davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

It was Jonathan Swift who said that
whoever could make two ears OF corn
or two blades Of grass to grow upon a
spot OF ground where only ono grew
before would deserve better of man
kind and do more essential service to
his country than the whole race of
politicians put together. Let me say
Of the sportsman, If 10 has not been
said before, that he who by his spring
shooting has an opportunity to kill
two birds, If he would wait until fall
will have q chance to kill seven. 40
the Pleasant Valley hatchery the Mon
golian pheasant is breeding with graf
flying success This ring fell
low is one of the finest of game birds
and every chance and encouragement
20 multiply should be given him. --
Victor smith, in New York Press,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

farmer was tryingt to plough
with lackass hitched up to a cough.
Nnen they kicked up terrible rough
said the farmer: IT'S hard, allough
l could do near as well with "a sough;
l will rest meath the shade OF this bougn:
such driving for me is too rough;
I've had OF il nearly enough:
I'll give this old jackass cough
And quit, for I'm quite in hough,
And ploughinS is almost tough.
With farming Tan glad to be through
Ny wife, she is tired or IL, tough:
We're wet with rain and the dough,
Aud ploughing has made me quite blough.
'lll sell out and pocket the dough.
TO the city IN glad enough cough,
III through down the shovel and hough;
In Wall street my money I'll blough.
My wife has contracted cough.
lis time for US both to be ought
New York sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

One of the reasons why tho French
Of Canada could never hope to main
tain themselves iu the contest for
supremacy with the English and the
residents of the thirteen colonies was
that corn could he grown north OF the
lakes and tho st. Lawrence I'm limited
quantities only This valuable Ameri-
can product. which the Indians with
their stone implements could plant
between the stumps OF their rude
clearings or on tho proiries. could be
utilized 90 an important oxtcnt by
those Indians only who resided i'm
what is now the United States. The
more northern tribos could grow 10
only i'm triAing quantities, and their
French allies were thus deprived of
valuable aid i'm the maintenance of
their power. Corn was one OF the
factors which gave The victory to the
English and tho Americans i'm the war
which expelled tho French from
North America i'm 1868. To thus
reserved the better part OF the con.
tinont 10 the younger and more pro-
grcssivc branch of the Anglo-Saxon
race, who appropriated 10 dozen
years after the French were driven
out-St Louis Globe Democrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
Tic nolders Of tho V. G.

Holders of the Victoria Cross in the
British army, who have been a slowly
dwindIing band for some years, prom
Use TO receive new companions as
result Of the Boer war. Seven years
ago they numbered 10G, and Just be-
fore the outbreak Of hostilities in tho
Transvaal there were only 1870. The
Indian mutiny still accounts for the
largest number OF names on that roll
OF honor no fewer than forty-two re-.
calling that year of heroic struggle.
The Crimean war, which started the
roll, now ranks second with South
Africa, each claiming twenty-five
names. Afghauistau contributes
eleven names, and Egypt and Soudau
together make up tho same number.
For the rest of the names one must
follow the unioniack TO all parts Of
tho globe
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
THE FARMERS LOT.
Chicago Record.

The md
to, lrvct otown;
isyygv
not brought uponc nike
stomac lsacLe
he Ho
alway good:
IL
n wood.
nishL
rs we
o
Ahh nppyis tlem dylsu the
often has two. the
sand
no
myBelf
b. apoI Journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20


"Can cats swim? was asked of an
old fisherman.
why, certainly" was the reply,
"and that reminds me of a cat l once
tried to drown that swan ashore.
Surely there must have been hundreds
or thousands Of people who have
drowned cats in the same way, but
nevertheless this was an experience OF
my OVID. We had cat that we wanted
TO get rid Of, and as humane a way as
any to kill it was by drowning. So ]
put couple of bricks in the bottom
of an old grain sack, and put in the
cat, and tied the bag up carefully and
securely and walked down to the end
of n wharf and stood there and swung
the bag with tho cat and the bricks IL
it round like a sling until ! could give
it q good momentum and then let il
80, and slung it out to fall and sink in
the water, [ should say twenty feet
away.
] supposed, Of course, that that
was the last Of the cat but the next
morning the FIRST thing i saw when ]
went out of the house was the cat sit.
ting on the Veranda
II suppose the bag had a weak spot
in it somewhere, the bricks were
heavy and sharp and swing.
ing tho bag round that way started il
more, and the cat was desperate; and
with the bag that way it scratched and
tore it's way out and got to the wharf
and clawod its way mp and came
ashore.
Can q cat swim? Why, surep'-
Now York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
PlTH AND POINT.

