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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

again. stronger. freer. From distant
Buffalo Gap the breath of the noun
tains came TO him; the grasses and
wild flowers spurned beneath his fly
ing feet sent after him sweet per
fume. Wolves howled about him. but
held off. No tCrrors had they for him
He was coming TO the White River
country ana the waiting mares of his
breed. Not so many had been the
years of his captivity that he did not
know just where they would bc lingcr-
ing i'm the shadows of the valley. Few
there We're left mcaptured by the
white man. but these few daunuess.
uuconquered, still roamed where. as
child he had been part of their child
days. Every glittering star told him
when it was midnight. and he poised
himself on the great roll of land above
the valley where the mares waited.
He listened. but the grasses gave no
warning of pursuit. He had out
stripped all men. He listened for Il
sound from the valley. but there was
none. Then he called. the wild chal-
lenge of the full-blooded range horse
TO the female of his breed. The cry
went up and down on the night air.
1t rang back from other rolls OF land.
and it burst through the shadows of
the valley and reused the mares One
-two-three-they all called back Be
low him was the sound of rising ami
mails, the patting of hoofs on range
grass. He had found his own.
He could not see them. so far be
low were they. but they. looking u.
could see him silhouetted against the
sky. His name was blowing free; he
was n something carved out of the
night; he was flesh and fire and blood,
and he was free. Again he called. and
again he was answered, and this was
repeated several times. No need for
him TO wait longer. He leaped from
his eminence, and he dashed down the
rough way to where he knew he would
he awaited. Needless of rock and
shale. needless of gashed waterways
ROW dry, he leaped on, spurning all
earth beneath his feet, coming with
the wind of the plain. a rock turned
beneath him; he was quick and did
itNA AhlAs smart SAAN WIN lllAll' llN
bounded ahead. Then for one instant
there opened before him n horrible
gulch, unsoundable, unknown. 1t had
not been there when last he was in
this valley. The mares were beyond
calling to him. Surrender? He drew
of and went at it. rising in the air
for friehtful span TO cover. screaming
again his wild song of freedom as he
leaped.
The pursuing ranchmen found him
in the gulch'S bed the next day. back
broken. blood at his lips. dead. He
was free.-H. l. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04
Gntta perchn Ern1n Pent.

\ German scientist has recently de
Nsed a method Of manufacturing arti-
fetal gutta-percha from peat, and, If it
turns out to be what is claimed, il Will
simplify one of the greatest problems
in electricity The insulation of ocean
cables. Thus far gutta-percha is the
only substance which has been found
to furnish perfect protection for a
wire against the chemical influences of
salt water, and the product is not only
limited, but is controlled by an Eng
fish firm of cable manufacturers. who
own the forests in the East Indies from
which gutta-percha is obtained. Elk
pcriments TO find substitute have
been going on for years throughout
the world, but thus far nothing has
been entirely successful. The price
OF gutta-percha has been advanced con
sidcgIbly by the demands OF the manu-
facturers of golf balls, which has al
most doubled the cost of cable manu-
facture, and if this German inventor
is able to make an equally as good
insulator out of peat he will make Il
very important contribution to the
worlds economy, for peat can be found
in almost every country on the globe
in quantities almost unlimited. There
are 100000 acres in Ireland. 100000
in Scotland. and even more in Ger
many, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Fin
land and other countries of Europe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

The Minneapolis Times observes that
we will have to look abroad. and in
very illiterate countries, for comfort
when reading the census report con
corning the educated portion of our
population. The census shows that
there are 21,329,S19 males of voting
nge in the United States, and OF these
2,326.925 are reported nliterate This
is more than ten per cent. of the
total
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

''The President OF Johns Hopkins
University" so The Pathfinder asserts,
els of opinion that the rcpid increase
OF public libTf1es, and especially of
the man. subscription enterprises
which now deliver books, like Ice or
BLK, at the door, leads to an excess
OF reading which is fast becoming not
alone a craze, but a disease, cndangcr-
ing mental digestion \ prominent
clergyman thinks too much reading
stops thinking and supprcsses talk
ing Mr.. Howells comes TO about the
same conclusion, and thinks that more
chatting and less reading would be
better for us. He ;hinks that books
OF fiction should not be placed in IL
braries until they are a year old-in
order to quell to some extent the popu-
lar fever for light reading"
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transit.

