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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
An Immune From Mn.lc-

One OF Chicago's music teachers, a
Frenchman, went to Cuba as bugler in
an Illinois company. Since his return
he has had some difficulty in building
up a profitable class, and for that rea-
son he has been compelled TO accept a
number OF unpromising pupils.
The other week the patience of the
teacher became exhausted in the case
OF one pupil, the daughter of North
Side board of trade man. In mo-
ment Of recklessness the Frenchman
summoned all the English at his com
mand and wrote the following note to
the father Of the girl who was not
making advancement in her piano
studies:
Dear Sir. II regrets me, indeed.
to make announcement to you that
your daughter is what may be called n
music immune. As man of honor, i
give you my word that, even should
she be exposed repeatedly TO infection
at grand operas and concerts, not n
single germ OF music would lodge in
her mind, her soul, her constitution
in general Again, with apologies
most humble ! TO you declare that my
pupil is n music immune, and so +
hereby muster her ont OF my class.
with regrets most sad. Chicago In
ter Ocean
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

"And here's news of his engage
ment to another woman?" echoed
Laurie, evidently in hopeless amaze
ment.
The nurse who took care of him.
There is faring account of it in to.
days Reporter.
"Confound the newspapers; it's all
lie, cried Laurie, fumbling for his
eyeglass and almost dropping his lisp.
They have mixed our names up; it is
l that am engaged to the nurse Miss
Sterling, whom 1 Just mentioned
Lawrence has never looked at any other
woman nor had thought except fol
his fiancee; L can swear to that"
But his letter" began the General.
"All his confounded chivalry; wish
ing to give Miss Mona a chance to be
free of an invalid; why, he's more a
man now, with legs and an arm off,
than half the whipper- snappers one
meets every day"
"What is to be done?" cried Gill
bert. "My sister is nearly broken.
hearted-'
by thunder, sir, if what you say is
the true explanation of the situation.
then you have made three people very
happy tonight" added the General ..
Tell your sister that am off for
New York, and get note from her.
What time does the train leave?"
There is one at 11.45, if you really
mean to CO."
eff you will kindly order trap for
me, I'll get ready now" said Luurie.
looking at his watch and relapsing into
his lisp and drawl
The next morning when Major
Laurie walked into the adjoining bed
room his friend started up in bed and
tried to ask question, but Mona s
note was in his hand before he had
time to frame the words.
"My darling" she wrote, forgive me for
misunderstanding your letter. l cannot
Tree you from our engagement ms long rs I
realize that you love me and that l can be
OF use to you. What matters to me n loss
OF an arm or leg, as long as YOU have
body enough left to hold your soul to-
gether. l am yours till God calls tn at soul
home to Himself. Your LOVING MONA"
Toward noon of that day Major
Laurie had vision of Mona with her
arms around her lovers neck.
heard her joyful cry, and from Law
renee murmured "My darling-at
last, and he hastily left to themselves
two of the happiest hearts in New
York.
As he turned to Mona's brother in
the next room, wiping his eyeglass,
which had suddenly become misty, he
said below his breath, "By Jove, L
rather think I've done good days
work. New York Times.
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Choice Repartee.

Some one, blaming a little girl for
her extravaganza, said: "You should
not burn the candle at both ends. -
"Why, is not that the way to make
both ends meet?" retorted the child.
The Hon. Sir NJ. Grant Duff, who
noted down this repartee in his
Diary" mentions also the following
good riddle: "When the day breaks,
what becomes of the pieces?" "They
go into mourning" The following
are among the items of pleasant gossip
to be found in the DIARY:
An English peer coming ont of the
House of Lords met Disraeli for the
first time since he became Lord Bea-
consfeld.
Glow do you like this placer" as ked
the peer.
"Well," was the reply. "I feel that
L am dead, but in the Elysiap feldsr'
At meeting in Exeter Hall Bishop
Wilberforce spoke eloquently, and at
the close of his address the people be.
gan to go away. A gentleman, who,
according to the programme, was to
speak, said to the Bishop:
81 need not speak. hardly think
they expect me-"
ITO be sure they do, >" reto-ted the
prelate; "dou't you see they are ell
going?"
An English Duke, while being
shown the collection of birds in
museum, asked the name of one of
them.
"That n howl" said the atteD dant.
"a what?" exclaimed the Duke.
"a howl, " repeated the men, with
even more distinctness, whereupon a
bystander, seeing the cause of the
Dukes mystification, said, "Your
Royal Highness, o says hits a howl. :"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
A story of General Grant.

