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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
oOD FREAKS OF FORTUNES WHEEL
Jncxpcct~.: WindfaIi. of Wealth For Pep
PIE Much I'm Need.

PIE Much I'm Need.
While most people find it very hara
% acquire even a modest competency,
others are more lucky, and to them
ortunes come without even the ask
ng. Several such instances have oc-
,urred of late years, some of them of
IN interesting character. 1t was only
short while since that n poor rag
picker in Birmingham suddenly found
himself n man of wealth. BY dint of
working from dawn till late at night
ne had been in the habit of making
The not very eXorbitant income of
81. per week. One morning he
heard from firm of solicitors in Lon
Ion, who requested him to call, when
ne would learn something to his adj
vantage. He found that long-lost
brother, who had made money in Aus
;ralia, had recently died there, leaving
aim sum of ES000
At Tamworth, England, tobaccon-
st has unexpectedly found himself
;he heir to n baronetcy. For some
time past he has been in receipt of
los. Cd. n week, having served as q
sergeant in the Suffolk Regiment; but.
finding this sum inadequate. he took
tobacconist shop at Tamworth, and
was apparently contented with his lot,
when he awoke to find himself n bar
onet of the United Kingdom.
\ schooner which went ashore of
the American coast with 1900 tons of
coal, being abandoned by her owners,
was sold for $40 Some 400 tons of
coal had been got out of the hull.
when suddenly the vessel slid off the
rock and sank in deep water. only,
however, to float again the next morn
ing and drift with the tide right into
port. 1t seems that sufficient coal had
ratified through the holes in her bot
tom to let the hull come again to the
surface with some 800 tons Of coal still
in. As the vessel then stood she was
worth $4,000 or more to those who
bought it for $40
The effects produced by suddenly
acquired wealth are sometimes start
ling In the extreme A suburban
Partisan, who lately inherited GIG. 900
from an elderly aunt, Mt once began TO
look about for some outlet for spend
ing the money quickly. Atlength the
craze for uildinJ speculation seized
him, and he built houses wherever
sites were obtainable. He went on in
this way for some time, when his mind
became unhinged, and he was found
one day walking around his newly
built houses, firing shots from navy
revolver at imaginary enemies. -Bos-
ton Traveller.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
Ginseng Culture.

The secret of raising ginseng has
been discovered at last. IT il being
grown on Missouri soil and cultivated
by a Missouri farmer. China has an
unlimited demand for the ginseng
root, and, because of it's scarcity. paws
the handsome price of So 30 for sin-
gle pound of it, Heretofore the mar
ket has been supplied from certain
sections where the herb grows wild.
Repeated attempts to cultivate it have
proved n failure. But. according to
Waldo Parks, n guest at the Lacledc
Hotel, Spencer Brown, farmer down
IN Texas County, is cultivatingana acre
of ginseng. 1t natures in six years.
From the product Of that acre he ex-
poets 60 realize the modest sam Of
S2O,O He will limit the pro luct so
rs to keep the price up.
Mr.. Brown says that the ginseng
hourishcs in rich limestone soil.
shaded from the sun. 1t requires
eighteen months to terminate aud six
years for full growth. He is making
no secret Of the discovery, but explains
it's mysteries to any one.
by the Chinese ginseng is cousid-
cred medicinal ingredient of wonder.
full powers. A liquor is distilled from
1t which is supposed to cure all dis
cases. They have never been able to
find the secret of its culture. aud have
depended upon the wild roots found
here aud there for their supply. st
Louis Republic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
PUMPKIN TIME.

From grassblades tiny trumpeters arc
shrilliug forth their Glee
And overhead the sky il blue and corn
shocks all around
Would seem TO be grim sentinels as far az
eye can see,
TO guard the golden pumpkins that are
scattered DER the ground.
And Ranking In the outer fields are fortress
SEES of hay.
Swift couriers OF honking geese are speed
ing overhead,
In dress parade the birches would outvie
the naples gay,
And show the world that yellow is the
ranking hue OF red.
Across the fields are signalings tween
wary, piping quail.
The bobolinks are Hooking and deploying
to the south
Ana vigilant IA skirmishcrs, on tree and
zgzag rail.
me crows. suspicious. scrutinize for hid
den weapons mouth
frank ii Sweet in American Agrlculturist.
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Go. nunter Of noo.c nnh ncnr..

