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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-25
The CrneI Plant.

A Canadian climber. the Physion.
thus aibeus, has received the name oi
"Cruel Plant, from ITS iIl-jreatment
OF butterflies. 1t flowers in the month
of August, and the butterflies, Mt
tracted by the perfume, hover around
1t in large numbers and push thei-
trunks into the corollas to sip tho
honey. 4 pair of sensitive vegetable
piuchers in tue heart OF the flower
grips the delicate proboscis, aud in
spite OF its struggles to get free, thu
poor butterfly hangs suspended until
it dies. Apparently the plant has
nothing to gam by the death of thu
insect, rs IL Is not "carnivorous" like
the Venus hy-trap. In fact, if the
butterfly We're allowed to come and 90
it would tend to foster the species by
assisting Decentralization. 1t ap-
pears, however, that the "cruel plant"
came originally from Brazil, where
the butterflies are much stronger, an
eXtricate their suckers from the trap.
We may add that another Canadian
plant, the Cnicus discolor, Is charged
with cruelty. The flower has gland
which secretes a viscious liquid capR-
bic OF lining insects which are fond
OF it. Moreover, they seem to ba
stupefed and poisoned by it, and no
reason can rs yc: be assigned for the
deadly consequences. -Cassell's Maya
zine
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FOR TIE BEST.

Keep on hopin' for the test;
When the sun goes down the west.
You jest wipe your weepln' eyes
Purity soon you'll see him rise
Twinklin' through the dark an dew
Warnt the sunshine made for youl
Keep on hopin' for tho bes,
When tho dark comes. take your res,
When the mornin' breaks. jest take
All the sunshine they can makel
There's a Twin line O bluo
la the stormiest sky for YOU,
Keep on hopin' for the best
Pin the roses on your braast,
In the woods the vlole's blow.
Chirpin' sweet the sparrows 20;
BY tho COOL Lori alt ar, blest-
Keep on hopin' for thu best
Atlanta Constitution.
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Sciencc Attacking Crnnn.

The new cures Of diphth eria and
Group are occupying more and more
of the attention of ply sicians both in
this country and in Europe. The
most recent reports of Dr. Roux, Of
the Pasteur Institute in Paris, show
cures of numerous cases OF diphtheria
by tho use OF subcutaneous injections
of the antitoxine now used in destroy.
ing the microbes of the disease that
has meant certain death for most chill
dren attacked by it. Group also sue
cumbs TO this treatment; but all VINO
have the care Of little children are
warned anew by the latter students OF
the disease that its earliest symptoms,
even III apparently healthy infants,
are not 10 be disregarjei. As vet the
potent remedy for Group IS not very
accessible, for it is costly aud slow OF
preparation. But modern research
offers no more interesting field than
this whore the tremendous mortality
of infants is met by the new applica-
ton OF the forces Of scientific medi-
cine, which prophesie, now the saving
OF the lives OF thousands Of little ones
whom physicians also have looked
upon IS foredoomei to death. -BOs-
ton Transcript
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RnllIirhinirr-

A case OF ball lightning has been
observed i'm the OJcroarg p5stoli,t.
Prussia. During violent thunder
storm o telegraph post about 1900
yards from the Office was struck by
lightning, an at this moment three
clerks sitting round table i'm the OF.
fee saw, few inches above the table,
q ball OF fire as large as q mans fist,
of binding brilIiauce, which imme.
diotely exploded with n loud crack,
but did no damage One observer
said that the ball descended from the
ceiling and rebounded from the table
Nez York Advertiser.
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Cannot stop the sale Of Horse Meat.

After working foi weeks TO discover
butchers who have been slaughteriug
horsel and placing the meat ON tho
market, officers Of the Health DEPART.
mcnt have found them, and thcy arc
now frank i'm admitting that they are
powerless to prevent the sale OF auch
meat on the market in Chicago, and
they can only prevent the slaughter
ing OF horses within the city limits. -
Chicago Journal.
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SPICE SWEETINGS,

Wilde
n II d j o h II
Ora n DIM o II t,
from bein 9
happy lovers,
were the two
most miserable
people on the
face of the
globe on that
lovely evening
W hen t hev
parted Mt the
garden gate Of
he jumpers.
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1t hal been SUCH clear. lone.
cloudlcss day, whilca west wind rnflled
the lake and tempered the feryid sun
John was Mt the .Jupiners fn, - boi;.
day. He enjoyed it thoroughly tin.
escape from the city's confinement
the change to the country. where,
among VcrlGut fields. under clear
skies, ''the blue ana green were c,ai
together
He had health, hope and the girl of
his choice by his side What more
could hc ask?
But when they had chatted and
sung, and gone to drive aud come
home to delightful tea under the
jumpers on the lawn, there arose n
little cloud no larger than man
hand.
Mamie had hurriedlv cbsrrol ha~
'o:t gray carri"se dress for e white
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PlIH AND POINT.

