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Texas Broad Acres.

Texas is so large that all the people
IN the United States could live there
anC the State would not then be as
thickiy populated as New Jersey is
now. Within the limits of Texas NAV
be found more timber than in Maine,
more granite than in New Hampshire.
more marble than in Vermont, more
iron than in Nova Scotia, more kaolin
than IN Cuba and more manganese
than in Scotland. The wheat aud corn
lands OF the State are as yet practi-
cally untitled, but there are enough Of
them to feed the armies of the world.
Texas Is so big that it takes travele;
some time to get accustomed to the
magnificent distances. 1t has nn area
of f,3jG square miles, or 17J, 5S7, $40
acres, of which more than one half arc
prairie lands and about e-fourth
timber lands The rest are either min
eraI lands or are covered by bays,
rivers anil other bodies OF water.
Texas Is S25 miles broad, 74D miles
long and is divided into 21l counties.
1t has nearly $1,000 Squire miles OF
territory moro than tho Austrian EN-.
pire, $4,000 more than the German
Empire and 10000 more than the re-
public Of France Ali the New Eng
land States added to New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland,
New Jersey and Delaware have less
territory than Texas. The combined
areas of Great Britain, ireland, Hol-
land, Belgium, Denmark, Switzer
land, Portugal AMI Greece are
239,OlG square miles, while
Texas has 274,356 square
miles. Dallas County, in the
northwest corner OF Texas, is
nearer to St. Paul, Mimi, than it is
to Brownsville, Texas. at the mouth of
the Rio Grande. Chicago and Ciucin-
natl are nearer to Texas than Dallam
County il to Galveston. Texas would
make five States as large as New York
and three-fourths of another, nearly
five States like Georgia anil six like
Tennessee, more than thirty-five OF
the area of Massachusetts aul oil
Rhode Islands. From Texarkaua on
the eastern border to Ell Paso on tho
western across the State is about the
same distance, as from New York to
Chicago. From Sabine Pass on the
southeastern corner to Fort McIenry
on the northwestern is 1909 miles in
straight line. If bicycle rider should
traverse the boundary lines OF Texai
he would pedal 1000 miles, which is
about the distance from Chicago to
London. Atlanta Constitution.
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Figures Inscribe on the Hannah Eve.

The legendary belief that the eve
OF murdered man might retain n
permanent image of his destroyer has
Just received sometime like scientific
confirmation, says Tie Westminster
Gazette. Accorlin. TO the Revue des
Questions Scientiiiques, Ers. Denefle
and Clayes, of Client University, re-
Gently had their attention directed bv
n medical student to the curious ap.
pearance presented by the eyes of a
woman under treatment in the hos
pltal. The student declared that he
had found certain figures distinctly
inscribed on the surface of both eyes.
DR.. Denene was increduious, and suQ-
gested that If any such marks existed
they must merely be the chance result
OF some injury, and that the re-
semblance to figures was probably
imaginary. Next day, however, he
examined the patient himself, aud was
astonished to find that the LETT iris
bore the number 80, and the right
40" these figures being traced with
caligraphic perfection.
Imagination and hallucination nre
both out of question. as Dr. Clayes
NAAA ObutA ODScINtTS were brought IN 10
verify the phenomenon. The eyes,
moreover, were photographed, and on
the enlarged proof tho numbers 40"
and 10 stand out with unmistakable
clearness. Nor is this all. Although
the origin of these particular impress
sions cannot be Gscertained, it has
been proved that their acquisition
may be hereditary. The woman's
daughter has the same popularity in
her eyes, but with much less degree
of regularity aud distinctncss. The
girls right eve is found to bear a
feeble reproduction of the number
40, J." while in the left iris the figure
600 takes the place of tue mothers
40. Here, then, is pleasing
puzzle for the psychologists 1t would
be strange, at this time of day, to dis
cover that the eye, under certain con-
ditions, could really perform tho
functions of the camera.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-02
The Polar Expeditions.

