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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
DOWN IN THE DUSr.

is II worth while that we jostle = brother
Bearing his load on the rough road of life?
Is it worth whil0 that we jeer at each other
In blackness OF heart that we war to the
knife?
God pity ms all in our pitiful strife
God pity Ms all as we jostlc each other;
God pardon Us all for the triumph wo feel
When "A fellow goes down meath his load on
the heather
Pierced to the heart; words are keener
than steel
And miShtier far for woe or veal.
Were it not well, in this brief little journey.
ON over the isthmus down into the tide
We give him fish instead Of "A serpent.
Ere folding tho hands To- br and abide
Forever and aye in the dust mt his sidop
Look at the roses saluting each other;.
LOOK at tho herds all at peace on the plain
Man, and man only. makes war on his
brother
And laughs in his heart AZ his peril and
pain.
6hamed by the beasts that 81 down on the
plain.
Is il worth while that We battle to humble
some poor fellow soldier down into the
dust?
God pity II all Time oft soon Will tumble
All ol "a together like leaves in "A gust.
I!umblel indeed down into the dust
Joaquin Miller
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
The Duck Farms OF China.

The fame and splendor of Chinese
city lie not upon its being any cleaner
than others, or upon it's having wider
streets, but upon the wealth of its
merchants, the number of its parodss
the gor8eousness of it's temples, the
beauty OF its tea gardens, and tho
like. Thus Soo-chow is great, and its
women are called the bellies of tho
world. There the floating duck farms
and the multitudes of river craft i'm .
terested us most. In quiet reach of
water beside the walls we saw many
llocks of ducks, each containing five
hundred to n thousand birds. The
shores are covered, md the water WAS
alive with them. The herders sat idly
IN small boats, while the ducks swan
freely about. each flock making II
great tremulous brown spot upon the
water. We watched To see one flock
JOIN another, and to discover how the
owners would separate them after
ward, but they did not join forces.
and i doubt whether they ever would
The brakes led their followers AWAY
whenever two herds came too near.
On another day, near 500. chow, we
saw duck farm bigger than all these
put together.
What would the reader think Of see
ing farmer travelling to market with
rs many ducks rs could be crowded
INTO more than the space of the park
between the City Hall and the Post
Office in New York City-a mass eff
perhaps two city blocks of duck flesh
and feathers? That was what was
driven past us on the Grand Canal one
day. Two mon in two boats were
driving the ducks before them, all as
thick upon the water as they could
swim. Each man carried Icing.
slender bamboo rod with the heart of
II palm leaf on the end of it. With
thus he kept the red and gray squawk
lug mass IN order. He whipped back
INTO It's plnce every duck that sagge9
ont OF the mass, or that Jagged behind,
or showed II disposition to make for
the shore. Suddenly several boats
came along in the opposite direction
"A big chop boat and two or three
smaller vessels. They were sailing
swiftly before II fresh breeze directly
down upon the acre or two of ducks.
There seemed to be no way of prevent
ing At terrible slaughter of poultry.
The big chop boat, like house blown
before gale, sped toward the adj
vancing feathcred host, and at last the
birds that were III the way were al
most under her how'd. Then IL hutter
seized many square yards of ducks.
the immense flock broke apart, crack
in 1T opened before the chop-boat, and
widened until the boat swept through
n canal that divided the flock. Not
one duck was run over. Harper
MngnZinn
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
Not Hunting HeiresScs.

A story comes from New York State
TO the effect that Greenville Lonis J.
Templeton, member Of the British
Parliament, who was making tour OF
America, visited Binghampton several
weeks ago, and while at the postofiice,
to have a money order cashed, he met
Miss Estella Vessel, the clerk, and il
was case OF love at first sight. He
sought friend aud secured an intro.
duction. His visits to the Government
building were frequent His atten-
tions we're rewarded, and they were
married last week. Then the coupls
allied for Europe, aud, after short
tour of the Continent, they will re.
side on Mr.. Templeton's estate, az
Broadlahds, England. OF course, he
has an estate. The wedding was a
quiet one aud caused much surprise.
Now the Postmaster is overruu with
applications from romantic maidens
looking longingly for Mrs Temple.
tons position. The Englishman, in
this case, was not after money but he
did rot object to the pretty postOfice
girl who had the stamps New Or
leans Plcayunc.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
A Cnr.niilY i'm Cllds.

