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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-05-16
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Such let thy jest be that they grind
not the credit Of friend. Fuller.
Every man is valued in this world
as he shows by his conduct he wishes
to be valued.
would not undervaue the culture
of the intellect, but would exalt the
culture Of the heart. Francis r.
Willard.
He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass
himself; for every man has need 70 be
forgiven. Lord Herbert.
Sincerity aud honesty carry one
through many difficulties which all the
arts he can invent would never heib
him through. Edward StillingAeet.
There is an unfortunate disposition
in a man 20 attend much more to the
faults of his companions which offend
him, than to their Projections which
please him. -Greville
The early and the latter part Of
human life are the best, or at least
the most worthy Of respect. The one
IS the age Of innocence, the other Of
reason. Joseph Joubert.
Genuine good taste consists in say
ing much in q few words, in choosing
among our thoughts, ia having order
and arrangement in what we say. and
in speaking with composure .-Fene-
lon
Contentment produces in some mea-
sure, al those effects which the alchy.
mist usually ascribes 70 what he calls
the philosophers stone, and il it does
not bring riches, it does the same
thing by banishing the desire Of them.
Addison
In the midst Of hopes and cares OF
apprehensiOns and disquietude, re-
gard every day that dawns upon you
as II was to be your lastl and super
added hours, TO the enjoyment Of which
you had not looked forward, will provs
GA acceptable boon. - Horace.
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sects, but they receive another protec.
ton from the sun in the shape OF
brushwood and dry stalks, which per
NIT the free circulation Of the air. The
insects keep growing in size until the
entire nopal plant is almost completely
covered with what appears at small
distance like a white mold. This ap-
pearance is due TO the covering Of a
very fine fuzz possessed by each in
sect and probably provided by nature
as protection against the weather.
When full grown the insects are about
tive-si1teenths of an inch thick. How
the males arrive at the state OF ma
turlty l have not been able TO find out
myself, and careful inquiry has failed
to enliShten me on the subject. They
have wings and are about the size of q
small gnat. When the insects on the
nopal are ripe" they are scraped off
from the leaves into dishes, baskets or
onto mats. They are taken to a pre-
pairing place, where they are usually
put into sacks, dipped into boiling
water for few seconds and then spread
out on mats to dry in the sun. An
other process, producing the best re-
suits, but rarely employed on account
of the expense attached to it, is to
place the ms ects upon trays in an
oven, the heat of which is carefully
regulated. and which requires constant
attention, as the trays have to be turned
frequently to secure uniform dry
ing.
After the insects have been dried by
either process they are subjected to a
rolling process by hand in order to re-
move the fuzzy covering, then sifted
and assorted to be ready for the mar
ket, the larger ones bringing the best
price. Cochinesl ready for use looks
very much like shrunken buckwheat
grain, which it resembles both in size
aud shape. The color is iron gray.
with pinkish shade, and the whole
product resembles far more n metallic
substance than any product of insect
life.
II the price of cocbineal keeps on
the present level the old industry will
likely be revived. and perhaps it will
receive the attention of enterprising
men who will discover means to sim
pity the cultivation and modernize it
wherever possible. The present way
seems to be the same that has been
followed by the natives since time i'm
memorial
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-05-16
THE PERSEVERANCE OF JACOB ssAN.

