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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-07
Second Sight, .

When YOU feel that you have ,r.y:1very-
thing and everyone, consult uL a daily
occurrence is the surprise shon,, by The
benefited patients ut our Office.
Do you have headache? Do ,ir eyes
water? Do they smart or burn? Does the
print run togcthcr when reading? Feel M
double or mixed up? Have n desire 10 rmh
the eyes? fwitchfng? Docs tho light pain
them? For any trouble OF your eyes con-
suit u.s. During this month we devote
much time to children's eyes. We make
slnsses AZ popular prices lone reason for
our popularity)-mnke a careful cxamina.
tiah FREQ Of charge. The best proof OF our
success is tho number OF Recommendations
from our old patients.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-07
THEY MEET THE WANTS OF ALL
WARRANTY

AND WEAR THEM TWO MONTHS. Fol
BUTTON THAT COMES OFF WE WILL Pr
FTFiEY RIP AT THE WAISTBAND WE v
CENTS. IF THEY RIP IN THE SEAT OR
PAY YOU ONE DOLLAR, OR GIVE YOU A
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
PlTH kNO POINT,

Maud, didn't you pay moro for
your new cloak than you said you
would?" 'No, Harry; had the extra
$40 charged to you"
Female Woman Suffragist-"I tell
you, my sisters, ! wear no 'man's col
lar!" Masculine Voice from the Rear
Take it of, then"
We know that love ia blind,
It's writ by every pen;
And yet lie often makes
sight for other men.
Puck
Customer lin a rcstaurant) SEQ
here, waiter, I've found button i'll
this salad" Waiter--"That's all
right, sir; it's part of the dressing"
Life.
You are your own worst enemy"
she said. "Why do you keep remind
ing me of the fact that [ deliberately
asked you to marry me?" he returned.
Chicago Post.
Hello, Smith; suppose n man mar
ries his first wife's step sisters aunt,
what relation is he to herr" First
Observation-Disclosures me see;
1t know" Bright fcllow-"He's
Practice.
county aud corlr. ~-.. ;s - said links
Virginia -, snobs?"
Office in Court House. -t.;s
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
a TRIBUTE TO POE.
Most Remarkable Man or Letters This
Country Has Produced.


The University of Virginia COM
nemorated the fiftieth anniversary of
Edgar Allan Foes death by unwilling
4 bust of him.
Poe was without question the most
remarkable man of letters this country
has ever produced the one American
author who may be fifty characterized
as genius.
He was drunkard, to be sure. He
was chrouically in debt. He was at
lines ill-mannered in an extreme and
wholly unwarranted degree. But he
wrote The Raven" and The Bells.
He first discovered and taught the
world the art OF short-story writing,
as Guy de Maupassant, his most sue
,essful pupil in that art, has testified.
Jules Verne and Gaboriau have given
like testimony by borrowing from his
work the fundamentals of all that is
best in their own -borrowlng so open
~ that 1t is easily possible to assign
each of these Frenchmen's stories to
its original in Poe's works.
He invented the rationalistic method
in detective romance, and all men who
lave since written such romance have
had to learn from him. Not only so,
but he justified his method by results
achieved. When Mary Rogers, the
beautiful cigar girl of New York, was
murdered, Poe, hundreds of miles
away, took the newspaper accounts Of
the affair, and from them wrought ont
n solution of the mystery, clearly
identifying the murdcrers, whom the
lot oct 100, - I'll
and years afterward death bed con
fessions proved that he was right.
He was a master of the higher
mathematics, and In his Eureka" he
anticipated pretty nearly all that
science has discovered during the half
century succeeding his death.
AS n critic, he was merciless and
often unfair, but his work in that way
was in the main wholesome, because
IL was honest, open-eyed and intense
in its hatred of shams.
In his Rationale of Verse" and his
PHILOSOPHY of Composition" he
packed into two brief essays all thai
there is of exact literary science in lit
erary criticism. The pity of it is tina
his teachings have not fallen upol
| BoOu ground ana mat our news
paper literary critics have not learne,
of him as much as they might anC
ought.
ssa The late Charles F. Briggs, VIII,
| associate on the Broadwa,
was Poe7s%e9I TO say that Poe wa
journal, uset@Ss>rt always immoral
never immoral bo.a, ! perceptions
that he had no mora -ho stoo,
IF you had killed ma. Mr.
| nnnOYinplY In vnnr
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

