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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
Origin of the Peach.

Nothing is now more universally &C
cepted than the fact that the peach is an
improved variety Of the almond. The
almond has a tkin shell around the
stone, which splits open and shows the
stone when mature. This outer skin
has simply become feshy in the peach.
80 that it is all that gives it its specific
character. It seems now clear from in
vestigation in the history of ancient
Babylon that in their gardens, nearly
1900 years ago, the peach was cultivated
then as it now is.
It must have been many years before
this that the peach was improved from
the almond, and this fact goes to show
the great antiquity of the fruit. Possibly
gardening in some respects, at least 80
far as it relates to many of our cultivated
fruits, was as far advanced 200 or 1000
or perhaps 10000 years back as it is to
day.
Phenicians, many thousands of years
ago, as is proved by the records, had in
their gardens almonds, apricots, bananas,
citrons, figs, grapes, olives, peaches,
pomegranates; and even sugar cane was
in extensive cultivation. Certainly this
shows how far advanced these nations
were in garden culture many years ago.
Detroit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
Apance H;thou. a Smile.

They have a singular kind of dance
conducted ON the Yreens of country vii
lagos in Russia. TIE dancers stand
apart, a knot of young men here, knot
of maidens there, each TEX by itself, and
silent as a crowd Of mutes. A piper
breaks into tune, q youth pulls off his
cap and challenges his girl with wave
and bow. If the girl is willing, she
waves her handkerchief in token of as
sent. The youth advances, takes cor
ner of the handkerchief in his hand and
leads his lassie round and round.
No word is spoken, and no laugh is
heard. Stiff with cords and rich with
braids the girl moves heavily by herself,
going round and round, and never al
lowing her partner to touch her hand.
The pipe goes droning on for hours in
the same sad key and measure, and the
prize of merit in this ''circling," as the
dance is called, is given by spectators to
the lassie who in all that summer revelry
has never spoken and never smiled
New York Ledger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
A Mothers WAY.

When the Rev. Horace Bushnell was
a boy, he was very desirous of knowing
something about music. No one in the
family could teach him, however, and
his mother, with that divine patience
and insight which belong to mothers in
general, found that if the lad was to
have his wish at all it must be through
her. She obtained book and soon
taught him all she knew-the scale, the
keynote and how to find it, and the time
of the notes.
This was only "book learning" how
ever, and the question was to adapt it
to the use of the voice. Little Horace
wanted to sing by note, and that his
mother could not teach him. She could
sing by ear, however, and the two hit
upon species of reverse process. The
mother sang familiar tunes, and the boy
watched the notes, observing how the
intervals and time ran along, and, as he
expressed it, ''soon began almost to sing
with u.s."
And from singing airs they knew into
notes that bore no meaning they finally
learned to sing airs they did not know
out of similar notation. The method
had been unlocked, and further progress
was easy. The mothers heart had found
out the way.-Youth's Companion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
Cotton Factory Experiments.

A system of moistening the air Of 6
cotton factory-as is required in some
departments of mill before blowing il
into the rooms-has been the subject oi
much experiment. 1t has been found
that, if jet of steam or vapor is dis
charged into the main duct any degree
of humidity desired can be obtained, but
all the air is moistened alike, being dis
tributed to the different rooms by the
risers leading thereto. That, however
which is best adapted for one depart
ment in a cotton mill may not prove
equally favorable for another.
Then, too, the introduction of moist
ure at this point may work disastrously
to the walls of the ducts and risers. II
is now found that this objection may be
overcome at small expense, by carry.
ing steam pipe down through eacl
room and putting opposite each opening
in the hue, through which the air enters
the room, an outlet with valves for regu
lating the flow of the steam. In this
way the exhaust steam from the engine
which drives the blower flows into the
room, and being caught up by the cur.
rent of air passing from the fue is thus
distributed throughout the room. Elk.
perience with this plan through cold
weather has proved its peculiar value
New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
Dentists Secrets.

