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The record-union., 1899-09-01
Ex-Governor Merrill Dead.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31-Ex-Gov-
ernor Samuel Merrill of Iowa died this
evening at the age of 73 years. About
week ago Governor Merrill suffered a
stroke of paralysis, and but little hopes
of his recovery We're entertained He
was injured severely in an electric car
accident several months ago, and he
never entirely recovered from the
shock
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-10-24

In one of the towns of Upper Mich
lgan Is the president of n railroad that
Is several removes from trunk line.
As horse trader he is of the same
type rs David IIarum, and thinks it
perfectly "Christlan" to get the better
of the other fellow. Not long ago he
sold n roadster to farmer near the
place, receiving $l75. One day last
week the farmer dropped into the
presidents Office, and casually in
CURED whether that official really
thought the horse worth the money
paid for it.
Not trying to rue bargain, are
you, Si?" replied the president. "That
horse is worth $500 to man who
drives rs much as You do. If | need.
ed one at all, you couldn't have bought
him at any figure"
him?"
mot a bit of it. He's got better
pedigree than many n 2.2O horse; he
can keep up fine gait all day and he's
as gentle as kitten. There isn't a
better horse in the State forroad work
and don't you touch less than $500 for
him. "
''Well, ! won't"
Then the farmer winked at a couple
of men who had been listening, and
laid paper before the president.
How did this happen, SIP" STAN
mered the president.
Them men o. yours that were haul
IN ties across my place left the fence
down, the boss got on the track and n
freight train done the rest"
But your claim for $3.50 is ridicu-
Ions Well contest it. ="
But when ST grinned from car TO car
and when the two men laughed mp
roariously, the president blushingiv
announced that he would have the
matter adjusted in accordance with
the claim.
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WHOLE NO. SAL.
A sPoRTsMAN's REVERE.
He Meditates on What He Would DO In
Cnse of Emergency.

Say, come over to the other side of
this island; look down there where
the shadows of the trees darken the
water and give to it look both
murky and cavernous. What do you
think is going on down there? Under
those lilypads is the lair of cut
throat; deep in the semi gloom he lies
motionless till his prey comes care
lessly by; then there is darling
CLEAN; blood is spilled; murder is
done; six-inch pickorel has swal-
lowed tiye-inch sinner. mud tur-
tie is coaling down there and filling
his scuttle butts. That sedate- look
ing bullfrog is studying his part and
resting preparatory to singing a bari
tone solo in the concert at p. IN.
See that hole in the reeds and
bushes over there? You may think
those shrubs grow on the land, but
but they do not. You might think
that hole n tunnel in the hillside, but
1t is not; 1t is n canal; and now, sup
posing you were dwarfted to n Lilipu-
tian or to n Palmer Cox brownie, and
taking a sardine box for gondola and
souvenir coffee spoon for n paddle,
you move into that maze Do YOU
think you would be a gondoiier in
Venice? Well, you would not be.
You would he delinquent AMI suffer
ing thing in Dante's Inferno, and the
mosquito is an imp with forked tail
on the wrong end and knows all
about antitoXine and Just where TO in.
lect 1t for the desired end. The water
snakes would tip you over, and if you
had rs many legs as blue-bottle fly
the muskrats would pull every one of
them
Well, surprising you are just what
You are and shower should come up
while the sun was still shining and n
rainbow end rested i'll the top of that
big pine tree on the mainland.
Wouldn't YOU take that boat, go over
there, climb that tree, and then. sup
posing Just rs you reached out to grab
that rainbow you lost your balance
and fell down through the branches
and landed a-straddlc of "A blame big
bear, and looking backward, like Ed
ward Bellamy, supposing you should
sec big snake--a boa constructor
come billowing toward you with open
mouth, intent upon swallowing YOU
and the bear, too. What do Won sup
pose you would do? Would YOU fall
OFF or hang on and kick that bears
ribs to make him run? like to sit
out here and think about these things,
and decide what | would do if tho
lance occurred. Forest and Stream.
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soIhlcrs to sc rnnrh,in snln-

