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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-28
A New Bicycle Disease.

One of the ailments which doctors
have remarked in bicyclists Is excess
sive restlessness. In such cases the
Migratory habit" has been uncon.
sciousl y acquired. Sir Benjamin Ward
Richardson, in paper on the subject,
says that all bicyclists are not similar
ly Affected, their natural nervous con-
ditions having much to do with the
development of the disease. Riders
who were careful to pedal in modera-
ton, and who did not let their minds
run perpetually on bicycles, were free
from any symptoms of the disease.
But among the enthusiasts he found
the Migratory habit was rapidly dcvel-
oping. He declared that in it Law a
menace to the future health Of thou
sands of riders who refuse to confine
their enthusiasm within n reasonable
limit. The disease Is kind of intox-
lcation for movement that is shown in
m unconscious or semi-uncousciou
bearing of the body, which becomes
especially plain when great steadiness
IS called for, as, for instance, in sit
ting for photograph. There is also
manifested an overdeslre for rapiditv
of motion, as if it were necessary at
every moment to overcome time and
curtail distances by labor of an ex-
IRENE kind. The constant impression
given is that the sufferer, from this
general vlbratory condition of the
body, must Jump on his wheel and be
OF, although the weather and circum-
stances are not opportune for riding.
The whole manner bespeaks haste, al
though there is not the slightest oc-
casion for it. Sir Benjamin SAYS that
this intoxication for motion grows in
the mind by what it feeds on, and
keeps the heart under the impression
that 1T is always requiring the stimu-
latlOn OF exercise. II the deyotee of
tho wheel thinks, morning, noon and
night of riding, and the exhilaration
OF movement, his heart beats faster.
The rider is not aware of the influence
his mind is exerting on this most i'm.
portant organ, which after awhile feels
that it's normal pulsatious are those
which take place when the mind is
thus In tOxicated with the thought OF
motion. Sir Benjamin says that this
craving for movement is very much
like the craving or desire of alcohol.
and it effects through the heart and
circulation are much the same in the
end. These views have received the
indorsement of many of the leading
physicians In this country. Atlanta
Constitution.
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WHOLE NO. 674.
The Natives of British Guiana.

And what of the people of that in
terestlng country, British Guiana?
They number but PSI, 900, an iniin-
ltesimal proportion OF what the area
could support. When tho Dutch went
there III the sixteenth century, the for.
ests were the home of large tribes of
red Indians, who had probably found
their way from the northern part of
the continent along the chain OF ISL
ands across the Caribbean Sea. Now,
however, there are scarcely 10000
aborglnes between the Orinoco aud
the Corentyn. The Caribs, the only
warlike and courageous tribe amorg
them, are practically extinct the few
who remain have lost their love OF
battle.
There is no market for slaves such
as that established by the Dutch near
ly 300 years ago on the Orinoco delta
and with the cessation of the trade in
Indian labor for the Dutch planta-
lions In the Pomeroon and Essequibo
districts, the Caribs found their occu-
patton gone. They have dwindled
down to vanishing point The dimin.
lshlng tribes that remain are molten
slve, and as shy, too, as tho animals
whose forest habitation they share.
They make magnificent boatmeu and
woodmen, threading their way through
the lntricacies of the forest with an
ease incomprehensible to the Euro
pean; giant tree, fallen trunk, u
broken twig, their only landmarks.
Aud theV.ldpow the rivers Us only the
ahorlgine can know them. From
them and from the forest they draw
their food.
In the woodlands, when they form
settlement, they clear tiny patch
and cultivate cassavH, from the root of
which they make large, thin cakes,
which answer to the white man bread.
-Macmillan's Magazine.
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They Are Slow ON the Other Side,