A long chapter of dentists secrets
the secrets revealed to them by custom
ers made unconscious but talkative by
gas-has been revealed by conscience
less tooth puller up in Pittsburg. One
society young lady swore several lines
of blank spaces while tooth was being
drawn. A burglar taken from Jail to
have tooth pulled confessed all the de-
tails of his crime when under the sin
fuence" and parted with 10 years Of
liberty. Occasionally men want to fight
and are very strong; others are jolly and
confidential.
The most interesting story of the series
is this, told by one dentist Of another:
81 know of young dentist who was
head over heels in love with a pretty
girl, but he could never make any head
way with her. He was bashful. That
was the main trouble. One day she
came to him to have tooth pulled. He
administered gas, and before she revived
she let enough drop to assure my friend
that if he proposed no wouldn't be re-
jected. She is his wife today, and if it
had not been for the gas don't suppose
the wedding would ever have come off. "
Washington News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
A BALLAD OF LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.

.ris subtly sweet suggestive phrase,
But the simple soul who is lured thereby
Win make q sorrow for many days.
In secret oft will he moan and cry
And vote the thing a tremendous lie,
For 1t means, this phrase that sounds SO fair,
A world Of trouble and toll and care
And wild distracting wish TO go
Away from it soon and anywhere.
speak of the things whereof know.
It means all little transparent ways
To hide away from the common eye
The fact that your bread and butter stays
In your desk; that you bake and boil and fr.
In q single dish. 1t means to try
To hang your garments, the best you wear,
In q folding bed, that last despair
OF honest souls; and, bitterest blow,
1t means a kitcheny parlor air.
speak Of the things whereof knc-.
It means to shrink meath the stern amaze
OF the lordly butchers and bakers eye,
Apologizing in meek dispraise
For your modest wants. To rave or sigh
Over the pangs Of the boughten pie
'Tis to pray a strong, heav'n reaching prayer
For the meal a man pronounces square"
And to be once more in life below
Free from that peace destroying snare.
speak Of the things whereof know.
ENVOY.
Ye who have tempted this life to share,
Pause ere ye enter the tigers lair;
Consider the truth fsin would show.
For with hand on heart firmly swear
speak Of the things whereof know.
-Carlotta Perry.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
A City of Roof Gardens.

The majority of the houses in Buenos
Ayres have but one story, whose fat
roof serves all the purposes Of Yankee
lawns and door yards. While the patios
are frequently utilized as dining and sit
ting rooms, it is the universal custom to
promenade in the cool of the day on the
housetops, to sit there at morning and
evening enjoying the refreshing breezes,
extensive views and varied panorama in
the street below. The children find
their favorite playground on the roof.
There the nurses bring their infant
charges, the seamstress her sewing and
the maid her mistress bedraggled fnery
to put in order again. The clothes are
dried and aired and ironed atop, and
during the cheated term" Of this dew
less latitude thousands bring up their
beds and sleep with starry sky for a
Observation-Disclosures Record
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
GRAINS OF GOLD.
We grow to be like what We love.

We grow to be like what We love.
Keep the tongue from unkindness.
Cease from anger and forsake wrath.
Talking about heaven will not take
us to it.
Love and necessity are the only cures
for laZiness.
The Christian who complains finds
fault with God.
Depart from evil and do good; seek
peace and pursue it.
The moment you wake up grumbleI
he will begin TO croak.
The biggest kind of sinners generally
feel religious in graveyard.
Hold on to your good character. for il
is, and ever will be, your best wealth.
A wise man eau see all there is in a
fools head every time he opens his
mouth.
He is not only idle who does nothing,
but he is idle who might be better en-
ployed.
You cannot dream yourself into q
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself one.
He who receives a good turn should
never forget it; he who does one should
never remember it.
The things in which the wicked most
trust for their pleasure are often the
means of their punishment.
The purest JOY that we can experience
to one we love. is TO see sthat person q
source of happiness to Others.
Sound not the vain trumpet of self
condemnation, but forget not to remem-
ber your own imperfections.
A man who is always well satisfied
with himself is seldom SO with others.
and others little pleased with him.
Doing is the great thing. For If. res
olutely, people do what Is right, in
time they will come to like doing it.
Every noble acquisition is attended
with risk; he who fears to encounter the
one must not expect to obtain the other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
soapatone In China.

