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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-10-10
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WHOLE NO. $50.
A cRAmMARLEss LANGUAGE.
hccesslty of Americans Learning tho Sim
pie Tagnl Tongue.

PIE lasnl Tongue.
1t is time to direct attention to ii
branch of learning which, from an
American point of view, has but re-
gently acquired practical Importance.
All American universities teach for
eign tongues. No longer content TO
give instruction in Greek and Latin.
they pay heed to many modern Ian
guages. In the list is Spanish. a
knowledge of which would be of the
greatest use now to many Americans
who before the last war had no occa-
sion to regret their ignorance OF it.
But there is still another language
which should be taught at every
American seat of learning Boosting a
department ofphilologY. 1t is Malay.
the mother tongue of millions of peo-
pie who came beneath our flag by
virtue of the Treaty Of Paris.
The Malay language is the vernac-
Mar of more than forty million peo-
pie. Professor Il. Clyde Ford, OF Al
bion College, pronoUnces it "soft and
melodious, rich in expression, roeti-
cal in idiom and ample in construc-
lion. 1t has another feature which
ought to commend it to the student
1t Is almost without grammar. Tho
vocabulary, says Professor Ford, lis
full of subtle distinctions and fine
Sradatious of thought and meaning"
1t Is written in the Arabic characters,
but it had an alphabet Of its own be
fore the Mahometau invasion and con
quest of six or seven centuries ago.
In explanation of the statement that
the language is almost grammarless.
1T Is stated by tho Albion professor
that the Malay language has no
proper articles, and its substantiycs
may servo equally well rs verbs, being
angular or plural, and entirely gen
derless." All this may be rather con
tuslng to novice, but we have the
assurance of Professor Ford that the
language is easily learned, and has
much to repay for SO doing" 1t GER
talnly must have many surprises.
Several examples are given of the
poetic character of the language.
Thus, a friend is n "sharer of your
Joys and sorrows: interest is the
flower of money; strolling to take
the air Is eating Wind; coward is
"a duck without spurs" and to be
drunk is TO ride the green horse"
AS nearly every Malay is quite con
tent to speak his native tongue. and
does not know how to write, il might
answer every purpose to employ the
English alphabet in the textbooks for
its study. For the purposes of COM
munication it would be quite i'm
material what alphabet was employed.
For instance, if n Malay dealer in
agricultural implements were asked
the price of pIows, it would he the
samo to him whether the fact that
''halI' the word for pillow, was
learned from English or Arabic charac-
ters, provided only the right pronoun-
citation were given to it.
Which of the universities will be
the first to enter this new field Of
learning?
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THE ORACLE.

There's school-marm what is stoppin' up
10 home; an, oh. You betl
She warm one az the meal-timcs when
she's talkin' to the set.
Shes plum chock-full o. ideas on most
cycrythin', l guess
An she's got no trouble, either, any noshun
TO express;
You should see our boardcrs starin' when
she's feelin' in the mood
To fetch EN- up with somethin' that Is lust
espeshul good;
When she tells EN- that the world was made
original from gas,
Ihat the monkey IS our cousin-an' she seq
bold us brass
How we lost our tails by scttin', slidin'
down the Cellar-doors
Sted o actin like the monkeys, who KEEP
Jumpin' on their fours.
An to hear her talk o. fcrrin lands-I swan
it's Just trCat!-
An OF savj isles where people amt per-
tllcr what they eat;
IN there's some that Kill their mothers
when they got too old TO work
An cut ON up in little bits an toast 'em
on a fork:
An others, when thcir food Is short, an
bitter Is their plight
Will tck an eat Just mud-pi for co balk
their appytitc.
ON an that mt all there's wonders like
li1zouvius on fro,
An layer bilin down tho sides an maxim
folks expire;
An they iind their bodies lynn almost as
good as now
An put 'cm in tho dimc-musccs to testify
it's true
It's most 5 good a n show TO boor our
schOol-marm talk, YOU beti
SoH Mother; cos tho boarjcrs do not DER
their vittels fret:
IN she likes her idecs splendid, 'cept WHOM
stoppin' 10 define
The difference twiNt butter ana Mars
c!lymarGnrine.
-Roher, Easton, in Puck.