An American engineer, who is on n
tour of inspection in England, says
that nothing more emphatically dem
onstrates the contrast in ideas and
temperament between people of the
old world and those of the United
States than the requircments-go
eminent and otherwise-as to tho
speed OF public conveyances. In Eng
land the numbering omnibus potters
along at its six miles an hour, while
the horse car is, if anything, slower
still. Eight miles an hour is consid-
cred almost "scorching," and the con
viction of the driver for travelling at
such wild and unbeard of pace ut the
time OF collision or other accident
would probably entail serious conse-
quences to himself and his employers.
Ten miles an hour is furious driving,
and would justify the interference of
the nearest policeman with an inevita.
bic fine TO follow. These facts are
contrasted with the performance of
the electric line just opened between
Detroit and Mount Clemons. a large
pleasure resort on Lake St. Clair. The
road is fifteen and one half miles long,
straight and level. The schedule rate
for the whole distance is twenty miles
an hour, that maintained between
stops often runs rs high as thirty miles
an hour. The fare for the whole Jour
noy is twenty-five cents and the cars
are spacious and luxurious. The sys-
tenn used is the overhead trolley. At
lanta Constitution.
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In the list of fruits, dried. fresh and
canned, there are atleast l % varieties.
Inc same Is true of vegetables. Each
snip carries meat supply for its out
ward and homeward trip. A fresh sup
ply of fish, of course, is purchased in
each port, but it will be news to most
persons that all the ice cream required
Tor round trip is put on board the
ships in New York. The English do
not make what we know as ice cream.
All the -four used on shipboard Is pur-
chased here. Sometimes potatoes are
purchased on the other side, and, OF
course, the celebrated English mutton
can be purchased to best advantage
over there. To give list of supplies
required would be TO repeat the items
OF an inventory of retail grocery
store and every article of food kept in
q Wholesale fish or meat depot. The
lists OF supplies needed must be gone
over infinitely and everything re-
CURED must be delivered promptly.
1t VIII not do to overlook single ar
ticle.
Here is part of what is required in
the way OF supplies when ship like
inc ot. Louis Is crowded: %, OOO to
10000 pounds of beef, 5000 pounds of
mutton, 1900 pounds of veal, pork and
corned beef; 5000 pounds of sausage,
tripe, liver, calves heads, calves feet,
sweetbreads aud kidneys; 1000 pounds
OF fresh fish, 10, 900 CLAIMS and oysters,
30 tins of preserved fruit, 900 tins of
jam and marmalade, 100 largo bottles
of pickles and sauces, 500 pounds of
coffee, $50 pounds of tea, go pounds
of potted fish, 800 fresh Holsters, 5000
pounds of moist sugar, 500 pounds of
lump sugar. 500 quarts of ice cream,
5000 pounds of butter of various
grades, 16 tons of potatoes, tons of
other vegetables, 49, eggs, 1000
chickens and ducks, and 1000 birds of
different kinds. Lard by the ton is
used, and frequently as many as 140
barrels of flour are consumed.
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a Sheet of PaDer.

sheet Of paper, pure and white,
Comes forth from out the mill,
In readiness for sale and use.
Its mission to fulfil
What will that use or mission be?
And who will MI out It's page?
OF what import shall its impress be2
And that for day or an age?
VIII its pen or print tell OF noble deods2
Or Of ignomiuy and shame?
VIII It tell of death and mourning weeds?
or Of wreck by food or hame2
Will II note the loss Of friends by death2
Or OF sad misfOrtune's frOwn?
Or yct, agnin. Of trca 'hsry base?
Or hearts with grief bowed DOWN
Will It tell tho talo Of grccd and wrong2
or that Of tho good and Hght2
OF darkened days and dreary hours2
Or those Of life and light2
VIII Il echo for good the puipit's voice?
OF the teeming printing press2
And help 60 choose the better part.
Mankind and tho world TO bless?
a minlstering spirit may ,his paper sheet
Be- I'm dress Of snowy white,
Bearing messages Of good 20 man,
Each day from morn till night,
Would that its wings might be tho doves
Whose mission Is that OF peace.
OF good will FROM heaven 90 man below.
OF joys that no'erm may cease.
That its virgins surface may never be
Marred by record Of wrong or sin;
That its outer g1rb may well reflect
a mission for good within;
That the pom and ink, or printers hand.
Which colors It's open page.
May minister only the pure and true.
In its Impress from ago 20 age.
Clark W. Bryan, in Paper World.
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Counterfeit Cnrios

"The Secret Service museum in the
Treasury Department continues TO be
70 great attraction" remarked one Of
the officials of the Secret Service
bureau, Though most OF tho article
exhibited there are very old The
bulk Of them have been on exhibition
or fifteen or twenty years, and but
lew new things have been added oil
late. Still the rural visitors crowd in
there daily and take great interest in
looking over the old counterfeit plates
and notes collected there. Even more
interest is taken In the collection o Z
photographs Of old-time counterfeit
ers, the most Of whom have been dead
for years. The museum, however.
strikes the popular fancy and is par.
ticularly satisfactory to the largo
number of persons, young md old,
who read detective stories aud are in
terested in the accounts of crimes
which appear in tho newspapers. IL
is about tho only way that the average
person can actually see the tools OF
trade OF the criminal classes, and es.
jecially OF counterfeiters. - Washing.
con Star.
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ROYAl RcYonuoS.

