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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
PITH AND POINT.

"Tell me, guide, why so few people
ascend that magnificent mountain"
because no one has ever fallen OFF
it. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
Don't be too stingy to pay your
fellow men few compliments occa-
sionally, if you can't pay anything
else. Philadelphia Record.
"Do you smoker asked Detroit
girl of Boston man. mot at ALL"
he answered, loftily, "but the tobacco
! use smokes. Detroit Free Press.
When man once engages in tho
business of admiring himself and sus-
pecting his neighbors he becomes n
nuisance TO the community. Wash
ington Post.
He (wnxing serious) -"Do you be-
lieve in the truth of the saying, Man
proposes, God disposes?' She (arch-
ly)-'It depends upon whom man
proposes to. brooklyn Life.
Tommy-''Paw, why is it that the
good die young?" Mr.. Figgs They
don't die young because they are
good, but they stay good because they
die young. indianapolis Journal.
Friend-"Why didn't you ever
marry Maiden Indy-"Because by
the time my relations thought 1 was
old enough to marry the men thought
was too old. New York Weekly.
dearest girl of ALL" was the way
the letter began. Right there, SO to
speak, he queered himself. "Of al? ?"
she said softly to herself, "then there
are others w-Indianapolis Journal.
"Womcn," said he, oracularly, to
her, "are rarely good listeners. And
the prospective mother -in-law in the
hallway only applied her ear little
Iy.-Indianapolis Journal.
She Ito her fance) 81 heard an
old lady pay you great compliment
Yesterday" He - "Quite natural.
What was tbat?" She-''She said you
must be a very bright young man to
attract me as you did. Truth.
"When we do go into politics, said
Miss Strongmind, 1--WE shall insist on
having an honest election and fair
count" "Wouldn't n fair duke do
just as well, sis?" inquired her young.
er brother. Chicago Tribune. --.---
"Never marry girl with the idea
that you are going to reform her, my
boy" said Uncle Allen Sparks. eff
she chews gum and giggles when she is
a young woman, she will giggle and
chew gum when she is married. -
Chicago Tribune.
Good-LUoking Young Girl-"Will
you do something for me, Mr.. b. p
"With pleasure, Miss A. What is it?"
"Weil, 1 wish you would propose TO
me so that may crow over my cousin.
! promise I won't accept you. -
Fliegende Bluetter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21

/ was talking to well-kuown author
the other day, when he complained
that there were no titles TO distinguish
his profession. "1t seems strange, "
he said, "that the highest Office in the
land and the highest profession, right.
~ considered, are without distinguish
ing titles If n man has ever been an
officer in the army he is Captain, -
Colonel" "MaIor" or General"
throughout his life. II he has occu
pied n position on the bench, he is al.
ways 5aluted as Judge" II he has
been a Senator, he is so called il n
Governor, the name clings to him.
Should be become President Of the
United States, however, upon leaving
Office he is not greeted as such, but il
given the title he had before occupy
ing that high Office. He is referred
TO as "ex-President" If the Office is
used at all, and no could scarcely be
greeted by that term. Physicians all
have the title of Doctor" school
teachers OF professor" lawyers bv
courtesy Of Judge" but authorship.
no matter how much fame IL may bring
or influence create, coniers no hon.
orary distinction whatever as 10 title. "
Washington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21

The girl is not morbid. she is APP
parently as happy ana joyous as the
average maiden. The family history
reveals no cases of mental alteration,
and the case, therefore, becomes all
the more mysterious. Ii might have
been possible that few of the needles
which penetrated her foot years ago
had worked through the flesh, but
where did the remaining seven or
eight hundred come from? In Sharon
the girl is believed by some to have
supernatural powers.
The doctors are still taking large
needles from the girls flesh, and the
number bids fair to soon pass the
thousand mark.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
His SKIN an Armor.

