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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-29
10 wolnen snlit LoE. fof . Li,inr.

Splitting logs i the vocation fol-
lowed by two women IN the woods
back Of Walls station, on the Penn
sylTaaia railroad Annie and Mary
Wilson are the names OF these two
women TheE are sisters. They
split rails aid make pit posts and caps
for the Spring Hill Coal Company.
whose works are between WiImerding
and Walls They 10 all the work Of
telling the trees, saving them into
proper lengths aud finally with their
axes splitting them into pit posts.
They are assisted 70 some extent hy
their younger brother. The Girls
3rh together always sad can swing
81 eight-f0ot cross-cut saw through an
oak tree with apparently as much ease
as some women run a typewriter.
When the tree Is sawed through
and ready 20 split one OF the girls set
On iron wedge i1to one end OF the loy
and with a large maui weighing abou.
twenty pounds drives it In. spli;tin
me log from end 20 end. The opera.
ton Is repeated until the log Is split
INFO sizes for posts Then the axes
are brought into play aud the posts
trimmed NJ and shaped The girls
came from Indiana.
The work Is not hard when vou
e. used - T., sail one. and then
we can make more money splitting
rails and making pr posts IN one DAY
than we could ~ 8 week working IN a
kitchen. WHAT'S the difference. so
long as the work Is honest. how one
earns @ l-lugs Although I work
ha-i every day, ram OF shine. I never
GET sex. was never sick in ny life.
Ihe people ar7gnl here a,i talk about
Ms. hG' we don't care f5r that We
are canning good living aud don't
one any one cent. -.-Ona.a Be-.
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now God.end Lufkin Got Hi. Name.

Perhaps Godsend Lufkin. Of Tilden.
has the distinction OF owing the
queerest name in Maine Go1send's
grandfather, old Peter Lufkin. owned
about all the Wild land in the town.
When he died he left his property 10
his four boys n trust, the whole OF IL
70 go 70 the first grandson who should
come into the world A. that time
none OF the boys were married. but
they at once reuediei this fault. every
one taking wife inside 81 a year from
the time the will Of their fatder was
made. Six years after his wedding
the wife Of George Lufkin presented
70 him son. who was entitled to the
great estate under the terms OF the
viii. Il was agreed that the BOYS
mother should bestow the name. but
she neglected TO tell the minister
about Ii before the party had assem-
bled II the Church. Then when the
clergyman asked what name be
should best3w the chiid's father spoke
up and said. 4 think you'd better
call him a codsend. because he has
proved that 10 my family" The words
spoken IN Jest were taken in earnest
by the clergyman. who procee led 10
formally christen the boy as " \ God
send Lrfkin. a name which be bears
to day. A. he got nearly 800. o11
worth Of property along with his
name he is trying 90 stand i-.-Dc-
troit Free Press
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-29
Annther Worm .

An inspector was recently examining
a class % girls IN natural history. SAYS
Scottish y zits
Tell me the names OF any animals
ron know. be began. but the faces Of
the children expressed beEilderment
a: the request At length. however.
a little girl g.. the back Of the class
sho' ny her baud as though a bright
idea had sd ilanlv struck her.
"Ab. said the inspector. the
smallest girl in the class knows. Well.
nv dear. what Is its'
A worm. came the triumphant an
sve-
Well er-v5s. a worm is really an
nuiua Pa can no one think Of any
other
III we're one o. you big girls. the
inspector marked. after q pause. on
seeing che -ans hand held up. II
sh01ii be s-l1mei Of myself"
Then iurriDz 90 the scholar. ss a
Jas resort fe said.
wei. ~ll 81 this tune. ny
SIR
aoe.a ar.a .ir. w.. ths quick
c. lss
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Many C,rnn,n snn,r.tiri,n..

