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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-06-11
A Test Tor Annariiinns-

Among tho curiosities of thought
which the physician meets with, unex.
pected perceptions suddenly appearing
before the mind with the same vixid.
ness as ordinary perceptions, but with
out any accompanying external ex-
cltant, are not uncommon. A person
may look at an empty chair and vet
see familiar form seated In that
chair, and may even hear remarks
made by this imaginary figure and not
doubt for IA moment that the figure is
an actual entity.
have seen persons talking with
such imaginary individuals, and have
had them assure me that they were us
sure OF their presence and of their
voices as they were of my own. l have
seen persons manifest the greatest
alarm Mt the presence of animals about
them, and refuse to believe from ne.
surance that those animals were not
there.
young woman, having once been
frightened by the sudden presentation
to her OF II white mouse, has been
troubled for years by seeing this
mouse running about her, upon her
clothing, upon anything she is
handling, and even upon her food;
and, rs result, she is in state of
constant agitation and perplexity.
though at times convinced that this is
the product of her mind. She washes
her hands and her clothing frequent
ly because she is convinced that this
animal has made them dirty; and she
cannot divest herself of the belief that
it is real.
L have sometimes been able to con
vince persons that such fancied figures
were not real by asking them to push
one eyeball up little with the finger.
This makes all objects about them
seem double, as any one can prove to
himself, but it does not double the
false image-the product of the mind.
The young woman Just mentioned was
much comforted by this device. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
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THE BEST OF LIFE.

Not till LIES heat is cooled,
The healong rush slowed to quiet pace,
And every purblind passion that has ruled
Our noiser years. at last
Spurs us in vain, and, weary of the race,
Wecare no more who loses or who wins
An not till all the best of life seems past
The best Ct life begins
To toll for only fame,
Handclappings and the tickle gusts Of praise,
For place or power or gold to gild name
Above the grave whereto
All paths will bring us, were to lose our days,
We, on whose ears youths passing bell has
tolled,
In blowing bubbles, even as childrendo,
Forgetting wc grow old.
But the world widens when
Such hope of trivial gain that ruled us lies
Broken among our childhood's toys. for
then
We win to self-control.
And mail ourselves I'm manhood, and there
rise
Upon us from the vast and MINDLESS height
Those clearer thoughts that are unto tho
soul
What stars are 60 the night
The Spectator.
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81. in Advance
ImprOyident Fishing

Upon tho Atlantic coast the utmo &
effort of the Fish Commissioners sup
ported by ample State and National
expenditure. seems powerless to effect
renewal of the abundance of old. No
more saddening exhibitions of mans
lmprovidence are afforded than by tho
noble rivers that have been depleted
or exhausted of their finny treasures.
and OF such perhaps the most striking
are those presented by the larger af-
huents of Chesapeake Bay, the Pc.
tomac and the Susquehanna. Sixty
years ago, through the greater course
OF these long streams, both the shai
and the alewife, or fresh water her.
ring, existed in almost incredible
numbers. In the Potomac the two
species would often ascend the river
together, and it was not an uncommon
draught to secure several hundred
thousand herring and several thou
sand shad at single haul The fish.
ermen, in drawing the seine on shore.
would pile the herring knee deep for
twelAe or fifteen feet landward, and
then walk or wade through the mass,
thrustlng IN their arms and picking
out the shad. The herring so stacked
would be sometimes sold for mere
tritle, sometimes be given away;
often, although an edible fish, and
perhaps superior in that respect TO
the common herring, would be carted
off for manure; and sometimes, for
lack of even that demand, would be
allowed to float away upon the rising
tide. In 1882 nine hundred and fifty
thousand, accurately counted, were
taken out ut one draught; the num-
Der of shad seined was often four
thousand and upward, and the selling
price as low MS n dollar and n half per
hundred fish. OF such destructive
fishing constant decline in the an.
nual catch was the inevitable result.
and thus it happened that for some
years prior to the war practical ex.
haustion had been attained. Popular
Science Monthly.
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Elect Of Smokelcss Fowler.

