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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

The remarkable unanimity that is Sc
pleasant to observe between man anC
wife is nicely illustrated by rhe follow
ing two letters of the same date:
COUNTRY, Aug. 20.
DEAR JoHN-l am going to stay anotEe
week. Am having splendid time. Affection
ately, JULIA
CITY, Aug. ~.
DEAR JULIA-YOu can stay another week
Am having splendid time. Affectionately
JOHN.
For some reason or other she conclude:
to pack up and start for home imnedi
ately to see about his splendid time.
Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
Advantages of Seasickness.

Nothing can be much more depressing
than seasickness. and for this reason we
should strongly advise all weak persons
not to encounter if possible the risk of
its occurrence. 1t is astonishing how
soon and how completely those who are
favored with fair measure of constitu-
tional elasticity recover from its depres-
sion. In their case the benefits of a sea
trip may t'-us, with compensations of
air, diet and appetite, be enhanced by a
few hours Of mechanical nausea. It is
in truth for such persons only that tours
of this kind are advisable--London Lam
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
Best Flowers for a Sickrnnm

The best flowers for a sickroo,n arc
growing flowers, but cut flowers are
more often obtainable. AS to these lat
ter they should first of all be fresh
They quickly decay, and then they com
municate to the water in which they are
placed vegetable juices which undergo
putrefactive fermentation and render
the air impure. Bright colored flowers
are desirable.-Boston Globe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
LOOK OUT FOR THEM.

my kidneys are all right; l have no
pain in my back" Mistaken man. Peo-
pie die from kidney disease of so bad a
character that the organs are nearly de-
Stroyed, and yet they have never had a
pain or an ache. Why? Brcause the dis
ease began in the interior of the kidneys
where they are few nerves of feeling to
convey the sensation of pain. DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root is the great specific
for " Bright's disease" urinary troubles
troubles and kidney difficulties. Sold by
druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
The Gentlemanly Caller.

Chicago. Tribune.
The mistress of the house had come
to the door in response to a message to
the effect that gentleman wished to
speak with her few moments on a
matter of business.
81 beg pardon for troubling you, mad
am" he said, lifting his hat, "but l am
the bearer of letter addressed to you
personal y
She opened the note he handed her.
1t read as follows:
Mrs. Rambo:
DEAR MADAM-This will introduce
to you Mr.. Cyrus Barker, a gentleman
belonging to one of the oldest and most
respectable families of Kentucky. He
visits your city on business, the nature
of which he will himself explain. l am,
dear madam, yours truly.
HIRAM SwIGGIN.
Hiram Swiggin?" said the lady in
some perplexity. Il do not recall the
name. Who is he?"
MIR Hiram Swiggin," replied the po-
lite stranger, "is a member of one of the
oldest and best known families of Vir-
giDia, who traces his ancestry clear back
through colonial days to the reign of
good Queen Elizabeth. Hiram Swiggin
is a man whom l am proud to call my
friend. Hiram Swiggin, madam, is a
genius He''-
"But what is the nature Of the bust
ness
Il am coming to that in moment.
Pardon me, but when 1 get to talking
about Hiram Swiggin am very apt to
lose myself. He is a man whose wide
range of information, general grasp of
current events, fertility of resource and
marvellous powers of self command
awaken the admiration of all who know
him. Hiram Swiggin," continued the
caller, opening a small sachel he carried
In his hand, sis the inventor and pat
entee Of little article to which | wish
to direct your attention for moment.
1t is called the Ladies' Prerequisite, and
is, as you see, combined hairpin, but
tonhook, glove fastener, hatpin nail
polisher and tweezers, the regular retail
price of which is sixty-tive cents, but
which l shall take pleasure in offering
to you, on condition that it be strictly
confidential, for the merely nominal
sum of fif"-
At this point she loosed the dog.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

"IN buying a cough medicine fol-
children" says H. A. Walker, a promi-
nent druggist of Ogden, Utah, "nevel
be afraid to buy Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. There is no danger from ii
and relief is always sure to follow.
particularly recommend Chamberlain's
because i have found it to be safe and
reliable. 1t is intended especially for
colds, Group, and whooping cough
Fiity-cent bottles for sale by Patterson
81 Sons, Druggist. 1-5-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
A "Close" Minister

The Rev. Mr.. Jones, of Blewbury, with
a nest egg of e2OO and stipend amount
ing to $50 per annum, left at death the
sum of elO.OO0 He had been rector of
his parish for forty years. and during all
that time only one person had been
known to sit at his festal table. No fire
was ever lighted in his house, nor was
servant kept. In winter he would visit
his parishioners to keep himself from
starving of cold rather than light fire
at the rectory. y.-Cassell's Joarnsl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

