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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09
1T Is VERY CONFORMITY.

II is very comfortin'.
When your hair Is Gettin' thin,
Aud the crow feet in your eyes have como
to stay;
Just to feel her little hand
Smoothin' back each silver strand.
While you meet her loving look aud hear
her say
MY dear, il seems as tho
Every year YOU live you grow
Handsomer than in the oldeu dayS'
Then you look up at your wife
And you think in all your life
You never heard sweetcr word OF praise.
But the tear drops will arise
To your dim old fadiu' eyes.
And you kiss the gentle hand, still white
and small;
While you try To tell her how
You loved her then-love her now,
But bless me IL the words will como n all;
rjust then there comes TO you
The trials she's gone thro
And borne without "A murmur for your sake;
You can only bow your head
At the lovin' things she's said
While your poor old heart will only acho
and ache.
But she knows what Rils you then,
And she kisses you again
While you hear her gently whisper sweet
and low
Life has brought more hopes than fears,
We have known moro smiles than tears,
Aud the years seem ever brighter as they
CO.
Yes, It's comfortln', You know.
When your step i gettin' SLOW
Aud you're slidin' down lites hill almighty
fast.
Just TO feel her little hand
Smootbin' back each silver strand.
While she tells you that she'll love you 10
Los Angeles Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Ability without energy is the engine
without steam.
The sword and sDear have slain
their thousands, but debt hath slain
its ten thousands.
If You light your lamp by another's
torch do not forget that the light you
borrowed is the light you owe.
Count your troubles, and you will
i&ll down in the dust. Count your
megcies, and you will get up and shout.
Each one has 1t in his power to
make many cioice in his birth, or
to make them rue he day on which
he was born.
Failure is merely the leaving un-
done, or badly done, those things
which should have been done, and
done thoroughly.
If you would find good many
faults, be on the lookout; but il you
want to find them in unlimited guam
titles, be on the look-in.
There is a distinct difTerence-all
the difference, in fact, between sense
and nonsense between ability to con-
verse well and ability to chatter in
cessantly.
As you enter upon life choose your
friends as you would choose guides on
the borders of wilderness. Friends
more than anything else determine
the paths which most of us follow.
There is politeness of the hear;
this is closely allied to love. Those
who possess this Lurest fountain of
natural politeness fad it easy to ex-
press the same in forms of outward
propriety.
The youth who weaves for himself
n garland in which are entwined the
cardinal business virtues--integrity.
sobriety, cheerfulness and industry
will find himself wearing Il crown of
gold in mature manhood.
There are two ways of attaining the
important end-force and Dersever-
ance. Force falls to the lot of only
privileged few, but austere and sus-
tanned perseverance can be practiced
by the most insignificant It's silent
power grows irresistible with time.
Sympathy is that fine faculty
through which we enter into the CON
Germs of others and are Interested in
what they do or suffer 1t is indeed,
as Burke has said, a sort of substitu-
ton, by which we are put in the place
of others and affected as they are af-
fected.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09
SOME LITTLE-KNowN FACTS.
Which show How Little We Know Of
Each Other and of Our Country.


Each Other and of our Country.
Only eighteen per cent. of all the
families in America employ domestic
help, leaving eighty-two per cent.
without even one servant.
If all the dressmakers known to ex-
list in America worked twenty four
hours of each day for a whole year,
without stopping for sleep or meals.
they would still be able to make only
one dress apiece for less than seven
eighths of the women of America.
Not six per cent. of all the women
in America spend as much money as
fifty dollars per year on their clothes.
Out of twelve million American
families the income of four million of
these families is less than 800 each
per year, and the incomes of nearly
eighty per cent. of the entire number
are less than $1,000 each per year.
There are scores of places in this
country where on;y one mail comes
every fourteen days.
Ask the average person where the
central point of area is in the United
States and lie will fix it somewhere in
Illinois. Tell him il is nearer San
Francisco and he will he incredulous
until he remembers that Alaska is
within the boundaries of Uncle Sam
Edward Box, in the Ladies' Home
Journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

