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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
Longevity and Sleeping by Compass.

Longevity and Sleeping by Compass
A Magdeburg physician. according to
the Lyon Medical, who died recently at
ule age Of 100, attributed his remark
able longevity to his constant practice
of sleeping with his head to the north
and his feet to the south. He consider
ed this position most favorable to the
magnetic currents which run constant
ly toward the north pole. and increase
the energy of the vital principle A
correspondent of DR.. Felix Bremond
found that q kind of nervous irrita-
tion to which he was subject ceased
when he placed the head Of his bed a
little east Of north. This position Of
the head Of the bed brought him more
sound and peaceful slumber. and with
such regularity that when he wished
to rise earlier than usual in the morn
ing, all he had to do was to change the
direction of the head of his bed, when
his sleep became lighter and Of shorter
duration. DR.. Bremond himself, how
ever, found that the direction of his
body made no difference to the sound
ness Of his slumbers, provided he went
to sleep in a comfortable bed, at the
usual hour and at the end of a day OF.
active work. Boston Medical and
Surgical Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
Before and After.

Mrs. Missus-Why, before 1 gave you
your breakfast you alleged that you
could mend chairs
Blinky Bensonhurst-True madam
but havin' got de breakfast, I hev not
alleged dat l would, hey I?-Judge.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
Blew Himself.

SoNey-That fellow Primpas is one Of
the incest men l ever met He has such
a breezy way about him.
Knoxey-Yes, 1 have noticed his
bracing air, but it never touched me-
Pittsburg News.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
A Probable Result,

Excited Novice (after eighteen miss-y
es)-I must have killed that bird; no !;
one else fired.
keeper-Eh, mon; Pm thinking the
puir bird may la' died natural death.
London Sketch
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
in some honest way for those in the

in some honest way for those in the
other room.
"On the way back to the agency I
was stopped by revolver near the end
of my nose and the money 1 had cap
tured was taken away from me. The
robber was the man 1 had just spared,
and he grinned as he told me that [
happened to drop in on him while he
had his gun apart cleaning it. He was
just stopping there temporarily, and
had nothing to do with those who had
so stirred my pity.
81 mailed my resignation to head.
quarters and left for another city,"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
Couldn't Help 1t.

Trivvet-How did Joysmith get the
reputation Of being such liar?
Dicer-He used to be the United
States weather forecaster here.-New
York World.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
The Legion of Honor Limited.

OF all French institutions, perhaps
only one OF any national Importance is
monument to the consulate That one
is the Legion of Honor, which Napol-
con organized while that most transit
lonal or governments was in existence
1t appealed strongly to French in
stincts, has survived all the changes
through which France has passed
since that time. and it's bit of red rib
bon is still considered a sufficient re-
ward for most important services to
the state. Napoleon III. bestowed the
decoration so widely and with so little
regard for the character of the men
whom he made chevaliers that for a
while the order fell into some disre-
pute. Toward the close of that unfor-
tunate monarch's reign there were
about $4,000 civil members, besides all
those who had been decorated as sol
diers. To restore the prestige of the
order. an act was passed in 1872 pro-
viding that only one new chevalier
should be nominated for every two va
cancies caused by death. The effect
has been to reduce the number Of civil
knights to 10000, but recent ministries
have found the awarding Of the few
favors of this sort at their disposition
created for them vastly more enemies
than friends. The Meline cabinet has
solved the difficulty. for itself, at least,
by introducing and securing the pass
age of law repeating the act of 1872,
and substituting for it one fixing the
number Of civil knights permanently
at 10000. There was a long debate in
the Chamber of Deputies on this bill,
and the socialists opposed it fiercely,
but the measure finally passed by a
vote of 344 to 124.-New York Times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28

Pat-I tell you the ould frinds are al
ways the best, after all, and 1 can
prove it.
Dennis-How?
Pat-Where'll you find new frind
that has shtood by you as long as the
ould ones have?-Cleyeland Leader.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
ADtly Named.

young Brown is asking everybody
what he shall call his new baby"
Better call it Gimlet"
"Gimlet! Why, who ever heard of
such a name?"
"Well, he's an awful little bore
'Nit-RitS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28

We find in the course of a day that,
we have had all the outdoor exercise.
we need in lodging people who ride
wheels
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
Worse than Crime.

