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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

The weather man must have flung chunk
OF ice through the air Sunday morning.
The applicants for certificates are earnest
ly engaged by this time.
County Supt Lester and ex -county Supt
Roberts were in town a short time Satur-
day.
They are still drilling the Stump, No. ID.
The formation through which they are pass
ing is lime and the prospect for oil is by no
means fattering.
Late Saturday evening the B. of E. of Cen
ter District contracted with the Starkey
Planning Mill Co. for the erection of a
school house on Phillips run. 1t is located
short distance above JEFF Keily's resi-
dence
We frequently hear some fellow declare
that he would not be arrested in this town.
Arresting man in this town is Just the
same as doing so in other towns, or the
country either. When an officer goes after
q man the best thing Tor the man to do is
gracefully surrender.
The nine-year-old girl of Alph Holbert
got badly cut on moving scythe last Fri
day evening. The scythe was lying on the
ground and she stepped on the suath caus-
ing the point to fly up and strike her limb
in the feshy part of the thigh, cutting a
cash about four inches long and one and
one-half inches deep
Rev. Sessions preached an excellent
sermon at the Methodist church Sun
day night.
Henry Bland returned from a trip
to Wetzel, Marion and Tyler counties
last Friday evening.
f. L. Hays and Hays Haymaker
were in the burg short time Sat.
urday evening. They went from
here to GlenvIlle.
The irrepressible J. Jerome Haddox
blew into the town last Saturday.
he Is not now engaged.on anyipaper,
but it is best to keep your eye an him.
Andy Parsons and Fl. II. Benning-
ton dropped in to see us few min.
utes Sunday morning. They are
running threshing machine in this
section.
r, E. Hawkins, ofPhilippi, w. Va,
buys and sells real estate on his own
account and on commission. He
makes specially of farming and
grazing lands. Write him descrip.
ton and price of what you have for
sale, or the kind of property you
wish to purchase.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

Back in 1860 when oil was produc-
ed in Writ county, we'll 400 feet
deep was struck on the old Rathbone
tract that made $500 barrels a day
for some time, and produced some oil
until few years ago when a land
slide caved the we'll badly.
Recently ID. II. Leonard of this
city j. w. Depue and d. A. Kreps of
Burning Springs leased the property
and cleaned out the we'll and yester-
day it began squirting oil like in the
early days.
a telegraph message was received
here this morning that it was making
70 barrels an hour, but later reports
are to the effect that it is making about
90 barrels an hour, and that there
is intense excitement.-Parkersburg
Sentinel.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

Mcfarland Ball, Of the r. f. of
Steer creek, was in town Thursday.
John Fling, the jolly hardware
drummer struck the town Thursday
evening.
p. II. Greenhouse, one of the sub
stancial citizens of Sheridan district,
was in our city Wednesday.
w. w Simmons, Of Aunamariah.
was here day or two during the
early part Of last week. He is timber.
ing extensively.
The crowd around Squire Mar
shalrs court Saturday evening was
almost equal to the scenes around a
court house on the first day of court.
a man with manhood enough to
apologize for committing rash act
III an umguarled moment, is truly a
man. He who has not, is nothing
short OF "a knave.
If the grass and weeds that hang
almost across the side walks of this
town, could only be cut down, it
would save ladies skirts from unnec-
essarily getting soiled
Anthony Hallenbake has another
just cause for legal proceedings
against certain ''indivigels." We
heard at least two men speak to Hal
Cain last Thursday morning and call
him Anthony.
For defending the good name of
our town and community in our last
issue, we committed an anpardon.
able sin, Judging from the effort it
takes for some men to speak to us
since.
Mrs. Ella Martin, we'll known to
many of our readers, and who has
many relatives in this county, has
been appointed to teach in one of the
departments of the public schools of
Morgantown.
Suppose JUST little bit Of the time
that is devoted to marble shooting
each day was employed in fixing
section Of walk or removing weeds,
grass and many other things that
make cities, towns, villages, farms and
gardens unsightly, would it not be
more profitable?
G. w. Richards, one of the sub
stantial citizens Of Yellow creek,
would like to know where lie is "at. "
For taxation and voting purposes he
is in Center district Bu; for the of
flee of School Trustee his citizenship
is denied, even in both districts. Of
course it makes no difference to Geo.
except that he would like to know
where he lives.
The Rev. w. B. Costly, OF Stock
bridge, Ga, while attending to his
pastoral duties at Fleetwood, that
state, was attacked by cholera NOR
bus. He says: by chsnce l hap
pened to get hold of bottle of Cham.
beriain's Cole, and Diarrhoea Rem.
edy, and | think it was the means
of saving my life. 1t relieved me at
once" For sale by Dye Pharmacy.
We are often accused of having
good, easy time, which is true. We
are up of mornings by the break of
day, sometimes with a sufficient
amount of grub" for breakfast and
sometimes not. But the hustle we
are forced to get on ourself drives
away the blues. A man never knows
what he can do, until, by force of
circumstances, he is forced to try.
The eagle stirreth up her nest and
thereby the young eagles are taught
to rise above the storms.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