PlIH AND POINT.
4 neck-and- necll-race-Sw and
geese. Puck.
The fly probably considers the cows
tail nuisance. Puck.
a miss is rs good as mile; but
designing widows are better at two
miles.--Puch.
When n woman loses anything sac
nearly always believes that some GRO
stole it.-Pu,k.
Sometimes a nun keeps his word be-
cause no one else will take it.-New
Orleans Picavuuc.
Fresh-air Boy Mister, do YOU
have to buy chewing gum for all those
COWS? - Harlem Life
Her face is like an open book
Her lover reads with drl"ct2tion:
For, shoul! thousand times he looS,
He'd only lind the dedication.
Puck.
When man gets mp into his family
tree aud looks down upon the passers-
by his usefulness has departed. -
Boston Gazette.
y stray philosopher asserts that this
s the age of woman. Bat OF course
he doesn't dare give the exact figures.
Albany Argus.
Every man should have IA keen ap-
probation of his own abilities and OF
the necessity OF keeping hla estimate
to himself. -Puct.
Don't tall, to ne about compulsory
vaccination! exclaimed the man who
had his arm in a sling. 'im sore on
that subject. Chicago Tribune.
''And 80 he has succeeded in getting
engaged to the heiress." Yes" re-
piled Mrs Parvie New. 'Ee is now
her aAinanced. "-W Washington Star.
He-"Oh, yes; when 1 was in Eng
land was enthusiastically received in
court circles She (~nippy) -"What
was the chlr5e az ,ins5 ?'-Judge.
The frost is on bee leaves ut dawn,
The fields are bare wlere dgses grew
What matters ii? Toe iiics ARE gona.
Yes. AM tine blame mosquitoes. too.
-NeH YOrS Press.
Old lady said she was so glad she
did not like spinach, because IL she
did she would eat it. aul rs she de-
tested 1t That would be very unpleas-
ant.-Judgc.
Co,,-.. .sv..,, ,...... -.
49, - }'1 ''i p'9tI',o,5 70"
Toath ." ~. r,,n" Ih,,aI.i, ,Ho . ..l@n
81. 49, - ~; '1',''' LII vi -
a.,Ss,,, y, Dc: W, ~ ~. o''i ii'' 'O0"
~ ''''o
Ihat 100 DaI? ~ VIE has gone
onJ a,,, ,.ol;,;,' ~ 7 baj 81
int =, !, g., r,,'inJ - -
.L;n,, i,l;o,,.-,'la pi,ttar
Zen,
a i''io SlIl '"Vne' hAi Iounu
'"ii FPo'' Missing MN "a. AZ bedtime
'iOV io"S "ao sho sa''' ''poP uo"n'
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-25

The American continents have more
than ouo-half the railway mileage Of
the world, aud The United SiGses
comes pretty near equaling Europe,
Asia, Africa and Australia combined.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-25

