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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-04-06
New" Post Office Rules.


A funny postmaster recently sent
to the Post Office Department Il
new set Of Post Office rules. They
were:
A pair of onions will go for two
scents.
Ink bottles must be corked when
sent by mail.
Persons are compelled to lick
their own stamps and envelopes;
the postmaster cannot be compelled
to do this.
Persons are earnestly requested
not to send postal cards with money
orders inclosed, as large sums are
lost in that way.
Nitro-glycerine must be forwarded
at the risk of the sender. If it
should blow up in the postmaster
hand he cannot be held responsible.
Ducks cannot be sent through the
mail when alive. The quacking
would disturb the slumbers of the
clerks on the postal cars.
When watches are sent through
the mail, if the sender will put a
notice on the outside, the postmas-
tiers will wind and keep in running
order.
John Smith gets his mail from
674,279 post offices, hence a letter
directed to John Smith. United
States, will reach him.
Alligators over ten feet in length
are not allowed to be transmitted
by mail.
The placing of stamps upside
down on letters is prohibited. Sew
eral postmasters have recently been
seriously injured while trying to
stand on their heads to cancel
stamps placed in this manner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-04-06
See the Worlds Fair for Fifteen
Cents.

Cents.
Upon the receipt of your address
and fifteen cents in postage stamps.
we will mail you prepaid our Sow
enlr Portfolio of the Worlds Col
um ban Exposition. the regular
price is fifty cents, but as we want
YOU to have one, we make the price
nominal. You will find it a work
of art and a thing to be priced. 1t
contains full page views of the great
buildings, with descriptions of
same, and is executed in highest
styles of art. If not satisfied with
1t, after you get it, we will refund
the stamps and let You keep the
book. Address
II. E. BUCKLEN & Co.,
4 Chicago, III.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-04-06

Rirans Tabules relieve scrOfula.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-04-06
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III SO. oxford St, Brooklyn, N Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-04-06

Ripans Tabules relieve headache.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Gibraltar and Spain.

1t may be objected that, although Glib
raltar might be useless to us as agains
Spain, it would still, in wartime, be use
full to us as against any other power. 1
certainly might be useful to very mod
flied extent. 1t is nevertheless matte
of notoriety that Spain ardently desire
to regain possession of the fortress, ant
it is scarcely conceivable that, unless WI
were actually fighting for the protection
of Spanish interests, Spain would remain
rigidly Neutral while another power wal
attempting to expel us from the rock.
In order to secure the more or less &C
tive cooperation of Spain the other pow
er would merely have to give some Sc
cret pledge that, having once gained
possession of Gibraltar. she would HAND
it over without charge to its ancient
owners. France, there is no doubt
would, with things standing as they dc
at present, be very glad to see Spain
take our place there, and though Italy
might not like it she would not spend a
single centesimo to prevent it.-Fort-
nightly Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Men Are Not Interesting Invalids.

Women take only too kindly to the
role Of an invalid; the sofa, the feecy
white shawl, the little cups Of beef tea
or plates of oysters. Once let a woman
taste the dreamy pleasures of this sort
of existence, and unless some shock or
sense Of duty rouses her she will calmly
continue for the rest of her days In the
pleasant path before her. She smiles
sweetly at the little attentions offered
her, she dresses in the daintiest of semi
toilets, and she looks so pretty and gen.
tie and patient that it seldom dawns on
her husband that the existence is an ig-
noble one. But let my lord fall i'll, and,
oh, dear, what different tale to tell
The valet comes flying from the room
followed by boot, the cook gives notice
because the master called the beef tea
"beastly stuff, the housemaid is in tears
because she is not allowed to sweep or
dust the sickroom. Man, noble man, is
a pitiful object when he is sick. Get
him thoroughly i'll and he is better pa
tient than a woman, but If he is merely
laid up for a day or two with cold or a
bilious attack he persistently kicks in
stead of wisely enjoying the rest which a
benefcent nature has imposed on him.
London Hospital
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Slamming a Door,