Fuddy-Football was a crime in En-
gland in the reign of Henry VIII"
Duddy-The way they play it now is
a blunder, which is worse than crime.
Boston Transcript.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28

It is a rare husband and wife who
can look at each other without feeling
ashamed about something.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27
GAG -.


What might have been % very Sc
rious affair was narrowly averlcd In
the lower end of this town last Tues
day As the report goes, Frank Mar
small, while under The influence Of
strong drink, was making things un-
comfortably Lively about town, and
j w. Metz happened along. Lit
tie on nothing was SAID by Metz or
Marshall. but Marshall took a knife
from liIs pocket and made at Metz.
ard in turn Metz sliced an ak. Both
being bold and fearless it was only a
second until they were dangerously
close together, and Metz struck ut
Marshall with the AK. but Fortunately
for both Mrs Marshall caught Nets
arm just in time to GAUGE the lick TO
fall short Of It's aim. The minute de.
tails Of the unplcasantness we do not
know, and think comment uunecessa.
ry further than to say IL Is very snd
tlat such q thing should hive hap.
pcned, and we doubt not That Mar.
shall is the saddesi of ali concerned
for when sober he is intelligent and
agreeable. Met Ia % sober. laws bid
ing citizen, butoxtremely daugcr9u.
under circumstances akin fr tIo ,r.,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

Last week we gave expression to Il
few tn 1ughts ON the subject of bad
tempered women. Time and srace
prevents US from reversing the picture
and giving few thoughts oD bad
t4nl aer..d men But since women
are more or less dependent upon men,
1t is important that they look well to
the disposition and character of a
young man before assuming the vow
to love, honor and obey So long az
they both shall live.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27
1A@ToRxA-.
- 4 ~; ] ZznAzzzz- IT, III III


The School Book Board for this
county met ut the court house last
Tuesduy, all The members being
present, and organized by electing j.
". Pell chairman and j II. Roberts
secretary. Chairman Pell explained
briefly the object Of the meeting, and
announced that the representative Of
each Book Publishing Co, woull be
allowed zen minutes to address the
Board and submit propositions and
prices. MIR. Mccoy, representing the
American Book Company was the
first to speak, which he did eloquent
Iy IN behalf Of the books he repre-.
aenied. d. j. Stuller represented a
series Of books furnished by D. G..
Heath ( CO. His words we're we'll
chosen aud the argument in favor Of
the books he represented vas conviuc.
ing. lie was followed by A. G..
Mathews, who spoke briefly in behalf
Of q series of Arithmetics furnished
By Rand McNally & Co., after which
the Board invited all 20 retire, We
scribe excepted, and it only took a
short time for the Board to reach a
final conclusion, md The following
books were adopted: M,GuHcy's Re.
yiged Spollcr, McGufcys Revised
Readers Rays New Arithmetics,
Mines Standard Arithmetic, Har-
yay's Revised English Grammar,
Rays New Aiecbrgs. Whites Plane
/ Geometry. Nm,e;lu's New Physical
/ Geography.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27
Pcrrln,,entIv Cured.

