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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-01

The announcement Of King Edwards
Illness and the postpoDement Of the
coronation cores to us like a clap of
thunder out Of the clear sky. There
were alarming rumOrs concerning
the lll health with in the last week
but thoy we're not positively denied iy
official circles, and the public had be.
come to belive that they we're canards
y esterday when the King entered
london apparently i'm fine fettle the
official reports seemed to be confirmed
and any hitch in the coronation pro
gram by reasons Of Edward condition
@as regarded az out Of the question
But today the aspect Of things 10
charged. The collapse has came AZ
Che eleventh hour. Il is officially An.
houncemcnt that King Edward has
been found necessary. The coronation
has been indefinitely postponed
London is iu gloom All plans have
reen upset Every thing q. iu confsion
3 he whole empire, indeed The whole
world is eagerly watching for news
from the Kings bedside. Its - he
hoped ihrt be may recover bic health
mpleiely, but bic illness is grave and .
leep doubt Of bis ultimate recovery
3 seen on every hsnd. Wbssrnq
'ssf
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-01

The Democra. Senatorial c0nven
iion will be held at Burnsville July
9th.
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-01

Weston, w. Va. June 24.-"Pat.
1y" is missing since the speakeasies
were blown up. Nobody knows what
his real name is, but he was prouri.
etor of one of the places and slept on
the prem Uses There were eight of the
places in the Yellow Greek on field
all adjoining, and the inhabitants of
the neighbrhood became tired of them
resorted to drastic measures, accodir q
TO reports received here Sunday niaht
all of the eight places were blown up
with dynamite or some other power.
full explosive, which not only wreck.
ed the buildings, but destroyed all
the stocks of liquor etc. Since the
explosion Patsy" has not been seen.
His body is supposed to be in the de-
bris Of his place.-Sentinel.
Pm somewhat of a liar myself.
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-01


Perfect candor in politics as in all
things else, should be rule ofan honest
man Nothing is to be more despised
ithan dnPlicity-double dealing
pref, nding what one is not. 1t you
opposed to a man be manly enough
90 tell him so. If you do not favor the
nomination of man in your OVID
party, it is far better to plainly let
him know your position and your
reason. He may not take il
kindly at the time, but in his more
thoughtful moments when the exeit.
'ment is over, he will appreciate your
frankness and candid conduct toward
HIM, and then, if he is a man of inteIli.
gence he will regard you very much
above the other fellow who plays false
with him and then codded him and
1hen vote against him. In the long run
" politics as most things honesty j.
The best policy. You will have enc
mics even then, but the enemy VIII,
has no foundation for his grievanc,
'soOD sees his own error, unless the
dust Of the earth of which.he was mad,
was Of a sonf soil.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-07-01
Notice to Lien Holders.

Pendleton Il BlizzardAttys for pin.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

enormous amount Of effort. The
fact still remains that we do not
know, and very likely will never
know. Different races and people
are farther apart on this subject
than people of the same nation
atty differ from another. One
race of people says of another,
"You are all wrong. we are right,
this is truth" "Well then explain
it to u.s. certainly [ will'-and
he attempts to until he is suddenly
interrupted by one of his own
race who says, "Here this won't
do you are teaching them wrong
and SO they fall to quarrelling
among themselves, and the other
race looks on and says, "They know
less about it than we do; come let
us CO. I think it was rather a
cynical old philosopher who said,
eff had truth in my hand I would
let it fly away again, as [ can get
more delight out of the pursuit
than out Of the reality" D.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
Under Cover of Darkness.

The minister of Scotch parish
was going from home and procured
the clergyman Of neighboring
parish to officiate on Sunday. His
servant, who was also the beadle,
was sent over to the station to drive
the reverend gentleman to the
manse.
When thu train arrived, the bea-
die asked him to wait awhile, as he
had some messages to do before he
went. It was two hours before he
returned. The good man was
furious and threatened to report
him to his master.
"Weel, sir, we can dae that if We
like" said the beadle, ''but he
tell't me himself to wait till it was
dark afore l drove We over, for if
the folk O the village saw wha was
to preach the morn nobody wad
turn cot ava. Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

ger and hooking laughter, and low
croaks in his dying ear: "But lit
tie while-a little while. and when
my work be done, and my destiny
fulfilled, I too, will join thee, in the
halls and corridors of Nothing
ness" x. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
various forms of gambling, and it