Stuart Robson tells the following
story in which the late President
Grant occupies a prominent place: 81
was playing some years ago in we'll
known theatre outside of New York.
The first act was over and I was chat.
ting in the wings with my manager
when boy rushed in on the stage to
tell us that General Grapt and his
family were in one of the boxes. A
flush of gratifed pride mounted to the
managers face. followed by a look of
agonized doubt, as he evidently re-
Elected that perhaps the General had
dead headed into the box. Did you
send him q box?' he asked me, and on
my replying in the negative he pulled
card from his pocket and. scribbling
line on it, told the boy TO take il to
the box office and bring back an an.
swer. The boy rushed off, his head
full of the General, and returned in a
few minutes with the card, which he
handed to Mr.. Manager A CHASTITY
look crossed his face as he read it.
aud without word he handed it to
me. The first line read, in rather
shaky managerial chirography; Did
General Grant pay for his box?' while
underneath appeared: No, but my
son, Fred Grant, did-U. s. Grant. -"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
where Men Must he worsIIped.


Woman's present position in India
is realistically set forth in the follow,
ing extract from n Government prize
book for the girls schools in the Bonn
bay Presidency:
If the husband of q yirtuous WON
an be ugly, Of good or bad DISPOSE
ton, diseased, fiendish, irascible, q
drunkard, old, stupid, dumb, blind.
deaf, hot-tempered, poor, extremely
covetous, q slanderer, cowardly, per
fdious aud immoral, nevertheless she
ought to worship him as n god. with
mind, speech and person. The wife
who gives an angry answer to her
husband will become q village parioh
dog; she will also become a female
iackal and live in an uninhabited
desert. The woman who eats sweet.
meats without sharing them with her
husband will become n flth-eating vii.
lage SOW. The woman who speaks
unexpectedly to her husband will be
dumb in the next incarnation. The
woman who hates her husbands rela.
tives will become, from birth to birth.
n muskrat, living in filth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
Matrimonial InhihitInns.

Don't marry Il polished girl-she
might reflect too much.
Don't marry a tennis girl she'll be
on to all your rackets
Don't marry a girl who plays pool
she knows too much about pockets.
Don't marry musical girl-she
knows too much about notes aud bars.
Don't marry n bright girl-sho
might go out when you most needed
her.
Don't marry a grass widow-you
might have TO cure her of hay fever.
Don't marry a melancholy girl-her
signs might prove heaviness to you.
Don't marry n girl who cries-damp
powder is awfully disappointing.
Don't marry "peach"-she might
not be easily preserved.
Don't marry a lazy girl, unless you
are IN the tire-repair business.
q. Don't marry an industrious girl--is
might prove too great temptation for
you.
Don't marry vain girl, unless you
are anticipating breezy times and will
want sto know which way tho wind
blows.
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now nis Head was Situated.

Tho Youths Companion tells a story
Of woman on board ship who saw n
sailor fall and cut mis- head badly. She
was solicitous in her inquiries as TO
bis welfare when she saw the captain
that night, and would undoubtedly
have continued her sympathy had not
a rough sea called to mind her own
suiierings. -Four days later, when
she emerged, white and weak, from
her stateroom, she suddenly remem-
bered the poor sailor. In the course
Of the day she saw him, With q strip
Of plaster on his forehead. "How is
your head?' she asked, kindly, az he
passed her bent on some duty. "West
by south, ma'am, was the reply, de-
livered with respectful buthasty clear.
ness, and he was gone.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
AN IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE.
Fatal and Destructive Consequences of .
Train Dispatcher's Conscfou. Error.

