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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23
a Melancholy RmIIdnp.

y bulldog committed suicide out in
Paramount Park q few days ago Park
Guard Harry Murray saw, hut could
not prevent Tie tragic act. and Park
Guard MacEntcc buried. without
tears, the crushed remains The dog
was young, white with brown spots.
and cOllarless. Murray drove him sew
eral times from off the Girard avenue
bridge. He was hanging around
there gloOmily, pacing TO and fro.
now and 'hcn pausing TO look pcnsive-
~ down through the trefol carvings
in the one coping M the river below.
At 3 o lock, having been driven away
Il little while before. the dog came
rushing at full speed again out Girard
avenue and over the bridge Murray
made for him. lie ran straight up and
lcapcd through the first opening he
found. IT was double trcfoil. lust
large enough to admit his body. at the
east end of the bridge. He .whirled
Through the air and landed on the
river drive. seventy feet below. over
feeding was his trouble. Murray
thinks. Blind staggcrs IS the diagno-
sis of MacEntee But surely. to the
romantic-minded. something more
poetical than this was the cause which
led the young bulldog to take his life.
Philadelphia Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23
Nuts n Enn,I.


We have little idea in this country
TO what considerable extent the nut
Is used for food in n few foreign
lands. Our consuls have been sending
reformation on this subject from far
and wide. We are trying To teach for
cign nations that Indian corn is an cN-
collent article OF food. hut most of the
European peasants still believe that
maize Is fit only to fattcn hogs and
beef cattle. Many of these same per
sons sit down TO dish of steamed
chestnuts with much relish, and are
content If they have nothing else.
throughout the centre of France.
from the Bay of Biscay to Switzcr-
land. there are large plantations and
almost forests OF chestnut trees. The
nuts are very large. resemble the
American horse chestnut and are OK
tensivcly eaten by the pcasantry and
animals. In the fall and winter the
poor often make two meals day on
chestnuts. They are steamed and
eaten with salt or milk. and phvsl-
cians say they are wholesome. hearty.
nutritious and fntt ming. In some
parts of France walnuts also are n
regular article of dict, but they are
losing ground as an article of food
because of their comparative scarcity.
Nhlnuts are also used 10 make oil
and the convicts i'm some prisons are
employed cracking the nuts and pick
ing out the kernels from which the
oil is expressed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23
THE COMMENTED COW.

The placid bceve, TO contemplation we'd
Moves lazily along the sunny slope:
Cnanchorcd by CALLING chain or rope.
She swings her tail Of soft Venetian rcd
Until she knocks the hungry horse fly head
OVer-heels. and, unannoycd, proceeds to
NOPE
And munich the mead or suddenly to
lone
Around the green. by fairy fancy fed.
And kick her hinder members high, Joy
iraught.
Nc'er fondly rocking that within n time,
As brief as that which scoops or scads
and sCoots.
Her lotus dream will crimblc into naurht.
Zen while her shell shall rise to heights
sublime
boots
r. X Munkittriclk, in Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

The efforts Of EvanstOnians TO *.
terminate poison Ivy are to loo com
mcnded, for it is high time that this
wecdy enemy was removed from the
path Of man. 4 danger for which
man is responsible that threatens
health will be- complained Of speedily.
but natural forces are more lightly
regarded. Perhaps the reason for this
is found in the fact that some people
are imperviOus TO the ivy evil. can
pick IT with impunity. and are rather
inclined 10 SCOT at the susceptible sui.
fercrs. But 10 those who have mcms
cries Of the hours Of misery that came
unmeritcd after SO innocent pagttIr =
MS picking leaves the subject Us serious
and these victims feel that the posi-.
bility Of others enduring the same kind
Of suffering ought TO be removed
or course the chief danger IS for
those who are unfamiliar with the
foe and whose love Of nature is un.
mixed with fear. Tor such people 90
discover that WORDSWORTH doctrine
that mature never did bctray the
heart that loved her" is untrue. brings
the same shock that comes to the
country man when nc learns Of the
poison ivics that grow upon city wallis.
1t VIII Doe some time before This vicious
vine can Doc completely cxtcmlnated.
but like moral evils ~ viii finally
yield 10 brave and worthy Efforts
Chicago Tribune
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

