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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22
AN AUTUMN SONG.
Again the old heraldic pomp
OF autumn IN tba hill.

Again the old heraldic pomp
OF autumn on the hills:
"A scarlet pageant in the swamp
Low lyrics from the rills:
And a rich altar in the air
That Orient morn distills.
Again the tapestry of haze
OF amethystine dye
Encincturing the horizon ways;
And from the middle sky
The iterant, reverbant call
OF wild geese wingIug by
Again the viols OF the wind
Attuned TO one soft theme
Here, every burden lett behind
q love. would 70 not seem
A near approach to paradise
To dream and dream and dream!
Clinton Scollard. iu the Noman's Homo
Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22


Puck
Man wants but little here below"
And yet his nerves sublime.
He may want little here below,
But wants 1T all the time.
Philadelphia Record.
Maud felt awfully cut up about
her wedding presents" What was
the trouble" why. she didn't get
single duplicate, and so there was
nothing she could change" -Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
"Shc keeps n strictly American
boarding house, doesn't she?" Eyes.
and that makes it seem all the more
out of place that so many of her board
ers should take French leave."-PhH-
adelphia Bulletin.
Their courtship thus proceeds until
She learns how deep his Golfer;
Upon her part standing off,
On his standing offer.
Detroit Free Press.
First Lady-"Pm taking two kinds
of medicine. How many are you tax
ingP Second Lady-"Oh, medicine
don't count. Operations are all the
go now I've had three this year al
The LATEST of lawyers
They said he was, and still
lie always was quite anxious to
BE working with a will.
Philadelphia Press.
Bill-"How much did you give I'D
to see the bail gamer" Jill-"Fifty
cents" Bill-"How was the gamer"
Jill-"Neither side scored" Bill
Then you didn't get run for your
money."-Yonkers Statesman.
Breaker-"That young man you in
troduced me to must be millionaire
the way he spends money" Surfton-
Not at all, but you see he has to get
rid of his years salary of IS week in
five days vacation. Ohio State Jour
nal.
Millionaire Ito his daughtcr)-"Why
is 1t that the baron insists upon your
being married so soon?" His Daugh4
ter-"I'n be frank with you, father.
The tickets for his coronet and family
jewels expire next month. "-Brookiyn
Life
"These," said the poet. "are the
fierce, wild fancies of my throbbing
brain" Dear mer' said Miss Cay
enne. 81 didn't know your writings
were wild have so often heard them
described as quite Washing
ton Star
One evening Adam was making love
to Eve, but she seemed dissatisfied.
What is troubling my darling:" he
asked. ooh, Addie. dear" she sighed.
IF 1 could but convince myself that 1
am the only woman you ever loved."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

Arizona has a heavy line Of news
papers. considering lts population. It
has a paper for each 2OOO people
more, according TO the percentage OF
population, than any other state or
Territory in the United States.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

patch, but queer neighborhood
where ramshackle cottages played
hop-scotch over the railroad tracks
The Wigs family consisted of Mrs
Wigs and five children The boys
We're named Jim and Billy. but II was
Mrs. WigCss boast that her three lit
tie girls had geography names. First
came Asia. then Australia. When the
last baby arrived, and Billy stood look.
ing down ut the small bundle he
asked anXiously: Are YOU goin' TO
have it for n boy or a girl, MAJ" Mrs
Mrs. Wigs had answered: "a girl.
Billy, and her name is Europena."
Hard work and strict economy were
necessary in the little household. Mrs
Wigs took in washing. Jim worked
at the factory, and the others helped
as best they could.
The direct road to fortune. however.
according to Bnlys ideas. could best
be Travelled in a kindling wagon. and
while he was the proud possessor of n
broken-down wagon, sole relic of the
late Mr.. Wigs, he had nothing TO
hitch 10 it. Scarcely n week passed
that he did not agitate the question.
and as Mrs. Wigs often said:
When Billy Wigs done set his
head TO thing he's as good as got it,"
Consequently she was not surprised
when he rushed breathlessly into the
kitchen one evening about supper
time, and exclaimed in excited tones:
Ma, I've got n horse! He was
havin' fit on the commons. an they
was goin' TO shoot him. an / asst the
man to give him to me-"
my land, Billy! what do you want
with Il fit horse?" asked his mother.
Cause l knowed YOU could cure
him. The man said if took him ia
have to pay for cartin' away his car
cass, but l said all right, Ill take him
anyway. Come on. ma. an see him.
And Billy hurried back to his new pos
session.
Mrs. Wigs pinned 4 shawl over her
head and ran across the commons. A
group of men stood about the with
ing animal. but the late owner had de-
parted.
Hes most gone" said one Of the
men as she came up ~ tote Billy
you'd beat him fer takin' that ole nag
often the mans hams"
well, l won't" said Mrs. Wigs.
stOutly. BILLY Wicgs's got more sense
than most men I know. That boss s.
carcass is worth somc.hin'. / 'spect
he'd bring bout So dead an mebuc
more livin' Anyway. I'm going to
save him if there's any save 20 him"
She stood with her a.mS ON her hips
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