Arhih Dispatcher's Conscious Error.
A singular psychological phenom-
enon occurred at Hagerstown. Md.
the other day. Governed by some
impulse which he cannot explain and
could not control, the train dispatcher
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad az
that point committed an error of which
he was fully conscious at the time aud
which was followed by fatal aud de.
structive consequences. He says that
he simply could not help it, No. 10
freight was coming down the road at
full speed, with right of way. The
track was open, the signals were all
properly set, and if the dispatcher
had gone to sleep or left his post or
turned his back and looked out of the
window the train would have passed
on to it's destination aud all would
have been well; but, prompted by
some irresistible influence, he stepped
across the tower, seized the handles
OF one of the levers and threw a switch
which turned the train upon another
track occupied by an idle locomotive,
only few yards away. When the
engineer of the freight saw that the
switch was turned he blew an alarm
on his whistle and reversed his
throttle, but the heavy train of twenty.
four loaded cars was coming down
grade at a speed of sixteen miles an
hour, and struck the dead engine with
tremendous force. The fireman
jumped. The engineer attempted to
do so, but was caught in some manner
aud killed. One of the brakemen was
thrown off a car and so badly injured
that he has since died. Both engines
were practically destroyed aud $780,.
600 worth of freight was so badly
damaged that the company had to pay
for it.
The train dispatcher was man oil
middle age, temperate habits, good
judgment and had been in the service
twenty years without getting n mark
against him. No dispatcher or opera.
tor on the road had better reputa.
ton or was considered more reliable,
yet he says that he knew he was doing
wrong when he pulled the lever and
was unable TO resist the impulse that
impelled him. He made no effort tc
evade the responsibility or excuse his
conduct. When he saw the disaster
he had caused he threw himself down
on the floor of the tower and CRIED
like child. He offered himself foI
any punishment that might be i'm.
posed, has been indicted by the Grand
Jury and will plead guilty to the
charge of manslaughter at the next
term of court. Chicago Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

a woman came ont of tailor's es-
tablishment on G. street Wednesday
morning and / could not but turn TO
stare at her. On her left forefneer
sat an imperturbable green parrot
There was n faint suggestion of frosty
sting in the sunny air and Master
Parrot was fortified against it. He
wore coat, or blanket, or
whatever you like to call it, Of green
velvet, made of two pieces, Just the
shape OF a turtles she'll One piece
hung over his chest. The other pro
tccted his back, and The two pieces
were joined TO n kind Of collar. A
bicycle stood at the curbstone. The
lady placed the utterly self-possessed
bird on the handle bar, mounted and
rode away. ] said to myself that OBJ
viously there was a woman who vas
well, who had been having Miss"
on her visiting cards since hoop skirts
were in fashion, but when I asked
the very next woman I met about II.
she told me that the parrots mistress
not only has q husband, but a real
live baby, too. - Washington Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
An Irpon.iro cn.inm. !

7 have touched in NJ. a. F., writes
r. p. O'Conor, on some Of the quaint
observances, from gen GRAFTON 10 gen
grafton, of tho marriage ceremonies Of
the leading families in these cnun
tries. Let me detail a very charming
birthday usage, from which there has
been no departure for centuries in the
Rothschild family. with the Roths.
childs it is the custom 20 purchase six
pearls, each costing G1OO, on the birth
OF each baby girl. On each birthday
six additional pearls arc added 70 the
original purchase, so that when tho
young lady makes her debut In soci-
ETY., easket Of magnificent pearls is
presented to her London Mainly
About People.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
A NEW YEAR,

our other years have slipped
Win nahd hed out
ana DOCKS
All the midnight and sred the oldy
dawnhght we the new lin
tho
Ano ever us with mrth and
What yet wait of to-day tell
closest o dlovesus all
Margaret in Harper Bazaar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

: was breakfast time
at Avondale, and
General Higgerson,
for the fifth time,
W o N d cred what
kept his daughter
as he fdgeted with
h is paperand
8 tire d n hot
coffee. jus AS his
patience was at an
end the door opened
and admitted a tall,
handsome girl, with
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Advwassnsnssv WIN b inserted q sas asHluL
Per SQUARE tor the ira inssrtiea saA hnY
Looa1 Businso and Special nstssss -
csus tnH and no notice inssrtsA - u
than 80 ac1las.
Legal sdysrdssasak win b inssrSsd q
he rssss Allowed By Law and Win, IN al sssss,
b rsSaifsd lpsa delivery Of certified eepy.
CHANCE YoD ANNouNCxMnNB--lc
county s0oeRs. -, State and Congress, $40
Terms ~ standing advertisements made
kIevn e application 70 the publishsr.
SttspaSsh. @1-Ordsrs By mail yin rsosiys
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

American pulp-making machinery is
gaining considerable Roadway N Sean
dinavia.
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THE incidents of this story are taken
rom life.-The Author1
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-11
An Elaborate Cloth Skirt.