but the stars were shining. 4 house
stood on hill near by. He recog.
niZcl 1T. aud knew that he had come
out Of the cave nearly n mile from
where he had fallen i'm, and more than
a mile from where he had expected
10 come out.
Without stopping TO apologize for the
injury done in the milk house. he took
the road and hurried home. The
young wife was badly frightened
when her harchcaded. bedraggled hus.
band made his appearance at the door:
for she did not recognize him until
ne spoke.
The horses had come home at the
usual time. about dusk. dragging the
pillow, and she had gone to the back
field To look for Lem. but without
discovering the bottomlcSs sink. She
was much alarmed Mt his mysterious
absence and was on the point of talk.
ing the baby ANA starting to a neigh
bor's
For long time Lem intended to cx.
plorc the cave through which he had
CROPPED his way, hut the necessity of
Wading and swimming i'm so much
cold water. and the difficulty of car
rNiug torches while swimming. made
the undertaking such formidable
one that 1t WAS never carried out,
and the cave remains mcxplorcd.
Lem is accustomed to speak of his
farm, jokingly, as Il two-Story farm.
He says. though, that the upper part
IS all he cares To make use of. and
that any ono WHO wants the under
ground story can have it, free of rent.
YOUTHS Communion
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

Shark stories with some reason. arc
commonly received with iucr,dulity.
4 well authenticated auccdotc how
ever, is told Of DR. Frederic I'M. an
English surgeon Of distinction.
a man fell overheard ip the Indian
Ocean and almost into sharks
mouth. Hill. who was standing close
TO The iail. grabbed hclavlug pin
aud without hesitation jumped to- save
th' sailor
Tho great brute was just turning ON
his back TO bite when Han drove the
Delaying pin right through both Jaws.
Both men were got ON board again
uuharmCd
Perhaps that fellow won't want an.
other toothpick Has any one got a
clean shirt to lend? This was my
last" were the only words OF tie res
cuer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

Tho other morning when the fisher
men from KIu-alc were hauling their
Nets says Che Cork Constitution. they
found m enormous blue shark ON.
tangled. measuring ten feet thrco
inches lon- having hrcc rows of for
mdnhlc teeth. ON dissection it's stom.
1en was found to contain three blue
.hwE each four fcct long. ono was
partly d'-oicd another was cut clean
boo two. and 'hc third was swallowed
t, I.DI.
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

Ih. lIchucss of corl, recommends
its u-n FOR fishing nets. for life pre-
-crtrrs for iuuriug tho buovaucy of
iiiruuats. and for Kindred purposes.
DO is largely used for inner shoe sole q
It's comprcssibility and elasticity. De.
ing combined with closcncss OF pore
which prevents the passage Of liquids,
render it invaluable FOR stopping bot.
Ties and casks II has also been con.
veUcd and used as gun waddlug.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

Among the fauna of the British Isles
I'm danger Of determination are the
Wild cats OF Scotland. They have.
however found a gallant champion
In a Scottish minister. the Rev. John
Menzies, OF Ferdoun wild cats. be-
declares, are a Joy TO look az. and their
growl is delightful when YOU tease
them but little The Londoner
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23
PlTH AND POINT.