a phase of smokeloss powder which
sportsmen generally recognize, but Of
which the public is ignorant, is the
intense irritation Of the eyeballs.
caused by the gases set free in the
burning Of the powder. This irrita.
ton IS common to oil nitro powders,
but because its effects can only he felt
when the wind is blowing in the face
OF tho marksman, some time elapsed
before the effect was laid TO the proper
causo. An uptown sportsman of con
siderable local fame declares he has
lost more than ono patch by his habit
of standing behiDS other shooters
until his turn cor then his eyes
were so inlla, nat he could scarcely
see the p' = at all. -Philadelpbia
Record
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Definition OF IInme

a prize was offered recently by Lon
don lid Bits for tho best answer to
the question: "What is Home?" Here
nre n few Of the answers which were
received.
The golden setting, in which tho
brightest jewel is mother"
A world Of strife shut out, a world
Of love shut in.
Home is the blossom OF which hoay-
en- is the fruit.
The only spot on Garth whero the
faults and failings Of alien humanity
nro hidden under tho mantle of char
ity.
The place where tho great are
sometimes small and tho small often
great.
The fathers kingdom, the children's
paradise, the mothers world.
Tho jewel casket, containing tho
most precious of all Jewels domestic
happiness.
Where you arc treated bost and you
grumblo most.
Home ia tue central telegraph Office
of human love, into which ruu innu-
merablo wires Of affection, many Of
which, though extending thousand
OF miles, arc never disconnected from
the one great terminus.
The center OF our affections, around
which our hearts bost wishes Irvine.
A littlo hollow scooped out OF tao
windy hill of Ito world, where we can
he shielded from its cares and au-
noyauces.
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Anectlonalc Greyhounds.

"Ihe affection of greyhounds for
one another is as strong as for human
beings. a ranchcr in the foothills
had two hounds, large handsome dog
named 'Blacknose' and female com
panion. The Inter was a great thief
and one night did not come home.
That night 'Blacknose' did not mn.
pear. He had never spent the night
away from home before. His owner
was worried. Anxiety increased MS
the days passed, and still no sign of
the hounds. On the fourth day the
boys ON ,he farm started for neigh.
boring ranch to ask about the dogs.
On tho way they saw what seemed to
be living thing in the distance near
pool. Approaching they saw Black
nose lying whining by the side of his
dead companion. A gaping gunshot
wound In the side of his mate told the
story. The female had been mt her
old tricks, and some cxasporated
ranchman had taken summary
vcngennce. As they drew nearer the
huge hound showed signs Of great Joy.
At tho dead hounds side lay a half
dozen hGres nuI cotton tails. evidently
caught by Blackno3o for his com.
panlon, as his gaunt sides showed
that he himself had touched no food.
The dead hound was buried and
'Blacknoso' taken homo. Twice they
had TO bring him from his mates
grave. Ho refused oil food, and at
length died II not Of n broken heart
what then?"- Outing.
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The tree frogs about Rio Janeiro
hayo interesting breeding habits.
Hyda faber constructs nests of mud
on the shallow border Of ponds, where
IN the young aro protected from enc
mics whilo in the laryal state. In an
other species tho mctamorphosos are
rapidly passed through in the embryo
state, tho eggs being carried on tho
mothers back. In third species tho
frog deposits her oggs in Shiny mass
attached to withered banana leaves.
The young remaining in this rude nest
until fitted 90 breathe the air direct.
ly.-New Xork Independent.
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"TsarI What is Tar y,

at n banquet last summer ut Arch.
angel, when tine health of tue En-
peror was given, We English rose and
lin accordance with our CUSTOM re-
pcotcd the name, cxclaiming, ''Tbo
Gsar" NY neighbor on my LETT tho
commander OF n Russian lne.of-
battle ship then in tho port turned
to me and said in French, "rhe Tsar
What is that you mean by the Tsar' p"
1t seemed TO mo that no had never
heard tho title applied to his Emperor.
Notes md Queries.
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PITH AND POINT.