"rbo general prevalence OF slight
colds, said well-kuown lawyer ut
the Continental Hotel last evening.
reminds me Of the sad case Of an in.
innate friend of mine who suffers very
much from annoying colds His first
wife was robust woman, who had n
wealth Of fiery red hair, which, nc.
cordIng TO his notion, must have kent
him comfortably warm at nights. BE
that rs 1T may, when she dieI my
friend married dark-haired woman,
AM, stccngo to relate, from the very
first night Of the honeymoon he was
afflicted with q Fostering cold. He had
suspicion that the lack of that red
hair accounted for his ailliction, so, by
way OF test, he sent his new wife Co
the seashore. and strange TO say. he
enjoyed immunity from the cold dur.
ing her absence. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
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become fast friends by this time -
You have tested So many OF the
petty trials and annoyances OF bein-
minister's daughter that ! wonder if
You would ever consent TO be "A min.
ister's wife,
"Well,' said Theo, half laughing.
halt blushing, cit would depend n
good deal upon who the minister
was
suppose 1T was Henry Hervey?'
DO you really mean it?" said
Iheo, suddenly growing grave
lit Is strange, isn't ito" said he.
that L should lose my heart to such
n little termaSnnt as You proved your.
sell the first dry | ever saw You? But
1T Is foregone conclusion-I am en-
t'rely at your mercy. Sweet Theo,
Will you be my wife,
And Theo placed her hand in his,
with lovely look Of awe an Il happi.
LESS, and answered:
81 will !"
Deacon Powers could not compre
bend 1T at all. eli he marries such a
high tempered girl as that" said the
deacon, 'he does it Mt his peril. Why.
l never was SO berated in nv life rs [
was that day at the parsonage.
But, pa, said the deacon's daugh-
ter, every woman finds her master
soon or late. Now ! think Theodore
Reed has found hers. Saturday
Night
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
PITH AND POINT.

"That womnn's story il written in
her face" Glow do Won know"
Its 50 dread(ully plain. Chicago
Record
"Isn't he rather fnst?" asked the
anxious mother eyes, mamma, in
one sense of the word. don't think
he can get away. indianapolis Jour.
nal
There is one redeeming feature
about the bicycle craze; the father
who buys his girls one each has no
money left to buy piano. -Atchison
Globe.
"rhree minutes for dinner j. yellel
the railroad porter. ''Gooli" ex-
claimed the oditor. ''rhe last time
it was three dollars. Atlanta Cousti.
tuition
McSwatters Glow is it that FiSsoa
can always tell when it is going to
rain?" McSwitters ooh, he makes
dates for all the church picnics." =
Syracuse Post.
"No, Lie, I cant marry you, sail
the belle of later Holler with
shiver. 'Tm afraid it would be on
lucky. You wear No. 13 shoes"
Chicago Tribune.
At a French Hotel: Tell him to
clean your boots, John and mine.
too" "All right. Er--Garcong,
nettoyez may bot, 81 VOC piay-et
aussee nah fam r"-Punch
Ellis-"Miss Ballal has a remark
ably sweet voice" Warburton "jhe
ought to have. IL has cost me about
sixty pounds Of chocolates in the last
six months Boston Courier.
A witty Frenchman said '"Only
death is au excuse for not keeping u
dinner engagement, AMI even then Il
polite man would send his undertaken
to apologize for him. Tit-BitS.
The skies are blue, the sunshine bright,
No caus" for gloom ut all,
For crops are good aui trades all right.
Aud tn" homo teams playing ball.
Kansas City Journal.
She-".5o there are the Alps ~ +.
last !" He Must be You don't
suppose first-class tourist company
like this would work off any substitu-
tons or limitations on its patrons?"--
Life.
"'What makes men Of mature years
wear SO sad an expression?" prob
ably they are so mortified to think
they have forgotten nil they thought
they knew when they left school. -
Boston Transcript.
keep your temper, laddie. Never
quarrel wi au angry person, specially
a woman. Mind ye, soft answers
aye best. It's commando aud for
bye, it makes them far madden than
onything else We could say. -Tit.Bits.
He's there anything can do to
prove my affection, so that you will
not doubt it?" She THERE'S. Marry
my sister. She is ten years older than
], and mamma is determined not to let :
me marry till Sophia is disposed %
-Houshold Words
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The Electric Age

a test lately made on the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad in.
iicates that the substitution Of cleo.
'ricIty for steam upon the present
tracks can be made without difficulty
or much expense. Electric locomo.
lives will have to he built and pm in
place of the present steam ones. lnn
run on the Nantasket branch of tho
road above mentioned, eighty miles
an hour was made without the least
trouble. An electric locomotive was
hitched to n load of l75 tons, equal To-
seven loaded passenger cars, AN
showed that it could pull twenty cart
If necessary. The large roads will
now substitute electricity for steam.
and we shall be travelling 100 miles au
hour before the end of the century.
by that time IA great many people
who now travel will wish they coal |
be staying at home. Picayunc.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
WHY Bees Ar 4 Nnisancn.

