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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25
An Adventure
in the Rockies.
BY William Thomson.

I'm September 1870, a small party
of us went up from Georgetown,
Col, TO enjoy a few weeks hunt
ing and fishing in Middle Park.
AS cooks. camp keepers and general
utility men, We had old Joe Bruette.
a French-Canadian eX-voyaguer. and
his grown son, Peter both thoroughly
efficient pleasant fellows. and so
warmly attached to each other that
nothing less than ineXOrable necessity
could keep them apart for twenty
four hours; nor would either of them
ever engage with a party of tourists
or sportsmen unless the other could
go along, even if both had to work for
one mans pay
After spending a day or two at Hot
Sulphur Springs We moved our camp
down to Williams River. almost under
the shadow Of Williams River Noun
tains, where fish and game were at
that time plentiful.
The trout however, did not take
kindly to our artificial flies; so. early
one morning, while his son was doing
the camp chores, Joe, taking a couple
Of empty pickle bottles along, went
out toward the foothills to gather
grasshoppers for bait
He had no more than half a mile to
go, and as the night chilled insects
would be easily caught we expected
him to return within an hour. But
he did not come, nor had he done so.
when Peter, already, as we thought,
absurdly anxious, announced break
fast
About forty-hvc minutes after Joe
left we heard several rife or pistol
shots echoing among the foothills, but
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

1t is pointed out that the French sol
der. with the abundance of marina.
malade, chocolate, figs, licorice and
caramels in his rations, has a larger
allowance of sweets than the soldiers
OF other nations. Sugar now ranks
high in favor with military authorities
rs fighting food. An allowance of pure
candy was added to the rations Of
American soldiers in the Philippines
last year. -.F
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

I'm more than 1000 schools in Great
Britain tho boys are studying rcxf
books on Canada which $50, forth her
history explain her system OF govern.
mcnt and lay stress upOu her natural
resources These book arc eupplied
free boy Che Dominion and Lord Suath
coma Canada's High Commissioner fo
the mother country win give valuable
medals TO tho scholars next sprine
who pass tle best examinations ON
them The aim of suathcoua and his
countiymcn is To IMPRESS British youth
with the advantages of the Dominion
Us field for emigration YOUTHS
Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

The Philadelphia Times remarks
that the experience Of Il century has
established beyond question that vac
cination, properly performed at rea-
sOnable intervals of time, confers sub
stantial immunity frcm smallpox, and
that the one way to eNterm.nate this
disease in any community is by gen
eral and systematic vaccination.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

A writer in one Of the scientific pa
pers points out an interesting resem-
blance between coal and ice so far
as the different forms of the two sub
stances are concerned. For example.
the relations between coal, petroleum
and Illuminating gas are much the
same as those between ice, water and
steam. The combustion of LIQUID fuel
is an advance toward vaporization.
just as the turning of ice into water
is an advance toward steam. The vo-
LATHE elements of coal are, so to speak,
frozen solid. Professor Dcwar has
shown how much heat must be taken
from the gases to make them liquid.
anG how much more to make them
solid. Yet Nature has solicited gas
into coal, and solid coal. like solid ice
will turn into vapor only through the
expenditure of heat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

Out of the 100000 American fam
lies the income of 100000 of these
families is less than $4OO each per
year, and the incomes OF nearly eighty
per cent. of the entire number are less
than $1,000 each per year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

A tour of the agri cultural districts
Of England and Wales reveals the fact
that scores of farms are absolutely
abandoned. and that hundreds more
are in semi-derellct condition.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

1t is stated that 39sT2 persons per
Ished at the hands of homicides in the
United States during the five years
ending with 1900. The figures of pun
ishment for the crime are not made
mp, but are known to be startingly
small.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

1T is stated by an authority that the
weight of a mans brain has nothing
to do with his mental power The
colder the climate the greater size of
the brain. The largest heads of all
are those of the Chugatches. who live
very far north, and next come the
heads of the Lapps.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25
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fed the engineering efforts of for,.
successive governments IN ran,ova -
India. too can show n1ostorod hniId
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as smooth and noIisbed as gloes
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

The common cockroach has sprea0
throughout the civilized world by
means of ships. This disagreeable
bug comes and goes on ships almost as
freely as the rats. The two seem
TO live together amicably, and they
mOnOpolize the hold of the chips which
carry foodstufrs. --y.n
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