u suppose I have spent about one.
eighth Of my life supporting the
whole weight Of my body in midair bv
my teeth, said a professor on the
trapeze, yet I have never hung in
space with the buckle between INV
teeth, aud my life depending ON NV
ability to hold on, without wanting
to sneeze. or cough, or yawn.
II once mentioned this fact IN n
doctor. and nc told me that it was the
outcome Of too great n strain ON INV
nervous system. He reminded me
that many athletes laugh at nothing
MS they are bending over tho line
waiting for the handkerchief TO fall
! have also asked all my brother and
sister trapezists, and without excep-
ton they declare they suffer in the
same way, and expect ono day that
the longing will become 80 strong
that they will give way TO it, + have
come TO the conclusion, after thinking
tSo matter over, that this probably ac7
counts for the otherwise almost sinner
natural accidentswhich are confirm.
ally happening in our profession. II
this surmise is correct, some sirfv
per cent Of trapezists die from vawn.
ing"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
letter Run When You See Hin,

Every one who has anything To do
with this class of stock should remem-
Der that the bull is a dangerous ami
NAL. lie may have been gentle in the
past, out that does not give the slight
est degree OF security that he will re.
main so IN the future. He is a
treacherous beast, is easily disturbed
ana when excited is equally ready to
attack friend or enemy. Men have
been known to go around these ami.
mails as freely as they do horses. and
women have petted handsome bnIIs
put such acts are as dangerous as
handling dynamite bombs. The bnlI
should not be abused, but he sbould'
never, even while a calf, be petted or
played with. From his earliest dovs
he should be taught that man is his
master. When he is being driven
from one place to another an occa.
slonal strike with good whip will be
a great aid in enforcing this les.
son and impressing it firmly upon
his memory. After he is a veor
aud n half old he should not be turned
INTO n pasture, or be allowed in
yard with other cattle. He ouobt
never to be led with rope, but only
with a strong staff that is safely con.
nected with ring or leader" in
ms nose, and the man who ba, charge
OF MN should always be on his puard
IL 1t is necessary to 90 into n ward or
stable with him when he is loose. n
rawhIde whip should always he car.
red. The man should not turn his
back to the bull or for a single mo.
ment relax his vigilance. Cutting of
the horns, which some recommend. is
NOT 20 DC iulIy relied upon. It will
not make a radical change in the dis
position, and while il will keen the
'nIl from goring It will not prevent
MS trampling n man to death. The
'nly way TO make n bull permanently |
.aie IS 10 take them of near the sboni. |
iers. Horns or no horns. as long as |
ie live, the bull will bo dangerous !
Journal Ny
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

After standing it in re6enT.;
ehce for three days, the hale and
rugged old gentleman called his
daughter aside.
See here, Ann" he began. "your
children don't pretend to mind Won y
j should say they didn't. father
Ihey pay no more attention TO me
IMAM II l we're piece of statuarv. nm
less l resort to extremes. But Won
should see their father bring them To
tlme. He can do more in word than
can in an hours straight talk"
But that isn't right, Ann. They
must be taught to respect and obey
you while they are young. You are
not with them. enough; you fail 70 on
ter into their childish pleasures and
10 warm the natural affection that ia n
part of their being. Your own future
happiness demands that Won take tho
matter In hand. As between the ever
lasting social whirl and your children
they should have the preference.
don't know but you're right. and
l m gong to assert myself" but the
ola gentleman sighed at the tone in
which the subject was dismissed
Next day the mother was about TO
go out when one Of the little folks
grasped her about the dress md
danced mp and down in the rain he
cause she could not go along. There
was cross reprimaud. an angry
shriek' and then the child, holding
her arm, ran to her grandpa. He
chopped his visit offshort and left for
home that night.
A little later the expressman left n
package at the house AMI Ann was
surprised beyond words to find IL con.
tanned a nicely polished ak. Then
she espied this note, signed by her
father: IF q hatpin is required to
make Edith obey now, you will need
TINS before she is grown up. De.
,roit Free Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
BRIDGE MADE OF BAMBOO.
Yankee Ingenuity Quickly Conquered
Philippine Stream

