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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28

"what is it. salina?" reiterated

"What is it, Salina?" reiterated
Abby.
'We're all robbed and murderedr"
screamed Ssliha. That is, we would
hava been, if it hadn't been for that
sailor with the cutlass. And how he
ever made his way into the house it
beats me to tell"
Abby aud Fanny burst into hysteri-
cal laughter.
TITS the model" aaid Fanny.
The lay figure dressed mp as a sail.
or in old Deodatus Mifton's Sunday
clothes, with the rusty sword that be-
longed to thersuit of armor," breathcd
Abby. Down in the library we ar
ranged him tonight so that we could
begin to sketch him for our naval
battle scene early tomorrow.
well / never" said Salina. 81
do b'lieve he's saved our lives; they
thought he was alive and was half
scared to death. Now I'm a-goin' to
ring the big bell for help"
And rusted bell, which had hung
out OF the window for half hundred
years, ready to he rung in some such
possible emergency as this, presently
flung forth its deep-toned warming in
the silence of the November night,
pulled by Salinas energetic arms.
Aid arrived in marvelously short
period of time. The two burglars
were arrested and put in safe keep
ing until they could be committed to
prison. Old Squire Milton, who was
more amazed than any one else at the
novel accomplishment developed by
his hired man, remained at the lonely
house all night, to protect the two
young artists and laughed very heart
lily when he saw the naval dummy
which had served so good a turn in
frightening off the cowardly thieves.
George Clifford resolved not to
leave his sisters alone again until the
removal to the New York fiat was an
accomplished fact. AS for Salina. she
had now valid excuse to traverse the
whole house with n lantern two or
three times a night whenever she
pleased, and set up watch dog and a
burglar alarm.
1T was a very narrow escape" said
Salina, "and there's no tellin' when
it may happen again" - Saturday
NIGHT
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28
Hotel Accommodation. in San Juan.

San Juan, the capital, is better pro-
vided with hotel accommodations than
any other city in Porto Rico. The
leading house occupies the second and
third floors Of a three story building
on one of the principal streets, with
its coffee room on the street floor. On
the next floor are the little office, the
parlor and about thirds of the
guestrOOms. More than half of these
open into the square parlor, and, like
1T, have no windows to the outer air.
The parlor, however, is virtually n
rotunda, extending TO the roof, with
a great skylighta and ventilators above.
On the third floor the dining room oc-
cupies the east side Of the house, with
beautiful outlook over ocean and
harbor. gallery encircles the par
lor-rotunda at this level, aud the most
desirable guest chambers are on this
floor, extending from the gallery to
the outer wall, with windows and pri-
vate balconies overlooking the harbor
If one is accustomed 20 the Spanish
style Of cooking and serving food, the
meals at that hotel are excellent. Tho
table is amply provided, vegetables
and fruits forming much larger part
OF the bill Of fare than in any other
hotel in the island There is Europesn
style at the meals, which is not true
OF any other hotel i'm Porto Rico. Peo-
pie dress for dinner, there are flowers
and silver and white linen, and alto
gether no one need complain Of life
unless the detail Of Spanish cooking
makes it impossible for him. Chicago
Record
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28

Queen Victoria has Just turned the
tables on certain artists and picture
publishers in London, and the "hup-
per circle" is enjoying a quiet laugh
over It, Some time ago some one, with
an unusual amount Of self-confidence.
was going over the old Schloss Rose
nau in Saxony, now the property of
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and on the
top floor, in the room which had been
used by the Prince Consort as a study
when he was n boy, was found a paint
ing, which was declared TO be Princess
Victoria at the age of four. From
some one, no one knows who, permits
sion was had TO copy it, and i'm a short
time the picture stores had new like
ness of her majesty. It represented
a child, exceedingly pretty, dressed in
a white gown, with the sleeves rolled
up. On her head was small cap. and
cuddling in her arms was n small Po-
meranian dog. The reproductions
went like hot cakes, and her majesty
heard about IT, Victoria has a good
memory, and she has herself declared
that incidents which happened when
she was twelve months old are fresh in
her mind still, but she could not for
the life of her recall any picture of her
fondling r dog. TO settle the matter
she sent to her son for the painting in
question, and when it was unpacked
the other day Victoria at once pro-
nounced that she remembered it very
well. twas done by the artist Greuze.
who died in 1905, fourteen years be
fore her maiesty's birth Chicago
Record
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28

