The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-12-27
NOTES AND COMMENTS

Switzerland's tourist business is the
most profitable industry she has. and
what's better, she has cinch on It..
1t is absolutely secure from competi-
ton.
The people who dined around Mr..
Astors big tree will observe that this
country can furnish Europe with the
table as well as the things to put on
il.
The latest quotation for breach of
promise of marriage is ST.. 800 That
is cheap enough for tiiflng with ones
affections. but 50 long as the tyrant
man monopolizes the jury box it isn't
llk"ly To average much higher.
American manufacturers are prepar-
lng to spend thousands i'm displaying
their wares ut the Paris exposition. At
Paris the goods will be seen chiefly by
inhabitants of European manufactur-
liS countries. ENpOsitions In South
Africa. South America. Australia. Asia
ana other countries where there are
markets To win mr." the places where
our manufacturers shoild not fail 10
show themselves.
y Swiss anthropolOgist on his return
from Patagonia. brought home with
MN Il complete collection of patago-
man skulls. and when the custom
mouse proposed to tax them. on the ba
Sis of animals bones imported as ma
nur". he protested that this was an in
suit To humanity. TO his surprise his
objection was listened To. and he re-
cciN"d Il receipt for the duty charged
upon higher scale. with the skulls en-
tered rs returned cmigrantS' worn ,f
fects."
The activity of France in Africa has
peen increasing during the last three
UT lour years. There are millions of
miles of territory as yet unannexed.
ana France is seeking to get the lions
share Of it. Explorers and soldiers
are now engaged in an effort TO gain
additional territory which will be val
liable when the dark continent H.,
comes light. At every turn. however
rance llndS England. and this il tba
cause OF thu trouble between the two
countries.
III seems little odd that. i'm u mar.
Ter Ike water piping. British manuroc-
turers should be exposed to American
competition. few months ago thn
'IdSSoW corporation bought 900 tons
u Water-pipc in this country. AS tn,
price was 50 ton less than the n,tiv,
article, making neat little differonc,
ol H'.oOU. Bids for a second sunnI,
n"'c E'ely Decn received. ana the diff
ic'ehce mas been reduced from &j.1Dn
'"T""o. Ihc cOmmitte hesitatcd ,yhoth-
OF 10 contribute that sum To the SIN.
port OF home industries. In tram cars
TOO American competition is STRONGLY
felt.
IN New Zealand the legislative as
sciiDiy mas passed bill providing for
pensions for persons over sixtv-fvc
years of age. The pension amounts
only to $50 year, or about S1I5 ,
week, and no one who has an income
Oh over 80 week or property worth
more than S2,IO0 will be entitled In
II. Again, 81 of the pension will he
ucuuctcd for every 81 income which q
pchSl0ner may receive from othor
sources. There are certain otbor o,,oI
Ilca.lohS' among them twenty years
residence in the colony and ten years
exemplary conduct, which shuts off
the vngrant and the drunkard
Massachusetts presents the most In.
Structivc and accurate Industrial staff, =
'icS OF any Stale in the Union. A
striking fact in the labor census for
the decade from 1885 to 1898 is that if
TN" manufacturing establishments of
Massachusetts have been run to their
full capacity i'm 1895 they would have
produced almost exactly twice as
much as they did, and i'm 1885 they
would have produced nearly twice as
much aS they did. That is to say. they
ran to 59.2 per cent of their full capac-
ity in 1855, and to only jO.5 per cent.
in 1899: and then they were troubled
by market glutS. Nothing could more
strikingly show the extent TO which
production or Investment i'm productive
processes has outrun consumption.
Numismatists i'm England are much
interested i'm the recent discovery OF
ancient Venetian coins i'm proximity tn
one of the Mashoualand rivers. The
coins i'm question have. i'm the mean
time. been sent down to Natal. and
submitted To expert scrutiny ut Pictcr-
maritZhurg. with the result that casts
of the originals are to he sent on to
London. The coins are declared to br
medals struck ~ Venice between 1870
ANA lj0 \. -. ON ono side is npur.
Of ST. Mark. with the inscription.
This Dukcdom DO Thine. o Christ
and TIL" giycr he Thine. while on tl,
reverse arc three figures. two i'm q
knccliu@ position the other upright.
with a halo. ON which the inscription
Is: Tho Dogc Alloys Moccuigo. first
magistrate Of Venice"
\ California man has invented q
"hcIlfh shake" or invigoraUng rat
ling machine. which is warranted -
provide i'm ten minutes all the exercise
man needs i'm = day. The candidate
for - general shakc.up stands ON an
o~cillating platform and. when All i.
ready the current is turned ON from
q dynamo. Tho intensity or the mo.
lion is under control and varies from
q gentle thrill tO dancing jig. I'm.
der q strong current every muscle is
employed i'm preserving the pcrpcrdi,