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-Four years ago, when Abram
Wheeler and his bride, Just out of the
high school in Rochester, \. Y, went
to make their name and fortune at
Tucson, Arizona, Mrs. Wheeler had
no more knowledge of how to make
harness than any other girl in the
East who has never been in harness
shop three times in her life. IIar-
nessmaking was Abram Whecier's
trade, and he opened shop in Tue
son. The country was new and
strange to Mrs. Wheeler, and there
was not person within 1000 miles of
Tucson, except her husband, whom
she had ever seen or heard of before.
Therefore she spent good deal Of
time sitting with him while he
worked. Little by little she came TO
help him, and in q year or two she
was a great help. Mr.. Wheeler be
came interested in copper mines,
and whilo he was away ut the mines
his wife ran the harness shop. She
took out several patents for names
and collars for use on teams of six and
moro horses drawing heavy orc
wagons, and last winter shc sold one
patent for $1,000. She has become a
journeyman harnessmaker and nova
days while her husband is opening
copper prospect, more than hundred
miles from home, Mrs. Wheeler makes
harness, buys the shop material and
looks after her two infant children
who are kept in n cage-lke affair OF
the mothers invention, in ono corner
Of the harness shop.
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turkeys were getting tired; for we OBJ
served that during the last dance Be-
mad to rattle vigorously two or three
times. After few minutes another
fifty cents was subscribed; we could
hear the crowd calling out, "On with
the dance! Keep it going," Then
we saw Bez step back between the
cage and the fence, so as to be con
cealed from the spectators by the cur
tain. As he poked the fire under
his oven he slyly threw three hand
shoycliuls Of the burning coal from
the stove between the two sheet-iron
bottoms of the cage. Tn en- he ratified
with the shovel, and stepping out.
pulled open the curtain. In mo.
mont the turkeys were dancing smnrt-
Iy; we could hear them hop and hutter
very plainly.
' smile even now whom ! recall the
look of mingled triumph and disgust
ON Toms face ms he glanced at me to
sec ii I, too, had comprehcudcd.
That's his gift" no whispered.
Tho cruel little scoundrcl, Thnfs
tine way he's taught the poor things TO
dance by roasting tho bottoms of
their feet, TIL wager That he blistercd
tIcm more Chan once before ne 'CIu.
Gated them to hop % Highland Flmur'
But mo dOosu't seem CO. nut i'm hot
Goals every time, " ] said.
But that part is plain enough. re-
Piled Tom. ole has got the poor
creatures in such terror Of u ecorcIinq
that the very sound Of the shovel or
poker viii set them hopping
10 was pretty evident that we had
OWNED the nature Of BEES gift As
we stood there we could hear him
talking glibly Of the different fairs Mt
which me had exhibited his urtcva
Next week I shall show them TO the
people OF Franklin County at their
annual ca''lc.5how a' r." wc heard
Liw nd1.
"Yca, said Tom. CT ann much
obliged for That bjt OF information.
have % cousin living there who fe "a
lively ort OF fellow. Tll drop him. n
mint oa 90 what coming. Somathiuu
viii bc Urc TO- follow.
hHwe wont past the rostoGicc Tom
stepped iu. bought nu envelope. and
aeut tho following note
''DEtE MOsF Look out for "a follow.
with seven donciug turkovs nt your
cattIc-shOw next week. Hos tricky
and cruel Ho will toll You no las n
peculiar gift for teaching them. but
tho way me does 70 is by putting live
Goals in ut the bottom Of the cage. We
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crowd raised fifty cents, Bee opened
the curtain and gave a brief perform
ance. OF couse, many saw it who
had paid nothing; yet as many new
Corners were constantly arriving, the
plan worked well.
During the forenoon OF the second
day of the fair, my friend, Tom, and
/ and ten or Il dozen other young peo-
pie contribcd the fifty cents requisite
to SEQ the turkeys dance.
There was rafting sound rs Bez
pulled tho curtain aside; and immedi-
Rtely those seven turkeys BEGAN 10
hop, first on one foot, then on the
other, constantly shifting aud moving
around the cage. Ono could scarcely
say that they executed n regular liz
ure, but they went round aud round.
hopping in a very curious and ludi-
crous manner Moreover, it was hard
to guess tho motive for their antics.
The bottom OF the cage inside the
wires appeared to be OF old zinc or
sheet iron Occasionally Bez either
struck the bottom of the cage orrat-
Tied beneath IT ag il with am iron rod.
To change thc time of the daucc. " as
be explained.