They are still drilling the Stump, No. /.
The formation through which they are pass
ing Is lime and the prospect for oil is by no
means tiattering.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

The weather man must have flung chunk
of ice through the air Sunday morning.
The applicants for certificates are earnest
ly engaged by this time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

Late Saturday evening the b. of E. of Cen
ter District contracted with the Starkey
Flaming Mill Co. for the erection of a
school house on Phillips run. 1t is located
short distance above JEFF Keily's resi-
dence.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01
NOTICE.

Presiding Elder, Bowles, will preach at
Arnoldsburg Thursday night August Srd.
On Saturday and Sunday following he will
hold our fourth and last @. NJ. for the year.
On Saturday night there will be a reun-
ion OF members. A brief programme will
be prepared for the occasion.
All the members of the church at that
place are earnestly requested to attend And
everybody else as we'll.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders are
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price %
cents per package. For sale by Dye
Pharmacy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01
1t May Do Us Good.

1t May Do Us Good.
A fruit evaporating plant, with a
capacity of 800 busheles of apples a
day, will be established here at once.
The parties interested in the affair
are WV. Valentine ofNewYork and
Lysander Dudley of this city, and it
Is the expectation to have it in oper.
alton by Aug. 10.
MIR. Valentine has had his eve on
this section ios some time, and re.
Gently communicated with one of the
banks here. The letter was handed
over to Lysander Dudley and it was
through his efforts that Mr.. Valen.
tine decided to locate here. He ar.
rived here few days ago to look
over the situation aud was so well
pleased with the outlook f,r success of
an enterprise of this kind that he
decided to locate here. He leased
several lots on Murdoch avenue ex.
tension from w. II. Wolfe and the
necessary buildings will be construct.
ed at once.
We are informed that the plant
will have a capacity of 500 bushels of
apples day. Apples that drop
from the trees before they are ready
to be marketed will be used. These
apples have heretofore been almost
a total loss to the farmers, as they
were generally left ON the ground to
rot. Now they will become a source
of revenue, and farmers will gladly
avail themselves of the opportunity
to sell them.-Sentinel
j. f. Mccoy was about town Sat.
urday evening.
Miss Lucy Hardman, of Kyger, Roane
county, is visiting relatives in this county
j. NJ. Wilson and wife and w. T.
Marshall and wife were in town Sat.
urday.
The Board of Education, of this,
Center district held meeting last
Saturday evening.
fall hands and the would
be little careful about following
at men as they are passing quietly
through the town some trouble would
be averted.
The fellows from the country CON.
ceive the idea that a fellow who lives
in town can do most anything and not
be fined. Well, several of us can ties.
tify to the contrary.
Six new subscribers last week with.
out a single solicitation is not so bad
for the CHRONICLE. They are Miss
Stella Stump, Rev. p. a. Kelly, LIE.
VI CottriII, Brady Bedford, VIM.
+. King and w. w. Bennipg.
ton.
Last Saturday evening Charley
Schrayer came up from his regular
trip to Burning Springs with the
mail. After tarrying an hour or two
settling up some business fairs, paw.
ing some little dribs he owed. he
mounted his mule and started for w
{. Johnson's. As he went down the
grade toward the riser some one
followed to which Schrayer took ex-
cep;Ion, whereupon he dismounted
donned his fighting clothes and invit,
ed the gentleman, who had insulted
him, out and repeatedly did so in a
loud voice. Mayor Stump Vas in
hearing and sight and ordered him
arrested. Sergeant Jefrcys soon had
him in custody, but not until he had
quite little scrap, in which Schrayer
had almost relieved him of his shirt.
Five and costs"whichSchrayer agreed
to pay and he was discharged.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