In an interesting history OF his
parish, the Rev. James Murray, of
kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, mentions
that amid the enioyments of the
people We must not fail TO notice
funerals" and he calls attention to
n curious custom which was prey
alent I'm connection with them. n
appears q sieve containing clay pipes
filed with tobacco was handed round
Just before the cortcge started. Then
the mourners smoked, and when tho
kirkyard was reached, rs the grave
wss being illed, each stepped solemnly
forward and cast his pipe among tho
moods. Notes and Queries.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28

Here's another coincidence with
the loss OF the Portland. A sea cap
tain tells that right after the steamer
was built he was given a large picture
IF her II was framed and covered
with glass and c1ite heavy. He hung
it in his par and never took it
down during iese years The Sun
day when tb Portland went down no
and his wife we're sitting in the parlor
reading, when suddenly the picture
fell with q crash, smashing the glass
into thousand pieces. Portland
(Me.l Express
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28

Frank Boutledge, who with several
friends has leased the shooting rights
on ranch facing the Columbia River
at Fairview, this county, killed a very
fine mallard duck Wednesday among
his days bag. He has discovered
quite q quantity Of virgin gold in the
gizzard OF said duck and has 10 ON ex-
hibition. The gold is probably worth
fifty cents. Mr. Boutledge in going
to get his dog a flying machine and
have him scent that duck back q.
Alaska. Portland Oregonisn.
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ADVERTISING RArEa.

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE"
? IT III / n X
DY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

L I'll l. n N, mem,
said S al i n a,
there's a man in
the wood shed, a
hiding hisself."
IN on 8 Q II 8 Ell
said Fanny Cliff
ford, who was too
much accustomed
to Salinas sights
and mysteries to
pay much attention
TO them. "Who
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28
KnIed br Too Much P1en.nrn.

Andrew, the five-year-old son Of
Joseph Vidosb, Of Pottsville, Penn.
died very suddenly Of excitement
created by overjoy. His mother al
lowed him to spend an hour or so
sleigh riding. He came home in ex-
huberent spirits, and when his mother
put him to bed he asked her TO wake
him mp when his papa came home, as
he had something 90 surprise him
When the father came home he and
his wife tried TO awaken their little
boy, but their efforts were useless
Little Andrew was dead. The physi-
clan called in attendance ascribed his
death 10 cerebral hemorrhage due Co
oyerloy. The little fellows constitu-
tion was too weak TO Withstand the
strain of excitement under which he
had labored. Philadelphia Press.
The great bulk OF books in America
is published by about one hundred
fyDy IN four chief cities. The output
is about Eve thousand titles, in edi-
tjons Of from 100 TO 900, 600 copies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-28
THREE PRAYERS,

he b hands,
II smne Butkn nntvhe
women A LIES rcbb tIbabad
o ali hairdch Anu fedp
o tho dayso oh
And beathed
had
al are; ehndkn wnIoneUn
had to he Code
bear Esp bess
dtrustfu
Goode n thea Ikahest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
STORY OF JESUS ron STAGE.
Illinois Man Says FrOhmams viii
Produce His Work