Nathan y. Moore, OF Bingham. Ne,
has probably the most remarkable
record as hunter possessed by any
one in this generation. els seventy
nine years old, and for scveniy-one
years he has hunted and been n guide
in the Maine woods Two hundred
and seventy six moose. eighty-four
bears and deer uunumbercd have fallen
before him. The most wonderful part
of the matter is that until recent years
he has carried q ri6c that weighed only
four and q quarter pounds aud using q
bullet no longer than buckshot Hc
scouts the idea that a large bullet is
necessary to bring down large game.
A buclishot planted in the right pot
will, he says, bring down the toughest
animal that ever roamed i'm Maine
His knowledge of the woods is as
wonderful as his skill as n marksman.
Every incn Of northern Maine up TO
the Canada line is as familiar to him
as the streets Of Bingham. Gt is said
that he can he blindfolded and taken
to any place in these immense Maine
forests aud in less than twenty minutes
after removing the covering from his
eyes he will tell exactly where he is.
Ho is equal to n thirty mile tramp any
day and expects to be hunter till he
dies
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
Vibration on Railways and 1t, Effect on
Health.

Annoyance and temporary discom-
fort are small items in the schedule of
ills chargeable to vibration aud noise
on railways aud the unceasing and ter.
rifle racket of many of our cities. The
noise of the elevated railways has
caused commissions in children and what
is equivalent to nightmare in adults.
One LAZY OF somewhat acknowledgements
ton has frequently sprung from her
bed on the approach of train, and
found herself standing upright in tho
middle of the floor when she awak-
ened. 1t seemed that the engineer
on this train had n sweetheart liv-
ing in that neighborhood, and he
managed so that the locomotive made
. series of peculiar noises whenever
he approached the dwelling of his
inamorata. This was the only train
that so affected the sufferer, and she
was obliged to leave the neighbor.
hood on account of it. In ordinary
railway travel speed is the most i'm.
portaut item To be looked after. and
the noise attending the great rapidity
with which the train moves is really
Il secondary consideration. Medical
scientists who are giving attention to
this subject are beginning to demand
for their patients, especially those who
find 1T necessary to tIke long jour.
neys for their health. accommodations
in which due regard is had for quiet
and freedom from that vibration which
Affects the nervous system. Special
routes are mapped out, aud certain
lines are avoided because of the irri-
tation by the clatter and swinging
OF the trains. New York Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30

When the River Nile is high enough.
Mt the time of it's annual overflow.
dams nits banks are cut, allowing tho
water to flow in canals which carry it
into the country. From the canals
bitches aud CUTTERS distribute it
among the farms, which are divided
into squares by ridges of earth few
inches high. The peasant regulates
the flow OF water with his feet. BY n
skilIful use of his toes he makes an
opening in n ridge or closes it up, and
thus causes the water to go where it
is needed.
This was n very ancient way of irri-
eating the land, and Moses probably
refers to it when he contrasts the
rains and dews of Palestine with the
artificial Watering of Egypt. For
the land where thou goest in to pos
sess 1t is not as the land of Egypt
from which We came ont, where thou
sowest thy seed aud wateredst it with
thy foot, rs n garden of herbs; but the
land whittier We go to possess it is q
land of hills and valleys, and drinketh
water of the rain of heaven" Deut.
XII, 1912. Mission Band Lessons.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
BULLETS OF PURE GOLD,
AN OLD WliALER'5 EXTRAORDINARY
STORY OF ALASKAN RICHES,