In Berlin n Singhalese battles all in.
vestigat1ons by physicians by the inn
penetrability of his skin The
bronzed fastener, q Hercules in
shape, claims TO have found an ELIXIR
which will render the human skin inn
pervious TO any metal point or sharp
encd edge of a knife or dagger, and
calls himself the "Man With the Iron
Skin" II is true that it has been inn
possible to even scratch his skin with
sharply pointed nails, with finely
ground knives and daggers He is now
exhibiting himself, and his greatest
feat is to pass with his entire body
through n hoop, the inside of which is
hardly big enough TO admit his body,
and is closely set with sharp knife
points, dnggers, nails and other equal
Nv pleasant trihes. Through this hoop
he squeezes his body with absolute
lmpunlty. The physicians do not
agree ne to his immunity, and some OF
them think that Rhamin, which is his
name, is a fakir, who has by long
practice succeeded in hardening him.
self against the impressions of metal
upon the skin. The professors Of tho
Berlin clinic, however, considered il
worth while TO lecture about the
mans skin, pronouncing IL an mex
plicablc matter. London Graphic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
Tie Electrician at Play.

can electrician who amuses himself
by devising odd applications Of cleo
tricity, which may or mny not have
practical value, tells chemists that he
has n much better plan Tor removing
the glass stopper from a bottle than
the usual holding of the bottle neck
for awhile over Bunsen burner
This method is open TO the drawback
that the bottle must be held in n hori.
zontal position, and the fluid may
easily be spilled out OF the bottle.
The up-to.dato improvement is an adj
justible clamp with coils Of PLATINUM
wire embedded in n strip of asbestos
attached. The clamp, which is con-
nected TO a battery, is put on the
neck Of the bottle, the current is
turned ON, and the glass is brought TO
any desired heat. This is, in fact, an
adaptation Of the clectrotherm, or
heating pad, which is now used in
hospitals i'm lieu Of hot water pads
formerly in vogue Another novelty
Of this resourceful electrical trifler is
an electric annihilator OF moths, flies
and mosquitoes. IL consists of an in.
candescent electric lamp placed inside
n large globe, which is coated extern.
ally with n mixture of honey and wine,
or any other seductive sticky mass
The windows and doors are TO be
clos ed. the blinds pulled down, and
the room IS to be made as dark as pos
s,ble The current is then turned on,
and in an hour the insect life OF the
room will be found sticking to the
glass globe. The final instructions
are to remove tho victims with hot
voter and set the trap afresh. DE.
troit Free Press.
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est woman living. She was married
In her own home in rather distant
town, and because Walter could not
very well afford it they had put away
all thoughts of n wedding journey and
instead simply made the little trip to
the city and took a carriage out to
their little home, of which Walter had
the key in his pocket.
In few days the place was most
homelike. There was hammock on
the veranda, where Louise spent many
leisure hours after her work was done
for the day, and where she read and
sewed.
Louise had been the star scholar in
the little country school house. She
had won by good attendance, good be.
havior and other things, innumerable
trophies, and later on the gold medal
from the academy. Then she had lost
both her parents, and with their death
had come the knowledge that she was
to have no dover whatever. But the
young people cared little for that.
Walter had a good position and no
body but himself to support, he being
an orphan, too, and so they babe fair
to get along very well indeed.
Louise was an adept in china paint
ing and needle work, and in a very
short time her little home was the
most tastefully arranged place one
could imagine.
Somehow Walter had gained IN idea
that the women of the day we're not
the self-reliant creatures that those
who are now raising the cry about the
new woman would have us believe.
True, he know few women well; his
mother had been most modest and
retiring woman, and, like n true man,
he Judged all women by her
About year after the marriage Of
these two perfectly contcutcd young
people a most unfortunate thing oc-
CURED The private banking house
in which Walter was employed shut
MP its doors and thereafter furnished
no more employment for the twenty
odd men who had found in it's work
ing a means of livelihood. Walter was
among this number, and he hurried
home TO Louise before she should have
read Of it in the papers, because he
wanted TO break the news gently to
her.
~ am not discouraged Mt MI, you
understand, Lou, but it may be some
time before + get another position
quite MS good. and you know VIC have
paid every cent into this place, so we
must depend upon my getting steady
work"
''Well, don't worry about it, Wal
ter we'll get along some way.
But they didn't get along at all.
Walter had splendid references, but
ho wrote and applet everywhere in
vain. The city was full of bookkcep-
crs and accountants, and even old
friends OF his father complained of
hard times and couldn't take ON any
one at any price Many things were
needed in tho household; tho iccmau
and the grocer and tho miikman were
10 De paid and where was tho money
coming from? Neither Of them could
tell
'Ill takc onythin ! can get, Wel-
ter said, and true to his word, ho ct
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
BOZ WHITE.


