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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-04-03

says: The japanese army is an
army, There is no mistake about
that. In it nothing is left to chance.
Everything is provided Tor and pre-
pared for. 1t is not only the drill [
am thinking of, though in that the
japanese soldiers are simply perfect :
their infantry drill is just like piece
OF machine work, and thei, artillery
drill perfectly wonderful.
Il had the privilege OF having a
battery OF mountain artillery deliv.
cred over to lne 10 work my wicked
wilt on for whole morning. very
hot morning, on big plain outside
Toxic, and ] tried TO make them DC
very difficult things. They did them
simply admirably. II Won had seen
how those guns were laid you would
have been nstonished. / took care t.
look along the sights of every gun
after 1t was laid, and I am perfectly
certain that if he targets had been
living men ms tead of dummies there
would not have been any left to tell
the tale. That. of course, is all very
we'll, but it is not the sole criterion OF
the efficiency of an army. But / was
shown things which are u criterion. |
was shown the regimental, battalion
and company storehOuses, where every
mans war kit lay ready prepared Tor
for him, with his number ticketed on
it, that was only to he used in time
of war. Everything was new-tho
japanese soldier. like the German
soldier, goes to war with everything
about him new, and everything has
been prepared for him, and he knows
where to find it. Not only that, but
for every man in the reserves there
was the reserve kit on the shell be
hind. Therefore, the moment tho
regiment was mobiIized each reserve
man could go to his shelf and get his
full war kit | saw also in their army
medical department. most wonderful
things which would take too long to
relate.
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Trowned Upon Progress.

81 have called on you to-day" said
the professional humorist, with a glad
smile, as he approached the desk OF
the great editor aud made himself
comfortable in the precarious Office
chair that once had a cane bottom in
IT, ito PROFOUND to you a scheme
that seems TO me to be up-to-da and
well worthy of consideration.
"Umph!' growled the great editor.
Thus encouraged, the humorist pro
ceedcd:
For some time past, as you have
doubtless observed, the progress of
the world has developed peculiar
phase, which may be spoken of as that
OF lesscning. 10 seems TO be the am.
bitiOn Of all inventors to add the word
less to everything that has been in
vented i'm tho past We now have
smolieless powder, painless dentistry.
horseless carriages, wireless tele-
grGphy, aud many other things have
undergone n change that may be sim
ilarly described; but I will not trouble
you with % complete list. Now il
seems TO me that the time is ripe for
n similar stride forward ma the field OF
humOr, aud have come 30 You to-day
with bundle of specially prepared
poiulIcss jokes
And iu loss time than it takes TO
write this n hatIcsg and broathlcss hui
morisi was fleeing wildly down the
cbccrlcss strcct.-Harpcrs Bazar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-04-03
WHOLE NO. S64.
LUCKY COUNTRY EDITORS.
why They Are the IIappiest People in
All Ncwspaperdom.


All NcwspRperdom.
Ii were to be asked who ought to
he the happiest man in newspaper
dom, / would answer, without hesita-
ton, the man who runs q good coun-
try paper in a live town.
In the first place the man who runs
n country paper is power where it is
published. All connected with il are
known and their work is appreciated
10y tue community among whom they
move. Unlike the man who writes
editorials on the big city dailies the
editorial writer on the country Jour
nal can stamp his individuality on his
page. Even though he does not sign
it every subscriber knows that it is
his. lie is a power in local politics
and NO mean factor in State politics
either. III there be a hot campaign
who Is 50 welcome on the stump as
the editor of the country paper? To
him comes all the plums of adyertis-
ing. To him comes also the grand
sense of individuality. He is not lost
IN the paper for he is the paper. Every
day j. brought to him the truth of the
saying that it is better to be first in
the poorest lberiau village than to be
second in Rome.
How different his lot from the news
paper worker in the big cities. The
editor of the city paper walks around
the streets and hears his work praised
and blamed in public places, vet he
cannot claim it when praised or dis
avow it when discredited. In these
days he is simply nobody. The paper
is everything.
His profession to the city journalist
has but little of future to promise.
He Is IN his decline at the time when
men in every other walk of life are at
their prime. The highest prize he can
attain by hard and earnest work would
be laughed at by any successful bust
ness man in the community in which
he works. He commences his career.
if clever fellow, by making so much
money that lie is cnvicd OF all his
young friends, and he often ends it
with occupying ono of the hospital
beds of the Press Club and by being
buried at its expense. 1T the city Jour
nalist presumcs to mako himself
sphere he will soon find out that he is
not indispensable.
How different it is with the man
who has good, sound country news
paper. He is the center around which
little world revolvcs. He can run
for Office, if he wants to. and there is
none to say him nay. He has friends
in the community, and with his paper
at his back he has good show for
anything he may reach after.
Aud there is money in the well
conducted country journal. The men
who run country papers ut the close
OF tho century are not advertising
their poverty, as was the custom at
its commencement and we'll into the
seventies, for the simple reason that
III these days it would be only an al
fectation and foolish one at that
The Journalist.
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Tho Titlc Of Dowagcr.