The world Is IN leb:el to folklore
for the Preservation and transmission
from remote ages of customs. usages.
rules. principles and presidents 10 an
extent OF which j, Is impossible 10
form an adequate idea Ii goes back
70 the primitive conceptions which
have been taken up into the thought OF
civilized Nations and interviewer into
their religion aud philosophy. There
are yet those who believe in unlucky In
fuencss of the moon, In unlucky days,
such as Friday; IN unlCcky numbers.
such as thirteen. In numbering the
state room doors of frst-class steam
ships and the apartment doors OF lead
ing hotels the fateful number thirteen
Is studiously omitted. The horse chest
nut, the rabbits foot and the potato
are still carried in the pockets Of the
credulous That crescent-shapedp pro
lection against evil spirits. the horse
shoe. Is still nailed over doorwavs.
Charms and amulets and talismans are
still worn. the fashionable form to-day
being the four-leaved clover. The
mascot i not the exclusive possession
"a 49, 2 1A-p--As ADA - us dullKlc-lS.
the voodoo. the inheritance of Creole
communities only, while the records
Of the stage show that actors still have
their Jonahs. The witches cauldron
Is something more than a fading mem
DRY. Dreams and premonitions have
not lost their alleged significance.
Spectral illusions are still perceptible.
Still chngs the impression that com
ing eFents cast their Sadows before. -
The horoscope still claims a bearing
upon human destiny The divininZ
rod Is still usel in search Of subter-
ranean springs or netslliferous de
posts. s.. Swithin is still clerk Of
the weather for forty DAYS after July
-. Young people still stand under
the mistletoe The asserted contigu-
iiy Of red-haired girls and white horses
Is still a popular Jest. DR.. c. c. BON.
ba1gh 70 the I Folklore Society.
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PHI AND POINT.

Knox looking over bill OF farel-
Suppose We start in With SONS
Blue Poluts:' foI-'E reuse mel i
CO. enough Of those from my broker
this morning Boston Courier.
CharmiRz Widow And what are
Won doing n3EAlayss" He-"Oh.
amusing myself looking ont for mum,
her one And YOU Charming
Widow looking or FOR number
tEo - IN loI Figaro.
rs your sister al home. WilliecS
asked VILE s sisters Young man.
No; I heard her say she Was engaged
TINS afternoon bu, don't be fright
cned: ! doai thiuk It's marrying en-
gagement- -aarr er's BaEar
Old Gentleman debating indignant
letter -''Sir. ~ stenographer. being
lady. carupt take dowI wha; think
of you >. heinz gentleman. canno:
think ii. bu. you. being neither. can
easily guess my thoughts Brooklyn
Life.
Uncle George you think Mr..
CaIton 5 literary mani Carrie
I'm SIRE o. i' When he wants to
find anything Ia book he wastes half
~ hour hunting fOT IL before he thinks
10 look 4. The index Boston Tran
scriDt
- WON'T saomu to beIneSs9rhed
away. said The disappointed arrSssfi'
2. the hotel "Sec hsrs-rm fiusl -
And ne displayed = roll Of bills. Il
know, responded the clerk: but I've
got full house Philadelphia North
American
Precoci Jnvenile-'' Mamma. is
isn't good gamma 10 say after j, is
it," Ii. MOthsr-''No, George"
Precociols Juvenuc Well. the let
ter J comes after l. Which Is wrong.
the grsmms- ~ the alphabet?"-Chi-
cago Tribune
Father nave ron read my ode TO
the Pines Z: asked the youthful poet.
NO, Johp. L haven't: but Won Just
take this here az Ell Gu, me down a
few of en-. the pines are OWN me
about ten cords O wood. "-Atlanta
Constitution. i
''Do you consider the electoral coll
lege . desirable institution" inquired
the mau whose mind is on the nation.
We'll remarked the nervous friend.
Il can; help ai'miring it for the fact
that l never heard Of an electoral coll
lege yell ''-W Washington Star.
Willie Smith wa playing with the
Jones boys His mother called him:
Willie, don't you know those are bad
boys for you 70 play WITH" Yes.
mother" said Willie. II know that.
but theI an a good boy for them TO
play With Household Words.
Miss Auiiquate This a young
TURKEY don't believe you, sir.
Buicher ''It Is young turkey.
mum Miss ADiiquate ~ 5nngi
Young q, compared With xhats"
Buicbe- Tie pyramids eT yer own
sVee; self, mum. BArPer's Bazaar.
over notice, asked the stove,
what a modest creature the clock %
Referring. : presume. said the
wOod box 900 her holding her hands
before he face Whv. no. not so
much tla. q, - her habit Of running
herself G5~- Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. c. ,lzin-''Joha.w we ~ilI have
TO &c: ri Cd TIA. parrot His language
i getting % be- simply awful. " Mr..
Goodwin Well. my dear. you
should have known better than 20 hang
him where "a. colli heaF the remarks
the neigh )3rs male about him. -
Chicago News.
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Ganeho, rrncticallr -. nn no...h.