Rev. Bowles will preach At Walnut Tues
day night August Sth, 1899. Everybody is
invited to come out and hear what is to be
said touching the things that are agitating
the minds Of some Of the people in tina,
neighborhood.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01
Local Briefs.
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Sa,n,la, '' '"' "u's
This town wa.o,no., ,,o,o.,.,,..,,
Thursday.
Assessor II. A. Terrell wa. boro
Saturday.
Fa;rs ora .,o;. .;r
in West Va.
In some way or other the Lord al.
WAYS o,,vides
The circuit court Of jackson county
is now in session.
p,
was here Saturday
We printed the ox,r,ir,,io...
tions og,i, iii. WOW 4'''
E.rI,. o,r, h.,u
ua oa,,,;, v'' - ".''S """"ge" by
'''' VI! weather.
clanni,h,a' ~; n 3s'', al! '"urch
''''' ''''''''
lhere are few pig sites in this
LOW" mat ought 70 be aOated.
Al. Huffman was among the early
arrivals to town Saturday morning.
Dr. 1. G. White, of Bighend was
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-01

The funeral Of Bro, Peter Mace will be
preached at the Daniels run church, on the
fourth Sunday in August at 1880 a. m.
=. \. KNOTS. p
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16

,r hottcr excuse FOR rebellion than be-
fore Now Catalonia, with It's dctlVe anu H''os
modern capital, Barcelona, IS the HS ,nS"op d -
Snain: and while the Ministers at Mario spe.d
,ho ,ation's money, IL Is Catalonia that nd7 ~
dnd the bulk Of it. Wherefore 1t is not stranse
that now and again warning voice - c,tn, Ia'o 80
UarceIona declaring that Catalonia, ptohtnS
.~tbino nv the nation 10 which she belongs WIN
demand home rule and separate punse. 81 80
70 these rumors OF disanection we need pay 80
attention Though Catalonia mas always o." -
i,.ii,nd IN revolt yet her pride or race dhu hlH-
pmape viii still keep her faithful to the IDEAL oi
united Spain. ...oos ,oin. IN tho ros-
.,,.a,,in, of that country beyond the Pyrenees
Spticb has always kept herself essentially alo2t
from Europe and which has never Hann'y
Acknowledged defeat her snd sred.gSI - nnS,,.
Iation Her present Ministers are NOT mercy
Ioyal but wise, and If only they c9uo S"an7
themselves free Of an infamous haDlt o. ~, "a
riintion Spain would be as wen Ju7tIII,r %
ErpIand in putting faith in her 'ioVernn'ht'
II Is a large "if" Of course, but whsff In'.'.'
pcnce is there honesty may De louhu dlS'' 49,
there is no need to despair OF the lululE' n,
eraI Weyer is in disgrace, ana ptn'I". ptn..
vieia. the present Minister Of War; IS man p'
mn a rpished character who is not likely 10 Pr'
nit the embeZZlement %hlch last yedi
the downfall Of his country. -. .
And granted a wise Government Spain mas
thousand obvious advantages. DespIIe hei m,
lent climate unfathOmed "ealtH - Uuii- -
far beneath her soil Wine and OF ana Goih an
corn come at her bidding and the rlcnnfSs pI
her minerals has never been disputed, spm NoIn'n;
is wanted save the enterprise when snal AZ
once discover the natural products ana iorGs
them upon the greater markets OF IL Cne 49,
put nnhanpily this enterprise is too often lack
ing Too often the manifest resources OF ths
country are exploited by the energy or Englah
and Of France; too often the Spanards .%ne,n %
selves do but minister 10 the wealth. OF othelS
Rut better il is that the riches OF spain should
be brought to the surface by alien ingenuity
than that they should be left buried In tne SOIL
After all the example Of foreigners may hre the
ambition even Of the lazy Andaluslan, ana ono
day we may find Spanish cleverness ana span
ish capital constructing railways ana opening
mines. a., ,.o-,
At any rate Spain does not repine at the very
moment when other nations have either ue
plored or applauded her defeat she has Deeh
Celebrating the tercentenary Of her greatest
naipter and has been defending the study OK
Latin against the encroaching radical Ana can
history show a more brilliant example OF po"l-
ical detachment than that
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16