Some time ago it was announce |
that bee farming Ia been taken u "a.
Gennevillers, one of the most lolth.
some industrial suburbs of Paris. This
was treated IA joke, hut the news is,
our correspondents says, nevertheless
true, and the Project OF the Sem. h as
Just received n petition from the in
habitants to abate the nuisance. The
bees live upon the sugar refuecie4 OF
the neighborhood, clearing away all
the dust on the roofs, aul even lanl-
ing on the bare backs of the wor&-
men. has been stated by "A sugar
retiner at every hive ia the neigh
Oorhoo' arries away twenty shilling5
worth sugar in year from the fac.
tories. He does not, however, com
plain of this loss, but of the irritation
the perpetual buzz inalcts on tho
workmen. -London News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
A Fine Caravan Oulnt.

f.. h. Flyers, OF Harrisburg, who is
touring the State Of Pennsylvania in n
novel way, IS accompanied by bis two
sons and five hired men. including a
groom and chef. Mr.. Myers and sons
live in a large covered wagon, richly
fitted out, and his employees live i'm
tents. The cavalcade consists OF seven
horses of fine breed and four wagons.
One OF the horses is Mr.. Myors's own
riding horse, m animal Of fine blood.
and has carried him in she parades in
Washington during three Presidential
inauguarations. The party attracts
much attention wherever il goes. -
Washington Star,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
Made Pnlse Measures

In the course OF n crusade against
the users Of false weights and meas
ures the Philadelphia police last week
found g manufacturer who displayed
sign over his shop door reading
"One-half peck measure, all shapes
and sizes, made here" When intor.
viewed rs TO the exact meaning Of the
sign he said It meant Just what IL said !;
people wanted measures Of different
sizes, aud he made it his business to
give his customers what they wanted.
u o made tin quart measures on the
same basis, too, he said, New York
Sun,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
Borrowed Small Changc Tor Robbers.

1t takes woman's wit to get the
better of train robbers. WlhlO the
htghwaymen were taking up their lit.
tie collection on the Oregon express the
other day, an old lady Mt the rear end
of the car asked "A gentleman near her
to loan her little change. Four dol
lars were handed to her, which she
gave the robbers when asked for her
money. After the affair was over.
the old lady repaid the loan from the
purse OF gold she had "held up" by
her adroit trick. Los Angeles Cali
Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
OnieinIc Conamces 10 Long Lilo

That quietude conduces to longevity
seems to be demonstrated by the rec.
ord of longevity in Philadelphia, n
matter on which the city prides itself
considerably. During the first half OF
this year the obituary columns of the
Ledger contained death notices of 90
women and 100 men who had lived to
or beyond the age of eighty years.
The greater part of the deaths were of
residents of Philadelphia. Thirty wo.
men and twenty.six men lived to or
beyond the age of ninety years. The
extreme ages reached were ninety
nine years by one woman and ninety.
six by three men. One colored man
has n record all to himself. He was
John Gibson, well known character
in Philadelphia, who died on Febru.
airy II Mt the Home for Aged and In.
firm Colored People. He claimed to
be 100 years old, but the most au-
thentic information made him out to
be III, which was accepted rs being
probably correct. New York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
A Tomb Building Three Hundred Year.

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. the
bloody Duke of Alya, who oppressed
the Netherlands, when he was dying
commanded his family TO build him n
splendid tomb. II has Just been fin.
ished now, after 800 years, and his
bones have been tranferred TO il. -
New Orlenns PicaYnne.
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ADVERTISING MARKS.