Some one has noted the fact that July
has been fatal month to presidents.
Jefferson, Monroe, Taylor, Van Buren,.
Johnson and Grant died in that month.
and Garfield was shot in that month.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

THE sloop Wasp. now receiving re-
pairs on Morgan'S ways at New London,
Conn, is probably one of the oldest boats
afloat. In 1872 she gained a detective
victory over the British brig Frolic, and
later in the war, she captured the sloop
of-war Reindeer, the Avon. There is
some talk of exhibiting the Wasp at th9
Worlds Fair.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

Somebody says that snoring is the
spontaneous escape of those malignant
feelings which the sleeper has no time
to vent when awake"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

Cleveland-with fast trains for East and West:
Lorain.with the ''NickelPlate;" Elyria-with the
l. 4 vi R'y; GraftOn-with the C &C & R'y;
Sterling with the & R'y; WaTwick-with
the c A & c R'y: MaSiOn-with W & l. L R'y and
? Fit w & G R'y; Justus-with the SO R'y; Canal
Panhandle; BridgepOrt-with C & R'y; Bel
laire-with b & R'y.
j. F. TOWNSEND, Gen. Trdf. Agt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

Among the recent inventions in cleo
trio heating devices are hand stamps
curling irons, coffee urns and branding
irons.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
DISEASES OF WOMEN

| DISEASES or woMEN.-we have a special de-
partment, thoroughly organized. and devoted ex-
clusively to the treatment of diseases Of women.
Every case consulting our specialists. whether by
letter OF in person, IS given the careful md
eonsiderate attention Important cases land We get
few which have not bsfled the skill Of all the
home physicansl have the benefit of a full council
OF skilled specialists. In treatment OF diseases
peculiar to females, our success has been marked.
over two othirds OF our patents being ladies. old.
young married, single. rich and poor. Our method
Is entirely free from Objectionable features OF the
general practitioner, namely, Local treatment
We seldom find 1t necessary. We prepare reme-
dies, constitutional and local. the demands.
and instruct ladies' how to treat themselves.
MARRIAGE Married persons, or young men con-
templ7ung marriage, aware OF physical weakness.
loss Of provocative powers impotency, any other
disqualification. speedily restored.
PRIVATE DlSSASES,-Blood Poison. Venereal
Taint. elect. Structure, Seminal Emissions, Loss OF
Sexual Power, Weakness Of Sexual Organs, Want
of Desire in Male or Female. whether from impru-
dent habits of youth sexual habits Of mature
years, any cause that deoiltateS the sexual func
tons, speedily and permanently cured. Consulta-
tion free and strictly confidential Absolute cures
guaranteed. Medicines sent free from observation
TO all parts Of the United States.
EPILEPSY. OR FiTS-Posluvely cured by new
and neveE-failing method. Testimonials furnished
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

The game of football played in Ameri-
can colleges and schools is not nearly so
harmful and dangerous as that which is
played in England.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

THOMAS SETTLE, now in the 2Sth
year of his age, will be the youngest
man in the Fifty third Congress. He is
Republican and represents a North
Carolina district.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

FoR pains in the chest there is nothing
better than flannel cloth saturated with
Chamberlain Pain Balm and bound on
over the seat of pain. 1t will produce
counter irritation without blisteriug,
and is not so disagreeable as mustard;
in fact is much superior to any plaster
on account of its pain-relieving qualities.
If used in time it will prevent pneu-
monia. Fifty-cent bottles for sale by
Patterson & Sons, Druggist. Is At
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fer
nandez, is inhabited by about sixty per-
sons, who attend to the herds of cattle
that Craze there.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

THE AFFAIR OF THE ECONOMIES.
Pittsburgh Times.
AS to the financial condition of the
Economic Society one should remember
that its wealth has probably always been
exaggerated. That has been true OF
other societies of the kind, just as it is
of individuals who live quietly, are dill
gent, and keep their affairs to themselves
People are prone to magnify whatever
is secret.
1t is highly probable that the society
lost money in some of its ventures. The
astutest of financiers do that But most
discreet persons will hesitate to believe
even on the authority of man who
claims to know the history of the socie-
tvs workings, that for the last decade
it has been losing at the rate of nearly
81 100000 year. If that were true a
good deal would have been heard about
it.
A communal organization has its in
fancy, its maturity and decay just as its
individual members have. That al
Economy has had as long life as most
of such organizations, and there is moth
ing surprising in he fact that it is not
so prosperous now as at the maturity OF
its powers. This is not to say that il
has reached the point of decay and must
soon perish, but that it has passed the
point of most earnest zeal, of strongest
faith in itself, and has lost the lively
inspiration born of these.
1t is just to the society and profitable
to all this region to consider these facts
The society has useful work to do yet
No good can come to the region for
which it has done so much by encourag-
ing the notion that it is on the verge OF
bankruptcy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