elbow do you tell n good novel from
poor one, Bob?" well, very often
Igo by the person who recommends
How did you and George get
along at the seashore?" asked her best
friend. "Swimmingly," was the re-
ply It'd Bits.
'Is your dog full-blooded?"
Guess he is. He's been sampling
tn blood of most os tn neighbors. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Maude-"Did Jack kiss YOU when
you accepted him?" Clara-"Cer-
tainly. Wouldn't consider any but
sealed proposals. Chicago News.
She loved John Smith beyond doubt,
But when, alasl she thought
or the wedding cards she gave her hand
To Mr.. Wellesley Wellington Watt.
Detroit Journal.
CAS- we get older we think less of
ourselves. That's because we've
had time to get thoroughly acquainted
with ourselves. indianapolis Jour
nal
Mrs. Goodheart- "And you can't
find any work? That seems terrible!
What is your trade?" Saymold Storey
(attacking the pie)-'Tm strawberry
picker, ma'am. "
Little Horace-"Papa, what are ST.
lent watches of the night?" Papa
The ones people forget to wind when
they go to bed, guess. Chicago
Times-H Herald
Us she really society girl?"
"Well, she makes and receives great
many calls. Really" yes;
she's telephone operator "-Phila-
delphia Record.
He's your husband laying any
thing up for n rainy day, my good
woman She--'No, sir; but he's
saving up money to buy snow
shovel. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Fate In the smallest thing is just;
Admit this rigid truth we must;
Who comes to luncheon late will sigh
TO find he gets the thinnest pie.
indianapolis journal.
"When n mans young he's anxious
to show his knowledge said the
Manayunk Philosopher; land when
he gets older he's just as anxious to
conceal his ignorance ."-philadelphia
Record.
Isn't it odd that whenever Mr..
Dinsmore makes a present it always
consists of gloves?" said Miss Gold
thorpe. HE wants his presents to
be always ON hand" replied Miss
Wilberforce. Judge.
'I understand, said the neighbor,
chat your husband is a dramatic
critic. >" NO" replied the little wom-
an bitterly; che is even worse than
that. He is a household critic. -
Chicago Evening Post
Magistrate What are these pris.
oners charged WITH" Policeman
II arrested them for fighting, your
honor. They are couple Of golf
players, and" Magistrate" Send
for the court interpreter"
"This," the bold young man whis-
pered, touching her blushing cheek,
els the pink Of perfection. "And
this, his fair cousin retorted, bring
ing her hand against his cheek with q
ringing slap, lis the sounding brassr'
Mother wonder what we can do
with Johnny? He has such a way OF
exaggerating everything. He is al
ways making mountain out OF mole
hill" Father-"I think, my dear,
we had better make him an auction
Ger. - Tit Bits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at ON.
collar per square FOR the first Insertion AMI
uIty cents Tor each subsequent insertion.
Loc2l, business and Special notices ten
cents line, ana no notice inserted fo. -
than one dollar. 'O' ieSS
Legal advertisements VIII be inserted mr.
the rates allowed by law aud Will in ali cases
~ viiai Seu 20 the attorney. aud payment " IN
De required upon delivery OF certined COPY
CHARGES FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS - ~
county enicers, -; State ana Congress, $40.
Terms for standing advertisements msda
known on application to the publisher.
JOB PRINTING executed with neatnesS ann
dispatch. EN- orders hv mail will rs,' So
prompt attention. 'SNS''e
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