Ii IS well known that the side OF
mountain range turned toward the
prevailing wind has. in general.
greater rainfall than the leeward
slopes of the range. The qualitative
explanation OF the observed fact is
that the principal cause of the conden-
sation of aqueous vapor is the ada
bHtic cooling OF The moving mass Of
air which must necessarily rise in it's
passage from the plain over the crest
of the range. y cumulative and
mathematical theory OF the phenome-
non has lately been worked out by
Professor Pockets of Dresden. and
printed by the United States Weather
Bureau i'm Washington. All the on
served facts are represented in his
treatment OF he case. and the interest
ing conclusion is reached that there is
zone of m3yimum rainfall on the
windward side of the mountain slope
Ca conclusion that is verified by tho
rainfall statistics OF high mountains)
and the futhcr conclusion that the
inclination Of tae earth's surface on
Che windward side is more effective
i'm respect OF the amour. OF precipi,a-
ton than its absolute elevation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

On the Italian stamps are Italian
towns with Austrian stamps. showing
the long dominion OF Austria over parts
of Italy. On some of the old stamps
are marked the keys of St Peter sur
mounted by the inter of the Bishop "
Rome.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

man who owns a lottery ticket issued
by Presbyterian church in Pittsburg
as authorized by law" IL IS dated
June 3, 1907.
On the Italian stamps are Italian
towns with Austrian stamps. showing
the long dominion of Austria over parts
of Italy. On some of the old stamps
are marked the keys of 81. Peter. sur
mounted by the inter of the Bishop %
Rome
The reason given for the substitution
OF the drum for the trumpet in tie
Italian army is that in these days OF
short service young soldier learns to
march to the drum far sooner than to
the trumpet. Again. it is found that
trumpeters are very subject to pulmon-
AIRY affections.
An ear Will be handed down. so to
speak, from father to son for genera.
ton after generation, with compa4a.
lively little modification. Some au-
thorities on criminology assert that
criminals are very apt to possess a pc
culiar kind OF ear, which is recogniza-
bic by an expert in such matters.
Every robemaker in London always
keeps some of the most expensive
robes of state-thosc of registrar.
for instance-ready and lends them
out when officials have to use them
at any great ceremony Many Il peer.
when his portrait is TO be added to
the family picture gallery, has OBJ
tanned the crimson and ermine from
his tailor for a small consideration
john Foe. of Midtown, n. J.. lost
his arms thirty-two years ago, but he
can do most things that other men ac-
complish by the aid OF those members.
Says he: Anybody can set along with
out his arms if he has to- Every time
row. fish, hunt or plow I find a be-
ter way to do it. and it continually
grows easier TO get along" The arm
less wonder is not new Montaignc
described an exhibiting one OF the six
teenth century in words that would Il
modern press notice.
Among the curious insects of the
Malay peninsula recently studied by
Mr.. Nelson Annandale. Of the London
Geological Society, is one called the
lantern-ny, which is remarkable for its
sudden leaps, made without the aid of
its wings. 1t was only after he had
carried n specimen back TO London
and carefully examined it that Mr..
Annandale discovered that a curious
projection on the front OF its head.
kind of nose with n crease in 1t. was
the leaping organ. When bent back
under the abdomen and suddenly re-
leased it sent the insect flying.
In China the mortal part Of the dead
is put under the control of geoman-
Ger, man wise in the mysterious in.
huences of Feng Shua. Feng Shua is
superstition concerning the earth
and air forces, and it operates power
fully in all Chinese matters, but in
none more powerful than in the burial
of the dead. That the grave should be
so located as to invite the good infu-
ences and avert the evil influences Of
Feng Shua is the great consideration,
for which the good Offices or the geo
mancer are sought-at Il round price.
All graves must be protected on the
north, as from that direction the ma
lign influences usually come. Hence
the grave is placed on the south slope
Of hill, with protective architecture
built on the hillside or, if on level. is
supplemented by a walk half circling
it on the north.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22
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At Wilkesbarrc. Penn. there is
man who owns n lottery ticket issued
by Presbyterian church in Pittsburg
as authorized by law" It IS dated
June 3, 1907.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