Major John -. Knight. i'm commend
OF the garrison ut Willets Point, has
issued an order that all enlisted men
must learn to swim if they arc not able
to do SO. He explains that "a n large
part of the work Of the Engineer Corps
is done i'm or upon the water It's essen
tiol that all tho men i'm the command
be able to take care of themselves in
Che water. For those who must learn.
a school Of instruction has been eatab
liahed under the supervision Of 70 COM
missioucd officer The method TO be
employed is simple. Tho man will he
dropped into the water at the end OF %
rope or towcd at the stern OF row.
boat until mo masters the trick. New
York Tribune
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In town Of odd happenings moth
ing surpasses this A residence in
HawcsyiIle has been in actual pro-
cess Of construction for twenty-five
gears. Each year worl; OF some ma.
turc is done on it, yet it lacks a great
deal Of being completed. For n long
time it was without roof, but one
being put ON, it long since rotted
away and another ~ in it's place. The
house has never been occupied. 10
is Of good size and would make an ad
mirable dwelling. It is the only Va.
cant house in Hawesville. 10 would
be funny, wouldn't it. If it turned out
Chat this house belonged to a carpen.
ter? Is it proof that the shoemaker's
wife goes barefoot and other ridicu
lous things Of like nature are happen
ing2- Hawesvillc Ky Clarion.
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PITH AND POINT.

Il may be coarse" thought tho
comb, but have my fine points"
"When is it proper to answer
back?" when tho teacher asks
what is the opposite of 'front.'
Truth he quoted, lis at the
bottom OF a we'll. " and you are no
kind of diver, was the prompt retort.
Chicago Post
She Mr.. Highuote tells me he is
cultivatlng his voice" He-"Yes;
saw him irrigating it early this morn
ing. - Chicago News.
Doesn't the vessel tip frightfully?"
Steward-"Thc vessel, mum, is try
ing to set n good example to the pas
sengers. - Boston Traveller.
Banks Is in bad way financial
ly.' ''All his money gomez"
Worse; he can't borrow any more"
Philadelphia North American.
Mrs. Ncwcash's five-o'clock ten
was too vulgar for anything" "was
it, "Ncs. Why she actually had
lot of things to eat. Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Lady of tho House Ito peddler) -
III you do not so away I'll whistle
for the dog" Pushing Peddler-
Then let me sell you a whistle.
mum Tit Bits.
when will your new frocks be
done, Amelia?" 81 don't know. nv
drc3smaker is very reserved and has
not yet taken me into her confidence"
Chicago News.
Gentlemnn-"C abby, I'll give YOU
five dollars if you catch the l. 80
train" Cabby (cxcitedly) Jump
in, guv'nor, an I'll do it or break yer
neck in Che attemptr'
OrNtor-''No, gentlemen; I tell YOU
that if You want thing done well.
You must always do it yourself"
Voice From the Crowd-"H about
getting your hair cut?"
Jack-'Is Charley man to be
trusted?" Cholly--"Pd trust him
with my life" Jack-"Oh, yes;
know. But would you trust him with
five dollors?"-Baltimoro Life.
Fred-'And what 10 you think of
my argument, WHIP" Will-"Sound
most certainly sound" Fred
"And what else?" Withholding
clse-merely sound. "-Tit-Bits.
That man cheated mo out of a
cool million" "Ah-wouldn't LET
you marry his daughter, j suppose?'
NO; he let Inc marry her, and doesn't
give ua cent. Detroit Free Press.
DO You think this poem of mi.ie
will live?" asked the high-browed
youth. 81 dunno answered the
brutal acquaintance. cit ought to.
1T seems pretty tough. w Washington
Star
That hammock has n history
What is it?" at has been through
six seasons at the seaside with tho
Upiohu family. and not one of tho
girls is married yet."-Chicago Tri
bune.
Catching the Old Man: Little
Clarence-"Pa, that man going yon-
der can't hear it thunder. &" Mr.. Cal
lipers-'Is no deat?" Little CfiaFs.
ence-''No, sir; it isn't laundering.
Puck
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Farm yvagons of tho Argentine.

