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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27

When we now speak of buxom per-
son, we think of such one as Mrs. Lu-
pin in Martin Chuzzlewit," a plump.
middle aged, good looking, good ma
tured. kind, agreeable woman. We do
not usually apply the term to thin
woman. or to young girl, or to an old
woman. Assuredly we should never
think of calling man or boy buxom
The word, however. once really meant
pliable or flexible, and afterward obedi-
ent. 1t is the same as the Anglo-Saxon
bocsum, or the high German beugsam.
from beugen Ito bend), which root ap-
pears in bough and bou Gin all its mean
ings).
In the Salisbury Manual the woman
at the marriage service promised to be
''bonair" and ''buxom," which is ex-
planned in the margin to mean meek and
obedient. We are hereby reminded of
Millions line in the most beautiful of all
odes, 80 buxom, blithe and debonair. :"
This original meaning of the word ap-
pears in Chaucer's Merchants Tale"
"For who can be so buxom as a wife?'
The word, in its application, was not
limited to women. In 1.-THE Clerks
Tale" we are told of men, ''And they
with humble heart full buxomly." In
Henry Cochrane's Dictionary "a. D.
1926 buxom is defined as plant. obedi-
ent.-National Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
How Corn Was Ground at One Time,

The watermill is older than the wind
mill, but prehistoric corn-such wheat,
for instance, as Pytheas, the first trav-
eler from civilization to Great Britain,
saw the natives of Kent drying in large
sheds on account of the absence of sun
was ground in hand mills, as is still done
in the east. Quernes, as these mills are
called. are frequently found In the CYCLIC
pean underground dwellings of Scotland.
Their simplest form consists of two thin
circular stones, the upper of which is
pierced in the center and revolves on a
wooden or metal pin inserted in the low
er one. The grinder dropped the grain
into the central hole with enc hand, while
the other caused the upper stone to re-
volve by means of a stfsk inserted in a
small hole near the edge.
The laboriousness of this operation is
well illustrated by story told of Colum-
ba. He was studying under st. Finnian,
and every night on which it fell to his
lot to grind the corn with the querne he
performed his task so quickly that his
companions enviously asserted that he
had the assistance of an angel in turning
the stone. Wilson thinks that at this
time the early part of the sixth century,
the querne was the only mill in use
Large water mills were introduced in the
thirteenth century into Scotland, and
legal means had to be employed to rem
der their use compulsory s
Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
Culture and Politeness In Caracas

Caracas has a public library which
contains rot less than 10000 volumes
The better class of citizens are not only
educated as we understand the word
but accomplished to a degree not com
mon in North America. Both sexes are
able to speak three or four languages be-
sides their own and are well up in art
and music. AS for politeness. there arc
no such people under the sun. When
ever a Venezuelan, male or female
writes letter, whether to dear friend
or stranger, he or she Invariably con-
cludes it with the words, Beso susma.
nos, 81 kiss your hands," and whenever
Venezuelan gentleman meets lady,
whether it be his sweetheart or his
grandmother, he hastens to assure her
that he is Lying at her feet. Fannie
B. Ward
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
A Remarkable Statue.

Some years ago melodrama was be
ing performed in country theater, the
chief actor in which had made himself
from his naughty and overbearing con
duct, disliked by all. In the last scene
hewas supposed to visit the tombs of hi.
ancestors. In the center of the stage
upon marble pedestal stood the statue
of his father. A heavy fold of drapery
covered the figure. Enter Albert, who
thus addressed the statue:
'Iam here once again to gaze upon
those features which in life so often
looked on me with tenderest affection
Father, thy mourning son now comes tc
pay thee alteration. Let me remove the
veil which from the vulgar gaze shields
the beloved image of a once dear parentr
Off went the drapery and, behold! the
father stood upon his head! The effect
cannot be described. 1t was electric.
The shouts of laughter which followed
the mistake of the super effectually put
an end to the scene, which changed to
the next as quickly as possible, amid the
jeers of the audience, the anger of the
manager and the uncomfortable rage of
the actor.-London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
Negro Woman,s Wonderful Hair