For abnut two years | suffered with
diarrhoea. used number of re.
NEEDLES and was treated by physicians,
but received no permanent relief.
After taxing few doses of Chamber.
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, believe that am now per.
manently cured. "-JoAB Critics,
Tanner, Gilmer county, w. va.
THIS remedy IS sold b. Dye Pharma-
cv, Grantsville.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

IF YOU want to make Judge Biz.
aard feel we'll and put him in one of
his best talking and entertaining
moods for an hour or two Just intro
duce the subject Of fast horses. You
will find him well posted on nearly
ali Of the best breeds and the rec, rds
Of hundreds The writer took advan-
;ege Of one If his companionable
moods the other day, and asked how
old is your maze Paoli, and how ma
ny races has she been in? After
studying a moment the Judge repl-
ed: "Tweny-niue- in '93
and thirteen in 90 and &c" Has
she ever been behind the money in
any ofthc twenty races? 'Nev-
er behind the money" was the prompt
reply Three or four times she on
~ got third money, and the remarka-
bic feature about this is that she only
got thir,! money in The sIowest races
she has ever been in IN her cam
Paigb Of SO she was second in the
2:l3 time, and once went against
field Of - horses, bat was never allow
ed 10 take 4 heat better than 90"
How about Kitty Wilks2 oh she
IS great Iaco mare and has never
loo, l,1l.:-g IL .-..--. . Il
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CARD OLE THANKS

We desire to thank those who 81
kindly assisted during the sickness,
death and burial of our mother. We
hope it may be our privilege to ex.
press our appreciation of your kind.
ness by helping YOU in time of need.
Yours Resp't.,
II. l.. MARSHALL. AND FAMILY.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

An elegant line of Mirrors and Wall
paper at PelI's.
Tho cheapest place to buy goods in
the county is at j. d. Jefreys' Sta
ten.
BE prepared to relieve your chill
dren of Group and sure throat 10y hav-
ing in the home Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup Good for the old as
we'll az young Dye Pharmacy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

Blood is thicker than water. Pure
blood is the secre; of health. There
Is no better preparation to improve
the blood and prolong life than
BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER AND
BLOOD MAKER.-Dye Pharmacy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27
IOcSll Briefs.
Same IegsIs ll.is issne.

Do you hear the tl.reshers hum
ming?
j. Il. Med was in tire burg
Thursday.
Charley 5eal helped US up Notch
6nancially las; week.
A. Knoits ean.e in from his farms
ION the West Fork Friday.
Miss Stella White writes us from
iowa and wants the CHRONICLE
G. p. Stump and family have NOV
ed from Stumptowu to Glenvillc.
Sumo of the bnys went down 10
Che Brookssillc picnic last Saturday
If you don't want your picture
"tsoken" don't let Homer get sight Of
you.
Okc Stump vas working at Brooks
willie last week OIL 5. Stump ~ Sons
mill.
n Miss Fannie Holland WAS here two
or three days last week, The guest OF
Miss May Cock.
= 1t would take prophet sometimes
TO tell what some people arc mad
Hebout.
The inquiry has begun to 60 the
rounds, "Who will teach the Grants
Vile SCHOOL,"
Jerome HardmAn got out with
nearly all of his Yellow creek timber
)ast Tuesday.
See program tar Ministers ard Dea,
cons Meeting to be held here August
! 1 and ~.
Some of the officers Of this town
need something beside toe string
fora bach bong.
The Teachers Institute for this
county began at Arnolds,urg yester
day. We hope it Will be u profla
BILE meeting.
Druggist Pars ans is now cut Of tie
drug store here, and it is heng run
temporarily by Or. " /. w. Dye
and A. J Saunders
The greatest victory any man ever
won IL the one he achieves over him
self, when, in times IF extreme provo
Taiion, lie controls his temper.
James Barr and wife were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. I!a.un Barr day
or two last week OF c"urae it WAS
n only an accident that Mr. Barr was
l.ere on the day Of The show.
Some iir,bermen ruu raft on the
ferry line at tlis place last Friday
and ore of rhea GU, the line. We
did not hear Anthory's remarks, but
it is raid that tl;ey were hair lifting
We don't know who was at fault, bat
we d, know it delayed travellers foy q
short time.
We gave every body due notice
that after certain date tho CuRoiG.
Gle wonld he sent 10 any address for
81 90 in advance, an { 30 frot paiA
in advance, anG wc dnn't believe peo-
pie treat W. fairly when they insist
npon tbs debating rrom TIE adopted
rue, and besides this it docs no good
10 make tho request.
We could, aud Will rs soon as We
get time, figure out snu.c av fully fine
iinanciering for the taxpayers Of this
county. Unless We are mistaken a
plan can be devi:ed by which the av-
erage taxpayer can save in short
fine much pore han Gre price Of this
paper In writing now ve are lheo-
rizing, but some morr convenient day
SIC will give you the figures aud they
will not lie
John Westfall was coming from
Spencer to Arnoldsburg 3 few days
ago with load of goods, and before
getting to Arnnld,buFg was overtak
en- by darkness, and in n dense woods
was attacked by robbers, who cut his
clothes almost of Of him. From tho
Information We have Of the matter
1t was desperate fight, bot Weytiall
succeeded in driving Bis assaiIans
away. M clue 20 Tic perpetrators.
81 Ausifu aud 4. G.. Mathew.
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OF Tor the Institute.

