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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
Several Condolences.

While the belief in talismans and
omens is confined to the less educated
portion of our population, even the most
skeptical read with interest condolences
that simpler minds regard as prophecies.
President Garfield few months before
his death related to friend the follow
ing incidents:
As General Garfield entered the con-
vention the day of his nomination, a
man distributing leaves of the New Tes-
lament handed one to him which the
engrossed politician folded and put in
his pocket. Long after the nomination
he took down the suit he had worn that
eventful day. and before putting it on
proceeded to empty the pockets. He
drew out paper pressed into narrow
fold, one verse only being visible. 1t
was this, THE stone which the builders
rejected is become the head of the cor
ner."
Again. at 1 o'clock in the afternoon,
the hour Of the nomination in Chicago,
an eagle, coming from no one knows
where. lighted ON General Garfield's
house in Washington and sat there sew
eral minutes This occurrence was wit
messed by many persons in the capital
Wide Awake.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
A Long Run.

Every actor likes to boast of a long
run. He doesn't care whether it is q
financially successful run" or not. II
it is not successful financially, it always
is artistically, and so on long run the
success is bound to come in one way OF
the other.
"You had quite a long run, didn't
your" asked one actor of another up in
the billiard room of the Five AS club re-
Gently.
The actor of whom this question had
been asked had done the ''leads" in a
melodrama on a one night stand route
for several weeks. Everybody in the
club had said that the show would only
stay out for a week. They were mis-
taken, for it did stay out nearly four
weeks. The name Of the attraction
might have been THE Bucket of Blood" :"
That would have fitted the play anyway
better than the name under which it was
billed.
"Oh. yes" replied the lead 1T was
a pretty long run, about a mile and a
half. We would have done the turn
easily cross lots. as we intended. but the
sheriff was on to that game and had a
deputy in the field, and so we had to
stick to the road and sprint. We caught
the last car of the train. and hope that
sheriff caught pneumonia. There is no
reason why he should not have done SO.
We gave him violent exercise on a cold
night. New York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
An Artists Friends.

"Have you a friend in the world:
Well, you might as well have none at
all. Have your friends got any money;
are they rich? Well, they will not spend
dollar for you. | warn you that you
will find it so. l have been in this busi-
ness long while. l have told all my
other patrons what / now tell you, and
they have all found my every word was
true" Thus spoke picture auctioneer
to an artist who was meditating an ex-
hibition to be followed by sale of the
pictures. The two events followed one
another, and the prophets words did not
come quite true. At the sale there was
a notable absence of the artists friends.
Of the host of them only two or three
who were not among the rich ones
either came or bought anything. The
others stayed away, saying afterward
that they did not feel well or that they
saw that the artist got good notices and
was bound to do well-as he did, in spite
of them.
There is nothing extraordinary about
this situation. The probability is that
the personal friends of the artists know
them too well and like them too much
to be certain that their judgment is fair
and reliable when they come to exercise
it in determining the market value of
their work. Once an artist has estab-
Hshed this value to be great his rich
friends are apt to hunt around and Sc
cure some Of the pictures they could
have got cheaper when their presence
would have been grateful to the artist.
The poorer friends must then go without
his work unless they have some that he
gave away when he was younger and
less famous.-New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
The Loving Act of q Dog.

During mothers long and severe i'll
ness, Carlo took great interest in all that
pertained to her. watching the doctor
very closely and sitting by the half hour
with his chin on the bed by her side. We
bought our bread. and knowing Carlos
.fondness for warm biscuit the baker
often gave him one which he quickly dis
patched. Once, during very severe at
tack of mothers, when we were doing
our utmost to tempt her appetite, Carlo
came in early one morning, bringing his
warm biscuit untouched, and laid it on
the floor by mothers side.
Too sick to notice this act of his. but
not to be disappointed in his own plan
he came forward and lifted the biscuit
to her pillow and retired again to his
corner to wait some look of thanks from
her. It came, and such happy dog!
He had brought his choicest offering-a
warm biscuit-and it had been recog-
nized. Was there a loving plan and care
full observation in this act?-Mary E.
Holmes IN Science.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
A Bet With Apparent Odds.