Tho title Of "dowagcr' seems likely
in tho near future 60 become obsolete.
Queen Nictorin's eldest daughter was
the first 10 resent the title of dowager.
aud is now known by virtue of q royal
docrc5 rs Empress Frederick. d"
Queen Wilhclmiua of Holland las
been much disturbed by the idea of
her mother being looked upon as
au old lady, and has caused CD be
published % decree commanding that
honcclorth the former Regent is Co be
styled, not Queen D1wagcr. but
Queen Emma of the Netherlands. "
Even thc old Empress OF China, wish
ing To- be in The fashion, has consented
Go this reform.
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I'm old-time Arizona woodchopper
says the blue jays have planted thou
sands Of the trees now growing all
over Arizona. lie says these birds
have 70 habit Of buryiug small seed In
the ground with their bcaks and that
they frequent pinyou trees and bury
large numbers Of the small pine nuts
in tho ground. many of which sprou.
aud grow. He was walking through
Che pines with au Eastern gentleman
hort time ago when one of these
birds flew from tree to- the ground.
stuck his bill i'm tho earth and
quickly Hcv away. When told What
lad happened the Eastern man was
skcptical, but the two went to the
spot and with % knife blade dug out
% sound pine nut from depth of
about an inch mud half Thus it
viii be seen that nature has plans Of
her own for forest pcrpctuatiou.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-04-03

Up in Gladwin County, Mich. -
ccdm tie war has doomed the price OF
that commodity so that inside OF a rcv
months il has gone from fourteen to
thirty cents apiece, while the 'iuspcc.
ton is now so modified fthat. wherr
formerly about ouc-halt were classed
as culls and seconds, almost anything
viii pass muster as no. with tho
hungry buyers. The farmers arc
picking mp everything that will make
q tie, and every little swamp and
pound hole has its beavcr-liko
workers getting ont the dead and halg.
buried bodies of ancient cedars. Sun.
cryisor john Sampson. of Gladwin
township, DIS selling the log fencc on
his farm for ties. Hc found upon iu-
vostigation that the feucc log were
cedar; and in fair condition, cul too
valuable Go remain as "a icuce lIis
farm is now common. Detroit
Ncws.
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Indian baskets Deteriorate.

The Naricopa and Pima Indians OF
Arizona, whose babitaut is tho Salt
River and ella valley from the Sup.
crstiti.yl Mountains on the cast TO the
White Tank Mountains ON tho west.
ace adopts i'm the art OF basket weav.
ing. Perhaps it would be better to
say they were adopts i'm the art of
basket weaving, FOR the advent of the
tourist and health seeker has caused
such a demand for their baskets as
Indian curios that the shrewd aborip-
ines NO longer weave their baskets
with the slow, painstaking care form
erly bestowed upon the work. Before
the white man came with his restless
energy q sIuaw would be many moons
weaving u basket Many of them
would hold water. and wcrc indeed
mavclous pieces oft workmanship. The
demand of recent years has caused
the Indians 20 strive to turn their
baskets ont more quickly. with the
natural result that they are not SO
beautiful nor nearly as good as those
Of the old style
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-04-03

at rains 4 great deal in the Puget
Sound country" said the man from
that section, land / heard of funny
incident not long ago about it. Some
chap had come from the Mississippi
valley to take up his residence at
Whatcom on Belliugham Bay. where
there are very high tides. When the
boat landed him at the end of tho
long pier extending over the tide flats
the water was low and the new man
didn't notice anything but wide
stretch of sand between the boat and
tue town. 1t was in the evening
about dark and was raining, and he
went TO the hotel on the front street
aud stayed there, going to bed with.
out having gone out for walk. The
next morning when he got mp he
looked out and the tide was in, the
water coming up close 20 the hotel.
He Ga2ed at the widespread waters
for an instant aud throwing up his
hands III astonishmcnt he exclaimed:
Gee whiz, but it must have raiucd
hard last night.
Then he hurried down stairs to the
Office TO find out if there was any dan
ger from the food and the clerk smiled
four or five times and gave him some
much-needed information. - Wash
ington Star.
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JlNGLeS AND JEsTS.

