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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-08-03
THE NEWS EPlTOMlZED.
Washington Items.


Captain Shoemaker, chief OF the
revenue cutter service, has received
information that disease resembling
grippe, said 70 be very fatal, prevailed
on the Seal Islands, in Bering Sea.
General Stcrnbcrg says that 100 al.
ditiOnal medical officers are wanted
10y the Surgcon-General for duty IN
the Philippines and China:
Perry s. Heath rendered his resig-
nation rs First Assistant Postmaster
General.
Captain Benjamin Johnson, Assist
ant Quartermastcr, L. :. v, having
rendered hss resignation, has been hon
orably discharged from the service
OF the United States.
The Postmastcr-Gencral denied the
application Of the managers Of the
Charleston Exposition for a Govern
ment issue of q special stamp com.
memorative of the Exposition.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-08-03
Found n skull Full Of Gems.

Boys .rummasng in garret az the home
of the late Dr Abraham smith. who died
years ago IN Galcsburg. H.. found a hu.
man skull. \ secret spring az the top
opened the skull. revealing haii n teacuu-
Ml of valuable gems. including several dir-
monds. besides gold trinkcts. on packed
securely inside. Whether the physician
owned them or not h. not known The
property may be eschcated 90 the state.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-08-03

"After suffering from severe dyspepsia
over twelve years and using many RENE
dies without permanent good / fnklly
took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. II did me
so much good recommend il to every
onne," writes J. f. Watkins, Clerk and
Recorder, Chilioothe, Mo. 1t digests
what you eat. +. K, Parker. Olneyville.
Csnterdale Pharmacy, Cen;erdaie.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-08-03

Emperor William of Germany has Of
fered a valuable prize for a practical alec.
hol incandescent lamp.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
rnid SI75 For Dog. comn.

Seldom has q pug dog been buried
with SO much pomp and expense a.
Dude Rogers, ,of Denver, Col,
who had been Mrs. Jennie Eogers's
constant companion for seventeen
years
Mrs Rogers said Inc knew as much
as child, that he had always been
treated like one, aud that he SHOULD
be buried ike one, so she sent for az
undertaken 90 lay OBt his remains auJ
measure him for coffin. The caskef.
for It's size, was the most expensive
over made in Denver Gt was OF ma.
hog '1y. lined with silver. finished
with silver trimmings, and cost s175.
The body lay IN state In Mrs. B0gers's
house for half a dav, aud lots of her
friends came TO make a farewell call
on Dule. Mrs Rogers had Dude
buried in the garden back Of her
house. The grave was terracej mp
exactly like that Of q baby and covered
with roses.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
SOUTHERN STEEL
beginning OF an Enormous Industry
steel Roll Mills to Follow Cotton Mills.

Beginning OF an Enormous Industry
steel Roll Mills to Follow Cotton Mills.
The beginning Of the manufacture
OF steel at Ensley, near Birmingham.
Ala, recently is a striking and impor
tant fact OF great significance foi
Southern industry. Three furnaces
out Of the ten that have been under
construction began to make steel on
Ihauisgi giving Day and the other sever
are soon to be in operation. Where
plG-iron can be made most cheaply
steel also can be made at least cost, Sc
that we are now witnessing tue first
steps Of n movement that means vast
development.
Hitherto the South has been pro
duciug pig for sale TO steelmakers iu
the North. Much pig has also been
exported TO England and other couu.
tries. The significance of the even
at EusIey Is that it points 10 a tim,
not far distant when steel rails. armoi
for warships, steel ships, tiuplate
structural shapes, etc, will be South
eru products. Other steelmakiu-
plants are already, we are told, l..
contemplation and several rolling mill
are building.
Low cost OF production is nowalay.
the controlling factor iu the location
Of new industries. II is the breeze
that watts the cotton manufacturing
industry slowly from New England to
the Caroliuas. It is the BEGINNING
that I7 difficult. After the first cot.
ton mills bad shown the way 90 sue
cess, others followed iu quick success
sion. So % may be- expected the sue
cess of steel making at Euslev will.
have large results. Baltimore Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
regiment. flag In the sanetuar,

4 striking ceremony. like those OF
the days Of the Crusaders, was wit
messed at Canterbury, England when
a large company of the East Kent
Regimen Known as the Bluffs. "
marched to the Cathedral escorting
the regimental cOlors. which were
placed ira $50 -a-ctuary.
Dean Farrar accepted the custody
Of the colors, conducted the impress
sive ceremony aud addressed words Of
sympathy aud encouragement to the
soldiers. who were abou. to sail for
Africa
British regiments no longer carry
their precious colors in foreign wars.
but deposit them in their home
churches. New York Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
4 Printing Exhibition.