Secretary of the Navy Herbert has
replied to Mrs Josephine Peary. as
she might have expected, that his de-
partment had no snip available to be
sent to the relief OF her husband to
Northwest Greenland, and that, il
any case, the United States Govern
ment would have no authority to send
any vessel upon such a private enter
prise. In consequence of this the
American Geographical Society is
seeking to raise the sum of Sl2. OO)
for a Greenland scientific expedition,
to start on early next autumn. OF
course, thOs5 individuals or societies
that desire to enjoy the privilege of Is
three months voyage of this sort may
get their moneys worth in return :;
but, except that Lieutenant Peary IS
expecting this relief expedition, there
is no earthly reason for sending one
upon the expensive journey to the
realms of ice. According to DR..
William +. Hughs, of this city, who
was Peary 3 associate in the first Arc
tic expedition, that explorer can re-
turn TO civilization without risk or
danger at any time nc may choose.
He is now IN Inglefeld Gulf, 2j)
miles north OF Cape York, the northern
limit of Melville Bay. The whaling
ships pass Cape York every summer
in order to get to the nGlin. grounds
on the western shore of Banin's Bay.
He can come down Ingle6eld Gulf in
his whalebeat through the "north
water, or overland, which route he
has already travelled There does not
seem to have been anv reason for
planning this relief expedition save rs
theatrical enterprise New Orleans
Picayune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-02
PITH AND POINT.

When lightning strikes it admits Of
no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Siftings.
The wheelbarrow dealer has no trou-
BILE in keeping his goods before the
people.
Every man occasionally wishes that
he could attract as much attention "a
IA fire. -Atchison Globe.
Some people care too little for tho
opinions of others and some care too
much.-Galvcston News.
A bloomer costume is something
that a woman likes best on another
woman. New Orleans Picayune.
In the spring the housewives fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of scrub,
while the husband skips out slyly for
his daily grub.
Some women are so ill-mnDucred as
to go right into store and try t. in
terrupt conversation between the
clerks.-Cievelan Plain Dealer.
Passenger -"Whnt is the train
waiting 50 long for here?" Conductor
-"The engineer exhausted the steam
by blowing the whistle too long. -
Fliegendo Blaetter.
With terrapin, fish, oysters and
crabs, what does the happy anil for
tunate Eastern shoreman care about
the increase in the price OF bccf?--
Baltimore American.
"What are You doing on the bureau,
TOmmie?" "Standin' before the
lookin'- glass" said TommIe. Want
ed to see how I'd look i 1 was twins.
Harper Young People.
SLe-"Oh, this voting is perfectly
lovely. l never did enjoy anything
quite 50 much. Let's go around and
vote at all the places" Ho--"Well,
I guess not" She ooh, you mean
thing. Detroit Free Press.
Louise Marie had lovely we'd.
ding, but what made the bride and
groom go up the aisle, hand in hand?"
Blnnche-"Why, don't you know?
Her sleevs were so long she couldu't
take his arm. louisville Cor rier
Journal.
Fuddy-"I suppose your son goes
in for athletics? Football, perhaps?
What is he, haIf-back?' buddy
"Hnlf-back? Well, l guess mol You
should see Jack once, and then you'd
say he was all back. No, Jack is no
footballist; he's bicycle stopper. -
Boston Transcript.
This Is the season of the year when
the young man who is going to grad
uate from college this summer, begins
to wonder how many 5000 positions
will be offered to him the first mouth
after he acquires his degree. He will
know all about it before August l -
Somerville Journal.
There's nothing moro beautiful
than the month OF April" she sighed
tenderly. az wish that il could last
forever" so do T., h. answered
fervently. "You, too, are fond of ma
ture, them eyes, indeed. Besides
/ have IA note coming due on the 1st Of
May. Washington Star.
Seody Pilgrim CtirsI bus deter
mined) -'If you've got anything to
hand out for a hungry man I'll take it
kindly, but if you're goin' to show
me ont to the garden an steer me
ngin patch o. Pingrec p'tatcrs that
needs weedin' Til be trottin' on. I've
run agin that patch two dozen times
already this mornin'. Chicago Tri-
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sl.50 in Advance
WHOLE NO. 61S.
Our Banana Trade.