The Royal Family of England costs
the British Governmental round num-
bers 5000, 600 annually. OF this sum
the Queen receives nearly $4,000, 600
n year, besides the revenues from tho
Duchy Of Lancaster, which amount to
II quarter of million. The Lord
Lieutenant OF Ireland receives 800,
900 n year for his services and ex-
penses, and the Prince Of Wales 5000, =
600 a year. The President of France
receives $2lO, 600 q year for gnlary
and expenses, an enormous salary
when it is remembered that the Re
public is sweating under stupendous
National debt of over $6, 600, 900, OOO--
the largest debt ever incurred by any
Nation IN the world. Italy can have
10000 men slaughtered in Abyssinia
and stillpaY her King 80, 600, OOOayear.
The civil list of the German Emperor
is about 34,000,OOO n year, besides
large revenues from vast estates be.
longing to the Royal Family. The
Gar of all the Russins owns in fec
simple 1000, 900 square miles of cult
waited land, and enjoys an income of
So, 900, 900. The King of Spain,
little Alfonso KILL, il he IS of n snv.
ing disposition, will DO ono of the
richest sovereigns in Europe whom no
comes Of age. The State allows him
81 100000 n year, with IN additional
$500, 900 for family expenses. We arc
SAID 10 DO the richest Nation on earth,
yet our Presidents snlary is only $50,
600 year. It was only S25, 600 from
1889 to 1873-Grants second term
Atlanta Constitution.
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Uncle Sans Queer Want

One man has advertised for 20, 900
Grayestones. This seems rather stnrt.
ling ut first hearing, but it is not so
much SO, in fact. The United States
Government is a large buyer in the
various markets of the country. 1t
buys almost everything from whale
oil and wheat to tape and typewriters,
but perhaps its most remarkable pur-
chase Is gravestones, at Wholesale.
The QuartermasterG General of the
Army IS the one who advertised for the
reminders of mans mortality. Half
the number are to be head stones and
half foot stones. 1t is only two years
since n large number was bought, so it
would seem that Uncle Sam has many
graves to mark.
The stones are bought under an act
providing that any soldier or sailor
having IN honorable discharge from
service is entitled to have his last
resting place marked by the Govern
ment. The friends and relatives, too,
OF many of the veterans are proud to
apply for these gravestones, and con-
slider 1t an honor to tine dead to have
the grave thus marked
The Government pays about 50 each
for them when it buys in such large
quantities. They are cut from fine
marble, but are plain and unpreteu-
tlous in design. Upon proper appll-
cation they are marked with the vete-
rams full name, date of birth and
death, and the number of his regi-
ment. Then they are shipped to tho
designated spot and set up at the ex-
pense of the Government New York
journal.
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"Condemned Cannon :,

"Thcro are hundreds Of cannon
made by the Government each year
for tho express purpose Of being con
dcmned, said nm ordnance officer of
the War Department. every session
Congress passes n number OF rcsoIu-
tious donating CONDEMNED cannon to
army posts, blttlefclds and soldier
monument associations. Tho supply
Of condemned cannon from tho war
ran ont twenty years ngo, but tho
donations kept on and kept on. When
one locality, town or county got con
demned cannon tho others in the Same
or adjoining State wanted the same
honor, and tho Representatives and
Senators had TO grant it. Then arose
the practice OF making cannon, scratch
ing them mp little and condomning
them expressly 90 81 tho donations
ordered by Congress. During the
present Congress about one hundred
cOndemued cannon have been donated.
As there arc just now only about sixty
on hand an extra lot will have soon 10
be made. Washington Star.
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Luminous Insccfs

Tho luminosity of n nudge, which
has sometimes been observed in Rus.
STA, Pomerania, Persia and Turkestan
in such numbers as TO make whole
trees glow, is now attributed to bac
terra. Such organisms have not been
actually discovered, but the flies APP
pear sluggish and sickly, as does q
luminous beach shrimp, which has
been found TO swarm with bacteria
capable Of imparting phosphorescence
to healthy, mountainous shrimps. An
interesting suggestion concerning the
different phosphorescence OF the glow
worm is that the creature contains
huorescent material so sensitive as to
respond TO attenuated X rays which
may DO everywhere present. Trenton
On. J.. American.
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palhos Of Presidential Conventions.