THE Fayette City. Pa, Nens contains
the following unique advertisement;
u. G. Sanforth, undertaken, Is years ex-
perience. In that time | have buried
over 1000 persons. My motto is Live
and Let Live Good goods and low
prices to everyone.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

THE success of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in effiecting a speedy cure OF
colds, Group and whooping cough has
brought it into great demand. Messrs
Pontius & Son, of Cameron, Ohio, say
that il has gained a reputation second
to none in that vicinity. Jas. NJ. Queen
of Johnston, w. Va, say it is the best
he ever used. B. F. Jones, druggist
Winona, Miss, says: "Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is perfectly reliable.
have always warranted it and it never
failed to give the most perfect satisfac
ton" Fifity-cent bottles for sale by
Patterson Il Sons, Druggists. l sat
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

The South Sea islanders are claimed
to make an intoxicating drink from corn
and decayed fish.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsom will stop the cough al
once. Ask your friends about it. 6-2-Iy
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
FINED FOR NOT VOTING.

Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Kansas City has some progressive
ideas. One of these ideas is that the
suffrage is valuable privilege, and that
it is conferred upon the citizens for the
purpose of being used. Kansas City's
idea on this point is, furthermore, that
man qualified to vote, and who is
apathetic about voting, shall be made
to vote.
The way Kansas City proposes to
make its citizens vote is to fine those
who fail to do so. The men who con-
structed the city charter estimated that
each failure to vote injured the city to
the amount of $3.50, and that was ac-
cordingly fixed as the amount of the
fine. You vote or you pay" says the
city charter.
Now, it came to pass that at the last
city election 1921 Kansas Citizens re-
manned away from the polls, and there
fore these delinquentS owe the munich
patty a total of over $4,000. The City
Attorney has begun to move in the
matter of collecting this money by suing
prominent capitalist for the amount OF
his fine. and the rest of the $4,000 and
odd delinquents are watching the case
with interest.
The matter is not without Importance
to other cities. There can be no doubt
thot sesious injury results when any
considerable body of citizens remain
away from the polls. 1t is well-known
fact that large majority of absentees
come from the better class of voters
men whose ballots, if cast, would have
wholesome influence. How to get
these men to the polls, both at the pri-
maries and the city elections, is prob
lem. If Kansas City has solved it,. the
country will be pleased to learn of the
fact.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
THE SUGAR TAX DRAWS NEARER.

THE SUGAR TAX DRAWS NEARER.
New York Press.
Gradually the free trade policy is as
suming definite outlines. At every step
in its progress it demonstrates the truth
of the predictions made by the Press in
regard to it. The one prominent feat
ure which Democrats have ceased trying
longer to conceal is the reimposition of
the revenue tariff tax on sugar. The
latest pronouncement for it comes from
Congressman.Catch of Mississippi.
81 favor the repeal of the sugar bounty" F"
he says, "but in its stead l want to see
a tariff placed on the commodity"
There can be little doubt that the free
traders will inaugurate their scheme of
revenue tariff 10y taxing the poor mans
breakfast table. Taxes on tea and coffee
will next be in order if the country does
not revolt before the free trade legtsla-
tors impose them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

ONLY Sl50 in advance. THE CIIRoN-
Gle and New York Tribune for one
year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

FATHER HENNEPlN. the missionary,
discovered coal in 1869 In what is now
Ottawa, Ill. This appears to be the
first record of the finding of coal in
America, bnt it was not mined until
nearly a century and half later. In
1913 five ark loads of flinty coal were
floated down the Lehigh river and sold
for $21 per ton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
CT. CLAIRSVILLE & NORTHERN
y RAILROAD TIME CARD

CoNNECTIONs-At Barton with all passenger
trains on c., l.. & W. R'y. sy~Direct With Street
Cars from Bridgeport to Wheeling Only direct
route between st. Clairsvile and Wheeling
A. G. DARRAH, J. F. TOWNSEND
President. Gen. Traf Ag't
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

WALTER SCOTT and Charles Dickens
works are read by more people to-day
than they ever were before.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05

DURING the past half century-since
the discovery of Ayers Sarsaparilla-
the average limit of human life in civ
ilized countries, has been considerably
heightened. Ayers Sarsaparilla is ev-
erywhere considered the standard blood
purifier, the Superior Medicine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
CLEVELAND, LORAlN & WHEELING R. R
Time Card Of Passenger Trains.
South Read Down
North-Read Up

In effect Nov. Goth, 1892 and until further notice
Standard Times minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio time
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-01-05
Chamberlain's Eve and ski
WHEELING & LAKE ERIE R'Y.