Deaf mutes would never answer in
telephone office. Hartford Journal.
There is a new pretty woman in
town for the women to hate. Atchi-
son Globe
a mans experience teaches him to
fear nothing on earth but his friends.
--Atchison Globe.
Many of the men who are constant
ly coming up are tho weeds of the
garden of progress Puck.
Love needs no definition Men and
women loved long before there were
dictionaries. Detroit Free Press.
The first thing girl does after
young man caller leaves is to look Mt
herself in the glass. Atchisun Globe.
It's mighty lucky for the photog.
raphers that the women don't know
when they're plain. New York Re-
corder.
There is one thing to be said in
favor of the American woman who
marrles count-she isn't mercenary.
Puck.
Sign in front of clothing store in
Texas town: "Owing to the low price
of cotton, all wool suits marked down
to 81. 90. - Life.
a pnir of wandering willies sought
All labor hard TO shun-
Two souls with but a single thought
Two tramps that beat rs one
Atlanta Journal.
You don't seem to hold very high
opinion of the latter day woman"
81 don't. She has ceasel to be n lady
and has not yet succeeded in becom.
ing gentleman. Life.
Frien Glow are you doing now?"
Scrlbh er -''First rate. The Rev Mr..
Saintlie and | have gone into partner
ship. Making money hand over fist"
''Eh? How do you manager" az write
books, and he denounces them. New
York Weekly.
yes" explained the party with
the extended locks, 81 make n spe-
cialty of accomplishments at functions.
L suppose ] have played accompani-
ments for some of the most brilliant
convorsationnlists of the social set."
Detroit Triblnc.
Wife -"Why do tho friends of San
chez say that ho is such jolly fellow?"
Husband because he is always
pleasant and gool-tempored; he is
very obliging, spends his money free
ly and neglects his family to n shame
full extent. Mons Calpe.
81 have noticed" said the corn-feI
philosopher, "thnt tho man who
spends most of his time in getting at
tho bottom fact of things often has a
wifo who has to spend her timo in
scraping out tho bottom of the flour
barrel. indianapolis Journal.
Tommy's Mother-"Did you hear
about poor Mrs. Jones? Sho ran a
needle into her hand. The doctors
had to open every finger trying to find
it" Tommy" What made EN- do
that, mamma? Why don't they get
the lady another needle ?"-Life's Cal
endar.
"Tm sorry, Mr.. Timpany, said the
leader of the bIass band to the bass
drummer, "but wo shall havo to dis.
penso with your services. "Why?"
why? You ask me why? A man
who has got 80 fat that he can no Ion
ger hit the middle OF the drum asks
me why New York Journal
Mother-"The very hairs of our
heads are numbered" Smart Kid (pull.
Ing one out of his head -"What num-
Der is this?" Mother (snatching part
of n handful ont Of his head THE one
you gave me was number one. You
can go out in the woodshed and count
these others. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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SONG.

NY heart is the shore when the tide is gone,
And the argent feet OF a lovely dawn
walk far and near DER the rocks and SAINT
WIN a loVeless space 'twlxt the sea and land.
For thou ART gcnci
MY heart is the shore when the tide has come
With yearninG lips and songs, and some
Have walked song in the shores lush grass
Where the wild rose blooms and the curlews
pass,
For thou art come,
Eugene Field, i'm Chicago Record.
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open the horses mouth and put tho
bolus deep into the throat You must
be sure that he swallows il, for if he
gets the chance he will eject it."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-06-11

Pennsylvania is sending walnut
trees to England for veneoring pur.
poses. From one felled in Pine Creek
Township recently log was cut which
was thirteen feet long an forty -four
inches in diameter.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisement. viii be inserted e one dolls,
per SQUARE tor the frst insertioa and aity
cents for each subsequent insertion
Local, Business and Special notices A.
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements will be inserted A
me rates allowed By law and will, In all eases,
De required upon delivery Of certified copy.
CHAhoEs FOB ASNouNCEMRNrs.-Fo
oo1ng omosTs. IS; State and Congress, $40.
Terms for ctaniing advertisements made
now T on application 70 the publisher.
Sos fkTrIN0 executed with neatness and
dispatch. G1-Orders By mail viii recsiys
prooDt attention
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Tho number of emigrauts from
British ports to the United Stitos in
1894 was lower than tho number in
1893 by twenty-five per cent
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A MANS CHOICE.

ANET'S fortune !
How much is it,
mother said
Ronald Mitchell,
as no carefully
measured t h @
anchovy for his
salmon.
Nothing less
than the whole
Cross Me-loof es-
tate and $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
Knights Of Honor.