Hearing the statement made in Holly
Springs that remarkable negro woman
freak lived only a few miles from this
town, your correspondent determined to
obtain the facts in the case.
A middle aged negress greeted the visit
or The woman is quite dark, of pro-
nounced African type of physiognomy
5 feet 3 inches tall, and in fair health, but
has never had any children. She wore a
white cotton turban tied about her head
and tucked in at the back to support the
immense weight of her hair. This she re-
moved and laid upon the table and un-
wound the braids of her wonderful hair,
which went many times around her head
and dropped upon the floor.
1t was indeed an amazing sight. Three
braids almost as thick as a mans arm
close to the head, but tapering to the
thickness of a finger at the ends, closely
plated and measuring feet 6 inches,
braided as it is, in length. 1t looks a
good deal like Spanish moss, but is dark
er, crinkled and grizzled, coarse and al
most repulsive to the touch, suggesting
ghastly stories of the abnormal growth
of hair after death.-Mississippi Cor
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
African Fruit Ruined by Insects.

Half measures are of no avail in deal
ing with the parasitic fly ceratitis- that
scourge of the fruit farmers in South
Africa. Mr. William Tuck of Grahams-
town, who expresses this opinion, is a
high authority on fruit farming. He
tells us that in the eastern province
they can never depend on any fruit ex-
cept grapes coming to ripeness without
damage from fly Larvae, though where,
owing to high altitude-2,000 feet to
5000 and over-there are sharp frosts
every winter such fruits as can stand
the cold are fairly free from the plague,
because the Larvae cannot tide over the
frost.
1t sometimes happens that scarcely a
peach ripens in the whole province with
out worm inside. Mr.. Tuck is for he
roic remedies. He is decidedly of opin-
ion that if a general and perfect destruc-
ton of all the fruit grown in any one
year could be brought about by the COM
mon consent of the whole body of fruit
growers the fly might be stamped out,
but he mournfully confesses that the
universal system of Ego as you please"
added to the isolated life of cape farms,
renders any such united action of years
self denial for the common good quite
racticable.-London News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
4 Skull as Big as a BusheI Basket.

Skull as Big as Bushel Basket
One of the most remarkable finds Of
gigantic human remains of which we
have any record was that made at Paler-
mo. Sicily, in the year 1916, when an en-
tire skeleton of unheard of proportions
was unearthed by some marble quarry
men. These mammoth remains meas
ured exactly 81 feet from head to foot,
snd feet inches from point to point of
the shoulders. A stone ak buried with
this old time giant may still be seen at
Palermo in section ''Z' of the st. Isorent
museum. 1t is made of a blush look
ing, fine grained bowlder, and appears to
be about feet inches long by foot
broad and inches through in the thick
est place. A musty, rusty looking tag
attached to the relic informs the visitor
that it weighs 80 pounds, but the general
verdict is that it could not weigh over
so or 80 pounds.
The skeleton was burned by mob in
the year 1862 during the prevalence of
the black death at Palermo. the igno-
rant, superstitious people believing that it
was connected in some mysterious way
with the death dealing distemper. The
skull of this giant, according to Able
Ferregus, twas largely excessive of the
baskets sayd to hold the bushel, being
fitted above and .belowe withe teeth to
the number of sixty-foure, the each of
which would have weighed two ounces"
Cavalier Scroy claimed to have found
skull on Teneriffe that had 60 teeth.-St.
Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Without pains no gains.