Old friend. hear your whistle
Upon the zigzag rail;
Your CHEEKY voice of welcome
Rings on the autumn gale;
When scarlet leaves and golden
Dance in the amber light,
You tell me OF your presence
With vim, Bob White.
A whole soulcd little fellow
In speckled coat of brown:
Nou heed not summers passing
Or skies that darkly frowni
While other birds are quiet
Your call comes to delight;
Aud that is why like you
Most OF all. Bob White.
Philosopher in feather
"a join your happy school;
The heart forever signing
Bc!ongcth to the fool!
HapPy-So-lucky fellow.
The chilly breszes blight.
There's always summer sunshine
In your heart, Bob White.
The world has so much sorrow,
Weneed your lively call;
A soul TO face all trouble
An that's the best OF ALL
The snow will soon be falling
Nor hill nor vale in sight.
But have learned your lesson
In my heart, Bob Whitel
New York Clipper.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
The HnIl of the Elbe.

The North German Lloyd Company
has sent professional diver to try and
locate the wreck of the Elbe, and TO
report about the possibility of getting
at bodies which may be still held in
the wreck, aud also to attempt TO ex-
tricate what valuables might be gotten
at. He reports the following, says the
Philadelphia Record:
1--WE set out on the wreckiug steam
or Elise, and lowered for almost two
weeks around the spot where the Elbe
sank. She lies listed TO the port side
alta depth of over forty fathoms (2lO
fcct) favorable results could, there.
fore, hardly he expected. In spite Of
this we tried our best to descend to
the vessel, but among six professional
divers, two Germans two Frcnchmen
and two Englishmen, not one could
dive deeper than 20 feet. I attempt
ed it. once daily for six consecutive
days, but when / got TO the depth
mentioned, which was the greatest
depth reached by any ON board, tho
pressure Of the water upon my body
was so powerful that it seemed to me
all the air was pressed out Of the body.
It was difficult to breathe the ears
began to pain and bleed, and n numb
ness seemed TO permeato the head,
which ! concluded was tho beginning
Of waning consciousness. Since, with
diver attired in n scaphander suit,
loss of consciousness would DO fatal,
tho attempts TO reach tho Elbo had TO
be abandoned.
From the deepest point / reached
/ could see the hull OF the Elbo ~
through n fog. She is licted TO the
port side, and the masts and the smoke
stacks couldplainly be SEEM"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
An Incident at A Great Wedding

Inspector Cortright was in charge
OF the police at the ELECTROMAGNETIC
derbilt wedding in New York. There
was only one incident that rutiled his
temper, but his revenge was sublime.
At ii o'clock he gave orders to his
men that the sidewalk in front of the
church must be kept clear. Begin
ming in the middle of the block the
police spread out to both corners,
gently driving the crowd of women
back. The acting Inspector was stand
ing beside the awning that covered
the entrance to the church and could
only see one-half the length of the
sidewalk.
"Well, he said to the sergeant who
came to report TO him, "they didn't
give you much trouble?'
1--WE got them all off but one" an
swered the sergeant. 81 guess we'd
better let her alone"
'What?" gasped the acting inspec-
tor. "Where is she?"
He followed the sergeant to the
| other side of the awning, and there he
saw n tall, well-dressed woman upon
whose face was written in unmistaka-
BILE letters az won'ti" She was n wo.
man of forty or fortytwo, wore Jew
elled earrings and looked rs if she
might have an interesting family at
home.
Madam" said the acting inspec-
tor, "you can't stand there"
"Why can't p" she asked deiantly.
Because no one else can. We can't
give yon any privileges that the others
do not have. So please move on. >"
~ won't I've got perfect right
here. You don't own the sidewalks of
this city, was the snappy retort
81 don't claim to own the side
walks" answered the acting inspector
with perfect courtesy. "But don t
you think it would be rather unfair if
we allowed you to stand her. and
drive the others away?"
81 don't care what you do with the
others. You can't get me away from
here, unless you use force" And she
stamped her foot.
ear be it from me, madam" he
said, with n low bow, 'to use force
against a lady. You may remain here
as long as you like. But in order that
the rest OF the people may not object
to your receiving special privileges, I
will furnish you with guard of honor.
Sergeant
The sergeant approached and salu-
ted.
Bring me ten of your tallest men. "
Ten giants came up.
"Oflicers," said the inspector, "this
lady is not to be disturbed. Form a
tight circle around her, all facing the
lady, and do not allow any one to see
| her"
Tears of rage sprang to the woman s
eyes.
"You won't dare" she began then
she seemed to choke with indignation.
The men formed in tight, grinning
circle around her, and all gazed at
her. She begged them to go away,
she threatened them, she coaxed, but
not one of them sold n word. Her
| face, which had become red as fire,
now grew white, and in sheer despera-
ton she attempted to break through
the circle. She might as well have
tried to break through stone wall.
81 want to speak to the captain, -
she said, fercely. Acting Inspector
Cortright approached her. With eyes
that blazed with fury, the woman
| Missed
'I'll go away Let me ont and I'll
go away But you haven't heard the
last of this"
They allowed her to go, and shame
faced and Inundated, she ran into Tho
crowd and was lost to view.
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lie Paid the Finc.