Perseverance! perseverance, Perseyers
and persevere
he PERSISTENT Be persistent. day by day
and year by year;
Thus youll rise from mists obscure; thus
you'll build and make a name
Perseverance, Perseverance, Ills the
only road to fame.
have tried It; / have got there: have
reached IL. Here Is famel
Universal recognition, simultaneous ac-
claim
Thirty years toiled obscure; forty. nfty.
sixty years;
But unrecognized, unnoted, undiscerned
among my peers.
But, still. 1 lonGed for glory: yet was glory
never gained.
Seventy years toiled for glory; still was
glory unattained.
Perseverance, Perseverance, Persevere
and persevcre-
still i struggled on uunoticed, and
reached my eightieth year.
Yet did not faint or waver; still my spirit
was not cowed;
And reached my ninetieth birthday mid
the unrCgIrded crowd.
Perseverance, Perseverancel Persevore
and perseverel-
Fame she came Nnd overlook me when I
reached my 1undredth year.
On my centennial birthday all the region
round about,
All the towns OF Ridge and Hayyille and OF
PoEumville turned out;
And there were bands and banners and
great speeches on the green
That praised Our Centenarlan, our grand
old Jacob BEAM
And they played The Conquerng Hero."'
See. the Conquering Hero comesr
And they played with flies aud bugles cor
nets, tambourines and drums;
And selectmen and ministers and Con-
gresham Leveen,
All praised Our Centenarian, the grand
old Jacob Beanl''
And they raised me on platform. and I
made the crowd n speech;
And said: young men, behold mel take
the lesson that teach.
lust one word, young men, / give you
Perseyere and perseverc
And you'll all gain recognition when you
rea2h your hundredth year,"
Sam Walter Foss, in Puck.
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Amusing Ignorance.

One of the most common subjects
Of amusement in American society is
mistakes of its members who have
more money than education. The
wife of millionaire in one of orr
cities recently expressed her prefer
ence for fancy dress parties to all
others. 1t was at one" she ex-
claimed, ''that / first met my hus-
band. He appeared in the garbagt, II
a monk.
Another ambitious woman
who gave cosU.. ers declared that
her daughter 81 lived so long in
Paris that she spoke almost like a
Parasite"
The wife OF a political official who
had found sudden promotion had
studied French for few months, and
In trying to show that she knew the
language proved that little knowl-
edge is dangerous thing. "What a
petite girl Miss j. is?" some one said
to her.
"Oh, you ought to see her sister !
she is much petiter, she rejoined.
The mother of an American heiress
who has made brilliant marriage in
England has genius for b!unders of
this kind. 1t is said that when she
was presented to the Prince of Wales
he politely expressed his secret that
her daughter did not seem TO be in
vigorous health. "She looks deli.
cate, he said.
"Oh, your royal highness is mis-.
taken!" she assured him, eagerly.
"Sbe is one of the most indelicate
girls l know!"-Youth's Companion.
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An Honest Chief,

Arapooish, Chief of the Grow
Indians, was n man of wonderful in
huence. In "Bonneville's Adventure"
an incident is related, showing his
method of restraining the evil pro-
pensities of his braves. Mr.. Robert
Campbell, while guest in the lodge
of Arapooish, had collected a large
quantity of furs, and fearful of being
plundered, had deposited but n part
in the lodge; the rest he buried.
One night Arapooish entered the
lodge with "A cloudy brow, and turning
to Campbell, said:
"Yo' have more furs with you than
you have brought to my lodge?"
81 have, replied Campbell.
Where are they?"
Campbell described the place.
"'Tis well" said Arapooish. ''You
speak straight. But your cache has
been robbed. Go and see how many
skins have been taken"
Campbell examined the cache. and
estimated his loss to be about one
hundred and fifty beaver skins.
Alapooish summoned his people.
reproached them for robbing a guest.
and commanded that the skins should
be brought back. For himself. he
would not eat or drink till ell had
been restored.
Soon the skins began to come in.
They were laid down in the lodge, end
those who brought them departed
without a word. Arapooish sat in
one corner silent. Above q hundred
pelts were brought in, and Campbell
expressed himself satisfied Not so
the Crow Chieitain. He tasted all
night. In the morning more skins
were brought in, and one and two at a
time, they continued to come through
the day.
Is all right now?' demanded Ara
pooish.
can is right" replied Campbell
Good! Now bring me meat and
drink, said the old Chief.-Youth' :
Companion.
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Mrs. KipIinr,s Grandfnt1,or-

Mrs. Kipling is one Of the six heirs
to large estate left by her grankfath-
er, the late Judge Peshine Smith.
Judge Smith was remarkable man.
William II. Seward asserted that
Smith had n profounder knowledge of
international law than any other living
man. When Seward was on his trip
around the world he was asked by the
Mikado of Japan to recommend some
one to draft commercial treaties be-
tween Japan and the great nations Of
the world.
Seward was not long in answering.
81 know of just one man who can do
the work in manner that will stand
every possible test" said the score
tary; che is Judge Peshine Smith. -
The Mikado sent for Judge Smith,
offering him a magnificent salary. The
Judge remained six years in the flow
cry kingdom, and completed the com
mercial negotiations between that
country aud the United States, as well
as with other nations. When Judge
Smith returned home IT was with a
fortune and presents that required
fifty trunks 10 transport. This for
tuno was left TO his daughter, Mrs.
Balestier, who holds it in trust for her
six children. Chicago Record.
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Horse Is One of tho FnmIIr.

