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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-02-12
TOOK CENTURIES TO BUILD.
Cologne Cathedral Was i'm Process oi
Erection 632 Years.


Erection 632 Years.
While the first stone of Cologne
cathedral was laid on August Is. 124S.
and the body of the edifice was NOT
opened until August IL, 1913 COO years
later to the very day. 1t was not. how
ever, until August IL. 1880. that the
splendid structure was finally reported
completed. having thus occupied in
building the record time of exactly 632
years.
The castle Of Kingsgoberg, which
stands ut the southern extremity of
Jutland took 2O4 years from the lay
ing of the foundation stone to the rig
ging of It's masters banner on its
highest flagstaff. Its foundation stone
was the skull of it's builders btterest
enemy. Three months after its laying
Count Jhorsing. the builder OF the cas-.
tie. was then i'm Swaddling clothes. He
did not continue his fathers work un.
til aged twenty four.
On his twenty-fifth birthday ha was
thrown into prison by the son of the
man whose skull lay I'm the earth as
kingsgoberg's foundation stone. In
this manner master after master of
hingsgoberg was stopped putting an.
other stone toward the completion Of
the founders work till civilization in
tervened.
Between Perth and Kiz5ussic. I'm
Scotland, on the direct John o. Groats
to Lands End road, stands Murthley
Castle, Il magnificent-- Elizabethan
structure, designed In the early part of
the present century. 1t is not likely To
be finished. however, building experts
declare. for at least another decade.
only few miles distant. on the
same main road, is the vast unfinished
palace of the Dukes Of Athol 1t was
begun by the fourth Duke. who died
In 1880, who planned it on the most
SumptuOus style. When completed it
will be one of the finest private resi-
dences in the kingdom.
For over twenty years Lord Butte
has been busy building Il great man
sion on the island of that name. 1t is
not yet completed. nor likely to be for
another ten years. At the end of that
period Mount Stewart. as the place is
10 DE called. VIII be one of the most
gorgeous establishments in the world.
Restormel Castle, in Cornwall took
ninety years to build of which period
exactly one-third was occupied i'm ex-
cavating the foundations. The solid
rock upon which it stands is almost as
hard as iron. Indeed, "Restormel"
means, in Cornish, the palace of the
iron rock"
Milan cathedral was begun in 1886
and finished under Napoleon i'm 1906
40 years.
The Duomo at Florence was com
menced by Arnulfo in the year 1904.
the last block of marble being placed
In position in the facade in presence
OF the king on May IL 1887. period
of SOB years.-Stray Stories.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-02-12

an Insurance against .hikcs is the
latest idea in Austria. a number of
manufacturers have adopted the plan
Of paying "a certain percentage upon
ihcir respective payrolls into com.
mon fund I'm the event OF q strike
occurring in The works II one of them
an investigation Us made by commit.
tee representing the association aud
f it is decided that the strike was dc.
clarcd unjustly the idle factory is iu-
Identified from the fund ON the other
hand, Dc the committee finds the cause
of the strikers just there is no linden.
nifty.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-02-12

I'm the vicinity Of Grand Rapids
Mich here is tract of more than
1000 acres or fine timber The owner
has sold the timber on condition that
it shall be removed within the next
six years. lt is thought TO be the
Adnest tract Of hardwood timber now
in the State The sale. under such
conditions, Is exciting much attention.
especially Of persons Interested in for
estry' by whom It is represented to be
q deplorable waste.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-02-12
The Moose.

When the rains and sunshine of late
March and early April have lowered
and crumbled the snow. so that travel
ing again is possible. the moose and
deer leave their yards to range the
woods, feeding eagerly on the expand
Ing buds and green plants that frs.
appear In woodlands The moose sheds
his lordly antlers, ana thereafter. uu.
I'll the autumn finds them renewed.
he keeps himself I'm retirement. shun-
ming the company OF his own kind and
all other creatures. During the sum
mer. while his budding new horns are
yet I'm velvet, he lies secretcd by day I'm
some dense thicket. coming out at
night to the still water reaches of
stream and lake To feed upon lly-padS
and aquatic grass. Here he remains
through the hours Of darkness. stand
ing or lying i'm the water or swimmins
perhaps long distances to fresh feed.
fairgrounds. The cow moose and her
calf are less wary. so far as fear OF
man is concerned, being protected by
law from the hunters rifle at all sea
sons hut there are enemies i'm shane
Of hungry bears aud wildcats tlnt
compel her vigllantly to watch over
her calf and sometimes to fight for it's
safety. She seems fully TO realize her
immunity from danger from man. ana
often displays great indifference to hls
presence Throughout the summer she
stays much Of the time in the water
or still streams and coves in lax s.
where watergrass and liIy-pads grow
with her calf lying iu concealmcnt ou
the bank. but never so far away bur
That she can come promptly TO It's res
sue IL danger threaten Harpcrs
McclilN
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o. -. onlet nnlf.cenlnrr.

