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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30
Severe winters in the Old World.

During the seventeenth and eight.
centh centuries there were in the old
world some winters bitterly memoir.
able. In Britain, in 1861, the Thames
was frozen 90 the depth OF sixty-one
inches, aud nanrly all the birds in the
United Kingdom persisted. In 1862
the cold was so intense in Southern
Europe, especially in Austria, that
wolves were driven by HUNGER into
Vienna, where they attacked beasts OF
burden, and even human beings.
Three years later mauy persons were
frozen 60 death in various parts OF
Germany. The cold winter, as it was
called for distinction, occurred i'm
1909, whom oil the rivers and lakes i'm
Europe were cOmpacly frozen, aud
even the sea several miles from shore.
aud the earth itself from seven 90
eight feet deep. Birds and beasts
fell dead, and thousands of men, wo-
men and children persisted in their
houses. I'm Southern France nearly
ell the vineyards wero destroyed. and
lave not yet recovered from the dis.
astcr The Adriatic wls frozen. aud
much of the Mediterranean IN the
neighbcrhooi OF Genoa aud Leghorn,
aud tho lemon and orange groves
were bllghted in many parts Of Italy.
During l71G persons crossed the
traits from Copenhagen 10 the Prov.
ince Of Sonia lLuden) on tho g, and
horses and wagons likewY 4. Snow
lay ten feet deep in Spain and Portu.
gal during l74O, the Iyyder Zee was
covered with ice thick enough to bear
q multitude of people, and four years
later, snow measured on level
twenty-three feet in Portugal. In
I77l the Elbe was frozen 60 the bot
TOM and in l77G the Danube showed
ice below Vienna eight 20 ten feet
thick, Detroit Free Press,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30

Because ne Is alive and well to.
day. said an operator in the northera
district of the Pennsylvania oil field,
"Hcnry j. Luton is greater wonder
to the oil country than n %, O0O-barrel
spouting we'll would be. Luton is an
oil well derrick builder. About three
months ago he was putting up Il der
rick for Frank Rockwell, one Of the
biggest operators in orr district. at
Clarendon. The derrick stood on n
hillside. Luton was Mt work Mt the
foot of the derrick, and stood on an
elevation four feet or so above the
ground. In some way an iron bar or
rod, three-1uartcrs of mn inch thick
aud over twenty feet long, part OF
the mechanism of au oil well rig, fell
from the top of tho derrick, seventy.
five feet above the ground One end
of this long iron struck Luton on the
right side OF the neck. Passing be.
tween bis jugular vein aud his wind
pipe, 1T plowed its way dingonallv
through the flesh on Lutton's chest
and came ont below the left nipple.
Striking his left leg just below tho
groin, the TO shot downward beneath
the flesh, emerging again above the
kuee joint On it's further way down
the rod severed Luttou's left middle
toe and carried 1t along with it nearly
a foot into the ground.
Linton is six-f ooter and over.
aud naturally well covered with flesh.
That the heavy iron, when it struck
him ON the neck, dill not knock him
down shows what strength the man
had. Nearly ten feet of the rod passed
through him In it's course, 70 foot md
a hnlf of it being throu .h his neet
and tody, anil about two feet through
his leg. When Luton found himself
thus spittcl by The iron anI pinned to
the ground ho actually slid down fhe
rod from where he stood 60 the ground
and shouted TO follow workman. who
ran 20 bis aid and pulled the rod out.
70 tcat OF strength which is wonder
and mystery not only TO him, hut to
everybody else, too. Luton was car
ried home, where he lay nearer dead
than alive for six weeks. Then he be
gan TO mend, and in three weeks moro
was able to be around. 10 saws he
will he ne good ns new in aoonpIo Of
weeks. And that's why Henry j. Lut-
ton is to-day bigger wonder to the
oil country than %, 900 barrel pusb.
or would ho. New York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30
Terrible Struggle with Il Lion.

