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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22
HE o1vKTH HIS BELOVED sLEEr.

vb,, vor,d W. civ. 10 our balovod, 4
The hero's heart, to be unmoved-
The poets star-tuned harp to sweep B
The senate's shout TO patriots VOWS
The monarch's crown TO light the broWsi
"He giveth his beloved Sleep"
What do we give TO our beloved3
A little faith all undisproved-
A little dust to overweep,
And bitter memories, to make
The whole earth blasted for our sakei p
HE giveth his beloved Sleep"
Mrs. Browning,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22
THE COUNTRY FAITH.

Here in the country's heart
Where the grass is green,
Life is the same sweet life
AS it e'er hath been.
Trust in God still lives,
And the bell at morn
Floats with thought OF God
Der the rising corn.
God comes down in the rain,
And the crop grows tall
This is the country faith,
And the best Of oil.
Norman Gale.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22

Lunatics and epileptics abound in the
Imperial family Of Austria. 1t is stated
that, with the sole exception of the En-
peror himself, almost every one of the
archdukes and archduchesses belonging
thereto is subject, in greater or less
degfee, to fits Of epilepsy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22

The salaries paid TO persons in the
Civil Service of the United States
amount to 800, ,OOO,O 900 annually. This
seems like tremendous amount, says
the Chicago Herald, but when it is
borne in mind that this sum pays the
wages of $50, 900 persons it need not ap-
pail anyone. The average is only $500
A wear
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22
AS BLUE AS HER EYES.
by MARY KYLE DALLAS.

GOD graciousl you
are loaded, Aunt
jane" said Patty.
running down to
help her aunt with
the boxes an d
bundles she was
bringing up stairs.
I'D ont talk" I"
said Miss Jane.
"Madame Sprigen.
heimer will have the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22

Virchow, the celebrated German man
of science, regards diphtheria as the most
dangerous Of all contagious diseases, not
excepting cholera.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22
RAr1s OF ADVERTISING y

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Legal advertisements ten cents penAn@
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All billsfor yearly advertisements cobeg
quarterly. Temporary advertisements n1a
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery. !
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-22
Professors in some colleges in Spain
are said to be paid only 5000 a year.

France mas 422 fighting ships, and the
number will be increased to SIS by
1897.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
staggered by ringer Bowls.

A very amusing scene occurred once
while was serving a lady and gentle
man of the unmistakable upstart type.
They were grosslr ignorant of the most
elementary rules g. table etiquette, SHOW
cling the food Iaso their mouths with
their knives. wher were constantly load
ed half way up 20 the handles. They
managed to struggle through their din
ner. sometimes casting aside knives and
forez and attacking game and poultry by
cutting them in halves and eating from
thee hands, holding the leg. Sometimes,
too, they became ridiculously polite by
carving bread with knife and fork, but
the climax came when l set two bowls
of rosewater before them as finger
glasses.
They looked at each other, and then
cautiously around the room, trying to
find some solution of themysterious dish
before them, not having the sense to ig-
more it altogether. Whispered consulta-
tions took place, which presently grew
into suppressed quarrel, the lady re-
preaching her lord for his ignorance.
Suddenly she was seen to shake the wa
ter around and around, and finally, with
look of contempt and superior wis
dom, she raised the bowl to her lips and
drank all the contents. Needless to say
that the hearty laughter of the other di-
ners made them feel the mistake. and
they beat a hasty retreat.-London Tit
Bits
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
GRAINS OF GOLD.

There is no substitute for success.
Incidence is the sleep of the mind.
The troubles of to day alone never kill.
Consistency is the bugbesr of little
minds.
Hope is based upon faith, desire upon
| caprice.
There is no virtue so great and godlike
as justice.
There is no such thing as the right use
of wrong thing.
If you want things to go right live
that way yourself.
Goodness is contagious when it comes
! close enough to touch.
When sin hides it forgets that it can
not cover up its tracks.
When you bury animosity don't put
any flowers on its grave.
Whenever you see shadow it means
that there is light close by.
We cannot choose our duties, but we
can perform them faithfully.
Before great victories can be enjoyed,
great battles must be fought.
One of the first elements in every sue
cess, is to determine to succeed.
If some of our heads were not so big
our hearts would hold more love.
The man who talks much about him.
self will always have tired audience.
The world is,full of people who want
to do good but they are in no hurry to
commence.
The heart is the largest thing in the
world, because it takes more than the
world to fill it.
In estimating life or character, the
question rarely turns on the correctness
of this or that opinion held.
Every time a man sins he has one
more reason for trying to prove that the
church is full of hypocrites.
Unless thou thinkest that what has
happened is an evil, thou art not injured;
and it is in thy power not to think SO.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Only a Little Thing.