The Chinese in utilizing soapstone,
which is found in their country in large
quantities, make Of it trays for pens,
slabs for rubbing ink, flower vases, in
cense boxes, sandal wood burners, how-
er baskets, candlesticks. chessmen, cups,
bowls and lamps, all sorts Of emblems,
animals and the idols which the disci-
pies of Confucius revere with SO much
favor
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
The Ruling Passion.

Mr.. Theosoph-Speaking of the myste-
rious, knew an adept who predicted
that he would be taken sick ON a certain
day, at certain hour, and would die ex-
actly hours and 10 minutes later. Ev-
erything occurred just as he foretold.
What do you think of .thatf
Mr. Hardhead-He must have been
New York man who had lived in Jersey
and had become accustomed to doing ev-
erything on schedule time.-New York
Weekly,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev r. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning and evening; Sabbath school 9 90 q. m. !;
young neoples society Of Christian Endeavor, Sun
sSsning piIsyTl mesing, ~ III msenesosy
METHODIST EF. .SCOPAL CHURCH-Rev.
harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching, 1880
q. m.; p. m.; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
n,Dgs; sabbath school $50 am. Strangers cor
Italy invited TO all services.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m. !;
Friday .. M; monthly prayer meeting last satnr
day Of each month. 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. N.
Young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, D. m.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
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. n, Rouat
irch Mdsons.-Stated conyocations first Friday Of
each month.
J. B. MEYER, Rec. J.B. RYAN. H. p.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, r. d s. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. B. MEYER, Rec. C. w. CARROLL, T. !. NJ.
HOPE COMMANDRY, No. 26, 4. T.-Stated
J.B. akA zR, Rec. ISAAC II. GASTON, L. G..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
A Hard Problem.

A certain debating society is discuss
ing the question as to which is the an
grier-the husband who goes home and
finds that the dinner is not ready or the
wife who has dinner ready and whose
husband does not come home. 1t is be-
lieved that the debate will end in draw.
-Worthington's Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

Jack-How would it do for me to
speak to your father tonight?
Jess-Best time in the world. He got
the bill for my new bonnet just before
we started for our drive.-Exchange.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
A Skillful Ironer.

Augusta Slevin, who is employed in
one of the hygienic laundries Of New
York, can iron 10S shirts in day. She
is a blond. with big, brown eyes; young,
slender almost to delicacy. and could
hold her own in any beauty contest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

health, the liver controls the blood, the " Dis
coyery ~ controls the liver.
You can escape Just about half the iiis tn.s
Brace the system up with this medicine,
which preuents as well as cures For all dis
eases caused by disordered liver or impure
blood-dyspepsia, biliousness, the most stub
horn skin, scalp and scrofulous affections,
the Discovery is the only remedy so GER
tain and effective that it can be guaranteed
If it doesn't benefit or cure, you have your
You pay only for the good you get.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O.

Al OIIIcdgU % II.toto.OU o 10 . 70
Trains run daily. tDsily except Sunday.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE DIVISION-Leave Sc.
Clairsville at 9:l5 m; 2:50 pm.
PULLMAN SERVICE-Pittsburgh and Chi
cago. trains Nos and g. Chicago, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, Columbus via Attica, trains Nus. Il
md Is. Chicago, Baltimore and New York. trains
Nos. 8, 4, S, 6, and s. Pittsburg and Cincinnati,
trains Nos. los, log, l03 and 104
For further Information call on B. & o. ticket
agents, or address:L. s. Allen, Asst Gen...P
agent, Chicago, Ill.
R0BT. b. CAMPBELL, c. o. SCULI-
Gen Supt Gen1 Pass. Agent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
Inc AgrIcuIturaI Profession.

The educated agriculturist is slowly
but surely driving the uneducated and
unthinking man from the field. With
the retirement of every quack and the
corresponding advent of the thinking
man on the farm arena is elevated the
whole agricultural profession, which Ia
thus brought one step nearer its true
position that it justly held in Roman
times-the foremost rank of all the
world -Science 4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
The Ruling Passion.