The deputies of this City met with the grand
dictator at the office of the grand reporter on
the evening of Friday, the 10th inst, and or
ganized by electing Grand Dictator Archibald
chairman and Deputy W. A. S. Nicholson sec
retary. After making arrangements looking
toward the holding Of series of public meet
lngs the meeting adjourned until the evening
Grand Guide Learned and Deputies Kipps
and Balart visited Liberty Lodge on the even
ing OF Monday last.
The Supreme Lodge will convene at Jaegers
Hal, New York City, on Tuesday, June IL, at 2
o'clock P. M.
According to. the statement issued by the
Grand Lodge OF California the order has paid
over 500, 900 in death losses since its Or
ganization in 1873, 81 sos 500 being paid to
benefciaries in this State
A delegation of grand officers visited Leland
Stanford Lodge on Friday evening last Sub
Jects OF general interest to the order were dis
cussed. An enjoyable evening was spent.
Benefit certificates of four newly initiated
members were received. Grand Dictator P. L..
Archibald and Grand Reporter Curry were
presents; also the following district deputy
grand dictators: Brothers McGlaufiin, Jen-
nings Nicholson, sommers, Balart and Kipps.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20

senting a membership of over 5000, giving a
total of 130 courts with total membership OF
about 5000.
By acclamation it was decided to hereafter
observe Bunker Hill day, which occurs on June
IL, as Foresters' day, throughout the Pacific
Coast Jurisdiction.
Los Angeles was chosen as the place for
holding the next Subsidiary High Court.
The following named were elected officers
for the next term:
High chief ranger, w. eastman; high sub-chief
ranger, NJ. Boehm; High Court secretary, M p.
Light; High Court treasurer, John Henderson !;
II Ugh Court senior woodward, p. II. Savage: High
Court junior woodward, Dr. e. j, Case: High Court
senior beadle, George j. Monck; High Court
junior beadle, G. S. Robinson; High Court audit
ors-R. n. McLennan G. w. Lunt and III. Beaver
High Court trustees-Thomas H. Scoby, San
Diego: DR.. d. McLennan, Honolulu; ". l.. Lam
BERT Eureka; j. Pouiade, Nevada; W. E. Etting,
San Francisco. High Court board of arbitration
w. E. Kimball. William n. Kennon, George Peter
son, ID. E. Besecker San Francisco: f. s. Farnen-
decz, San Jose: Joseph Snyder, Grass Valley; DR..
]. Mel Morrison, San Pablo
1t was decided to divide the Jurisdiction into
State districts for the better convenience of
the visiting board. and the following were ap-
pointed to carry the measure into OBJECT:
H. Beaver, San Francisco; J. Pouiade, Carson
City, New; George Costen, Seattle, Wash; T. o.
Outgoing High Chief Ranger Samuel Nc
Mullen was presented with handsome regalia
of the order by his fellowofficers, the presenta-
tion being made by Trustee elect j. Poujade,
ex-Lieutenant-Gover of Nevada.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
A COAL-DEALERS' TRUST.
The Compact Strengthened by
One Hundred More
Signatures.
The Effort to Increase and Main-
tain Prices Now Sue
ceSSful.

The compact of the dealers and retailers
to establish uniform rate on coal entered
into some months ago seems to have won
over those smaller concerns which hesi-
tated to enter the combine at the time it
was first suggested. One hundred dealers
have now signed the compact. The in
crease of 81 ton on foreign coal to the
consumer is the result of this new rate
By foreign coal is meant all the coal i'm
ported from British Columbia, Australia
and England. Coos Bay coal will remain
at the same figure.
The wholesale dealers have said all along
that they have lost money by the keen
competition that has existed for years and
the trust is formed, they say, to protect
them from failure. There is hue and cry
for cheaper coal, especially at this time
when general effort is being put forth to
stimulate manufacturing interests in City
and State, but the wholesalers are deter
mined to put on all the traffic will bear
and have done so without asking any
questions or making an explanation.
Retailers have been slow in falling in
line with the increase, but since the 100
dealers signed the agreement to stand by
the new rate there is an indication that
the balance will soon follow. AS a result
the most powerful coal trust ever estab-
lished here is now launched
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
A. O. T. of America.
A. orfila, grand chief ranger, has appointed