No one can examine the records OF
Presidential Conventions, with their
personal successes and failures, and
easily escape the conviction that there
is far more OF tragedy than comedy in
our National politics. There are
touches of humor here and there. but
the dominant note Is that Of pathos.
Behind every great success there Is TO
he seen the sombre shadow of bitter
disappointment, of wrecked ambition.
OF lifelong hopes in ruins. as ono
pursues through biography, autobiog.
raphy, and memoir, tho personal his
tory Of tho chief figures in the con.
ycntions that have been held during
the sixty years which have passed
since that method o. nominating Pres
idcntIal candidates came into use, no
finds it almost invariably ending in
sadness and gloom. Not one of those
seeking the Presidency with most per
sistencc has succeeded in getting pos.
session OF that great office, and few of
thcm, whom final failure has come,
have shown themselves able TO bear
the blow with fortitudo Century
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Compassion.

Gould wo but sound the depths OF other
hearts,
Ind from their mirrorei hop and asplra-
tons crushed
leach to ourselves tho painful lessons thoy
have learned,
1cthinks tho cross Of life would lighter DO
aud pathways smoothed. through strongknit
bonds Of human sympathy.
Sut mincinC Custom, with It's fawning train
u sapling brains and ill-conccalel distrust,
'rowns down the rising smile, tho out
stretched hand
'weeps of tho trembling tear; dethrones tho
heart,
'ots Pride upon its feet, and with one venge-
full thrust
The murder Is complete
-StanIeigh Moulton, In the Home Queen.
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have that word used in this matter,

nave that word used In this matter,
is all on your side"
"Under present circumstances-I
mean those OF our long acquaintance
and our family intercourse, though of
late rather interrupted, said Miss
Morgan, ''and my right, by years (sho
added, casting a glance at looking.
glass that showed only maturcd wo-
manhood), to speak for myself, have
concluded to consider your proposal
tavorably."
Consider Miss Morgan, consider
fevorably May 1 not hope you mean
that you will accept it /"
Miss Morgan gave no answer.
"Nay, then it is accepted" said Mr..
Rhodes, with vivacity that Miss Nor
gan thought would have brought him
to her lips-her hand, at least.
t. "How happy YOU have made me-"
said Mr.. Rhodes; "having now dis
posed of this matter, there are len
days allowed"
THAT'S very short" said Miss Nor
gan; "only ten days; you seem to be
In haste unusual to you at least"
at is the attachment, and not /,
that is imperative"
You speak rather abstractedly, Mr..
Rhodes"
But truly, very truly. Miss Nor
gan"
"But why limit MS to ten days?"
"The attach nent requires it"
81 thought" said she, smiling, 'tho
attachment would be for life"
Mr.. Rhodes looked exceedingly con.
fused. AT length ho started suddenly
toward the lady.
"My dear Miss Morgan, is it pos.
siblc that for once IN my life, / have
Numbered into the right path? Can 1
have been SO fortunately miscon-
ceived?"
IF there is any mistake" said Miss
Morgan, al hope it will be cleared ND
immediately. 1 can scarcely think
that Mr. Rhodes would Intentionally
offend an unprotected orphan. the
daughter Of his former friends"
Mr.. Rhodes hastily pulled from his
pocket his writ OF attachment and
showed it to Miss Morgan.
''This is certainly your name, and
this property"
"ls the disputed possession" said
Miss Morgan, "of my sister-in law of
the same name, Mrs. Susan Morgan"
Mr.. Rhodes stood confounded. He
was afraid cf the course which the
matter was likely to take.
$50, Mr.. Rhodes, you SEQ the at
tachment was for this property. Now,
rs it is not mine, and rs, indeed, 1
have little OF my own, you, of course,
have no claim upon my person"
81 beg your pardon, my dear Miss
Morgan, beg your pardon. You have
not the property, indeed. for me to,,at-
tach, but be pleased to read lower
down on the writ you will see-lool
mt it, if you pleasc-'ior want thereof
take the body"
''But, Mr.. Rhodes, the promise was
extorted under misapprehension, so
that | am released"
'Not Mt all; you are required only
to fulfill the promise just as you in
tended when you made it. And as to
the attachment for the widow and her
property, I'll serve that by deputy"
In ten days the clergyman, and not
the magistrate, was called in, and the
whole arrangement was consummated.
And Aunt Arabella, who was so care
ful about the tenth commandment, de-
clared that it said nothing about COW
citing neighbours husband, and if it
had, she did not think she should vio-
late it.
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On Dangerons Grnnnd