The British Central Africa Gazette
gives particulars of the death of DR..
M'kay, surgeon on board her Males.
tvs ship Pioneer, who was killed by n
lion on October ~. 1t appears that
the doctor was lett by the Pioneer for
few days shooting mt village near
the southwest corner of Nyasa. Two
days later he started with three boys
TO shoot elephants. After walking for
some hours they came to pool of
water, and, seeing n lion aud liouess
few yards distant, DIR. M'Kay fired
twice at the lion. II wounded it, and
both animals made off for the Jungle
Two of DIR. M'Kay's native attendants
ran away, but the doctor and his Iuu-
zibari boy Musa went in search OF the
wounded lion. They cspied the beast
crouchinG down fifteen yards away,
and NJ Kny fired at the lions head. At
TINT instant the lion sprang upon the
doctor with terrific roar, and a
deadly struggle took place. DR..
NJ Kay lost hold of his rifle in en-
deavorins to keep the lion off his
throat. The beast seized his left arm
in it's jaws and cluwcd his right. Tho
doctor kicked ut tho lion, which throw
him down and began to tear his flesh
He then called TO Musn, "Musa, my
arm is broken; my leg is broken ;
bring the ride. Musl took it, and
M'kay, unable to hold it NJ, made
Musa sit down, and, resting the rifle
ON his shoulder, shot the hon dead. A
rough strotchcr WIS made and DR..
VI Kay was carried into camp. He
suffered much, AID died on the Goth
at r. IN. ON the same day. littlo
later the Pioneer returned, to fla |
him dead. He was taken to the Uni
yersities' Mission Station ut Likoml,
nnl buried iu th. cnmnterY thnra.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30
An American Banana Farm.

1t is OF interest to Americans. rs
showing what can be done in tropical
Enterprises, to know that the largest
banana plantations in Jamaica are
owned by an American corporation,
;he Boston Fruit Company This
company was formed in 1877 by Cap
tain Jesse II. Freeman, Captain Lo-
renzo ID. Baker, A. w. Preston, aud
several other enterprising Boston men
Tor the purpose OF growing bananas
in Jamaica and shipping them to this
country. Captain Baker was the lead
ing spirit in the new enterprise, and
has stood at it's head ever since, being
its President and the manager of its
tropical division, while Mr.. Preston
manages the Boston division. Tho
capital of the new company was $500,
900. Land was purchased, two steam
urs. the Jesse III. Freeman and the Lo-
renzo ID. Baker. were built for trans.
porting the fIuit, and operations were
begun.
This was the beginning OF the great
business which the company trausacts
to-day. The company has now n CAPT
tai OF $500, 900, with surplus OF
81, 900, 900, owns 2S, acres OF land
and leases some 16, 900 more, employs
twelve steamships to carry the fruit to
the United States, and annually ships
about ,, 900, 900 lunches of bauauas
and 5000, 600 cocoauuts, besides con
siderable quantities OF pimento TALL
spice), coffee ard cocoa. The labor
on the plantation is done by both Az
rican and East Indian coolies, some
400 of the latter being employed, AMI
another importation of them being
about to be made. Upward of 600
mules are daily i'll harness to carry
the fruit from the plantations to tho
ships, 500 head of working oxen are
used for blowing and other work, and
large additional number os cattle is
kept on the grazing land which be
longs to tho company. The steam
| ships OF the company number twelve
| IL I'll and ply between Port Antonio
Il md the ports OF Boston, Baltimore
and Philadelphia. They are all iron
vessels and are built for speed, which
| Is very necessary point in transport
| ing fruit. Until recently the carry
! ing of passengers was n side issue; but
( two new vessels, the Barnstablc and
the Brookllne, have Just been added to
the fleet, each possessing large and
, elegant passenger accommodations
! CHICAGO News
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30