1t is curious to see how the wheat
is carried to the cars from such
farms in Argentine as are far distant
from the railroad. 1t is hauled in
bullock carts, the wheels of which are
about eight feet high A load weigh.
ing several tons is balanced between
a couple Of these wheels, and from a
dozen to sixteen bullocks are harnessed
up in dorrble file in front of it. As
the car moves onward over the rough
road the wheels give out such a
screeching that you think there must
be hog-killing going on near by.
If you tell the farmer that n bit of
grease on the axle Would stop the
noise, he replies that this is neces
sary, and that the bullocks will not
move unless they hear it. In some
few of the large farms modern Ina.
chinery is used, and the threshing il
commonly done with European OF
American threahers.
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from above. ''Keep to work on them

from above. "Keep to work on them
sails"
At tho harbor mouth he rested on
his oars for moment and pazed
along the coast. The surf was leap
ing full thirty feet up the face of the
grim rockwell. Tho Bull was n
smother of seething foam and its
voice came deep and hollow. Paul
took this in at glance. But his
Keen eye caught something more. In
the distance over-near the surf was a
boat with two occupants.
He overlook them, it is said. two
miles down the coast. In shore the
nights were already swathed in fog
and tho furious breakers forbade any
landing. BY a mighty effort he phi
behind him the impulse TO settle for
ever the claims of his rival. there il
tue lonely sca-perhaps the white
beautiful face of the girl stayed hi,
hand.
Ranging alongside without word
he tossed his oars into the other boai
and then stepped in himself, spurnine
his own away with a shove of his foot
The same instant sudden lurcl
threw him heavily across the forward
seat with his right arm doubled under
him. He sprang up, ignoring fierce
pain in his wrist, and shouting,
Now! pull fer yer life" headed the
boat for Tenants.
Look thar?' no cried again.
"An' pull They were within fifty
yards of the shore and driving nearer
on the lift of every wave. Even as
they looked, the other boat, which
had drifted in more rapidly, rolled
over and melted away on the rocks.
The skin, lighter than the workaday
flats of the fishermen, sheared fast
through the water But the sky grew
always darker, and when they had
covered half the return furry of
snow came over the water.
BY this time Paul's right wrist was
nearly useless. He pulled bitterly.
but was losing his grip on the oar,
handle. Still he struggled on, in
spite OF pain that increased TO agony
and now they were how SLOWLY
passing between the Bull and the en-
trance to Tenants, the boat half full
OF water. Then Paul's swollen arm
dropped, powerless. lie glanced
toward the stern of the tossing craft.
but the girl had tainted from cold OF
terror.
Say he cried, fercely. "You
can git ashore from here-that's ei
you amt got my dead weight in the
boat. My wrists gone. / amt no
good no more. I'll swim. Git that
gal ashore safe
With anarling oath, Paul Fralic
struck the other man across his half
turned face and leaped into the sea.
The currents at the harbor mouth
were setting strongly on The Bull
they say who tell the story-and it
was an hour before the boat made
shelter, its occupants sleet-shrouded
and nearly dead.
But Paul Fralic did not reach the
shore, alive or dead; and none ever
knew what became of him, for The
Bull claims its own and guards its
secret well.-New York Independent.
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a Blind Bcgcar,s Remarkable r.,,

Zone of the most remarkable feats
of strength | ever saw in my life is
performed every day by an old begear
ON Baronne street, said one of n group
of clubmen engaged III discussing ath-
lctics.
ut is nothing to look at, he con
tinued, land you will smile when I
describe it, but l am willing to bet
that there is nobody in the crowd that
can come anywhere near duplicating
the performance. The beggar to whom
| refer stands in almost exactly the
same position all day long-his feet a
little apart, his shoulders stopped, his
chin on his breast and his right arm
extended, holding cup. OF course.
| don't pretend to assert that he holds
out the cup continuously without rest
or lntermissiOn during hiJ entire stay,
but on several occasions ] have timed
him, and can state positively that he
has kept his arm extended with hardly
culver for over twenty minutes at Il
stretch. person who knew nothing
about athletics would suppose that was
easy, but 1T isn't by jugful, as some
of You chaps are doubtless aware. I
remember hearing very powerful fell
low i'm the billiard room of the st.
Charles boast of the length of time he
could hold a dumbbeil at arm S length,
and somebody present remarked quiet
ly that he would bet basket of cham
payne he couldn't hold out visiting
card steadily for quarter of an hour
by the watch. The big man jumped
at the wager, and for a few minutes
his arm was rs straight and rigid as -
bar Of iron. Then it began TO culver
slightly, and presently tho arteries
were standing out like cords and the
sweat was streaming down his face like
rain. lie gave up in the eleventh
minute.
There is undoubtedly more C. less
OF trick in the thing, and ! suppose
the old bcggar holds his pose through
long force Of habit, but nevertheless
lisa remarkable feat New Orleans
Times Democrat.
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Mr.. Sturgeon used to tell good
story about one Of his divinity
students. 1t was his custom, in or
der to test the powers of the young
men for speaking, to give them as they
were about to ascend the pulpit n text
to discourse about on their own plan
and III their own words. This, OF
course, was not before an audience.
but simply among themselves for
practice. On the occasion referred to
he gave to young man who as yet
had not tried the ordeal the simple
word ''Zacchacus. The young man.
trembling from head to foot, said:
u will divide my subject into three
parts. First, we read that Zacchaeus
was small of stature, and I never felt
smaller than at the present moment;
second, we read that Zacchaeus
climbed n tree, which reminds me of
my ascent into this pulpit; third, we
read that Zacchaeus made haste to
come down, which accordingly will
now do"
Whether this man ever became o
great preacher or not, we are not told,
but he certainly showed that he pos.
sessed ready wit.-Ram's Horn.
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Large Charity.

