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

10 he raised by bonds redeemahle in
sixty years. 1t is provided that the
net revenue arising from the roads
shall go To pay the interest of these
bonds and provide fund for the grad.
ual extinction of the debt. and after
wards progressive reduction of
fares. The state is enabled to enter
upon this step by the provision of tn.
charters of the present companies
that the state in case il should wish
to purchase their plants and rights
shall pay the roads twenty-five times
the net revenue of the road or roads
in question, according to the average
OF the ten years preceding the pur.
chase. 1t is furthermore provided
that the state shall in no case pay less
than the capitalized value OF the road.
Chicago has finally IL system OF milk
inspection which seems efficient. re
ports showing that only eight per cent.
of the supply brought into the city IS
below the required tests. In 1890, ac-
cording To the secretary of the Milk
Shippers Union, ninety per cent. of the
mix sold in the city was impure. The
union and the Health Department
unite in these protective efforts. and
expect to root out of the supply the
small fraction which still fails to come
up to prescribed standards. Samples
of the milk are collected rs il il being
Drought into town on the trains: the
cans Of the retail dealers are inspected
ana the same official attention is now
being extended to the dairies them
selves and the cattle. When this is
done. 50 far as milk * concerned.
Chicago may boast that her supply -
equal TO the general run OF her pre-
tensions, and that those are on high
plane everybody knows
Doctor Wolff of Strasburg. one OF
the best authorities in GERMANY on
workmcnS accidents. has been max
ing some curious and Interesting in
veStigationS. First. on what day of
the week do most accidents occur!
Secondly, M what hour of the day:
He bases his concentrations on 1.0Tt
cases OF accidents which happened In
his own district during 1897. Mon
days and Fridays are the days when
most accidents occur, because. ac-
cording to his statement, the drinking
shops are most frequented by work.
men on the days previous-viZ., Satur-
days. Sundays and Thursdays. Fewer
accidents happen on Tuesday than OH
any other day of the week. because Oh
no day are drinking houses so empty
as on Monday. With reference to the
hours nf tl1n 10
an undouDted fact that the hours after
breakfast, dinner and the afternoon
rest are signalizcd by most accidents.
He attributes this TO the lasSituIc
caused by the work of digestion and
to the use made by men of intoXicants
during meal times. He also establish
IS the fact that in factories where the
meal hours are greatly curtailcd there
is an excess of accidents over the fac
tories where the men are more liner
ally treated in this respect. 1t remains
10 he seen whether his conclusions will
be confirmed by Investigations con.
Quoted upon n more comprehensive
scale.
When the entcrprising burglar isn't
burgling it is now possible for opti-
miStic folk 10 believe that lie puts i'm
his time loving his native land. This
view of an interesting character off
duty Is revealed through the remark
aple performance of an unknown Bill
sykes, who looted ST. Louis board
ing house the other night This singr.
lar gentleman of the jimmy conscicn-
ii0uSly made a clean sweep of the
clothing and money of all civilians
which came within reach of his 1.-the
ana lSSOmc fingers so to sneak. but
when he found the uniform and nav
of an American volunteer Mt his mid.
night mercy he paused midway in his
career of crime. Say what Won will
the man was n sincere American i'm
ms own unaSsuming and shrinking
way, comments the St Louis Repub.
lie. He could not bring himself to the
point of rObbing volunteer who had
served under Old Glory i'm war witt,
n foreign foe. Instead. Inc left behind
him the sleeping soldiers garb of blue.
ana money rs well, with little note
reading: Il am a burglar. but patri-
OF. may be wicked. hut I would not
rob anyone who defended my coun
try Some brOad-mindcd philanthro-
pist should advertise for private IN.
icrView with this astonishing sneak
thicf, on the no questions asked" la
sis. I'm so far rs his criminal fcats arc
concerned. lie seems to be too good
y Fellow to he left burgling for Iiv.
Ing There is E1vor of Jean Vatican
In this latest performance Of his. He
should be encouraged into honesty. not
only because honesty is the best policy
but because his patriotism could then
flourish in the sunlight Of open day.
wherein all good and true Things
flourish.
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