St. Peter cordially in, come inl
Spirit of Kitchen Queen--Plase, yer
riv'rsnce, kin Oh hov livery other avenin
rut?-Coutinental Ouiyer
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
N. I DaIlY excent SUNNY.

Daily. DdIIy txCtEt ouIItl1ts
Clevelsnd-with fast trains for East and West;
Lorain-with the "Nickel -Piafe;" Elyria-wlth the
LS&M 5 R'y; Grafton-with CCC Sc l. Ry;
Sterling with the YP& R'y: Warwick-with
he c A S R'y: Masilon-with W & = X y and
Doyer-with c s NJ Ry; Uhrichsyille-with the
Pan Handle; Bridgeport-with c q p RY; Bel
lalre-with B s R'y; Wheeling with o Il BY
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
TT SH6RPEyy


the appetite, i'm,
proves digestion, and
restores health and
vigor; all the organs
of the body are reused
to healthy action by
DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
More than all, the
liver-and that's the
key to the whole sys-
tenn You have pure
blood or poisonous
blood, just as your
liver chooses. The
blood controls the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
= 1909. BELMONT COUNTY. 1894.

1sq3 BELMONT GOUNI1. I5sf.
Teachers examinations will be held during the
Beimont~Sept. %, Nov. Il, Jan. Is. Feb. Il,
April %, June 2, July Il
Bellaire-0eto. Il and Feb. 3.
Barnesvie-Dec. 8, June l6.
Somerton-March 10.
Bridgeport-March3 81.
MOrristown-Aprll IA.
in August.
In May at 81. ClaiI Isyille.
ANY necessary branch: also primary, will be
given at any time, upon due notice being given
the clerk.
Examinations begin at O'Clock A. NJ.
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
7. P. HARRIS,
sc MURPHY, Clerk,
eIAIy Board OF School Examiners
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
belmont COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs.
Probate Judge-James +. Tallman.
Clerk Of Courts-Henry NJ. Davies.
Sheriff-Madis0n M. Scott.
Auditor-Joseph A. Henderson.
Treasurer-Frank B. Archer.
Prosecuting Attorney-Jesse w. Hollingworth.
Recorder-D. s. Creamer.
Surveyor-John A. Bond.
Coroner. p. LOwman
Commissioners-W. s. sMechem, Silas Bailey,
Miles r. Hart.
lnfirmary Drectors-William Lodge, president;
B. N. LOper, clerk: G.. B. Wright, auditor.
Superintendent Infirmary Alex. c. DanfOrd,
asst Richland.
Superintendent Children's .Hone-N.. B. Stewart,
Barnesvihe.
School Examners7James Duncan, Bridgeport
S. C. Murphy. Belmont T. p. Harris, Somerton
DRUMMOND POST No. 2OS-G. AR.
Meets Saturday. Evenings onEor betore.the full
moon. Comrades requested to attend.
j. F. .CHARLESWORTH,P P. G.
W. Ri. ADAMS, AdIt-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09
Improving the Breed.

"Why do you cut up such antics when
you feed your turkeys, Mr.. Farmer?"
"Oh, I'm trying to make game Of
."-Washington Star
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

EVERY man takes care that his neigh
Dor shall not cheat him; but a day comes
when he begins to care that he does not
cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well.
He has changed his market-cart into =
chariot of the sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

IT is the united action of the brain
and the eye that forms the habit Of close
observation. We must think about what
we see if it is to make any permanent
impression. When the mind is vacant,
the eyes are robbed of half their value.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

CLEVELAND, JORAIN / WHEELING r. R.
Time Card Of Passenger Trains.
In effect May 2Sth 1898, and until further notice
standard Times minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio, time
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

If a man COULD be conscious OF all
that is said of him in his absence. be
would probably become very modest
man indeed.
LET grace and goodness be the prin-
cipal loadstone of the affections, for
love which hath ends will have an end,
whereas, that which is founded on true
love will always continue.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

LADIES
Needing tonic, or children who want build
ing up. should take
BROWNS iRON bITTERS.
It Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indf.
gestion, Biliousness and Liver Complaints-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