Enormous quanti.le- Of agricultural
implements are going to South Amer.
ica, where farming ic expanding rap
fGIv
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25

they used 90 SEQ married at seven.
teen and have seventeen children. now
they set married at twenty Eve. but
they don't have twenty-five children
New N0ri. Press
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-25
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'AS-lAfzi- - SsnJS2 - II
Shrubs growing in a poor soil seldom
produce bright high-colored flowers.
iron filings and scales collected about
4 blacksmith's anvil have "A tendency
to intensity the color of many plants,
f dug into the soil about their roots.
1t has been decided to lengthen the
torpedo tank at Horsea Island. Ports
mouth. in order to carry out the pre-
urinary experiments with the sub
marine boats. The tank is 1900 yards
tong, sixty yards wide and ten yards
deep. The lock gates, however. are
Just over twelve feet wide, and the
beam OF the submarine is eleven feet
nlne inches.
An English naturalist has devised
IN ingenious means by which he makes
bird take it's own photograph as it
nlights on its nest. He places a cam
era near the nest. properly focused,
and with the shutter on the catch,
and attaches n string in such n way
that the bird releases the spring by the
mere act of alighting. A photograph
Of this kind is n valuable help to the
study of bird life, as well as Il curl
osity.
NJ. Berthelot, the famous French
chemist, has been trying to find what
is the smallest weight of an odorous
substance that can excite the nerves
of smell in a human being. BY re-
peated dilutions he found that even
such an unimaginable quantity as
three-eighths of n millionth of a grain
Of iodoform would produce the char
acteristic smell and musk was many
times stronger still. He also found
that the keenness of smell varied
greatly in different persons.
deep sea expedition paper has been
published by the Director Herr TIL
Fuchs, dealing with the character of
the deep sea fauna Of the Red Sea-
In spite of the prevailing high tenn
peratures, even at the greatest
depths, the fauna is entirely of the
character of the deep sea fauna, and
resembles that of the open ocean. The
deep sea fauna, considered both as a
whole and in regard to it's individual
species, shows considerable resem-
blance with the fauna of the so-calIed
"Badner Segel." Lastly, the peculiar
fauna begin at depth of about 200
metres, although Che temperature at
this depth is about twenty-three de
grees Centigrade, and is sufficiently
high to allow of the growth of cora
reefs.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
SELF ADMINISTERED ABUSE.

John P. Wall, he of Putnam Hall, who is proba-
bly, the greatest single exempar of self-sacrIfcing
devotion to the interests of the dear people that
Putnam county has produced in this generation, is
out with an offer to again immediate himself on the
altar of his country at six dollars per day and
pickngs.
In order to make his proposed new sacrifice ap-
pear all the more heroic and to excite sympathy for
his cause this devoted specimen of the whung-doo-
die in politics out in letter to q local
temporary noted for the fearessness with which it
says nothing, and charges that he has heard that
has stated ''that he received $500 for in
Producing the dspensary bill in the last legislature
the author of which statement he then proceeds to
characterize as "a low-down sanderer fasifier and
liar
1t is more than likely that this report originated
in Mr.. Walls own over-ripe Imagination, and that
all this flow of vituperation of which he has been
guilty, if it bumps up agn anything will bound
back an echo and lodge in his whiskers. In
other words, John needs abuse in his business Just
now, and if he can't get anyone to make the issue
he can draw on his own vivid Imagination for the
necessary facts.
The question that is absorbing most thought lust
now, however, Is, eff John didn't get $500 why
jdt hep? 1t is secret that the bill! he introduced
was prepared by the Legislative lobby and that its
sole purpose to milk the liquor interests of
the state 1t is also secret that the liquor dealers
of the state raised purse of $4,000 with which to
pacate the lobby. The bill was not an honest meas
ure IN its inception IN It's afterthought. 1t
sprung in the House as Matchmaking scheme and
ended by turning up its toes in the senate Now is
proposed to resurrect its rotten carcass into which
are centered the hopes of those designing politicians
who would not hesitate to barter the good name of
the state if so be their own llIsatiate greed for
plumber will be enabled to wax fat its dishonored
name. If to make the state of Florida the dspen-
ser of liquid damnation to its citizens doesn't mean
all this, then i'll Gods name what does it mean?
No, John Wall didn't get $500 for introducing
that bill. He says he didn't and one has yet in
tlmated that he did; but from the days when he
taught Niger school No 35 at Sister Springs church
until the last dying gasp of his Matchmaking dis
pensary bill, he has not been above taking pay for
his work, and he hasn't always been awfully par
ticular about the work, is proved by his teaching
that niger school.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
AN OLD STORY EXPLODED.