A. Orfila, grand chief ranger, has appointed
the following committees:
On arbitration-J. Samuels of Court of Golden
West, John Sparrow of Court Inter Nos Henry
Court Hubertus, F: Y. Severance of Court San
Francisco, p. j. O'Rey of Court Independence
and ]. E. Hayden OF Court Marin.
on transport ation-Henry Ryan, P. g. c. r.; ].
Court United States of America.
All other committees in accordance with the
law adopted at the San Jose convention will be
appointed two weeks prior 10 the next session
sion. The grand chief ranger has also ap-
pointed the following as the committees OF the
new executive council:
Printing and supplies-C. H. Bremen, G. s.; w.
A. White, G. T., and Sol Peiser G. R. s.
Finance-R. B. Vellage, g. S. c. r.; j. S. w.
Saunders, G. s. W., and r. r. Dunstan, G.. S. B.
Laws OF subordinates-E. l.. Forster, G. ]. B.;
John Heenan, G. ]. W., and c. ii. Bremen, G. s.
The commissions for the various deputy
grand chief rangers will be issued shortly and
all courts will be notified OF the appointments
made in due time. Herman c. Fisher of Sacra-
mento, w. d. s. Harrington OF San Francisco,
Elias Holden OF San Jose and C. NJ. Dexter of
Riverside have been appointed as deputy
grand chief rangers at large.
Mrs. NJ. b. Campbell, grand chief companion
OF the Companions OF the Forest, officially WIS.,
tied Sacramento Circle No. 156 in Sacrame ento
last Wednesday evening and Yuba Circle No.
101 N Marysville on last Friday evening. The
grand chief companion will also visit True
Friend Circle No 25S in Chico on Wednesday,
May D; Sutter Circle No. 125 in Sacramento
on Friday, May "a and Woodland Circle No.
209 in Woodland on Saturday, May %.
A new circle will be instituted in Yuba City.
The eighth annual session of the Grand Cir
Gle of California Companions OF the Forest will
convene in American Foresters' Hall in San
Jose, on June 3, 1895. Nearly one hundred
delegates will be present, representing about
fifty circles in this State.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20

Mateo and Burlingame, will be contained
in scenic descriptive souvenir now being
edited by E. Med. Johnstone and illus
trated by the Union Photo-engraving
Company of this City
Property-owners in the neighborhood of
Bay street are preparing a petition to the
Supervisors to lave that niuch-neglected
thoroughfare improved.
The Devisadero- street improvement Club
proposes to have Devisadero street, be-
tween Geary and California, swept by hand
twice a day, and to have arc lights sus-
pended at night at the crossings of Devisa-
dero and Geary and California and Sutter
streets.
The Southern Heights improvement
Club is working in quiet way to perfect a
plan for the removal of the unsightly hill
along Kentucky street at the Potrero
The question of ownership OF improve
ments valued at 100000 on the Lincoln
School lots at the corner of Fifth and
Market streets will be carried into the
courts by the lessees.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
Ancient Order of POresters.

From no less than ten States and Territories
came delegates to attend the sixth annual ses-
sion of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Subsidi-
ary High Court of the Pacific Coast which began
its sessions at 101 O'Farrell street Tuesday last
and concluded it on Thursday.
When High Chief Ranger S. McMullin called
the meeting to order there responded to the
rollcall 165 delegates. representing 1853 courts
out of the $50 in this jurisdiction, which en-
braces California, Oregon, Washington, Ne
vada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana,
Arizona, Idaho and the Hawaiian Republic.
The High Chief Ranger delivered his annual
address on Tuesday, in the course OF which he
said:
The year Just closed has been remarkable
one in our history. 1t is with pleasure that
am able TO report q gain of sixty-four courts
since the last High Court meeting.
One of the recommendations made to the
Supreme High Court was that hereafter dele
gates to Subsidiary High Courts must be past
chief rangers.
According to the report of High Court Secre-
tary William F. Foss the order was formed here
in November, 1885, with sixteen courts, repre-
senting membership of 1S46. Since that
date ia courts have been instituted, repre-.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
Facts About rempering Steel.

A French engineer has given the sub
ject of tempering steel careful study, and
in a communication to the Society for the
Encouragement of National Industry an.
nounces that in all steels investigated tenn
pering produced analogous notifications
augmentation of tensile strength, diminu
tion of the elongation, augmentation OF
the resistance to fexure and to blow.
The amount of these notifications varies
varies notably with the chemical compost
ton of the metal, and with the nature oi
the tempering bath, but in all cases they
are almost completely produced in a mar
row interval of temperature, about 1902
degrees Fahrenheit. In a general way il
may be said that if the metal is not heated
up to this temperature there is danger OF
not tempering it, and that in heating
above 1880 degrees Fahrenheit, or at most
1470 degrees Fahrenheit, there is no inn
portant gain. This result. which is very
important from a practical standpoint,
shows that the elementary phenomenon
of tempering is very simple, and that the
difficulties to conquer come principally
from the dimensions of the pieces to be
tempered, which often render the trans
formations incomplete.-St.. Louis Globe
Democrat.