To slam door may be an evidence of
bad temper or bad manners, but it is
also a popular superstition that slam
ming door is wicked. This belief is
undoubtedly due to supposition enter
tanned by many nations that the souls of
the departed hover about the place where
they departed from their bodies. The
Indians of this country frequently howled
and beat the air with brushwood in or
der to drive away the spirit of the pris-
Dner they had just kSled.
The negroes of the Congo abstain from
sweeping out their huts for year after
death has occurred for fear that the
dust may interfere with the spirit of the
departed. 1t Is in northern Europe that
the superstition concerning the slamming
of door arose, the fear being enter
tanned that some spirit might be caught
In the slamming New York Telegram.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
The Skulls at Malvern Hill.

81 think the ghastliest sight 1 ever
saw" said Sheriff Barnes, twas during
the late war on the field of Malvern Hill.
1 was in the battle and a more terrific
engagement never witnessed. But that
is not the exact time to which refer
About year after the battle was fought
my regiment was ordered out into the
neighborhood of the same old field. We
went over the very same ground, and
there in the open field, exposed to the
torrid sun, were bleaching the bones of
our comrades who fell in that awful en-
gagement. 1t was a sight shall never
forget. On every side lay a waste of
skulls-skulls of almost every shape and
size-a modern Golgotha.
1--WE could not identify them, however,
and could only gaze with a feeling of
sorrow on the aggregate pile of human
heads that had once been full of life and
feeling. After the deeper emotions ex-
cited by the spectacle had worn away
thought of the infinite variety of shapes
that were presented by the heap. There
were no two of the same shape or size,
and it was rather matter of curious
though melancholy interest to inspect
the different skulls as they lay crum-
bling in the sultry atmosphere of that
August day." Atlanta Constitution.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
The Strike of q Sex,

The women of Africa are taking on adj
vanced airs and trying independent ex-
periments that rather outherod the suf-
fragists here. A strike has taken place
among the women of the Akona tribe,
unique in plan and definite in purpose.
They protested without avail against the
treatment of the husbands and fathers.
Then they talked it over with the pre-
liminary Of organization, with no con-
stitution and bylaws, and appealed to
another tribe with whom the Akonas
were not on good terms. This tribe
agreed to take in all the dissatisfied
women, and the village awakened the
next morning to find all its women and
girls gone and work at a standstill. The
result was a ready assent to all that the
women requested and great rejoicing
when the Industrial element of the town
returned.-New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Freedom of opinion Costs Friends.

Taine's history and analysis of the
French revolution cost him most of his
republican friends, and when he pub
lished his volume on the reign of terror
MI his Bonapartist intimates deserted
him. The great lady, the Princess Ma
thilde, a niece of the great emperor. long
NJ. Taine's intimate friend, promptly left
card on him with P. P G. in the cor
ner. 81 shall never cease to regret, said
NJ. Taine to NJ. Renan, ''having lost SO
old friend on account of a book" MY
friend, said Renan, ''in order to have the
right to speak freely my thoughts broke
with a greater lady than the princess" ="
What lady?" "The church. London
Truth
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Every life is book that somebody is
reading.
Anger turns the mind out of doors
and locks the door.
The biggest dollars we see are these
just out of our reach.
Thought expands but lanes; action
animates but narrOws.
If you want to find great slave, find
man who has wealth.
There is no better cure for sorrow than
to pity some one else.
We are all willing to admit the total
deprayity of some folks.
Do you control your temper, or does
your temper control you?
Life is a beautiful night in which as
some stars 60 down others rise.
There are but two ways possible to
the esinner-repentance or ruin.
Duty only frowns when you flee from
it; follow it, and it smiles upon you.
The man who will not be honest with
God will not do to trust anywhere.
From the lowest place on earth it is
possible to reach high place in heaven.
The only way in which happiness can
be found is in trying TO give it to other
people.
We are not always ignorant because
we do not learn, but because we forget
too much.
A mule would rather hear himself bray
than to listen to any one else's music.
A good many people are like him.
When you want to get and hold the
attention of children, have something
to say that their minds can picture.
There is something wrong with the re-
pentance that doesn't make sinner
change his habits and his company.
If there is any good in a man it is
bound to come OUTPUT it sho'd not come
out all at once and leave the man empty.
II man would take as much interest
in his work as he does in his sport, there
would be DO need of abolising poverty.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
WHY THE INTERVIEWER EXISTS.
A Few Reasons to Account for the Popu.
larity of One Form of journalism.