In June next year it will be 5O7
years since the birth of Johann Gut
enberg, who invented the art of print
ing with movable type. Il is not. az
a matter Of fact, exactly known when
he was born, but for the sake OF con
venieuce il is assumed that the inter.
estiug event occurred in June, 400.
That time will do as we'll as any
other, and must be pretty nearly cor
rect, says the Minneapolis Times.
That he was born In tue German city
Of Mayence, on the Rhine. is not dis.
puted, and in that city the fifth cente.
nary of kis birth will be celebrated
next year by an international printing
exhibition. Nothing could be more
fitting. The main features of the ex.
hibition have already been agreed on.
There will be an historical section
comprising specimens OF printed mat
ter from all nations for every year
since the time of Gutenberg, together
with the presses aud other macLiues
marking the progress of the world in
this most useful art. There is to be
a machinery section showing every
thing in connection with the mechani-
cal departments Of the best printing
establishments i'll operation. There
will also be display of fine cugrav-
ing and other products of the art.
Finally it is the purpose Of the pro-
moters to found in Mayence a perma-
nent Gutenberg museum. It is OK
pected that many who visit tho Paris
Exposition will go to Mayeuce also
for the purpose of studying the great
object lesson on the progress made in
the printing trades.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27

Why 10 allnewspaper writer's. wdou
writing of a marriage. say that the
couple we've pronounced man aud
wife?' ] admit that the bride was
not wife until married but was not
Che bridegroom a man before NE en-.
tered the marriage state? Sincerely.
QrERtsr
No, no, no. Ask any woman. No
male Is more than half man antil
married 10 requires matrimouy tp
round on. his being. In some part,
2f Che country, when one man is in.
PRODUCED TO another. the first query
is, GLAD 90 know you; married man
or dog?' And the answer is "Doe.
10 the one iuterrogatel is a bachelor.
and Man 10 he happen 90 have
wife Victor Smith, IN New York
Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
AN ePlTAeH.

Hes done with ills
He's lived his little day
And now that he j. dead and claims his
rest
This legend carve above his ruisclcss
breast
he paid his bills"
What wouIerment there thrills
Through that mysterious bourne where
he il now
Where vague aud shnjowy shapes con
lecture how
Within this sorrow'd vale where woll-howI
shrili-
And creditors pursue and cs,rN'J care
kills
tie paid his bllsl
What still peace alis
The deep cairn-slumber OF this sensoless
clay
Tbs heap OF dust which only Yesterday
A mhn-toiied hopeless In the grinding
mills
Aud paid hi- bill~l
-Olin T.. Lyman, la Life.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27

The three chief characteristics OF
Pekiu, the Chinese capital, which
most impress the newly arrived visi-
cor ere dust, stencil and dogs There
has been DO rain since June. aud the
hideous tracks that are dignifed by
tue title Of streets are ankle deep in
black dust. much Of which is pulver-
lied filth. Along the macadamized
streets. Of which there are three. arc
open drains These serve ne sewers
from which the sewage Is dipped and
the highway spriukled. When it
dries the puIverizing is resumed. aud.
in addition Co The original compound.
the residuum % the tainted water is
breathed into the lungs Corresp0u-
deuce New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
PITH AND POINT.