Cloth skirts for spring costumes are,
many of them, most elaborate. There
is one design il blue serge that is par.
ticularly effective and, Of course, par
ticularly expensive, as well. The
skirt is cut with a gored effect and is
very faring around thefoot. Down the
front breadth at either side go three OF
four lines of black braid. These lines
Of braid turn and 50 around the skirt
about a quarter of yard from the foot,
and above the three lines Of braid is q
mass of braiding in narrow black sou,
tache and narrow black satin folds,
making the entire sides of the skirt
covered with braid in an elaborate de-
sign. This skirt is one Of the French
models; has not yet become common:
is -ery handsome, but, has the disad'
vantage that it cuts the figure and
makes a short person look shorter.
For ordinary everyday wear and q
useful investment the bell skirt is still
the fayorite, but it can be trimmed
with lines Of braid that start from the
hem st the back of the skirt, extend
ing up only little distance; in front
50 the whole way as far as the belt,
but put on to meet in point. They
must not go straight up and down, for
that would give too square look to
the figure: instead they must be pnt
oa in such way that they give tbs ef-
feet CT gores, OF. rather, follow the
lines Ct the cores.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-11
Remarkable Hunting Exploit.

The most remarkable hunting ex-
plot of Caleb Weston, famous Maine
hunter, was perhaps his riding Of a
moose. With Reuben Gilman and
Seth Brown he was crust hunting in
the woods about the head-waters Of
Sebec Lake. Near Buttermilk stream
the three hunters, coming together
from different directions, started a
bull moose. Gilman got the first shot
and missed. The moose turned and
ian along the brink of the hollow that
sloped down to the stream. His course
was straight toward Weston, who, see
ing that the moose was not coming to
attack him, but only trying to get
away, stepped to one side, intending
to shoot the animal behind the shoulder
as he passed at close range. But the
gunpowder had got damp and only the
cap snapped when he tried to fire the
gun. The moose, wallowing past him
through the snow, was only two or
three PAGES away, and, dropping the
gun. Weston made run and jumped
astride the creatures back. The moose
did not like the performance in the
least, but in the deep snow he could
not buck Weston off or get at him with
his horns or fore feet, SO he only
plunged through the snow the harder.
As he ran, moose-fashion, with his
nose pointed ahead, the animals ant
lers, lying back to the shoulders, kept
Weston from reaching his throat with
a knife, and Seth Brown, who was
waiting for chance to shoot, did not
dare to fire for fear of hitting Weston.
Coming into ~ open space where
the snow had ii c:partly blown away
before it cruste ~ moose put on
squirt Of speed he ran under a
low-topped tree ~ @Astehing
Weston across tha ; him
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by his side as he cNng to strap,
and she to him, as t6sg rode home
together in street-car. "

by his side as he cheng to a strap,
and she to him, as t6sg rode home
together in street-car. "
1.-The effect certainly was ridiculous
the wee tace with its timid eSPres'
zion under one of the largest of the
new styles Of hats with its aaunty
feathers and obtrusive trimmings.
The tears started to the eyes Of the
o7ertopped little creature; then she
recovered herself, and insisted / .at it
was just the thing-the very latest Of
the fashions. It is not beneath ths
thought Of the most intellectual WON.
an, nor does it compromise personal
independence and taste to consult
the preference Of husband in the
choice of modes and articles Of dress.
"There are husbands so constituted,
10 doubt, that it is gratifying to their
pride and sense Of authority to re-
ceive perfect dependence from the
wife; but the reliance of an efficient
woman who is able to think and act
for herself is thoroughly appreciated
by a broad-minded, generous.souied
husband. II his wife has a refined
true taste he feels honored when she
lays before him her plans for the
house-furnishing, or the gownlng OF
herself, and after the purchase, as he
regards effects, he takes pride in the
thought of having had voice in the
choosing.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-11
A Nyo1nan,s Reform in Illinois.