various forms of gambling, and it
was clearly shown that just as in
any regular and legitimate bust
ness, the successful men are those
who carefully study all possible
probabilities and contingencies;
how, when and where to act or in
vest, and having laid their plans
proceed to carry them out with a
fixed purpose, never being led
away by sudden and delusive hopes
of something better to be gained
by haphazard divergence-so it
is with transactions designated as
gambling. A large number Of So
called systetas we're explained and
reasons given why the majority of
persons trying to operate them
failed. These reasons may be
briefly summarized as follows:
l. There is frequently some
very complicated figuring, and this
must be done in actual practice in
great hurry.
2. People are not satisfied even
with an exorbitant percentage, but
endeavor to multiply their capital
many times, the consequences be-
ing that they exceed the limit they
are able to place.
3. The systems themselves are
either too crude, in that they make
no provision for accidents which
often happen, or so elaborate that
it is impossible to apply them con-
veniently.
It also developed that quite a
number of people were making
very comfortable living in aquiet
way operating some Of the systems
published. One of these systems
was evidently based on the under
lying principles of insurance, and
appealed SO strongly to my imagi-
nation that after bringing it into
still closer conformity with those
principles, followed it on paper
for about two years and won.
Altho this particular system could
not be played in connection with
roulette, it does not follow that one
may not be devised for this pur-
pose, for it is itself merely sys-
tenn or compilation ofrules of odds
and limits.
It should always be remembered
that in speaking of one mans
losses lin cash) at gambling you
are also speaking of another's
gains. If all persons before en-
tering into any kind of specula-
ton would carefully and accu-
rately calculate the chances for and
against their winning they would
discover that many must lose to
contribute to any considerable gain
of one, and consequently fewer
people would speculate at all and
none Of those to whom the results.
of losing are so serious. A.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
whats in a Nane?'

Among the items of news which,
altho forwarded from the Old
World via the out of date and old
fashioned Atlantic cable instead of
the modern Marconi wireless, are
sufficiently recent to be of passing
interest, we gather two facts: The
English Earl Rosslyn and Chas.
M. Schwab, president Of the Z. S.
Steel corporation, have each caused
considerable excitement in the
casino at Monte Carlo. The former
by enriching the management and
shareholders in that famous estab-
lishment to the extent of some
500, 900 more or less, and the lat
ter by playing maximums in an
apparently reckless manner-and
winning. We are also informed
that these two individuals have
displayed conduct exactly the op-
posite Of what has been their gen.
eral reputation in the past-Lord
Rosslyn workinga carefully studied
system in slow and deliberate
manner and Mr.. S. stalking his
money haphazard and without any
calculation of the probabilities.
Now, after first conceding that
gambling was wrong on the part of
both gentlemen, let us consider
some phases of these happenings.
The game being played consists of
a wheel, on which are 80 little
pockets, and an ivory marble. A
man or company bets you $35 to
81 that the ivory ball will not, on
it's next spin round the wheel, drop
into the particular pocket which
you may select. This is known as
roulette or gambling. Another
game is often played in which a
company in like manner bets you,
in similarly fixed ratio of odds,
that you cannot select that house
out of a given number which will
be burned during the ensuing year.
Or to vary it a little, that you can
not pick out a man who will die or
meet with an accident. This is
known as insurance. branch OF
High Finance.
1t is generally said that model
employee never CANDLES. Mr.
Schwab is reported to have been
elevated to his present position as
the highest salaried employee in
the world from that Of an ordinary
mechanic simply and solely be-
cause he is the best living model
known. Altho we are told that
Mr.. Schwab was not making any
calculations, how are we to recon-
Gle this with his well-known
former habits and the actual results
of his play? Especially when we
know that one of the chief requi-
sites TO the successful operation of
some systems is secrecy. On the
other hand, did our informant
study Lord Rosslyn's system and
follow his play closely and accu-
rately in order to discover whether
or not he rigidly adhered to it?
Some years ago the London, Eng
land, Daily Telegraph opened its
columns to correspondence on the
subject of systems" as applied to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