A committee appointed by the Legis-
lature OF Rhode Island to consider the
advisability of establishing state
sanatorium for the treatment of con-
sumpives by the open-air method. has
made n report in its favor. Last year
$50 persons died of consumption in
the State. and in the past ten years
there has been an average OF no
deaths annually from the disease.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

In turning out a seven-masted
schooner, the only one ever launched
and big in proportion TO it's rigging
Massachusetts gives n signal token
that the age OF the sailing ship has not
entirely passed away and that the
wind yet remains a factor in marine
fransif
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

Contagious diseases seem to have
their orbits, like planets or comets.
For many generations the bubonic
plague, the Black Death of Boccaccio
and De Foe, was unheard OF. Now it
is virulent and persistent in several
countries. In some years cholera kills
great multitudes. In this period it as
sails no victims in any quarter OF the
globe. But smallpox is active. and is
causing anxiety both in the Old World
and the New On the other hand.
yellow fever has been almost entirely
extirpated in Cuba, and it does not
seem to be violent at this time in any
part OF South America. The laws
which govern the spread OF pestlence
puzzle physicians ana laymen alike.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04
WORDS OF WISDOM.

TIE greatest trust between man and
man is the trust of giving counsel
Bacon.
\ good laugh is sunshine in n house
-Thackeray.
Opportunity with ability makes re
Sponsibility.- Bishop Hunt.
TO live with n high ideal is a success
full life. 1t is not what one does, but
what one tries to do, that makes the
soul strong and fit for a noble career
e. u. Teuuey.
We are in danger OF lookine too far
for opportunities OF doing good and
communicating In reaching for rho.
dodendronS we trampie down the dai.
sies.- Marion Harland
TO be fun OF goodness. full OF cheer
fulncss, full OF sympathy. full of help
ful hope, causes man to carry bless
iEg- of which he is himself as uncon
scious as q lamp is OF it's own shining.
Eeochcr
ru, q seal upon your lips and forget
What you have done After You have
hccn ,iud. after love has stolen forth
into abe world and mas done it's bcauti-
ful Worb 20 baci, into thc shade again
and cay nothing about 3D. Love hides
Gwen from itself Dwmmoud
Reverence is ,nc cn.or Joy and power
Of life reverence Cor what is pure ANA
bright in Your youth. for what is true
and tried in tnr age of others. for all
That is gracious among ,hc living great
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

1t seems rather superfuous for any
of the thirty-odd million American
queens to go to the expense of buying
n royal crown and browning herself.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

The jaTTOw wood. which grows I'D
Australia, is almost the only kind
known to the lumbermen which cf
fectivoly resist the depredatious OF in
sects. Not an insect viii touch it.
The latest invention for life saving
at sea is a life belt that carries light
to guide the struggling swimmer 10 It,
and whose lamp is lighted by contact
with the sea water This device is re.
ported from Germany.
The oldest known weapon was the
clIb The clubs of the lake dwellers
of Switzerland. studded with stones
in default of nails, and thus making
formidable weapons, have been recoy
cred from their habitations.
In Greece in the third century e. c.,
the wearing of silk was forbidden to
women. the husbands OF those who VIC.
lated the law being heavily fined. on
the theory that a husband ought TO bc
able to control his wife's taste for
fnery.
IucY say mat after the Duel CSS ii
York had visited one of The schools in
Toronto, ana had graciou>ly written
her name ON the school register. the
teacher passed around the ink bottle
i'm order that each pupil might dip %
Gnger ir the ink into which duchess
had dipped ihe pen
a remarkable orchid has been dis
covered i'm South America. From r.c
ccr.rc OF the plant. which is attached
TO the branches of trees. q long. na..
ubclikc stem depends. When On,
plant is thirty this tube is lowered tc
Gud water. and as soon as the tin is
FUN tine tube coils I'D I'm spiral carry
ing tho wutp- through ills lcngll .1 l.
distributed ON .nc roots above.
"Couscicuoo money" I'm Great Brio
ain now amounts 10 thousands CT
pounds annually. The first sum no
ticcd was ON March 30. 1850. whcl
1850 was carried to- the public account
moublod soul impIarcd hin, ",s n,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

