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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

doctors mechanical Contrivance, but
he told her that she must not do that
until the operation was over. Then
DR.. Forceps turned TO get Il little
shurp-pointed instrument which is al
ways associated in n patients mind
with the pictures Of medieval tor
lure chambers. Unhapplly, however,
the particular instrument which the
doctor wanted was not ut hand. Then
it was Il strange thing to happen to
the doctor-he remem bered he had left
il on the table in the little reception
room downstairs. Mrs. Nevins." he
said to the patient, hold your mouth
open TIL l come back. Under no cir
cumstances close it, or you will undo
all that l have thus far done" Then
Or. Forccps went downstairs.
Tho widow lay back in the operat-
Ing chair and stOically kept her mouth
open. She heard voices from below.
Some one said: "All right. Billy. il
won't take me minute to get ready.
| had a sort of an idea that this cold
snap would bring them along" Five
minutes afterward the widow heard
door close. Then she began to Won
der At the doctors long absence. Eff
teen minutes passed and she was In
torture with the awful strain on her
distended jaws. Twenty minutes.
twenty-five, thirty. Could she have
done so she would have screamed.
No doctor hove in sight. Forty min.
utes and the pain was like that of the
rack and boot. The widow could stand
it no longer. She put her hand to
her mouth to take out the instrument
OF torture. She couldn't bulge IL n
hair. There was some concealed
spring that held the thing locked Just
within her teeth. \ light chain ran
from the contrivance TO the theodolitc
looking thing alongside the chair. The
widow was a captive IN the torture
chamber.
She finally rose, lifted the concern
to which she was fastened and
crashed its pedestal against the door.
The noise echoed through the house.
In another instant there came flying
MP the stairs James Forceps. the doc
tors irreyerent son. He said some
thing that sounded strong, but the
widows ears We're stopped with pain
James is n dental student. He in
serted his finger between the teeth of
The widow ana the internal machine
fell out, but the mouth still STAYED
| open. 1t was ten minutes before gen.
tie massage treatment brought the
Jaws into working order. and even
they have been. according to the
widow, creaking and paining ever
| since
Madam, how did this awful thing
! haDpen?" said James
You father told me TO be sure f.,
hold my mouth open" said the widow.
tearfully and creakily, until he came
| back"
Until he came backf" echoed James
| Good heavens. he's gone with Billy
/ Masters on a three weeks hunting
/ trip. Edward b. Clark. in the
/ Chicago Record Herald.
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Handy Cumming Sled

The illustration, Fig l. shows n
dumping sled for one or two horses. "A
convenience that Will be much appreci-
ated by many farmers for hauling
manure, dirt, etc Take two pieces of
eight-inch plank for runners, which
connect with two cross-pieces of two
by four scantling mortised into the
planks On one side of each runner
nail or bolt securely at required dis
tances apart, two upriGhts, of about
one and One-half by five inch material.
The distance apart and length of these
upriGhts will be dependent upon the
length of the sled box. Gouge out a
N-shaped notch in top of each of the
two rear uprights. and make square
or rectangular notch in tops of two
front ones. Make box of the dimen-
sions thought most suitable for the
object in view. little longer than
broad, however i'm all cases Put a
two by four inch crOsspiecc on bottom
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RIO. 2-DuNrwG BOX INVERTED.


wishes Of the builder OF Sled.
When thr box is Zoo us horizontal DO
-'tIou oud iho uasp .s fastened insert
wooden or other pin FOO thc hasp.
staple boz thc place that would Doe oc
cupied hy paddock were ,hp hasp
used as door or lid latch Make ana
end gate 900 tho rear of box In Zig. y.
shows Doe roN inverted in order to
explain fully Doc manner of applying
tnr supporting GRO picccs
While This Kind of n dumping box
could Doc used Ou amy size of sled 500 Ear
as the main idea is concerned. 30 would
not bc satisfactory if box were made
too large, as the increased height of
uprigh's iu This case would make tbe
Sled inc0nyouiouf TO load aud handle.
ON % sled of % size adapted TO- One horse
ordinarily or two horses in case OF be-
ing loaded with very heavy material.
Tine sled s very satisfactory. DC is
especially convenient to lave This sled
stand where the manure from thc Sta.
bIe caE bc thrown into ,he box. and
when full hitch ON the team and haul
10 to The 1eld and dump i.-J. G. Ais
house In Ohio Farmer.
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HOW DIAMONDS BREAK.
t Happens Very seldom, and Only when
They Fall just Right.