a curious barren mound is to be
seen i'm Montgomery churchyard.
Whatever the cause, there is plainly
TO be seen q strip of sterility i'm the
form Of cross amidst q mass of yer.
dure. With the mound n melancholy
legend is connected. It is called
Roberts Grave and the story is
that beneath this barren hillock lie
the remains Of an innocent man who
was hanged ON mistaken evidence. re
is said that while the man stood on
the gallows, with the rope round his
neck, he solemnly declared, rs n proof
of his innocence, that grass should
never grow ON his grave. And even
so it was, and is. Any one who at.
tempts 90 Illustrate the fulfllm emf of
this prophecy by sowing grass on this
spot pays the penalty with his life.
distances are given Of individuals who
have been rash enough TO do so. and
have met their doom soon afterward.
-Cardi6 lWaleG Western Mail.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

Asked as TO the resources at COM
mand of the revolutionists, Captain
Frost, late Colonel OF South Dakota
Volunteers, said: Measured by the
needs Of an army like ours or the
armies OF any of the civilized coun-
tries, they have no great resources.
But measured by the needs Of any of
the Filipinos and their methods OF
campaigning, their resources are prac-
tically unlimited. The Filipino sol
der does not need anything 10 speak
Of, Take bis equipment; for n con-
teen he cuts section Of bamboo, in
serts plug in one end, and attaches
q bit Of rope which he sIings over his
shoulder; his cartridges he carries i'm
q little bag, and with his rifle he is
ready for business. His food, which
is rice, he finds i'm abundance almost
anywhere he goes. In every shack
he enters there is n sort Of bowl made
from a stump followed ont at tho top,
and near it little club which is used
as a pestle He takes the unhulled
rico from the fields, puts 10 into this
mortar, pokos it around bit. losses
it into the air 30 gee out the chat. and
he has q handful Of rice for his meal.
He does not have TO carry his pro-
visions. There are no Filipino meat
or vegetable rations, such as our army
has. 1t is unnecessary 60 establish q
base OF supplies or keep mp a supply
train. The Filipino feeds as he Qoes,
like an animal. New York Post.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

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uIty cents Tor each subsequent Insertion.
Local, Business ana Special notices ten
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than one dollar
Legal advertisements win be inserted at
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be charged To the attorney, ami payment W |
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CHARGES FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS - For
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Terms for standing advertisements made
known on application To the publisher.
jon PAINTING executed with neatneSS ana
dispatch. orders 10y mail viii receive
prompt attention.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

ON July 10. between and 9o'clock
p. M. IN the vicinity of Erie, Penn
according 20 the American Naturalist.
the waters of Lake Erie suddenly rose
in % single wave about six feet high
which advanced upon the shore, and
after few moments quietly subsidized
to its normal level Five miles west
of Erie the rise was between three
and four feet Three distinct rises
were observed. The first and second
rises were about fifteen minutes apart.
the second and third about half an
hour apart. Fifteen miles east Of Erie
the rise was about six feet. and but
one wave was observed,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

Experiments in German hospitals
with an albuminous powder called
"tropon, substitute for meat. have
been so satisfactory that it is likely to
become an article of commerce tits
claimed that one pound of tropon IS
equal in nutritiyc value TO five pounds
of meat or one hundred eggs. and its
cost is only seventy cents. The nos.
pital patients liked the tropon so well
that nearly all of them preferred 80 20
meat 1t is now being used as nm iu-
gredient of various foods. as. for ey-
ample, in flour, a roll containing five
per cent of the powder equaling i'm
uutritive value five eggs or half n
pound of meat. IT is needless TO en-
large upon the future Of tropon. il
there has been no exaggeratiou i'm
the accounts of the experiments with
it.. The inventor ia q professor at
Boun.-Tho Merchants Review.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