1T is computed that moro than S25. :
900, 900 has been given or bequeathed
during the last year to educational in
situations and libraries in the United
States. An observing contemporary
notes that one benefit from tue trans
fer of this great sum to uses of public
education is that by helping to make
Independent OF State aud local aid
the institutions which il goes to. it
helps to make their teaching less sub
jet to the influence of transient pub
lie sentiment. Where the support OF
a university depends on the will of a
legislature, the instruction that It
gives in such subjects as political
economy, social economy and history
is liable TO be affected by political
considerations; but nm Institution
that stands on its own pecuniar7 lezs
has nothing TO consider in its choice
Of doctrine further than to teach what
makes most for sound learning aud
comedies most accurately with ap
parent TRUTH s. Martin, in IarE
per's Weekly.
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CuIiivatlnr whoo,i,g couo,,

The yiyisectionists are apt to braq
of the great benefit human beings de.
rive from scientific inhumanity to ami.
mails. But listen to this experiment
made by "a well-known physician
who expresses the opinion that
whooping cough is contagious only
during tho catarrhal stage. and has
put his opinion TO severe tests. On
various occasions he permitted nearly
one hundred young children, who lad
not previously suffered from whoop-
ing cough, 10 be associated i'm the same
ward for twenty days or more with
children suffering from the disease
during the stage Of whoopinQ. In
only one case was the disease con.
tractcd, and in this instance the patient
from whom the infection was derived
was in the very earliest period OF the
whoopiug stage. by which charm
ing experiment he was cable to sat.
isiy himself that infection was con.
tracted from children who had not vet
begun to whoop. He concludes that
injection ceases very soon after the
Characteristic whoops commence. and
that, therefore, i'm family il is not
the patient who is already whooping
but his brothers and sisters who have
r15 previously had whoopiug cough
{. ought 60 be isolated
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w. VA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER "A, 1899.

The cost of these plants, with their
handsome marble fronts and plate
glass sides, ran all the way from $500
to $40, 600 and $4,000. To-day most
OF the department stores and drug
glsts order their own fountains and
owe allegiance to no company. More
than that, they do not even patronize
the companies to the extent OF pur.
chasing sirups or carbOnated water
from them. They have their own car
Donating plant and make their own
slrups. y complete carbonating plant
can be put in for few hundred dol
lars, and after once installed the cost
OF making the soda water is very
small. The firms who supply the
carbonated waters in portable tanks
charge from eight to ten cents gal.
Ion, but the druggist can make his
own beverage at less than three cents
per gallon. Where large quantities
are used, the difference in the original
cost Is so great that the saving will
almost pay for the equipping of a car.
Donating plant i'll one summer.
With the carbouated water thus re-
duced to three cents q gallon. tho
profit on glass of soda water is
great. The sirups and cream repre-
sent greater cost than the water
itself; but where the 1avoring ex-
tracts are made right in the store n
glass of plain soda with any of the
ordinary sirups does not cost the
dealer more than a cent and n half. 4
good glass of ice cream soda cannot
be made for less than three to five
cents. The latter is usually the aver
age cost in high class stores where
the best OF cream is used. The price
OF ten cents glass, considering the
siowness with which consumers drink
1t, does not make the profit 50 large
as an ordinary plain soda.
The soda water fountain is au
American product, but there is reason
to suppose that other countries are
gradually contracting our national
taste for this summer beverage. One
large firm makes business of manu-
featuring certain type of soda water
fountain and carbonating plant for cx-
port. The South American countries
III particular show growing pen
chant for soda water 4 good many of
the old-fashioned, discarded soda
water fountains find their way to
South America and even to South
Africa. The demands of the trade
are such that every druggist in the
city aspiros to have constructed for
his store fountain of superior size
an taste, aud this causes many old
fountains TO be thrown upon the
market. Formerly these were sold to
the small country dealers, but now n
considerable number OF them are
bought up by the secondhand dealers
for the export trade.
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seventh Son Of a seventh, Sen.