Yankee Ingenuity Quickly Conquered n
Philippine stream.
Major b. f. Cheatham, of the First
Tennessee Volunteers, sends TO the
Engineering News, from Molo, Philip.
pine Islands, n very interesting nc.
count of floating bridge constru cted
by the American army in the Island OF
Panay, which possesses some unusual
features. He says: The Tloilo River
at Molo is 800 feet wide, twenty feet
deep, and has n difference in eleva.
tion at high and low tide OF three and
n half feet. The orders were TO Guild
bridge sufficiently strong for in
fantry and light artillery to cross; to
build it quickly and cheaply." AS
there was no other material available
it was decided to use bamboo exclu-
sively, and in the entire structure
nothing else was used-not even n
nail or piece of wire. Long pieces of
bamboo were assembled in bundles of
fifteen and tightly bound with rattan.
These bundles supplied the buoyancy
for the bridge, and were placed ten
feet apart, parallel to the current.
They were held in this position by
four strIngers, which were securely
dashed to the bundles so as to form q
foundation for the roadway, ten fee.
wide. On these stringers were placed
small bamboo, cut ten feet long, each
piece being tied to the stringers by the
invaluable rattan. Over these poles
were laid rough mating woven from
split bamboo, which made an even
surface strong enough to support a
horse.
y sufficient quantity of bamboo was
not on hand at the start, and the work
was delayed somewhat in consequence.
but the bridge was completed in four
days by ten native workmen. The
total cost for material and labor was
Sl25. The banks at the place selected
were one and half feet higher than
! the water at high tide. In order TO
Ii and ,1;e "a a prosecute, an
were made of bamboo, one "a .;3Sv=
ened to the bank and the other n
lowed to slip along two pieces {
plank, placed on the bridge for this
purpose. The bridge was guyed 3
as to allow it to rise and fall with In
tide.
The success of this bridge wouI
seem to solve problem here; and on
experience shows conclusiyclv TIM
with plenty of bamboo on hand n repi
ment can cross any river here in fou
hours time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

~ never turn my back To- danger ="
SAID the young rcau who was ondeav-
oring TO impress the girl with sense
of his fcarlessnesa.
a moment later her father kicked
HIM down the front steps.
George, % she called after him ma
he ran, GEORGE"
What?' he cried, seeing that tho
Ola gentleman had gone back into the
house.
How about never turning your
back to danger?'' she asked.
But the wind moaning through tho
trees m the front yard brought The
only answer she received. CHICAGO
Times Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
THE REFORMATION OF EDGAR.

Little Edgar used to run Off with the boys
to swim,
What time his mother sat at home and wor
ried over him;
She used to say day after day: Now. Ed
die, dear. IL you
Run OF again I'll punish you. ami tell you:
father, tool'
Aud then the boys would come along and
"holler" at him: "Say.
You goin' with us to the lake to have q
swim to-day2"
Then there would steal o'er Edgar's face
wistful look and sad
And he would think how cruel were tho
parents that he had,
Aud when his mothers back was turned
her precious little son
Would sneak out through the creaking gate
and break into n run,
Forgetting, rs he sped away, the promise
ne had made,
And stealing humbly homo at night, re-
pcntnnt and afraid.
Day after day he ran away aud dive from
logs aud docks.
He risked his life n hundred times among
the rats and rocks;
His mothers blows he did not dread, her
hands were soft aud small:
He felt his fathers lashings, but they did
10 good at all:
He promised nightly to reform-upon his
knees he vowed
And when tho boys came by next day, for
got and Joined the crowd.
one morning Edgar's father, who somo-
time INDUCED in thought,
Said to his SON. I'm glad that YOU 20
swimming, as you ought;
And do not fail to go to-day, my precious
little lad
Go down and duck and dive aud swim and
make your parents gladr'
Thus daily Edgat's father spnke. in earn
est tones to him,
And lol that urchin s,raightway ceased to
care to so to swim.
S. L. Kiser
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
An Eog'isbmap Socks 1pforms,Ion.