Yes; I've got some money invested
in dying machine: but it's nothing
merely a fly spec"
The telephone damscl
Remarks. IN low tone,
That ring on the fingers
Worth two on the phone.
Ostcnd-"Is the world round, NAM
MAJ" NIamma-"C Certainly. my son"
Ostcnd-"rhcn how can there be an
end to IT,"
What strong face that Mr..
Mimmsley has Yes. He used to be
the strong jawcd man in circus.''--
Washington Star.
Little Wmic-"Say, pa Pa-"well,
what is it now. Willic;" Little vii.
lic-"Docs grape shot grow OH am
bushesY'-ChicAGo News.
Cholly-"Yaas. Gusslc and have de-
cidcd to wasc n mustachc." Miss Kos
tique-"Good idea! How are you get
ting along with your hnlff'
If love is bind may we not rise
With confidence and say
IT Is the scales upon his eyes
That helps him find the weigh
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. HiX-"Is your daughter hap
PLY marrodi" Mrs. Dix-"Iudccd she
is Her husband shakes I'm his boots
every time she speaks. New Yorl,
Weekly.
EFT want some sort of present
for young lady" Sweetheart or sis
teri Err why-shc hasn't said
which she viii bc yct"-Pittsburg
Dispatch
WiGwaG Showing Bjoncs through
his new house, What do you think
of that frlczc;" Bjoncs -"l'ine! Looks
as though it might have been done by
an i"e man"
There are so many barks di-1Itiicc-
sea- remarked the girl who was lean
ing over the rail. Perhaps they come
from the ocean greyhounds," yentured
her tall companion.
Gcorgy ION the warpnth)-"Say. Ed
dy did Harry hit you?" Eddy
Nope" Georgy Wen, If nobody
hasn't hit YOU, | Will I've got 10 lick
some one.'-Cbicago News.
Edith (coyly)-"Wbat Is 1t the poet
says about a young mans fancles' in
the spring. Backward Lover-"Why
--cr-rcally-I- leave all that to
me tailor, We know Puck.
And your stcpfather told you TO get
ont into the world and earn your own
living? lie should have given you a
helping hand" He gave me helping
foot"-Clcvcland Plain Dealer.
what makes you think the place
is unhcalthyf' asked the real estate
man. There are six doctors signs in
the block we just passed" remarked
the prospective purchaser. sadly.
Horatus was holding the bridge.
"Why so quict?" inquired . friend II
am thinking lie responded. "Of
what" Thinking whether / can at
tain more fame by keeping the bridge
or diving on
Even the general that never wins
Il battle can beat sometimes" re-
marked BccchwOod. What are you
driving atf' asked Homewood lie
can beat rctrcat."-Pittsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph.
THAT fellow Bumbleton is n deep
one What has ne been dOingG'
"Why. he got the now boarder into
brisk controversy with the landlady
over the reasons for woman's mental
inferority, and under cover of It
sneaked second piece Of hucklebcrry
pic."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23

INCE dinner was
over. Lem Hig
gins, a strongly
built. coarscly-
g 4 d, cheerful
looking youn e
fellow of TWEEN
-four. was start
ing 10 his work
again. lie was
riding one horse.
bareback. an Il
leading another.
Seeing his wife in
the door of the
log farmhouse,
with the baby i'm
lcr arms, lie
called out:
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-23
A TWQ-ST0RY FARM.
dinner W.
BY LEWIS B. MILLER

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The Lamar register., 1900-06-06
onLY AN OPPOSITION PARTY.


The vote Of the House of Representa-
lives last week upon the question OF
submitting a constitutional amend
mept for the regulation OF trusts again
demonstrated the fact that the Demo
cratic party has no policy, but is sim,
ply party Of opposition and retro
sresslon
Its leader William ]. Bryan, last
year announced that the proper way
10 regulate trusts would be by an
amendment to be submitted 10 the vot.
ers OF the various states, and the Dem
ocratic party, true TO its traditions, i'm
mediately arrayed itself in opposition
TO it, although in every state conven-
ton they have had plank in their
platform denouncing trusts. The vote
in the House was ON strict party lines,
only two Republicans voting against
the measure. and only five Democrats
voting for it. The vote not only dem
onstrated the inslncerity of the Dem
ocratic party on the question OF prop
erly regulating trusts, but ii gives the
people of the nation another object les
son TO the effect that the Democratic
party is incapable OF regulating or car
rying out any reforms, Is simply
party OF nogation and opposition.
IL is this lack OF ability that Is being
constantly demonstrated, that Is caus-
ing SO many Democrats in this and
other states to leave their party and
to affiliate with the Republican party.
No matter how beneficial the meas
ure, no matter how great the reform,
even II it has been proposed by their
own leader. when 1t has been adopted
by the Republican party and 1t is pre-
pared to enact it into law, the Demo
cratic party Immediately arrays itself
in opposition.
One can readily understand why the
mule is used In the cartoons OF the
public prints as the emblem OF the
Democratic party. Its reputation for
obstinacy and general foolishness
makes it the proper type Of the party.
The regulation OF trusts In proper
way has been defeated by Democratic
obstinacy and insincerity, and hereaf-
ter the Democratic party cannot es-
cape being known as having by its
representatives in Congress decided In
favor OF trusts.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06
Democratic Praise of Lincoln.

