davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
Witty Remarks of an Artist.

Kenny Meadows was an artist who was
always welcome at any social gathering,
for he had an infinite fund of quotation
and mother wit. A certain well known
studio pun was his There had been one
day long talk about fresco and the
palette necessary for it. and the repeated
remark that it needed palette of earths
quite tired him out.
''You talk of ochres, he said, but the
worst of all you haven't named, though
it's the commonest. That's the medi-
ocreP'
Then, said another artist, ''youdon't
believe in the golden means being the
best of things?"
No." said he, ''T'll divide that with
you. You may take the mean, and I'll
keep the gold"
According to his own telling, his stand
ard of praise was financial one.
Now dare say you think yourself
very clever fellow to paint so good
picture" he said to his friend, William
Bell Scott, who had just completed his
''Old English Ballad Singer" But it's
nothing to paint apicture compared with
what it is to sell it. When you do that.
I'll congratulate your
But every one knows just how much
such deprecatory criticism meant. Mead
ows was ''fond of talking. g."-Youth's
Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Prejudice is the yellow jaundice of
judgment.
He who swells in prosperity will shrink
in adversity.
Truth in the mind is only knowledge,
but in the life it is power.
Practice flows from principle; for as a
man thinks, so will lie act.
The man who will not improve his
talents steals from himself.
Let no one overload you with favors;
will find it an insufferable burden.
Learn the art, to be preferred before
all others, of being happy when alone.
1t is no point of wisdom for a man to
beat his brains about things impossible.
Money, like the mantle of charity,
"covers multitude of imperfections." !"
A compliment is usually accompanied
with bow, as if to beg pardon for say
ing it.
A mean man generally feels better
when he meets man who is meaner than
himself.
Repentance without amendment is
like continually pumping without stop
ping the leak.
Promises made in the time of affiiction
require a better memory than people
commonly possess.
The majority Of men are too gener
Gus to keep more than fraction of the
ten commandments.
There is sometimes a glow of unin-
territorial egotism in the remark 1.-The
fools are not all dead yet"
Nature has given us two ears and but
one tongue, in order that we may repeat
but one half of what we hear.
When we take glance around the
world it is hard to believe in the theory
of the survival of the fittest.
If the keynote of all your conduct to
others had its spring in fine self-rever-
ence, there would be no discourtesies.
The way to wealth is as plain as the
way to market. 1t depends chiefly on
two things industry and frugality.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
ONLY A uTTLE LESSON.
The Florist Gives the Young Married MAJ
Tender Reminder.

ht AoEAsl Wives Ine No
Tender Reminder.
1t was just a little lesson, that was all,
but it went right to the spot. He stopped
moment on his way home to look in a
florists window, and the florist, who
saw him. asked him inside to see some
thing extra fine.
You don't buy any more flowers
how?' said the florist
NO" was the response, given good
naturedly, though it was brief
And ii used to be, year ago or more,
that roses and violets and carnations
and all sorts were great attraction to
you"
Yes; had a sweetheart then" and
the man blushed and laughed.
You used to take her a flower every
time you went to see her. didn't your"
pursued the inquisitive, kindly old for
ist.
YES"
"And they didn't cost very much as a
rule, did they?"
"Oh, no, but that didn't make any diff
ference to her. brought them fresh and
fragrant; that was enough"
why don't you take them to her now?
Did she choose another in your -stead?"
And the florists voice was sympathetic.
''Oh, no; 1 married her year ago."
The florist waited a moment as if
thinking.
"And don't you love her now?" he
asked cautiously, as if treading on thin
ice
''Of course. We are very happy. But
you know the flower business doesn't go
any more"
did she ever say so?" asted the florist.
"Well-um-er-no: l can't say that
she ever did"
Have you ever asked her about it?"
No. never happened to think of it.
Busy, you know, with all sorts of things.
so much more practical"
The florist didn't answer. He ewent to
a pot of roses and violets. and taking
handful he handed them over to his late
customer.
'There," he said, II give them to you
in remembrance of old times. You might
take them to your wife, and if she doesn't
like them you can bring them back to
me-"
But they never came back.-Detroit
Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
Carving Good News.