= the few: touched on by
N(( small lotteries, during a
V(( series of evanescent rea-
sonings, extending over
a transitory period; and in which
the individuals, personal or gen.
,eral have not the courage to face
what may be the inevitable; or are
too vacillating and frivolous to
long retain an idea that does not
appeal to the senses. The human
race in the concrete, has never, not
for one feeting moment, given it a
thought. This latter statement at
first hearing may sound rather pre-
posterous and premature; but re-
member we live in a country of So
cial, civil and religious liberty in
comparison to other nations; and
we are prone to deduce conclusions
from our immediate surroundings
and environments. Slight retro
spection and thought will absolve
this statement. from any seeming
inconsistency.
Annihilation has held but a
meagre portion of mans mind in
tbrall at any given moment. The
question forces itself irrevocably
to the thinking mind: why is this
so? There is weakness peculiar
to the genus homo. 1t is summed
up in a generality-we invariably
believe what we like to believe.
Man cannot look on humiliation
with equanimity; and he will cry
out: "What Of religion! what of
the sacred and mistaken belief of
my forefathers; what of hallowed
traditions? What of emblems of
morality, sacrifice and complete
abnegation of self? What of the
huge monoliths, temples, mauso-
leums of every epoch and every
age, rejuvenating thefact that man
has always worshiped God in one
form or another?'
Yes, but this does not promise
Immortality; and that is just where
Immortality is COMPOUNDED with
the idea of the Great First Cause
They have been associated so long,
and in such a multiplicity of form,
that they are accepted without even
An attempt at differentiation,
much less disassociation. From
in6nitesimal animal life to count
less whirling worlds of space,
mans egoism transcends all in con-
ception; and he no doubt would
feel the keenest humiliation if it
were possible to bring home to him
the not very impossible fact that
his earth is nothing but a blood
corpuscle in Gods circulation.
The correlative or dual idea
spoken of, seems fixed and rooted
for all time. It is true, with the
one or two exceptions of minor
cults; one of which maintains the
fact that the so-called spirit es-
sence" of the ego or soul is the one
great energy and moving princi-
pie, disunited at present, but to be
aggregated into one great unity at
some indefinite period. If one
does not believe, one may turn the
face of ridicule and scorn at such
a theory; but it is deserving of as
much consideration as three or
four others eXtant, which number
their adherents among the millions
and to these same millions the
one word "faith'' embraces, fun
damental idea that is as complex
as it appears to be simple. The
aggression of the following subject
is only apparent, and is interpo-
lated with view toward practical
results, pardoning at the same time
the use of the personal pronoun. [
will give you the history of a
little experiment of my own along
re II
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

that my nVe SenSeS-Ily WHOlo Oo-
ing-assured me of the fact that
it was made of silver, with the ex-
ception Of the inner rim, which |
believe was porcelain. [ wanted,
[ wished to have the faith that it
was made entirely of china. Twice
day, morning and evening, |
forced myself to say, "Now that is
china; it's not silver-'tis china.
Why! look at the color of it, it
must be china"
I am not weak minded, or l was
not at that time, but at the expira-
ton of the thirtieth day [ found
myself doubling the very apparent
fact that the urn in question was
silver. A week later [ found N.Y.
self becoming accustomed to the
thought that [ had been mistaken
in my original conjecture, and that
the receptacle was china. At last
it arrived at a point where it be-
came a serious matter; there could
be no quibbling, no further ex-
perimenting, and it took all my
force of will to dismiss the subject
from my mind. The fact remains
that, had [ continued, [ eventually
would have become imbued with
the faith, the idea, that the urn
was china and not silver. This is
not fiction, but fact; and | was
neither nearing a certain stage
termed mon compos mentis," or
tricked into self hypnosis. St. Paul
says faith is the evidence of things
unseen. [ agree with him-wit-
ness the china CD coffee urn.
Run the whole gamut of religion
and philosophy, delve deeply into
the Koran, bow reverently before
Confucius, look Zoroaster in the
face with unblinking eyes, humble
thyself to the Vedas, approach
! Christianity with sympathy and
with extended palm, take Buddha
into your confidence, translate San
skrit; and after all is done, if your
conscience, more particularly your
imagination, he not sufficiently
flexible, return to the material i
to Nature-and try and find a con-
tinuity of law that will lead you
/ higher.
Reasoning purely from analogy,
there seems to be but one consola-
ton for those who would relegate
this subject to the antipodes.
Man, of all creation, appears the
only living embodiment whose as
pirations and desires, either for
good or evil, are never satiated. The
king of the jungle droops his
tawny name, and lashes his we'll
gorged side in peace and content
ment; but man forever strides on
crying: "More-more! give me
more!" No sooner is the coveted
goal reached, than new vistas
spread and tower beyond him and
he leaps onward. Nothing in ma
ture but what has it's uses and it's
ends. There seems to be a COM
pleteness Of the whole-each Or
ganism tending toward an ultimate
fruition, fulfilling its finite destiny.
The nesting rose sprig, pushing
its way up from mother earth, lays
at the feet of it's creator the culmi-
nation of her power-the rose; the
tiny mollusk of the deep fulflls it's
destiny in darkness and in silence.
AS the chrysalis to the butterfly,
if man live not again in a sphere
and plane of existence, where, with
a newborn hope, and listening per-
chance for "the rustic Of an angels
wing then is he the great abor-
ton of all that to eye is invisible ?
And as he nears his end, ebbing
life hurrying him irresistably to
meet the dweller of the threshold,
he turns; life in one great phan-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
Is Conscience a
True Guide?