A hospital for incurables is a very
noble and worthy charity, and 1 am glad
that no prominent city is without a pro-
vision for this class of sufferers. Iwish.
however, that the brutally descriptive
name of such institutions could be SO
modified as not to contain the death war
rant of every person received within
their doors. ga place to die in" is not a
cheerful title for ones last earthly home,
and the omission of this reminder from
the official name could so easily be sup
piled in the rules for admittance that to
parade it seems worse than useless i
is wonderful how little consideration
sweetens the bread of charity.
once visited home for broken down
gentlefolks, presided over by woman
who made giving and receiving alike
blessed. alluded thoughtlessly to the
old people as Inmates" 1--WE nevt
call them inmates. said she in tol
of gentle reproof. II always have the
spoken of as guests 1t makes SO lit
difference to Us and so much to them."-
Kate Fields Washington.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
WILLING TO MAKE ALLOWANCES,


Kind Hearted Farmer Who Said Per-
haps the burrows Were Sun Warped.
A certain eminent clergyman, who is
greatly loved for his gentleness and for
bearance with offenders. recently told a
man that an experience of his own in
years long gone by taught him the grace
of ready excusing. When he was boy,
he was very poor boy, but he had al
ready strong theological bent and was
studying hard during the winter and
working even harder during the summer
trying to get preparation for college
He wanted to be preacher, and the fact
that he didn't seem to be good for any
thing else tended to convince him that
he had not mistaken his calling.
One spring he was entirely out of
money and had to get out of school and
go to work Not being able to find any
thing to do in the small college town
where he had been studying, the youth
call him Richard Vernon-went out
among the farmers to see if he could get
work from them. He found man who
was very busy with his springs work
and in hurry to get the burrows plowed
in big field for potato planting. The
weather was favorable for planting: the
farmers boys would be home from school
the next day. which was Saturday. to do
the dropping and covering. He told
Richard that he might mark out the
field with the plow for the planting. and
if he suited he might be hired for two or
three months. Meantime the farmer
saw that the boy was very anxious to
stay, and that he had evidently very
good disposition.
So the young theologian went to work
with tremendous vigor. He did not stop
to take breath until he had marked off
large tract of ground with deep burrows.
Then came his employer from his work
in another part of the farm and looked at
the boys work and leaned up against the
fence and laughed until he shook. The
potato field had been scraped and seal
loped all over with the ridiculously ir-
regular and wabbly little bitches which
Richard had turned. There was not
clean, straight furrow in the lot. The
ground looked as if an insane elephant
had tossed up the earth. The burrows
were of all depths and at all distances
from one another, for Richard had driven
the horse most of the time at smart
walk, and he had been too much occupied
with keeping up and maintaining pre-
carious grasp upon the plow handles to
be able to pay any attention to the regu-
larity or evenness of his work.
Richard Vernon laughed, too, as he
stood and looked over the field. He
wiped the sweat from his brow and
looked very anxiously at his employer
There was no chance for regular work
there, that was evident His laughter
faded away, and there was certain
faint twitch in the corners of his mouth
as the boy said:
Il guess you don't want any more of
my work, sir?'
'Oh, yes-yes, l do said the farmer
Maybe 'tain't your fault that the fur
rows are crooked. You see, the suns
pretty hot today, and reckon the heat
warped 'emr'-Boston Transcript.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBfTERLAN CHURCH-Rev. r. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning and evening; sabbath school 900 a. M
young peoples society Of Christian endeavor Sun
day evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rey.
harvey webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching, 10: 80
a. m; p. m; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
n;ngs; sabbath school $50 am. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rey.
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m. !;
public worship, II a. m. weekly prayer meeting
Friday p. m. monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
day OF each month, 2 p. m; woman's missionary
society, last Saturday OF each month, D. m; dis
trict prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, D. m
young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, p. m.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Mud Shoes For Horses.

