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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
PlTH AND POINT.

Biugers-"And were You married
on tlme?' Gingers-"Oh, no; L had
to pay the parson cash. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
81 hear she is soreduced in circum-
stances that she has gone out to work. +"
What n cruel falsehoodl She has
gone out as domestic. Detroit
Journal.
DIR. Pray-"If they smite thee on
one cheek, turn the other" Aller-
mode That's out of date. You
mean if they pull one leg extend tho
other. Truth.
Bass-"Was that baby talk your
wife was talking rs came in?" Fogg
That was mother talk No baby L
ever saw INDUCED in such gibberish."
Boston Transcript.
Old Gent-'If am not mistaken.
sir, saw you kiss my daughter in the
parlor last night" Freddy Flyppe-
"rhat's all right, sir; I'll forgive YOU
this time Standard.
Your hair is always so handsomely
dressed, fraulein. You must devote a
great deal of attention to it.. eyes, L
must confess my head is my chief
weakness. Tit Bits.
Brother Tom-"Cheer mp, Bobbie;
Use got good news fer yer. De des-~
tor told MON it wos noomonia wot YER
sick wild an dat she dasn't give yer
bath fer month. Judge.
Miss Yellowleaf-''Y / have had
my picture taken once a year every
year of my life" Miss Youngbud-
"How did you manage before photog-
raphy was invented?"-
Ethel-"I saw Count Hardupski
last evening" Cousin Tom-'Does
he talk as brokenIy as ever?" Ethel
"My! yes. heard him ask pa to loan
him so before he left. Judge.
Teacher (angrily) - "Why didn't
you answer my question, Bobby?"
His Brother Tommy answering for
him)-"Please, sir, he's got a PEPPER
mint in his speech. London Tit
Bits.
Bill-"And what did the old man
say when you asked for his dnughter?"
Jill-"Ordered me to leave the house."
"And what did you say?" 81 asked
him II he took me for house-mover.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Teacher conducting review in
: aphy)-"How is the surface of
the eaffnsSdivided?" Smart Boy
Unto one-foiIiTTtf f5nd~--aad three
fourths water-'ceptin' the SSassss
River, which is about half an half. -
Chicago Tribune.
"That BRUTE" said the indignant
buyer, "balled for three hours the
first time L took him out" WELL"
said the seller, as he chewed straw,
81 told you he was horse of wonder
full staying ability, didn't I?"-In-
dianapolis Journal.
George Pugsley called on me last
evening" That little fellow who
shutters? Why, he's stupid" mot
n bit of it. He entertained us for
more than an hour" "How?" Try
ing to name the Sandwich Islands. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31

The Government of the United
States hlsal interesting machine used
for counting and tying postal cards in
to small bundles There arc two of
the automata, capable Of counting 300
600 cards in ten hours and wrapping
and tying the same in packages of
twenty-five each. In this operation
the paper is pulled Off the drum Of two
long fingers" which come from below
and another finger dips in van OF
mucilage and applies itself to the
wrapping paper in exactly the right
place. Other parts of the machine
Irvine the paper around the pnck of
cards aud then ",humb" presses the
spot whore the mucilago is and the
package is then thrown upon the carry
belt ready for delivery.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31

A jubilee for long reign is not new
in the worlds history. When in the
year y. G. 1888 Rameses II. had
reigned for sixty-seven years a mag
nifcent general rejoicing took place
with great pomp on the banks Of tho
Nile. On the rocks at Silsilis there is
a full account of these festivities which
were on very grand scale, and it is
recorded that certain high state Off
ciala traversed the country from north
to south in order to make the necessary
preparations.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
Living on n Dollar n Week.