S>;|>z|| my very frequent
fate. For the one that 1 am about to
describe | paid half crown. The
sensations that that half a crown
brought to me were in excess Of what
/ had anticipated, and strained every
nerve in my body. Yet L am not q
fool, and no one is in his own cstima-
ton.
Twas November day-the time 0
o'clock in the evening. [ was in a
London street, and had just viewed
to my satisfaction bow window in
which was hung up card with
Apartments to Let" printed upon it.
With the knowledge that I.wanted
bed for the night and with the card
before me, what could be more natural
and within the ordinary lot of man
than to ascend the flight of steps that
lay before me, knock, ring, enter and
secure n bed for half crown, paid in
advance? To my mind there was
such plethora of vulgar incident in
this that | remember the transaction
but dImly That ] was received by q
landlady lshe was middle-aged.
think, and escorted by her to com
Portable bedroom on the second floor:
That ] was left there with pen and ink
that L called for some writing raper
and was waited upon by a girl. who
said that she would ask her father for
somej that when she had brought il
to me wrote several letters, and after.
ward went TO bcd-nll this is fixed
vaguely III my memory by it's simili-
tude to many another night that I
have passed under hired roof. Then
there comes a blank, which grows into
memory again with the lugubrious
sound OF a prolonged howl-a dOo's
1t was dark, so dark that the cur
tanned window of my room offered but
the faintest suggestion Of the fog
swathed light without Again and
again the oppressive silence aud
heavy'glOom around me were iuteusi-
led TO my mi-cOnsciousness bv the
howl without dying down to o whim.
per, to extinction A nervous feeling
took possession OF me, aud fed upon
the darkness. ] sat up i'm bed, and
drew a long breath to free myself OF
ITS incubus. What was there foul
with the night that it came so heavily
20 my lungs? For the moment + was
puzzled; but only for tho momcut
And then, authenticated, 7 ciacula.
ted, ut is gas, there is nm escape Of
gas.
With u wave Of my arm, / threw
the bedclothcs TO one side, and with
on eager leg placed n foot TO tho floor.
Then I stood mp aud hesitatcd.
Should ] ring, should ! call? "No.
J muttored 30 myself as ! ronested
! That it was moro than probable that
, tho servant would strike n match nm
coming 60 my room. A stop and
Wope would tell mo. i felt eau
tously Mo- the tap was as it should
lo
Thcn thought Iapscd into instinct.
aud action supcrycnoI. ! crcpt
|. quietly TO tho door aud turning the
key IN it's lock with tho caution Of n
thief, and drawing the door into tho
biackness Of my room, faced tho black
ness That vaster lay outside IL
Gently, gently, with q hand touch.
ug a cold wall, ! crept outward and
lo my left Ny fingers were caught
.y o projection; they passed it bv.
aud sank into hollow twas door.
] turned tho handle, and whispered
/ rautly but distinctly through the half.
opened door ITS J, Mr.. Snipe. the
iodgcr Don't strike match
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

The most beautifu earl in exist.
once isin the crown o Ieofthe former
Cars Of Russia and is on exhibition
in the Kremlin at Moscow. It is a
perfect sphere, aud so pure as to APP
pear almost transparent II weighs
pinety grains,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
OVER THE WAY.


Over the way OF your dreams, my boy.
Are wondrous things for your eyes to Sec
And wonderful paths To world OF JOY
And tho marvellous land OF the OuSht-to-
BE.
There is gold in the dust that your feet will
tread,
And diamonds CLEAN on the waysiIo
grass,
And wreaths OF laurel to grace Your head
Hang waiting to crown you as you pass.
There arc marble castles aEdbroad estates,
And servants to every wish fulnll.
And armored hosts at the castle gates
Stand ready and eager TO do your will.
There are. living springs to renew your
youth,
And dreamful shades for your least re-
pose,
Aud breezcs to fan you with love and ruth.
And gardens that blossom like the rose.
There are wildwoods ringing with songs OF
birds;
There are sumptuous feUsts where
friends uro met
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