81 see that the cream of the British
army is now IN the TrausvGal. Eyes,
the whipped cream. Lie.
Father-''H History repeats itself.
Son-'Jt don't in our school. They
make us kids do it '-Judge.
Our new cook has been with ~
three weeks now. 'Nct You dou's
seem happy NO; she can't cook. "
Mrs Blobbs-"Why do You call
your new cook Misery" Mrs. Slobhs
-"Because she loves company. 49,
Philadelphia Record.
Maud-"Do you like to have mcu
lattcr you?" Ethel-"Oh, ] don't
mind, if they happen to be photographs
ers. "-Harpers Bazar.
lis Edgar Shifts an agreeable mem
Der of your club?" ooh. yes: if vou
let him have his own way about every
thing hos delightful"
Lives % all great men romind us
That we are a different kind,
Aud in parting. leave behind a.
Trucks Hu lnJun couldn't Hnd.
Criterion.
Floor Walker" Hurry out, madam,
The stores afrcw Mrs Purchase
ooh, is it? Then I'll Just wait for the
fire sale. philadelphia North Amer
lean.
ITS very unsatisfactory storyl"
"Ncs?' "Oh, very Eve read tho
first chapter and the last chapter aud
don't know yet how il turns ont ,'-~
Life.
She-"Don't you think it is better
To. & . 81
lIc-"Certaimly-ir the contracting
parties are both wealthy, 49, Chicago
News.
"CaroIus Duran won't paint a por-
trait for less than $1,000. " Dear me,
and lots Of artists who would paint ono
for forty cents can't make living. -
indianapolis journal.
Minister-'I didn't sec you al
church yesterday, Thomas. THONGS
well, you see, 10 was such weo
day it wasn't fiji TO turn ont dog in.
But ! sent 5he wife, sin.
Men can quit az set Of sun,
But wOmau's work is never done:
When calls are DER size burns Out taucrs
Getting up profound club papers.
indianapolis j Journal.
Prison Nlsitor-''Is there anything
that you think might be improved
hcre?' Prisoner formerly labor
leader well, yes the hours here
are too long, for one thing.
She-''What we claim is that we
ought to have a voice in the manage
ment Of the affairs of this country"
He-"Oh, I've no objection 10 that.
thought you wanted to vote. Chit
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ADVER Using RATES.

Advertisements viii be Inserted Mt on.
dollar per squere Tor the ii;st Insertion am
MY cents Tor each subsequent Insertion
Local, business aud Special notices ton
cents line, and no notice inSerted Tor lsss
than cue dollar.
Legal advertisements will be inserted nj
the rates allowed 10y law aad Will I'm All Ga . /.
De charged 10 the attorney, ana paw ment NJ /. n
De required upon delivery ~ certified copy
CHARGES ron ANNOUNCEMENTS go Nm.
county Officers s.; State and Congress. $40
Terms Tor standing advertisements mad.
Known ON Application to the publisher.
Jon PuNrING executed with neatncsS ano
dispatch. - Orders lay malt NNill recciv.
prompt attCntivn.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-04-03

Solar Iainhows arc very rare They
depend. says Professor Lewis Swift.
%. thc Lowe Observatory, on the sim
uItoucou3 occurrence of four dietiuc,
events. First, 10 must--say boo thr
Middle States-occur during tho thrc1
winter months, second, 30 must take
place at noon; third, it must he raiu-
ing in the north, and, fourth, the sun
must be shining in the south. As
the apex OF the bow is low. 10 also rs.
quires TO sec it m mobstructcd hori.
ION.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-04-03

John Buskiu, at scycuty.fvc. had
as keen p sense of taste as most mon
have at twenty, and greatly enjoyed
new lavors.
'My palate, hc once smd, "scrvcs
me now go well. because when / was
% child ] was given only the plaincst
food When J was % boy. too. had
but ono or two toys and mo- amusc-
mcuts. Hence tho Keen delight
which take now ion every little pleas
uro H
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Table NIountain Eope,yav.