The cornerstone Of the old High
school building at Akron. Ohio. which
is being torn down to make room for
freight station was removed n few
days ago. The box &c contained was
delivered to q committee of the Akron
lodge Of mosons. When opened % big
blue fly buzzed moment and flew out
from among the papers in the box
The box had been buried in the cor
nerstone hfty years and the fly could
not have got into It after the stone
was removed,-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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- or Ilclne ln -.

Mr. Smithcrs said ms wife. - /
remember rightly. sou have often said
Chat you disIikcd to soc q woman con
stnnuy gctf.ne uotscll into pntT
II do lId smitbprs. positively.
you considered 't unwomanly and
indicate. [ bclievct'
Very"
And YOU DON'T see how any man
could allow his wife to do anything Of
the klndfr
yes. I think go now"
Well Mr. Smitbcrs. in view OF nI
thc facts in tbe case. ] fcel justified
in asking you for new silk dress."
a new silk drcssT"
Yes for the lastciclt years have
had nothing bcttcr than fourpcnny
callco, and I want something better.
I'm tired Of getting into pilnt"-Tlt
Bits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-02-12

The use Of wireless telcgraphy on
ships is now getting to- be very CON
mon. one OF the latest ventures OF
Ibis Kind was the trial OF the system
On ono of those huge ice breaking tugs
that operate I'm the Gulf Of Finland
This vessel found itself aground on
rocks not long ago and sienallcd by
wireless telegraphy TO point thirty.
three miles sway for relief
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-02-12
TREASURES OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Description of Some OF the Artistic
Pieces of Furniture and BrIo-a-Brao.
The Art Treasures of the White
House" is the title of an article i'm the
Woman's Home Companion dealing
with the bric-a-brac that has been ac-
cumulated I'm the Executive Mansion
by the Presidents. In the beginning Cf
his article Mr.. Fawcett says:
There are doubtless in every large
city In the country larger and more
valuable collections of bric-a-brac ard
art furniture than that to be found I'm
the private apartments of the EXecu-
tive Mansion, but 1t is question
whether there is I'm The length AMI
breadth of the land any other half So
interesting. Rarity is. OF course.
universal Characteristic of the artistic
gems scattered through the home OF
lie Presidents, but better than that
ihe fact that almost every piece is
fraught with memories and assoCia-
tions that make It priced possession.
or the whole number probably half
are the gifts of kings and rulers-tol;-
ems of appreciation from friendly ma
tions-and the remainder. having been
fashioned especially for the Whit
House. have no duplicates anywhere
else I'm the world
This accumulation is not the pro.
duct Of any particular administration.
President Arthur had, perhaps, more
of the collectors spirit than has been
inherent in any other man who has
been master of the White House, and
certainly he made more additions 10
its furnishings than any other Of It's
occupants
Any expenditure which the Presi-
dent himself makes for pictures or
statuary or bric-a-brac or furniture.
unless specially provided for. must
come out of the fixed appropriation
which Congress makes each year for
the maintenance Of the White House
Mr.. Arthur chose to spend the major
part OF his allowance I'm the manner
which has been outlined Mrs. Nc
Kinlcy. on the other hand. has pre-
ferred to devote the rather modest sum
to beautifying her temporary home in
other ways, and thus we find all about
the house new mirrors. fresheued dec.
oratious and other evidences of 20.
furnishing. Mrs. Cleveland added
more new flowers than bric-a -br3c.
and Mrs. Hayes found her hobby lu
pretty table china rather than I'm The
treasures that are purely ornamental"
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III. NJ. Walton, reliable citizen OF
Wilkes. relates most remarkable I'm.
stance. as follows: Harry. son Of Mr..
Walton set out hook and line on the
creek near his home and left IL over
night. The next morning lac went 10
his line and to his great establishment
found gOod-sizcd fish on the lire and
large hootiug owl tangled up i'm the
Hne ana flOating OH the surface OF the
water The owl had been drowned.
but the fish was alive and suH pulling
ON the line The fishing line had been
wrapped about the owl several times.
which placed The night bird complete.
ly in the power OF the fish.
Mr. Walton's theory is that during
the night the owl ln seeking food
found the fish fastened ON the line and
undertook to make a meal on him. Iu
thc struggle The fish jumped over the
OWL wrapping the line about him. rem
dering him helpless and The frequent
dips into the water drowned the bird
Atlanta (GaJ Constitution.
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so man ever -emombors what he
>a'o when proposed The eosop/is
.n@' ',st men don't propose .1ly,the
Si'' makes them believe tbey Wve.-
Sew York Press.
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REvERIEs OF A BACHELOR.