Customer What have you in tue
shape of oranges?' Grocer-"Well,
We have baseballs. Harlem Life.
Ida-"I wonder what it is IN surf
bathing that shocks people?" May
The strong current, of course. -
Chicago News.
Nan, how does my hat compare
with kitty's?' Yours looks more
like hearse coming around tue corner
than hers does"
Tommy is the baby crying
because he hasn't any teeth?" Father
No, my son he's crying because
hes going to have some Puck.
The finest days in all tho year
With strange perver-ity. appear
last when W. have, aad cannot slnrk,
Some hideous job Of indoor work.
Detroit Free Press.
care you sure you love that girl?"
"Well, l can't work in the morning
until get letter from her. and after
get 1t l can't work. Chicago
Record.
Ny horse has reasoning powers, I
tell you. In what respect particu.
larly?' "Well, instead of shyiug at
that automobile cab he edged M toIit
and kicked it.
Marry you" she exclaimed %
you think / am crazy?' II don't
know about that, he replied, but
viii be if you don't''-P Philadelphia
North American.
When viii your new frocks he
done, AmeIia?' II don't know; my
dressmaker IS very reserved aud has
not yet taken me into her confidence"
Chicago News.
When lovely woman stoops 70 folly
And seeks through bargain aisles 10
roam,
What ART can soothe her melancholy.
II she has left her purse NJ home.
Indianapolis Journa'
Hicks--"That lady you bowed to
are you particular friends OF one an
other?" Wicks-"Oh, no; 1 have
sung with her in our church choir?"
Hicks-'I see; only q chants &C.
quaiutance. boston Transcript
II never thought the time would
ever come when ! should he delighted
to hear that piano going, remarked
FOgg, as the "iustrument" IN the
next house was being carried down
the stairs to the furniture wagon
Boston Transcript.
What puzzles me" murmured
ChOllie, as he found the other fellow
had reached the house Of tue adoreJ
one ahead OF him and was mouopoliz
ing her attention, what troubles rue
Is the question whether l am this
evening more Of an outlander or
bore. Indianapolis Journal.
Fuddy-"You never can tell any
thing about the weather. At the time
Of the flood, you know, it rained forty
days and forty nights Daddy
yes; and III bet if there had been
weather bureau in existence at tina
time it would have prophcsied fail
weather, or at least clearing. every
morning. Boston Transcript.
IF you keep on as you have begun
Mabel, ceuPtpIued the young bus
band, rs------- ~. eve over the ex
pense column, we shall never b,
able to lay mp anything for rainy
day" How can you say so. Henry
exclaimed the young wife. righteously
iudigur~' ''---''"" yOu know / hav,
two Of tie loveliest rainy LAY skirt
that were ever made,'-Chicago Fri
BRINE
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
Gred BrItlin ami AbysslnIa

The bsstowal of Great Britain o.
the title Of Lord Napier OF Mardals
on General Napier after the Abyssu.
ian expedition of ls67-s has given rise
To- n vague impression that Great Bri.
tain once conquered Abyssiuis This
impression, however, is erroneous.
Grea. Britain merely TOOK part in the
general revolt Of all Abyssiuia against
the Emperor Theodore. defeated the
remnant OF his army aud captured bis
capital Of Maglala. The Emperor hav.
ing committed suicide rather than sur
render. The British Abyssiuiau OK
petition numbered only 10000 com.
batants,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements viii be inserted at one
dollar Per square for the rrSt Insertion ant
nfty cents for each subsequent Insertion
Local. Business and special potlces ten
cents a line. sud no notice inserted tor less
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements wi ! De inserted at
the rates allowed by law anu VIII In all cases
be charged 10 the attorney. and payment wi
be required upon delivery OF certified copy
CHARGES FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. - For
county officers. =; state an Congress. SO.
Terms for standing advertisements made
known on application 10 the publisher.
JOB PRINTISG executed with neatneSs aud
dispatch. ~ orders by mail Will receive
prompt attention.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27


