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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-03-14
a PuurtuaI Man

4 certain Mr.. Scott, of Exeter.
whose business required him to travel
constantly, was one of the most famous
characters for punctuality in the king
dom. BY his methodical habits. com
bined with unwearied industry. he
accumulated a large fortune. For a
great many years the landlord Of every
inn in Cornwall or Devon that he
visited knew the exact day and hour
he would arrive 4 short time before
he died, at the advanced age Of eighty.
q gentleman who was making
journey through Cornwall put up at
small: inn 1T Port Isaac for his dinner.
He looked over the bill. Of fare. and
iound nothing to his liking. He had,
however, seen a fine duck roasting on
tho fire. III have that, said he.
You cannot, sir" replied the land
lord lit is for Mr.. Scott, Of Exeter ="
81 know Mr. Scott very we'll" re-
Piled the traveller "He is not in
your house. very sorry. said the
landlord but six months ago. when
he was last here. he ordered the duck
20 be rely for him this day. exactly
at 2 o'clock And. 90 the amaze
ment Of the traveller. who Glanced 20
look from tue window. the old gentle
man was at that moment entering the
inn yard, abont five minutes before
the appointed time Harpers Round
Table
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-03-14
THE COMING OF LAFAYETTE.

Soung Liberty wept In her mountain nest.
Aud feeble OF wing WAS she,
When gallantly into the stormy west
Her knight sailed over the sea.
For the hower OF chivalry. deathless vet.
Had felt loves opening spell
And bloomed Americas Lafayette
On the banks OF the blue Moselle.
There was sorrow that year on shore and
surf
There were clouds in our country's
There was red death-dew on the summer
turf,
Or seventeen seventy
But vain were peril or death to damp
The soul Of the high-born boy.
Who left his king for foreign camp
In his brave, unselilsh Joy.
The night-mists hung over Winyaw Bay,
No watcher stood on the shore.
No friendly listener hailed the way
OF the strangers landward oar.
No guide-till n lonely window-light
showed, glimorlnG far and thin.
To the champion of a peoples right
star to beckon him in.
Make hastel to Llberty's blocdinC host
His generous speed must be;
And away, for the cause he loved the m ost
He rode from the Great Pedec
By the cotton fields of the Carolines
The black slaves watched him go;
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-03-14

There is lady occupied in the in
stTuctlon of the juvenile mind. who is
quite willing 10 confess that the pu-
pills who attend her classes DO not do
all :he learning. Some of the small
folk under her tuition occasionally
astonish her with their superior
knowledge OF the moiernly developed
resources Of the English language. 4
lecture on hygiene had been included
for the day, and she had taken care to
show the effects Of slcohol and to-
bacco upon the system. She i'm
pressed her teachings by means Of
anatomical charts, which gave espec-
lal luciditv to her remarks when she
came to warning the little girls. years
IN advance Of any practical need, of
the danger Of tigh: lacing. One OF
the little girls, whose home surround.
ing are Of the sort in which ease rather
than elegance cf expression is sought.
listened with profound attention.
Now, Margaret. 90 the teacher said
you may see how well YOU renem-
Der what | have said about tight lac
ing and tell us why it is injurious.
There was nc response.
Il mean you, Maggie, the teacher
added, and the girl jumped to her feet
as she recognized the more familiar
name
Tight lacing, ma'am, is injurious.
ma am 1870
She hesita;ed and the teacher
smiled encouragiugiy and said, "Go
on
Cos, ma'am, It's liable to twist yer
Stats. Washington Star
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An Evpen.ive rass.

Speaking Of Sarah Bernhardf. they
tell this Of her in London, where she
was last spring The great one
dropped into q book sellers shop one
morning. Il sold her quite a pile Of
books, said the proprietor. and
showed her every attention. aud she
seemed pleased A she was going
out she took hold Of my pencil and
asked me something In French. which
L did not understand Seeing that I
failed 20 catch her meaning. she
looked about ON the counters. then.
quick as a fash, she took mp a volume
of one Of the very best sets Of Scott.
bound in tree calf. opened it at the
very centre, wrote something quickly.
calmly tore ont the leaf. handed il to
me, smiled and went out.
The asiYgnled bookseller looked at
the leaf and discovered tha. Sarah
had written q pass for two 20 her per-
Torrance that evening, Na1.HGceat.
but 1T was not cheap entertainment
for the bookseller. Pittebur- Dis.
patch.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-03-14