Many of tie traditions that are handed dow
from father to son by word of mouth are apocrvpha
They pleasant to believe, but, like the ALLEGED
''last words of great men," they never happened
The youth of today find Inspiration in the supposed
"last Words those thrilling sentences pregnant
with wisdom. nearly all of which are of the post
mortem variety, if the truth known. Several
years ago prominent western citizen was gathered
to his fathers few days after the funeral a re-
sourceful relative framed up eloquent bundle of
words and unOaded them on the newspapers as the
last words of the deceased The members of the
family pasted the story in their scrap books and
read and re-read it until they came to believe it,
The attending physician then became authority for
far different version. He present and saw the
signs of approaching dissolution The sick man ask
ed in faint voices doc, may have glass of
beer?' The physician assented and the dying man
called to a colOred servant: "Jim, bring me glass
of beer and | want it in thin g.ass" Those
were his last words. He expired before the beer
reached him.
For two generations we have been told of that
conference at Hampton Roads, out of which no
agreement between the north and south could be
reached. Our fathers and grandfathers have de-
hghed to tell how at the close of the conference
President Lincoln called Alexander H. Stephens
aside, put his arm about the distinguished souther-
ners neck in affectionate manner and said as he
presented to him blank sheet of paper: 'Aleck,
write union ut the top of that page and write I'M
derneath it anything you wish and will sign IT."
A few days ago Senator Vest, the only living ex-
member of the confederate senate rose In his place
in the highest Legislative body in the land and
branded the story untrue. He was in position
to know the facts in the case and there is no doubt
ing his word.
Every argument of reason bears out the state
ment of the senator. Had such a colloquy taken
place the representatives of the south at that meet
ing would have been worse than murderers not to
have accepted the generous offer 1t meant the
perpetuation of slavery and the right of sesessiOn
everything for which the south fought, and lost
Had such offer been made it would have been
gladly received.
The cherished story must be cast aside and in its
place We must accept the true version, which shows
Mr.. Lincoln saying, as he did say: "We have but
one request to make of the south, absolute aud I'm.
conditional surrender.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
APPALLING INCREASE OF CRIME.

AS breeder of crime the dispensary in South Carroll
ma has proved glitterng success What it has done
South Carolina it can do for Florida. n-}
From the reports of. the attorney generals of Soutl
Carolina covering the period of IL years six of which
the state under the license system and under the
dspensary there is shown to be total for the six
years under the dispensary: assaults O8O homcides
557 violations of liquor laws, 205 These reports show
that for the last six of the dspensary
there has been aggregate increase of more than 40 Do
cent in assaults, etc. and nearly 100 per Increase
over the six years preceding the dspensary
system, under the license system.
The same reports show that crimes against property
larceny robbery arson etc-have increased in still
greater ratio
Now, this increase of crime cannot be accounted for
by increase OF population during the period for the
of the latter Nor it be attributed to the increase
iliteracy and paupersm the two fruitful original
es OF all crime for the census tables shows that both
these have notably decreased within the period
under consideration and necessarily they have
influenced crime, we should look for decrease in the
1t is safe to that the purpose everyone in any
way connected with the distribution of intoXicants
through the dspensary is to foster its influence increase
its sales and make the business permanent in the
So zealousy have they pursued this purpose that the
provisions which the law originally contained for out
side interference to abuse and limit sales
been almost entirely removed and under the unresran-
ed control of the system which has been maintained
through all changes of administration present. all
restrictive provisions have been disregarded the sales
encouraged by the dspensary managers has also largely
increased and it has come at last be regarded by its
controllers safely beyond reach of interference by the
people, the courts any other power. The ''bnd
tigers numerous in either of the two larger cities
SItte uspeuSafIes ana the
twentyfour Illegal beer dispensaries, by the state
by of of their valuable patronage of the dspe
sares, screened from prosecution is shown from
the facts appearing in the ia lie figures, and OF
23l cases OF violation brought into court from 1895 To
1900 only $50 "A per centwere convicted; in striking
contrast with the fact that for the six years. 1S92
under the old license system, out of 260 1885, 81
per cent, convicted.
These the facts of record and they sufficient OF
themselves to condemn the system If the statement Of
them shall in any degree TO awaken the large bu
indiffen element of citizens who control tl
matter they Will 60 sense OF their duty In the prem
shall feel that have been amply repaid for the
severe labor which has been involved in setting them
from article by T. T. LaMatte of Co
umbia, s, c., In the Charleston News Courier
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
FINDS A VALUABLE MINERAL,
Montana Ranchman Discover. That
His Land La Rich in Deposits of
strOntIum PhOsphates.