-Four of the students of the local
Young Mems Christian Association
framing school are experimenting in
cheap methods of cooking, says the
Republican, of Springfield, Mass.
About two months ago DIR. McCurdy,
in one of his talks to the physiology
class, spoke of the work done by Ed.
ward Atkinson in experimenting with
different kinds of food in order to find
out which is the cheapest and at the
same time the most nourishing. One
OF the class became interested and
read extensively on the subject Not
being satisfied with what others said
he bought an Aladdin oven and with
three other fellows begin to expert
ment on himself. The Aladdin oven
Is an invention of Edward Atkinson.
the well-known economist, whose idea
was to cover an oven with asbestos in
order to keep in the heat, and in this
way to save fuel, space and time. With
this oven the four young men began
the experiment, which they now de-
clare to be the greatest thing out. +"
they put whatever they want for
breakfast into the oven the night be-
fore, regulate the heat according to
directions, and when they get up in
the morning breakfast is ready.
After breakfast the dinner is mt
into the oven, while the same is done
after dinner for the supper. This long
and slow method of cooking renders
the cheaper cuts of meat tender and
paiatab!e, SO that although they have
iived well and have eaten even more
than usual their expenses have only
been 81 each a week, which not only
includes the food, but the fuel and the
hire for the oven. One of the mem
bers of the faculty and his wife were
entertained few days ago with fine
success. The guests politely pro-
nounced the dinner to be the best
cooked one they had ever eaten.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31

The medicine bags of Navaios.
Aunls and Apaches, all kindred tribes
In New Mexico and Arizona, contain n
curious powder, known as corn-pollen.
or hoddentin. This powder, which is
the pollen OF n rush, and also of maize.
appears to be used as n medicine, be-
ing eaten by the sick and put on the
ihead or other parts to ease pain, but
principally as n sacred Offering to the
sun and moon, and as sanctifier of
everything. A pinch of it is thrown
toward the sun and then toward the
four winds for help in war or the chase,
is put on the trail of n snake to pre-
vent harm from it, placed on the
tongue of the tired hunter rs restora-
tive, hung in bags round the necks of
infants ~ n preservative, and sprin-
kled on the dead. In fact, every action
OF these Indians is sanctified by this
powder, so that, rs Captain Bourke
writes in the ninth volpme>AssslsrLe
Report Of the Bureau of Ethnolo0y.
lSmithsonian,) plenty of hoddentin
has come to mean that particular
performance or place is sacred"
Captain Bourke shows many analo-
gie5 to the use of this sacred powder,
both in the East and among the ancient
Greeks and Romans, and it is clear
that similar practices with regard to
"medicine"-that is, magic-have pre-
vailed everywhere aud in all ages, for
superstition seems TO be the universal
heritage of mal, so deeply ingrained
in his very nature that all the efforts
OF philosophers and thirteen clubs"
will not avail TO root it out. Medicine
bags or amulets will continue TO be
worn openly or secretly, not only by
the wild Indian and the Kafr, but by
many among ourselves who cling to the
beliefs handed down probably from
remote prehistoric ages.-Chambers's
journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
EVANSVILLE, W. VA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 81. 1897.
'op vas transformed into tiny rain,

drop vas transformed into tiny rain,
bow.
Mr.. Fontaine came often after thai.
So did Mr.. Paul Winton, the owner G,
the genuine Country Parson." AM:
when the family closed their cottage.
and returned 70 the city, the TIVE
young men discovered that the journe-
to Philadelphia was not such u very
long one. And there is every prob.
a5ihty that the lacking rectory will be
built in the spring, and that the coun-
try parson will bring u pretty young
wife there; at least so says populas
gossip.
Dear, stupid old NORA" says Matty
Rice, sit was all her doing. And she
shall have home with me always
But blunders don't always term
mate so successfully" Eveleen gravely
remarks.
Matty shakes her head. She will
not concede this to be blunder at all.
Only-a coincidence. Saturday Night.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
cour.lnr 80 nrerhnnnn.-

Coursing with .reyhouuds has sprung
into great popularity with the sports
men Of Montana, and q strouqly-or-
CaIized aud wealthy club, called tho
Suite CoursinR Club, has Just been
formed, with Marcus Daily, the coop
per king, as PRESIDENT; George Mac
Dougall as Secretary. The club will
course over ground owned by Mr..
Daily, WHO has given them lease on
it at nominal rental. Sportsmen say
a similar club is being formed At Ana
ccuda.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
victoria christened From Golden Font