One day a worthy Kulu housewife
came out from her cooking, and stand.
ing on the ledge OF rock at her door,
emptied pan of boiling water into the
rank heritage growing below. 1t fell.
splash, on the back of a sleeping leop-
ard, who jumped perpendicularly into
the air as high rs the roof of the hut.
What might have happened next:
Who can say? But the astonished
woman dropped the pan with a clang
upon the rock, and the leopard took
one leap down hill. The pan followed
and the leopRrds downward leaps be.
came longer and swifter as the pan
bounded after it from rock to rock.
When last seen the leopard had lust
achieved a leap of about three hun.
dred and fifty feet to the very bottom
of the ravine, thousands of feet below.
and the pan had whirled about five
hundred feet over it on 10 the opposite
side. The leopard would have eaten
the old woman with pleasure; but a
pan which first scalded half the hide
of him and then bounded changing in
his wake from the top Of the HiIna
layas to the plains below was some
thing which he could not face.-Gooj
Words
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-03-14

his resisting power will be absent.
1t Is impossible to mesmerize o MAJ,
against his will. Mr.. O'Neirs stat,
will be OF considerable assistance to
me. The activity OF the ganglion cells
OF the brain, with which the functions
oil consciousness are believed to be
specially associated, are almost in.
hlolted II his case. You must know
that insanity is entirely due TO tho
disorder of the brain. However. LET
us make preparations.
Conyers' plan was very simple. Oh.
tanning permission from Mrs. O'Neil.
he went into the adjoining bedroom,
and found there a writing desk con.
tanning drawers -four in all He
placed the jewel case IN the bottom
drawer; closed it, then returned ia his
subject. He gazed straight into his
eyes for few moments, and then com.
menced making passes with his hands
before his face, back ward and forward.
. Neil watched him with kind OF
grave curiosity for a little while. and
then he put his hands up to his face
| and rubbed his eyes. Suddenly he
WINGED slightly and Strengthened him
self in his chair All What was that:
Gradually his eyes became intent on
Conyers' until he had lost the powe,
II draw them away. The pupils be-
gan to dilate, then the eyeballs to pro
trude, then the eyelids TO droop. Res.
piration and circulation became con.
siderably accelerated, until at length
! perspiration set in and complete stupol
soon followed. While in this state OF
coma the more powerful will could dc
with him what it chose.
Conyers threw his head back in
exultancy. Buthe had reckoned with.
out his host. The tense feeling of
every faculty overstraiued became al.
most unbearablc. He would not be-
able to keep up long. lie must be
quick.
Accordingly he commanded O'Neil
to rise, who did so. Step by step he
led him to the writing desk. He had
no need to speak-he had only TO thinb.
and the subject obeyed. O'NeiI
dropped on his knees before the writ.
ing desk. He opened the first drawer.
and then the second; all was still in
that little room; all four were bendinc
over him with eager, excited faces.
And now he was opening the third
drawer His nostrils were Guiverinr.
He hastily closed it; then literally
dragged open the fourth drawer and
captured the jewel case. And then
Conyers walked I'm. 1t took MANY
moments and all watched with fearful
anxiousness. What would happen?
1t was pleasant to see what did hap
pen. O'NeiI snatched up the case,
tore it open, laid hold of the Jewels.
and ran across the room to a far cor
ner. clasping them to his breast and
uttering little shrieks of ioy. 1t was
plutul To beholdl Not long. and Mrs.
O'Neil and Kathleen had darted to hi
side aud were holding his hands and
murmuring soft words of comfort.
He looked into their eyes and recor-
nized them, and great tears stood in
his eyes. Then Conyers knew that he
had succeeded; but barely by the skin
of his teeth. \ mist rose before his
eyes; he tottered to a couch; he lost
consciousness.
He awoke to find Kathleen bending
over him with a wonderful look in her
eyes. She was holding his hand. and
We'll, the sequel is to happen in six
months time.
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PlTH AND POINT.