Nature. the well-known scientific
paper, has been trying to settle the
question as to how far the reports of
cannon may be heard. One of the in
teresting contributions to The discus
sion came from Mr. Maliet. who
states, from personal experience. that
during the bombardment of Charles
ton. $. c., by the Federal forces in
1863 the firing of the heavy siege
guns was heard as far inland rs Au-
gusJa. Ga, a distance of 122 miles.
while at distance of sixty miles the
sound was accompanied by 4 general
tremor of the earth
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

The reason given for the substitution
OF the drum for the trumpet in tie
Italian army is that in these days OF
short service n young soldier learns TO
march to the drum far sooner than to
the trumpet. Again. it is found that
trumpeters are very subject to pulmon-
AIRY affections
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22
; The Annexation Of Eu6y.
An Episode in the Life of Mrs.
, Wigs of the Cabbage Patch.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

NEW humoriSt. Miss Alice
Caldwell Hogan. contributes
10 the Century a short story
about the physical salvation
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

Professor Nichols. OF Dartmouth
College. lately tested at the Yerkes
Observatory his newly invented rad
iometer for determining the heat of
the stars. He found that the heat
from Arcturus, the bright first magni-
Jude star now overhead about p. m.
is about equal to that from candle
AT Il distance of six miles, with no air
to absorb its rays. The heat from
Vega and from the planet Saturn was
found to be about one-h half as much
rs from Arcturus. while that from Ju-
piter is twice as much. Professor
NicholS's device is. perhaps, the most
sensitive ever invented.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

y curious phenomenon was observed
AT the village OF lie Ghazn, i'm the
French Alps. recently. One day to-
ward evening the inhabitants were
disturbed by a loud rumblIng in the
vicinity of Mont Farand. which in
creased in intensity Looking toward
the scene of the disturbance, the viii
layers were further startled by seeing
bright flashes Of FIRE. At first the unu-
Sual spectacle was attributed to vol
canic agencies. and n party of civil en-
gineers set out to examine the cause
of the phenomenon. They discovered
that the intense dry heat had caused
the chalk rocks on the summit of the
mountain to crack and to break away
in all directions. These rocks had de-
scended the mountain like an avail
anche, and being thickly veined with
slick, in descending they had struck
one another with terrific force, scatter
ing brilliant showers of sparks in all
directions, with such rapidity that they
resembled one single sheet OF fame.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

An ear will be handed down. so to
speak, from father to son for genera.
ton after generation, with compa2a-
lively little modification Some au-
thorities on criminology assert that
criminals are very apt to possess a pc
culiar kind OF ear. which is recogniza-
bic by an expert in such matters.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22
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1t is one of the marvels of nature
that thing almost enthusiastically
small should cause more terror among
men and work more destruction than
n hundred thunderbolts or the most
violent earthquake CONFUSION This
little thing is the microbe that causes
the deadly plague. II is so small that
It would take 25O,OOO.OOO of them to
cover = space an inch square.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