The ropeway located at Table Mount
ain IS an important example of n line
$3.50 feet long. 1t consists OF a single
fixed rope on VIII ich one carriage i.
drawn to and fro with an endless haul.
ing rope, the driving gear having re
vcrsiug motion so that the direction
Of travel OF the carrier can be con.
trolled. Commencing at sea level.
and following the ground on posts
spaced about 500 feet apart, tue cable
takes . span of 1900 feet, rising to a
projecting rock some 1880 above the
starting point. Resting on a support
ut this point, the cable again takes a
span OF 400 feet to an upper terminal
22OO feet above the lower one. This
rOpeway has worked so satisfactorily
that it is not only used for the car
riage Of materials employed I'm the
construction Of a reservoir, but is at
times used for passengers. Engineer.
ing Magazine.
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HEY had been talk
ing about the diff
ference b e tw cen
the love of man aud
the love of woman,
and, rs they were
all very young and
more OF less i'm.
questionable, the
conclusions were
interesting. Raw
Inns, who had said
littl0 and smiled
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much, patrouiziugly asked, when the
subject seemed nearly exhausted
Did you ever hear o. Dick Pol.
sues AFFAIR.""
mo, they said in chorus.
81 knew that" lie remarked, set
ling deep III his chair; because that
isn't his name. Anyhow"
'WiIl You have it filed again?''
asked Tonlliuson, who was accused of
having the remnants OF conscience.
because he imagined every allusion
was directed at him.
'Doh't worry, Tommy" said Raw
Inns, GrGciously contracting his brows
with the effort OF thought. The cx-
pectant listeners accorded him few
moments OF dramatic silence.
'Woll, he said, at length, at NAV
open YOU eyes Il bit as to the creature
feminine, and if YOU want to
Lear-"
There were cries Of Lets have
j."
Dick -r I'll call him Dick and
yol'll rcmsmber that the story com
mences here, was getting close 10 the
thirties. Like most of YOU young
aters he had gone around the circle
many times and was getting tho bad
reputation OF being confirmed nirl.
80 when he settled his attentions on
Kitty, a. nice n girl as you could
find IN the town and wise beyond her
nineteen years, we Nll-or rather the
women all-said Poor Kitty Now
when Dick was attentive to a girl he
was very attsntive. He didn'tcar a rap
Tor any ether; lie devoted all his time
and thought to the one. We thought
j would he the affair of Il month or go
rs usual, but il wasn't, and when it
had gone on for three or four months
aud Kitty and Dick were growing
closer and closer friends all the time
We began to talk The women a9jd
that Dicks time had come at last, and
wo disagreed for arguments sake.
but any OF rs who know him well
could see, with half an eye, that he
was in love. And when man like
Dick falls in love, it's the one lasting
passion OF his life. He gave his
whole heart to the girl, and she was
almos! as much in love as Dick.
'Ihc time came when it was said
they were engaged; but there WASH
word OF truth in it, They hal been
going along heodlessIy enough. sec
ing each other frequently. to the OK.
cIusion OF everybody else, for those of
MS who occasionally called on Kitty
dropped away to give Dick q clear
field.
When the silly gossip about their
rrf
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OLD LETTERS,


y tale OF bail in its sctson.
\ scrap Of gown that was worn.
cpniil1utc's ews otA hcartbrsak
\ lovers pag". tuttcred aud torn;
y rhill'- painful hand that was guided
ID trace on; is first words Of love:
: messnSC Ot birth and OF sorrow
bridal song. -caled with a dove.
Ilcv futtcr aud drift from their moorincs.
Like white thoughts that CULVER aud
slime.
Dropped docp i'm the heart OF forever.
The past that was thine aud j. mine.
Nv. ashes yt roses, / scatter
Your memories. ever the same.
Az. 1sics Of roses. old letters.
lay your white hearts In the flame.
Virginia Frazer BOYLE, i'm BOykmnu.
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Faded and old is the ribbon.
Blue once. ~ azure-lit skies
breaking in twain with untyln.,
y truce neld to lime a. no iiios.
Breathing OF ruC and rosemary.
And lavender pressed in the leaves:
Ncllowel ana Incllowcl, loves dream
ing,
Tied In the long carnerel shcarcs.
What is tho harvest they bring uz,
Flotsam OF life and the years?
Kissed 10y the dust in their slcopiny.
Dathed in loves Sunshine and tcar-.
A verse from u luurel-crowncl poet,
garland Of faith TO the fair
y petal from roses that shattered,
y curl OF a bIby's brIgh. hair;
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We don't suppose the man over
lived who was as popular with the
women as chocolates are. -Aichison
Globe.
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Tn the last eleven years the number
OF physicians i'm Germany increased
fifty six per cent, while the popula-
zion increased only fourteen per cent
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HOW DICK WON.
BY PERClVAl RIDSDAIE.