Gauohos Practically Live on Horseback.
When Darwin asked = gaucho
South American cowboy why be did
not work, the reply was Il can not.
/ am too poor" The great naturalist
was astonished. bat according 20 a
recent article by NJ Cunningham.
the reply Of the gaucho was perfect
ly natural one. Mr. Graham saws.
The man had no horses A gaucho
never worked eKcep. on horseback.
On horseback, no matter II seventy
ynars Of age, he always appeared
young. On foot he vaddled Ike an
alligator Whether heriinz sheen CT
cattle marching. bunting. draEinE
water from a well. the gaucho vas a.
ways on horseback He even drew
net on horseback. OF churned butter
by galioping about with q hiie-baz a
milk tied 30 the end Of a lasso He
lived on horseback. climbing when a
child on 10 the back Of an old horse.
putting his little bare toes on the ami.
mails knee and scramblinr like n
monkey g. his seat on The march
be slept on horseback. Not seldom
has q horse been found strayi7r about
With bis rider. the banl that uiiei
dead. b1, The sinewy legs maintaining
the Wild borsemsn seated 10 the sad
de as IN life The begzars. what few
Of them existed, begged on hors back.
extending q silent hand as you passe Z
bT them. In 81 alarm a. night every
one ran io bis horse. snd mounting,
vas ready for what might bsnIe
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The VIOLET.
Her she i again. the dear,
sEeetes. vestal OF the wear.

Herr she i again. the dear.
s~eeies. ves;al OF the wear.
In her httle purple hood
Frightening the lonesome ro>r.
We who, something worn with cara,
IKE tGe rost. AID unarar.
JOY that he1rt=ns. hope that thrills.
Love our cup % life tba; flls.
STAGE in springs renecsbersi aooks,
Lifting fain familiar looks
Once again with curtsyinS grace,
In the sane dear Lowry place.
Col H uaagsl sign hath se.
In ths tender yicle.
-NSrsarc z. "a --s,-r, ia HGrpe-'s MAsa-
-f-s
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almost passionately.
He rose stifiy. aud stood with his
arm about her, looking down the road.
Il was toward nightfali. aud the valley
was full Of haiows. while above the
hills foatei soft gray clouds-;he dead
sunset. And even as they looked 2
sudden thrill aud flush came across
these, and the valley was filed with
the glory of the after glow, aud the
two old figures stood silent in the
midst OF the golden light.
= Il was a few weeks after this that
Hester caught a severe cold. She WAS
in bed for several days. and Mamie
lad her husband and child 10 care for.
AID her mother would not let her stav
long.
They'll be needing you-I can get
along now" she said
Il guess they can get along without
me little while longer" answered
Mamie.
What say?''
Mamie looked alarmed: she raised
her voice and spoke with careful en-
phasis-
Il gaess-they can get along-with-
out me little while" she repeated.
Her mother nodded.
= said j; Lad been quite while.
she said. I'm glad you're going.
Mamie, though we shall miss Won so. =
Naanie's face filed with q pitiful
tenderness. Her mother looked up
suddenly aud noticed. and a strange
EXPRESSION came into her ewes. She
-.-e with curious eagerness.
Mamie, - she said. tell ne true
don't I hear as 1 used to-"
NAMES face flushed. With q sud
den lmpl.siye gesture she threw her
arms about her mother. sobbing Bit
terly. But IN her mothers eyes the
strange expression grew into a glad
light.
Don't feel SO. Mamie" she said
Il guess I'm almos; glad. In
going 10 tell your father.
Mamie went home the next dav
sorely against her will. She told her
husband that Il almost broke her
heart 10 think Of them so: il il wasn't
for little Mamie she would 20 back
there and stay. bDt she couldn't take
the child-it might hurt her throat Sc
rlously 70 have 70 shout 10 them.
Then she caught Mamie up and kissed
her again and again; she wondered
how she co1li live il she couldn't
hear tAa; baby voice. She was
troubled, too, for the child had a deli
cate throat and she dared not take
her often % see tie old folks-and
they would miss her 50!
Bl: i was not 50 hard: her mother
spoke OF II herself and said that sb.
AID father had talksiit over. aud the
knew Il would be best not 70 have the
child there often And Mamie
mustn't wor y-they could get along
81 right as long IS they could hear
each other Indeed. Il seemed a. If
the bond % suffering drew them closer
together 1; vas beautiful 10 see the
old mans care for MS wife and his
tenderness IN speaking 70 her. The
lelglbo-s who had pitiei a: first
talked often OF It; they said they new
@ saw two deaf people take such com
lori IN each other. Often on summer
days the two high-ritchei voices
would be heard and the people pass
Ing would smile a. each other and
sometimes iin-er lit.le.
lis kind o social q hear them.
tley said
So the winter passed and the sum
Ler. and then quite Suddenly. one
night when the earth was living hushed
ana silent under a soft fall Of snow.
d e
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German clothing manufacturer are
nc. permitted 90 employ women more
than eleven hours daily. aud on Sat-
urlsy ihs tims is clrtailed one hour.
Neither can they be engaged 90 work
later than 5.31 p. o. on Saturdays ~
thc Day Immediately preceding holi-
day nor between the hours of $50 p.
~ and t3Ja n.
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Hira rr.s.s FOR old Earush Paintings.