An amusing incident occurred in tho
Biddoford, Maine, municipal court
A woman was on trial for banging her
husband over the head the night be-
fore. She was fined 50 and costs
Instead of paying the fne herself, sbo
said he'd have TO pay it, as she bad no
money. So the husband fshed out =
well-worn pocketbook and produced
tho necessary funds to pay the bill. -
New York Mercury.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
Nenspanrrs on HandkerchleIs.

A journal ut Madrid, Spain, tries to
increase its circulation by printing its
news, not on paper, but on cloth. In
stead Of ink, composition is used
which readily dissolves in a liberal
water oath. After absorbing the
news, lho reader merely places tho
sheet under one OF the public foun-
tains for instance, and there is a
snowy handkerchief. - New York
World,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
ADVERTISING RArxs.

Advertisements win be inserted ea one doll..
per square for the hrst insertion and 6fSy
cents for each subsequent insertion
Local, Business and Special uetic.. a.,
SCENTS line. and no notice inserted for lsU
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements will b inserted a
the rates allowed By law and will, In all Gases,
DC ehseed 20 the attorney, and payment will
CHAner FOR ANNoUNCKMRNrs.-F
co9nty office7s, IS; State and Congress, $40.
Terms for ming advertisements made
sn9vn on application to the publisher.
LOB rRHrISG executed with ncatness and
tispatoh. Es-Orders By mail viii reosiys
prvnpt attention.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-01-21
A NEW WOMAN.

HEN Louise Ray
m o n d married
Walter Russell
and went t o
housekeeping in
the cottage in the
suburbs W h i C h
Walter had rent
ed and furnished
before the mar
riage, she was
about the hnppi-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26

ker, buried under some bushes. These
are supposed to have been stolen Aug
ust Z from Mrs McLain's on Alakea
street, near King.
Returning to the house, Captain Par
ker found in a corner of the room occu-
pied by Bos'n Ben a torn Tramways
packet and dime lying on the floor.
Raising the mating, he found piece
of the floor recently cut, forming a
trap door. In Fitzgerald's room, or the
one alleged to have been occupied by
him, was a pair of overalls showing
fresh earth on the knees, as though
the wearer had crept for a long dis
lance. On the mauka side of the house
about thirty torn Tramways coin en-
velopes were found
On this evidence being found, Ben
was also placed under arrest, and such
articles as may be needed in court were
removed to the station house.
Attorney Creighton has been retained
by Fitzgerald and the case will probab-
ly be called this morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
A Slightly Place Where the Old
Wash House Stood.