What treasures dear of the days agone
Are these which ] cherish now
What loves they, tell of the withered INST
Ot many a careless vow.
curling lock from giddy head,
That prisons CLINT of gold
1t had place in my heart until
The love in my heart grew cold.
a slpper-mold of her pretty foot;
dainty affair OF pink;
1t tripped so light in the olden days
That lie behind, link by link.
-Newto
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The scarlet strand OF ribbon worn
And faded by passing time;
II glowed so warm at her snow-white throat
When life was joyous rhyme.
a kerchief daintily edged in lace
A bit of a spotless thing
What subtle sense of dying love
It's delicate odors bring
What treasures dear of the days agone
Are these which cherish now!
What loves they tell of the withered past
OF many a careless vow.
Newkirk, in Columbus State Journal
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
RESOLUTIONS ON PRESIDENT,
Adopted at Meeting Of Methodist
Episcopal Preachers Association.

The Wilmington Methodist Preachers
Association at its meeting yesterday
morning unanimously adopted tho follow,
ing minute on the attempt upon the life
of President Mckinley:
The weekly meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal Ministers of Wilmington, voic-
ing the feelings Of all true citizens, as
well as Christians, dcnouncu the iiendsh
act by which tho President of the nation
has been stricken down by the bullets Of
an assassin
We express our profound sympathy
with the President in these hours of suf
feriT and suspense through which he is
passing, and unite our prayers with the
millions Of petitions ascending to God
that his life may be spared and that the
supporting grace of our God may be
abundantly supplied to him.
Our sympathies and prayers are given
in behalf of the afflicted wife of our
stricken President, and we commend her
to the tender compassion Of the God of
all grace and pray that the shadows that
gather so closely around her today may
soon he swept aside.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
PRESIDENT
IMPROVING.

Buffalo, Sept. 9,-Late reports issued
by the doctors this evening showed the
condition of the president to be favor
able to recovery. His pulse and tenl.
pcrature were both normal.
MiiDurn house; bunalo. sept. o.
President McKinley's condition ls so
favorable that it has dispelled almost
the last shade Of doubt and apprehen-
sion and has led those nearest to him
to make the most confident predictions
Of his recovery. The official bulletins
from the physicians as we'll as the au-
thoritative statements Of those In most
intimate relation with the presidential
household give certainty to the feeling
that the worst phases Of the crisis are
about over
There has been marked improve
ment In the pulse and temperature of
the patient. Aside from these pathol0g-
ical features the doctors gave the
cheering information, free from all
technlcalities of science, that the presi-
dents condition was becoming more
and more satisfactory and that unto
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
Captain Dougherty Will Have {
Strong Team in the Field,

From present indications the Whining
ton High School will have strong foot
ball team in the field this year. Bernard
S. Dougherty. who has been chosen cap.
tain, expects to soon have the team in
coed shape Captain Doughcrty has had
the team out several evenings beyond
Washington street bridge for light prac'
tice They were out in suits last night
for the first time. There are about six
teen candidates for tho team, which
with several who were on the team last
year, gives Captain Dousherty good ma
torin to select from.
Those of !aSt years team who will he
seen On the field again this season arc
Captain Doughery, Clarence Wyatt.
HoVard Hartman and Crosby Ross
William Brennan and Eugene Chase Of
last years Friends School team will also
play on the High School team. Tho
Alumni will probably have the manage
ment of the team as in former years
The first game will be played on Octo-
ber 12 with Williamson.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
ODDS And ENDS
OF SPORTS.