and thus serves to Keep The plants
warm. 1t is when the sky is clear
that radiation takes place rapidly, and
then, if the Thermometer falls, it is
time for the farmer TO look out. Quito
commonly, nowadays, truck farmers
make use of artificial clouds to pro-
tect the growing vegetables. If II
night promises to be clear and cold.
they place in various parts of the field
heaps of dampencd straw or chips, to
which they set fire. This makes u
great smoke, which spreads over the
field and serves the same purpose as
real clouds. II there is breeze, n
line of straw is laid on the windward
side of the field. In the same way
the vineyardists OF France frequently
save their grapes. The enlightened
agriculturist has simple instrument
called 'pSychrometer, consisting of
two thermometers, which costs him
only So. BY means of this, together
with n printed table furnished for
the purpose, he nscertains the dew
point. The dew-point is the tempera-
ture ut which dew forms. The obSer-
walton Is made 1T 9 o'clock on the
evening when frost threatens. If tho
temperature is forty-four degrees anil
the dew.point twenty-four degrees,
there is every chance of frost, and il
is time to arranSc for making artificial
clouds"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30

a woman Of an investigating tura
of mind started out the other day to
discover why physicians begin their
prescriptions with the letter or q"
Well, she found out, but it took time
ind caused her some trouble. It
seems that during the middle aces.
whom astrololy was i'm fashion. n
character very much like our or" was
the sign otJ Jupiter, the proscrver Of
health. Tho physicians. being then
equally devoted to the sciouc, OF med.
icine and astrologY, invariably began
their prescriptions with the following
words: In tine name of Jupiter tnko
tho following doses in the order set
down hereinafter I'm tn course OF
time this formula wax abbreviated.
until ut present only the letter "E'
remains to teoch MS TINT the medical
art was once associated with tho
science of Tho stars Boston Travel
ler
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30
DON'T sroP TO THINK.

There was a gentle antelope
ON Atric's torrid plain.
Who saw two lions sneaking up. =,
And didn't long remain.
In flight from their capacious maws
She vanished like wink,
And lived to tell the tale, because
She didn't stop to think
The plumber doesn't cogitato
His Golfers now TO m.
But takes some figure thst Is great
And slams it i'm his bill
The poet never stops to think
or purchasers to be.
But grabs his quill and sliugs his INK;
And vino SO rich rs he?
In fact. i'm every walk of life,
This maxim true will hold,
In peace and war, in trade or s.rife,
Success i for the bold.
The men Of might who "get the drop
And lay thoir rivals low.
Are those vino do not have 90 stop,
But think while on the go.
Philadelphia Times.
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ADVERTISING RArEs.

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cents FOR each subsequent insertion :,
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cents . line. and no notice inserted Tor lee
than one dollar.
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the rates allowed By law and Will. In all cases
be ehaged 70 the attorney, and payment will
be required upon delivery Of certified copy.
CHARaEs FOR ANNoUNCSMKNrs.-Fo
county ofice7s, IS; State and Congress. $40. .
Terms for Canning advertisements madi
known on application 10 the publisher. 9
jon PRrSrINa executed with neatness An.
dispatch. Ga-Orders By mail viii rsosiv-
pronpt attention.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30
CINDBRELLA'S SLIPPER.
BY POLLY KING.

lie nrst gong away
from home is n tire.
nendous event in
n girls life; and
Marion Leslie's ex-
lstcncc had been so
narrowly bounded
by the Southern
town where her
father had HIS par
ish that when she
realized that she
was really going
away from home,
that she YVES going
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30

Months after, when Marion was
again in New York, not this time rs
guest, but as the young mistress of
the beautiful home that jack Hank
ness had prepare for her, she was
very much surprised to find, tucked
in among her husblnl's collars an
neckties, pink silk shoe. She looked
Mt it-surely it was Que of the shoes
that she had worn at the Patriarch S
ball, that she hal made with her own
hands to match her dress. Her hus,
band entered tho room; she held il
out TO him inluirinSly.
81 stole it, dear" he said ''Like
Cinderella, you flew away suddenly
and left one of your shoes behind
you"
"Anl the Prince found it," sho
said
"No, 1 stole it. They were lying
on Mary's table, and I happened to
pick it up, thinking that they were
hers; then | noticed the little stitches
and how neatly the lining was pasted
IN; 1T seemed marvellous to me that Il
girl should be able to make such a
thing herself; for of course l knew
you had made them yourself one
else could possibly be SO clever; and
just put one Of them in my pocket.
OF course I'll been dreadfully in love
with you from the very, very first,
but I'd never quito realized what it
was until then AMI then l knew that
if | went all over the world and saw
all the most beautiful and wonderful
women, there would he only one wo
man i'll the world for me-the one
that that little shoe fitted. New
York Independent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30