\ cartoon in Democratic paper rep
reseuts President Mckinley helping 10
push u statue OF Lincoln from its ped
estaL II is pity that Abrahm Lin
coin could not have known during his
life that the storm OF Democratic Bit
terness and abuse directed against him
was superficial and TO be regarded as
merely a latent form OF admiration
with that remarkable party. IL would
be unkind to reproduce the Democratic
eplthets hurled at the great war presi-
dent the Democratic Insistencc that he
was a failure, and the ocean OF Demo
cratic writing intended to discourage
him and defeat his plans. Lincoln died
nj his post without supposing that the
time would come when the Democratic
party. which assaiied him when alive
with every conceivable kind OF Opposi-
ton, and never acknowledged that he
was right in anything. would attempt
TO borrow his name TO cover Its pur-
poses Lincoln never changed. He
died, as he had lived, the target OF
Democratic SANDER. hatred and oh
struction. But the Democratic party
seems to have changed in Its estimate
of his character and deeds.
President Mckinley may, therefore,
pursue the even tenor OF his way. 50
far as Democratic encomiums are con
cerned. Forty or fifty years hence the
Democratic party may claim that they
are following in his footsteps and pre-
serving his precedents. They may even
start a branch of the Democratic party
TO be called Mckinley Republicans"
and TO meet as side show to a Demo
cratic national convention But in the
sad that the Democrats are always a
generation too late. To pclf man
with hard words and set pitfalls in his
path, while alive, and canOnIze him a
third of century after his death Is not
In accordance with the soundest quail
lty of reason or the soundest impulses
Of the heart. 4 few drops Of the dew
Of appreciation should fan elsewhere
than on the moss grown monument of
patriot and statesman. But then the
Democratic party is law unto itself.
There is nothing else just like IT, \
contemporary poet seems 10 have had
Its epitaph in mind when he wrote:
The lightning bug is brilliant,
But It hasn't any mind;
1t stumbles through existence
With its headlight on behind.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06
southern naptl.t. for Erpsn.lsn.

The Baptists are the leading deuom-
ination In the South and their coaven.
ton just held In Little Rock, Arkansas,
was evidence that they are expansion
lists in national policy As well a. iu ~
liGion. References TO expansion were
cheered to the echo. said DIR. GambrelI
of Texas:
We have never had such opp0rtuni-
ties as we now have. and we should
prepare for the spreading Of the gospel
in all the dark places Of the world. l
am an expausiOuist all the way
through. This nation has expanded
and wont contract The South Is on
the eve Of great future. and We arc
to have the Nicaragua canal We Will
be put Ia touch with millions who are
IN darkness, Now Is the opportunity
for religious conquest The Indepcnd-
ent.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

a writer in the North American Re
view calls attention to the evils Of
excessive legislation 1t appears that
at their last annual sessions. the legls-
Iatures of our forty-five states enacted
more than fourteen thousand laws
good. bad and Indifferent. Such in
dustry might be said to speak volumes
for the public spirit of the American
people if We could wink out OF sight
the facts that many OF the act"
spring from an unwholesome desire TO
accomplish social reforms by short
processes. and that many more Of
them represent individual or corporate
contriyances to utilize the power Of
the state for the turning of private
grindstones,
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

One of the most important iacts
which developed during the late war
with Spain was the great need by this
country of more coaling stations for
the navy. The navy department, reai-
izing this. has been for some time at
work planning for the establishment
of stations at various parts Of the
world, and all now depends upon the
negotiations in progress between the
state department and the various couI-
tries concerned. The government Of
Liberia has recently consented to the
establishment of coaling station sr
site to be selected by the navy de-
partment, and it is the intention TO
Immediately begin the necessary work.
The department will establish stations
at Pago Pago. Guam and Honolulu.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