Advsrtisemsnts will Be- Inserted q enc asIlsA
pea square tor the arss inssrtioa and AN
cents for each subsequent insertion
cents line. and no notice inserted fes ls0
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements will Be inserted a
the rates allowed By law and will. In all eases.
DO ehsssd 70 the attorney, and payment Will
DO required upon deli livery Of certified cory.
CHAReks IoR ANNouNCEMRNrs.-Fo
oosnty oficsTs, IS; State and Congress, $40.
h, Terms for ctaniiny advertisements made
Known ON application TO the publisher.
Job PAINTING executed with neatness and
dispsssh. a1-Orden By mail viii receive
pro0De AttSntioa.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
Sill Worms snnnr.e led.

DIR. Lckncr, Of Zurich, by chemical
and mechanical means practically SUI
persedes the silkworm and spins from
raw material, as cotton waste. into
waste or wood pulp, thread which
even the expert eye can hardly distin.
guish from that obtained from the
=atural cocoon.
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o, | won'tr
said Theodore
Reed, impetu-
ously. 81 won't
-. won't! so
there's m end
of the matter ="
Theodore was
busy making
u e II r marina
ladc, with IL
p o C k C t II an Il
kcrchief fas-
tened, Beatrice
fAnnf
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grains are called ho1ers OF camphor,
and IN that shape are used for medici.
nal preparations aud also for manu-.
f"ctures. such as the pro luction of
celluloid. New York Sun.
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Nevada has an assessed valuation OF
500, 291, 459,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-01
The Minister'S Daughter.

EY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
Ihee!ilg !Rte!!!ggRgeI
West Virginia's Brightest
and Best Newspaper,

lie splendid popular triumph for
< rAnSe Of protection opens up y new
fApter. and one Of the most interest
4 III tile history Of the country. It
S carried West Virginia into the col
I'm m Of protection aud produced.a revo.
tlon IN the politics of the State.
mere will I've new and important de-
Elopmenss by reason OF tile great vic.
~ Of Acknowledgements that will
I'VE decided influence on the presi-
th'ml campaign OF lS9B-and the
%kly lntelligencer will follow them
.srly N all their details in West Vir-
lla the Wheeling Intelligencer Is the
'oSaize'i leader Of the cause Of pio-
T Y, aud State development.
All Tie foreign and home news Of the
az 4 vii le faithfully chronicled in the
p'eillssncer s telegraphic columns.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29

ever since. My fathers name was Wal
ter Stout, and my mother was a Gra-
ham. Her given name was Jane.
There isn't the slightest doubt in my
mind that am the son OF Walter and
Jane Stout
Well, what is the point9" asked one.
Just this, my dear sir-am George
William Stout or somebody elseg-
Don't you know who you are9r
II am no more certain OF my legal
identity than any OF you. That's what
has been bothering me for the last five
or six months, and the question IS not
settled yet. My friends say am George
William Stout. A certain lawyer says
may or may not be. In other words,
in order to come into possession OF q
few hundred dollars left by an aunt
IN England. / have been trying to
prove my identity. Thought 1T "A big
Joke whenI started ont, but it wasn't
a week before discovered that had n
tough job ON hand"
1T ought to be dead easy, remarked
the little man with the red necktie
'.It seemed that way to me. con
tinued the other; but let me convince
yos TO the contrary. Myparents have
been dead for many years. AS they
were not church members, was not
baptised or christened. They were
married in Iowa, and in proper and
legal way, but had lost the marriage
certificate, like hundreds of Others, and
only because they had lived together
as man and wife was the law satisfied
that they bore that relation to each
other. Right here and now IN bet five
TO one that none of yonr parents have
document to prove marriage"
There was a general hitching about
on chairs, but no one seemed DESTROYS
OF pursuing the matter further.
My father left two brothers and my
mother one brother and two sisters"
said the victim. and. OF course, one
and al declared that | was tieorge
William stout. only SON of Walter and
Jane Stont To swear TO 1t was a diff
ferent matter. however. II 80 hap
pened that none OF them saw me till
was sir months old. How did they
know but was founding who had
been adopted? They conduit be sure
OF me. went to- men who had been
boys will, nue., bnt when asked to
swear 10 my identity, the most they
would do WAS to aver that to the best
of their kuowiedge and belief, and 10
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EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE.