Time Tabls in effect Octo. %, 1s92.-Central
Standard Time.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-25

In China a b~aldheaded man of almost
any age can within the space of As hours
be transformed into a blooming youth.
as far as the hair is concerned: or a
heardless youth of Is Ear be made to
look like 60 within the same length 0;
time by having planted upon his face a
genuine gray beard four feet long: or an
old maid without eyebrows can be rams
formed into "A girl of sweet l6 by being
fitted out with IA beautiful pair of brand
new eyebrows or eyeiashes of any color.
1t is not a very costly operation in any
case. although it is IA little painful. but
then as it is only temporary, what mat
ter does it make to have beauty restored
to you if you do have to suffer a little
pain for only "a hours or even As hours.
Without II vou may have to be poor and
homely all vnur life.-Wong Chin Foo
i'll St. Louis ost-Dispatch
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-25
Minnie's Yearly ENpenses.

Minnie can afford to marry a poo.
man." said a friend of Minnie's mother.
speaking Of the daughters evident liking
for an impecunious young lawyer.
That is just where you are lnistak-
en-" answered Minnie's N ''She
has $1,000 a year of her own, and she
spends every penny of it upon her clothes.
Her dresses last year cost about "a ,0OO, her
hats and bonnets about $500, her lingerie
another $500. and besides there are her
jackets, gloves and all the other access
SORES of the toilet. And she is no ex-
ception in her world: most of her friends
spend quite as much and many a great
deal more. No wonder that young men
cannot afford to marry nowadays and
only rich girls are in demand, though
If men did but know tit is more ex-
pensive to marry al heiress than a girl
who has been accustomed to manage
with very ittle.'-New York Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-25
HIGHEST >. al in Leavea:ns ro.er.-L.tes I. S. Govt Re

evening lie addressed ile cnurch he be
gan, as all settled Back TO listen with ease;
Now. brethren he said. 1T is not
fair to go asleep as We always ha' done
until l get alang " my sermon. This
is my last one-so wait a wee till l get
alang. and her if I'm nat worth hear.
ing sleep ava wi ye, and will MOI
care. but dinnat 60 before I ha' com
menced. Gil me TINS one chance"
And they We're all pretty well awake
by that time, SO he went on:
~ shall take for my last text amang
We the two strong words Know thy
self" but l will say before l begin the
main discourse that | would nat advise
this congregation to make many such
proftless acquaintance!
You may believe that there was not
a snore or !. nod in the house that even
ing.'-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-25
The Population of the Moon.

There Is plenty Of authority for be-
lieying that there Is a man in the moon,
in fact. there i, authority for believing
that there are women and other animals
there. Dante declares that Cam was
banished To the moon, and that he car
be seen there at any time. Chaucer de-
clares that the man III the moon was
guilty Of larceny. and that ne carries q
thornbush. Shakespeare loads him with
thorns and gives him a dog, Accord
ing TO the general version. he was ban
ished there for gathering sticks on Sun
day. and the Germans Rave amplifed
this theory by giving him a woman vino
had been caught churning butter Oh
Sanday.-New YORK TELEGRAM.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-25
To TlN Scenis Advertisements.

The practice OF dcfacing natural seem
cry with gre t advertisements is not so
prevalent III he United States as it was
IA generation ago,a and public sentiment
is steadily growing stronger against 1t.
This practice has recently developed in
Englan,. to such an extent that lovers OF
nature recognize that some definite ac-
ton must be taken. The Thames val
ley. the most picturesque mountain spots
in Wales and tie loveliest corners of
Devonshire have been greatly injured by
huge advertisements. The well known
architect, Mr. Waterhouse. has pro-
posed that i, they cannot actually De
prohibited THEY should at least be di-
minished by the imposition Of "a heavy
license tax.-Chicago Herald.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-25
The Modern shave.

THE nose pulling barber is hard to
find now unless one goes into the cheap
shops" SAT George d. Hamilton of
Memphis. There was Il time not so
many years AGO when a barber would
take you by The nose if he had to shave
your upper lipand almost pull the pro-
tuberance up by the roots. \ friend of
mine told me he Went into a shop once,
and the barber asked him if he would
have a thumb or Z spoon shave, meaning
thereby that if my friend was fastidious
about having the barber .jab his thumb
in the corner of his mouth to extend his
jaw he would Use a spoon for that pur-
pose. But those days are gone. Even
the talking barber is a missing link be-
tween the new and the old tonsorial
schools. All The disagreeable features of
a shave have disappeared, and the opera
tion'is now smooth and pleasant. The
only people who find anything disagree
able in the process are those who shave
themselves or who get a shave in IA 5-cent
shop."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.