James Cassidy writes of the Girl
hood Days of England's Queen" for
St. Nicholas Mr.. Cassidy says of
Queen Victoria:
When the child was few months
old she was christened; and the chris
ing was a very grand affair. No com
mon marble or stone font was used; a
gold font was thought necessary. And
80 n gold font was brought from the
Tower of London, where it had been
kept for safety.
One of the sponsors was Gar Alex
auder of Russia; and hence it was that
the name chosen for the baby was
Alexandria Victoria, the second name
being that Of her mother.
a fine, healthy, lively child, with
blue eyes aud fair hair, was the
Princess, aud it seems she suffered
little from the trials of infancy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31


ing down into matted layers Of dim
color around the columns of the piazza.
and the tall dahlias nearly prostrated
by the steady downpour. No walks
no gathering of ferns, MOSES. berries
In the still, delicious woods: no
dreamy rambles to the mountain tons
and, worst and saddest of all. moth
ing to read.
And won't be deluded into work
ing worsteds," said Matty, nor vet
into crewels and Kensington stitch
Eveleen, what is that delightful bool,
that papa was reading aloud out of last
night?"
DO You mean the 'Recreations Of n
Country Parson'?" said Eveleen. com
pairing two shades of rose-colored
wool. ~
III that's the name of it-yes."
HE took it to the city with him >,
said Eveleen. 81 saw it sticking ont
OF his coat pocket when he was run
ming for the train"
"How provoking!" sighed Mattv
clasping her dimpled hands above her.
mead; when it's the book Of all books
that | should like to read on day like
this. "
''Mr. Winton has a copy of it," said
Eveleen, threading worsted- needle
with the very darkest shade of garnet
But what good will that do lne?"
said Matty, disconsolately.
Borrow it" suggested EveIeen.
Everybody borrows everything in n
place like this; and I'm sure Mr., Win
ton would be glad to oblige YOU. I"
But how?" urged Matty. "The
hotel is at least half a mile away"
"Send Nora.
mora, indeed! I don't suppose
Nora ever did an errand in her life +"
said Matty. '''
Then it's high time she began 8"
laughingly suggested Eveleen. "Write
a motel" -'0
'I'd rather send verbal MESSAGE y
said Matty; "and [ wouldn't send. at
oil IT | wasn't dying to read the end of
that essay that papa began last night. {"
Nora, deep In the energetic occupa-
ton OF backing the kitchen stove. was
summoned upstairs.
Nora" said Mattv. impressiveIv
L want You to 60 to the hotel. Won
know whore the hotel is?"
Sure an / do, miss" said Nora
with wide-open mouth, and eyes Of in.
tense attention.
"And ask for Mr.. Winton. and toll
him that Miss Matty Rice sonds No.
compliments, and would like to borrow
the 'Recreations Of a Country par
son. %
'Yis'm, said Nora
You're sure you underestimate"
fis'm, nm why wouldn't To-"
promptly retortod Morn, rather nettIed
by this implied aspersion on her now.
ers OF comprehension.
can" '''" ~ you
Nora " '''"
And presently the two sisters copobt
glimpse Of her beneath the folds oS
rusty waterproof cloak, with n man-
moth umbrella held over her head
disappearing behind the huge leove5
OF the rhododendron hedge
Matty. '''s' SUI"
why should she?o said sercno
Eveleen.
And she went on composedly with
tne pomegrnnato blossom that she WINS
emDroideringf while Matty sat down
10 the piano, and tried to pick ont the
notes OF some dreamy refrain. which
had haunted her ever since she boord
1t at the opera last winter. with pa,ti
smiling ON thc stage. and the fnlI w..
chestro laundering out it's strains
And Nora, plunging down the ravipo
like anything but wood rvmrb
FLASHED her way to the hotel. GOING n
quarter Of mile ont Of her road ON
account Of o spotted snake and sfop-
ping for q good chat with f.. fellot
Hibernian who was on his way 10 the
postoflice.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31