The extensiveness in the improve
ments down along the vicinity of where
the old wash houses used to stand can
not be imagined until visit is paid to
the place The addition of land by
means of the dredger pipes, the new
wall along the Nuuanu stream, confin-
ing the water to a certain limit, and the
whole appearance of the place goes to
show that some good work has been
done by Superintendent of Public
Works w. E. Ravell and his assistants.
The wall is not yet completed, but
will be in a little while. Hotel street
used to run into a marsh and small
wooden building where Cinnamon used
to clean the bones of their relatives
preparatory to sending them back to
China for interment. Now there is
complete change. 1t runs directly into
King street, and at this point is very
nicely curved. All the old buildings
have been removed and now none but
the very best are given place. Stand
ing at the foot of Hotel street and look
ing up, the Arlington Hotel can be
plainly seen. There is a clean sweep
for the cooling breezes that are so
scarce now, and the disagreeable smells
from the marshes that used to exist are
thing of the past.
The most convenient part of this adj
dition to Hotel street is the fact that
now there is a straight run to King
without having to turn off on some
side street.
| Just now men are busy at work NOV
| ing the houses to the rear, and about
the chemical engine house, so as to pro-
vide for the cutting through of Pauahi
street clear to the stream After the
wall in that vicinity is completed the
dredger will be set to work filling in.
| 1t will not be long before men will
be set to work digging the new bed
which will join the present stream
several hundred feet above st. Louis
| College, doing away with Smiths
bridge and making the course straight
The stream will run along in front
of ST. Louis College. There will be a
twenty-foot driveway between the bank
and the College fence.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
SLIGHT ACCIDENT.
Gun is Accidentally Discharged in
a Shooting Gallery.

Gun is Accidentally Discharged in
Shooting Gallery.
Accidents will happen, even in the
very best regulated shooting galleries,
such as the one at the corner of Hotel
and Bethel streets.
1t was just about o'clock yesterday
afternoon when a Japanese woman was
passing over from the corner occupied
by Ordway & Porter, to Horns bakery.
When she reached the middle of the
street there was a report from the di-
rection of the shooting gallery, and
the woman uttered cry of pain as she
threw up her right hand and found that
a bullet had passed through the fieshy
part of the index finger.
1t seems that there was quite CROWD
in the gallery watching two men shoot
ing. One of the 22-calibre rifles haC
been discharged and the white attend
ant was putting another cartridge in th'
place of the spent one. Through som'
accident the gun was discharged, anC
passing through the door the bullet hi
the Japanese woman in the street.
She was taken up in a hack to a ply
sician's, where her injury was attend
ed to.
the people in the gallery were injured
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Police Court Notes.

In the case of Kaanaana and Ka-
maka in the police court yesterday de-
PENDANTS changed their plea of not gull
ty to the charge OF adultery and plead
guilty. Kamaka's sentence was sus-
pended until moved on by the prose
cution and Kaanaana was sentenced
to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
Kamaukoli was found guilty of sell
ing spirituous liquor without a license
and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10i
and costs.
Other cases were postponed until
August 2Sth.
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New Goods
Among them you will find:

CUT and GALVANIZED NAILS and
SPIKES, WIRE NAILS,
COPPER RIVETS and BURRS,
HAY CUTTERS, HAY FORKS,
CYLINDER CHURNS,
SHOVELS and SPADES,
CAST STEEL, BAR IRON,
GALV'D SHEET IRON,
GALV'D BUCKETS and TUBS,
CART AXLES, DOOR LOCKS,
HANDLED AXES and HATCHETS,
IRON and BRASS SCREWS $4,000
gross, assorted),
COFFEE MILLS, CORN MILLS,
BLACK RIvETS, HINGES,
LAWN MOWERS,
HORSE SHOES and HORSE NAILS,
MOPS, BROOMS, PADLOCKS, CROW
BARS, CARRIAGE SPRINGS,
SCALES, SAND PAPER,
WRAPPING PAPER,
WHEEL BARROWS, TRUCKS,
5000 YDS. SAIL DUCK,
IRON WASHERS, IRON NUTS,
CASES BENZINE, TURPENTINE,
GALV'D PIPE, Yin. to 2in.,
MANILA and SISAL ROPE-AIl sizes
IRON and STEEL WIRE ROPE
up to 2in.,
1000 lbs. COTTON FISH LINES,
CARD MATCHES, BLOCK MATCHES