Abingdon. ILL.,. Aug. 10 Robley Eugene
Heller. a playwright of this city has writ
ten a new religious drama which he calls
''Hebodee." 1t is based upon the life of
Jesus Christ and Heller says that his
work has been approved by the Frohmans
of New York, and that they viii produce
the new drama.
Heller is a retired lawyer and has been
interested in playwridug for the fast two
years. "Zebedee,' he says, is his first work
that has been accepted.
Seated on a pine box in front of a gro
Gerry here, he explained o-day how he
came to write "Zeb dee" Ii was the re-
suit he said, of thirty years OF medita-
ton about the life the MISSION and the
work OF Jesus.
The play" said Mr. Heller, has no
love connected with it, and contains no
lines for a comedian, because | believe
such theatrical material below the d,g-
nifty of the theme.
Il was at work on another play when
the plot for 'Zebedee came to me. When
l conceived the POI l was al once I'M
pressed with the opportunities afforded for
scenic display, and for swift action.
Zebedee' is a new handling of an old
theme. Ii is bold in conception, since il
brings on the stage the principal charac-
ters of the New Testament
Christ is made to appear on the stage
and speak, though His face is hidden from
view. His lines are some of His words re
corded in the Scriptures He is made TO
perform miracles, heal the sick and calm
the raging sea. The Virgin Mary has a
more prominent part. and is given some
lines not quoted in the Bible. The leading
character, though, is Zebcdee, the father
of James and John, disciples of Christ"
Mr. Heller says he chose this name and
character because it appears in the Bible
only once, and hence left him free to Use
his own conception of the character. He
chose to have him iovlal fisherman, with
a realistic turn of mind, who, before the
coming of Christ, refused to believe in
| miracles.
The play opens with a scene near Pales-
| tine, in the year of the Nativity, in which
| the apostles are introduced as lads - and
! II years old. The coming of the Saviour Is
! foretold by Gabriel, who visits Mary and
| Joseph and the shepherds in the field
| After showing the coming of the shepherds
! to the Saviour, and the appearance of the
| Wise Men OF the East, the first act close
! with the scene Of the Wise Men worship
! ping the Babe. while voice from abov,
attests the birth Of the Messiah.
The scene Of the second act is in III,
| magnificent council chamber of Herod
where the birth of the new King is benl
/ discussed. II ends with the tragic dealt
Of Herod and the slaughter of the priests
Act three introduces the Christ who per
forms numerous miracles. A picture b
shown of the carpenter shop of Joseph
and another OF John the Baptist prepar
ing the way for The coming of the Mes
/ siah
The tragedy of Jesus is the theme of tn
closing act. 1t begins with His seizure an,
| trial and closes with The resurrection. TIT
final scene shows Plate repenGng 70
what he has done and Zebedee convince,
! Of the Divinity Of Christ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
HOTELS MISSING PATRON.
Lordly Guest Wrote From Sing Sing
for a PhotonrnDb


lie managers of the Oriental Hotel at
Manhattan Beach Yesterday received q
letter from, eir.r CO.. ...,.-
.i,t,.... '9 ms ~ i9OA winch drought
- vi an aIlSlocralc patron who left
'hem suddenly without paying his bill in
the early part of the season.
4 deeply regret my inability to call In
person and settle your claim" ran the
missive, but financial straits have result
ed in my being deprived of liberty. The
surroundings here are not what | have
been accustomed to. and the life is cheer
less.
You may keen nv effects until call
for them. but in the mean time 7 have 70
ask a favor-that Won win send me the
photograph of q beautiful woman that is
among the papers in my portp,anteau.
Il have hopes that the warden win per
nit me to keep il in nv apartment"
Among the first guests to arrive at the
Oriental Hotel this season was a foreign
er of distinguished appearance who reg
istered as Count Marian Zarennha of Rms
sia. He was above the. ordinary, biobt Of
military bearing and smoke with a marked
accent.
He had a valet and secured one of the
most luxurious suites in the big hostelrv
He brought with him a score of trunks
and bags. He seemed 10 have pIenty- of
money and spent if IavtshIv
He had high-priced wines with his din
ners and in his apartments and smoked
the most expensive cigars the market af
forded. He was always on his dignity and
made friends with no one The clerks
he ordered about as neniaIs in smile of
the diamonds in their shirt fronts
At the end of his second week in The
hotel the count had RIM nm large bilI
Manager Greaves yentllred TO suggest nav
ment. The count was bighIv indignant
but finally allowed himself to he racifed
"They do things much different in nv
country.p he explained "A gentleman
pays when he is ready to leave but I
will consent to abide nv vour customs
Nevertheless the count continued to add
to his bill for a week vitbout shaving
the color of his money Then he disan7
peared suddenly. After a few DAYS Man
ager C,reaves had his annarel and bric-a-
brac hacked awav in his Trunks and re-
moved them. TO The storeroom His ec-
count was charged up II, .nroft and loss -
Nothing was heard from him until the
letter asking for rho ,botogranI, -vas ra
ceive,l Yesterday.
pril,cinal LEeayay Corra,,obtor Of Sipe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
sEAGOING BOTTLES.
III the Matter of Speed the Record IL
About Twenty Miles n Day.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, Aug. 15-Some valuable in
formation respecting ocean currents has
been obtained by the photographic Office
through floating bottles thrown overheard
by steamers and recovered by passing
ships, which report the exact points at
which they were found. Frequently the
bottles are picked up and again tossed
overheard after the latitude and longitude
and the number Of the bottle have been
noted, 50 that the office in Washington
may know the direction taken by the
bottle since put into the sea or last sighted
by some vessel In this way the direction
il has drilled and the strength of the cur
rent can be accurately estimated.
There are some recent returns which
show that bottles have foated thousands
of miles, and one has a record of covering
2.4OO miles in % days. This bottle was toss
ed overheard from the steamship Furst
Bismarck on Ma /, 1898, about $50 miles
southeast OF Cape Race and recovered on
Aug. ] in the vicinity Of Gluckstadt on me
Elbe The distance between the two points.
following The route through the English
channel is about 2 400 miles, giving 26 miles
as the lowest possible estimate Of the dali
~ average velocity with which the bottle
Travelled eastward.
The longest distance made by any bottle
was one thrown from the steamship Elec-
trlciau, which covered $50 miles In little
over three years, or an average OF nearly
six miles a day Another bottle Travelled g.
900 miles IN 81 days, or an average Of 1873
knots a day. Another good record for a
bottle is 300 miles in 1G days, or an aver
age Of l8S knots a day
in conducting It's experiments the navy
department has had The co-operation OF
The Russian government which on the
cruises OF Two OF ils vessels had thrown
into the sea 703 bottles. OF which 80 have
been recovered and reported. Taken col
lecuveiy Inc paths followed by these float
ing bottles give a good Idea OF the drift
currents Of the North Atlantic. The mo-
ton ~ The waters seems 20 b. westerly,
as Us evidenced by the destination OF the
numerous bottles caat adrift between Ma.
deira ana CAPE san Rogue, an OF which
ultimately found their way 10 The Wind
Wara Islands, lfa Bahamas Or 10 the west
era shores Of the Gulf VI Mexico
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
FOOD GIVING OUT.
1u0UGHT THE ANTI-sEMITE WILL
SOON BE IN WANT.