Without pains no gains.
knowledge is no burden.
Overwork is waste OF capital.
The secret of thrift is knowledge.
Reprove others, but correct thyself.
He who is penitent is almost innocent
Blessed is he who has found his work
Every ear is tickled with the sweet mu
sic of applause.
Experience is the cream of life-but
it sours with age.
The emphatic part of our life is what
we do, not what We say.
Pedantry and taste are as inconsistent
as gayety and melancholy.
A lie is always an enemy, no matter
how well meaning it may look.
If the devil had to do all his work in
the daytime he would soon quit.
One of the tests of fine nature is the
effect joys and sorrows have upon it.
1t is hard to make thief believe that
there is an honest man in the world.
The man who controls himself makes
unwritten laws for many other people
We are always in danger when we are
more afraid of men than we are OF sin.
We are not in condition to enjoy rich
es until we can be happy without them.
1t is the care of great part of man
kind to conceal their indulgence from the
rest.
While hope and contentment have
their sway. despair may strive in vain to
conquer the heart.
In matters of conscience first thoughts
are best. In matters of prudence last
thoughts are best.
1t is not wise to say everything you
know, but how can some people help it
if they say anything at all?
Help others whenever you can; you
would yourself be grateful for helpful
hand in a moment of need.
Conviction is in itself power. The
man who is sure of what he says gives
assurance to those who hear him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
Human Curiosity.

The inventors of the penny in the slot
machines make their profit out of hui
man curiosity, and their experience has
shown that very comfortable revenue
can be derived from that source. Prob
ably few people have any idea of the
number of men, women and children
who daily buy chewing gum or other
trifIes from machines, or learn Their
weight by stepping upon little plat
form and putting cent where it will dc
the most good. In down town store
much frequented by those waiting for
cars is one of the weighing machines,
which has a record of earning $56 in a
month. That means that in that time
5000 persons paid a penny apiece to see
the hand on the dial go round.-New
York Times
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
HOTEL HERMITS.
Men Who Find Solitude In the Very Cen
tiers of Liveliness.

/
One of the most interesting studies in
human nature about the city is the man
who lives in hotels. do not mean the
commercial traveller or the man who is
engaged in business of any kind. but the
man who has nothing TO do but to look
around him and enjoy himself. He may
actually enjoy himself, too, for all
know hope he does. He is interest
| ing as an illustration of what some men
call enjoyment.
The fashionable hotels of New York
and questionable hotels for that mat
ter-are the shelter of many men who
are not in business other than the bust
ness of looking pretty and observing the
rest of the world move. l do not say
they are the homes of such men-they
merely shelter and feed TINA.
In many instances this life is that of a
hermit. Possibly man accustomed to
the wild, hilarious career offered by a
country hotel may cavil at the expires
sion in this connection, but it is because
such a man does not understand city
ways. A year or two ago well to do gen.
tleman died in New York hotel. He
had lived in the hostelry for years, and
yet not a soul-if l may use the word
soul in speaking of hotel corporation
knew him personally or anything about
him beyond the fact that he paid his bills
promptly and regularly. He chose to
make no acquaintanc5s and was salts
fed to appear to the hotel managers as
mo. 81. K" or by whatever number his
room was designated. The hotel man
agement had changed several times, but
he lived on there, calm, unruff1ed eX-
istence.
As a guest such man is jewel, and
as may reasonably be supposed he was
not likely to be harassed by unnecessary
attentions. When he died and it was
found that he was gentleman of indie
pendent fortune-the newspapers, of
course, making the discovery-some peo-
pie marveled for day or two and then
forgot him. l recall the incident now
only to illustrate that in great city like
this what appears to be the most public
life may be in reality the most exclusive.
There are plenty of men living hermit
lives in New York hotels-as much SO as
if they occupied poor hovel in the soil
tary fastnesses of the wilderness.
know men who reside at swell hotels
who do not seek to avoid their fellows,
but who might as well be confined in
the penitentiary or be dead, so far as
their usefulness to society is concerned.
They remind me of convicts-so appar-
emily listless, aimless and inert their ex-
istence. They eat, drink and sleep.
Life holds no more inviting cupfor them
than that offered by the hotel corridor
They have exhausted what men call
pleasure or are beyond the age of phys
ical enjoyment, with no reserve capacity
for mental pleasure. To a man of some
temperaments such life would be liv-
ing death.-New York Cor. Pittsburg
Dispatch
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
How Loco Acts,