|
ard of ethics. This is matter of
education. A man cannot make
his own conscience any more than
child can learn his own A, B,
C's without assistance. Environ
ment may largely influence his edu-
cation, but nevertheless conscience
is simply a matter of education.
What a child learns and believes
clings to him as a man. It is pos
sible that he may have been taught
wrong from the first and be far
away from the generally accepted
idea of what truth is, but if he lives
up to his ideas of what right and
wrong are, or in other words what
his conscience tells him to do, what
more can be do?
! We look at savages and see their
actions and mode of life, and say
they have no conscience. This is
wrong; they have their own ideas
of right and wrong and should not
be judged by ours. If we go to
their lands and attempt to force
our ideas upon them, then we
should be judged by them accord
ing to their standards and rightly
SO; if they come to our land we
lose no time in making them con-
form to what our conscience tells
us is right. Our American Indians
were once in the. habit of taking
white mems scalps when the op-
portunity offered and hanging them
upon the walls of their tepees. Did
their consciences trouble them
about this? Not a bit of it; rather
it was something to be commended.
His conscience tells him the same
thing, very likely, but the large
majority of Indians have had their
consciences shot out of them and
the remainder have had the fear of
the authorities shot into them till
they are comparatively harmless.
To go on with my argument that
conscience is simply a matter of
education and that the individual
can do very little toward forming
it, let us suppose that an American
child is stolen from his parents
and taken to Turkey, brought up
in Mohammedan household,
taught their language and ideas of
right and wrong and lives with
them until he reaches an adult age,
when he is suddenly restored to his
parents and brought to this coun-
try. How about his conscience?
Wouldn't his conscience trouble
him at the setting of the sun if he
did not turn his face toward Mecca
and murmur a prayer? Wouldn't
he in the course of day do things
which to him would seem perfect
ly right which his parents would
view with pain and adherence?
And he would undoubtedly view
their daily routine of life in much
the same manner. 1t would simply
be the clashing of different stand
ards of right and wrong. The
father and the son may both be
good true men at heart but their
different consciences would tell
each of them that they were right
and the other wrong. flow long
will it be before people generally
recognize the fact that one nation
is not better or worse than another,
only different?
The end and aim of all great
scholars of whatever country and
nationality, in fact the goal which
all great thinkers are striving for,
is in word, Truth. And what's
truth?' If this question had been
answered when PLATE asked it it
would have saved the world an
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
ANNIHILATION.

HIS subject, the antithesis
of the idea of immortal
ity, is seldom discussed by
the few; touched on by
small lotteries, during a
series of evanescent rea-
soninps extending. over
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
GOVERNOR LoWNDEs SPOKEN OF
AS a Likely Successor to secre-
tary Long of the Navy.

1t being generally accepted that
Secretary Of the Navy Long will
shortly retire from the Cabinet, a
movement is on foot to make ex-Gov.
Lloyd Lowndes, of Maryland, his sue
cessor. Those Maryland Republicans
who are pushing the candidacy of the
ex-governor argue that his appoint
ment would not only be a recognition
of the South, bat would also be hap
ply solution of the Schley-Sampson
controversy. Gov. Lowndes has never
taken sides in this controversy, but,
being citizen of Maryland, his be-
ing placed at the head Of the Navy
department would show that the adj
ministration is not in sympathy with
the clique which is alleged to have
united TO discredit Admiral Schley,
and would tend to quiet the bitter
ness between the respective factions
Of him and Admiral Sampson through
out the country. President Roose-
welt and Gov. Lowndes are personal
friends, and in the latter's second
campaign in Maryland Mr.. Roosevelt
took the stump for him. The ex-Gov-
ernor is recognized as a reformer in
politics, and his friends assert that
his term as executive of Maryland
was the most successful there in many
years. He is also man Of some
wealth and fond of social life, and
would be factor in affairs outside Of
those exclusively official. All these
things encourage his friends in their
efforts to make him Secretary Longs
successor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
Col. Wallis Becomes a Partner.

Col. T. T. Wallis, the genial and ef.
ticient travelling representative of the
firm of the Brown s. Forman Com
pany, distillers and wholesale liquor
dealers, of Louisville, KY, has become
a partner in this well-known concern.
The company has been reorganized
and is now known as Brown, Forman
y Company. In the reorganization
Col. Wallis was elected member OF
the board of directors and vice.presi-
dent of the company. Col. Wallis has
been faithful representative and
highly deserves the success and honor
attained. He will continue to travel
for the concern, and his responsible
ties and duties are greater than ever,
but he has such splendid business
ability that he will meet and dis
charge them in the most gratifying
manner. A host OF friends congratu-
late him upon his success.