Some men write poetry but n GOO I
many more wrong it. Rockand Fri
bunc.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-30

and Mr.. Leslie's life insurance would
barely put bread into their mouths.
Marion felt that she must go out
in the world and work, and
shc was too sensible not to
know that in these days of skilled
female labor it would be difficult for
her to get any employment. She wrote
To Mrs. Hardness and awaited her an
swcr impatiently. The Northern mail
came in, there was no letter for her;
she wondered If even those kind
friends had forgotten her. The day
was rainy and dreary. III her hands
had not been so full she would have
lost courage; but all the children had
to be kept IN the house, and with an
aching heart she had to devise some
means to keep them quiet and content.
The children were finally happily set
IN the attic mt 4 wonderful new game
which Marion had invented on the
spu- os the moment. She was seated
in the midst of tho noisy group, when
she heard the front doorbell ring.
She went down just as she was carry
ing her little two-year-old brother,
who had fallen asleep, in her arms.
jack Hardness came toward her "a
she entered the bare, low parlor He
had seen her last with the radiant
beauty OF belle, glowing in the ex-
! citement OF her first ball now she was
wan and hollow eyed, her shabby black
gown intensified her plllor, she stopped
under the weight of the heavy child !;
and yet to him she was many, many
times more beautiful than she had
ever seen before.
81 have come to answer mother S
letter" he said.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
An English Gunpowder Factory.

The royal gunpowder factory at Wal
than, England, bears more the appear
ance of q pleasure resort than of the
prosaic plant that such a purpose in
wolves. The factory covers in all its
branches beautiful stretch of wooded
land some 400 acres In extent, inter-
sected by four miles of running
streams. Electric launches ply be-
tween the different buildings, while
cargoes of explosives are conveyed by
sail barges, so as to reduce the liability
to danger to minimum. The threshold
of the danger building" is barred with
a board, which not even the inspector
may step over without having a special
pair of large overboots on his feet, to
keep his shoes from taking grit from
outside upon the felt carpet. once
every week there Is an explosion with
in the grounds, which - heard for
many miles along the country side. In
one part of the grounds is a pond into
which the water from the nltro-glycer-
Inc factory Is drained. This extraordi-
nary lake Is exploded every Saturday
AFTERNOON with a dynamite cartridge,
to prevent too great an accumulation
Of waste nitro o-glycerine. Some times
there Is already SO much in the water
that holes twenty feet deep are made,
and the water. is all blown away.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
Chinese Laundry Tickets.

The Chinese washermen have q sys-
tenn Of ticketlng bundle of soiled
clothes based on the many gods and
goddesses of the laundry. Though 1t Is
complicated, the laundryman seldom
delivers bundle OF washed clothes to
a. wrong person.
furthermore, if the ticket Is lost, the
chances are that you will not get your
linen, unless you'are particular friend
OF the proprietor. Instances are on rec
ord whore an American has gone to
court to force the Chinese to yield up
the washing, but the judge was not
convinced that the case Of the white
man was good one.
The Chinese laundryman at the be.
ginning of each week makes out n
batch of checks, in duplicate, to be used
as wash tickets He selects the name Of
some god or goddess. or Of some OBJ
tect, as the sun, the moon, or the stars.
To this name he prefixes number, as
"Moon, No. l." "Moon, No. 3" and so
on.
Inthespace between the two legends
FOR the signs are repeated twlce--he has
his own name, as, for instance, "Wah
Lee"
When customer takes bundle Of
washing to the laundry, the Chinese,
first tearing ticket in two in n ragged
fashion, puts one-half on the packet for
reference; the other half he gives as a
receipt to the person VINO has brought
the package of laundry.
1t must be presented when the laun-
dry Is demanded, and no fears need be
entertained that the package Of clean
clothes will not be forthcoming, for
they are scrupulously exact in these
matters.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE.
A Spanish Force Of 10000 Mon Defeated
BY Cubans.