Gunnar Anderson, a Scandinavian
botaniSt. makes speciality of the
study of plant growth inside the are
tic circle. The total number OF flower
ing species so far identified is about
eO0. Of which 49, are in Iceland. 2S6
I'm Greenland and the rest mostly in
Spitzbergen. The arctic summers.
though short. are often hot and dry.
and the lack OF moisture keeps plant
life dwarfed. Many of the species
are the same as appear in larger form
in southern lands.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-22

Dolly q wonder why that man
glared at me So" Polly-"Why, you've
got on n shirt waist just like his"-
Puck
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

AN OBJECTIONABLE LOCOMOTIVE
There is considerable complaint among
those who live on Wilkes and Union
streets and contiguous thorougbf.res OF
a new-lsDgled locomotive which is now
used az shifting engine 10 the city. 1t
is fitted with triple smokestack, and
Is said TO be an experimental smoke
burning locomotive. but II seems to
emit denser and blacker clouds than
others that havesppeared on the streets.
1t is not the smoke, however, that causes
90 much Objectionable the terrible In
cessant, putting. snorting, painting, snarl-
ing, and rasping noise which announces
it's presence either in motion or stand.
ing still. 1t is the most illmannered
iron horse ever seen. 1t breaks up Gil
conversations and smokes out every one
within square Of its course. Several
persons have made complaint to the
Mayor for relief, and he promises to
have the nuisance abated. 1t has been
suggested that the railway company
place this particular engine In o stall
and keep Ii there until the new road
around the city is completed. 1t Ia
thought that after 1t shall have been run
up and down several times 1t will rid
the marshes and Dogs Of snakes. lizards
and frogs as effectuslly ss st. Pstrick's
banished them from the
Emerald Isle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

FLED THE CITY.-lt was supposed
that an interesting case would be on
the docket 10 the Police Court this
morniDg--that OF a young man who is
charged with assaultiDg a young Wom-
an by rudely pulling her away from a
young mans side. The assailant at the
same time blackened one OF the eyes OF
the young woman's escort, for which
act he forfeited S. collateral by failing
to appear for trial yesterday morning.
The father OF the girl subsequently,
swore out warrant for the arrest OF
the asssilsnt, but the latter, upon get
ting wind OF the procedure, suddenly
disappeared. The police are looking
for him. They believe he Ia in Wash
ington, and if so officers Of that city
will pick him up and hold him for the
&C, ion OF the authorities of this city. 1t
ia said that this is not the first time this
individual has acted cruelty toward the
same young lady, and last night there
was decided whitecap fever manifest
cd among those who knew the circam-
stances of the case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

POLICE COMMISSIONERS called
meeting of the Board OF Police Commits
sioners ives held last night. There
were three members present, Mr.. Price
being absent. Capt. Bryant presided.
The secretary was instructed to notify
Chief Webster that the rule requiring q
bi.monthly change Of the policemen
doing what is known as station house
duty would go into effect July /. Sec
ton SO, of the rules, laid down by the
board, was discussed at some length.
This rule required the Mayor to give
orders to the police through the chief or
other officers of the force, and required
the men to make reports through the
same channels, upon pain of dismissal.
Judge Nicol, in bis recent decision, de-
clared this rule unreasonable and I'M
constitutional, and therefore null and
void. Upon motion OF Mr. Hill, the
board decided to eliminate section SO
from the book of rules and regulations.
The board subsequently, adjourned, sub
ject 10 the call OF the secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