IKE many an other
man, | have nm af-
iinity for awkward
prcdicaments, and
to submit to what
is popularity known
as an "experience'
is-if not exactly
my daily lot in life
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A blackbird will stand at the side
of hanging wasps nest and deliber-
ately tear it i'll pieces in order to get
at the larve, apparently undisturbed
by the swarm of angry insects.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

Astronomy in the nineteenth cen.
tury has not only successfully cult
waited, but has greatly enlarged, every
field of investigation which it inherited
from the proceeding century. The in
struments and the methods of re-
search have been greatly improved
and to them have been added celestial
photography and spectroscopy, which
are distined to prove no less potent
and efficacious than the telescope.
Photography has shown itself to be a
valuable adjunct TO the telescope, and
the application Of the spectroscope
has mott only rectifed the ideas Of
preceding centuries as to the constitu-
ton of the universe, but has created
an absolutely new branch of science
that is to say, the chemistry of celes-
tial bodies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

The German exploring vessel Move
stopped on its last cruise at two small
isolated islands, Matty aud Durour,
the inhabitants of which strikingly re.
semble the japanese, though the isl.
ands are only short distance from
New Guinea.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

In a recent paper by Francis Cation
on ''Flnger-prints of Young Children, &"
he demonstrated that clear prints OF
all ten fingers of a baby would suffice
for INSTRUMENTATION by an expert,
but by an expert only. Although new
ridges may appear in infantile life
the type of each pattern persists all
through life, and is never doubtful to
practised eye.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

To greet you with tender and honest words.
And never theme that you might re-
gret.
Alb! over the way OF your dreams It lies
THIS land ofthe Ought-to-Be, so fair:
This paradise OF the cloudless skies,
Where the Best and Right are evcry-
where.
Your childhood lives in this happy land.
And tho loved ones lost I'm the yenrs ago
In the glow OF is glorious sunlight
stand
And tenderIy beckon you there, know.
What care II your present path Is bleak
And the shadows clutch at your gar
ments' hem;
It's over the way that your soul must
seek
For the light that will ever Danish them
Just over tho way Of your dreams. my boy.
Are wondrous things for your eyes to
see,
And wonderful paths to world OF 10Y
Aud tho marvellous land OF the Ought-to-
BE.
Chicago Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

There is n wonderful spider in the
Transvaal, which has apparently been
discovered for the first 1ime by Mr..
Distant. 1t lives, we are told, in large
communities, and builds itself nest
like a birds. The nest is of irregular
form, and in the interior are several
artistic ally constructed galleries,
which serve MS homes for all the
spiders Of that particular family. One
of these nests may be seen in the Lon
don Geological Garden. 1t is very
large, and is deity covered with dry
leaves. The spider in constructing Il
nest takes the utmost pains to make it
OF such color that it W." escape tho
eyes OF its enemies this laud-
able task the ingenious little creature
almost always succeeds.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

The Arctic Ocean, says Nansen, is a
kind of lagoon separated from the At
lantic by submarine ridge, stretch
ing from Spitzbergen to Greenland.
To this ridge is due a curious condi-
ton. The Arctic is covered with a
layer of slightly salt water from the
Siberian rivers and Boring Strait, and
under this is the normally salt Gulf
Stream water. Ii the two layers were
mixed, the average temperature would
fall, but this average would not be as
cold as the surface layer This ac-
counts for the enormous formation of
polar ice.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

To greet you with tender and honest words,
And never theme that you might re-
gret
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-01
col. CHIDISTER RESIGNS.
Could Not Give Cordial support In
Gov. Rogers.