When the forward movement commenced. IN
the beginning OF 1896. Of course the wives anu
families had To be left behind. But as we au-
Nanccd into the Dervish country their black SIS,
ters flocked from slavery to join the troors' ana
as the Dervishes retreated or were detea.eu
they left numbers of women ana chlldreh pc
hind them among whom our troops ulscoNrtc
many sisters, mothers, and even FORMER "iNcS'
The woman question soon became a serious one
The Mahometan law allows man plu,
rality of wives; our men had hot So
their families for months. and were ahN,
ious to form new ties; many women hau
died at Assouan and Halfa in the cholera epl-
demc. and there were corresponding "iuo"c,9
in our ranks ripe for consolation 90 "Iscly
enough men under certain conditions were
allowed to marry and soon little villages sprang
up round all the cantonrnents. Ihe men wno
had permission took unto themselves tneir
Gusky brides. and in many cases adop'eu NV
small Dervsh children, and all went merry 40
marriage bell. The little villages bult Oh
dried grass or mud, were kept scrupulouSiS
clean: military police were made respohSlo'e
for order: and the most prominent lazy was
elected Sheikha and with the assistance OF the
old, st nOn-commiSsioned officer and some Dlack
commissioned officer settled all disputes anu
rever were there more orderly. laW-abldlnS
communities When the troops left the DonSola
Province for further operations south. the grass
widows were sent down To Wadi Halfa TO JON
th- other families and it is to be hoped tndt
by now all have been happily reunited al
Fashoda Khartoum or wherever the bread
winner may happen to be stationed menloh
all this because ones thoughts cannot help
turning to Uganda and to poor Thruston whOm
we all knew and liked so much; ana with the
opening ND of "A vast Black Empire ana the
employment of numbers Of black troops, thlhk
that a word i'm season Is not ainlSs, ana that
useful moral may be deduced as to the great
secret OF dealing with black troops. Respect
his one great weakness-give him Wlte ana
family and home life. and he is the most geha
ccntented easily managed beirg IN the worlh
Genv him this and he rapidly becomes restless
and discontcntcd spends ms leisure IN wander
mo about in search of adventures. brawls ana
loots i'm the villages. and gives endless trouDle
Some Of our blacks were very good shots put
the majority were below the average OF EnglsH
soldiers. and the Egyptians were not such good
shots as the blacks.
,t the battle Of Firket a company or Gamer
Corns vver. lining a ridge of rocks, with cor
resnondng ridge held by the Dervishes some
three or four hundred yards to their front:
black sergeant named Capsoon had found sort
Of natural embrasure in these rocks ana call
inc an English officers attention to his proWeSS,
he shot down Dervish after DerVish as ne
showed himself The company then charged
the Dervish position and cleared them out ana
the fruit of CapsOons skill at arms stood re-
voaled: his bag was nearly dozen. Killed dead.
This almost equals what one has heard OF Boer
craftsmanship
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
EVOLUTION OF WALLPAPER.
WHEN AND WHERE TT WAS FIRST CohO-
MODERN METHODS OF DESIGN AND
MANUFACTURE.
From Paper Trade.
MANUFACTURE.

From Paper Trade.
While various kinds Of printed fabrics were
known 20 the ue0ple If most remote antiquity.
it was not till the eighteenth century that WALL
paper i'm anything like its present to!n 'H.ne
into common use in Europe. though II appears
to have been used much earlier in CHINA
few rare examples which may b. as early as
the sixteenth century exist in England, 3ut
these are limitations. generally in 'hock,' or mo
old FlOrentine and Genoese cut VeINets' ana
hence the style Of the Design IN no way SHOWS
the date Of the wallpaper. the same TRADITIONAL
patterns being reproduced with little or no
change for many years. 1t was not till the end
OF the last century that the machinery TO maze
paper in long strips was invented. Up 10 that
time wallpapers were printed on small square
pieces of handmade paper and were very OK
pensive. on this account wallpaper was slow
in superseding the older mural decorations,
such tapestry, stamped leather and paper
cloth.
A work printed in London in l744 throws
some light on the use Of wallpapers at that time:
The method Of printing wallpapers OF the bet
ter sort is probably the same now that 1t has
ever been Wooden blocks with the design cut
i'm relief one for each color are applied by hand.
after being dipped in an elastic cloth sieve
charged with wet tempera pigment. great care
being taken TO lay each block exactly on the
right place. so that the various colors may reg
ister' fit together. In order to suit the produc-
tOns Of the paper mills these blocks are made
in England 2l inches wide. ard in France u
inches wide The 'ength of the block is limited
to what the workman can easily lift with one
hand-twO feet being about the limit, the
blocks are necessarily tnlck ana IN many cases
made heavier by being inad with copper.
especially the thin outlines. which. If made ~
wood. would not stand the wear and tear u
printing.
"In flock ard gold or silver printing the de-
sign is first printed in strong size. the lork
(tinely cut wool of the required colon or metal
lie powder is then sprinkled by hand all over he
paper: il adheres only To the wet size and is
easily shaken off the ground unsiZed part.
If the pattern is required TO stand out in some
relief the process is repeated several times and
~. l., i. tI.,,, lfaI
flock Cheaper sorts Of paper printed by
machinery the design being cut the surface
of wooden rollers. under which the paper passes.
The chief drawback 10 this process is that all
the coOrs are applied rapidly one after the other
without allowing each TO dry separately as Is
done in hand printing. A somewhat blurred ap-
pearance is usually the result"
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
A GRAUuARLESS LANGUAGE.
NECESSITY or AMERICANS LEARNING THE SIM
PIE TAGAL TONGUE.