Id 4 II t @ lop @
Ranch Of North
eastern Nebra ska
went out of eX-
iStence with Il
great many other
things during the
season of the big
drought" Every
cattle country haS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

had historic drought Local events are
marked from thatpcriod. and rs il said in
the South, when one isreminiscent., be
fore the war" SO they say i'm Nebrasll
before the dry spell" But when the
Antelope was in its prime there was
Kept in one of the cOrrals a black
horse that was never used for any but
special service. If child was sick
at the ranch house and needed physi-
clan, out came the black and furious
~ he covered the distance as no other
horse on the range could When the
Sioux rose in the west Of the state
it was the black that carried the warn
ing through Keyapaha and along the
Nlobrara, where the Sparsely settled
villages We're He even in n day Mt
that time joUrneyed 100 miles and
flung his proud head high i'm the air
Whinnying rs if he could ioyously
cover that distance over again without
rest. OF course. he was Il range horse:
no thoroughbred'S blood i'm him. off
spring from no mother coddlcd under
the trainers watchful eye. but child Of
the range mare ana stallion. facing
blasts of Ice and sand. fighting for
food while the blizzard ragged above.
swimmer of swollen streams. com
panion of the coyote, the rabbit and
the antelope, nature born and nature
bred.
The black lived long ana well at the
Antelope Ranch after he was tanned
somewhat, hut one day he broke the
bounds OF his corral 10y some chance.
and, standing where the dip of the
plain land came up to the bars of his
late prison, ne gave a triumphant
scream and plunged into the wilder
ness before him. The ranchmen heard
his cry, they came running, come just
in time to see him arch himself on a
distant elevation and scream again
He was free. Once long before this
time lie had been free That was
when he grazed with his mother. far
out on the Elkhorn. when no strap or
halter lay upon them, ana only the
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~ FACTS J,f.s|

The jarrOw wood, which grows IN
Australia, is almost the only kind
known to the lumbermen which cf
fectivcly resist the depredations OF in.
sects. Not M insect Will touch it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

The latest invention for life saving
at sea is a life belt that carries a light
TO guide the struggling swimmer 10 1t,
and whose lamp is lighted by contact
with the sea water. This device is re.
ported from Germany
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

The oldest known weapon was the
cllb. The clubs of the lake dwellers
of Switzerland, studded with stones
in default of nails, and thus making
formidable weapons, have been recoy.
cred from their habitations
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

The pursuing ranchmen found him
in the gulch's bed the next day, back
broken. blood at his lips. dead. He
was free.-H. l. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record He rald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-04

In Greece, in the third century e. c.,
the wearing of silk was forbidden to
lated the law being heavily fined. Oh
the theory that a husband ought to bc
able to control his wife's taste for
Gnery.
La Junta tribune., 1902-04-19
.oea. Aso esasosAl rsms.

Trade at the City Pharmacy.
Trade at the Palace drug store.
See Bowen for your summer
suits.
Buy your tents and wagon COW
ers at Thompsons.
Go to Stark & Co., TO sell your
second hand furniture.
A good child's shoe, size S to 8,
for rs cents, at Hawkins.
A bright baby girl arrived at the
home OF c. X. Orahood Thursday.
prisoner OF Zenda" at the La
Junta Theatre, Saturday, April
I9th.
Recess school shoes are the best:
5 to 8. sI.25; to I3, sI.5o, at
Hawkins.
La Junts can we'll boast OF as
fine lot of soloists as are to he
found in the country.
A new vault is being built at
the court house. 1t is located in
the cellar and will he used for
storing county records.
Lovers Of good music and dra-
matic art should not fail to attend
the cantata "Joseph," at the La
Junta Theatre, Tuesday evening,
April z7d.
Come to the cantata given by
the Baptist, Presbyterian and
Methodist churches, assisted by
the finest soloists ever heard in
La Junta.
"a splendid company. well bal
anced and thoroughly capable, the
performance was artistic and effec
tive" is what the Newport News
Daily Press says OF the prisoner
OF Zenda."
Garrett A. Dobbin, general
freight and passenger agent of the
Santa Fe, with headquarters Al
Atlanta. Ga, passed through town
yesterday morning on his way to
California, where he will locate
and boost things for the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Dobbin did some very effect
La Junta tribune., 1902-04-19
MILLER & ANDREWS