The greater part of TIE grain import.
ed by Germany comes from Austre.
Hungary.
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that John thought her countrifed,
compared her to the voucgest Miss
Nallas -Isabclla, she believed the
name was-to her disadvantage.
Now, Mamie had naughty little
temper, which was nobody's but her
own; and though in her best moments
She resolutcly struggled to check it, it
blazed forth now.
She gave John sharp glance, ald
iounced down upon the rustic seat.
II do not pretend to be mirror OF
fashion :"
What?' exclaimed John, sharply.
He was astonishod He had never
seen Mamie look like that before.
And Innocent rs babe, he had simply
asked for information regarding the
ribbons
The girl twisted her bracelet, very
pretty one, with johns hair in the
clasp, and finally burst forth:
81 don't pretend to dress in perfect
tcste, md | know | don't suit YOU. =
am homely aud courtrified. You
didn't think SO once, perhaps; but
know you do now. You associate with
different kind of people from what
you did when You lived here, and saw
the difference between me and
and Miss Nallas, for instance. / can
not help it. We are poor, and it
takes money to dress well. ] do not
suit you-I know that very well-and
| hate pretending. You need never
feel obliged to come to the jumpers
again. Let us go back to the house. -
Certainly, if you wish" he said.
Back they went, over the red clover
tops, their backs to the luminous
glory OF the west, which framed with
its fool OF gold Johns stern white
face and Nannie's pout.
"Who would have thought she had
such temper and was so unreason-
able?" he was saying to himself.
"He hated me and hate myself.
Oh, dear" Mamie was weiling in
spirit, but she yet tossed her curly
head with an unrelentnnt air
They reached the old blue door
stone.
81 can catch the six O'Clock train,
think" said John, looking at his
watch
81 think you can" syllabled Nan.
ME, Jelly, with bleeding heart.
John stepped into the hall and took
down his linen buster from n peg.
Mamie nirily selected some sprays
from the blossomed door vine, and
took no notice of the pale face and
stormy blue eyes.
John did not usually 80 until the S
o'clock train, and he was goingy-go-
ing
Gas We were about parting, 7 had
better say, perhaps, that l meant no
ofiense,' he said, his hat in his hand,
but with a manner distant as her own,
and tone hard ms iron.
THAT makes no difference" re-
sponded Mamie, coldly and indi1or-
emily.
John straightvay put on his hat
and marched ont Mt the gate Mamie
listened to the dying tread moment,
her eyes fixed on the ground then,
looking up, seeing him gone, hearing
all still but tine accustomed twilight
sounds, she started, flew M to her
room, and, casting herself upon the
bed, uttered n cry OF grief and broke
into passion Of tears.
4 year passed away. The lovely
weather, the clovcr-tops in the lane,
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\ year passed away. The lovely
weather, the clovcr-tops in the lane,
the apple-oGchard were all the same.
The jumpers was still Nannies home,
and only she had changed, how mucn
can scarcely he told.
The InfGutjie rouudness OF cheeks,
the air of extreme youth, the vivid
bloom We're gone; the girl had SUI
fered, and was purified
you'll go to the picnic, won't you,
hanuie?' said her friend Mollie Hale.
The Gays will be there, and Ell DI-
vine. Isl j go. And lot OF people
from tue city nre coming out
No, Mamie was not going, and
Mollie did not attempt further to per.
suade her. She was The only one who
complained OF thc change in Mamie
It pleased others. Moliio declared
that Mamie hal grown "sober aud
old majdish. - She was good heart
ed girl; she OWNED that Mamie had
suffered aud was sorry for her. None
She less she resented being shut out of
Of her confidence.
For Mamie had never lisped one
word of what had caused the estrnngc-
mcnt between her and John Grand
mont. \ whole year hnd pu -ed. and
she had never mentioned bis name.
Oh, how bitterly she rcpentcdl What
a period of suffering it had bccnl
At first she expected to hear from
john. lie would write, of course. 90
upbraid her probably to request the
return Of his gifts the pretty brace.
let, % book, fan, scarf-thcra had
been no ring She would not have
parted with them for the world.
DID lac dream of the truth, and
leave them with her ont OF mercy ?
Probably SO, and indeed it was not
SD. Tn" truth was John thought moth.
ing of these triHcs
After their silly, wicked quarrel.
which Mamie could see now was nll
her fault, She had wopt herself sick
but on preparing for the uignt. Lnl
discovered one of the pink ribbons She
had worn with her gray carriage dress
kDottrd i'm her hair.
She had forgotten 90 rcmJve Nc when
DOMINIC the white muslin. The pink
and blue ribbons certainly were not i'm
hHfmouy, and probably John had
meant no harm.
oh. why did She Hy ont in such an
unreasonable wlvg No w1n.lor b..
hal taken olense anil Lore her. And
for SO little cause What kind of q
vito was She going o. make if sho
could not bear @ momsnJory cross like
that?
Poor Mamie was ashamed to the
bottom finer soul. Uerchecks burned
hD' on her pillow in the darkness.
But John did not write. Nc tho
spice swcctings ripcuod 10 eolt. md
fell among the brown grasses ~ Oc.
tOber
The long, white winter camo and
melted into springs brightness; and
then, when the green sprang ia the
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Half married For HaIf an Hour.