She-"What is kiss in French?"
He--"I can't tell you, but I can show
you. "--Yonkers Statesman.
How do you like Mr.. Hicks?" ''Ho
behaves like bear" Doesn't no
squeeze tight, though Harlem Life.
IL understand she gave you pieco
of her mind" THAT'S where you're
wrong. She gave me all of it, | should
Judge. Chicago Post.
"What makes you think the Eng
Iishman regards his engagement as n
ioke:' Because lie takes it SO seri-
ously. Brooklyn Life.
Some people like the cod because
He's good to bake or boil:
But every child must love the fish
who gives such pleasant oil.
New Noah's Ark
Matte why, what beautiful
ring you have, dear What did it
cost you?" Myra My liberty It's
my engagement ring - Chicago
News.
Mistress-"Why, Bridget, the chairs
are covered with dust" Servant
teoolly)-"Well, mum, they want
something to hide their shabbIness."
Fun.
Doctor-"Do you take a bath regu-
larly? Once week, / suppose"
Patient -''Lor' bless you, no sir: /
hain't so dirty as all thatH'-London
Sketch.
Dentist see that shall have to
kill the nerve" Patient-.'For
heavens sake don'tl 1t would ruin
a in l,r,efvn-.
ance agent. It'll Bits.
The fact that he has twenty-four
children is not the really remarkable
feature of the case" Then what tsp"
"The fac. that he has been able to
support them. Chicago Post
Tommy-"'Didn't the ancients have
pretty high times?" His Father
why, my SOM" Tommy-"The
Book says they set their watches on
the hiIl-tops. Jewellers Weekly.
Gilgal Mr.. and Mrs. Barkham are
TO give a house warming at their new
fat tonight Chambers That is
much better than depending upon the
lanitor for the beat. Town Topics.
The weather prophet in a plight
Looked forth upon the sky one night
Anu QOggeily ne said:
Twill rain or blow or snow, fear:
Or else, twill be quite warm and clear"
And then he went 70 bed.
Washington Star.
"Do you believe in the power of
the human eye with a wild beast?"
asked Gableigh. Yes, said the pro-
fessor, 'the power Of the eye is very
useful-to see the wild beast coming"
Tit Bits.
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the largest bear killed in those parts
this season.
That night the old woodsmen's
cabin rang with laughter many
time, as the young hunter recounted
his wonderful experience. and it was
the verdict OF all that Of all the wild
hunting tales that have been told in
the camps of the Bear Meadows, none
has been more wonderful than Win.
gates thrilling experience.-New
York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-03-14

It was tie death Of Abraham Lin.
coin which brought Pu'luau's first
sleeping car into notice The railroad
company, being anxious 90 introduce
the car. offered it TO the committee
having the arrangements Of Liucoln's
funeral services in charge IL was &C.
cepted and joined the funeral train
which carried the body Of the assas-
sinated President over the Alton road
from Chicago to Springfield.
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According 20 statistics, out of 100. b.
600 men iu Scotland between thirty
and thirty years OF age 1894 sin.
gle men die. while only 500 married
men drop off This points 20 but one
conclusion hat marriage is ny
gienic precautiou. st Louis Post.
Dispatch.
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- A DISCIPLE OF MESMER. g
GO s9@ 10000 o 90 @ae 8
DO NOT know if

DO NOI KNOW II
my dear friend,
J a c X Conyers,
will pardon me
for making use
of a story which
] had from his
lips some few
woke oCn pa
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Advertisements VIII b Inserted q s.s S,r,r>
per SQUARE tor the frss inssrtion aad Az
sens nr sseh Subsequent inssrtion.
oens uns. md no notice Inserted Ssr ID
than sas dollar. ~
Legal advertisements Win b Inserted -
ne rssss allowed By law and VIII, IN al eessS
S eoagSa 70 ths attorney. and payment VIII
% Nquafsd upon delivery Of certified copy.
CnADeS yoB ANNouNCKMHNrs.-fo
county enss5s. IS; State and Congress, $40.
Terms for sssn1ipg advertisements msds
s1Sv. @ application 10 the pnblishsr.
,spsseh. 0Orden b. nail vm receive
pxoye asaentioa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-02
SUPERIOR COURT NOTES.