s2 81 5s
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-23
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Ben Teal will begin rehearsals OF Klaw Err
langer's new opera, "Foxy Quiller," Sept. 10.
Klaw & Erlanger have engaged Hilda Clarke
for prima donna OF "The Bostonians" next sea-
son.
John Page, the scrobatic comedian, has been
engaged for "The Rogers Brothers in Central
Park"
Signor de Novellis, the musical director OF the
Klaw & Erlanger Opera company, will return
from Europe In August.
Nellie Thorne will play Esther in "Ben liur"
next season. She is now in England and Will re-
turn to America Aug. l.
Joseph Brooks and Ben Stern has engaged
Hobart Bosworth as leading man of the company
which will support Blanche Walsh in Eugene
rresbrey's new play
Frank Mckee has decided to call the English
version of his German musical farce "In Him
melhof," in which Peter F. Daley will star,
"Hodge, Podge Co."
W. S. Hart will play Messala; Mary Shaw,
Amrah; Mabel Bert, the mother, and Adoline
Adler, Tirzah, in "Ben Hur" next season. They
filled these roles in the original production.
Miss Phoebe Davis, the famous actress, who
has played the leading role in sway Down
East more than l,025 times without missing a
performance, has become one Of che wealthy
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have some new specs or git tongs to
hold my paper with. Hain't got much
ready money just now. Jest got up
March hill, ye see, and it's seed and
fertilizer and all that to buy. But trot
out yer glasses, mister, and we'll see if
We can trade"
So the doctor opened his case and
commenced to try on the glasses. AS
each was fitted on his nose the farmer
looked gravely onto the page of the
weekly paper and then off at the wall.
! mo, that amt it yet" he would say.
At last he seemed to get discouraged.
II don't believe ye've got anything in
your stock" said he, that's goin to
do me any good. Guess we might S
we'll stop tryin'."
Quoth the doctor: "Well, try these.
It's the last pair we haven't tested. II
they don't fit We'll call 1t bad Job"
And he carefully placed the glasses
astride the farmers nose and passed
the paper over to him.
The farmer read awhile in silent de-
light and then looked at the doctor.
"Complete!" cried the farmer, ecstat-
| ically. II hain't seen so well to read
| for years. These are jest what I call
| fust-class!"
I'm glad I suited you" said the
| doctor, as he tucked SO in his vest
| pocket and hastened away. II thought
| I could fix you before we got done
And he did fix me-" said the farmer
telling about the matter the other day
"When I went to look at them glasses
after supper, blamed if 1 didn't finG
that they were nothin' but jest bows
not speck of glass in either side Of
'em. 1t cost me SO to find out that my
old eyes are pretty good to read with
| after ALL"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-23
DEDICATED WITH wHIsNEY.
A Bottle of the Stuff Broken Over the
Spire of the New Church.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Congregational church at Aus
tinburg, Ohio, was dedicated as
house of worship by the breaking of
bottle of whiskey over its spire.
This town, located six miles south of
Geneva, will next June celebrate the
one-hundredth anniversary of it's set
tlement; and the old church near it's
geographical center has the distinction
of being the first frame church built
upon the Western Reserve.
The days when this church was built
were avowcdly the days of whiskey.
1t was the day when the drink was
poured out freely by all who attended
the raising of a building, and when
every one partook of 1t as we of the
present would drink glass of lemon
ade. Even the Rev. Giles w. Cowles,
the hero of Austinburg and veteran
minister of the country, partook of the
| "hrewater," and pastors subsequently
| filling the pulpit OF the church stopped
at the village store, before and after
| attending services, to take an "eye
| opener"
The "raisir e" of the church occupied
| a whole week. having been begun on
Monday morning and completed Sat
urday afternoon. On the last day the
entire community was upon the scene
to witness the dedicatory ceremonies.
AS none of those erecting the building
would climb to the top of the spire
which is over one hundred feet from
the ground, the services of lake sailor
were procured. With rope in his
hand he climbed to the top of the top
most point of the edifice and as the
last timber was placed he drew bottle
of whiskey fro =, the ground by means
of a rope. ana, breaking it over the
spire, shouted: "Three cheers for the
new church!'