A successful railroad protector was
expressing some very positive opinions
about the market value of certain rail
road stock in Wall street restaurant
two or three days ago. II will bet $100
to red apple, he exclaimed, that -
stock will sell at par within a year and
a half"
"Fn take the bet" exclaimed young
man with very serious face.
"All right, sir. Put up your red ap-
pie, and will put up my money"
The young man hurried around to
Broadway fruit store, bought a red ap-
pie for cents and returned to the res
taurant, where he placed it in the hands
of the cashier of the place. The railroad
man promptly put 500 in bills by the
side of the apple and said: Now. shall
expect you to keep that apple in per-
fectly sound condition. If the apple de-
Gays. the bet is off. New York Times.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBHTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning asd 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-Rey.
Harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching, 10 80
!. m-; p. m; young peoples meeting, Monday
'venlngs; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
nmgS; Sabbath school 2:3O pm. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services.
UNITED DPRESBFTERIAN CHURCH-Rev.
thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m. I;
pubic worship, IL a; m; weekly prayer meeting,
FRIDAY p m monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
aay OF each month, p. m; wOman's missionary
'leiety, 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 parsonage, p. m.
4FRIf AN u. M.E.CHURCH-Rev. E. Albert March
pastor. Sunday service, 1880 a. m; p. m; Sab
oatn school, 2:3O p. m; weekly prayer meeting,
thursday evenings Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23

Matthew Arnold went to see Whittier
on his arrival, and it is needless to say
that Whittier derived sincere pleasure
from the visit, but Arnold's delightful
recognition of Whittier's in School
Days" as one of the perfect poems which
must live gave him fresh assurance of
fulfilled purpose in existence. He had
followed Arnold with appreciation from
his earliest appearance in the field of
letters and knew him. as it were, "by
heart" long before a personal interview
was possible. In letter written after
Arnold's return to England he says: 81
share thy indignation at the way our
people have spoken of him, one of the
foremost men of our time. true poet. a
wise critic and brave. upright man.
to whom all English speaking people
owe debt of gratitude. | am sorry
could not see him again. Annie Fields
in Harper's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
A Naturalist and the Snake Charmer.

A story used to be told at Cairo of the
late Sir Richard Owen during one of his
sojourns in Egypt. The great naturalist
was seated in the shade on the veranda
at Sheppeard's hotel. as is the postpran-
dial won't of visitors to that famous hos
telry, when the inevitable snake charmer
came to him and produced from his bag
lively specimen of the horned asp-the
deadly cerastes. The professor gazed,
and nothing daunted stopped and
plucked the horns from the head of the
reptile wriggling at his feet, remarking
to bystander that the man would prob
ably think twice before trying to palm
off upon any one else a harmless snake
ss cerastes by the aid of couple of
fish bones. With anybody else the
charmer would probably have succeeded.
He had tried it on the wrong man.
London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
Making Ants Useful.

"One year." says a Florida orange
grower. when few of my trees bore
much fruit on account Of insect ravages
secured a large crop. / induced the
ants to frequent my trees by Swinging
the trees with strong solution of sirur
and water. The solution dried, leaving
a saccharine substance adhering to the
leaves, twigs and branches of the trees,
in seeking which the ants killed the in
sects which infested the trees. New
York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
Suicide Out of the Ordinary.