i've advertising of the Arkansas
Valley about two years ago, direct
ing his work from La Junta and
Rocky Ford.
Tie Woodman are making elab-
crate preparations for a box socia
to be given at the hall next Mon
day evening.
Do not fail to attend the dra
matte and musical cantata, "Jos-
eph," at the La Junta Theatre,
Tuesday evening, April 27d.
The solo by Mr.. Louis Theits.
as "Joseph," with a double quar-
tette accompaniment, is worth
| double the price of admission.
The solos rendered by Miss
Peale are just what shows her
magnificent voice to the very best
advantage. Do Lot miss hearing
the beautiful songs.
Prof. Flemning, conductor of
music at the Boulder Chautauqua
this summer, will assist in the can
tata. "Joseph," at the La Junta
Theatre, Tuesday evening, April
i2zd.
Crowded houses have greeted
the prisoner OF Zenda" wherever
presented, and the advance sale
for the performance at the La
Junta Theatre tonight shows that
this city will be no exception.
w. E. Roop resigned his pos,
ton with Bomgardner & O'Neil
this week, and left yesterda.
morning for Pueblo to enter the
employ Of the American Biscuit
Company as travelling represen-
tative. His headquarters will be
at Pueblo.
Three marriage licenses were
issued from the county clerks of
hce last Wednesday morning. as
follows. Albert Pitts and Flora
Wright, both of Fowler; Rice
Yeulett, Of Florence, and Mrs.
Elsie c. TrimbIe, of Washington,
D. c.; Eugene w Shelton and
Mary Addie Warren, both Of
! Rocky Ford.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-12
SNOW ORDINANCE
WILL BE TESTED
tter-cIeaning Laws Will Also
Come Up for Hearing
To-Day.

In the Police Court this morning there
will be n test Of The snow and the gutter
ordinances. Superintendent Henry Conn,
of the STRENGTHENING Department, will,
l.. consent, bring double charges against
Bailiff Lawrence Gibbons, of the Police
Court, and the case Will be carried 10
The upper courts. after expected lines
are imposed on Mr.. Gibbons by Justice
Crutchteld. After court yesterday Mr.
Echn made complaint to Justice Crutch-
1teld that he could not keep Sidewalks and
aiot do it, and their failure TO comply
with the ordinances resulted in nothing,
although charges might be brought
In reply to him Justice Crutch:'e'd
stated that he had fined several pei sol s
for the failure TO clean snow OF their
SIDEWALKS and that in every case he had
been defeated although supported by tie
ordinance There had been appeals taken
by those who We're fined and every time
the decision of The lower court in the
matter was reversed. He ha |. therefore.
found himself helpless, but ne expressed
Willingness to punish offenders il the
punishment could be mad 20 stick
The gutter ordinance referred to-and
which, by the way, Justice Crutchfield
aays ne does not personally approve
seeks TO compel residents and property
owners to keep the cutters in front OF
their homes clear. In u horse back
oninion on the subject Justice Crutchfieid
declared that. he could not see where me
nropertv owner had any business clean
;ny the cutters lie thought this was a
duty of the Street Cleaning Department.
In answer to this Mr.. Coin recited the
ordinance which seems TO be Very speci-
&c on the point.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-12
Wizzer g. Rh0Ads.

No. 4G1-Tne United States ex. rel w.
II. Cofiman, trading as ". III. Coffman
Coke Company, and Focahontas Coke &
Coal Company, plaintiff in error VS.. Nor
folk and Western Railway Company ct
al. defendants in error. In error to the
Circuit Court for the Northern District
of West Virginia, at Parkersbalrg. Argued
by Is. II. Amber, of Van Wrinkle & Amb-
ler Of Parkersburg, w. Va, for the plain
tiff in error, and by j. j.. Brown, Brown,
Jackson and Knight. of Charleston, W.
Va, and John H Holt, of Huntington,
". Va for the defendant in error, and
submitted.
The Judgment complained OF was rem
dcrcd by the Circuit Court of the United
States for the District of West Virginia,
in a proceeding in nandamus Instituted
under the Act of Congress of March z,
1899 supplemental to the Interstate Com
nierce Act of February 4, 1887. to compel
the Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany TO furnish to the relator. plaintiff
in error. an Increased number of coal
cars 10 transport All anticipated output
from the Indian Ridge Mine, for which
he was the sales agent. The Circuit
Court denied the writ and dismissed the
application, and thereupon the present
writ was sued out.
The next case in call for argument is
No. 1855 Clemye James, administrators,
D. r. Julian. sheriff, eft al. appellants
KS. Southern Railway Company and the
Central Trust Company. of New York,
appellees. Appeal from the Circuit Court
for the Western District Of North Caro-
lima. at ,Statesville To be argued by
Judge A C. Avery, of Morganton. n. c.,
for the appellants and by Charles Price,
Of Salisbury. n. c.. for the appe!lees.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-12
NO CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Prince Henry VIII Sail for This Country 90
Saturday, as Arranged.
(By Associated Press.)