HIE1 rr.e.- For old EnElish Paintings.
tEtrarsgaui ~ ices are being paid
ia london ilr pi-i1rs by early Eng
Iisn psi1te- A portrait by n. r..
M1r.a1 ila slmos unknown father
Of George Nerlau4. whose pictures
have rs1a Is cold for few ruineas.
h-11Eh SIS. 500 at q recent auction
sal ~ presents voung woman
l-Hr1z 30 blue ani white dress.
w.tn a 'hi.s cap and blue ribbons on
Hrr head anil BE- usually called a poT
7rai. ct IS fria. Countess of Coventry.
ore oi use ueaufiiul Miss Cummings.
Scvera c'i-s 20 the picture BY Nor.
'sad himself aTe 30 existence. -Nes
1ofs Sun.
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HEN pretty Hester
Warren married
Ezra Banks, who
was twenty years
older than she.
and a shy, silent
man out Of touch
with village life,
everybody said
that she made a
mistake that she
would soon re
greet. Yet. though
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-29

A. the sign ofthe Crossed KNIFE and York.
The funniest thing ne havs seen. %
writes a school girl travelling IN Eu-
rope. was IN sweden. where toe rail-
way stations where meals are servel
are known by the picture ~ crossed
knife and fork opposite thu name Of
the station These signs sre welcomed
by hungry travellers With cries Of Joy y
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ApvERrlsaNo RArEa

Aevsrt,s>.sasv1 YIN b Inserted q &c a.
rer szssrs tss he Aru inssrsiss - az
>eSs h.r ssse sahssS.sns inssssioa.
Local, Basinses and epsskal pss,s~ -
essas nns. sd 10 notice isosrtsA - -
hks 80 aollar.
Legal sdvsris~assS Vim - inssrssl q
tAs rsss sllsvea b. Av and viii. IN al sasss
- shAgsd . The attorney. and payment VII
CxAn0S Yo1 ANroCNCIMayn-R0
esSnfy sAsssA, e5s State and Congrea, $40
rsrAs - ssan1ing sdverSisenenk nsds
kosvn e. application - the pub3ssh9.
jon FnsffIk5 sxsossea -t.h ss.snso -
oN4sssh- OrdGs b. Eail cid sssavs
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Berlin has restaurant where a
hceisteak prepared in the highes.
lyle Of culinary art costs a. 30. and
the waiter expects a Up Of fifty csats.
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TIE AFTeRcLoVs.

Oh, wait for the a'tsr-io1
When the sun II the sky sinks Low,
And the long light dies
In the summer skies.
Then wait fox the aiierglow.
Oh, wait for the aiterglov
When the crimson eicudS fade ani 50,
And the wind. full west,
Brings a vague unrest.
Then wait for TIE afteTSio-.
Oh. wait for the attc-cl0T
When the heart OF The earth beats slow;
One pause-it must tell
All It's hidden spell
In the light ~ thu s!ter-.oE
-GeorEia z Ben
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o., vaii for the aft-rsio-
Nhen the liglt cf this lie sinks .o<,
And the long DAY dies
In the half-drawn siyhs
Then wait tor the afi=rclov.
o., wait FOR the aiter-iow
When WITH hands elapsed fl hand we'll e
Toward the tender west
Aud II perfect rest
Then wait FOX the afterclow.
on. wait fcr the afte-clow
WheR the pulse Of this life beats low.
Aud we Know 30 well
What IL mean: 70 tell
II the light % the aIterglo-.
EFT. in he5k1k Iowa. Unitarian Calendar.
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HEN pretty Hester
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MOST VALUABLE ASHES.
THOSE or BURNED PAPER MONEY
OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Wonderful skill in Identifying the Nearly
Destroyed Bile by Ink Tracing on
the Ashen Fiim-Ashe- Better Than
AfllaNlts-Ihe Redernption Ern.r-.
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Pure Sympathy.
a GeDerous Offer.