The peculiar condition of the atmos-
phere over southern England and
western France on January 1lth gave
rise to extraordinary exhibitions of
solar halos, or sun dogs. described in
the scientific journals OF both coun-
tries. The phenomena were very beau
tiful, the sun being surrounded with
coneentric circles and inverted arches
showing rainbow colors. while mock
suns appears among the halos. They
were caused by clouds of minute Ice
crystals floating at great elevation.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

Some curious spiral fossils. recently
discovered in rocks of the Permian pc
riod In Russia. appear TO represent a
kind OF sawlike appendage. armed with
enamelled teeth. and capable of being
rolled up in the manner of a spiral
spring. which once belonged to a spe-
cies of fish related to the rays and dog
fish of today. A French geologist,
Monsieur Priem. suggests that the fish
carried this singular weapon as an ex-
tension of its upper jaw. Except in
its capability of being rolled up, such
an appendage seems to be no more
wonderful than that of the sawdsh or
the swordfish
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

tt has been said that any nation
which collects an indemnity from Tur-
key ought to receive additional COM
pensation for the time lost and the
strain on the nervous system, The de
lay in paying for losses inflicted upon
our people in the Armenian massaeres
is entirely in keeping with Turkish
traditions. The approved theory in
the sultan's domains seems to be that
he pays twice who pays promptly"
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

The curious gymnastic feats which
Parrots sometimes perform in theil
cages have been ascribed to the desire
of the birds to vary the monotony Of
their life in captivity. That was the
opinion of Mrs Maudsley, the wife of
the Central American explorer. until
she saw the parrots, in state Of per-
Feet freedom, indulging in all the feats
praetised by their Gagged cousins.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

Social and economic conditions. as
they are reported TO exist in Guam.
seem almost idylIlc. Almost every one
owns land, and Hives happily in cult
waiting it; and only men do that nee
essary work. for the women remain
at home. engaged in more appropriate
duties No mans necessities constrain
him to work for another. He is his
own capitalist and hired man, conse-
quently there are no strikes, no lock-
outs-no labor problem" in fact. to
perpIex and disturb, Since there is
no effective demand" for what the
people do not produce themselves. they
do not need money. There is neither
store nor market on the island In
which household necessaries may be
bought by exiles from the outside
world, and according to Governor
O'LeaTy. upon whose authority the
more essential facts stated above are
based. You have to beg people TO sell
things" Obviously. modern progress
and modern ideas have wide field in
Guam.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

Indications are that our total for
eign trade for the fiscal year ending
June 3Oth next VIII be S3OO, ,OO0. 900
larger than in the year ending June 30.
1s99.-Denver Times.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

Whenever a scandal crops out of the
Chicago water office the temperate cit
i2en consoles himself with the thought
that 1t would have ben much worse had
the fluid been beer.
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06
The Boer Enyoys,

1t IS no surprise that the President
declined to grant the request OF the
Boer ENJOYS to intervene in their be
The Lamar register., 1900-06-06

It is to be hoped that the senate will
not undertake to refund money thnt
Senator Clark spent in trying to get a
seat.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-01
SUDDEN DEATH
OF One of SUBMITS S
Oldest Citizens.
He Was a Farmer and Surveyor and
an Upright Citizen.

Jacob Mishler, one of the Oldest and
most respected citizens Of Springfield
township, and a man well known
Throughout Summit county, died at his
residence in Springfield, Saturday
morning.
Mr.. Mishler's death was due to heart
trouble. He had been in splendid
health all the fall and retired Friday
night as well as usual. At o'clock
Saturday morning 1t was discovered
that he was suffering and he died in
few moments.
The deceased was 76 years of age,
and had resided in Springfield town.
ship 60 years. Besides being first,
class farmer, he was a careful and
able surveyor. He served one term
as surveyor of Summit county.
Besides q wife he leaves three sons
and one daughter. Mr.. #. ]. Mishler
secretary of the American Castings
company, Of this city, is son of the
deceased. The funeral will be held
at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the
Dunkard church in Springfield.