Returning to this country ON
steamer recently" says the Chicago
News, IAN American found himself
besieged by young Englishman. who
was determined to find out ms much
as possible about the New World he
fore the steamer landed. He had
been warned to keep sharp lookout
for hostile Indians, who sneaked about
che streets looking for n chance 70
pounce upon and kill unsuspcctiu.,
foreigners, and then make their es.
cape by running around q corner and
posing quietly before n cigar store
until the crowd rushes on. He then
asked about crocodiles, and If thew
could be found i'm large numbers Tho
unsophisticatod Britisher was solemn
ly assured that they were not 20 num-
erous in the Hudson River as thew
we're some time ago, aud that the most
OF them are found at Niagara Falls.
where the water falls 175 feet Tt is
a very interesting sight, he was told.
TO stand on the high rocks above and
watch the powerful animals swim up
over the falls"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
An Original Jurist.

Fighting Bob Bowling, the warlike
Kansas City justice of the pence. was
trying q case in which % party woa
attempting to recover SO for the
death OF n dog that the defendant had
KILLED after being bitten by the canine
The case was nearly through. tho
evidence had all gone tho plainGr's
way, and 1T seemed probable he would
get damages for the loss Of his trcos-
ure, when one of the witnesses in
describing the dog, stated it was n
yellow cur Did You say that this
do3s was Yellow asked the nudge.
taken by surprise. yes. sir" was
the reply. Well, this court don't
propose giving judgment for the loss
OF yellow dog, and verdict is rem
dercd for defendant. Til court then
adIonrned.-Sau Francisco Wave.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

A certain Clevelauder has in scroe
way secured quite a reputation for
literary work. He is supposed TO dc
lotsoi 10 audis looked upon with n feel
ing akin TO awe by people who are no,
literary themselves.
Not long ago a sister Of tho genius
was asked concerning her brothers
work.
IT'S funny ] fail to sec any Of il "
SAID the questioner. Doesn't he
over write anything over his own
~ think YOU have been misin-
formed concerning my brother s.
talent said tho sister coldly and
WIN great precision. ''He never
writes anything for publication.
And she said it with an mir that inn.
Piled that writing for publication was
q little too common for any use.-.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
States, but in no other place is the
seed-raising made business.


seed-raising made a business.
wHERy DOES THE SEED GO?
What does the world do with 5000.
900 pounds of the seed of a plant com.
monty associated only with an esthetic
craze? Only a very few men know,
and they won't tell. The secrecy which
envelopes the whole matter of its use
like the hist of a stage burglar, sug-
gests that it is an adulterant. 1t once
sold readily at ten cents pound, which
was the equivalent of nearly 50 a gal.
lon for the oil, and what oil can be
used for an adulteraut at such q price?
The same man, Cracked, who started
the whole thing here as a farmer and
now handles nearly the whole crop as
a dealer in grain, thought of all that.
He is n man who takes excellent care
of his own business and at the same
time has a philanthropic interest in
the doings of his neighbors down here
where everybody visits everybody else.
Some other people had a casual curios-
ity about the matter, but when they
discovered that Cracked had to shame
facedly admit what he did not know
and could not find out, they let it go
at that. Cracked found ont that the
oil was pressed from the seed, and
that was ALL
After several years dealing with the
Cincinnati firm, who buys the seed
finally, he took an excellent opportu-
nifty and made it clear that he thought
he might now be admitted into the
degree which enlightened about what
was done with the sunhower seed.
| The senior member of the firm &C.
! quiesced, and after initiatory cere.
monies over an altar with big mir
ror behind it, he graveIy told Cracked
that the seed was used to feed canary
birds, at the same time giving n sign
by slowly lowering and raising his
left eyelid. One of these days Cracked
will take in capitalist and corner the
market on sunflower seed; then he
will loosen up only on condition that
he is allowed to see exactly what be-
comes of the seed in its final resting
place. In the meantime the public
will have 10 do without knowing for
what the seed really is used.
Sunflowers have always hourishet
here in this oldest part of the State
ere Jesse X. Dubois belongs to its
- sS7sq~tOry, and George Rogers
CT. , CO., his way to captur,
clark passed on o. -EaS-incennes an,
the neighboring Fort \ Rritoin
the northwest from Great NasS,n
But they were used to feed chick
and to keep off 'fevernnager" unit
recent years. 1t is fact that plenty
OF sunhowers growing around a place
Will lessen the malaria there. They
take up so much moisture from the
ground that the latter is less health,
culture medium for the plasmodium
malari", and perhaps the chemistry Of
their own existence and growth is. ftr
tiseptic TO that Cneer-shap :.
y ,wl,i-I, the ItaIi -'-re ii 'A6'-Wheelir
Register.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