They Fall just Right.
Secretary Harry Pullman, of the
Pittsburg Baseball Club, who has been
In this city on visit for some time.
smashed and utterly destroyed $500
diamond at the Louisville Hotel yes
terday morning. 1t was such an ac-
cident as Will not happen to dia-
mond once In ten thousand times. so
Mr.. Pullman feels that It is "outra-
geous fortune" with vengeance.
Anywhere but in Louisville" he
said, lit wouldn't have happened-old
hard. luck Louisville" and he thought
OF the erstwhile Coloners long years
OF struggling in the National League
against the baseball demon of III luck.
The stone was set In ring which had
been given him by the members OF
the Pittsburg team last fall. 1t was
of the fiery white variety. and for It's
size-a little more than two carats-
was unusually valuable and hand
some. The gold claws which held the
ring in place We're heavy, and one
would suppose would have given the
stone ample protection against any In.
jury il might receive In n fall. Mr..
Pullman was bathing at the time He
had had his hands in warm water, and
the ring was still on his finger. He
started TO take il off and had with.
drawn 1t from his finger when ii
slipped and fell from his grasp to the
marble floor of the bathroom. 1t hap.
pened to strike at the one point neces-
IN itg
ever. the fall would not have affected
il in the least were it not for the fact
that the gem was warm and the mar
bic floor was cold.
The conditions were just right for
such an accident and the stone falling
on the fatal point was shattered and
ruined. 1t was split in two as evenly
as If a lapidary had done the work
The upper part was still held i'm place
by the gold claws. while the lower
half lay against the base of the
settings.
G.. L. Kendrick. who saw the ring
after the accident, said that he had in
his whole experience as n jeweler heard
of three such cases. and that such
accidents to diamonds were generally
rare.
about twenty-five years ago a
Louisville woman broke a large dia.
mond in identcally the same manner.
She was washing her hands in warm
water and let her ring fall on n cold
surface OF some kind. Some years
ago / saw another case of the kind in
the Hoffman House lobby in New
York. a gentleman took Il stone valued
at about $4,000 from his wallet to show
some OF his friends. 1t slipped from
his hands and fell to the marble floor
1t was literally shattered. Mr.. Pull.
man could have hit that diamond OF
his with hammer a hundred times
and ii wouldn't have made any inn.
preston upon it, a skilled lapldary
can take a diamond and after close
study can determine its grain. Then
by slight blow can chip it In the di
rection he wishes. Mr.. Pullman's
ring so happened to fall on the grain
and was just at the right tempela
ture TO smash. '-Louisville Courier
| Journal.
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d. Nanadoe % noted professor Of
Crock is very fond OFT flowers and
ONE days ago. on returning from bis
college duties he found in his front
EWd 90 pestiferOus calf belonging to %
u.shbor The doctor gave chase and
.hn animal plunged toward the flower
HD ana JOB another instant crushed
through thc glass cover and mixed 800
random with 'he pots and plants below
wren another professor passed few
minutes lai.r ho said gavely. II dc
not understand DR. VanadOc. why
Fou should obI.c. $50 seriously to- bav.
ing modest oowsHp added to your
Cine collection or plants" The doctors
.fo"n.ng face refused. .Ah. sanborn.
p. fetorte1. SOU ea uis was only q
worthless bu.Iush. Tho Areculut.
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Sorting PotRtoes.