During the siege of Vicksburg an i'm
portant artillery position had been as
signed. to battery commanded by Ma
jor Schwartz, German attached to
General Grants command. Late in the
day while Grant was in his tent receiv-
ing dispatches from the front German
orderly made his appearance earnestly
inquiring for "Zhineral Grant" After
much parley his hearers, being convinced
that his business with the general was
important, admitted him to the latter's
tent, where he made the announcement,
"Schwartz's battery is tookp "Well,
said the general calmly, "did you spike
the guns?" WHAT" shrieked the little
German, "spike dem guns? Dem new
guns? Wy, itwould schpile 'em!" "Well,
what did you dor said Grant impatient.
ly. IVY, we took 'em pack again, by
tamr-Life
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
Facts About Foreign Population.

There are more than 100000 Ger
mans in the chief cities of the United
States. They are most numerous in New
York and Brooklyn and in the cities of
the west. They are least numerous in
Boston and Washington. In these two
cities and in Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco the Irish outnumber the Germans.
In New York, Chicago, Brooklyn, st.
Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Buffalo, New Orleans, Pittsburg, De
troit and Milwaukee the Germans out
number the Irish. There are $500 ma
tives of Ireland to $4,000 Germans in
Milwaukee. In Boston there are 10000
Germans to 1000 Irish.-New York
Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
NIeanness In the Cbaste Dovs

Cases of meanness are not numerous
among the animals. A surprising one is
the innocent dove, which sometimes
hides under her wings food for which
she has no need simply to deprive her
companions. The sense of property is
manifested in the competition for prizes,
as in the struggle for the female or for
food, rank, territory or nests. The dog
distinguishes the property of his master
and even discriminates between objects
belonging to different members of the
same family.-Current Literature.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
A Wise Answer.

The shah once asked group of court
iers whom they though the greater man,
himself or his father At first he could
get no reply to so dangerous a question.
the answer to which might cost the
courtiers their heads. At last willy old
courtier said. Your father, sire. for.
though you are equal to your father in
all other respects. in this he is superior
to you-that he had a greater son than
any you have. ."-Chatterbox.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
A Water Supply Under Every Barn.

Every barn should have cistern un-
der it, and especially if the barn have a
basement for wintering stock. With
suitable contrivances a supply of pure
water may be provided, SO that the
water is shut off automatically when
the vessel is filled to a certain height.
This is done by wooden valve resting
on the water and buoyed up by it so
that the water is shut off whenever it is
needed. Such cisterns under barns have
often furnished the water promptly so
as to save serious losses from fire.-Al-
bany Argus.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
A Sensitive Patient.

DR.. Emdee-Feet go to sleep. That
shows your circulation is bad.
Editor Daily Kazoo-That's all you
quacks know. l suppose if my corns
ached that would show that the advertis-
ing patronage was falling off.-New
York Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
New York Versus Chicago.

A funny outcropping of Chicago's am
bition is the practice of the papers of al
ways referring to this city as New York,
N. Y" 1t just tickles Chicago man to
pretend that no one would know which
New York was meant unless the abbre-
Walton of the state was given.-New
York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
Astrnnnmv Before Christ.

About 500 B. c. Anaxagoras of Ionia
was born. When he grew up in wis
dom," he was the first to teach the course
and cause of both solar and lunar eclipses
and to give his followers rules whereby
they could distinguish planets from fixed
stars. He was punished for declaring
that the sun was not a god.-St. Louis
Rapuh1ic
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
CATARR Ri
CREAM BALM
TRY THE CURE. HAY-FEVER
Do YOU Know 2

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 1nvigorator
is a 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, 1893-05-25
Youthful Condescension.

The Father (sorrowfully)-Your alb
sorption in social gayety grieves me. At
your age such life had no destinations
for me.
The Son (condescendingly)-At my
age yo1 probably lacked the fascinations
which 1 inherit from my mothers side
of the family.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
A Mi1lian Friends

a friend in need is a friend indeed,
and not less than one million people have
found just such friend in DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds.-If You have never used this
Great Cough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful cur
atlve powers in all diseases of Throat,
Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guar
anteed to do all that is claimed or money
will be refunded. Trial bottles free at
Patterson's Drug Store. Large bottles
SOC. and Sl.00.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
Portuguese Olives.

Why are not Portuguese olives more
extensively imported into our country?
Unlike the queen olives of France, Spain
and Italy the Portuguese olives are
picked when they are wholly ripe and
are therefore much more palatable and
nutritious.-Ne> York Press
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

A conch shell was picked up recently
by herder on one of the highest buttes
in the John Day mountains, Oregon,
some 5000 feet above sea level and far
from human habitation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

A VERY wise man will always have
sense enough to see that he is great
fool; but very great fool always looks
upon himself as a very wise man.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
A Lost Lesson.