A Few Reasons to Account for the Pom.
larity of One Form of journalism.
Why do persons of notoriety admit
the domestic interviewer? Probably a
number of reasons may be assigned
The most respectable is indolent goot
nature; it is easier to say Eyes" thar
no." to have the tiles in your fireplace
described as Persian" and, at the sams
time, as the work of an Englishman
than to keep your drawing room fol
your acquaintance. This is the fairest
plea for permitting your person and
furniture to be exhibited to the subur
ban citizen who, honest man, prob
ably never heard of you and cares very
little about you.
Again the patient may really ike be
ing talked about in public-may enjoy
the idea of permitting all the world tc
know, as Mr.. Allen says, curious little
details which might be left to your con.
science, your cook and the commission.
ers of inland revenue" 1t is an odd
taste, but it is possible that ''the animals
enjoy it." The interviewed may pre-
tend to complain, but may really re-
joice. The public does not mind it, the
patient is pleased, the interviewer earns
his fee in the way he has been inspired
to choose.
All this may be admitted, but the ples
of necessity cannot be admitted. Again
probably many of the patients think az
interview" good advertisement. The,
are brought before the public notice
therefore the public will read their book
or buy their pictures. This is a sad mis-
take. The public which reads interview
knows nothing about the interviewed
author and his works, cares nothing
about them nor about anything of ths
sort. Here is gossip about somebody
whose name l have seen in the papers,
says the reader, so he reads the gossip
but there his interest ends.
The theory of advertisement, of prof'
to accrue from little more of persona
notoriety, is blunder. The public O.
this kind cares to know that an autho,
squints, weighs L. stone 10 or has {
broken nose, or uses a thick handled
pen; but as to what he writes with tina:
pen this kind of public is serenely in
different. Where, then, is the necessit,
for admitting the interviewer? Neces
sity there is none, but Incidence, vanity,
love of notoriety, are likely to keep the
author of interviews in full employ
ment.
Mr.. Blathwayt has added to his vol
ume defense of his art, in which he
says practically that ''Zenophon" in.
terviewed Socrates" An author who
talks of ''Zenophon" falls little short
of the universal knowledge which it
seems is necessary for the ideal inter.
vieYer.-London Saturday Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
The Stomach and the Tongue.

A bad stomach is bad thing to own.
1t is the source of all the badness in the
world, an able member of the Social
Purity society declares. Drug shops are
full of stuffs. For good digestion many
of them are best let alone. Fruit salts
and old fashioned salts are not harmful.
Then there are fgs-always worth their
weight in gold-and tamarinds from In
dia are fine. They come in tinfoil, like
many Of the oriental fruits, and are sold
by fruiterers at 80 or 60 cents pound.
No matter what you do, look at your
tongue and keep it red, even if you can't
keep it still.-Lewiston Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
The SILK Industry.

According to the census figures, the
silk manufacturing industry in this coun-
try grew wonderfully in 10 years. In
1890 goods to the value of S69,000.000
were turned out as against $34, 800, ,000
in 1880. The number of hands employed
here also increased from about 81 900 to
81 900, and the number of spindles have
expanded from 50S,137 to 1854, 798.--
Philadelphia Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04

The first glass cups were made at
Alexal ia. Some were colored like
Bohemian glass and decorated with glass
pastes, initiating precious stones and
canoes. Some were opaline, others clear
as crystal, and still others formed of
Opaque layers welded together like the
famous Portland vase, in which the
white upper layer had been cut away
like that of cameo, leaving blue
ground around the fgures.-House Fur
uishing Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04

How many can tell the origin of the
habit of closing the eyes in prayer2 Far
back in the past the sun was the univer-
sal object of worship. AS it rose above
the horizon the devotee thanked it for
Its return to bless the world. AS it set
In the west he implored its early return.
His face was always toward the sun in
prayer, and his eyes were closed to pre-
vent blindness. The habit has passed
down from father to son for thousands
of years. Though the object of worship
has been changed, the custom survives.
Progressive Thinker.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
De Musset,s Childhood.