hen was still setting right along, aud
the EnGiishman owned up beat az in.
Same way at the end of the fifth
week Henderson, was SO tickled
that he couldn't hardly talk. But
say, you ought TO give me a chance
for my revenge, says the Britisher
go Won another week for two hun.
dred. All right, says HendersAot.
Ana he won ag'in, I'll be hanged il
he didn't. Double the bet and you
go ag'in, says the Englishmau. Brit
ISL pluck, you suOw-never say die.
Henderson, agreed, with some re
mark about the American eagle Tel
you what, says he 20 Judge Longs
dorf, old Everlasting is Just making
the set OF her life. It's the billiard
balls being so natural, you see. Be
ing used TO corncobs and chunks Of
bricks so long that a billiard ball gives
her new hope. I'll go him one more
week at $500 if she holds out and he'll
do It,.
"Well, she held ont all right
enough, and the Britisher was ready
to try it agin. England expects
every man to do his duty saws he.
There you are, Mr.. Landlord.
The eighth week was up at fouI
o'clock Thursday afternoon, aud
they'd agreed that it was to be the
last. \ few minutes before four Hen
dershot was walking about pretty
nervous, with one eye on old Ever
lasting.
g She's a-going to do it, says he.
She amt moved a feather Shes
right there. She's a-winniug money
for me- Tonight I'll give her a nest
and thirteen eggs as her reward. Yes.
sir: thirteen geuycoiue eggs, you TN
derstaud eggs that Will hatch. She's
the greatest fowl in the United States
I'll back old Everlasting Hills ag'in
the world.
Just then i'll walks the clerk, and
says he: That Englishmau left on the
one o'clock train. Did he pay his
bill?'
Great beeswaz, no. yells Hen
dershot. Two hundred dollars, i
it's cent Nor the bet, neither! You
blamed old speckled fraud" and he
reaches over and gives the hen poke
with the billiard cue, and she rolls
over with her feet mp.
Then Judge Longsdorf picks her
up and she didn't weigh more thar
six ounces. Why, says he, she.
got glass eyes aud wire in her neck
That Teller must a been taxider
mist aud stuffed her about four weeke
ago
well, when Henderson, could
stand mp without help, he said some
things-also without help-but there's
no use OF my telling you what they
was, cause they wasn't things you
could print in your paper, and there's
no sense in your bothering with things
you can't use. Just 90 ahead and
make an editorial of this, and draw q
moral ON the sinfulness of betting II
you want to, which I've always said
1t was, ever since l bet ag'in my owr
boss and the critter got scared and
run away and come in ten rods ahead.
which I'll tell you about some other
time, and he went out and left me
to finish the article I was writing
urging people to dig deeper cyclone
cellars. Saturday Evening Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27

Such Of us as regard the Kloudvk,
as a cherries, arid waste Of ice m,
surprised ut the statement of resi-
den, Of Dawson City. sent To- Wash
iugt0u by Vice Consul Morrison
Grain has done exceptionally we'll
and see no reason why 10 should mo-.
be extensively aud uccessfully grow
here. see mo- reason why this coun
try should not he able t1 produce its
own vegetables and grains. The sue
cess ] have bad with flowers proves
that aII hardy ANIMALS will d. well.
Tue coming year intend pIauiua
several hundred hybrid roses. also
summer towering bulbs. % large variet,
OF other hardy aud ha,f-harlv an
nul's, aud some Of the hardy peren
male Small fruits, such rs straw
berries, currants, blackberrics and
rsspberries, should dowell. C1rrants.
ra7pberrics, crauberries. berries
and biueberries grow wild here. o.
Victor Smith in New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
Sailors Scarce in GERMANY.

With the rapid growth of the Ger
mau Navy aud the German marine
there has been au increasing scarcity
OF native crews, especially in respect
OF trained young sailors. A few years
ago Germany furnished q large por-
ton Of the crews of English vessels,
but to-day the crews OF German YES
sells are partly composed of foreign
ers. This change is due chiefly to the
phenomenal rise of German industry.
which has been accompanied by a
uniform rise in wages paid for skilled
labor, which has acted as en- incentive
to draw away from q seataring life.
1t is already foreseen that, with the
doubling of the German Navy now
contemplated, this difficulty will in
crease, and steps are being taken to
meet it. At Bremen the North Ger
man Lloyd Company is organizing a
cadet school to train young men for
the company's service Berlin Cor
respondence New York Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
Prophetic Letter or a rran.vaal.r

The following extract from a letter
written shortly before the war in the
Transvaal, from an official of Presi-
dent Kruger's government to a cores
pendent here, is, viewed in the light
of recent events, almost prophetic
"As predicted to you four years ago,
war is upon US. We are again COM
PEELED to fight for our hresides. but
do not despair for US. Our strength
is very much underestimated Every
home is an arsenal, every man, wo-
man and child can shoot. and the
righteousness of our cause directs our
aim straight. The first victories will
be with US, aud you need not be sur
prised after these victories to see the
Dutch from all over South Arrics
docking to our banners. The English
may, of course, be ultimately success
ful, but believe there is future for
the men of my race in South Africa. "
Washington Correspondence New
York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
EVANSVILLE. W. VA, TUESDAY, FEBRU AIRY % 1900.