10 and His Friends StiII Defy Ar
rest-Papers Comment on the
piots-Some Accuse the Govern
memt as the Cause-JudiciaI Pro-
ccedings Against the BingIeaders.
those in the MObs Were Mostly
Boys-Damage to the Church.
PARIS. Aug PA member of the
srd-semitic League says N. Gueru
t,z three days more provisions.
r{5s cook has been removed to the hospital
a.. complains that his illness is due to his
elevations. and says that NJ Guerin has
or,v twelve men with him and that his
provisions are nearly exhausted.
The papers of the city in COM
,ranting on the riots which took
Mace here yesterday, are unanimous in
nr5nouncing the situation to be of the
most serious character. The conservative
and Nationalist organs accuse the gov
eminent of provoking yesterdays blood
shed by unjustfiable arrests.
The investment of the besieged anti
Samites in the Rue de Chabrol is being
closely maintained, and the windows of
the house have been closed. A doctor
VINO visited a sick inmate of the head
quarters reports that the morale of the
besieged party is excellent, but that it is
worn out by the prolonged loss of sleep.
In consequence of yesterdays events jul
dcial proceedings have been instituted
against Sebastian Faure and four others
for rebellion, acts of violence and attempt
to murder. and against divers persons for
robbing consecrated building and burn
ing its furniture. A judicial investigation
will be had before Magistrate Davalles.
From to-day all churches will be guard
ed by pickets of Republican Guards ana
detachments of infantry and cavalry wilt
be held in readiness for eventualities. The
damage done by the rioters to the Church
of St Joseph is estimated at 5000 francs.
The church is surrounded by a Gordon of
police and no one is allowed to approach
the building. 1t is pointed out that most
of the persons arrested for rioting are
youths from Is to 20 years of age.
The Rue Chabrol is occupied by the Sew
enty-fourth and One Hundred and Thirty
first Infantry with fixed bayonets All
the approaches are guarded, and it is i'm
possible to traverse the crowds, which are
everywhere increasing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
COTTON DUCK PROPERTIES.
Trust Company Begins Paying for
Acquisitions.