Nervous irritability and a desire to
distinguish himself were plainly visible
In Alfred de Musset at the age of 3years.
Once he got pair of new red shoes, and
he went into raptures about them. He
was SO impatient to show himself in his
new shoes that he could scarcely wait to
be dressed While his mother was dress
ing his hair he was trembling with i'm
patience, and at last he exclaimed in an
angry tone. make haste, mamma, or
else my new shoes will get oldr'
The precocious boy was pampered and
spoiled and allowed to become despot
In the house. Century.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Birds That Law Four Eggs.

The spottsd sandpiper and killdeer
plover, and presume most of the other
rnipe and plover, lay four eggs at clutch.
The eggs are arranged in the nest or on
the bare ground with their small ends
together, and as they are pyriform In
shape they join in to perfection. The
eggs of the snipe and plover groups are
proportionately exceeding large for the
size of the bird, and the saving of space
by this arrangement undoubtedly an
5wers purpose.-Dr. Morris IlDos In
1toianca
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04

Horsepower does not always mean
speed, for the City of Rome-very little
smaller than the Teutonic-is of IL 300
horsepower, against the Teutonic's 49,
600, while the Paris, which is only 500
feet long, as against the Great Eastern's
$50 feet, is of over 10000 horsepower.
Such comparisons show the wonderful
development in late years of ship and
engine building Marine Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
How One Case Was Lost.

An old New Hampshire man tells me
this story of lawyer who prevented
Mr.. Pierce from winning one case. The
latter bad fairly opened his plea and
W. ginning to wax eloquently pathet-
ic n the opposing counsel spoke up,
just loud enough to be heard by the jury
and the members of the bar, "Oh, Frank
is beginning to pump for water again'
1t is needless to say that he got no water
from the jurymen's eyes on that plea
and lost the case.-Boston Globe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r. Alex-
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning aad evening; sabbath school $50 a. m :
young peoples society of Christian endeayOr Sun
day evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rey.
Harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching 1890
l. m.; p m; young peoples meeting, Monday
'yenlngs; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev.
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m !;
public worship, IL a. m; weekly prayer meeting
Friday p. m; monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
day OF each month, p. m; wOman's missionary
SlceGy, last Saturday of each month, d. NJ dis
trlct prayer meetings, first Tuesdays Wednesdays,
thursdays and Saturdays each month, D. m ;
young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
ach month at the parsonage, / p. m
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Cn1nese " omen and Their Feet.

The small footed Chinese women usual
ly make their own shoes of bits of silk
embroidered in gold and colors Very
dainty work they make of it, too, shoe
maker simply soling these bits of EN-
broidery. In curio shops the globe trot-
ter may sometimes pick upa secondhand
shoe. The tiny feet must be often and
carefully washed and disinfected. Many
Of them are perpetually swollen and in
famed. There are women whose busi-
hess it is to go from house to house
bathing, bandaging and treating these
MANNED members. A woman of rank
has sometimes one amah whose special
duty it is to care for her tiny but trou-
blesome feet.
Chinese women who possess small feet
are, while proud of them in way, very
shy and unwilling to exhibit them to
foreigners. 1 had great difficulty in
coaxing a Chinese woman of rank to
give me glimpse of her wee foot. The
four smaller toes are pressed under the
sole, and the whole weight falls really
upon the great toe in walking. The
ankle is very large and distorted, but
the leg is thin and wasted from mad
equate exercise. The tout ensemble
from western point of view is far from
beautiful if not absolutely repulsive.-
New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
A DeIicate Dish.