At Dunmow parish church the we'd
ding of coal porter with a young
woman formerly employed at the vicar
age was interrupted in a curious man
ner The bride and groom were kneel-
ing at the chancel steps for the first part
of the ceremony, and as they rose to go
to the communion rails to complete the
rite the best man, probably thinking it
was all over, hurriedly snatched kiss
from the bride in accordance with an
old custom which is still observed in
many country towns The officiating
clergyman, the Rev. G. G. Matters, Gu
rate in charge, was most indignant at the
proceedings and ordered the wedding
party to leave the church for half an
hour. The partially married couple lin
gered about the precincts for that period
of time, when the offended clergyman
returned, and after admonishing the
best man, who was the brides brother
in-law, for his levity in interrupting
the service in the manner he had he
proceeded to finish the ceremony.
Westminster Gazette.
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superstition or the Turks.

The superstition of the Turks is no
where so apparent as in their fear of
the "evil eye. " Jugs placed around the
edge of the roof or an old shoe filed
with garlic and blue beets GLUE glass
balls or rings are a sure guard against
the Illusion. Whenever a pretty child
is playing upon the street the passersby
will say, ooh, what an ugly child"
for fear of melting the evil spirit
against its beauty. The peasant Glasses
in Turkey are of course the most super
stitious because they are the most ig-
norant. They have no education what
ever and can neither read nor write.
STEAMBOAT is the only great city Of
which they know. Paris is term sig
nifying the whole outside world. An
American missionary was once asked,
I'm what part Of Paris is American
Yet it can be said that they are gener-
ally honest and always patient They
earn from to cents day This will
furnish them with ekmek and pilaff,
and that is all they expect. They eat
meat only on feast days, and then only
mutton. The taxgatherer is their only
grievance. They look upon him as
necessary evil. They have no idea of
being ground down under the oppress-
or's iron heel. Yet they are happy be-
cause they are contented and have no
envy. The poorer, the more ignorant, a
Turk is the better he seems to be. AS
he gets money and power and becomes
contaminated by western civilization
he deteriorates. -" Across Asia on BIZ
CYCLE in Century.
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Prince Bismarek,s Opinion.

1.-THE success under protection Of the
United States in material development
is the most illustrious Of the modern
times The American nation has not
only successfully borne and suppressed
the most gigantic and extensive war of
all history, but Immediately afterward
disbanded its army, found work for all
its soldiers and marines, paid off most of
its debt, given labor and homes to all the
unemployed of Europe as fast as they
could arrive within its territory and has
done all this by a system of taxation so
indirect as not to be perceived, much
less felt
Because it is my deliberate judg-
ment that the prosperity of America is
mainly due to its system of protective
laws, l urge that Germany has now
reached that point where 1t is necessary
to initiate the tariff system of the Unit
I'd States -
1t is fair and pertinent to add that
Germany has followed this advice in
limited degree and has found 1t very
profitable and advantageous to her PEG
Pile and to her material interests.
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Painters Pickle.

Painters pickle is used for removing
old paint 1t is useless to waste time
and money applying good enamel paint
over old paint for it quickly cracks
and grows shabby Mix y pounds of
stone potash, / Y to pounds of soft
soap and hal pound of washing So
ola together and stir into about gal
lon Of water. The pickle should then be
boiled till the potash is melted Apply
this with brush; then let it stand for
several hours. The work must after
ward be washed thoroughly with strong,
hot soda water using no soap. This
pickle may be applied equally we'll hot
or cold. Great care must be taken in
using the pickle, as it discolors the fin
ger nails and takes the color out of any
thing it touches Boston Herald.
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NOTHING FOR THE BIBLE.
An Aged Mans Vain Errand In New Yor
PaMnshnn.