It is TO feared that DIR. Adams, of
the University Of Pennsylvania, will
make many enemies lie declares that
IN his veterinary practice tho wire
hairpin is a frequent cause of disease
in cattle, and especially IN pastures
near seminarles for young women. He
suggests that the lives of many COWS
might be saved il the hairpin could be
manufactured OF a material that would
be soluble in some one Of the ANIMALS
gIomecbs New York Witness
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oh, We Faces.

Crowding city streets anl places,
Bright with hope, and love and laughter
Dark with passions of dospairl
Oh, the story of the faces;
Angel faces, demon faces.
Faces, faces everywhere.
Oh! the beauty Of the faces,
Sunny locks aud fairy gracet,
Little wandering gloams OF heaven,
Lost among the WAYS o. men.
Oh, the brightness of the faces,
Maiden faces, childish faces,
Beauty In all forms and phases,
Sojourner and denizen.
Oh, the pathos Of the faces.
Blightod hopes AN dark disgracc-,
When the angel robe Is spotted and tho
White soul stained with sin;
Oh! the story OF the faces
Women faces, youthful faces
All the harp-chOrds strained and broken
Ere the anthem could begin.
Oh! the pallor of the faces.
Flying from the cold death places;
Seeking, in the shouting highway,
Respite from the hell within.
OH the sadness OF the faces,
Mother faces, widow faces,
Haggard with the toll and watching,
BY the night lamp, pale and thin.
Oh! tho horror OF the faces,
Scowlings. frowns and dark menaces,
Sodden with n thousand vices.
Hideous with the brand OF Cain.
OH the terror Of the faces,
Fclon faces, traitor faces.
Plague spots on the fair creation,
Nightmares Of n feverei brain.
Faces, fgces ---
Crowding city stre9ts and places
Faces smooth with youth and beauty,
Faces lined with age and care,
Oh. the story OF the faces.
or tho glad and weary faces,
or the faces everywhere.
Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
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NIghtfalI on the Farm.

Upon the porch at even
We two together stool,
And listened TO the tinlSle
or shcep-bells in the wood.
The locust trees bent DER us,
White blossoms dropping down,
And, fringed with flowers, before US
The path lay bare aud brown.
We heard the sheep-bells' music
Far of and dreamy grow;
We saw the white flowers sprinkle
The lawn like llecks OF snow;
Tho roses drew back shyly
Into tho silent dark,
But though thoir haunts wore shaded
Their perfume we could mark,
UI in n locust's branches
A little bird said "cheep"-
Twas all that broke the silence,
The whole world seemed asleep.
"G01d night, she said. az love your
] said. She did not speak;
But swift she leaned toward me
With tears upon her cheek.
Philip J.. Barker.
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MUSE SYN
a Secret.

You will net tell it2 Nay, what neod?
Like umid bird. whose soft nest made
Low beneath grass and bending weed,
Is by her watchful care betrayed,
You DO but make your secret clear,
Trying so hard to hide II, dear.
Madeline s. Bridges. in the Century.
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A LINERS OUTFIT.
ABOUT 100000 ARTICLES NEED
ED IN y BIG STEAMSHIP.
What the Furnishings Consist Of
Ihe Food and Other Supplies
of a Large Transatlan-
tic Steamship.

n T OF only are the American
y line steamships ST. Paul and
st. Louis the only transat