Mrs. Winkers (meaningly)-The paper
says man walked into a saloon yester-
day afternoon, took drink and dropped
dead.
Mr.. Winkers (solemnlye yeProcrastina-
ton is terrible thing. He should have
taken his tonic sooner.-New York
Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERLAN CHURCH-Rev. r. AIex-
ander, pastor Public worship every Sabbath
morning AID evening; Sabbath school $50 a. m /:
young peoples society of Christian endeavor Sun
DAY evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev
Harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching, 1880
l. m.; p. m; young peoples meeting, Monday
'venlngS; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday eve
nngs; Sabbath school 2:3O pm. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev.
lhomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m
DnDlc worship, II a. m; weekly prayer meeting
Friday p. m; monthly prayer meeting, last SatuT
lay OF each month, p. m; wOman's missionary
3lclety, last Saturday of each month, 2 p. m; dis
trlct prayer meetings. first Tuesdays Wednesdays.
thursdays and Saturdays each month, ? .. m
Young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
Zach month at the DarsOnape / n m
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

A PERSON is never so much in need of
encouragement and appreciation as when
he is conscious of not deserving it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

HEARKEN to the voice of considera-
tion; her words are the words of wis
dom, and her paths shall lead thee to
safety and truth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. IS, F. d A. M-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full NOON
j. B. MEYER, Sec G. 2. BUMGARNER, ". NJ
ST. CLAlRSVILLE CHAPTER, No n, R0yGL
Arch AGsoHs.-Stated conyoeatiOns first Friday of
Zach month.
j. B. MEYER, Rec. JB.RYAN HIP
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month
j. B. MEYER, Rec. C. w. CARROLL, T. l. u.
HOPE COMMANDRY, No. Is, K T-Stated
'onelayes, first Thursday of each month.
]. B. MEYER, Rec. w. c. BURGUNDTHALEC
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

WHEN the forenoons of life are vast
ed there is not much hope of peaceful
and fruitful evening. Sun-risings and
sun settings are closely connected in ev-
cry experience.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
,aiiy. I Daily excent Sunday,

y. 7 tACtIII
Cleveand-with fast trains for East and West
LS&MS Try; Grafton-with CCG& st L R'y;
Sterling-w with the P& o Ry; Warwick-with
the A & R'y MasillOn-wth w & L R'y and
PFtW W&CR'y; Justus-with CC& SRy; Canal
Dover-with c & M R'y; Uhrichsyille- the
Pan-H Handle Bridgeport-with & P Ry; Bel
lare-with & o R'y; Wheeling with X Ry.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

The smallest bird is the West India
bumming bird. Its body is less than an
inch long and weighs only 20 grains.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsom will stop the cough at
once. Ask your friends about it. g. -ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

WHEN the rich man feels like making
an open confession to some one he never
hunts up the assessor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

The house in which Stephen Decatur,
the naval hero, was born is still standing
near Berlin, Nd.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

As the shadow of the sun is largest
when his beams are lowest, so we are al
ways least when we make ourselves the
greatest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

LET us never forget that every station
in life is necessary; that each deserves
our respect; that not the station itself.
but the worthy fulilment of its duties,
does honor to a man.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
PARkER'S
HAIR RAlSAM
CLEVeLkND, LORAlN & WHEELING R. R
Time Card Of Passenger Trains

In effect Now Goth, 1892, and until further Notice
Standard Times minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio, time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25
BELMONT 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
TreaSurer-Frank Il. Archer
Prosecuting AttOrney-Jesse w. HOllingwOrth
Recorder-John NJ. Beckett
Surveyor -Chalkley Dawson.
COrOner-A- NJ. +. Boyd.
commissioners X. Hart John c. Israel
W. S. Mechem.
lnfirmary Directors William Lodge, president;
John A: Clark, clerk; B. NJ. LOper, auditor
Superintendent Inirmary John SidebottOm,
East Richland
Superintendent ChildreD's Home-Peter Giffin,
Barnesville.
School Examiners James Duncan, Bridgeport;
). G. Murphy, Belmont I. z. Harris SOmertOn.
DRUMMOND POST No. 2O3-G. AR.
Meets Saturday evenings on or before the fun
moon. Comrades requested to attend.
j. +. .CHARLESWORTH, P. C.
M. DAVIES Adlt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

ALL beauty is bound together, and
leads up from the smallest things of life
to the greatest, from the most material
to the most spiritual, from the simplest
and humblest to the most exalted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