His journeys last from early morniu3
until often very late at night. Where
meal times overtake him he diues.
The old man finds a meal awaiting
him whenever he chooses 70 cat. But
even his meal hours are often cur.
tailed when tue time for his getting
his notices about is short.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
ny HAYDEN cARRIrI1.

EN- in the uucou-
ventional West.
the freedom with
which the deni-
zens of the place
came into the Of
flee and pied the
type was some
thing rather re-
markable. Colo
mel Slocum ex-
pressed the opiu-
ion I n at We
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
ss,ers Nave PLENTY Of Ammupiiop.

The quantity Of ammunition stored
On the Transvaal Is absolutely colos-
SAL and would suffice for ten years
war. even at thepresent rateof usage.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-02-27
BEARS NEWS OF DEATH.
Mr.. OlmNENT The ONLY REMAINING
AkNSPREKER ~ AMERICA.

Survival i'm Milwaukee OF a Custom Once
Common in New York and StiII in
Vogue In HoIiand-His Business Is to
Announce Deaths.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Ar. swceny's Experience in ST. Lon1s

Hr. Sweeny's Experience in St. Iona.
Says a St. Louis paper: H. A.
Sweeny, of Van Buren,, was drugged
with knockout drops in a saloon, the
location of which he can not remem-
Der. and robbed of S1,240.
Sweeny is the superintendent of the
Missouri Land, Lumber and Mining Co. at
desiring to purchase a farm near Iron
dale, he placed 81, 260 in his pocket and
started for Irondale. Unfortunately for
him the train which he boarded was .
through train. and did not stop until it
reached st: Louis: When he arrived there
he was afraid of being robbed, and de-
posted his money with a saloon keeper.
In the morning Sweeny went to the sa-
loon and got his money. While standing
at the bar a man dressed as a farmer ap-
preached and claimed acquaintance.
After several drinks the newcomer pro-
posed that they go out and see the town.
Sweeny agreed, and they started. They
went to a saloon. and there the strange
ordered cocktails. Sweeny partook OF one,
and a few minutes later became uncon-
scious. knockout drops having been adj
mlnistered. 1t was noon when he re-
gained consciousness and found himself in
the rear room of the saloon. He felt for
his wallet and found it in his pocket.
Then he made his way out of the place.
A few minutes later, when he needed
and found that the roll of money had been
taken and a wad of paper substituted. He
had $40 in another pocket which the con-
hdence man failed to secure. He also
mad notes and papers valued at SO, 600 in
the wallet. but these the confidence man
did not modest, evidently fearing detec-
ton. The matter was reported to the Do
lice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

At a meeting of the Swansea Har-
Dor trust in London, on the 18th, Sir
John Jones Jenkins. chairman of the
Swansea metal exchange, said that the
importation of American steel bIrs
threatened the extinction of the local
steel industry, and that the trust
would lose the large revenue nov de-
rived from the importation of iron
ore.
The British parliament will assem-
BILE, December 3, to vote the expenses
of the war in South Africa, which are
now expected to amount to fully
6 100, 600, 900. Before Christmas an
adjournment will be taken until the
end of January.
President Mckinley has sent a life
saving medal to the Danish sailor Ole
Olsen, who saved two members of the
crew of an American schooner.
Adam Paulsen. director of the Me.
neurological institute of Copenhagen,
will soon start for North Finland tt
study the aurora borealis.
1t is officially announced that the
prince and princess of Wales intend to
visit Belfast next April.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Philippine Cases Postponed by h
Supreme Court to December II.

Washington, Nov. 13.-The United
States supreme court yesterday post
poned the argument in what are
known as the Porto Rico and Phillip
pine cases, until December II. The
cases are entitled, in one instance, u.
H. Goetz VS.. the United States" which
involves the right to collect a duty on
goods imported from Porto Rico into
the United States, after the peace
treaty with Spain went into effect.
and the other, Fourteen Diamond
Rings VS.. the United States"
In this latter case Emil ]. Pepke, 4
United States soldier, is the claimant
of the rings, and he is accused of
smuggling them into the United
States from the Philippine islands.
The postponement was made at the
instance of Att'y.-Gen. Briggs, and the
object is to have other cases involv-
ing cognate questions now pending in
the United States circuit courts argued
in the supreme court together with
these two cases. In their broader sig
nificance these cases involve the ques-
ton whether Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines are part of the United States,
and are, as such, entitled to free COM
mercial intercourse with it.