At once, then the turkeys beeau &,
leap higher, using their WINES TO
os3ist them. At cycry hop they rose
3D. tho top Of tho cage. hcighf of
certainly six feet Their feet seemed
scarcely to touch Che ground at aII. s,
rapidly did their leaps succeed each
other Up, up, uD and around they
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-10-10
A GOVERNOR ON NEWSPAPERS.
Evidence of Clear Insight ON tho Subject
Po- sCsscd by Few Officials.

Possessed by Few officials.
Ono of the first numbers on the
programme for the convention Of
the National Editorial Association.
held at Portland, was naturally an adj
dress of welcome by a prominent citi-
zen. On this occasion the organiza-
ton was honored by the fact that
Oregon's Governor, Mr.. Geer, per-
formed that service. Besides II very
hearty greeting and eloquent enlarge
ment upon the beauties and wonders
and Inequalities of his State, his ad-
dress contained these thoughtful and
Just remarks about present aspects in
the conduct of the public press:
the calling to which you belong
has grown to be one Of the most i'm
portant i'll which men can engage, the
nature ofyour influence being such that
its effect for good OF evil is almost in
caIculable. Fortunately, however,
while tho newspaper field of the
United States has broadened with the
growth of the country, it's general
tone has been clevatiug, and many Of
the great moral triumphs of this gem
Grafton have been The direct result of
the concentrated, earnest efforts Of
our newspapers, great and small. In
deed, as public educator on impor-
taut and vital questions, the modern
newspaper has become n power in the
land, which as n rule it is not safe TO
either ignore or antagonize. This is
true because of the tendency, in later
years especially, toward perfect in
dependence in the discussion of public
questions. SO much so, in fact. that
1T would be difficult TO find lending
newspaper in this country that has
not at some time during the last de
cado gone counter to it's party on some
important question. This spirit of
independence, which is pcrceuGbly
growing, sometimes throws nll the
leading papers together in the sup.
port OF or opposition to some public
question, Affecting the welfare of the
people: and when such crisis ar
rives. tho newspapers triumph. and
the peoples interests arc secured.
As means of disseminating informa-
ton among the people, The reliability
OF which IS becoming moro firmly os.
tablishcd as the requirements of tho
people in this respect IRE growing
more eyacting, the daily newspaucr
has come 70 be an indispensable fac
tor As n vehicle Of public discussion
Ut mas become universal and iuyalua-
bio ff
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PITH AND POINT.

"Nes, he said, "whon was young
J was eagerly sought after" ''What
reward was ollercd?" asked the sweet
girl. -Tit-Dits.
Maud-"Do you like to have men
Halter you?' Ethel-"Ob, L don't
mind, if they happen to be pbotog-
raphers. '-Harpcr's Bazaar.
Ny manuscripts my carrier pigeons arc,
For IL In sunny weather or in rain
sond them forth, let II DO near or far.
Ihcy never fail returning home again.
Life.
She-''IIc says he loves me; yet ho
has only known me two days" Her
Fricnd-''Well, perhaps that's the
reason, dear. philadelphia North
American.
Johnny-"Pa, what is meant by
descriptive writing?" Pa" Descrip-
tive writing, my son, is that part of a
book that is generally skipped. =
Stray Stories.
Freddy" said the teacher, "you
have spelled the word rabbit with
two Us Nou must leave one of them
out. eyes, ma'am," replied Freddy;
(which onc?"
Briggs 1T makes me uneasy to
owe cent" Griggs-"Tm glad that
! don't feel that way" Briggs
"Why?" Gri9gs -"Why? I'd have
the St. Nitus's dance"
Yeast-"Half the world don't know
how the other half live" Crimson
beak-"Ies; | guess that is about the
proportion that mind their own bust
ness. '-Yonkers Statesman.
"What makes you naughty so much
of the time, Willie?" asked the in
dulgcnt father. why, you see,
mamma gives me nickel every time
/ promise to be good" replied the
youngster; ''and she never asks me
TO promise to be good until I have
been naughty"
young lady of very extraordinary
capacity lately addressed the following
letter 10 her cousin: 1--WE is all well
nnd mothers got his Terrix; brother
Tom is got the Hupin Kaugh; and
sister Ann has got babee; and hope
these few lines will find you the same
Rite sune. Your aphectionate kDN.,
zen"
What did you say the babys name
is?' asked tho visitor William
Henry. How old is hep" "Over
Il year. lie was born In May, 1898"
The visitor pressed his foreL cad
and rcclcd. What's the matter?"