Orders Of default were yesterday signed
bv Judge Jacobs In the case or Esther
Woods vs. = II Woods and Elizabeth A.
Aiienby va. Waiter y. Ancnby.
Suit was flied In the superior cour yes
eerday by the Philadelphia Security Com
pany VI. Thomas w. Bennett 81 ux.. Ell al.
on n promlsSory note and mortgage.
David Irving was yesterday acquitted
before Judge Jacobs on charge of hav-
ifsg attempted to burxlar.ze the store OF
] VI Butsertck Il Sons, IA Railroad ave-
nue.. on March g. 1899 The jury was only
out Ave minutes.
In the suit OF Fred L. Kendall va the
Anglo-Ahaskan Syndicate. limited. the
Jury In Judge Benson's court yesterday
gave Judgment In favor OF the plaintiff
FOR sIws ~ The Judgment WAS on tho
assigned claim for wages due f, A. I'm
for work as a civil engineer In Alaska.
The final report of r. !. Curtis as re-
ceiver for n. Seattle Cedar Lumber Co
Of Ballard in the case of a s Kerry va
the company. was flied yesterday IN tho
superior court He was appointed F'eSrt-
arv - iSa. The property. as hcretofor@
stated was sold 20 Thomas Il, Shepard
at public auction last April for tss,ea,
which with cash on hand brought the
sun, to hs accounted for up 10 81. 9a 3
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RAILWAY NOTES.

John F.. Stevens. chief engineer OF the
Great Northern. has arrived at Spokane
in his private car. He u accompanied by
his family.
A number OF Youngstown. O., capital
lists in charge of Henry Wick. the promi-
nent financier have arrived at Spokane In
the special Pullman car "Hazelmere,
whore they will spend a few days investi-
eating their mining interests
c.. j. Steeple district freight and pas
senger agent OF the Southern Pacific. yes
terday received q telegram from r. A.
Wadleigh. general passenger agent OF the
Rio Grande Western announcing the In
auguration of a complete dining car service.
a Ia carte. on his line
!. is rumorcsi at Boise. Idaho. that Pres
ident Hart OF the Bridgeport 4 Helena, the
line OF which Is projected from the Seven
Devils south TO a point on the oregon
Short Line. has Joined hands with the Pa
ciic Il Idaho Northern. which 10 building
from Webster TO Seven Devils.
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RAILROAD ~. TELEGRAPH.
Merry War OF the Great Northern
Against W~stern Union.

The coming SUIT by the Great Northern
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company for the possession Of the wire
system along the Great Northern. prom.
ises ia be very interesting. Further in
curry develops the fact that IL IS q. three
cnrnered fight with each corner vitality
and actively Interested as against the
other two Local attorneys connected
with the case stated yesterday that the
Northwestern Telegraph Company. of
Wisconsin. built and operated the tele-
graph system on the old Manitoba road.
saws tire Minneapolis Times. This com
rany had perpetual lease. whtch was
suhles tn the Western Union IN fS- fer q
period 81 ten years. beth the Great North.
srn ard .he Northwestern Telegraph Conn
pany conserving to the arrangement.
Since the expiration - the lease tempo
rary contracts have been made from time
- time between the Great Northern and
,he Western I'1tcn.
Now the Great Northern claims THAT the
lease Of the Western Union having sx-
pirssd the telegraph system should pass
into ths. control % the railroad. The
Western Jtntun SAYS IL should stsil De con
.irU~s 80 operate the ilne an TIRE same old
basis and the Northwestern Telegraph
Company comes IN with the sweeping
charge that IL owns the telegraph system
under perpetual isaSe. which becomes
ACTIVE On the expiration of the suitcase
10 the Western Union,
To make matters more complicated, ths
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BOTTLE MESSAGE FROM PELICAN.