The deepest hole yet bored in the
earth runs G57l feet below the surface
of the soil This is at Rybrick, in
upper Silesia. An interesting feature
was the record Of temperature taken.
At the surface IL was 53.G degrees. At
6571 feet il reached 157 degrees Fair,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31

Z Miss NIatty Rice
had yawned once
since breakfast she
had yawned a score
of times; and even
pretty Eveleen was
growing drowsy
over her embroid-
cry by the window.
For it was a hope
lessly rainy day in
mid October, with
the sky yelled in
dark gray mist, the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-31
The shah OF Persia.

The Shah is brusque Of speech. lie
is also magnificent shot, and can hit
a copper coin tossed in the air. He
goes of on rough hunting trips ond
bags big game. re is the best gun
shot in Persia He is neither fool
nor an iub2cile, and Is man of swift
action,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15

cabinet councils Mr.. Sherman would be
a source Of wisdom due to long expert
cnce and thorough acquaintance with
every department of public affairs to
be considered, on matters pertaining to
the treasury problems as well as those
likely to arise in the department of
State. AS for the latter the step from
the craftsmanship of the committee on
foreign relations would be most
natural one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15

or create additional expenses. and al
low none TO pass unless their useful
ness and immediate necessity is plain
and urgent. He enforces his argument
by this plain statement of the prin-
ciples which ought to govern:
1T is my deliberate judgment that.
in time of profound peace, we cannot
afford to be continually. year after
year. running in debt or having our ex-
penditures exceed our receipts. and
thus creating constantly increasing
deficit, to be tided over by temporary
loans or funded into more permanent
ones. We have arrived at a point
where tits imperative that our eXpen-
ditures must be brought within our in
come"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15
Augusta Does Not Want Them.

Augusta does not want the itinerant
the legal definition of that term but
practices what it was desired to reach
by means of the law relating to timer
ant vendors. We believe the decision
of the court. yesterday, will be as sat
isfactory to the people of this town as
it will be discouraging to those who
may wish to follow after the men, who
were glad to fold their stocks of goods
and silently steal away after paying
All having an interest in this town
wish to see our local merchants pros
porous, desire to see their stores filled
with large and varied assortments
of fresh goods. AS for prices there is
no reason why the purchasers may not
rely upon competition to keep them
within reasonable limits. Much as all
of us delight in "a trade" we do not
want it to the disadvantage of the COM
munity of which we are part and in the
prosperity of which we share Nor is
there reason to suppose that admitting
every out-of-town hawker affords OPP
portunity for those trades" The local
merchant besides being member of
the community, bearing his proportion
of the burdens and responsibilities i'm
posed upon that community, is so sit
uated that he cannot, for long, treat
his customers otherwise than fairly
and retain their trade. The itinerant
vendor can, if he be sharp enough,
and most of them are. The individual
who purchases Of them does so wholly
at his own risk, no guaranty they may
give probably amounts to anything and
! il he but stops to think their purpose
here is to get the most possible cash
in the least possible time and with the
least possible expense and contribution
to the city. We don't need them, any
of u.s. and it is pretty evident from the
formidable petition against them, that
we don't want and don't propose to
have them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15
Something Better Than Riches.
(Hallowell Register.)

Governor Henry 3. Cleaves carries
into his home life record higher than
the majority of State governors gain
something better than riches-grati-
tude and sincerest respect of the peo-
pie. During his four years of admins
tration the State indebtedness has
been reduced half million. the annual
interest burden lightened $4,000. and
the State tax cut down nearly $135. 600
His administration has been eminently
satisfactory. 1t has been marked by
good judgment, conscientious perfor-
nance of duty and watchful care of the
public interests. With single excep-
ton the appointments made have been
wise. No man is infallible. and the
most bigoted man will not cherish any
prejudice. Gov. Cleaves' administra-
ton has been democratic, clean and
aboveboard: we wish him the good
things of which he has shown himself
so worthy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15
The Cure for Kansas.
(Emporia (kan.) Gazette