A Cuban messenger who arrived at the Gu
ban iunta in New York, direct from the seat
OF the revolution, reports that on November
10 one OF the largest battles had been fought
since the beginning OF the present trouble
with Spain took place. The battle occurred ut
Taguasco, a town In the interior OF the
interior Of the island, The Spanish forces
consisted OF about 10000 mon, while the Gu
bans had but about 1000. The spanlards
were led by Generals Valdez Lacque and Al
dave. and General Maximo Gomez wns AZ the
head Of the Cubans. The Cubans had most
favorable position at the bottom OF u hill.
For 80 hours the opposing forces fought, but
the Spaniards were unable TO drive the Gu
bans back.
The latter. hawever, could do no more than
hold their own, Finally. at a critical moment,
General Antonio Maceo. of the Cuban forces
came rushing In with force OF $500 men.
With the aid Of this reinforcement the Span
iards were quickly routed. The Cubans ad-
vanced then towards Trinidad and Cienfue-
gos.
General Aldave is reported to have been
killed in the battle, and the total number OF
killed aud wounded is placed at GOO
General Gomez secured 700 rides and a
large amount OF ammunition.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
The Labor World.

Butte, Montana, is to have a tannery.
The painters have adopted union label.
New York City ice and coal cartmen are
organizing.
Reed and rattan workers are organizing a
National union.
The Oil mills of Washington, Ga, are now
running night and day.
There are $50, GOO women employed in busi-
ness houses in London.
The Machine Wood Workers and the Furni-
ture Workers International Unions are about
to be consolidated.
The file and rasp makers strike in New
York City has been settled.
Attempts are being made by the screw
makers to form National union.
The United States Leather Company shut
down its tanneries for sixty days.
The iron ore miners OF Southern Michigan
are rapidly affiliating with the A. F. of L.
Trades unionists' wives in Chicago have
organized the Dorsas Federal Labor Union
for educational purposes.
Mattresses in certain restaurants in San
Francisco. CAL, St. Louis, NO., and New
York City are in bloomers.
Wisconsin's State industrial school Is TO be
equipped to teach the inmates trade, or to
make them proficient In such work as en-
gineering. millwrighting, etc.
The number OF workmen benefited by the
wage advances since the beginning OF the
year is estimated at over 100000.
The rubber works at Bristol, II. l., which
had closed down for an indefinite period,
started up again and l400 employees returned
to work.
There Is no longer any doubt of the re-
moval OF the headquarters of the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen from Galeshu ry
to Peoria. ILL.,
National Union by a referendum vote TO nj
filiate with the Federation. The headquar-
ters OF the union are at Baltimore.
The Housesmiths' Union, New York City,
began general strike for increased wages
and shorter working hours. Their demands
were refused by the principal firms in the
trade, who constitute the Iron League.
A rolling-mill in Gate City, Ala, Is filing
an order for five hundred tons OF rails for a
road in one of the South American Suites.
By the use OF mechanical devices now en-
ployed IT is said that workman can maka
the "bodies" for 400 hats day. By the hand
process he could only prepare four or Ave.
Better times are reported from the engi-
neertng centres in Lancashire, England
The manufacturers are receiving liberal or
ders, and workers in the different trades. in
cluding machine toolmakers. stationary en-
gine boilers and boilermakers, are now en-
gagged full time.
1t has been tho custom for n number of
years for the Union Pacific Railroad TO sell
Its employees coal at reduced rates. THIS will
be discontinued on January II. This affects
every man on the system, anu tho privilege
has been enjoyed by everybody WHO could
lay claim 10 being an emplOye.