Special Dispatch to the Post Inteiiigencer.
PORT TOWNSEND, June News OF
the finding OF tidings from the long over
due steamship Pelican. as reported In
yesterdays issue of the Post-lntelligen-
Ger. did not come as surprise TO the
wife OF First Officer NJ. ]. Patterson. OF
the vessel. Mrs. Patterson. who Is a res
ident of this city. has all along hoped
that II the ship was wrecked. the crew
had escaped TO some oui-of-the- way Isl
and and would eventually be picked up.
The bereaved bride has based this hope on
the fact that young Patterson promised
her. on the eve Of the Pelican's departing
on her Ill starred voyage for China. that
should accident ever overtake the ship at
sea he would send a message In a bottle
that would eventually reach her. The
bottle and sealing facilities were placed
In a handy corner in the officers state
room. The message as reported TO the
Merchants Exchange In San Francisco
has been sent out in the dispatches as
signed 'Pattieson." but the initials are
correct, and the error probably occurred
in transmission. Mrs. Patterson Is pros
trated over the receipt OF the message
from the dead. for II mas nnaliy blighted
all the fond hopes OF the bride OF a few
short months that her gallant young hus-
band was still in the land OF the living.
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A special dispatch from Omaha 10 the
Chicago Inter Ocean has the following
relative 70 the adjustment OF the feeding
in~transit rates:
Western railroads will no longer recog.
nixe the historical feeding-in-sransit rates
The new schedule went into effect at mid.
night last night tMay 20. This will not
increase the rates on stock from the West
TO the East. but will do away entirely
with the opportunity shippers have en-
Joyed for twenty years to pay the through
rate on live stock from extreme Western
points TO the Missouri river markets and
stop the cattle en- route In Kansas or Nc.
braska Ia he fed several months and then
reshspped at the original through rate
II such a process is now INDUCED in, ship
pers must pay the rate To the point of
first dsbarkation, and the local rate from
there to markecwhen the cattle are fed
1.-The railroads abolished the rate, after
SO many years. In Difference to the de-
mands Of the small s;cckmen OF Nebraska
and Kansas. The feeding in-transit rate
was of no value to any but the big shir.
pers who owned thousands Of range cate
tie. or syndicatss which could purchase
whole train leads. AT first these rates
Were used iesi;mately by the owners OF
Western stock. who thus stopped their
stock IN the corn belt and fed II and then
shipped IL to the market. OF late these
hig shippers have used these rates 10 bring
feeders into the states named and resell
them In farmers. together with the bill
.ngs. Thus the railroads lost by the scalp.
and IS the basis Of sale Of feeders was
always the ruling quotation for that day
al the Missouri river markets. and as this
quotation was higher. because these big
agents took the feeders from the ordinary
source ~ distribution and scattered them
over a vast territory the very class that
the railroads desired TO henefi; vas losing
money on the rates. they buying their
feeders from the big syndicates at fic~
sl,fous rate established by the scarcity
Of feeders in the regular market at Mis-
souri, river points The big shippers are
very sore over the abolition ~ the rates.
AMI the Little xtoekmen are pleased
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Falls City 0ossip % Possibilities 81
the MOhP Plan.

Falls City Oossip % Possibilities 81
the M0AP Plan.
In commenting on the presence OF . sur
veyfng party In the vicinity OF Goldendale.
which hAe been announced In the Post
Inteiligencer. the Review OF
Spokane says.
The railroad survey party named In the
dispatch from GoidendAle 10 believed to be
under the orders OF Paul r. Mohr. MIR.
Mohr came here from New York several
weeks ago and quietly formed a company.
From reliable source II 10 learned that
his bold project covers q railroad from
Spokane TO come point on the Columbia
or Snake river. connecting there with
steamers. portage read 10 10 be built
around the distractions at Ceiilo. on the
Columbia
II the enterprise was carried out mer-
chandiss and produce would 60 from Spo-
kane TO the river point by rail. and be
transferred there TO steamers which would
run TO the distractions at Cello. There
the freight would be carried over nine
mile railroad to steamers below. and these
would carry X 10 Portland or 10 ships on
the lower Columbia.
Mr.. Mohr has been resicent, but Il IL
said ample funds have been advanced for
all the preliminary work. and that the
bonds for the entire enterprise are about
to be taken by Eastern capitalists.
Thu project IL a revival OF q similar en-
terpriee conceived ten years ago by Nj.
Mohr and the late A. N. Cannon.
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NOT TOO OLD ron JEALOUSY.
4 Seventy.Tear-OIa Husband Sent
"a the Asylum.

He Is 20 years Of age. and his wife Is =.
yet he has had periodical fits OF jealousy.
and for this he must go to the insane asy.
lum Hiram X. Mckinney, an aged wood
cutter. who has lived at 300 Twenty first
Moore 10 a term a; S,siIacoom. There he
Will have opportunity to rave and rage at
the specters which troop In between his
faithful spouse and himself
The Old man has worked hard for many
years. and the testimony of his family and
ueighbors was that he had always been a
moral. upright man. Several years ago.
while working In Wha.eom county, he was
Injured in the head by the premature ex.
plosicn OF blast The effect of this ives
seen about six months ago. when McKln-
ney began having periodical fits OF teal-
ousy. The family OF grown-up children
became alarmed at the frequency and vio-
fence of these paroxysms. and finally de.
termined thar 1t would be no longer safe to
have him at large
The wife. bowed with years. and decrepid,
II Frustrated with grief at this melancholy
termination OF life long partnership.