Those admirable economists, the Chi
nese, eat the chrysalides of silkworms
nfter the silk has been wound off them,
frying them in butter or lard, adding
the yolk of an egg or two and seasoning
with pepper, salt and vinegar.-London
Tablet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
A Monster OK.

The Mcmillan musee Of Omaha owns
the largest specimen of the bovine race
how in existence. This gigantic OK was
bred by c. w. Curtis of Cass county,
La. At last accounts he weighed S,14o
pounds, stood 9 feet 4 inches In height
and measured 10 feet II inches in girth.
st. Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
Dancing In Ancient Religion.

In ancient religion dancing came to br
one of the chief acts of worship. Reli
gious professions went with song and
dance to the Egyptian temples, and Plate
said that all dancing ought to be thus
an act of religion.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
All Free.

Those who have used Dr. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it Free. Call on the advertised
Druggist and get Trial Bottle Free.
Send your name and address to H. E.
Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a
sample box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
Free, as well as a copy of Guide to
Health and Household Instructor, Free
All of which is guaranteed to do you
good and cost you nothing. Patterson
Sons drug store. 4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
IN, ! Daily excent Sunday

Daily. IJdITy tNCtHI SIIIIiIy.
Cleveland-with fast trains for East and West;
Iorain-wth the "NickeEPlate;" Elyria-with the
LS&M S R'y; Grafton-with c &C & st l. R'y;
Sterling-wth the n Y z & o R'y; Warwick-with
the c A s R'y: MaSillon-with " & L Z Ry and
PFtW s Try; Justus-with CC& SR'y; Canal
DOver-wth c Il NJ Ry; Uhrchsyille-with the
Pan Handle; BrdgepOrt-with 4 p R'y; Bel
laire-with 4 q Ry; Wheeling with o X R'y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

THE man who spends his life in ''get-
ting even" for real or supposed injuries
is torment to himself and generally
a bore to his friends.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
1892. BELMONT COUNTY. 1898.

Teachers examinations will he held as follows
BelmOnt-Friday, Sept. 2; Saturday, Nov. IS,
Jan. Ii, Feb. 25, April s, May 13, June 10.
st. Clairsville- q, and at close Of Institute
in August.
Barnesville- II and June "a.
Bellaire-Sept. IL and Feb 4.
BridgepOrt-December 10.
SOmerton-March %.
Hendrysburg-April %.
Flushing-October Is.
Barnesville-July %.
Pupils examinations first Saturday in April and
in May.
Tests for professional certificate will be given al
any time, when called for by a number desiring
them. Any necessary branch: also primary, will
be given at any time, upon due notice being given
the clerk.
Examinations begin at 0 O'Clock 4. M
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
T. p. HARRIS,
3. G. MURPHY, Clerk,
9-l-ly Board OF School Examiners.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04

If the anatomy of some people were
constructed upon the proportion of what
they say to what they do, there wouldn't
be anything of them but mouth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04

THE man who called sarsaparilla a
fraud, had good reason; for he got hold
of a worthless mixture at reduced
rates." He changed his opinion, how
ever, when he began to take Ayers Sar-
saparilla. 1t pays to be careful when
buying medicines.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. & A. M-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moOn
j. b. MEYER, Sec. G. p. BUMGARNER,W w. NJ
ST. GLARS VILE CHAPTER, No. II, ROudI
arch MGsorIs. Stated cOnyoeatiOns first Friday of
Zach month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. JB RYAN H. P
BELMONT COUNCIL, No. 81, r. d S. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month";
j. B. MEYER, Rec. C. W. CARROLL, T. /. M.
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 26, Z. T.-Stated
'OnclayeS, first Thursday of each month
J. B. MEYER, Rec. W. C. BURGUNDTHALEC
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-04

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsom will stop the cough at
once. Ask your friends about it. 90 ly