"a boy he gasped. Born i'll May,
1899 And not named Deweyr'-
Harpcr's Bazaar.
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=. vaIuable Advertl.lng Hlnt..

Noadvortising surpassos theploasod
patron.
There isn't o good advertising rule
that is not a bad advertising rule oe-
casioually.
All other things being equal, the
catchliue that is descriptive is apt to
DO the best
The bare Ofmost business announces
meuis is n superAuity Of adjectives
and advcrJs.
In proportion 60 returns, circulars
are probably the most expensive style
Of advertising cxtant.
The advertiser who has learned to
prune down his own advertisements
has started on the road to intelligent
adwritiug
without good judgment, all tho
technical knowledge Of advertising
theories and methods that a man pos
sosses viii be of little value.
A whole rago adj in two issues Of
paper oUld be better than a half
page ia Jour issues for impressing tho
people with the idea that something
really great is going to happen.
The way an adj looks and Il o way
it sounds amount TO very little com
pared to what 10 actually says. What
you soy is Of first importance. Then
come Tho manner Of saying il; then
The appearance. VI nm advertiser gets
these points in proper sequence, ho
win have Como long way on the road
i1 good advertising.
% SO advertiser of experience makes
hard and fast plan, permitting Of no
dcyiali1Us. While % plan is good
thing u should be sufficiently flexible
Go oun0'e Ono advertiser Co change 10
to suit tho new knowledge ho is con.
-'autiy acquiring or TO meet condi-
lions that may arise. Especially In
the case Of Che untricd advertiser will
changes from original plans often be
found necessary. Printers Ink.
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Round and Square Dances and the
Highland Fliugr'
The exhibitor was acknowledging
boy about fifteen years OF age, with a
droll droop of his left eye. In CON
nection with his cage of educated
turkeys" which no was showing at
the county fair, he had a peanut
stand. The peanuts were excellent,
for he had stove, kept hot with n
coal fire, and roasted oyeufh after
ovenful. The stove and fuel.bcx were
partly hidden from the public eye by
curtain at one end: and both stand
and cage had just behind them the
high board fence OF the fair grounds.
Few people knew the owncr. Those
few called him Bez SGmuels. He had
been at tho fair the year before with a
"whirling table, " which, after the first
day, had been excluded by the man
agement as something TOO nearly akin
to gambling.
But this time he had brought flock
of educated turkeys, which spoke so
well for his patience anu skill that his
show was admitted to the grounds
without question.
During the first day the cage did
not attract much attention, for the
people wore Interested in other
novelties; but soon they began to talk
about it.
Bees plan of exhibiting was not thu
usual one. lie had no tent, but mere
ly slide curtain inside the wire front
OF the cage. Whenever the passing
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The great advantages Of Now Mex
leo for sheep as well as goat feeding
are the dry air and the difference in
temperatures in different parts of the
Territory, from the snow clad noun
tains, in which the animals can find
cool ranges in the summer. to the low
plains, almost on level with tide
water, where they can feed and breed
in the coolest winter The Increase
Of the Aocks from natural causes i'm
New Mexico. for these reasons. is said
20 be greater than i'm any other part Of
the world Last year tho yield Of
lambs was nincty-fyc per cent. There
are 4 900, 600 sheep on Tho ranges of
Now Mexico, which number would bo
almost doubled by the natural iu-
crease If 40 many animals had not
been sold for daughter. The wool
clip was 1j,OOO.ODJ pounds. and tho
most Of j. is tlI held by Tho ranch
men and traders waiting for better
prices. Chicago Record
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rALESOFBURIED HOARDS
6uSlNESSLlKE ATTEMPTS TO FIND
COCOS ISLANDS TREASURE.

ThcAngei OF Death Seems to Guard 1t as
the Dragon Defended the Golden APP
ples-Clandestine Syndicates OF Treas
e-Huntcrs-Their Ill-Luck.
The enormous amount OF gold that
was found among the Indians by the
conquistadores, the rich product of
the mines in the Spanish colonial
period, the successful raids of the
pirates and the buccaneers that used
10 haunt the Central American coasts.
have naturally given rise to many
tales of buried treasures, and one of
them involves the Cocos Island, a
small spot" Of ground belonging to
Costa Rica, in latitude five degrees
and thirty-two minutes and longitude
eighty-seven degrees and two min
utes, about 400 miles southwest of
Panama.