Don't worry whether the man who
says nice things to you means them or
not. The fact that he takes the pains to
say them is a compliment. He doubt
less has an AK to grind, but it doesn't fol
low that you must turn the grindstone.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

MUCH greater efforts are bestowed
nowadays on making young men and
women learned and accomplished than
on cultivating in them either sympathy
in the pursuits of others, or good-tem-
per or geniality; yet neither learning be
it ever so profound, nor accomplishments
be they ever so brilliant, will bring them,
or those about them half the happiness
that kindly sympathetic, good-natured
manners will diffuse.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

IT is because so few have definite
goals before them that so many fail; it is
because so many aim at impossibilities
that so few succeed; it is because there
is too much wishing for success, with so
little unremitted striving after it, that
so many end with wishing; it is because
there is too much eagerness for speedy
triumph that so many end in defeat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

PEOPLE diametrically opposite in
views may be excellent friends, but there
must be other directions in which they
sympathize. Persons of the most di-
verse characteristics may be tenderly at
tached, but there must be certain tastes
or interests in common.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-25

SYSTEM is as essential in the govern
ment of the household as in that of the
State. Order, promptness, punctuality,
industry, and good judgment are the
necessary and efficient forces in the
home. To these add cheerfulness, pa
thence, and thoughtful care for the
general comfort, and happiness of its
members, and all unpleasant friction
will be avoided and the home made what
it should be-the center of all that is
best and dearest to the human heart.
The record-union., 1893-01-12
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
An Offensive Street Mendicant Con-
victed of Nagrancy.

An Offensive Street Mendicant Con-
victed of Vagrancy.
In the Police Court yesterday Jack
Reagan, previously convicted of battery,
stated that he had worked in this city fol-
eighteen years and had never been ar
rested before. He was fined SO, or five
days in Jail.
Henry Menechie, charged with being
drunk, had just come up from Berkeley
to go to work, had not been offensive
and was discharged with caution.
John Jackson, charged with being a
vagrant, pleaded not guilty. officer
Greer testified that for two weeks he had
been great annoyance, being a persist
ent beggar, and several times insulting
ladies. He had been in court before. ON
Tuesday he pushed into the street a small
man who did not comply with his request
for money, and when he afterward ac-
costed a gentleman roughly he gathered
him in.
The prisoner claimed to peddle combs
and brushes, begging only when out OF
money. The court found him guilty and
ordered him to appear for sentence to-
daY.
The record-union., 1893-01-12
WOULDN'T WORK
A Reporter Visits the ''Well,'' But His
Password Was Defective.

A Reporter Visits the ''WeII,'' But His
Password Was Defective.
The Sergeant-at-Ar Arms of the Assembly
yesterday summoned Secretary of State
Waite and Janitor Duhaine to appear be-
fore the Committee on Public Morals and
explain the alleged presence of strong
drinks in the basement Of the Capitol
building
Just what resulted from the investiga-
ton could not be ascertained, but REC
ORD UNION reporter learned enough to
know that if strong drink is dispensed
there it is done guardedly and against the
stipulations in the permit given the res
taurant-keeper to use the apartments.
While investigating the matter the re-
porter went down into the 'welP' and
tried a series of wiEks and other persua-
slve tactics on the man IN charge without
any satisfactory result.
Many persons express the opinion that
members of the Legislature who descend
into the well" in most cases fall in,
and those who show up later with breaths
that take up so much room either carry
their own bottles or haven't had time to
recover from the fall campaign.
Since the advent OF the electric cars,
however, distances are shortened very
perceptibly, and downtown resorts,
where the tiger hourishes unscared, are
separated but a few minutes from the
more active members OF both houses.
A Committee on Public Morals which
undertakes to tamper with Legislature
made up of Democrats, Republicans and
Populists, and who are also politicians,
in this regard is in jeopardy, and the hon
orable body should not venture into the
obscure and dimly lighted corners of the
basement of the Capitol.
The record-union., 1893-01-12

day afternoon by the drowning of their
little 4-year-old boy Albert.
1t appears that the family residence is
close by the river, and the child was play
ing on the bank, his companion being a
favorite dog. The latter had rope tied
about its neck, and the child was allow
ing the dog to drag him about by holding
| on TO the rope.
All of sudden the dog leaped into the
water, pulling the little fellow in after
him. Mrs. Olsen was soon at hand and
| recovered the child, who was still alive,
and every effort was made to resuscitate
it, but without avail, and death ensued in
about ten minutes.
The bereaved family have the sympa-
thy Of the entire neighborhood in their
/ deep sorrow,