Things are astonishingly mixed in
many OF the homes in Havana. Through
front door the horse belonging to the
establishment is led to his stall in the
kitchen. The room set aside for the
latter is usually large and semi-de-
tached by thick stone partition, yet
directly connected with the establish
ment without outside passageway be-
tween. Entering it the horseis found
In well-kept stall Immediately to the
left, his feed being kept in convenient
BINS. Next his manger is the liquor
chest, aud next this. not six feet from
his head. is the kitchen larder. In
front of these is the cooks table. This
was well covered with meats and vege-
tables IN preparation for the MONDAY
meal.
Further along is the substantial
range, on which dinner was cooking,
and at the end of this, but a single
step away, is the shower bath. At
hand, but step further removed from
the cooks table, is the toilet room.
The toilet arrangements are all OF
ancient pattern, the sanitary condition
far from the best.
1t may be said that the stable and
toilet part Of the kitchen are kept
about as clean IA possible for them 10
be with Havana in its present Old-time
unsanitary and unhygienic state. But
citizen Of the United States of Am
erica would hardly relish meal pre-
pared in room fifteen to twenty feet
in area which consisted OF kitchen
toilet and stable combined Chicago
Record.
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PiTH AND POINT.

Cholly why do they say little
learning is a dangerous thing?" Dolly
IF you ever get any you will find
out. Yonkers Statesman.
The master was asking questions.
NOW boys" he said, chow many
months have twenty eight days?" "Aifs
of them" replied sharp lad-Tit-
Bits.
Mr.. Sarpy-"Smart? Why, she hao
bwains enough for two, Miss Navy"
She-"Has she? Then she is Just tho
girl you ought to marry, Mr.. Sappy."
Truth.
''My son is taking an exhaustive
course in political economy" What's
that for?' II had to do something TO
keep him ont of my business. Chi
cago Record.
CLARA said she gave you cut glass :
bowl on your anniversary. Eyes, she
did; but, you know, there are great
many different grades of cut glass. "--u
Chicago Record.
Men don't think much OF the girl who
thinks,
So they who know aver.
But rather seek some thoughtless girl,
And give their thoughts to her.
Detroit Journal.
it has been said that speech was
given man to conceal his thoughts.
This is not the true answer. Speech
was given to man to prevent other peo-
pie from talking. Boston Transcript.
That's a wise saying Let me
make the songs of nation and care
not who makes its lawsp" eyes, one
can evade the laws, but one can't get
away from the songs. Chicago Rec
ord.
That's fine, solid baby of yours,
Middleton, said friend who was ad-
miring the first baby. do you think
he's solid?" asked Middleton, rather
disconsolately. cit seems to me az if
he were all holler. STRAY Stories.
"why, Jones, declare you're the strangest
OF men,
For scarcely six months In this house you
have stayed
Now, what Is the cause OF your moving
againY
cts moving appeal that my landlord
has made"
Detroit free Press.
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WHOLE NO. S1S.
STOOD HIS GROUND.
How One Fearless Sutton Met the Angry
Attack OF the GINS Father.