The American people consume moro
bananas than all the other Nations OF
the earth. Last year they managed
to do away with nearly eighteen mill.
ION punches, or about one bunch OF
twenty dozen bananas TO every four
persons. And the trade is still grow.
ing. This is only the imported banan.
as. Florida has begun to Use large
quantities of the luscious fruit and
would add considerably TO this total.
The exact number imported is IL
S64, ia, OF which New Orleans re.
ceived about One.third, New York
nearly quarter, Philadelphia sixth,
Boston more that one-niuth, Mobile n
tenth and Baltimore one-eiOhteenth
part, the small remainder being dis.
trlbuted among other receiving
points. Altogether some thirteen
hundred ship cargoes of bananas arc
recorded in the custom house reports.
The Northern ports obtain most of
their bananas from the West Indies,
Jamaica and Cuba, while New Orleans
chiefly receives from South and Cen
trail America. The banana plant is
one OF the most prolific bearers in the
world and requires little or no care.
The fruit is sold on the Chicago mar
ket at retail for ten or fifteen cents IA
dozen, at which rate there is said to
be considerable profit in the trade, as
the cost of production is practically
nothing, the only item of expense be
ing the freight charges. Farm, FELL
and Preside.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-02
A Valuable Dream

One night the past winter member
Of lum Der crew ut work in the woods
north OF Fort Kent, dreamed that he
was using a saw the teeth OF which
were OF a peculiar shape The dream
made such an impression on him that
rs soon as possible nc procured saw
and had the teeth cut like those seen
IN his dream. To the great surprise OF
the dreamer, as well as those who have
since seen 1t IN operation, the saw is
Of great practical value, and it is as.
serted that in the sane length Of time
one man can saw more wood with il
than can thrca men using ordinary
saws. One of Fort Rents wealthy CIT.
liens las interested himself IN this
new Invention, mud is said 20 be- pro-
curing "a patent for tue Inventor aud
himself. with thu expectation Of plac
ing the SAWS 0n tho market as soon az
possigi' ArJ0s took Me- Bepubb
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4 new Pane

peculiar substitute for windo.s
glass, known as "tcctorium, Us stated
TO have been FOR some time employed
lu Austria, Italy, Germany, SwItzor-
land and Russia as covering for hot
houses, marques, vernudas, windows
Of factories, roofs Of stores, etc. lt is
a special, iusoluble, bichr0matad CELIA
tine, transparent as opal glass aud
incorporated IN wire game, aud it is
said TO reiract tue rays of tho sun. IL
is said to possess the trauslucoucy OF
opal glass. aud to bc haxible it bends
without breaking, does not dissolve ira
water, and is not iniurc by frost. lt
is % ha conductor OF heat, aud be-
comes stronger and stronger, e Sc
siatcj, the longer il is exposed to the
alr. 70 tho 50 iss is as clear rs Che ex-
Uianation builders will soon zee
tLrougL li New Orleans rioaynnc.
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4 rlan lor rnmping Coal.

We are not yet pumping coal, but
wc may do So. w. H. Audrows of
New York, hns scheme for pumping
crushed coal borne 100 water from Tho
CouucIlsyille region To- such places as
Newcastle, Penn. Youngstown and
Sharon Wherever it is worth while
hc viii build coke ovens and convert
this quaH-auil cJul into coke. All
this seems rather I'D, but Mr. An.
Irovs was one of the original promot-
crs of the Standard OIL Company and
hc knows whnt the mechanical cle.
ments iu such ON achievement would
be- lle says tine coal thus carried
would bc good steam coal, and that
the wives OF the pumps would be- mo
more worn than If the pumps were
moving oil. Detroit Free Press.
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Good for IsoadhouSes.

With the growth OF cycling comes n
revival OF the coaching inns of the
olden time, and the rehabilitation OF
the roadside houses made famous in
various ways. The sweet-voicel horn
which seemed to say, make way for
the royal mail, " has been replaced by
the shrill siren whistle of the wheel
man, who finds his way into every
nook and Granny OF the country with
IN fifty miles of his abode. The num-
Der of country hotels that can serve Il
really good dinner or can accommo.
date large body of wheelhen on Sun.
day are strongly in the minority.
Five years ago the Philadelphia Cy-
cling Club recognized this fact, and
rented a country house seven miles
from their club house to be used ex.
clusively by their members and also
rs resting and lunch resort. The
members thought so well of the idea
tha+ they purchased tho ground and
built modern house, which they fur
nished ricely. In the selection of the
site the club was wise enough to see
the benefits to be derived from pro-
viding a field for outdoor exercises,
and II large plot of ground provided
room for tennis, cricket aud other
games of the field, which are well
patrOnized during the summer months.
Sunday is the big day Mt the club, and
in the riding season the number of
visitors Is large. San Francisco Elk
aminer.
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An Interesting RlnIil