Loco is often called "crazy weed
from its direful effect on cattle or horses
when they eat it in any quantity. In the
beginning the poison is slow in showing
itself. The first symptom is usually a
dull, CLASSY look in the eyes, which grad
ually dilate and become wild and staring.
If after this the animal is left to Craze
on the herb, the symptoms will become
more pronounced, the vision becomes
impaired, and the victim develops an
aptitude for grotesque antics, sometimes
rushing madly about. A ''locoed" horse
will balk, back, rear and often hurl it
self backward, and has the greatest OBJ
lection to having its head touched.
The last and fatal stage of the disease
is gradual wasting away of the ami
NAL. Cattle born on the prairies seem
instinctively to avoid the loco. High
grade beasts most easily fall victims to
their partiality for the weed.-Chambers'
Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
Washington Society.

The capital of the nation is infested
with human insect that devotes its en-
ergies to boring into places where it is
not wanted. Possibly its kindred exists
elsewhere, but there has been so much
freedom of access to the houses of men
whose careers depend upon popularity,
and SO much dread among those in high
places of unwittingly trampling upon
influential feelings, that the breed is es-
pecially encouraged there. Then, again,
there are two notable features which
mark the society of the capitalize pres
ence of officials and statesmen who are
known far and wide, and the absence of
men who are distinguished in the sci
ences and the arts.-H. L. Nelson in
Harper's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
No Blood Shed After All.

! A Jeffersonville society reporter who
recently announced that wedding had
been postponed because the brides trous-
seau had not been finished got himself
into hot water. The reporter was ap-
preached by the prospective groom, who
was fighting mad, with the exclamation:
"What did you print that lie for. It's
nobody's business whether my wifes
trousers are done or not" The news
paper mans explanation paciied the
angry man, who shook his hand and in
sisted upon his presence at the marriage,
which occurred few nights later
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
ARITHMETIC.

l. By selling goods for $500 more than
paid for them, gained 183 per cent
what did they cost me, and what did |
get for them?
2. Divide 1854 between A and B so
that 3 of BIS is SOC more than of AS.
Analysis.
3 bought hats marked S1S per dozen
for 25 and 10 per cent. off, and sold
them to Mr.. Taylor for 20 per cent. ad-
vance, who sold them at S1.50 piece;
what per cent. did Taylor gain?
4. Find the sum in pounds, avoirdupois,
of 5 pounds z ounces 8 pounds 81
ounces, pounds 134 ounces.
5. How many barrels will cistern in
the form of an inverted frustum of a
right cone contain, the diameter of the
bottom being feet, of the top 9 feet,
and depth feet?
6. l bought 200 barrels of pork, each
barrel containing 200 pounds, at 125
cents pound, on a credit of 9 months.
1 sold the pork Immediately for $4,000
cash, and paid the present worth of the
debt at per cent. What was my gain?
z. If 81 yards of cloth cost S4ss, and 16
bushels wheat brings S20s, and a farmer
brings in load of 30s bushels of wheat,
and buys IS yards of cloth, what is the
balance, and to whom due?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
THE UEAO CHILD.

Sleep on, dear. now,
The last sleep and the beSS
And on thy brow
And on thy quiet breast,
Violets ] throwl
Thy little life
Was mine little while;
No fears were rife,
To trouble thy brief smile
With stress or strife.
Lie still and be
FOrevermOre a child
Not grudgingly.
Whom life has not defiled,
Irender thee.
Slumber so deep
Iwould not rashly wake.
Ihardly weep;
Fain only for thy sake
To share thy sleep.
Yea! to be dead
Dead here with thee today;
When all is said,
'Twere good by thee TO lay
My weary head.
That is the best:
All, child, so tired Of play,
stand contest;
l, too, would come thy way
And somewhere rest.
Ernest Dowson in Atalanta-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHLRey. r.. AIex-
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning AID evening; Sabbath school 80 a. m /:
young peoples society of Christian endeayOr, Sun
day evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching 1870
T. m.; p. m.; young peoples meeting Monday
tvenlngS general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
nngs; Sabbath school 2:3O pm. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rey
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; wOmans missionary
lclety, last Saturday of each month"; D. m; dis
trict prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
thursdays and Saturdays each month, p. m
young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
zach month at the narSnnape 1 II m
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27