'oTNub IoAhAoeFs
Good order and execution are mer-
itorious I'm any and every kind of
work we have TO perform, and inVari-
ably they have their reward. yet
phase OF neglect or absolute slouchiness
seems TO characterize much that many
do. ana encroaches more or less on
'what we all do. To know-an evil well
Is TO suffer the Inconvenience of our
own failures. so we feel confident to
portray the shortcomings of others.
During the time of potato digging
had occasion 10 drive past several
fields where potato digging was going
on. and talk with several about their
crop. l asked the question OF several
II they sort their potatoes when they
pick them up. In most cases the reply
was, "Oh, no. | expect to have more
time when l market them" This idea
may seem plausible to some, but II
there are 100 bushels of small potatoes
among the 800 bushels put away. then
there are 100 bushels that must be
handled over twice if they are not
sorted out in the field at the time Of
picking up, and is 1t not easier to sep
arate them at that time than when in
discriminatory mixed in the bulk of Il
pit or bin of cellar? Yes, and even
when sorted I'm the field there will still
be enough to exclude when you come
to sell. Then, If you have your pota-
toes in bin with floor. the end Of
which bin is removable, you can shovel
out into crates a load and get TO market
with despatch, avoiding the inclemency
of the weather, while If you await n
fine day to take out your potatoes, 1t
Will take you that day to sort and pre-
pare your loads, and as you are aware,
in winter time the next day after a
fair one is apt to be stormy. If pota-
toes are kept until nearly spring with
out sorting, If il occur that they are
all mixed, il takes pretty good eye to
tell this from the other, and the sorting
will be little uncertain. so If man
be not so conscientious rs TO what he
sells. he is liable to iniurc himself with
what he plants. We think that there
is one way TO do work which is a little
better than any other way. and it
pays well Ia learn which way that is.
and while doing it. see that you have
1t done.-Farm, Field and Fircsidc.
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WHY Donkeva nnn,t 81.

Horses shy because they are de
scended from ancestors accustomed to
roam over plains where any tuft Of
grass or bush might conceal an enemy
waiting TO spring on them. Under
these circumstances they must often
have saved themselves by suddenly
starting away on observing any sudden
or unexpected movement or on com
ing without warning upon some
strange object. This is supposed to
have become 4 habit which has de-
scended to their domesticated descend.
ants. The donkey, on the other hand.
is descended from animals which dwell
In the hills, among which there were
precipices and dangerous paths; hence
the sure-fOotedneSs and comparative
slowness of the donkey. His ancestors
were not 50 liable to sudden attacks
OF wild beasts ana OF snakes. More
over sudden aud wild starts on alarm
would have been positively dangerous
to them; hence, they learnt to avoid
the very habit which proved so useful
to the horse in the plains.
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Spiritual Prorrsss.

I'VE believe. without undue optimism, :"
says the New York Observer (Pres.) Chat
the spiritual progress of the church dur.
ing the past year has been very encourag.
ing-the more so because there is an inn.
preston among men that skepticism is Oh
the increase, and that the world. at larQt
has settled down to a quiet, easy-goirR
condition in respect to credal and doctrinai
belief. But the general outlook in Chris
tendon does not bear out this impression
The Onward, Christian Soldiers of Tho
churchly song breathes the true militant
and progressive spirit-the ark of God is
safe in the land of the true Israel. m
nothing else were counted as verifying this
comforting outlook we might say: Behold
the mlssions See the sacrifices made even
by delicate women in helping to spread
the gospel OF Christ in the far corners Of
the earth. In the teeth of persecution
amid every discouragement. in spite OF che
indifference or hostility of the age itself
the D. ogress of foreign missions is co-exy
tensiye with the drum-beat of civilization. {"
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Tho Chaperon In .nmnn.