Manuel Garcin was n curious Guar
acter," said n Cuban gentleman ia
speaking to Phla lclphit Press re-
porter Of the reported delth OF that
revolutiouist "de was more like %
character in novel thpn ma1 living
in the nineteenth century. His hons
was the mountains anil he lol rogu-
lar ban Its life, every now md ths.t
holding up 5p1niards on tho roll or
carrying OF one Of them nnl holding
him for ransom. He wo1ll write to
a Spanish pltuter. SEMI mo $500
or / shall burn your house, aud it tho
money was not forthcoming he woul
carry bis threat into execution, H.
would even write 90 Governmental OF.
icials, signing him SELF king 81 the
Mountains, and demanding tribute.
He never proycd on the native Cubaus,
only on the Spaniar Is, and gave most
of his money 90 the revolutionary
party 90 purchase arms. %
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In 1876 the firm Of Hahrear,lIz
Brothers, boot aud shoe mauu,as.
tuners, New York City, made n pair
OF boots from human skin, which they
sent TO the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia. They were never pat
ON exhibition, which shows that there
was some humanity left ia the exposi-
tion officials if net in the maker Of tho
CHASTITY footweaN They we're after
wari sent TO the smithsonian Insti-
tuition, but were not allowed shelf
room. Isl. Louis Republic.
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4 Beyy nj Birds at n uoter

a queer coincidence was the causc
Of considerable merrimeut in the lobby
OF the Grand Pacific yesterday. Erly
In the day ID. Sparrow. Of New York,
registered aud was assigned TO his
room. Within au hour T. j. Orail, of
GlOycrdale, Mass, spread his name
upon the register. aud he. too, went
to bis room. I'm the afternoon G.. A.
Partridge, OF this city, registered for
dinner, aud remarked that it any
noses came for him tho clerk should
hold them. Saturday afternoon L. II.
Forrest OF Albany, n Y, registered
mt the hote', aud all mail that came for
the threc meu yesterday was put in bis
box. eft was tho most appropriate
place for it, said Mr. Parker, adding
"Ihis reminds me OF au annual game
dinner. - Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
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a SONG OF MONTY.

If tina world be dark or suuny.
There no thing like money mcneil
But when all i darkest night
Money makes it bright
With pocket
Full of money.
Life is sweet
And life Is sunny,
There are songs divine and funny
in the honor ~ this money:
But the sweetest of all singing
Is in silver dollars ringing!
All the worlds
4 hive OF honcy
With n pocket
Fall Of money
F L. Stanton.
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4 Remlnlscencc nf finllnnn-

Como here a momeat, an look ut
that man, said Charlie Gordon Co n
Post reporter ut the Arlington. lie
pointed to q blOn1-whis1erel foreign
CT who sat in halt-me litative, half
somnolent attitude, his head bent
downward, In chair in the public
writing room aul fnciny towards the
bar. THAT fellow" continued Cor
don, reminded me 80 strongly Of
Guiteau that / nearly tainted when /
first caught glimpse Of him. /
thought 10 must be GuIteau's ghost.
and 1t made n cold chill run down my
back. TO make the resemblance more
startling he is sitting exactly in the
place where the assassin used TO sit.
night after night, looking in tho same
direction, and with the same brooding
expression on his face. Washington
Post
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-02
Arc Your RnhIes Renl,

lie art % making rubios, according
g. Professor Judd, is now extensively
practised The ruby is simply crys-
tallized or oxide Of aluminium.
The artificial rubies known as Cen
eva rubies are as hard rs the natural
ones from Burmah, arc identical with
them in chemical composition an
molecular structure, and are only
slightly inferior in color an lustre.
They are largely used as watoA Jew
els, aud, doubtless, many Of them pass
as natural stones for other PURPOSES.
= NaN York JournnI.
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Tie Babies Of the House

The Fifty-fourth Congress of the
United States, whose members began
to draw salary on March 4, includes
some Of the youngest representatives
on record. There are very many
young men in the Senate, which has
before had many youthful and dis.
tinguished members. If the records
give his age correctly, George b. Nc.
Clellan, the Democratic Representa-
tive from the Twelfth New York Dis.
trict, and who was born November %.
1868, in Dresden, Saxony, is the
youngest member. Rarely in the
United States has u man taken his seat
IN the highest representative body be.
fore reaching the age OF thirty. 10
England 1t is not uncommon for a
youth Of twenty-one OF twenty-five TO
take his seat in Parliament, aud Will
lam Pitt, the youngest Chancellor Of
the Exchequer, was not twenty-six
when he reached that highest honor.
Frank Leslie's Weekly.
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1t appears that two Young are
brought forth ut IA time, but only one
is ordinarily raised to maturity. Tho
process of selection of the one raised
is not known, but it is probably q
natural selection, or tho survival of
the stronger one. The young cling
tightly to the breast of the mother,
and are carried about with her as she
flies, until they are so large rs to him
der her flight, or they are able to care
for themselves.
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Clothes Made of Peat,