A curious book, in which the text is
neither written nor printed, but woven,
has been published in Lyons. 1t was
made of silk and was published in %
parts, each part consisting of but two
leaves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
Not Misunderstood.

uesttwearing large diamond) Il trust
you understand my bringing detective
with me to your reception?
Hostess-Oh, perfectly. You could
easily be acquitted if we missed any,
thing.-Vogue.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
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 Invigorator
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, 1893-04-27

Brainwork contributes to badness only
indirectly. The habitual neglect of out
of door exercise and of regulating the
bodily functions affects the vitality of
the hair.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27

In the human body there are about 1858
bones. The muscles are about 500 in
number. The length of the alimentary
canal is about 80 feet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27

I7tIIIl VNVVIr0 6VIlIV1at9'
Cleveland-with fast trains for East and West;
Lor;lin-with the "Niekel- Piate;" Eyria-with the
LS& Nj s R'y; Grafton-with CCC & st l. Ry;
Sterling with the n Y P& o Ry; Warwiek-with
the G A & c Ry: MasillOn-with w & l. R'y and
p TT W & c R'y; Justus-with CC& SR'y; Canal
Dover-with c 4 NJ Ry; Uhrichsyille-with the
Pan Handle; BridgepOrt-with C & p R'y; Bel
laire-with B & D R'y; Wheeling with RR'y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
1892. BELMONT COUNTY. 1898.

1892 BELMONT COUNTY. 1898.
Teachers examinations will be held as follows.
Belmont-Frday, Sept. 9; Saturday, NOV. ID,
Ian, Ia Feb 25 April 8, May b. June 10.
st. Clairsyille-May q, and at close OF Institute
in August.
Barnesvlle-M March II and June "a.
Bellaire- Sept. Il and Feb. 4.
Bridgeport-December1 10.
SOmertOu-March %.
Hendrysburg-A %.
FIushing-OctOber 10.
Barnesvile-.Iuly %.
Pupils examinations first Saturday in April and
in May.
TESTS for professional certificate will be given at
any time, when called for by "A number desiring
them Any necessary branch: also primary, VIII
be given at any time, upon due notice being gwen
the clerk.
Examinations begin at O'Clock A. M:
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
TIP. HARRIS,
sc MURPHY, Clerk
4a-ly Board OF School Examiners.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27

Eighteen thousand three hundred stu
dents have graduated from Harvard col
lege since its foundation, of whom $500
are living.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
GEOGRAPHY
T. P. HARRIS.
(Omit tluO.)

l. What seasons have the United
States? Why?
: 2. Distinguish between mountain
ranges, mountain chains, and mountain
systems.
3. Name five mining States west of
the Mississippi river, and name their
capitals and locate them.
4. Bound the United States by longi-
tude and latitude. Over how many
degrees of longitude does it extend? OF
latitude?
5. Name the political divisions of
North America; state the area, capital
and position of each division.
6. Define ecliptic, summer solstice,
winter solstice, vernal and autumnal
equinox, and zodiac.
z. Bound Central America, give its
divisions, capitals, size, and productions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27

THERE are Sarsaparillas and Sarsapa-
rillas; but if you are not careful in your
purchase, the disease you wish to cure
will only be intensified. Be sure you
get Ayers Sarsaparilla and no other. 1t
is compounded from the Honduras root
and other highly concentrated altera-
tives.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-27
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. & A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon.
j. b. MEYER, See. G. p BUMGARNER,W W. M.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No n, ROyal
Arch MGsODs. Stated eOnyOcatiOns first Friday Of
Zach month.
j. B. MEYER, Rec. J.B. RYAN, p
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday of each MONTH
j. b. MEYER, Rec. C. w. CARROLL, 7. /. NJ.
HOPE COMMANDER, No. 26, Z. T.-Stated
eoncayes, first Thursday of each month
j. b. MEYER, Rec. W. C. BURGUNDTHAL,EC