They say. that all wealth comes from
the soil. Yet Kansas. which had the
largest crop of any American state. is the
hardest up. And the New England states.
where they don't raise much, are all right.
Wealth doesn't come from the soil. 1t
comes from brains. The man who works
with his hands and uses only muscle isn't
in it. He hasn't been in it far genera
ton. He never will be in it again. Laws
won't put him in it. The thing is the re-
suit of the law of nature, Free silver
won't do it; free riot won't do II. Brains
have the call over muscle: cunning is
master of brute strength. 1t will do nc
good to organize societies; the thing to
do is for each man to develop his brain
salvation of the community lies in hay
ing large per cent of individual hustlers.
The individual must work out his own
success and he must use his head more
than his hands.
The trouble in Kansas is that the peo-
pie have been taught that the law can
been told that this. that or the other law
would help them out. The truth is that
nothing but hustling will help MAN out
of any scrape. The people have been told
that somebody or something outside of
themselves is responsible for their fail
ures and that the something must be put
down. The something in question is some
one else's brains. Kansas has been try
ing to legislate against brains. To earn
money and save ii requires brains Money
earned and saved is capital. Capital is
ing against the money power She has
been abusing men with shrewdness
enough to have. capital. In trying to
legislate against brains Kansas has been
going against the natural order of things.
Therefore in State with the largest
crops in the world an unnatural order
hard times-prevails.
There will be hard times SO long as we
fool with the unnatural order. We once
encouraged capital and prospered. The
very day we stopped encouraging brains
we began to fail. The thing for the pres
ent administration to do is repeal the
present stay law, TO cease dallying with
the bogus reforms that can only hurt
the poor man, and to show the world that
Kansas is in line with civilization.
The minute YOU try to hamper capital
you hamper the man who is trying to ae-
cumulate a little capital. You can't make
a law that will strange the man with n
million and not strange the man witt,
fifty cents. The law that tackles n mil
lion dollars in a lump will tackle half "A
dollar. by itself. Ii you talk against the
man who is well-to-do you must give up
all hope of getting well-to-do yourself.
1f it is free for all you stand as good a
show of winning as the next man.
Kansas should turn around and help
the man with the ten talents and let the
fellow with his little old measly one tai
emit wrapped in a napkin take care of
himself. The Bible justifies such q course
and that is the wisest guide the world
knows.
"Ad astra per aspera" means, trans
lated freely into the American language
The hustler gets there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15

Tho demands made upon our columns
during the session by the regular Senate
aud House reports are such rs to leave rs
absolutely no room for conducting a
forum, neither do we think 1t incumbent
upon rs tn do so. The Legislative com.
mittees will give every man who has any.
thing to say in regard to proposed matters
Of legislation ample opportunity 10 he
heard. Due notice Of their meetings is
given to the interested public. We can
mot exclude orr telegraphic dispatches 10
provide composition and secure space for
articles embodyiDg personal views aud
designed to influence legislation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15
Gov. Henry 8. cIeayes.
Camden Herald.)

With the beginning of this year Cover
nor Cleaves' second term expired and he
has stepped down and out to give place
to his successor. Governor Powers.
Many good men have occupied the
Maine gubernatorial chair during the
more than three. quarters of a century
that has elapsed since our admission
to the Union, and we believe that Gov
best. '
During the past four years he has
given his State the full benefit of his
knowledge of the law. his sagacity and
his ripe experience. although he did SO
at loss to himself of much of what
his ability and reputation as LAWYER
might have brought him financially. No
hrmer hand has grasped the helm Of the
snip of State. No chief executive has
scrutinized more carefully and intelli-
gently the acts of the Legislature before
giving them his approval. and none has
more wisely and prudently administered
me manifold duties of his Office. and al
inoueh his term has expired and he no
longer rules over us. nevertheless the
people Of Maine will not forget him but
VIII continue to wish him future success.
prosperity and happiness.