BERLIN, Feb. n.-Prince Henry Of
Prussia will sail for the United States
on Saturday as arranged Even should
President Roosevelt's sons illness result
fatally, the Prince will enter upon his
Journey, unless it should appear to be
President Roosevelt's desire that his visit
be deferred or omitted altogether.
Bulletins telling of the Seoudtion of
President RooseveIts son have been sent
to Prince Henry at The Schloss- The
Prince manifested anxious interest in
them, expressing his sorrow at young
Rooosevelt's illness and said he hoped he
would recover.
1t is understood both Emperor William
and Prince Henry have sent personal
messages to President Roosevelt The
first impulse of Prince Henry was to post
pone his trip or give 1t up altogether. He
was advised however, not to make this
decision, tut to bear in mind that hts
visit was not q personal one to President
Roosevelt, but to the United States; that
while fatal ending to young Roosevelt's
illness would limit the Presidents part
in the Inequalities to q strictly official
basis. the remainder OF the programme
might be carried out.
To Secretary Hay and DR. H0lieben, the
German Ambassador at Washington. VIII
be left the Encouragement of the pro-
grarnme OF Prince Henry's visit II the III
ness of young Roosevelt makes such a
change necessary.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-12
ALDERMEN ACT ON
PRIATI0NS
Funds Placed at Disposal of
Good Roads People.
Fire Losses.

At SIS O'Clock the Board of Aldermen
met, a quorum having rnateriaized The
roll was called and the clerk anuouncett
that Mr. John &. Minor had duly qualified
to fill the vacancy created by tho resig-
nation of MIR. y. c. Hartman, and Mr.
Minor was placed on the committees upon
which Mr.. Hartman had served They
arc: Relief of the Poor. Grounds ana
Buildings, Third Market Fire Alarm aud
Police Telegraph, Electricity.
Mr. Gordon, from the COMMITTEES on
Fire Losses, presented "a resolution from
that committee appropriating 500 for tho
use of the committee in the prosecution OF
its work. The rules were suspended AMI
the matter referred at once to the FL
nance Committee.
Similar action was taken in a joint res
olution presented by Major Allen. appro-
priatinS $3.50 to 30 sLsent in the exhibition
OF road improvements to be given here
during the week of February 18th
The Finance Committee being In session.
the two resolutions were taken up and
a recess OF fifteen minutes was taken for
action by that committee. The resolutions
were acted upon favorabIy.
An ordinances from the Common Council
nrovidne- fer q vehicle for the superiIt-
tendent of the Street Cleaning Depart
mant and increa sing the bond of tho
superintendent from S10oo TO Sl,5oo Wis
adopted.
The resolution from the Common Goqn-
ell ratifying the sale of certain bonds OK
the Sinking Fund Commission was ~.s"-
Cured in
Mr. Mosby presented Il joint resolution
requesting the Fire Commissioners O.
place a fire alarm box at the corner OF
Fourth and Louisiana Streets. fulton
Adopted.
Mr.. king presented resolution from
the Grounds and Buildings Committee
sppropriatines 500 to pay the sriperintend-
snt and Inspector of the new JAIL tta
asked that the rules be SUSPENDED and tho
resolution be put upon its passage
The question arose as 10 the reason ter
appronriatins this amount. 1t was eA-
uIaiued that the work on the new Jail
had been DELAYED about three months ON
account of bad weather and q labor
strike and for other reasons. and the res
oIrrtion came from the committee on the
recommendation of the City Ensinccr
An inspector had been appointed for 4
spscified time. and 1t was found that he
would be needed longer The rules were
SUSPENDED. Mr.. Seay being tbs only one
,,otinp against II. ard the resolution was
passed.
5 resolution presented by Mr.. Beck IN
structing; the Passenger and Power Cons
many TO rehahilitate the Fifth Street
branch was referred to the Street Cons
mittee-