Pittsburgh Times
Suicide is not strange. Cases of
sometimes are. owing to the manner OF
them. One such was that of Miss Coz
zens, in New York, the petted only
daughter of a wealthy man. She took
a room in hotel. giving the name OF
Mrs. F. Carter, of st. Louis, destroyed
every stitch of her Undertaking to pre-
vent the discovery of her identity, took
laudanum, and that not proving fatal
shot herself. The GOODNESS, the deliber-
alton of the deed. the cold blooded con-
tempt of life which it showed, entit.e it
to place with the classic acts of self
destruction. What caused it? Unre-
quilted love, the presumption is. In a
bit of autobiography, in a new book be
fore us this is what the writer relates a
woman once said to him:
No man was ever good for anything
who has not been devOured, l was going
to say, by great devotion to woman.
The lives of your great men are as much
the history of women whom they adored
as themselves. Dante, Byron, Shelley,
it is the same with all of them, and
there is no mistake about it; it is the
great fact of life"
Very true, and is it not also true Of
women? Is there one really good for
who has not been deyOured by
her devotion to man? Without his
strength under disappointment, a
strength due to brute indifference more
often than to philosophy, is it wonder
that this great fact of life so often be-
comes the great fact of death? But
seldom under circumstances so extraor-
dinary as those of the death of Miss
CoZZens
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At the coffee house the news was dis
cussed, rumors were invented, scandal
aired and designations made. Letters
were received and kept for known Gus.
toners Swift used to find his letters
from Stella in the frame of the glass be-
hind the bar OF the st. James coffee
house. Harley, afterward Earl of Ok.
ford, saw one of Stella's letters one day
in that conspicuous position and asked
Swift how long he had learned the trick
of writing to himself. Stella wrote hand
very closely resembling Swift's own.
The floor of coffee room was divided
into boxes similar to those that still lin
ger in few taverns and hostelries that
preserve favor of times gone by. Be
hind bar sat enshrined the ''idols," as
a correspondent of The Spectator terms
the barmaids, whose manners and Gus
toms, especially their fondness for firta-
ton and bar worship-the chief griev-
ance with this correspondent, who was
probably either old or ugly-have their
counterparts at the present day beneath
more pretentious roofs. Tom Brown de-
scribes the idols" as "a charming Phillis
or two, who invite you by their amoroua
glances into their smoky territories.
The crusty Spectator complained that
great difficulty in getting served was e1-
perienced by those who did not respond
to the amorous glances or who wished to
pass their time otherwise than in ogling
and worshiping the charming Phillises at
the bar.-Temple Bar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
But Still He Saw,

"Now, then" said the lawyer for the
defendant, you say you saw my client
sitting on the fence in front of his
house?"
"Yes, sir"
"And when the plaintiff came along
the defendant got down and stopped
him?"
"Yes, SIR"
"Is your eyesight extraordinarily
keen?"
mo, sir.
"Is it above the average?"
mo, sir"
"As matter of fact, isn't it rather
poor?"
"Yes, sir"
"And yet you claim to have seen
these things half mile away?''
II do"
"Mr. Bower, you are on oath. Per-
jury is very serious crime. Think
well before you answer again. Now,
then, where were you when you saw all
this so plainly half mile away on a
cloudy day, when even the eye of an
eagle might have been deceived? Do
not let your friednship for the plaintiff
send you to state prison for two or three
years. Tell the jury just where you
were"
ION the roof of my house."
"What were you doing up there?"
Looking through telescope about 5
feet long, sir, and L could even see the
sty on your clients left eye and the
wrinkles in his boot legs!'
"Oh, ah! That's all, Mr.. Bowerr
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
GRAINS OF GOLD.

The cross can only be seen from cross
Love hopes always because it believes
always.
Much-doing is not so important as
well doing.
Ornamental characters are full OF
weak spots.
How easy it is to admire people who
agree with us.
Real glory springs from the silent con
quest of ourselves.
If the tongue could kill not many
would live TO old age.
Weeds never grow when watched. II
is the same with sins.
The most manifest sign of wisdom is
continued cheerfulness.
1t is hard to agree with a man who
quarrels with himself.
1t is of no use turning back after you
get more than halfway.
The easiest thing for loafer to do is
to find fault with busy people
Some men tire themselves almost to
death looking for an easy place.
The devil always takes deep interest
in people who get too busy to pray.
1t never pays to send boys into the
street to secure quiet in the parlor.
The man who is ruled by his feelings
will always travel in zig gag course.
Oddly enough, it is the conversation
with no point to it that bores the quickest.
The shadow of misfortune will gen.
orally frighten us more than the disaster
itself
The love of glory can only create a
hero; the contempt of it only makes a
great man.
If we knew how much our enemies
have suffered it would no doubt make
us more forglving.
The religion that is noisy in church is
sometimes very quiet in other places
where it is most needed.
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Weapons of q Kindly Woman.

