cleuid by the bone might not out of the
fiesshe." "a pot may goo so long to water
that at the laste it cometh to-broker
hoom." "Ther is none that stondeth SC
surely, but otherwhyle he falleth ol
slydeth." "Murdre abydeth not hyd; il
shal come out. London Saturday Re
viav
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

OF 1000 school children more than
300 were found to be more or less near
sighted. Scarcely any of these were
under nine years Of age, and the percent
age of myopia increased regularly from
grade to grade.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

Miss NINA CROMWELL, of Detroit
who claims to be a iineal descendant OF
the great Oliver Cromwell, owns a ven
cradle Bible, which is thought to be the
Identical volume which the Protector
used. 1t was printed in 1891, by John
Wolfe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04

The gay feathers of the parrot are par
ticularly valuable to many Indian tribes,
and some dances cannot be held without
them, though the Indians have to travel
hundreds of miles into Mexico to get
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-04
A Woman Editor for a ..Eunnv, Paner

A Miss Murphy edits the Melbourne
Punch. one of the funniest and most
flourishing of colonial comic papers.
She joined the staff some years ago in u
subordinate capacity, and has attained to
her present position solely by her ability.
She is a great advocate of woman's
rights, and is exceedingly handsome.