Today Pottsville will be the attraction
and tomorrow Wilmington will go 70
Chester to play Frysinger's ball tossers.
John Nelson, the young bicycilist, Of
Chicago, who was injured in his race
with Jimmy Michacs at Madison Square
Garden last Wednesday night. died Sun
day at Bellevue Hospital Nelson's left
leg was badly lacerated by one of the
wheels of his motor tandem The limb
was amputatcd last Saturday to pre-
vent the spread Of blood poisoning. but
he did not recover from the shock Of the
operation. Nelson was q years of age.F
c. s. Titus, the Union Il. C. sculler,
who won the senior single Sc,llls at the
National Regatta and the fastest tina
ever made on the schuylkill river by an
amateur. broke the record for the old
Harlem river mile course in an exhibition
spin Sunday. His time for the distance
was s minutes 20 seconds. The old
record credited to John A. Rumohr, of
the Harlem Rowing Club. now pro-
fessional. was s minutes 81 seconds.
DR. A. +. Ordway the sporting man,
has resigned as American representative
of the National Sporting Club of Lon
noted foreign organization for nearly ten
years. and it was mainly through his et-
forts that many American pugilSts were
able to show their form on the other side.
1t lookf as though Terry McGovcrn in
tends to. do considerable fighting this
coming fall and winter. On Saturday
Sam Harris. the feathcr-weight cham
pon'S manager. signed articles Of agree
ment binding n match for Terry with
any man the Nutmeg a. c., of Hart
ford. may secure. Bill Crowley. match
maker Of the Nutmeg A. c.. proposes to
pull off the fray on Thanksgiving Day.
No particular fighter has as yet
been chosen, but Dave Sullivan. George
MrFaddrn. Young Corbctt. and Jack
Roberts, Of England are eligible.
The program Of the Constitution has
been changed. The yacht will he taken
to Bristol where she will he dsmantIcd.
She will then be t"wrd to New London.
where she will be hauled ont, -Four Of
her club ,opsail Spars will hc taken by
the Columbia. Yesterday thirty of the
crew of ;hc Constitution. twrnty-nne
Deer Islanders and one Long Islander.
We're discharged. They received their
wages for the entire season and SO
ration money and departed perfectly sat
iSicd with their trcaimcnt The ste!imer
Mount Morris will hccomc the tender
of the Columbia and the Park City wit
he used ms the Committee boat of tho
New York Yacht Club.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
Searching In Rochester.

Rochester N. Y, Sept. 9.-Two Buff
falo detectives have been on business
connet ted with the rounding up Of per-
sons suspected Of knowing something
about the conspiracy to kill the prcsl.
dent. When Chief Hayden of this
city was asked regarding the presence
of the Buffalo detectives, he would
make no reply, evading the subject in
as graceful manner as possible. Mrs
Abraham Goldman, mother of Emma
Goldman. the woman anarchist. lives
at No. 175 Joseph avenue. this city.
and she Is believed to know the pres
cnt whereabouts Of her daughter. She
absolutely refuses to divulge the secret
to any one, and also refused to say
whether her daughter had been in Buff
falO recently,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
held without DAN penang the nearing,
while the three women arrested with
them were held In bonds Of $1,000.
Conference Academy Reopening.

Dover, Del, Sept. 9-The Viii.
mington Conference Academy opened
to-day for another year under the
most favorable auspices. Over fifty
boarding and day students were en-
rolled. while this number will be
greatly augmented tomorrow, and
it is expected that the school will be
larger than for several years.
The interest in the opening Of this
school has been very great, not only
in Dover, but throughout the PENN.
sula and within the bounds Of the
Wilmington NJ. e. Conference,
AS all butabout sl2, 900 Of the $751;.
500 debt has been raised, and this
amount is practically assured. Pro.
fessor f. L. Cross, the new principal.
is greatly encouraged. He is assisted
by an entirely new faculty Of we'll
known instructors.
Dover people have been censured
for sending their young people to out
side schools, thus Ignoring the exs.
tence Of the academys excellent fa-
ciities.
This is not the case this year, how
ever, as many of the most prominent
men Of the State capital have entered
their sons and daughters in the insti.
tuition.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
WILL PRINT BOOK.
Cooch's Bridge Memorial Exercises
Will be Published.