At Wichita, on Tuesday, a bog wa
born TO Mr.. aud Mrs. Alexands
Thompson, being tho sevonth con .
seventh son, and the Eagle sayl
There are other peculiarities attend
ing tho birth OF tho Thompson ball
along tho line of sevena. IL Nd
born IN the seventh hour Of the 40
enth day Of the seventh month. iuI
seven days before tho birthday of "A
loving father, who sits aud doddIes
on bis knee in the firm belief that s
and his vito have brought forth
prophet. Each OF the fond parer
believes strongly in tho old ten
which says that the seventh son Of
seventh son shall be n prophet,
and the mother, especially, who
seen last night, is 30 strongly sot
the belief that she said sho had abt
decided to name hor baby Joshua.
Kansas City Journal.
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tbs BOY AND THE tor.

One day before window
There stood a little boy,
Who g0zed With earnest longing
Upon Il pretty toy
Who thought with its possession
Would come earth's greatest JOY.
Day after day he saw it
He sighed day after day
And trembled lCst.som other
Might carry Il away:
Day after day new sploudors
We're centred where 1t lay.
lie Sazed into the future
LIES story was begun
He stored his little earnings
Aud when the days were dono
Ills sleep was fall OF visions
OF treasures 10 be won.
There came day OF triumph,
lie carried of the prize.
And 10! at once its splendor
Died out before his eyos-
Tie littlo boy was foolish:
Bat, then, are men so wise?
;. L. Rtser, In Chicago Times Herald
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Advertisements win be inserted az ono
9ouar per square for the 1rst Insertion ami
my cents Tor each subsequent Insertion
Local. business and Special notices ten
cents line, and no notice inserted Tor less
than one dollar. 'ess
Legal advertisements win be Inserted nj
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oecharyed TO the attorney, ana payment vii
oerequired upon delivery OF certified COPY
CHARGES FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS - H,,r
county Officers, -; State ana Congress. Sla
Terms for standing advertisements made
Known on Application % the publisher.
Jon PRINTING executed with neatness am,
dispatch. 20 orders 10y mail will receive
prompt attention.
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j T. Kiuskern, owner Of an apiarv
at Hobart, ". Y, shot four skunks on
Tuesday night that had been killing
his bees The skunks do their work
at night, when the bees are iu the
hives, and 60 get the bees ont OF the
hive they knock ont the back Of and
then go around 20 the front aud kill
the bees by striking them with their
paws.
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Automobile. 1rnr-

Now we are TO have experiments i'm
Tine practical use OF the automobile in
war, o Peoria Illl firm having am or
der to construct carriage for q rapid
fire gun. The experiment will be
watched with interest by army officers
everywhere.
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she bent above tho leaning wall
And seaward set her aching gaze:
her hnnds were locked as one who prays
saw her bosom rise and fall:
And by these signs she told me MI
Tho secret OF her ni,,h,s a,,J -
loft the cliffs. left tho sen.
paced on slowly through tho town.
rnr OIL, the full sails. red and brown,
swept outward over silently:
But that soic watcher stirred not sbc
saw black night settle down.
Pail Mall Gazette.
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THE WATCHER,

Tho gray town stopped to meet the sea.
The sea rose up to meet the town;
saw tho full sails, red and brown.
Pass round the sheer point silently,
ana then, as quiet as sleep may be,
Chill twilight settled down.
Ihere came murmur from the street.
The women talked, the needles flow:
Inc faint Southwestern softly blew,
The quay-side water throbbed AMI beat
Ihen neared sound OF running icet.
And on the c!in walk there were two.
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Twenty Babies Named Dewey IN ~ Town.
Among the children born in Day
ton, Ohio, during the past year twenty
were named Dewey, one Manila, one
5hatter and one Scbley.