A new post office has been estab-
iished on Milestone
Mrs. j. NC Ball and son were shop
ping in town Thursday.
Al conditions Of mankind are pro-
vided for in Holy Writ.
Miss Pet Hodges, of Mt. zion, vas
in town Saturday morning.
G. w. shafcr was here with Il
bunch Of sheep last Thursday.
3. N. Smith and Charley Starkey
marketed sheep here Thursday.
P. c. Campbell was circulating
among friends here last Saturday.
It la, been reported that wheat
and oats are not yielding well this
year
Some of the brethren ought to har-
vest the hay around the churches in
This town
W.. D., ...,. e -.
creek Saturday.
Al Ball spent all day in town last
~r'' ''.--'"'' III '0"'" "o' YET
''' 80 '''' e''
a. - Neli' OF Leading creek wac
'r'H''cl'hE business here awhile last
saturday "'"rHiHs
Cottonadcs at Tal !or's, Big Springs.
The ferry line was down few hours
last Thursday and travellers were nee
essa'il} detained.
Those who did not take ia the Bal
lengar Family Show here last Tues.
day missodea big lot ct fun.
Glass aud Tin Air Tights cheaper
Than ever before at G. 5. Smiths.
job Muskgrove. W. C. Wilson .p3
Tharp nasscd tbropob town
last week with fine drove Of sheen
*, ..l.;.. L,o L,,. :l.
,5o ,o,,, ~, ,,r,i,. ot,it. ,,.., 49,
.o,r, ,L,.r., .r;,.r,,,..l., =, -
.,,, ..o.,..,
,
w. y - ~ ''''''' anu '"'' ~
JNH'ust "4aI|lh lnsl Il hue lHg last
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

1t ia repnrted here that one Of our
farmers living on the head Of Beech
Fork had 13 head ofcattle stolen from.
him a tev days ago. lis not impossible
for therepnrt to be true but as We heard
it is most unlikely. He should have dis
covered his loss on the day following
the theft, and instituted search, and
since traced the cattle to whero they
crossed the Ohio river, some distance
above Parkersburg As the report
gees the cattle should have beer, TAX
ed from pasture field short time
before dark and driven along public
highway by two men, and were sup
posed to have been driven all night
passing by Minnora, Arnoldsburg and
Stmmptown. Why man discover
ing his loss Of cattle so soon after they
had started could not oycrlake them
is whn; hothers as, and for this reA-
son We iuterject our doubts as to the
correctness Of the report
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27


a suit between man by the name
Of Wilson, plaintiff, and l. u. Bond
late surveyor Of roads ia one of the
precincts Of Sherman district, before
q. w. Griffin, Justice of Washing.
ton district, has been watched with
much interest. Two or three suits
have been brought, dismissed, con
tinued, and finally one of them wa.
tried las, Monday, the plaintiff get.
ing Judgment for the amount in con.
Irove.sy. The suit, rs we under.
stand the matter grew out Of The fact
that while surveyor Of reads Mr..
Bond gave Mr. wilson contract to
construct certain piece Of road and
for some reason Mr.. Bonds successor
or the Board Of Surveyors refused to
take up and make proper report of
the road SO he could get his pay,
hence the suits. 1t has been taken
up to the circuit court on cercareri.
Our understanding is that the amount
III controversy is less thon $50, Dut
by the time the costs are paid it will
amount (" more than twice that.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

lightning Hot Drops
Nhag a Funny Nan1ei
Ven True, 5vS u Kllle ~ PeIn.
Sold EVory9aore. Every DeY-
Without Roller, There Is No Paw
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