Captain John Reynolds. of Omaha, Givcs
an Account of Native Who Used
Gold Bullets for His Isine-A Very
High Ledge Full of the Precious Metal
Captain John Reynolds, of Florence,
suburb of Omaha, Neb.. has con.
trlbuted story of Alaska riches that
Is more extraordinary than are the
startling reports from the Klondike
The captain, writes correspondent of
the Chicago Record, is n Nebraska
character of much fame. He is an old
whaler who has sailed all over the
globe and In his wanderings made two
expeditions through Bering Straits in
to the Arctic Ocean. On the first of
these he met with an adventure which
~ replete with romance and which
reals like tale from Mexico or Peru
in their balmy barbarian days eff gold
and silver.
I'm August, 1879" he said eve
sailed from New Bedford on n lone
voyage. Our vessel was the first
to pass through Bering Straits into the
Arctic Ocean. We went first TO the
Azores, then to 1'eneriffe, the Cane
Verde Islands, Falkland Islands.
through the Straits of Magellan to Ju-
an Fernandez and the Sandwich ISL
anus, and thence up into Bering Sea.
During the whaling season ms
many as thirty men deserted the ships
for the gold fields of Alaska mt the
Yukon. Our ship was beset with ice
at Cape Prince of Wales and while we
were there nm old native came aboard
We were breaking up some boxes that
day and he asked us for the lenden
labels which were on them. We asked
why he wanted them, and he showed
us an old-fashioned Russian gun which
he treasured very highly and said he
wanted the lead to make bullets for
1t. In our idle curiosity, having little
to do while lying there. we questioned
HIM rs to where he usually got his
bullets for it, and he told us there
was place one sleep tone DAYS
Journey away where he found the
material for bullets We were any
ious to make little trip out into the
interior and one day started off with
him as our guide.
I'VE Travelled about forty miles up
the country through n valley easy TO
traverse, and mt length reached n LEDGE
MT which the native stopped and began
picking mp pieces of gold. The ledge
was full of it and crumbling away.
Here was the old fellows bullet field
He was shooting gold bullets from
his old Russian gun. The party of us
carried away thirty pounds of
the ore and when we had it assayed
in San Francisco, it turned ont 5000 a
ton.
Captain ]. n. Knowles, wealthy
resident of San Francisco, fitted out
n ship and sent it back in charge of
one OF my crew, IL Swedc. to investi
gate. AS near rs we could learn he
ioaded his schooner with sixty or
seventy tons of the ore and started
back. That was the last heard of him.
and 1t is supposed that his ship went
down In a heavy gale. Since then no
one has visited that place and yet it is
as rich rs any niue discovered in
Alaska, and far easier to reach than
Is the klOndikc. The ledge was 500
feet high and was crumbling away
when we were there. 1T is only forty
miles from the coast aud there are no
difficulties whatever in reaching the
place. "
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30

Apoplexy is due TO the breaking q
blood vessel in the brain. which re.
suits in hemorrhage 1t may occur M
any age, but is most common in men
who have passed the age of sixty. es.
pecially in those who have INDUCED
too freely in alcoholic liquors. IL
may come on suddenly, or there may
be warning symptoms Sometimes tho
person suffers for several days pre-.
vious TO the attack from headache.
congestion Of the face and sense Of
general discomfort When the attack
dOe* occur the person is struck down
ver- suddenly and is in state of in
seusi5ility, from which it is impossi.
BILE q arouse him. His breathing il
usually noisy and labored. and he is
unnJie TO speak, or TO recognize those
about him. His condition is very
critical, and he may die in the attack
but usually the patient RECEIVERS. for n
time ut least, but he is left more or
less permanently disabled. When the
attack occurs the person should be
placed in rscumbent position. his
collar and cGavat should he loosened
and the windows of the room should
be opened wide Then send for the
nearest physician
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30

a milbmau Of North Bath has pcr-
haps the most unique pasture of
Maine. IL is an island. aud whom the
tide IS high the cows have 10 swim for
It, The Bath Enterprise says that
the COWS have become so accustomed
TO this that they will strike ont With
out y moments hesitation, and re-
marks: ct makes u spectacle worth
looking ut when the fifteen COWS ali
plunge into the water aud swim for
their feeding ground"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30

The japanese wrestlcrs are a race
Of giants; they often weigh from four.
teen to twenty fonr stone. At the
Imperial Hotel, in Toxic, once they
brought their champion wrestler TO
my room. He was prodigious in size
aud as fat and fair as a baby. He was
n Hercules in strength but locke like
an overgrown cherub Of Corregio
"What do You eat?" / asked.
Rice, nothing but rice
"Why not eat meat?"
Meat is weakening. Beet is sew
enty per cent water Rice ia eighty
per cent. food. / ate lean beefsteak
once and my strength left me. The
other man ate rice and threw me
down
Ny courier said This wrestler is
tie champion Of Japan. No one can
throw him. New York World.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
AN AUTUMN MORNING.