We doubt if very many persons ever
saw mud shoes for horses. They are
used on horses-in plowing the low and
wet lands of the valley north of Sumner
nearly every spring. The mud shoe con-
sists of heavy board about 8 inches
wide and from to 10 inches long, round
ing in the front. On this board a red
hot shoe of the size worn on the horses
foot for which it is intended is placed
until it burns into it to depth almost
sufficient to bury itself. It is necessary
that the shoe have long toe and long
corks. A piece of circular band iron to
fit over the top part of the hoof is then
attached to the board and over the hoof
to hold the mud shoe solidly to the foot.
One end Of the band is fastened to the
board with screw, which when tight
ened holds the board as squarely to the
bottom of the hoof as if it had grown
there. The horses become accustomed
to wearing them and after day or two
experience no difficulty in working in
them. By this means farmers are en-
abled to plow land in the spring where
without the use of mud shoes horses
would mire down.-Sumner (Wash.)
Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Noah Left the Ark on April go.

Saturday. April 30. is the day marked
in all ancient calendars as being the
one upon which Noah and his family
quilted the ark after having withstood
the siege of the great deluge. The day
is marked in all ancient calendars, espe-
cially British, as egressus Noae de area,
the 18th of March, the day upon which
Noah, his family and their great floating
collection of natural history specimens
set sail, being designated in the same
class of early printed literature as in
troitus Noae in area. ''the day of Noah's
entrance into the ark" Why these days
were chosen as the ones upon which the
supposed embarkation and debarkation
were made are enigmas which the anti
quarians have not yet solved.-St Louis
Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Passing of the Snake.

Readers of newspapers must have no
ticed that during the last five years the
breed of newspaper snakes has greatly
deteriorated in intelligence and general
accomplishments. Time was when Geor-
gia and Alabama snakes wriggled along
on the tips of their tails and picked cot
ton buds, when they entered houses in
the nighttime and drained babies milk
bottles, when they grew to enormous
lengths and performed under proper
training many acts of domestic service.
All this is changed now. The reptilian
kingdom has experienced setback in
its progressive march toward intellectu-
atty. AS consequence, newspaper
writers have been obliged to fall back
upon such commonplace animals as the
cat and dog.-Omaha World-Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Maidens Sold bv Auction.

A singular custom obtains to this day
in some of the towns on the Lower Rhine
namely, that of selling maidens at
public auctions. For nearly four CEN
turies, on Easter Monday-auction day
the town crier or clerk of st. Goar has
called all the young people together, and
to the highest bidder sold the privilege
of dancing with the chosen girl, and her
only. during the entire year. The fees
are put into the public poorbox.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Served Him Right.

A good story is told about a gentle
man who lives in Brooklyn and crosses
at Fulton ferry nearly every day. He is
much prosecuted by the bore who al
ways accosts you on ferryboat in mid
stream with the stereotyped question.
"Ah! are you going across?"
The other day one of these demons
hooked on to the Brooklyn man as usual
and said: Hello, old mani Going to
York;
mo, SIR" he replied promptly. II
am going to hit you on the nose"
And ne did amid the cheers of the
crowd.-Texas Siftings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
La Duse's Portrait.

A photograph Of Eleanora Duse now
on exhibition attracts constant atten-
ton. The picture is far removed both
in expression and costume from the or
binary actress. The hair, guiltless of
curl or bang. looks decidedly ''tousled.
a straight, disheveled lock straying
across the forehead. The face is neither
young nor beautiful and is ineffably
sad. The dark, melancholy eyes look
wearily away from the beholder. Nine.
Duse wears high black gown without
ornament.-Philsdelphia Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. rs, f. d 4 M.-Nreets
every wednesday night, on or before full moon.
j. B. MEYER, See. G. p BUMGARNER.W w. M.
ST. CLAlRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL. Rovol
Arch Mdsons.-Stated eonvOcations hrst Friday OF
each month. -
j. B. MEYER, Rec. JB. RYAN,H.P.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81 r. 6 y M
Meets second Tuesday of each month
j. b. MEYER, Rec. c. w. CARROLL, T. /. NJ.
HOPE COMMANDRY, No. 26, K. T-Stated
cOnclaves, first Thursday of each MONTH
j. B. MEYER, Rec. VIC. BURGUNDTHAL.EC
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