Baltimore, Aug. 21-The Continental
Trust Company to-day began paying for
the cotton duck properties which have been
acquired by the Mount Vernon Woodberry
Cotton Duck Company. The latter com
pany is Incorporated under the laws Of
Delaware and controls the leading plants
of the country including the Mt Vernon.
w f. Hooper & Sons, Laurel, and
others of this state. The new corpora
ton will produce about 80 per cent. OF the
cotton duck of the country.
The financial details are being arranged
BY the Continental Trust Company, which
will be trustee of the mortgages. 1t is
expected that officers and directors will be
elected this week. Mr.. Richard Cromwell,
president of the Mt. Vernon Com
pany, viii, it is understood, be president of
the new company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
WANTS TO TAKE 1T UP.
Bank Wants an Important Case in
the Supreme Court.

Bank Wants an Important Case in
the Supreme Court.
Richmond, Va. Aug. 21.-The Union
Bank of Richmond has instructed its coun-
sci to apply to the Supreme Court of the
United States for a writ of certiorar in
the case OF the board of commissioners Of
oxford, n. c., VS.. the Union Bank of
Richmond which was decided in favor of
the former in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals the 11th inst.
The case involved the validity of rail-
road aid bonds issued by Oxford. The Cir
cult Court of Appeals decided that fail
ure 10 record the yeas and nays on the sec
ond and third readings of the act authoriz-
ing the bond issue invalidated them There
are several other railroad aid bonds and
other important cases on which the final
decision viii have an important bearing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
SCHNEIDER TO TAKE a HAND.
Wants 10 Prosecute for the Use OF
His Alleged Letter.

Paris, Aug. IA dispatch from Ems
says that Col. Schneider, the Austrian
military attache whose alleged letter in
eliminating Dreyfus, has been one Of the
principal weapons Of the prosecution has
started for Paris 10 institute proceedings
for forgery and the employ Of forged docu-
ments against those responsible for the
authorship OF the letter. which ne has a.
ready distinctly repudiatcd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22

Seattle. Wash, Aug. 2L-The towns of
Southeastern Alaska have issued a call for
a territorial convention to be held at Ju-
mean. Oct g. The object is to promote
unity in all demands made by Alaska In
Congress and 20 frame and adopt laws
which Congress will be urged to pass.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
To supply 1t with wagons.

Cincinnati, Aug. 21.-Col W. H. Bern
bury of the Royal Artillery British army.
arrived here to-day and occupied himself
busily with the manufacturers of road wa
CONS. His purpose is TO secure contracts for
Inc speedy supply Of wagons to the Brit
ieh army.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22

Washington, Aug. 2l.-United States
Minister to China Conger has embarked on
the gunboat Princeton for tour offpoints
along the China coast where American
consulates are located The state and
navy departments declare there is no po-
llical significance whatever in the trip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22

John Lind, the Populist Governor NJ
Minnesota. Is a Swede by birth He was
horn in that country in 1854, and is the
most conspicuous Swede in Minnesota POI
tics, as Knute Nelson. the Republican
United States senator, Is the most con-
spicuous Norwegian In the state. Recent
". IL il said. some Swedes i'm Minnesota
have discovered that Gov. Lind discrimi-
mates against electors Of scandinavian ma
4lvity IN state appointments, and some Of
them propose TO carry this question into
Minnesota politics this year. There Will
be no state election in Minnesota until
1900
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22

Paris, Aug. 22.-The Ltbre Parole pub
fishes an interview with Maj. Marchand,
the African explorer, who, while not
doubling the death of Lieut.. Col Klobb
and his companions, declares the story of
the, killing an infamous calumny as he
does not believe Lieut.. Col Klobb had
time to overtake the Voulet expedition.
Mai. Marchand thinks the fate of KlObb
and Menier due to their recklessness in
attempting to traverse dangerous region
with Insufficient escort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
DREYFus NOT CONNECTED.
Rome correspondence writes That
lie Has Proofs.

London, Aug. 22.-The Rome couesDond-
ent Of the Daily News says:
am In a position 10 assert positively
that both Germany ana Italy have d0cu-
ments capable Of proving that the French
general stan has been yicumzed b.