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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-14
Peculiar Trees.

Almost every popularity is exhibit
ed by trees, and travellers often brinq
remarkable accounts of the wonders
OF the vegetable world. We have
been told of trembling trees--the
trembling tree being a species of
acacia, which puts itself in wild
commotion" when touched and gets
III great rage, trembling violently
when transplanted, at the same time
emitting nauseating odor; of smok-
ing trees, species of mulberry which
Mt times emit vapor-liko puffs of
smoke; of rain trees, which discharges
showers of drops There is also. ac.
cordin8 to the description of tray
cler, tree native to Queensland.
Australia, which, though beautiful to
the eye, Is very offensive to the sense
of smell, and positively dangerous to
approach. Here Is an account of its
effects. A traveller says: "Some-
times while shooting turkeys in the
scrub ! have entirely forgotten the
singing trees till was warned OF its
proximity by its smell, aud have often
found myself in a little forest of them
| was only once stung, and then very
lightly. It's effects are curious. The
sting leaves no mark, but the pain is
maddenlng, and for months afterwarl
the part when touched is tender in
rainy weather, or when it gets wet in
washing, etc. | have seen n man who
treats ordinary pain lightly roll on
the ground in agony after being stung,
and have known horse so com
pletely mad after getting into a grove
Of the trees that he rushed open
mouthed at every one who approached
him, and had to he shot. Dogs, when
stung, will rush about, whining pit
eously and biting pieces from tho
affected part New York Ledger
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-14
Clay in Some Candy

From time to time among the car
goes discharged from the Charleston
y. o. steamers at the pier under the
Brooklyn Bridge are immense casks
containing what the layman might
mistake for an inferior brand of -four
III the Board OF Health would make n
note OF the persons to whom these
casks are consigned, and then pursue
some Inquiries, interesting data would
In all probability reward them. The
contents of these casks is "A variety of
chalk which is found in great duanti-
ties around Aiken, S. c. Visitors TO
that balsamic region will doubtless
recall great torrent -washed hills and
cliffs of snowy whitcness. These are
composed of kaolin, and in the hand
1t reduces to a powder as soft and as
Tree from grit rs any preparation that
graces the cheek of any lady in her
boudolr. Great quantities nre used
In the immediate neighborhooL, where
several potteries have sprung up and
are In tlourishirg condition, turning
out brownstonewRre. Recently sew
eral of the potters about Trenton have
taken an interest in the valuable CLAW
ACA hAubiOh9 duAl ~ hummer OF shipments
of kaolin have been made to the home
plants in Jersey for experimental pur-
poses.
1t is not OF these shipments that in
quiry should be made, however. 1t is
matter Of current comment that the
bulk of this white earth shipped North
Is consigned to confectioners in this
city. They are reported to mix it in
about equal parts with their sugars in
the manufacture of cheap candy, such
as the small boy purchases from side.
walk peddlers and in the small shops
This adulteration does not, according
to those Interested in handling it, in
any way endanger health, though not
going to the extent of claiming that
what does not kill you will make You
tat. " A well-krown physician, when
spoken to on the subject, would say
no more in the absence of n profes.
sional investigation than that the less
of any kind of earth person took
into his stomach, sweetened though it
may be, the better. New York Adver.
tiser.
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''Shoes Hall Solcd While You Watt

Your shoes half soled while Won
wait is Seventh avenue announce.
ment which recalls many pleasant
memories to the man who was raised
In the back country and paid period.
cal visits to the crossroads cobbler
during boyhood days. The face of m
old man with all of his hair on his chin.
and that white with age and streaked
with tobacco juice, sitting on low
shoemaker's bench in little back
kitchen of log house in the woods
rises before me as L pass smell the
sole leather soaking in the Tub near
the red hot kitchen stove, and hear
the play of the shining hammer as the
old man beat. the stilr cowhide on his
knee. And such knees Many time
have L seen him crack walnuts on them
with no other protection than his shoe
makers apron. The old man l<Wavs
performed that trick for my bovish
edltication as l sat metaphorically at
his feet of n cold winters night and
my shoes were being half soled while
waited. 1t seemed to give him as
much pleasure as it did me.
""' a." philosopher VINO nau seen
much of the great world, and had re-
tired from it to the low cabin in the
back woods Of Northern Indiana; and
as he drove the lockwood pegs home
with certain aim lie awoke in me the
overmasteriug desire to see some OF
that same world on my own account.
He seemed to me to know everything
worth knowing, and scrupled not to
part with fractions of that KNOWLEDGE
upon the slightest provocation. Tho
shoe-pegs or waxed ends in his mouth
never interfered materially with his
volubility. Nothing ever disturbed
his good humor
That was forty years ago; but l re-
member the deeply sympathetic glance
from the mild blue eyes of the old
shoemaker ms he turned them from the
shoe he was trimming and bent them
upon me one night after 1 had given
crude expression to desire to "sce
the world"
you'll be disappointed, boy
there's nothing in it. New York!
Herald
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The Art OF Remembering.