Illinois club women have under
taken crusade against she use OF
woman's face or figure for advertising
purposes. 1t is proposed that no
wonlan's face, in other words, shall
be any mans fortune. This unique
reform Of the scandalized fair sex
bobbed up serenely at recent meet
ing Of the Fourteenth Congressional
District Federation OF Women's
Clubs, held at Lewistown. The petl-
tion-loving club women who were
present compared advertising pic
lures and promptly decided they were
enough to drive the youth Of America
to corruption. Thereupon they drew
upa stringent set ofresolutions, which
have since been printed for the pur-
pose Of distribution among the wom-
ems clubs of the State. After these
sface and figure" resolutions are suf-
fciently supported by feminine sig
natures they will be turned over to
their dear masculine friends-the
lawmakers in the State Legislature
with an earnest little prayer that
there be issued a stern manifesto
against the use OF woman's likeness for
commercial purposes. - Chicago
Tim es-Herald.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-11
SILK Gowns For Summer.

No summer wardrobe will be coEa-
pletc without one or two silk gowns,
and this is very good time to buy
last years patterns for one-half what
they were sold for last year or will be
sold for later. The newest patterns
and designs are very expensive as yet,
and will not come down in price until
midsummer. These silks are to. be
found in glace foulards, surahs, and
Of course in tafetas: but these last
come under the sane head as the
glace silks. It is-fo be the fashion
for every woman who prides herself on
possessing thorough wardrobe. to
have at least one black silk in her
outfit this year. These black silk
gowns are made up with some cor
trasting color in the eyestor introduced
in the trimming. There are also the
figured tafetas, rather heavier than
the usual taffeta, somewhat between a
gros grain and tafeta. This wears
well, and in some shops can be bought
as low as eighty-dve cents a yard.
Harper's Bazar.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-11
Undoubtedly.

4 well-known and genial-but illit-
erate-Irishman, who once represent
ed one of the Melbourne divisions in
the Victorian parliament, invariably
read out speeches that were prepared
for him. On one occasion, in view Of
the anticipated opposition, q special
paragraph was inserted in the speech
which the candidate read out as fol-
lows: "I am quite aware that many of
ye are agin' me an me politics. But
surely We are all working for the good
Of the colony. It is only detail that
me opponents are marching one way
and meself another, but We must re-
member that we are all sthrivin' to
reach the same gaol"-London
Chronicle.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-11
A Knight Of the Fire Room.

Dexter Wainwrjght-his name shall
be first and last in this brief chroni-
c!e-is q fireman of the second class
on board the cruiser New York. With
seven companions he was at work in
the interior Of one of the hagship's
big boilers few days ago, when some
unknown person 'tampering with the
connecting cocks opened a valve which
admitted steam into the boiler. In a
moment the workmen were enveloped
in cloud of scalding vapor.
They made their way to q ladder,
which led to small manhole above,
ead scrambled out. Wainwright was
slightly scalded, but emerged in safe
ty. Five Of his companions followed
him. Two were missing. Thereupon
Wainwright descended into the blind
ing pit again, found the two men,
who had fallen unconscious. and
brought them out. Then, scalded
from head to foot, ho fell TO the deck,
dying.
It is q simple narrative Of & days
work. It appears in the newpapers
at no great length amid accounts OF gi-
gantic financial corporations that are
forming, criminals who are at liberty
and rich and happy people who are
enjoying the fruits of lie. In a few
hours Wainwright will probobly die
and the world will spin merrily around
and not stop to grieve for him.
Had he fallen in battle the nation
would have heard of it and mourned
for him. But his lot in life was
humble, and in the tumult OF llfe's af-
fairs his death will pass unnoticed-
perhaps, save for some brief press no.
tice, unknown.
Yet if there be merit in monuments,
if in marble shafts there lies q Nseful
reminder t6 future generations OF an
act Of courage. Of complete self-abne-
CATION that snone for the moment as 4
bright meteor flashes through the sky,
then surely the world would be wise to
erect one to the memory Of Dexter
Wainwright.-New York Journal.