Used instead III Words.
The Soudancse tribes have a eurions
way Of expressing affirmation and de-
NAL. Sometimes, in replying to ques-
tons, they answer with sounds. instead
of words II they wish 10 give nm AZ
firmative, they will emit sort Of
click, the kind Of noise that tells 4
horse TO move on.
Should the subject be deemed OF no
great Importance, this would he done
simply and at once. but II they become
excited. or wish to make their aSsur.
ancc emphatic. shower OF "cliclxs''
will fall IN loud and rapid succession.
reminding one as mentioned before. II
the manner OF speaking to q horse, o..
as IL becomes sometimes rather gnttur-
al, Of something between that and call
ing chickens
A negative is exprcsses sort 81
noise sometimes made alton
or annoyance is indicated, !. * their
natural or very frequent manner ~
saying no. The tongue is placed
against the upper part OF tire mouth
just behind the front teeth, and swift
" withdrawn, when, II 1t can be spelt
at all. u sort Of 'tch" is produced.
This mode of conveying affirmation
and denial certainly seems less trouble
some than words, and recommends A.
self TO the notice Of the inhabitants 81
civilized countries. where verbosity 4
increasing At such an alarming pace
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g. x44ttts.- So
osesse ,san'am stout owned prop
s1ss sh1 paaa taxes as stout ny WE
1919 rs ~ oton1 NcrrrtneieHe'
WIG eouie saS that was sailing nnaer
ny isga1 nalnef mnen me 'awye.
.sa'a,'a enas Nsrotke Whsihm o.eN.
might - dted or - hiding, and That
heo tassen .''A came ! could call nim
an as-- but eo'iia not bring forward any
proofs 70 sin'sa his theory. 4 bank
WI permit you 70 deposit and draw
money under AaJ name you wish.
opeght = house ana lot under the name
ot stout, oat that didn't give me 2 -
ga sight e. the name When they
asked my wife how she knew my name
was stout, abe had 70 reply that ] was
introduced 70 her IS Stout and she had
heAFu me called STOUT hut she knew
notning N a1egrt way I'm telling
You straight That though plenty q
people are ready 70 say thai my name
= 50 and 80, no, . single one viii swear
70 ~ out and out. It's simply 70 the
pest o. their isnoTicdf,e and BELIEF and
tnat Is founded on hearsay
Inc svictlm paused a. y expecting
some BODY 70 say sonaeSi'ing' out ~ az
scented occupied IN Trying % figure =
out ne heayea 2 sigh' and went on:
lhere , another very funny thing
aoout u Mhen was asked now many
people knew J put the number n
s,ooo when asked to make : list e
them, how many names do You sup
pose 1otted DOWN 10 save my neck
eoula not go over - ana me iis' 70.
GUIDED women As wen a. men. y
wasn ! now many people : MAD spoken
wiz, Win ana could remember Their names.
ont now many could can friends ana
a I, u naa been travelling
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chamberlain's Cough Remedy
gives the best satisfaction Of any
cough medicine | handle. and as.
a seller leads all other prepare,
tons in this market. / recon-.
mend il because II is the best
medicine / ever handled for
coughs, colds andcroup A. w.
BALpRIpoE. Millersville, Ill.
For sale BY
Wells & Haymaker. Clarksburg
or E a. Wilson. Salem. i6,lm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29

When we pass a chicken coop Ii cont
Of grocery store and hear a rooster
crow, In spite Of the fact that he 4 as
miserable and unfortunate as a rooster
can well he, We wonder what he ~
growing about Some men are the
same way about Dragging; it is in them.
aud must come out, whether there i
any occasion for it OF not.-Atehison
Globe.
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TWO VIEWS


tHl PISS tNtSfas vrEw
Liie's . tnnble-pFicse Il shssi--
Sunstance sansshed All away.
Stutin,x ort--coliapse All --flatt
Little Tondef, thea. tsay.
Nea should sigh,
Weep a. de
~ the rcrie'r frand-a cheat
Bitter rriagiss with escA swce.
stones arr ours In place o. bteaa
hen are ZOOS, and hope b dead.
OF ny. Oh
itold Jon 50
uoo-hoo' hoo'-toat Won weef
That's the way Il LOOKS 10 ne
rnr ofTlAisr's vtxv
Everybody cAn,t Be clever,
Anybody Gao be Jolly.
Sneddin tear uont help Il, never.
Weeptn' seenls srsh axfulfolly.
Re man
rhats my plat
Best World ever was In
Keeps body on TIE grinI
RAtn to-days-uhas do cA-s
Ne1t day 's.sure 70 be fslf
Sen shiEes every day-sonls place
Bies2 ala kindly. good old fAcet
i.ifeS repletr
With ailthlnrs sweet
HAl ha' hai dom. you saey
That's The way Il looks 70 me.
--Eiizaeeth a, yosf, Ia Youth'x C,ompanion.