The story goes, relates w. L. Cur
tfs, that IN 1921, during the revolution
which separated the colonies from
Spain, the wealthy Spauiards of Cen
trail America, hearing { that their
houses would DO looted and their saw
lngs seized by the natives in rebellion,
loaded schooner with gold and gems
and silver plate aud sent it, in charge
OF committee, TO Cocos Island to be
buried until the troubles wero over.
Each of the committee Of six men had
chart of It's location. One was killed
during the revolution. Two died
from natural causes before it was
over. When peace was restored the
three started for Cocos TO bring back
tho wealth, but were never heard
from again. Their boat is supposed
10 have been driven on the rocks of
tho island and all on board persisted.
This was about 1880.
No further attempt was made Cor
several years to obtain the treasrl e.
but then the heirs of the dead and tae
other owners of the property began to
stir things up and organize expedi-
tlons for it's recovery. Several par
ties went over with gangs of men TO
d. the digging, but never brought
anything home. Alleged copies of
the chart were made and sold to spec
Clators after the secret had become
generally known, and through the
hands of sailors found their way to
all parts Of the world. Clandestine
syhdicates of treasure-hunters were
formed and expeditions were sent
secretly from New York, San Fran
cisco and London, as well as from
Panama and Central America. There
has been a good deal of fighting and
good deal of fever, for, although the
island is an attractive place, it is as
unhealthy as the Garden of Hesperides.
The Angel of Death seems to guard
the buried treasure of Cocos Island
as the dragon guarded the golden APP
pies there.
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BY c. A STEPHENS.

HERE were seven
turkeys, all large
ones, six bronze
and one white. On
n board over the
wire front of their
cage was painted
the announcement:
"Seven Dancing
Turkeys; Exhibited
For the First Time.
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Mrs. Brennan and Captain Hackett
were deeply interested in this relation,
of course, and after a few days Of con
ference obtained this proposition from
the solitary islander:
q, Charles Hartford. have an agree
ment with and permission from the
Costa Rican Government to search for
hidden treasure on Cocos island. /
was landed by said Government on
September %, 1896 II think, and that
government agreed 80 come back for
me inside of three months. | have
not heard from said Government since,
and being in a starving condition and
with no means to obtain food and no
way TO get off the island, and. having
located the large treasure, / make
this agreement with the captain and
crew of the schooner Aurora of Vic
toria, b. c., to let them take half of
the treasure of whatever nature.
whether gold, silver or precious stones,
for their side of the agreement, aud to
land me, Charles Hartford, Mt some
convenient port in the United States
with the other half of said treasure. g"
This document bears tho following
Endorsement i'll the saiIorlito hand Of
Captain Hackctt
Tho information we came to the
island for proving no good we have
hunted, dug and bored, and were
about to return home when said offer
was made and accepted.
Mrs. Brennan and Captain Hackett
soon made up their minds that the
treasure was beyond their reach. and
induced Hartford TO return with them
to Victoria, where their experience
was related to Admiral Pallissier, and
by him reported TO the admiralty au-
thoritics in London.
Hartford has not been seen Mt
Panama for some time, but is supposed
to be in New Iorl, organizing another
expedition
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Two or three years ago tho I'M
pcricuse, flagship Of the British
squadron Of the North Pacific. with
Rcar-AdmiraI Palliser in command.
came all tho way from Vancouver to
Cocos under orders from London TO
Investigate the claims of one Charles
Hartford, an Englishman who has "a
concession from the Government OF
Costa RiCa TO search fer the treasure
ON commission, and had Interested
capitalist by the mare OF T.. A. Harris
to become bis "angCl' and furnish
him with funds. At the time Of this
visit the only inhabitants of Cocos
were q German family named Gcrster
the remnants of u colony Of Germans
who had come from Costa Eica. but
abandoned the place after few
months residence because of the nm
healthy climate They did consider
able prospecting and found traces of
lead and quicksilver, but no gold or
treasure
Two or three hundred sailors from
the impcricUso were scut ashore with
picks and spades and duo trenches
BID parallel lines six feet apart and ten
Zee. deep ut tho place Indicated by
chart which Hartford brought with
him, but thcy found nothing. Tie
showed them also tunnel or cavern
DOB tho rocks, which tLoy blew up Will.
dynamite without q sight Of tlo 500.
600, 1000 of silver plate aud towels and
gold. It mined torrents all Tho time.
oud digging was not only difficult.