A regard for others feelings and a
gentle though not fulsome fiattery that
stimulates rather than initiates are the
weapons which, when used by a clever,
kindly woman, make her power among
any set in which she chooses to move,
though never for one moment does she
give any evidence that she is aware of
the influence she wields through the all
conquering scepter of her own gracious
womanhood.- Philadelphia Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
NIisled by the Name.

"Who is dat man Talmage we hear so
much about" asked Flatfoot Jones the
other day.
why, don't you known said Brother
Snow He am de great Brooklyn
preacher.
Preacher" exclaimed Jones. 81
thought he war comic lecturer"
"Why, Brudder FlatfootY'
"Kase day calls him de wit, Talmage."
Texas Siftings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
HE LOVE CHASE

Though oft pass her on the street
seldom seem TO catch her eve.
She rarely lets our glances meet
Although she knows I'm pas,inv bv
But though to me she docs not SNEAK,
Nor give look my heart TO cheer
The furtive blush UPON her cheek
Tells me she knows that am near
lis true she's full OF giriish arr.
A trait that's common 10 her ser
But she is no coquet;e at hear.
Though oft her tricks nv mind perplex.
know she's partial TO the rose
I've sent her some. both red and yeilov-
Yet out upon the street she goes
With violets from some other fellow.
And still this love chase pursue.
'Twixt hope and fear coStinue wooine
One day o'erjoyed, the next so blue
scarcely know what am doing.
But one thought ! take comfort in,
And gloomy doubt gives place to rapture
The harder she may be 10 win
The dearer yet will be the capture.
E c. Walcot in Soundings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE. No. IS, F. d A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon.
j. B. MEYER, Sec. G. p. BUMGARNER, W. NJ.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. H. ROydl
Arch Mds0ns.-Stated conyoeations first Friday OF
Zach month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. J. B. RYAN, III. p.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No. 81, r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. G. w. CARROLL, 7. l. NJ.
HOPE COMMANDER, No. rs, Z. T-Stated
sOnclaves, first Thursday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. W. C. BURGUNDTHAL,E-C
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
The Sedan Chair.

The sedan chair is named after Sedan,
the town where it was first used. The
earliest mention of it in England occurs
in 1881. Early in the following century
the Duke of Buckingham caused much
indignation by its use in London. Peo-
pie were exasperated at that nobleman
employing his fellow men to take the
place of horses to carry him. Prince
Charles brought from Spain in 1923
three curiously wrought sedans. two of
which he gave to the Duke of Bucking-
ham. A few weeks after their introduc-
ton Massinger produced his play, THE
Bondman," and in it he thus adverts to
the ladies:
For their pomp and care being borne
In triumph on mems shoulders.
The reference is doubtless to Bucking
hams sedan, which was borne like a
palanquin.-''Bygone England
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
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.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
Frozen Water Not Pura,

The popular idea that water is puri
fed by freezing has been again dis
proved by recent careful experiments,
which show that the average amount oil
impurity retained by the ice is 34.S per
cent of organic matter. AS organic
matter is the more Objectionable of the
two, the case is worse than was for
merly supposed. New York Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
Elsie's Occupation.