Scene Cabstaud near London.
Lady, distributing tracts, hands one
TO cabby, who chances Mt it, hands it
back, and says politely Thank
you, lady, but I'm n married man q"
Lady uervously looks at the title. and
reading abide with me, hurriedly
departs, 10 The great amusement OF
cabby Spare Moments
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

The remains Of a gigantic prehis-
toric animal, which naturalists at
Santa Fc, N. NJ, are unable to class
fly, has been found ct Tesuque. It's
upper jaw consists of twenty layers
Of bones overlapping each other, each
provided with twelve teeth like hu.
man molsrs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09

Gettysburg is now the most care
fully marked battlefield in the world.
Though the number OF men engaged
ON both ST dcs was 100 900, tho posi-
ton Of every regiment, battery and
squadron has been accurately located.
in addition TO monuments stones have
been set 70 dsans actual positions.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-09
AN OLD MAIDS SECRET,
A Il Y J O y f. S

A Il Y J O y f. S
w as an OF d
m al d. w II a t
causes had led TO
that e suit it
boots not here to
say, but the fact
remains that she
was a spinster of
the mature age o.
sixty years. But
I'm n ture" was
never the right
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24
Iohn Iss.s sehell

John Jscob Schell, one Of The best
known and for many years one Of the
leading men Of this county, died at his
late residence on East street At o'clock
Sunday mOrEing. He had been in i'll
health for long time and the announce
meot OF his death was anticipated. The
funeral took place At 1 O'Clock Monday
afternoon. conducted by Rev. Wise. He
delivered fitting eulogy in the presence
OF large number Of friends Of the de-
ceased who coDgregzted for the purpose
Of paying tribute % the memory of a
distinguished citizen and christian gen
ileman-
John Jacob SchelI was born October %,
Is20. in Schellsb0rg. Bedford county. be-
ing son Of Mr.. and Mrs Henry SehelI.
both long since deceased. His parents
removed 70 Somerset when be was still
young man, where his father engaged in
business. having erected a large brick
boilding on the site at present occupied
By the Hotel VAnnear. Ia this builSing
John Jacob Sehell conducted q general
store for number Of years. or until be
was elected In 1851 % the Office CT Pro-
thOnotsry- Upon retiring from that or
ice be engaged in the banking business
under the firm name Of SchslI & Reed. at
Bedford. and became identified with the
be- king house Of NJ A. Sznner & Com
pany, Of this place. Both enterprises
torned out dIszstrously and Mr.. ScheIl
suffered heEEy financial reversss. He
WAS one Of the first citizens Of the county
realize the ultimate edevelopmsntof Of our
mineral and timber resources and invest
ed largely in then unprocuctivs lands.
Had be been shle % weather the various
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

financial panics following the civil war
he would have been possessed Of a great
fortune before his death. or had be been
Ia position 10 retain control OF his tim
Der and coal interests until recent years
he would doubtless have become wealthy.
Mr.. Schell united with the Disciple
Church at the age Of Il years, and was
one OF the early pioneers of that religious
denomination. He was q pillar Of
strength to the local congregation and
contributed literally Of his time and
money TO the establishment OF churches
throughout the county and elsew here.
He was married 10 Rose Ankeny, men,
Der of one Of Somerset's oldest and most
widely-knOwn families. and their home
WAS ever the scene of genuine and unOs-
tsntAsions hospitality. His wife died
four yeas ago
he is survived by one son. Paul A.
ScheIl. the weiI-known merchant of this
place. and by four dAughters-Mrs. Ida
Wilson, Of Moline, III; Mrs. Ella Clark,
wife Of prominent Pittsburg physician /;
Mrs. james Lewis, Of ST. Louis. Mo-. and
Miss Edith. who lived with her father.
He is also survived by the following
brOthers Henry r. Of Somerset; VIII
liam. OF Washington. D. c.; Charles. Of
Beatrice, Neb., and Young, who resides
in Missouri.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