There recently visited in Detroit q
military man whose beautiful wife
was an instantaneous favorite with all
lhose who had the pleasure CT meeting
her. She was tall, erect, graceful,
with positive wealth of health and
color. The romance of her courtship
was entirely out of the usual, accord
ing to the Free Press.
A hard-hesded and rugged old
Southerner suddenly became rich
through the discovery of coal in hills
so steep that they detied all efforts at
cultivation. He was q widower with
one daughter, and nothing was left
undone that money would do for her
She was worthy of this lavishment of
riches and added the charm of intel
lectual sttainments to those bestowed
by nature. result the father be-
came possesseOnf the idea that there
was not one man IN a million worthy
of such daughter. and rerolutely set
himself the task of driving away the
other 999, 1893 as they might present
Themselves.
They came. but when they asked of
eAS Oiu Beuuendn the privilege oil
becoming suitors he promptly created a
hurricane. BE gave the signing SWANS
to plainly understand that they were
too utterly unworthy and that their
presence in the future would be the
signal for opening up from an ambus-
cade vaguely limited at. Lover after
lover had ridden desperately away
from his door before the son of Mars
appeared. Upon him the stern par
ent opened up after the usual manner.
The military man was characterized
as presumptuous. mercenary and i'm
pertinent. The soldier smiled and
declined to blush. He laughed and
snapped his fingers when the old gen
tleman followed up with another out
burst.
Keep it going" he said, you do
it admirably. What on actor you are /!
You have driven away score of
craven youths. / decline to be terri
fed. But you are superb in the
part"
Then the old gentleman wilted,
sung low and surrendered. subject to
the approval of the daughter, which
was promptly given.
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LAWSUIT ABOUT A CLOCK.
Originally Valued at IS, Litigation Ha
Cost $4,000. and the End IL Not Yet.

Originally Valued at IS, Litigation Ha,
Cost $4,000. and the End IL Not Yet
Justice Eben c. Poole, of Evans
vile, Ind, has in his possessioa /.
clock valued at SIS that has cost 5000
already, and before the rightful own.
ership Of the timepiece is settled IL
may cost that much more.
Mrs. Amanda Mckinley, living on
West Alabama street, bought a clock
from w. w. White, agent in Evans.
vile for the American Wringer Com
pany, OF Cincinnati, eighteen months
ago. The woman made only one paw.
ment on the clock, and the agent at.
tempted to take 1T from her by force.
He failed, and the next day was ar
rested for striking Mrs. Mckinley.
White got out writ of replevin for
the clock, and the constable secured
it, Mrs. Mckinley sued for posses
sion of the clock, and jury found
for her.
Mrs. Mckinley also sued the Amer
lean Wringer Company for $4,000
damages, alleging that White, in try
ing to take the clock from her, per
manently disabled her by striking
her. She won the suit in two courts,
and an appeal was taken to the Su-
preme Court of Indiana, where the
matter rests at present.
Mrs. Mckinley has fled suit in a
Justices Court demanding the posses
sion of the clock. The Justice in
formed her that she owed the court
SO In fees. and that she would have to
make monthly payments on the time
piece to the wringer company. Mrs.
Mckinley will take the matter into a
higher court. Although a jury has
given her the possession of the clock.
she cannot secure it until she has paid
sum three times its value. The
woman is determined to have the
tlmepiece, she says, if it costs her
$1,000 more. There had been a dozen
lawyers to reap rich fees from
the litigation over the clock. In the
damage suit of Mrs. Mckinley agains st
the American Wringer Company.
tried at Boonville, fifteen attorneys
were employed.
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An interesting scientific question
has arisen and received considerable
attention through the suicide of a
woman in nm Iowa jail-the question
whether or not there is venom in the
bites Of all spiders. Cora Smith.
who was incarcerated in Des Moines
for murder, committed suicide by eat
ing large number of spiders which
she collected in her cell. She took
them day by day until she had col
lected quantity Of them i'm n hand
kerchief. Then eating the mess she
died almost Immediately. Unques-
tiouably the spiders did their work.
but IN what manner the post-mortem
failed to entirely discover. The con-
clusion drawn was that all spiders are
venomous, but whether their poison
ia eifectual when elected into the
veins or only when swallowed is open
90 discussion.
Generally speaking, animal poisons.
like snake poison, however deadly
when init oduced into the veins OF
q human being, are absolutely harm
lees when swallowed That is the
reason why person may without risk
suck the venom from wound made
by q rattlcsnake or even by cobra.
which is recognized rs tho most dead
ly serpent IN existence
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check for seSOO-the $4,000, with six
teen years interest added. With L,
was note saying:
"a client Of ours, whose residence
we do not know, and whose name we
withhold by his order, desires thai
this check shall be transmitted to the
family of the late Mr. Carleton Coke.
who is understood to have died some
years ago."
Thus 1.-THE point of honor domi.
mated to the end. New York World
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In France the autocrar seems likely,
in conjunction with the bicycle. to re-
vive the long vanished glories Of the
road A joint stock company has al
ready been formed in Paris under the
title OF LA Poste Electriquo Inter
rationale" the object Of winch is to
establish on all the great highways
stations where petroleum can be pro.
cured and accumulators recharged.
A workshop, too, will supply the
necessary mechanism for patching up
damaged motors Lastly, there is to
be a restaurant and bedroom accom-
mediation for limited number of
travellers. It is conceivable that the
next century may behold county
families coming up to town for the
season in their private electric
coaches, as they used to do in the
horsedrawD vehicle. London Chron
icle
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Spanish Monetary Unit.