1t was in the Sixth avenue elevated
that one fond mother beamed upon an
acquaintance and said:
Eyes, we are expecting Elsie home for
the holidays. You know she's been in
Boston prosecuting the study of music
all winter"
And the other woman never even
dropped her eyelids as she answered:
"You must be so very proud of her.
Not many girls of her age could ac-
complish so much."-New York World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23

l HAVE been a great sufferer from
catarrh for over ten years; had it very
bad, could hardly breathe. Some nights
could not sleep and had to walk the
floor. l purchased Ely's Cream Balm
and am using it freely, it is working a
cure surely. l have advised several
friends to use it, and with happy results
in every case. 1t is the medicine above
all others for catarrh, and it is worth its
weight in gold. l thank God 1 have
found remedy l can use with safety
and that does all that is claimed for it.
1t is curing my deafness.-B. W. Sperry,
Hartford, Conn. 392 2t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
Long Waits.

Salesman (great store}-This coat fits
your little girl nicely.
Lady (thinking of next season)-Yes,
it does now, but think we'd better take
size larger.
Little Girl-Oh, yes, forgot. We have
to wait for our change.-Good News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23

TIE trouble with most cough med
icines is that they spoil the appetite,
weaken digestion. and create bile.
Aver Cherry Pectoral, on the contrary,
while it gives immediate relief. assists
rather than impairs the assimilative
Dr0ppSS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
pELMONT COUNTY DIRECTORY

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs.
Probate Judge-JameS +. Tallman.
Clerk of COurts-Henry Nj. Davies.
Standardization Nj. Scott.
AuditOr-JOseph A. Henderson.
TreaSuTer-Erank B. Archer.
Prosecuting Attorney-Jesse w. HollingwOrth.
Recorder-JOhn NJ. Beckett
SurveyOr-Chalkley Dawson.
COroner-A. NJ. F. Boyd.
COmmiSsiOners-Mile r. Hart, John c. Israel,
W. :. Mechem
Infrmary Directors William Lodge, president;
John A. Clark, clerk; B. NJ. LOper, auditor.
Superintendent Infirmary SidebOtt0m,
East Richland.
Superintendent ChildreDs Home-Peter Gifin,
Barnesville.
School Examlners-James Duncan, Bridgeport;
5. C. Murphy. Belmont L. P. Harris SOmertOn-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
The Hoosiers Want the Best.

"TnE people of this vicinity insist on
having ,Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and do not want any other" says John
V. Bishop, of Portland Mills, Indiana.
That is right, They know it to be su-
perior to any other for colds, and as a
preventive and cure for Group, and why
should they not insist upon having it.
so cent bottles for sale by Patterson &
Sons. -25t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
CATAR RH
Do YOU Know I?
EIY'S

That more ills result from an
Unhealthy Liver than any
other cause-Indigestion, Consti-
patton, Headache, Biliousness,
and Malaria usually attend it.
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is vegetable specific for Liver
Disorders and their accompany
ing evils. 1t cures thousands
why not be one cf them? Take
DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator.
Your Druggist will supply you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
For their pOmp and care being borne
In friurnub on rnen'a shoulders

Oysters come nearer to milk than al.
most any other common food material
as regards both the amounts and the
relative proportions of nutrients, the food
values of equal weights of milk and oys.
ters being nearly the same.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
1899. BELMONT COUNTY. 1902

Teachers examinations will be held as follows
Belmopt6Frlday, p1. Sept. 2; Saturday, Nov. 19,
ST. Clairsville-May y and af' 'cIo.a ~
In August. . ~ VI i''i''i'e
BaTnesvilie- March II and June "a.
Bellaire-Sept. IL and Feb.
Bridgeport 10
Somerton-March 25
HeDdrysburg-April %.
FlushiDg-0ctober To-
Bethesda-ln July
Pupils examinations first Saturday in Anril and
in May. III n APih anu
Tests for professional certificate will he iven a,
any time, wnen called for by a number desirins
them. ANY necessary branch: also primary viii
the clerk. 0 "0'i0e oeiiis gwen
examinations begin at O'Clock A. M.
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
I. p. HARRIS,
5. C. MURPHY, Clerk, ,
J., of School Examiners.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-03-23

The mouth is able to bear water Of q
very high temperature without incon-
venience-in fact, water SO hot as to cause
pain when the finger is inserted in it.