PIE TAGAL TONGUE.
From The Chicago Inter Ocean
with tha college commencemcnts over and the
academic year of 1890 fully closed 1t rs time 10
direct attention t. branch Of learning which
from an American point of view, has but re-
Gently acquired practical importance. <,.oi,r
All American universities teach foreign
tongues No longer content to give instruction
IN Greek and Latin they pay heed 10 many
modern languages. In the list rs spanish d
knowledge Of which would b. OF the greatest
use now to many Americans VINO neio't Nv
last war had no occas sion to regret ther lsho-
rance of it, But there is still another language
which should be taught at every American S'd'
OF learning bOastng department ol pniI'I"SS +:
II is Malay the mother tongue OF mllIlohS ol
n.onle who came beneath our flag by virtue oi
the Treaty Of Paris.
The Malay language IS the vernacular Oh @ Iil"i'
than forty million people. Professor X ~
Fcrd of Albion College. pronOunces II sou anu
,oalodious rich in expression. poetcal IN idlon
and simple in construction" 1t has another ledt-
IRE which ought to commend IL 10 the S.uucli' ;,
it is almost without grammar; ne EoTapu"i ,,ti >,
says Professor Ford. is full of subtle dsthc-
ti0ns and fine gradations of thought ana mean
ing" 1t is written in the Arabic characters, i pu'
il had an alphabet ~ its own before the MaHoln
ctan invasion and conquest of SIX or seven cell
turieS ago
In explanation Of the statement that the IAN
cuage is almost grammarless. II IS Stateu pS
the Albion professor that the Malay language
may serve equally we'll as verbs being slngu,ar
or plural and entirely gerderless. All thlS
NAV be rather confusing tO a novice. Dut we
have the assurance Of Professor Fora that the
language is easily learned. and has much to
repay for so doing" 1t certainly must have
many surprises. -
Several examples are given Of the poetic char-
acter of the language. Thus. a friend IS a
"sharer of your joys and sorrows interest Is
the flower of.morcy"; strolling to take the ar
is eating wind coward Is a nu'k Wie."u, .
spurs" and TO be drunk is to ride the green
horse"
As nearly every Malay is quite content TO
cns ak his natiye tongue and does not know now
to write. it might answer every purpose to en-
tloy the English alphabet in the textbooks TOT
its study For the purposes of communication
il would be quite immaterial what alphabet was
employed. For instarce. If Malay dealer IN
agricultural implements were asked the price OF
ploughs il would be the same to him whether
the fact that "hala," the word for plough. was
learned from English or Arabic characters. pro
vided only the right pronunciation were given
to it.
Which of the universities will be the first to
enter this new field Of learning?
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16

From The London News
An imposing demonstration in honor of Cali
vim has Just been held in the city 81 Geneva
Rome Of Professionalism" memorial tablet
affixed to the house which now occupies
the site of Calvin's house in the Rue Calvin,
with the inscription: John Calvin lived here.
1543- 15t4." Unfortunately for the precise truth
Of the inscription, the modest dwelling which
the great reformer really inhabited was pulled
down in 1905. so that the memorial had to be
placed upon another house occupying the
same site. NJ. Vigier. who delivered the oration
at the public unveiling of the tablet. made a
touching allusion to this fact. Wildhaus. the
little commune in the Toggensburg, where
Zwingli. the reformer OF German Switzerland
was born. has reverently preserved intact its
far more ancient "Zwinglihutte."
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
PdPUAN PECULIARITIES.

From Judy.
There was an old girl in New-Guinea
Who though short was remarkably skunea
In the season Of drought
She never went ought.
Just stayed home and looked sweet and played
Shuinea.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
DANGER IN CATALONIA.

Perhaps her most instant danger is the pos
sible detection of Catalonia whose inhabitants
were always rebels at heart. and who have to-