The monetary unit Of the Spanish
West Indies is the peso, or silver dol
lar, worth in the United States about
ninety-two cents The dublon lpold
Of the United States) is worth 500.
The moneys OF old Spain current in all
her colonies are the pcseta, the onza.
the media onza, the centen is. 3G), the
escuedo, the escudito, the medic peso.
the real fuerte lsilver shillingl, medic
fuerte and medic, sixpence In real.
ity there nre three money standards
IN this moneyless country American
gold, Spanish gold and silver.
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what y boy Can DO.

No one really knows the horrors OF
cold weather until there is n boy i'm
the family. When in he wants to eo
out, and when ont he wants TO come
in, and the door is open all the time.
A dog furnishes some idea Of the in o..
tensity Of the cold in the same way,
but every one fails compared with 4
boy. -Atchison Globe.
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a Nice IernI Point

May n Judge legitimately contradict
a witness from the bench? This is one
of those little side issues and debata-
bic points that the budding barristers
OF the Temple and Gray's Inn love to
discuss at their periodical gatherings
for oratorical practice. 1t was raised
during the recent hearing Of case in
Melbourne, before Judge Gaunt, father
of the Australian novelist, Mary
Gaunt. A girl witness was asked
whether she had talked to anybody
about the case during the luncheon
adjournment. She replied in the mega
tive. Judge Gaunt Immediately in
terposed with "Oh, my child, don't
say that. / passed you myself when
coming into court, when you were
speaking to your mother, and conld
not help overhearing remark that
was made" A sharp passage at arms
between Judge and counsel ensued.
the latter contendiDg that the former
ought 10 have gone into the witness
box before making statement of that
character. It is a nice point, and per
haps some Temple authority learned
in the legal prophecies will look mp
the precedents, if there are any. and
send us his conclusion. london
Chronicle.
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The German Chemical Association
has 1888 members, 1868 Of whom are
not Germans.
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Sixteen years later there came 10 n
lawyer one lay from New Orleans an
envelope inclosing q bapk cashiers
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\ telling this
story L shall use
fictitious names.
Otherwise the
tale is n record
of facts. The
principal person
age, whom / will
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Now that the war is over
And the praise OF our heroes Is sung;
And in far Spanish seas, to the tropical
breeze
The folds OF our banner are flung:
After the blood OF our valiant
Is paid with n generous hand,
And the Isles of the East and the isles OF
the West
Are pound with star-spangled band,
What OF the bones to the West:
w. at OF the homes to the North and the
South
That offered their bravest and best
Now that the war Is over?
Francis S. Borton
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NOW THAT THE WAR IS OVER.

Now that the war IL over.
And the thunderir S8uns are still:
And the sulphurois smoke has drlfted
away
From that horror under the hill;
After the gtoans of the wounded,
And the shrieks from the surgeons knife
Are hushed at last, and the halt and
manned
Come hobbling back TO life;
After the glare and the glory,
After the hell OF II all;-
The sorrow and pain that will ever re-
main
Upon whose hearts will II fall
Now that the war Is over?