An Aged Mans Vain Errand In New York
PawnshOp.
In Bowery pawnshop a man shut
fed up to one of the clerks with big
bundle which he wanted to pawn. The
man was old and decrepit. His hair and
beard were long, white and unkempt
His clothes were ragged as the wrap
pings of his bundle. He laid the bundle
down ON the counter pulled off the
wrappings and displayed a Bible of what
is known as the family sort 1t had
large, heavy covers stamped in gilt and
looked as if it might be illustrated with
full page steel engravings.
"What'll you give me on that?" said
he to the clerk.
Nothing" replied the clerk, with
the most discouraging accent imagina-
BILE and apparently without even a
glance at the Bible.
''Oh, yes, you will, " said the old
man. PLEASE give me something.
NO answered the clerk, mot a
cent
"But I've got to have it, " pleaded
the old man II haven't had anything
to eat today Give me 80 cents.
Nothing to drink, you mean, said
the clerk, with another glance at the
trembling old man. II won't give you
anything We don't take Bibles any
way /"
The clerk turned TO talk to man
who wanted to pawn ring The old
man hesitated IA minute and then re-
newed his effort
well. give me 25 cents then, " he
said. I've had more than that on this
before
mot here, F." answered the clerk. Il
tell you we don't take Bibles. Go on,
now.
The old man gathered up his Bible
and shuffled away. The man who was
pawning the ring looked on with evident
interest He was thinking of the many
stories he had heard of men who would
pawn the family Bible for drink money
and retiecting that here was pawn
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A curious case of "cure by sugges-
ton" is reported from large German
hospital A girl of IS was under the
impression that she had swallowed a
frog, which was alive in her stomach
and often jumped almost up into her
throat. The doctors had yainly tried to
cure her of this illusion, and she was
rapidly dying, when it occurred to one
of the medical men to put tube into
her mouth in which small frog had
been placed The lively creature jumped
almost Immediately out of its prison
house onto the table in front of the
girl, and youthful student put it into
spirits, labelling the bottle, Extracted
from stomach - The moment the girl
saw the creature a beaming smile spread
over her pale face, she took food at once
and greedily and is now completely
cured. Westminster Gazette,
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The Biblical Locust.

''You have read about John the Bap.
fist living ON locusts and wild honey"
said Mr.. Wiley of Lewiston, who is re-
Gently home from Central America
well, here's a locust, " and he pro-
duced from his pocket a-well, locust.
1t didn't hop or jump and had no SEM
blance of life because indeed it was
nothing but a great pod, looking like a
huge cranberry bean pod, fully inches
long and almost as big around as ba-
mana. 1t had deep mahogany colored
skin of hard consistency. II have eaten
bushels Of them, said Mr.. Wiley.
They grow on trees as big as elms and
fall to the ground when ripe. Split them
open, and they contain yellow sub
stance looking like mustard. Mixed
with water, it makes very delicious
and nourishing drink that will sustain
life for long time One Of these pods
will make quart of the drink, and ev
erybody uses them. They may not be
the locusts of John the Baptist but
understand that the tree grows in that
land Of the Bible Lewiston Journal
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A Horse with a Mustache.

Look dar, Bill. See dat horse wild a
mustachel'
This explanation from one stceet gam
in to another attracted the attention of
a reporter and a few friends with him
who were conversing on the corner
Looking in the direction Of the boys, he
discovered that Letter Carrier Thomas
Brown had driven up his little wagon
to collect the mail from the box. At
tached to it was a small sized sorrel
horse, which had, sure enough, an ele-
CANT mustache about 2 inches long and
curled in a manner which would excite
the envy of any dude. From Mr.. Brown
it was learned that the horse was about
6 years old, and that he purchased him
from a negro. The negro raised him
from colt, and in early life he com
menced sporting his mustache. To re-
lieve himself of the bother of answer
ing questions, the colored man had kept
the whiskers trimmed, but Mr.. Brown,
since he became possessed of the animal,
had permitted them to grow. Nash
Vile American.
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Ancient Musical Instruments.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York city there is an interesting
collection of musical instruments of all
nations, many of which belong to past
centuries. They lie silently in the glass
cases. The strings of mandolins and
lutes that made sweet music in days
gone by are broken and twisted, and
the fingers that once swept them have
passed away, but still the air seems
trembling with melody. Imagination
pictures the banquet hall, the summer
nights when the troubadour sang songs
under his ladylove's window, or the
Bedouin camp in the desert, where the
flute and guitar were played during the
evening hour of repose. There are in
struments here of all characters-rude
violins and banjos fashioned by savage
hands, and dainty Tyres inlaid with gold
and mother of pearl instruments which
have played their part in ancient cere-
monies in PARKWAY India and China, in
the castles of the middle ages and in the
African wilderness. 1t is interesting to
note that all nations have tried to make
instruments to please the eye as well
as to produce sweet sounds. The stringed
instruments and flutes of savage races
are often grotesque and even ugly to
civilized eyes, but the poor savage did
his best. He carved his instruments as
we'll as he could and also adorned it
with whatever precious trinkets he had
in his possession. S. Conant in st.
Nicholas.