The chaperOn is becoming extinct in
thp United States but she is an inn
portant person i'm Samoa She is the
constant companion OF the taupou. or
village guide. who is appointed to en-.
tert1iu strangers. and show Them the
various sights Each village in Samoa
elects @ girl for This office. aud it is
necessary that She should be the
daughter of q chief Her house is bro.
vidod for by the village. ana SD, is
surrounded boy court of native girls.
no man who lives ion the village Is aI.
lowed Jo enter thc sacred precincts. and
the taupou goes nowhere without au
elderly woman If the toupou resigns
her office the chief can appoint am
other damscl of high degree.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem; DAwn-soon the Truth Will Illu-
mino All Our II esrts-Pray to BE Spared
From Living without Work-A Sourcs
OF Gratitude.
The heralds of the summer dawn
Are joyous in the dewy fields;
The morning wind brings up the hill '
The fragrance that the meadow yields
A mingled scent, elusive. sweet,
OF new-mown grass and clover white.
And locust blossoms by the brook
That ghmmers in the early light
Now all the east in splendor shines,
The world awakes to greet the day,
The quail is whistling mo more wet"
The river mists are rolled away:
For now the sun is on the hills.
The shadows stretch across the mead
The JOY of morning freshly fills
Each spreading tree, each wayside weed.
Not so has dawned the light of truth
Upon the darkened world of thought:
But slowly to our waiting eyes
Has grown the CLEAN our souls have
sought.
So: slowly growing through the years,
Ehe blessed truth that makes nen
fseel"
The clouds of superstition still
Obscure the light that all should see.
Yet surely as the dawn unbars
The gateway of the eastern sky
To food the fields with radiance,
And all the land to glorify,
So surely shall the light of truth
Upon its heaven-appointed way
Illumine all our hearts at last,
And shine unto the perfect day"
Harriet Waters Forbush.
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Before all things the United States
is an agricultural country. 1t is the
possibility of large returns for labor
ih this direction which keeps up the
price OF labor In our manufacturers
ana iu all our industries. and thus
brings comfort and case within the
reach of ALL Good roads. by lessen
ing the cost Of agricultural products.
FORM the most cnectual mems OF
maintaining the condition OF comfort
and even luxury Of which America is
so proud. II. w. Conn. Department
of Biology Wesleyan University. MID.
dlatowu. Conn
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a timid man. discouraged worker. q
sad-hearted struggler, can never do the
best work of which he is capable. The
tlmid man Is afraid TO let out his forces
The discouraged man thinks there is no
use IN exercising his forces. The sad.
hearted man has weakened his forces &c
that he cannot respond to call II IL
not merely cheerfulness in our work that
W. need; 1T IS downright faith. honest
whole souled daring. Try to do vour besi
with question whether it pays OF whether
there is any hope of success, or whether
life IS not great, cloudy experience and
YOU viii fail The best in ms comes up
through confidence. and it ia lisse5 49,
power by smiles of hope and it Il led on
by shouts OF victory, and crowned bv beau.
ttcl patience. THE best" is born of con
test. and IS colored by blood And IL is
measured I'm Gods glorious presence. not
by banners, or human plaudits or sound
ing trumpets. but by the amount of virtue
which has entered into it.
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THE ARTIST.

He tried through years to satisfy
The craving that was in his heart;
His brothers came and passed him by,
And left him tolling still for art;
He modelled rom his plant clay
Fair forms that others praised, but they
Saw not the blemishes he found,
Aud ever as his work was done
He sadly smashed II to the ground.
And newer efforts were begun.
Men came to buy; he shook his head
And modelled and destroyed. and then
The craving 90 nus bosom fed
BY deity building up again,
And, at the last, in sorrow cried
To those who gathered at his side,
lmploring them to batter down
The splendid thing that he had made
MAD! Mad" they said. and heaped the
brown
Turf where his wasted form was laid.
S. T.. Kiser
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Geese and Dncks.