Landlord G.. Fl. Walter. Of the Hsines
House lockwood. has been confined %
his room for week past, suffering from
heart trouble
Letters addressed 10 the following
named persons remain unclaimed 81 the
postoffice: CaIbert William. Colnir F.
z, Culberison Mrs. Ellen. Hefsiey c.
Miller James j.. Miller Mrs. Agnes, NAir
W. p. Thomas Ross
The latest coal deal to 30 talked about
concerns the purchase of-a large body Of
mineral rights in the neighbOrhOod Of
CAsselman by a syndicate eompOs ed of
Baltimore capitalists. Options on the
tract mentiorsd were secured some time
ago by MeyGsdale parties.
While town council is in the business
Of voting away street franchises whst's
the matter with their presenting W. A
Scot. Jr., Esq, with the privilege Of
erecting tnrutAbls for his trolly ears on
the public square? A turntsble around
the hsy-sczles would seem % be about
the proper czper in these days Of fake"
enterprises
The firm Of Cupp. CoGeF & Co.. has dis
solved partnership. Mr.. Nelson y. Cupp,
the head Of the firm, returning this morn
iDg TO the Office OF Love. Sunshine < Co,
where be was employed before going
into business for himself. and Mr.. y,
Codsr continuing in charge Of the firm.
Mr. Cupp j. native Of Bills, and Mr..
Coder OF Ursins, Somerset county
Johnstown Tribune.
Argument court viii convene to-
morrow morning. having been postponed
for twenty-Eour honrs At the request Of
members OF the bar until after the exc
cation Of Meyers, as it was thought that
q large crowd would congregAte in and
around the court house, prompted By the
hope Of having their morbid curiosity
satisfied By that gruesOme tragedy. The
most important business before the court
will DO the application Of Milton Sheets,
convicted Of murder Of the first degree,
for new trial. In case the application
il denied by the court, il Is probable that
sentence Of death viii be imposed upon
AcACu1AlA- 1lErA- aAllAAN NAaNN~ -AAA -
Weller. who was allowed BY the eourt TO
enter plea OF murder Of the second de-
gree. will likely receive his sentence
before the court rises
The Latest Z Bay InveEnon
Is the EndOseope, which is for the pur-
pose Of examining the interior Of the
stomach. Il is claimed. that with this in
strument. the treatment Of stomach troub-
les will be revolntionized, as il locates the
cause Of disease. With due respect 70
science. however. would state that the
causes Of stomach troubles have been
known for the past fifty years, and liEe-
wise their cure. which Is Hosietter's StOm-
aeh Bitters, medicine that has many i'm
itatOrs, but no equals II cures dyspep-
sia, Indigestion, biliousness, constipation.
nervousness, insomnia II also prevents
malaria. fever and sgue. and keeps the
bowels regular. When not feeling right.
take dose. IL Is the standard medicine
Of the American people. Look for Pri-
vate Revenue Stamp over neck Of bOttle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.

Samuel Peter Meyers was a member OF
one Of the Oldest families in Somerset
County. He was born Aug %. 1873, and
WAS one Of eleven children of Mr..
nd Mrs. Christian C. Meyers. He fol-
lowed the occupation of mining coal in
summit township. His parents did pos
live happily tOGef her. and in their dis
pates Pete generally sided with his
mother, and after he had grown TO man
hood be trszied hts father with extreme
cruelty. "Pete7 put portion Of bis mea-
gre earnings into property, house and
lot. in the village Of Garrett. and his
mother, before her death in May, 1855.
signed deed conveying the property to
him. Christian C Meyers. the father. did
not sign the deed and consequently claim
sd = life estate iG the property, which
"Pets'' refused u recognize. Father and
son appealed to attorneys for advice, and
both were advised that the father could
not be dispossessed Of the property during
bis natural life.
Pete" declined 70 zccsps the advice OF
his attorney, and when he learned that
his father was about 70 occupy the prop
erty and install woman Of questionable
character as housekeeper, he removed a
door and the window sash. placing them
in stable on the rear Of The lot
On September %. isas. old man Meyers
came 70 Somerset for legal advice. and
after being Informed that he had the right
70 possess himself Of the property, he re-
turned 70 Garrett the same afternoon and
engaged Michael Karney and Rudolph
Baker To assist him in replacing the door
and window-s&sh- The three men met at
the village railroad station, where they
were seen in conversation by Pete" and
when they vent 10 the Meyers property
he followed asd demanded 20 know what
they wers doing there Ksrnsy told him
that their object was 70 replace the door
and Windows. 70 which pete replied
that they had no business there. and that
when be retnrnsd be woaid show them
thz; they had 10 right TO be there. He
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