The frost's agleam where the dew was drip
ping
Just In the space OF day agone;
The rose-deep edge OF the sun is SHINING
Through mellow mesh OF the autumn
dawn.
song OF neither the thrush nor the linnct
Kisses and sweeps I'm broken flow;
only the breeze on n swectbrier spinnet
Shivers penslve adagio.
Inc frost agleam on the path follow:
Scarlet velvet the witch-h hazel spreads
Adown the slope of the old mill hollow.
where dodder tanSles it's lustrous threads.
" ir IS there left OF the summers story
The faded roses, the daisies lost
what OF her opulent glow and glory
Quenchcd in the film OF an autumn frostg
Deep in the fringe OF It's willow cover.
Where javelin-points of sun are thrust
Inc stream that sung to summer lover
Echoes the song OF an ended trust
Hattie Whitney, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
"uoodooism" Among Tho rueblo..

Major Nordstrom, United States
agent in charge Of the Pueblo Indians.
hns been investigating the maltreat-
ment OF an aged squaw by Indians at
tho iustigation Of the religious order
known as PRIESTS Of the Bow" The
old woman was suspended by tho
priests until she confessed that she
had bewitched the nostrums of the
medicine men and prevented then
from effecting cures.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30

Chicago has the oldest plow-maker
in tho United States. lis name is
David Bra ley, and he is at the head
OF big manufacturing companyou the
west side. Mr. Bradley first worked
at tho business in Syracuse. y. i'm
1882. I'm 1885 no came to- CHICAGO.
which then numbered about $500 in
hobitants and q camp Of several thou
sand Indians, TO help erect the first
iron foundry established here. Mr.
Bradley was the first man To- briup
pig-iron into Chicago. In connection
with the foundry which he helped
build was % machiuo-shop, and the
establishment soon began along with
it's other business the manufacture of
plows. Mr.. Bradley, 10y tho growth
OF his business, was finally forced fo
build n little town of his own. which
is known as Bradley, Ill., Mr.. Brad
ley has passed his eighty fifth birth.
day. but is still hale and hearty. and
thoroughly enjoys the prosperity which
hard work has brought him. The
active business has besn surrendered
TO his sons. Chicago Tribune.
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Among the suporsitious Of tho
seneca Indians was ono most bcauti-
tu!. When young maiden died thcy
Imprisoned % young bird until ID frss
began 10 try It's powers Of song: and
then, loading it with caresscs and
messages, they loosed its bonds over
her grave, in the belief that it would
not fold it's wing nor close its
eye until it had flown TO the spirit
land and delivered its precious bur-
den Of affection TO the loved and lost
one. st Nicholas.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
Peaches without Down

Mr.. William =. Winter, n retired car.
penter, has entered heart and soul in
TO the wizard business with remark
able results. In cosy little yard
back of Mr. Winters home grows a
peach tree that has produced annual
crops of luscious fruit for number Of
years. Two years ago Mr.. Winter
grew tired of the conventional cover
ing of the peaches in his limited or
chard, and determined at least to pro-
duce peach minus that objectionable
nap or down.
He began series of experiments.
and that year produced peach clothed
IN the ordinary raiment of the banana
but, not satisfied with the result of
his startling assault ON nature, he has
succeeded III producing Il crop that
looks for all the world like tree of
apples. The skin of the fruit is per
fectly smooth and of DARK red hue.
shading gradually into yellow that
Mr.. Winter claims is a remnant of the
banana skin.
Next year" said he, 81 will have
an orange skin on them"
The method employed by Mr.. Winter
to produce these startling results is n
profound secret, and he is preparing
to copyright the scheme Grapevines.
as well rs peach trees, tremblc before
the skill of the ex-carpenter, and
among the curious things that thrive in
the rear of Mr. Winters yard is vine
OF this sort that bears Mt this time ripe
grapes, us sweet as honey, and un-
usually large, half-ripe grapes, bios
SONS and buds, which Mr.. Winter ex-
poets 20 ripen by Christmas. -Balti-
more American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30