Although many farmers refuse to
allow ducks or geese to be kept on the
farms because, as they say, they are
too troublesome. nevertheless both are
easily kept and exceedingly profitable
when rightly managed. During the
spring and summer months both will
gather their food in any old pasture
where hogs or cattle would starve
They do best when allowed a pond or
stream of water To- swim in. but they
can be kept with only sufficient water
for drinking. The young grow rapid
ly, and after the first few weeks they
require no care except to feed. They
are never troubled with mites and need
no warm house such as chickens must
have. They are healthy ard seldom
die from any disease.
They do not lay during the winter
months. hue from Fehruary-tu August
VIII average from 100 to 125 eggs each.
Dressed ducks ana geese always bring
good prices during the fall ana winter
months, ana The feathers. which may
be plucked during the spring and sum
mcT viii more than pay for the cost
or raising. They arc great foragcrs.
pul any Kind of low fence will keen
them IN bounds. We are inclined to
think that ne prejudice against them
is mostly due 90 Che fact that farmers
nave not tried the pure breeds of the
present day Every farmer should pos
scss flock or both ducks and gnpso. -
Homo and Farm
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The green finch is The earliest riser
among the bird family 1t begins TO
pipe about ] O'Clock in the morning
The blackcap begins at 2.8O. III h
nearly q O'Clock before the blackbird
appears IL is heard half ou hour be-.
fore the thrush, and the cbirp of the
robin begins about the same length of
time before that of the wren. The
house sparrow and the tomut take the
last stage Of the list.
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use a bit OF harness that l have here
70 help me in the operation"
Then the doctor got some sort OF n
rubber arrangement, put IL inside the
fair patients mouth. brought over
from the corner OF the office a ma
chine that looked like theodolite and
put skeletonlike steel apparatus
into the Widows yawn;ng mouth. 1t
was possible for her to close her
mouth by the simple lifting out OF the
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When iu the years IN come our pun.
lic roads cease TO De "a reproach to- our
beloved land. farmers will wonder
how they were ever content to- srug
Gle through beds Of mud or Owe roads
frozen into succession Of miniature
hills and valleys The bicycle will
then bn such q frequent visitor in
rural districts that Hail. Columbian
VIII have % double meaning TO the
American people S. Jennie Smith.
syosset Queens County. Long Island
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DOCK FORM the stories OF all
q the recorded lawsuits which
he could find that had features about
them odd enough TO invest them with
interest both for laymen and law
yers. He found n mass of rich ma
ferlal. There was the story Of the suit
for damages because neighbours
Sander had killed the plaintiffs cat
There was another suit which one
man brought against another because
the latter's hens We're supposed to
have eaten some gold beads belong
ing 10 the complainant. and which the
Plymouth Rocks took to be n new
brand of yellow corn. There were
scores OF other queer yarns In this at
torney's book
No matter, however. into what field
YOU stray looking for queer things.
and no matter how many queer things
YOU find. another field may be counted
upon at another time to disclose some
thing little more curious than any
thing that before has been found. The
reading of the premises in Chicago
suit which may be looked at by the
curious will disclose what is probably
'he strangest foundation for Il suit al
law that has over been used to sup
port a claim. When it is known that
the plaintiff is a woman II is not at
all unlikely that the reader of the
statement Of the reasons FOR the suit
may find in 1t something OF humor
Epitomized the recital OF the case
runs somewhat like this:
"A suit by Mary Nevlns, widow. to
recover $4,000 for damages from Dr..
Giles Forceps, dentist, for lasting pain
and injury to the plaintiffs Jaw be-
cause of having imposed upon It for
long period Of time an inhibition to
exercise"
There is little doubt that In his de-
Tense DR.. Forceps will urge that the
bill does not truly set forth tho facts
IN the case because, as his answer viii
say, the Widow Nevins during the
period of so-called silence had her
mouth constantly open. There is a bit
OF shrewdness in the doctors defense
plan. for surely he argues no jury
can conceive Of n woman with her
mouth open who is not INDUCING
freely in jaw exercise.
Wen, the whole thing came out OF
d.. Forceps' well-known abselt-mind.
edness. He has been noted for years
as the most fOrSetful man I'm the city
of Chicago. Unless he has a subject
well under hand and eye his wits are
always woolgathering. People have
heard often of men forgetting their
own names, but it is pretty safe
wager that DR.. Forceps' case is the
only one of forgetfulness of name
that can be backed ~ by afiidavits.
The doctor has grown son who does
not stand particularly in awe of his
father, and who through long and
wearying trials has become annoyed
10 the pass OF irritabllity nj his
fathers memory shortcomings. II is
one of II. L. DOnnellcy Sons directory
name CATERERS who viii make afida-
vat to the doctors forgetting his own
name. The dentists operutingroo
is in his residence upstairs The di-
rectory man called and was shown up
TO the place where the doctor was
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Fat I'M heMtlk.

The percentage OF fat in milk from
q single cow may vary, one day Civ
ing different results from the next. In
an experiment with choice Jersey
COW the milk was found to range from
4.45 per cent. TO 5.3S per cent. A sin
gle test with n COW may, therefore, be
of no value as in the one case more
milk would be required to make n
pound of butter than in the other.
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! FARM and GARDEN.
lNN'NENENNEN
when to water Hogs.

Always water hogs before feeding
and never afterwards If this is prac-
iced and the animals are given ear
.orn on feeding floor fourteen pounds
of corn will produce two pounds OF
gain. In other words. every ,bushel Of
corn ought to produce ten pounds of
pork. IL this Is not being accomplished
something is wrong.