Special Dispatch to the st-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, May 31.-Col. w. c. Chidister
a prominent Democrat. who has been
chief clerk and auditor in the office OF
Ernest Lister. commissioner of state in
situations rendered his resignation late
this afternoon. This has been expected.
as Col. Chidister has been manager OF
Fawcetts campaigns and Is a close per-
sonal friend of Mr.. Fawcett. The resig-
nation came up as the result of a talk
between Mr. Lister and Col Chidister in
which Mr.. Lister stated that he was sor-
~ that Col. Chidister could not see his
way clear to give the governor his cor
dial support in the coming campaign.
To this Col. Chidister replied that he
could not that Gov. Rogers had been
over in the building for several hours in
consultation with other members Of the
party and in the state Offices and had
never come near him nor consulted with
him in any way, but had taken IL for
granted that, because of his former assoc
Citations with Mr. Fawcett he must
necessarily be against the governor This
Col Chidister looked upon as direct
snuh from the governor, and under the
circumstances he could not personally
give the governor his cordial support in
the coming campaign and as he could
not do that he would tender his resigna-
ton Immediately after the incident Com
missioner Lister and Thomas Doherty,
recently appointed n member Of the state
board of audit and control, left for olym-
pia.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-01
ROBBED A JAP IMMIGRANT.
Two Men Go Through His Pockets
hut Are Caught.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
TACOMA, May a.-As party of Japs
was coming up town from the steamship
Breconshire after passing the immigrant
inspectors shortly after noon today, they
were met by two men across the street
from the police station. who robbed one
OF the laps OF s35 In gold and escaped.
While one OF the men pushed the crowd
Of Japs aside the other went through the
pockets of the victim. The whole AFFAIR
was seen by James Welch, driver of the
patrol wagon, who ran out after the high
waymen. giving the alarm to the officers
inside the station.
One Of the men dropped over the bank
into the railroad yards. while the other
ran down the street toward the docks.
Pursuit was made by the police, who
watched at the docks TO prevent the es-
cape of the men. and about O'Clock they
walked up from the yards and into the
Bradley saloon. where they were recog-
nized and taken into custody. The Brad
ley Is across the corner from the police
station and on the next block from where
the robbery occurred. The men gave the
names OF Charles Ellis and John Hem
messy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-01

was against them and they gave M, With
the Tammany vote and the delegates
from the interior of the state who have
been instructed for Bryan. his friends
claimed rs of the rs delegates in favor
Of instructions.
Brooklyn. which has held out against
instructions and which. through its rep
resentatiVes in congress. has declared for
sound money. Capitula led when review
Of the situation showed the futiity Of
further resistance
IL was said last night that David Il.
Hin. who had formed elaborate plans to
prevent the national delegates from be-
ing pledged. had had a talk with Hugh
Mclaughlin. in which Mr.. Mclaughlin
informed him that Kings county could
not help him.
Mr.. Him drove away from the Hoffman
house alone early in the afternoon and
was absent until dinner time. Upon his
return he was asked whether he had
seen Mr.. Mclaughlin and he refused to
say.
In Brooklyn the statement was made
unequivocaliy by machine leaders that the
Democrats OF that borough would Join
Tammany In voting for instructions for
Bryan. They pointed out that a 0ght
would certainly end in defeat and that
Kings county could not afford TO antag-
onize Tammany, unless for good cause
because OF the control Of the Manhattan
organization over city patronage.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-01
DENIED THE APPLICATION.
Judge Hanford Rules Against Pierce
County Measure.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-fntelliRencer.
TACOMA May 3l.-ln the United States
court this afternoon Judge iianford de-
county treasurer for leave 10 employ
counsel and defend himself against the
railroad In the suit brought 10 enjoin
Tor taxes. The Judge ruled that the ao-
ton of the board Of county commission
ers In making n compromise settlement
with the railroad was legal and In ac-
cordance with the ruling Of the state
supreme court in the case OF Spokane
county against the railroad. and that the
county treasurer was not liable in any
way for taking a less amount than the
amount on the rolls.
Judge Reynolds. city attorney, stated
in court at the request Of counsel who
presented Mr.. Judson's petition, that the
city would expect Mr.. Judson Ia turn
over to II the fun amount Of tax on the
rolls. and II he failed 10 turn over such
sum the city would then endeavor TO pro-
itself