A Helena (Mont.) special to the St.
Paul Dispatch says: Edward Massing,
a well-known stockman of the Snow
Mountain country. has made the dis
covery of a very valuable but little
known, mineral on his ranch, near the
east end of that group. Several sam
Piles of the rock have been sent to
Helena and Butte, and the owner was
Informed that the quartz runs very
high in strontium phosphates, a min
eral used largely in pyrotechny.
Authorities differ as to the value of
the mineral, varying from 1928 an
ounce refined, to S555 ton crude. The
discovery was made by the merest ac-
cident. Mr.. Massing estimates the
amount in sight to he millions of tons.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
Good Health

and pure blood are inseparable. If
your blood is bad, your health must suf-
fer. Poor blood allows the body to lose
vitality just as poor fire under the
boiler allows the steam to run down..
From poor blood to impure blood is but
step, and impure blood is mother to a
large percentage of human ills. DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic is an antidote for
both poor and impure blood, for it is
both builder and purifier - food
and a medicine. 1t is the best combi-
nation of the kind known to medical
science, and its success for nearly half
a century has led to- its endorsement by
thousands of medical men who have
been unable to find a substitute.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
SOME PRETTY RoMANcEs.

One cannot help being struck with the unusual
number of so-called pretty romances" that are
eliminating in sudden or premature marriages.
nowadays. One reads ut one time of bridesmaid
and "best man. who were struck with the cere-
mony in which they had taken subordinate parts,
that they at once stepped forward and joined
in wedlock.
Up i'll Indiana not long since, bridegroom
late and the bride entered into the holy bonds of
wedlock with the "best man" rather than delay
matters
In Cleveland it was announced last week that
boy in school and girl just graduated had been
married year.
This sort of business the newspapers pronounce to
be very romantic" very pretty" Maybe it would
be- were not potatoes grits and bacon quite as big
an element i'll successful married life romance
Suppose the contract for the purchase of dog
instead of the marriage contract which includes the
strongest obligations to love loyalty to forgive al
ways to make self sacrifice often and these people
went into the thing with the same ignorance and
abandon. Would they not be laughed at? Would
they not nine out of ten get dog that was
ugly -tompered and physically weak? And how all
their friends would rdcule them for buying such
dog when the animal bit them! Yet, in the cases
mentioned, the woman who will marry man on
sight is the one who will 90 to the butcher shop and
pinch and smell four cents worth of liver before
she will buy it, and the chest man. who grabs and
marres the bridesmaid at the altar just because the
other fellow gets married. will try dog three days
before he will pay 50 for it.
OF course in case of fraud and disappointment in
the marriage contract, there the divorce courts
but the SIM shame and pity of it all is that, usually
the harden OF the original reckessness falls upon the
little children, when the separation comes. 1t is
1t is they who feel longest the blasting of character
which the parents have given each other in the di-
vorce proceedings.
Young people, make up your minds to marry some
day. Married life has possibilities of the greatest
bliss that man can enjoy But be sure that you
truly love and are beloved. You cannot be sure of
this knowing nothing about each other Love must
he there, but there other necessities in married
life, such self-sacrce forbearance and patience
and some common things, like potatoes, fuel and
gas bills. Cupid is lovely little god, always rosy,
always smiling, the personifcation of happiness
and dleness-but his hands calloused and
he never wears overals. Still, usually, about the
first thing that Cupid discovers, after married and
settled down, is that somebody has got to turn out
and mix up some horny-handed hustling for food,
clothes and fuel with the 'pretty romance" 1t
must be awful to suddenly marry and then suddenly
discover that neither party has the capacity will
lngness to do that mixing.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22

Msfortunes never come slngly High prices have
brought their Affections Strike Sc ltiment hovers
over numerous industries, and there is a general
feeling of unrest On top of these things comes a
threat from the large shipping brewers of the United
States to raise the price of beer 40 cents barrel
Of course it is only stern necessity that compes
them to do this The brewers were first ''imOver-
ished'' by the war tax and then the high price of
cold bottles hot birds and juicy steaks brought the
pinch of famine to their once bulging cheeks and
dubious abdomens. The brewery-baeked saloon
keeper will be compelled to add to the hight of the
collar on each glass, and the thirsty consumer vii!
get carbonated gas and less beer for his money
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22

Louis Nixon will find it pleasanter to build ships
that he can control than trying to stand on the
bridge of the Tammany craft when large part of
the crew is engaged in trying to rock the boat
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
Dr.Harter'S
Iron Tonic

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