To make life happy, take time; it is Of
no use to fume or fret, or do as the
angry housekeeper who has got hold OF
the wrong key, and pushes, shakes. and
rattles it about the lock until both are
broken and the door is still unopened
The chief secret of comfort lies in moi
suffering trifles to vex us and in cult
waiting our undergrowth of small pleas
ures. Try to regard present vexationi
as you will regard them a month hence
Since we cannot get what we like, let u'
like what we can get.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-09

EXPENSE, and great expense. may be
an essential part of true economy. Ii
parsimony were to be considered as one
of the kinds of that virtue, there is,
however, another and higher economy.
Economy is a distinctive virtue, and
consists not in saving. but in selection.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-29
1ho New York Z ?.s.o-Hi1. S!aan,I

Estos vapores haran es-
e Ala en- los pri;lcipaies
;paerots de la Isla, segdn
las necesidades del ira.
:deo. s"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-07-29
Emulsion 1reosotada

! - E.s, ofi EEABfSiLI1..sssss
I Farmaceutc0 dc Ia Unisrsidno ds ID Hd6on1.
Ecaz pode0so yeedio para las esynedades del pschs.
magnico marayloso agente terap6uco de exto seguo
en- La BTOQtt, ISss LdTigiis Asaas 8dtdTTos, Ibsss
Deyt'aess, Reados, Esr6as AaIia RaQuitGano en- los
ninos Dsdad general en- spma para las afecciones de
Ia gaganta, los bronquios los pumones. Despierta e
spetto vgoriza las nauralezas mas empobrecidas Rs e
remedio por excelencia. -e-s-a-~<-
e La EMULSION CREOsoTADA DE RABEII, nuesa
unea o1dginal asociaci6n de ACEITE DE BACALAOs
CREOSOTA EHlIeGEOSFIT0S DE CAL 7 S0SA, es una
delicada crema, de suave ocs de grato ssbor
paladable hasta por los ninos. - . : sss5 =
Todos los enferm0s La tomaran sfn Fspugnsncia Soa
facilidad gusto Esti elaborada esquso esmero,
Prue6ese Sc admirara su rapida acci6n curattvs.
tease Ell ampno prospecto que acompaha cada frasco
De yenta en- todas las Droguer1as Bocas de La Ils
Cuba Dep6sto principal 'Ia Reunion de Jose Saba Ha
bana. Pneyta Rcn FaTnsca nrn0nara da Gnilermety
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-02
The South street sewer was completed

The South street sewer was completed
Saturday afternoon.
Ed Heffrin, the ice man, gives notice
to-day that trespassing on his pond
must cease, or prosecutions will follow.
David S. Fem, telegraph operator at
the Naugatuck station, is spending New
Year with relatives in New York.
The recently elected officers of Court
Hancock, A. D. F. of A., will be in
stalled at the meeting of the court this
evening.
An operation was performed on John
Lyons of this city IN the New Y ork hos
pital Saturday. DIR North assisted. The
physicians removed the knee cap of the
fractured leg and hope to be able to save
| the member.
S. II. Fresher, for several years yard
master at the New England station, has
resigned to accept the position OF con-
ductor on the Syracuse division of the
New York Central railroad. Matthew
Ennis is his successor.
Observer Cox of New Haven signal
station received a special message from
Washington to day ordering him to
raise the cold wave signal. 1t is pre-
dlcted that drop of twenty-five degrees
will take place before Tuesday night.
| The iourneyman plumbers, steam and
gas filters and helpers held meeting in
the armory yesterday and formed pro-
tective union. Thomas Bolger was
elected president; p. McKeon, vice pres.
| ident; James Fox, recording secretary
Edward Maloney, financial secretary,
and Robert Walker, treasurer. Twenty
SIX names were placed on the roll. The
next meeting will be held Tuesday
night.
IIThe rainfall for the entire month OF
December measured liza inches. The
storm yesterday afternoon and evening
produced exactly the same measure
ment, LA inches. 1t was a warm rain
for this season of the year and had the
effect of cutting up the streets in many
places, filling catch basins and making
general busy time for the sewer de
IpartmenG. The Naugatuck was raised
several feet, and the ice on which large
parties skated yesterday from this city
to Thomaston has been all carried away
The Mad river was a raging torrent
NAr-s