This paper is authorized to state
by Mr.. Dennis Mahoney, Highland
Park, Mich, Lock Box SO, that any
person who is nervous and debilitatea
Or who is suffering from any of the
various troubles resulting from over.
work, excuses or abuse, such as nerv-
Gus debility, lost vigor, unnatural
drains and losses, lack of development,
ETC., a write to him in strict con-
idence and receive FREE OF
CHARGE full instructions how to be
thoroughly cured. Mr.. Mahoney was
for a long time a sufferer from the above
trouble and after trying many adj
vertised remedies, electric belts, ETC.,
became entirely discouraged. But
at last he succeeded in obtaining
o complete and permanent cure.
Knowing that many sufferers are
being imposed upon by quacks he
considers it his duty as a Christian to
give his fellow man the benefit of his
experience. Having nothing to sell he
wishes only to make known this GER
tain means of a cure to all who are
similarly afflicted. Ifyou write to Mr..
Mahoney you can rely upon absolute
secrecy. Address as above with stamp
and mention this paper.
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team. Tommie Mccormick, Fisher and
Moran were the battery for the colts.

team. Tommie Mccormick, Fisher and
Moran were the battery for the colts.
Mrs. R. L. Best went to jamestown
last night. She has been ill for several
days and will remain with her mother
at jamestown until her condition is i'm
proved. Louis expects to join her at
jamestown in a week or SO and enjoy an
outing at Spiritwood Lake.
Z. A. Hughes has sold an electric
light plant to the state penitentiary. 1t
was purchased by the board of trustees
at their last meeting and will be put in
in about thirty days. 1t is a $50 light
plant, and will furnish light enough to
illumine the institution in good shape.
A power house will be constructed at
the pen large enough to accommodate
the dynamo and engine and the plant
will be an independent concern.
There are many prairie chickens in
the covers and fields, and Deputy Game
Warden John White says that wherever
information is lodged with him as to
violations of the game law he will pros
ecute, regardless of parties. He does
not have time to make a speciality of
going out to look up violators of the
law, but if the people who are in favor
Of enforcement of the game law will
report to him-he will do everything
~
possible to have lawbreakers punished.
Everybody who looks over the peni-
Tertiary farms has a good word for the
excellent condition Of the growing crops.
President Worst Of the Agricultural
College says in the Fargo Argus: War
den Boucher has one of the finest farms
in the state in connection with the pen
itentiary. He is conducting expert
ments in the Campbell system of cult
walton upon Il larger scale than any
where else in the state. Had his drill
been in better condition the experiment
would be more interesting but will fairly
demonstrate the value of cereal c%ultiva-
ton on a large scale, nevertheless. His
vegetable gardens are neatly kept and
show good results. The season has
been too dry for good crops, but the
penitentiary farm will compar with
the best in the state.
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the work of the Degree of Honor and
Mrs. Thompson of jamestown told some
thing of the work of the jamestown
hive. Patriotic songs were sung and
the occasion was a very pleasant one.
Out of thirty four candidates exam
ined at Fort Levenworth for positions
as second lieutenant in the regular
army, only about twenty passed the ex-
animation, although it is said to have
been much simpler than that given pri-
Yates in the regular army for pro-
motion. Among those who passed was
e. r. Robbins of Grand Forks, who
was recommended by Adjutant Cen
eral Miller to the government some time
ago, before wal was thought of, for a
position in the regular army, should oc-
casion ever require. Robbins was one
of three to stand at the head of the
class in military tactics at the state
university. Among the others who pas
sed was a nephew of General Shafter
and one of the failures was a nephew of
Ex-President Harrison.
Oscar Falk has been arrested again
for horse stealing and is having a hear
ing before Justice Tibbils this afternoon.
The horse in question is owned by
Mrs. Nichols and has been missing since
last fall. It was discovered in the pos
session of DC. Jones of Mclean county,
who when he found the horse was
stolen advised the owner that he had
the horse and had bought it in good
faith but wa willing to givei it up, asking
only that the thief lie prosecuted. Jones
bought the horse from one Miller, who
bought it from Falk. 1t is said there is
a plain case against the defendant. The
hearing Of the case will probably be
postponed this afternoon until the state
can get all its testimony iu shape.