REV. 81. H. FAIRALL, D. D., editor OF
the Iowa Methodist, says editorially
ave have tested the merits of Ely'y
Cream Balm, and believe that, by a
thorough course of treatment, it will
cure almost every case of catarrh.
Ministers, as class are afflicted with
throat and lung troubles, and catarrh
seems more prevalent than ever. We
cannot recommend Ely's Cream Balm
too highly"
l used Ely's Cream Balm for dry
catarrh. 1t proved a cure.-B. F. NJ.
Weeks, Denver.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

Ar Chicago 50 IL 50 q W ~ 40
*Trains run daily. tDaily except Sunday
ST. CLAIRSV VILE DIVISION-Leave ST.
Clairsville at 9:l5 m; 2:O0pm.
PULLMAN SERVICE-Pittsburgh and Chi
eago, trains Nos. and 6. Chicago, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, Columbus via Attica, trains Nos IA
and 15. Chicago, Baltimore and New York, trains
Nos. 8, 4, 5, 81 aud s. Pittsburg and Cincinnati
trains Nos. los, log, I0S and lO4,
For further Information call on B. & o. ticket
agents, or address L. 5. Allen, Asst Gen. Pass.
Agent, Chicago, Ill.
R0BT. b. CAMPBELL. CO. SCUII
Gen. Sup't Genl Pass Agent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Strength and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If "la
grippe" has left you weak an weary, use
Electric Bitters. This remedy acts di-
rectly on liver, stomach and kidneys,
gently aiding those organs to perform
their functions. If you are afflicted
with sick headache, you will find speedy
and permanent relief by taking Electric
Bitters. One trial will convince you
that this is the remedy you need. Large
bottles only soc at Pattersons'. 6
ASSUMING the working age to be from
20 to 60 years, and counting only male
workers, 40 persons in this country live
on the labor of every 100 workers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
BEAUx YEUx.

Once Cupid was weeping in pain and dism,
And railing at cheating and theft,
For he'd lost both his bow and his arrow
play
And all of a quiver was left
What arms have l now." cried the ch n |
despair,
TO kindle the heart into flame?
My power is vanishedl Oh, i'll shall fac |
In lands that are loveless and tame" 40
At the thought of this bitterest cup heie |
sup :.
His tears into rivulets ran, %
But they suddenly stopped, and a Laughed |
bled up
To his lips, for he thought of plan:
"How foolish, how foolish, this sorran |
show, ~
To fill all the air with my siqhsl
For what is the need Of my arrow and bow
When l can use Nellie's gray eyes?"
= Rowan Stevens in Kate Field's Washingto
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
An Expression For Slowness.

A Washington youngster has succeed
ed in adding to the already numerous
phrases that are used to emphasize an
impression of slowness He was waiting
for his sister to finish something on
which she was engaged. After time
his patience was exhausted. and he ex-
claimed:
Wont you please hurry up? You
are slower than q snail with the rheuma-
tism."-Washington Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

Cleveland-with fast trains for East and West;
Lorain-with the "Nickel-Plat Elyria-with the
l. 5 & Nj R'y; Grafton-with CCC & ST L Ry:
Sterling-with the n P& OIL R'y; Warwiek-with
the A Ry: Masillon-with w & L 4 Ry and
P Ft W &CR'y; Justus-with CC& SRy; Canal
Doyer-with c Nj Ry; Uhriehsyille-with the
Panhandle; Bridgeport-with c & P Ry; Bel
laire-with s R'y; Wheeling with o L RRy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

"HAvE you received any pie yet?''
said one office seeker to another. mo,
but I've received provisions of another
sort" "Wbat sort?" Gold shoulder -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

Confirmed bachelors will do well to
read DIR. Benjamin Rush's definition of
life without wife, written not long be-
fore his death. "Celibacy," he said, lis
a pleasant breakfast, tolerable dinner.
but a very bad supper"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
AComfortinc Assurance.