Col SMITH. Among the published
sketches OF the members of the State
convention Is the following: 1.-THE trim
military figure OF Col. Francis l.. Smith
of Alexandria, just across the Potomac
from Washington. has been seen little
in the convention, except as a listener
to the proceedings. He offered reso.
luton on suffrage Tuesday. but there
is no doubt when the lime comes for
serious debate Col. Smith will hold up
his end, for he is known as very ex-
cellent speaker. President Goode put
him on two Of the best committees, that
on suffrage and that on judiciary. His
ability as one OF the foremost lawyers
OF the State, succeeding his father OF
the same name, wfo likewise attained
high rank at the bar, assures his useful.
ness in both capacities. 1t is almost
superfluous to mention the official hon.
ors Alexandria has conferred upon Col.
Smith, including an election to the
State senate, where he served with die.
tiDctioD. There are delegates In the
convention who remember when he was
a mere slip of cadet Ia the Virginia
Military Institute, at Lexington, and
went out with bis company to partici-
pate 10 the historic battle OF Newmark-
ct. He was wounded at that fight In
the throat, and wears the scar to this
day. His military title of colonel, as ia
well remembered in Virginia, is not en-.
tirely honorary, for he commanded
regiment of the State militia for q con-
siderable period.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

TAPPING SEwgRs.-Mayor Simpson
today gave orders TO the police force to
pay some little attention to the opening
OF streets for sewers or other purposes.
There has been very poor observance
lately of the law regulating the opening
and proper paving OF streets, after
being filed up. The law regulating
the tapping OF sewers provides for
penalty OF not less than twenty-five
dollars, nor more than seventy-fve
dollsrs, for tapping or connecting sew
ers without having first paid into the
city treasury the amounts required by
law, and receiving permission from the
City Engineer. 1t has been iDtimated
TO the Mayor that Ia the last six
months sewer In an alley and also one
on one of our streets had been tapped.
and no she paid 10 the city treasury.
Tine Mayor intends making an inquiry
into these matters, he says, in the next
few dave, and fad out how 10 was done,
IL the report is correct, with the En-
gineer having no knowledge Of it and
also to admonish, il not to punish the
plumber or other person who did the
work, for If the owners of the property
plead ignorance of the law, GER
fainly no plumber Can. The sewer
tax is twenty-five dollars on each
dwelling or house, other than hotel. 10
the case OF King street sewer between
Royal and Fairfax the amount required
TO be paid before sewer is tapped is
forty dollars, for the reason that the
city has paid to have sewer pipe car
ried to curb line to prevent the tearing
up Of the street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

MISUNDERSTANDING five thou
sand dodgers calling attention OF the
owners of dogs to the importance OF the
taking out the required license, and
this notice supplemented by publication
for days and weeks 10 the Ga
zette, it is known that there
are hundreds OF unlicensed dogs
10 the city. A largeDumber of
persons were reported and fined last
year, and yet the same chances are
taken this year and II is said many per-
sons year after year fail to pay. Mayor
Simpson says he intends to be sufficient
" patriotic TO give the owners OF dogs
until after July 4 TO pay, but after that
date will excuse no oSe, and If possible
will put an end to the constant efforts
of some to evade the law. He today or
dered the killing OF three dogs which
have for some time remained upon the
premises of q resident Of the Third
ward to the annoyance of neighbors.
Mayor Simpson says in this way and
by the imposition OF foes he proposes TO
rid the city OF the many worthless dogs
and foe those who fail to pay their
licenses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

AN UNFOUNDED REPoRT.-A report
having been circulated to the effect
that Mayor SimIs On bad orbidden the
from making landings at this city, his
honor today denied the story In toto and
notified the steamboat company OF
that fact, saying at the time that he re-
garded the landings made here by the
Manchester as great conveniences to
Alexandriaus who desire pleasant rides
on the river In the cool OF the evening.
The report is said to have originated in
q request made by Captain Randall of
the steamer Samuel J. Pentz that the
Manchester 10 future be not allowed to
make landings at the wharf used by
the former.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-27

CHARGED WITH LAsCIvIoUsNEss.-
Frank Cole, colored, a pensioner, was
fined $40 10 the Police Court this morn
ing for lascivlous conduct, and Mamie
Helmuth, young white woman,
correspondent, was ordered to leave the
city. The conduct Of the couple has
several times recently attracted the at
tention OF their neighbors 10 the west
ern part OF the city and last night parties
who watched them considered their re-
lations Objectionable and reported the
matter to the authorities. The woman
said her home was in Washington, and
Mayor Simpson ordered an officer to
escort her to eae steamboat, and see
che was ensconced thereon.