A noted medical writer likens the
brain TO vast library, and each idea,
or name, or incident, to the volumes
composing it. The memory, he says,
nets as librarian, and tucks away each
volume In some peculiar niche of its
own. Now, when we call on Librar in
Memory for one of these volumes he
usually knows where it is and hands il
to us instanter, but sometimes he. like
other oiliceholders, fOrgets his duties.
We call on him suddenly, waking him
from his lap, perhaps, and he cannot
remember where he put the name OF
Smith or Jones, or AgamemnOn's
wives, or something or other. Some
times he finds it after moments
search, and sometimes not for DAYS.
But he keeps up still hunt for tho
missing volume, even while you for
get all about it, and some time, when
You least expect it, presto there is
the very thing you were trying TO re-
member
For instance, somebody asked tho
writer of this paragraph the other
day, suddenly, for the name Of lady
'+"A '''''Af ANNA oANN lux VI one OF
the beaches near Boston The namo
was o perfectly familiar one. being
That OF an acquaintance, but with
the question suddenly vanished. II
was impossible TO answer. Librarian
Memory was asked for it three or four
times during the evening, but it elud-
ed his efforts completely, and for q
day or two the event was forgotten.
Finally, coming downtown in an cleo.
trio car, with the mind absorbed in
other things, the little Librarian Jog.
gled our elbow. "Here il is. Smith
con, volume 4t,523, shelf 2l7," he
whispered. As usual, when one ceases
to- want the thing it turns mp. All. if
one could only change Librarians when
the old one shows signs of wcakeninq.
New York Advertiser.
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MANHOOD.
hent has cnnlcd-

Not till litc's heat has cooled.
The hcadlong rush slowed TO quiet pace.
And every purblind passion that had ruled
Our noisier years. at last
Spurs Us III vain. and, weary of the race,
We care n more who loses or who wins--'
All not till the best ot life seems past.
Tho best Of life begins.
To toll for only fame
Hand-clappings and the tickle gusts ofpraisr.
For place or power or gold to gild name
Above the grave whereto
All paths will bring US. were 20 lose our DAYS.
We on whose crrs youths passing bell IN,
tollcd,
In blowing bubbles even a children do,
Forgetting we grow old.
But the world widcns when
Such hope of trivial gain that ruled US lies
Broken among cur childhooi's toys, for
thcn
We win TO self control
And mail ourselves in manhood. and there
ris'
Upon uS from the vast and MINDLESS height
Those clearer thoughts tina. are unit the soul
What stars are to the night.
The Succtutor
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-14

sent him running toward the ship.
throwing back his mittens, one at
time, to divert the bears attention.
Polar bears are sometimes found
upon floating ice-cakes n hundred
miles from land, having been caught
during some sudden break up Of the
vast ice-fields OF arctic seas. and every
year dozen or more come drifting
down 10 the northern shores Of lee
land, where, ravenous after their long
voyage, they fall furiously upon the
herds. Their life on shore, however
Is very brief, as the inhabitants rise
IN arms and speedily dispatch them
Detroit Free Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-14
PITII AND POINT.