Underwear is now made in Paris OF
peat. This sounds like "a Joke, but
there is nothing of the Munchausen
order about it. 1t has been known
for some time that peat has certain
antiseptic qualities. a dead body
which was buried in peat for over a
century was found IN state of per.
feet preservation. Peat is used in
the northern countries of Europe for
surgical baudageg, and the favorable
results obtained by the Russian sur.
geons with peat bandages have in
duced the French army department TO
use it in the French hospitals. II
has also been found that peat fberJ in
combination with other material pos.
sess wonderful absorbing properties.
This has led DR.. Rasurdsto use peat
fibers for the making of underwear in
the place of flannel. The new ma
terial has proven very effective, absorb.
ing Precipitation and rapidly drying.
DR.. Rasurd calls his fabric ''real
hydraulic pump and pronounces it
an excellent preventive of colds The
new textile is already largely used in
France. Atlanta Constitution.
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y eV c UGcio nio BoDs ?;
" dismNy, ooh
that was an awful thing to do"
Not such very awful thing the
way we did it, " said Uncle Bobs, calm
ly. "Listen and I'll tell you all about
it.
Teddy Gordon, my school chum.
was the swiftest runner in PokesvilIe
One Fourth of July he captured no
less than $50 in prizes Next morn
ing L met him coming down the
road.
r." Hello, Teddy, said I, decided
what to do with your money yet?'
Yes, he replied, Tm going into
the burglar business.
Ted Gordon, have you clean gone
out your senses? What on earth do
you mean?'
4" Exactly what l say, replied Ted,
calmly. I've got my eye on an easy
house to begin on, and look here, Bob,
J m going TO take you into partner
ship.
We'll, not if know it, said I. nv
eyes opening wide with amazement at
Ted's GOODNESS In the the first place
it's dead wrong, and in the second it's
very dangerous.
ooh, L guess you'll join in this en-
terprise all right responded Ted,
with a smile. Now, listen.
Looking cautiously about to see
that there was no chance OF being
overheard, Ted unfolded his plan.
" Why, it's splendid schemep |
broke ont
join you. And look here, Ted, the old
lady hasn't got any bulldog or any
thing and | don't believe she even
locks her doors nights. Come along
now, and let us get together our
things
'And arm in arm we strolled down
the street, II aturing our plans as we
went.
"Miss judith Brown or aunt Judy
rs she was often called, lived in n
somewhat dilapidated little cottage
about half mile down the road. The
poor old lady had recently fallen upon
evil times. The 500 income with
which she had for years managed to
keep body and soul together was sud.
denly cut down to une-half that
amount. And to make matters vet
worse her eyes began to fail her, so
that she could no longer aid 20 her
small income Ly her sewing and fancy
work. SO altogether matters were
looking about as black aaj gloomy rs
they we'll could
''Cho carpet in her little sitting
room was very threadbare, the chair.
old and rickcty, and as for the table.
1t could scarcely support the few
cracked dishes her frugal meal re-
CURED her to put upon it.
Occasionally Aunt Judy had
lady visitor, aud then with what NOR.
tifcation the poor woman was com
PEELED to set before her caller chippe,
cups and saucers aud 90 warn her no
TO bear too heavily on the chair upor
which she was sitting, Gully few oil
her acquaintance know.
lilly, she said one evening 10 th,
little girl she kept moro for eompan,
than anything eis,, 'rilIy, to.morroS
when You go down 90 the rroccr's So,
" he won't give you another soap box
We must save the chairs for orr call
ers
This evening after the Fourth sh
was feeling very down hearted. in
decd. it looked MS though she woul,
hnvc 90 openly appeal TO charity, an,
this she had never been driven 10 be-
fore. 1t was so hard to dO Dc, SOD hard
"a littlcaiter $ She anil lilly retire.
to their chamber up under the ewes
and soon they were fast asleep.
'About1O o'clock, when all was darl
and still, % wagon drove uu. and turn