"Jnly Is, 1896. our store four
dwelling houses snd three barns were
washed away by food. Soon after
the community was visited by an cpl.
deu'ic Of blJody nux. Ina short time
we sold ten dozen of Chamherlains
Collie Cholera and Di1rrhoon Rene
dy ADD in every case where i was u-.
cd the results were a'i that could hc
desired DOB fact Our physicians admit
tel ihat 80 would do more toward
bringing about cure of 1ux Chan
then could do" BUSH 81 kvisIty.
Auburn, w Va. Oct. s.. 1896 For
sale by Dye Pharmacy, GrmfviIlo.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

Now is the time to subscribe for
the CHEONCLE.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

Take advantage of our 81. 90 cash
in advance rate.
Oil leases for sale at this Office.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

Cheapest Buggy Whip. IN the ccun.
~ at G. :. Smiths, from Zoe. up.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-27

The y Ray EcIipscd by the rcue.
trating power of Bcggs' Little
Giant pills
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-01-01
YEAR OF THIRTEEN MONTHS

With the rounding out Of the
century it may be assumed that an
earnest effort will be made to readjust
the year. 1t is 316 years since the
last correction of the differences be-
tween the solar and the civil year and
the beginning of u century affords
good opportunity for a corrections
which must be made sooner or later.
In 1882 Pope Gregory contaminated
a change which had long been agitated
and dropped out ten days, so that the
9Th day of October, the day of the
change, became the 18th. But even
with the addition ola day in leap year,
excepting in certain multiples, of which
the year 1900 will be one, the distance
between the calendar year and the
solar year is increasing. The present
method is adopted by all Christian
nations except Russia, but with the
enlightenment of the age there is little
doubt that all nations would COM
prehend the subject thoroughly and
Join in establishing universal year.
The Gregorian year is calculated to
be 365 days hours 49 minutes u
seconds, which exceeds the true solar
year by twenty-six seconds, a difference
of only day in 1898 years. 1t has
long been proposed to revise the
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cure. The effects Of such disorders are not
limited to mere local discomforts but ex-
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With irritable nerves and poor digestion,
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Women are VIGOROUSLY negligent IN mat
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tons, and they do not know enough about
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DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will posi-
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Association, Buffalo. N. Y.
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Some hours must have passed I'M
marked in the indulgence of his grief,
for it was late when he rose and tired
to find his way homeward. After
wandering about some time, without
being able to discover the road, he
was in a churchyard. "There is the
house where the people go to pray"
murmured the youth bitterly. "Have
I not also prayed? Have l not kept
my soul from sin? Prayers will not
give Ellen back, else would pray
aye, to the bad fiend himself and
promise to be his, so she would be
mine."
Scarce had the distracted youth ut
tered these words when q sound of
shrill laughter nearly startled him,
and, looking round he saw a figure
which he had no difficulty in recog-
nizing by the we'll known horns and
cloven foot. 81 am here" cried he in
hoarse tones, "at your service and
ready to do your bidding, asking only
a small service in return"
"What is thatp Willibald muster
ed courage to say, though he trembled
all over.
II have piece of work for you. I
will take you to spot where lies bur-
led one of my subjects. You must
make me an iron railing round this
grave, and in reward I will give you
your BRIDE"
"1f you have nothing more to ask, 1
am content" replied the yonng man.
"This is all, but it il harder task.