The best "lress-improvcr" is a COOL
figure. Puck.
known danger is guide post TO
safety.
Scraps of history--Wars Dallas.
Galveston News
The Sunday question in Boston
"Shall help you to some more of
the beans?" Rockland Tribune.
Laugh, aud the world laughs with YOU
1t also laughs when You groan
Borrow. and friends stand by You;
Pay back and you pay u loan.
Kansas City Journal.
Mamie -"Both of my dolls ara
sick. One of them has n low temper
nture and the other has a bad spirit"
Judge.
"The servant girl is tho burning
question of the hour" remarked Bones,
after tasting the lamb chops at break
fast. Truth.
Have you n choice for the Ma.
tional hower?" eyes, indeed +"
"What is it?" "Buckwheat. Chi
cago Inter-Oceau.
From tho standpoint of intrinsic
worth we should think the quail would
be more app :opriate than the eagle
upon golden coin. - Puck
He d)csn toot upon tho nut,
A. once hc used to do:
The other boarders were too cute
Il'Y filled il full Of glue
Philadelphia Iaquirer.
els Miss Hicks rs shy and backward
rs she used to be?" "WelI, if You
don't think so just watch her get off
street car once. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Affects she pretty?" Nod-"I
haven't seen her myself, bat Tom says
she's simply exquisite. Alice
Eyes; Toms engaged to her. Som
erville Journal.
BlObbs"Do You think the average
man is as stupid before he marries as
he is afterwarl?" Cynic1s. Certain
ly, or he wouldn't get married.
Philadelphia Record.
Judge az will sentence you to
thirty days in the workhouse and
bath. s." Woeful Smithers ''Say,
Jedge, couldn't you make it sixty wild.
out lie wash p indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Marketmade (patronizingly)-
"And you are not married yet, Huldn?
Really, ] think the men must be
blind. Hulda 'rThat's what Aunt
Maria said when you were married. -
Boston Trans ript
Fred--"1 say, Jack, do you know
that fne-looking girl we just plssed?'
Jack (mcodily) Should say ] did
SHE'S my sister. - Fred (doubtfuliy)--
Your sister? oh, come off Since
when?' Jack Since last night
Great Divide.
Speaking about tire artist who
painted fruit 50 naturally that the
birds came and pecked at il, " said tho
fat reporter, 81 drew hen that wal
so true to life that after the sage
threw it into the waste basket it laid
there. - Life.
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a Polish woman who doubtless omi-
grated to the United States in search
of % fortune, has at last found wiz ..
fall m an unexpected manner. Shs
was working mt some paper mills in
Plover, Wis, when among the rags
she found tattered vest She put
her hand into the pocket, and TO her
great surprise drew out a roll of bills
amounting TO $500. The proprietor
Of the mill told her he had no claim
on the money, and she intends TO buy
a small farm with it. from which she
can make a better living for her.
selt and children than she now gctr.
New York Advertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-14
An Tddiau Worlar

a recent Barboursvlle XVI dis.
patch says: Ore of the most com.
plete Indian mortar4 known 10 exist
in Kentucky vas discovered yesterday
by George Owen, of this place The
mortar is located about four miles
north Of here, on Bichqr Creek, Just
at the foot Of u ravine which leads
down the western slope Of very tall
mougtain. The mortar is evidently
the site + n vast Indian pottery e..
tablisE nent, which turnel out num-
bcrs OF earthen pots, such as are FREE
queutly found IN this part Of tbs
State The pots vary in size from
tweaty TO ninety inches in circumier.
ence at tho top, and in depth from
eight to thirty inches, an are per.
fectly round. They bear evidence OF
superior workmanship.
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'I fully believe that electricity.
applied, will work rcvo,u
tion, so far rs the restraining. i'm an
emergency, Of wild beasts which NIP
pear before the public is concerned"
said the proprietor Of ono of our bs.t
known meuagcrics.
81 have tried the administration OF
fairly mild electric shocks to lions
tigers and wolves. aud YOU cannot
imagine the establishment OF the ami
mails. They seem spell bound, and /
am confident that ] have found "a
means of restraining them should they
attack any performer. Up to q recent
period it was considered that tho best
thing for tho person attacked fo DO
was TO INT the lion or tiger full ON tho
nose, and, IL possible, - slightly cut
tho nose
"a lion or u tiger SO struck will al-
ways-this rule is al but invnriablc--
stop 20 sueoze before continuing the
attack, and this fact has saved the
lives OF scores Of performers. have
found, though, that by turning pow.
crful electric lights full into the owes
OF the animals they are held as though
they were paralyzed; but have
another electric method i'm contem-
plation which will absolutely obviato
danger 20 the performer, 50 long rs
the man in charge is we'll on the out
lock. Only the other day, at Havrc,
woman performers life was savedby
the sudden turning on OF un electric
light foil IN the eyes o, two lions. o.
New y srk Dispatch
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And the next May knew, she was
safe in her own little room, laughing
quietly to herself at the success of her
scheme
The coast was clear for David, and
such good use did he make of tho
margin given him, that he wa'
married to Deacon Carrolps pretty
daughter while Squire Fleetwood was
yet Cooking about him" for worthy
successor to Mrs. Fleetwood the first
and Mrs. Fleetwood the second. New
York News.
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WHOLE NO. Gil.
CURIOUS FACTS.