Mrs. Placey, an old lady who had been
dying for the last 10 years, was drawing
upon little Robbie's sympathy one day
by telling him she wouldn't be here
much longer and he must think of her
often. Never mind, Mrs. Placey," said
Robbie, who had just been taking part
in the Decoration day exercises; "rll
put flowers on your grave every Satur-
day and United States flag" Spring
field Homestead.
Correspondence holds dcuble power,
inasmuch as the pen that can comfort
and cheer and elevate may become the
weapon that wounds and DESTROYS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Why Suffer 2
When you can be Cured

Thousands are suffering with
Torpid Liver-the symptoms are
Depression of Spirits, Indiges-
ton, Constipation, Headache.
DR.. Sanford's Liver 1nvigorator
is a reliable remedy for Liver
Disorders. 1t cures thousands
every year; why not try
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigoratorf
. Your Druggist will supply you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsom will stop the cough at
once. Ask your friends about it. 6-2-ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

Put pinch of cayenne on piece of
lemon before you squeeze it oyer Little
Necks or Blue Points and enjoy the COM
binatiOn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29

II SherlH-MadiSOn M. Scott.
n, AuditOr7JOseph A. Henderson
GO. -TreaSurer-Frank B. Archer.
the remaf4cuting AttOrney-Jesse W. HOIIingrorth
represented, along 4. Bond.
the last fifty years. ScaIliN Ns.hsn suas p.i,sx
tensive than painting,
fully as representative, al Wright, Saditor' ore'
pieces are shown by meaIary Alex C. DanfOrd.
goes again and again to's Home-N B. Stewart,
cdhFaS, IdkInS away edces Duncaan Bridgeport;
store of beauties and sut p. Harris, SomertOn.
that viii prove mentally sT No aoa-G AR
years.
en- noon Conn atures, to Do attend It d.0'e .ne '''
oD W. II. ADAMS, Adlt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
Teachers Questions.
The following questions were asked at
the Teachers Examination held in
Barnesville, on Saturday, June oath:

The following questions were asked al
the Teachers Examination held in
GAINESVILLE, on Saturday, June 24th:
GEOGRAPHY.
(OrHR ttro.l
S. C. MURPHY.
l. Define solstice, climate, antipode
equinox and orbit.
Trace vessel from st. Petersburg
to Montreal by naming the bodies OF
water through which it would pass
What kind of products would it likely
carry?
3. a vessel landing at New York had
touched at Vera Cruz. Bahia, Lisbon,
Havre, and Dublin. What would likely
be its cargo?
4. Write at some length of the flora
and fauna of Australia
5. Bound Arkansas and name its chief
rivers, mountains, cities and products.
6. Name several leading states in the
production of silver, copper, coal, salt,
mercury and silk.
z. Describe the government of Ger
many, and name its products, rivers and
cities.
ARITHMETIC.
(Omit tIuO.)
/. | exchange 20 shares of railroad
stock bearing 6 per cent for bank stock
bearing 81 per cent. The former l sell
at 10 per cent discount; the latter l bay
at 4 per cent premium. Do L gain or
lose on my annual income? How much?
2. Define assessment, triangle, root,
fraction and annuity.
3. What do You understand by specific
gravity? That of silver is l0I. Enough
silver has been placed in gallon vessel,
half full of water, to cause the water to
rise to the top. What is the weight of
the silver?
4. The amount of $3.50 for a certain
time at 6 per cent is $789.80; what is
the time? Give integral answer in the
form of a compound denominative num-
ber.
5. Sold 81 of a lot of fax for what
S-l4 of it cost. Did l gain or lose?
What per cent?
6. A and B rent pasture for $50. A
pastures 10 cows, and B 60 sheep. What
shall each pay, providing the pasturing
of cows is equivalent to that of Is
sheep?
z. What will it Cost to fence rec
piece of land containing acres
at $500 per rod, providing the length is
twice the width?