The joint committee Of the several
patriotic societies which had in hand the
arrangements for the recent flag csle-
bration at Coochs Bridge, having arrived
at the conclusion that it will be well to
have full report Of tie exercises printed
in book form, has decided to ask the
Historical Society Of Delaware, at its
next meeting, to assist with the work.
The committee has compiled all of
the data, including the speeches made
on that memorable day and report Of
all of the events on the program, IL
gether with the history of the first un-
furling Of the flag In battle.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
TO MARK WRONG SPOT.
Says Peunock Pusey, Local His.
t0rian.
Question Of Where Washington's
Army Crossed tho Brandy.
wine in Wilmington.

Two twenty-f0ur- FOUNDER hOwitzeIs,
with carriages, are on the way to tkia
city to mark some historic spot. Tho
guns were shipped in response to ap-
plication made to Brigadier-G eneral A.
A. Huntington, Chief Of Ordinance, u.
S. a., from Fort jefferson, Key West,
Florida
These guns are for the Delaware So
ciety. Sons of the American Revolution,
which society purposes to turn them over
to Mayor Fisher for use by the Board
Of Park Commissioners. 1t has been de-
cided to place the guns on Washington
Heights, the bluff there being supposed
to overlook the place where General
Washington's army forded Brandywino
creek OH its way to Chadd's Ford where
the Battle Of Brandywine WAS fought.
Some local historians take exceptions
to placng the guns on Washington
Heights claiming that it is preposterous
to believe that Washngton's army ford
ed the creek in that vicinity or at any
other point. Speaking Of the matter rc-
Gently Pennock Puscy, member of the
Historical Society Of delaware, and n
recognized authority on matters of local.
history said Il bolieve those who have
suggested that Washlngton's army ford
ed the creek at that point are wrong.
The old bridge near the mill farther down
the creek was erected seven or eight
years before the Battle of Brandywine.
1t is hardly likely that the army would
ford the creek when there was good.
substantial bridge for the soldiers to
cross. If the army had been pressed
for time and an immediate engagement
was impending the soldiers might hava
forded the stream, but such was not the
case as there was plenty Of time and it
is more than probable that the army used
the bridge"
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
DUPONT WILL CASE.
Chancellor Nicholson Settles Long
Standing Litigation.
Children Will Not Get aShare Equal
to Their Aunts, But Will Divide
Mothers Legacy.

In Chancery Court yesterday afternoon
Chancellor Nicholson handed down d
decision in the case Of Alexander ID.
Irving, trustee. etc, VS.. Evelina du Pcnt.
ct al, hill for construction of the
will of the late Colonel Henry du Pont.
The chancellor directed that the trustee
pay to the four daughters Of Henry du
Pont the lcgacies left to them.
BY the will equal portions were left
to each of the daughters. Miss Evelina
du Pont. Mrs. Ellen II Irving. Mrs. Vic.
torine Foster and Mrs. Sophie NJ. Chand-
cr Mrs. Irving died leaving four child
rem, each Of whom claimed that they
were entitled to a share equal to that
left to their aunts. The result was
amicabio litigation for construction Of
the will. The chancelors decision gives
the Irving children their mothers share
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-10
R00SEVELT'S LIFE,
so IT Is REPORTED,
Is NOW IN DANGER
An Anarchist Plot is Said to Exist
to Assassinate the Vice
President.

Buffalo, y. Y. Sept. 9.-There is a
persistent r,linor here than an Anar-
chist plot exists to assassinate Vice
President Roosevelt. CzoIgosz's state
ment that he was alone in the conception
of his crime is discreditcd. and the police
are keeping sharp lookout for suspici
Gus persons, especially in the eastern
part Of the city, where CzoIgosz lived
while here.
Nice-P President Roosevelt realizes that
he is in danger, and has surrounded him
self with guards. This action was partly
OF his own voltion. but was simply sup
plcmented by the feelings Of the Secret
Service officers with him.
The vice President is brave man, but
not foolhardy. Since he has been here
he has been guarded night and day by de-
trctves. About the Ainsley Wilcox resi-
dence. where lie is staying the city police
have IL double guard. and two detectives
are constantly in the house. Yesterday
detectives accompanied him to church.