Singapore buys American clocks.
kissing a woman's lips is n 81 oss IL
suit IN Finland.
There are thirteen stars on tho
shield which forms part of the State
seal of Hawaii
Austrian coachmen sprinkle n pinch
of arsenic in the feed of their horses
to make them look sleek.
A number of London streets are
more popular on one side than on the
other, and the rates of rent differ pro.
portionatelY.
On London Bridge, England, which
was completed in 1881, the lamp-posts
were made of cannon captured in the
Peninsular War.
Sixtyfour old merchants are sup.
ported by the merchants fund of
Philadelphia. Their ages range from
sixty to eighty-three.
Brazil grows miniature corn, the
cars of which are rs large as n mans
little finger and the grains are of the
size of mustard seed.
At the last census in 1891 no fewer
than 9lS5 nonagenarians were enumer-
ated in England and Wales. Among
these were GLIB females and only 3Ol2
males.
As the laws of England do not per.
NIT the sale of bodies for dissecting.
tables, considerable business is done
in the expectation of corpses from
Belgium.
Buenos Ayres, Argentine, will soon
witness the completion of the largest
opera house in the world. 1t will seat
5000 persons, and the stage will hold
800 people.
The Chicago Bureau of Justice.
which gives free advice and service TO
litigants unable to pay for it, examined
last year more than 5000 cases. Had
good success with 'em, too.
Scores of Quaker fam lilies in South.
ern Pennsylvania have preserved the
marriage certificates of their ances-
tors for many generations, signed, as
is the Quaker custom, by all the guests
at the ceremony.
The japanese religion demands that
a man must worship con the soil
every day. Princes and rich men
evade this by sprinkling little dirt
in one corner of n room, sometimes on
square of cement made for the pur.
pose.
green lamp mat is best for the
eyes. If you cannot find time TO make
one, put piece of green cardboard
under the lamp, and the reaec-
ton upon your work will be more
agreeable than that from any other
color.
Mrs. Katherine Van Cortlandt, who
died at Van Cortlandt Manor, n. Y.
was directly related to Peter Stuyves-
ant and Philip Van Cortlandt, the lat
ter of whom escorted General Lafayette
to the country on his last journey to
the United States.
Jacob Kinser, residing ut Zion, KY,
concluded on Monday that he was 60
ing to die. He sent for his neighbors
and minister, selected the text.
heard his funeral sermon preached
and then folded his hands and died.
He was seventy-six years old.
There is probably no rural commu-
nifty in the country that is more pros
trated by the interruption of n single
industry than is the Chesapeake region
by the freezing up of the oyster beds.
The whole community is occupied in
the winter time in handling oysters or
in ministering to those that handle
oysters. When the beds are frozen
and incidentally navigation ceases all
trade 10 paralyzed
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An UNDERGROUND Lnkn.

Quincy, ILL.,, IS in the thross of ~
water works war The city wanted
cheaper water and the water works
company refused e. come down n
cent. Failing to come To an amicabl d,
settlement, the city decided to buiII
its own water works. and since Their,
had been complaint of impure water
furnished 10y the private company the
city has been investigating the erfes.
ian we'll system of water works. which
some of the neighboriug towns have
operated IN success manner. The
discussion OF nrteman wells has led
some OF the older citizens to put on
their thinking caps, aud now comes
stories of underground lakes and
rivcrs large enough to supply several
cities with water pure rs crystal.
One citizen remembers that a}oui
Fifty years ngo Simon Uochgrafe. "a
farmer living east of Eubnuks. about
seven miles out Quiucy, sctTom True
lock ard other men to work digging %
well On his place. The bottom of the
we'll dropped ont and Truelock found
himself standing IN water. After
ward with tho aid of a light, me fouaI
there great body OF watcr. above
which the rocks fOrmo I an area.
Farmer Hochgrnfe, fearing that tho
ground might cave in around the we'll,
ordered it filed mp with stones. Ever
since, however, there has been an
abundance OF pure water rising above
the stones. Five years ago Farmer
Peter Horn sunk we'll in the same
neighborhood. and ever since thors
has been a continuous supply II pum
water Chicago Herald.
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ADVERTISING aarrs.