NEW LAKE HERRING. Large
frss-n-caught sock First shipment jast
received. Pdces are lower now than
they viii be later. Every package guar
auteed.
OIL MEAL The most Nutritious fOd
you can feed your stock. We are the
only firm ia the county who can sell you
this Feed at lowest wholesale price.
Give il trial. Mail your orders
CAR CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEED
due in a few i4y-- Prices will advance.
Call ami inspect our stock We know
We can plesse vnu With Lowest Bottom
Pnces aud Best Qualify
FANCY RECLE4NED SEEDS
We LEAD in every line Of oar busi-
ness
Faney and staple Groceries. Season
able Goods % every description.
FARMERS-We are Headquarters.
Highest Market prices paid for Baled
HAY. straw. Potatoes. Apples. Wheat.
Osf= and Farm Products ~ all kinds.
Call q see ~. Inquire v hal We pay be-
fore yCu sell elses here
Cook & BeeTitS,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
flr any case ef Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cnre.
FL. CHENEY & CO. props. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last IS years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
Transactions and financially able n carry
ont any obligations made by their firm
WRsr & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo. q. WALDfSo KtSSAs & MAR
WIN. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Czfarro Cure j. taken internally.
acting directly upnn the blood and ma
cous surface of the system- Price 75c-
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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csu.unptisz Thrsatsnea.

C. Unger. 2I2 Maple ST.. Champaign
Ill. writes: Il was troubled with a hack
ing cough for year and thought I had
the consumption. tried great many
remedies and was under the care Cf ply
sicians for several months. I used one
bottle of FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR
and il cured me, and / have not been
troubled since. AL Druggists.
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Hsr,s, Wsntsd.

ElwOod Webster. the well-knoEn
horse dealer. will be At Somerset about
the I6.h Of January, and will remain
about ten days 10 buy a ear load or two
Of horses, from % 10 years old Parties
having such horses for sale should bring
them to Somerset or communicate with
the undersigned az Somerset
s. d. SHOEMAKER
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

The Bedford county Auditors have
filed with their report resolution 10 the
effect that hereafter no bills presented 70
either the Commissioners OF the Direct
ors Of the Poor will be allowed By them
unless the bills are itemizsd and proved
by some person judicially qualified 10
administer oaths.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24
The Latest Z Ray Invention
eraia-o. erain-o!

Remember that name when you want a
delicious, sppetiziDg, nonrishinR food
drink to Jake the place of office sold BY
all grOcers and liked by all who have
used it. GrAin-O j. made OF pure grain, IL
aids digestion and strengthens the nerves.
Il is not a stimnlant but hezlth builder
and the children Es well as the adults can
drink it with great benefit Costs about
! A. much as coffee l5e- and 25e- per
package Ask your grocer for Grain-O-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

\ 4 '''aaeed in Congress
u = p tie ofHesrs ans;
.sfs -'.ag reaiA~ regiment
Ea7l1s = lsrs. wiIl en-
j By Ga or 500. Il
- - ,'lee th4t s4ea oaeer
IA. : Volunteers who re-
'Eas- 'pp-Ees 4aer the ez-
49, "a Of enlistment shall
<ss, 2s'e- pay aud allow
Z iae Uaited slates a.
e. aaa soldiers Of the
= e expiration Of their
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

osraf5 ''ani''''. % Tee
~.nssr- Of the ..s hs, :,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

Landlord c. Fl. Walter. Of the Hsines
House. lockwood. has been confined %
his room for week past, suffering from
heart trouble