Near the western border Of Dupon:
Circle, in Washington. -. c.. stands
q tree that goes TO sleep promptly
every night at 7 o'clock. The tree is
known as the Albizzia Julibrissan.
having been christeucd so by an Ita,-
ian bota1ist in honor Of the Albizgi
family i'm Florence. The tree. how
ever, is an original Of Japan. and is
known there as the japanese silk tree.
probably on account Of the silky nu-
pcnrancc of its blossoms. Soon ait r.
Z O'Clock i'm the evening n general NC
ton Is noticed i'm the foliage. n culver
or trembling OF the bipuuate lcavey.
Each lelAct begins to stand no on
clge aud pairs with the one opposite.
They clasp each othcr tightly and then
close mp with the other on the pctiolc.
SO THAT each becomes coycrlct over
hall Of the preceding one. The en-
tire Transformation takes place in
about twcnty minutes. aud usually a.
about $50 the respiratory organism OF
this tree hangs limp or droopy on tho
branches
Small branches kept in a dark room
promptly close NJ Z y. m.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-30
PlTH AND POINT.

BE sure you are right, then go ahead
and see If yoI are. Life.
All that is necessary in writing n love
letter is to say ~ love you" in as many
different ways rs possible. Life.
Which oald you rather be. Har
greaves, rich or handsome?" I'D
like to be II IN also. - Cincinnati En-
quirer
The woman who marries man for
the purpose of reforming him never
wants for occupation afterward. Som
erville journal.
A man may have enough self control
to laugh at n Joke on himself, but he
can't keep an odd look out of his ewes.
-Atchison Globe. -
Miss Passe-"I assure YOU haye
lived only eighteen short years." Old
Grumpy-"Where were you the rest
of the time?" It'd Bits.
Longgrcen--"I want to fl my money
so 1T won't be fought over" Lawyer
That's all right. You just leave it
to me. Detroit Free Press.
man without wife
Is "A mau down at the heel:
But the saddest thing I'm life
Is the man without "A wheel.
boston Courier.
Generally when man and n woman
have been made one, the HONEYMOON
is the time spent in endeavorine to
find out which is that one.-London
Tit-Bits.
Sapsmith Scientists say that
mans mind is blank when he is
asleep" Grimshnw Then, how do
You know VIII IN you are awake, Sappy?"
Judge
Bashful Lower leave here to-
morrow. How long shall you remain,
Miss Ethel?N Up-to-date Girl-"Re-
main Miss Ethel? / leave that to
you. "-Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Cumso-"Y husband dresses
very quietly" Mrs Cawker-"Does
he? You ought to hear him when he
can't find his collars, or his cuffbut-
tons become mislaid" - Harper's
Bazaar.
Bing Yes; that's old Spriggins.
Half IA dozen doctors have given him
up Mt various times during his life. "
Wing What was the trouble with
him? Bing He wouldn't pay his
bills. Puck.
The Earnest Youth-'I thank YOU.
sir, for your kind permission to call
on yonr daughter" Remember that
| turn out the gas Mt ten O'Clock. "
"All right, sir; I'll not come before
that time. - Harlem Life.
"How stiii they arcl" remarked
Mrs Frob5, apropos Of thsyoung
couple in the next room. Yes. -
piled Mr.. f., cit reminds me of INV
army days. 1t was always won der
fully quiet just previous to an engage
ment. boston Transcript.
Mrs. Tomkius-" WHO'S that fright
fully fat woman over there, with the
wig on, and the spotty face?" Mr..
Tomkins- Why, that's Mrs. Annie
Faker, tho celebrated inventor OF
Faker's Fat-Killer, Faker's Tonic for
Strengthening the Hair, and Faker's
Perfect Complexion Producer. -
Standard.
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HERE is n II e W
daughter in-law at
the home of the Van
Andcns in the viii
laSe of Islip, l.. |.
All agree that she is
winsome and that
young Frank Van
4 LII don innlnnun.,n
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ALL'S WELL
THAT ENDS WELL.
sToni' OF A ROMANCE IN REAL Lrrr.

SEEEz33E oIG.olHlNNANHln,N,oNzYelo.oo
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
NOTICE.

Whereas my wife, Lucy G. McRae has left
my bed and board, without just cause or
provocation, hereby forbid any one harbor-
ing or trusting her on my account as l shall
pay no bills of her contracting after this
date.
ALEX MCRAE.
Orange, VT, May 81, 1897 IS