Advertisements VIII be inserted CO one dolisA
per square tor the frst insertioa and hity
GEMS Tor each subsequent insertion
Local, Business and Special potio.. A.,
cents line, and no notice inserted for Les
than ono dollar.
Legal advertisements will Be inserted a
me rates allowed BY law and VIII, In all cases,
Se onased 70 the attorney, and payment will
DO required upon delivery Of certified copy.
CHAkoEs roB ANNoUNCKMRNrs.-Fo
county oncsTs, IS; State and Congress, $40
Terms for Standing advertisements made
Known on application to the publisher.
JOB PkfSr1No executed with neatness and
dtspseeh: e1-Orders By mail viii receive
pro0ps attention
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Students Who Wear MuzzIcs

Literary students in Paris now. 10
Is SAID, wear "muzzles' when perus-
ing the old books in the National
Library mot because there is fear
that they will bite the old volume, but
to prevent the inhalation OF tho book
microbes into their lungs" The germ
theory is responsible for many curious
things, and this is one of them. San
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NIGHT

Out of the night OF the sen
Out of the turbulent night,
N sharp and hurrying wind
Scourges ttrNwaters white;
The terror might.
Out of tn, hbtful dark.
Out OF tn Night of tho land,
What is it brcathes and broods,
Hoveringly at hand?
The menace Of land.
ont. OF the night Of heaven,
a out OF the delicate sky,
Pale and serene the stars
In their silence reply:
The peace Of the sky.
Arthur Symons, in Independent.
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A GIRLS STRATAGEM,

AZ CARROLL
had just passed
the border of
her eighteenth
year. She was
sitting in the
window gazing
out distracted
ly.
my dear,
said Mrs. Car
roll, 81 think
You ought to
feel very highly
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Portsmouth, n. Il, is the most for.
eign looking city in this country. It's
quaint old buildings give it close re-
semblance TO an old English harbor
town. Charleston, 8. O., Is, however,
almost equally interaefino.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-21

GENTS wANTED.--RELIABLE
~ Young men 90 canvass the City Of An
uapolls aud 4. A. Co., with the new and tax
4uF bauk. "rhc War ln thc East" Address
GENERAL Agent. ~ Charles St. Annapolis "
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-21

Mr.. EDITOR Reading your valuable
paper yesterday, / learned with regret
that Mr.. Charles G.. Feldmeyer, our
worthy Alderman from the first ward
will probably not be renominated. Mr.
Feldmeyer, everybody knows, has made
a most acceptable public official. being
painstaking, attentive and conscientious
in the discharge of his duties. With
such qualifications it is difficult TO see
just why the change should be made. II
is to be hoped Mr.. Feldmeyer will re
main in the contest and permit his
friends to cast their ballot for a worthy
and deserving candidate. JUsTIIIA.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-21
Fourth Of July and Fire works.

As the fourth of July is fast approach
ing, and young America is prone to cele
brate. it in patriotic manner, it is well
to post them and others on the law OF
fire works in the city. Section OF
Art. "a of the City Code reads as fol
lows:
Amy person who shall discharge, OF
fire off, any gun or other arms, or fire
off, or throw any fire crackers, chasers
or other fireworks in said city, except
when performing military duty. shall
be fined not less than one nor more than
twenty dollars, in the discretion OF the
Mayor, Counsellor or Alderman, OF
Justice of the Peace before whom the
same shall be tried. -
''Sec. 6. Any person who shall sell,
or expose for sale, within the limits of
said city, any flre crackers, chasers OF
other fireworks, or who shall carry any
fire uncovered through any of the streets,
lanes, alleys, or public thoroughfares OF
said city, shall be fined not less than five
nor more than twenty dollaws for each
offence" While the law is not rigidly
enforced, it would be well for those in
terested to be posted as to its penalties.