As 10 why 20 de Leon oo,o A.
name Florida 20 tho territory now
known by that name. the Florido
Farmer and Fruit Grower quotes from,
book published in 1863 "Gave a ~
name Of Florida becauge h was arst
seen in Easter, called Pasoua de aorea
III III INC language of his country. as
herrera alleges, because it was Gov.
eled with howers and the most bean.
llIul blossoms. " And the Farmer
adds. Those who have seen the
raster season in Florida and the
wealth Of flowers which still common.
crate aud adorn its return. can well
believe that both these reasons inau.
eneed the giving % its name"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

Josslyn pattern on it, and that came
TO him through an aunt"
She glanced at the table exultantly.
There's more up in the attic" she
said, as she clasped her hands.
Amelia moved laboriously across tho
room, took up the cups and wiped
them carefully with fine towel.
Then she took the teapot offthe stove.
eve might have cup of tea in them
tonight" she suggested.
81 suppose we coulduse them quite
Often Elmira said. ITS only
proper that we should use the family
china" She slipped her tea slowly.
I've ordered n new set of cards, "
she announced with furtive glance
at her sister. "and they're going to
read, Elmira Josslyn- Bumstead.
There was silence for moment.
''And ordered some for you, too,
Amelia" she added. Because we
are both Josslyns, you know. At
lanta Constitution.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26

Grantsri'e, ". Ia.
: 'tt.r"'npi attention given !" all busi
same is to ayrTlhands.
sullen and uncouth, II ssihiiarr--r--=-
eat at the second table aud wear vour
old clothes. indianapolis Journal.
Watts-"The development of tho
sense of touch in the blind is some
thing always wonder to me" Got
roN-'l have it pretty well develoned
myself L have got so I can tell a
borrower two blocks away. Indian.
apolis Journal.
The teacher of Sunday-schooi
class approached one little fellow who
was present for the first time. and in.
CURED his name, for the purpose Of
placing 1T on the roll. "WelI." said
the youngster, "they call me Jimmy
for short; but my maiden names
James. Beacon.
Teacher-"T Thomas, will you tell me
what n conjunction is, and compose a
sentence containing q conjunction 9'
Thomas latter long and solemn, Aee.
uonl "A conjunction IS a word Econ.
Meeting anything, such as The borae
is hltched to the fence by his halter
Halter is a conjunction, because IL
connects the horse and the fence -.
Harper's Bazaar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar per square for the first insertion and
NIFTY cents for each subsequent Insertion.
Local, business ana Special notices ter,
cents line, ana no notice Inserted for less
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements VIII be Inserted al
the rates allowed by law ana will. IN all ca ses
be charged to the attorney. ana payment will
be required upon delivery or certlned copy
CHARoEs FOR ANNOUNCEMENT - For
county orrcers, $; state ana Congress, $40.
Terms for standing advertisements made
known on application to the publisher.
Jon PRINTING executed with neatness and
dispatch. ES Orders by mail will receIve
prompt attention.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-26
Women and Buzznrd,. Feo,,,or,

In the use of the long quill feathers
now SO much in demand for women's
hats, those of the eagle are especially
desired. Those of either wing or tail
are used, and it is not uncommon 70
see woman passing along the street
bearing on her hat the single toiI
feather of war eagle, much as the
indian warrior of old times used 10
tie an eagles feather in his head
However, the supply of eagles does
not Mt all equal the demand for these
quiIls and almost any long feathers
are used. Among these are the prim.
aries and tail feathers of the TURKEY
buzzard, n bird which. as Mr.. Jucos
has pointed out. has hitherto beon H..
tie pursued to satisfy the whimq II
fashion. We may wonder how lone
this demand will keep mp, and wbetber
IL VIII result in the determination or
marked decrease in tho numbers Of
buzzards. The use OF the feathers of
this malodorous and notorious fowl on
the heads Of women who are endeovor.
ing to be fashionably important is NOT
without its humorous side.-Forosf
and Stream.