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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03

OF entertaining, but a born fighter. He
has proved his right 10 be called a
fighter and holds strenuously 10 the
claim that he is not only descended
from the great King Solomon through
alliance with the queen of Sheba, but
is entitled TO be known as the lion of
the tribe OF Judah.
Menelek came TO the throne in
March, 1889. and is now fifty-nine years
of age. In personal appearance he is
not very prepossessing. being a perfect
type of the burnt faces" as the an
cient Greeks used to call the Ethio-
plans. but, although he is very dark of
complexion with full lips and the Ethi-
opian physiognomy, he is entirely dis
tinct from the negro. He is short, even
dumpy, in stature and rather stout,
with fierce eyes and a commanding air
born OF habitual authority. Although
a despot within his dominions, he is
said TO be tied TO the apron strings of
his wife. the Empress Taoti, who is
both aged and unctuous. but a natural
diplomat and commander in chief
While the king, or emperor, as some
style him, is gentle and courteous as
rule, on occasions he has been guilty of
the grossest cruelty. his thin veneer OF
civilization being hardly sufficient TO
conceal his innate barbarism. He is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03
TO LIEUTENANT

raised q company OF Volunteers. or
which he was made first lieutenant.
This was I'm 1861. and the next year he
was commissioned a lieutenant colonel.
in 1868 was a colonel I'm 1864 a brigadier
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03

OF the best microscopic outfits made IN
the world TO the East End Charity hos.
pltal Of Pittsburs. Mrs. Schwab Is In
terested in the work OF studying iubcr-
culosis now being carried on I'm Pitts.
burg. aud II anything else is needed she
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03
MEN. WOMEN AND THINGS.

Brigadier General Robert p. Hughes.
who succeeds Major General Young In
fornis, was born In Pennsylvania sixty
three years ago and entered the army
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03

going 10 Boston. then the Mecca for all
young and aspiring New Enganders.
There he began life as an ordinary
clerk I'm collamorc's crockery store
At the outbreak OF the civil war he
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03

at the outbreak Of the civil war as n
fantry.
the New York Ophthalmic and Aural IN
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03

! does not always fol-
low that the man for
the time being highest
In army rank has had
a remarkable career.
but IL is true OF Lieu
tenant General Mel
son A. Miles. General
Miles has latterly been
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03
THE

: the "negusa negyst. {"
or the king of kings, "
Menelek OF Abyssinia.
carries out his declar-
ed intention and pays
this country a visit
during the coming
summer, IT will be no
carpet knight" we
shall have the honor
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
Making Tie Eest OF u.

Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick Everybody knows that the
well made macadam road is "a thing
OF beauty and likewise "a Joy for
ever ON the main highways and
principal thoroughfarcs of the land no
other kind of material should be con
sidered, unless something better shall
be discovered. At the present time
macadam is the best. and the best is
none too good
But there are miles ana miles Of
highways that no one can nope will be
macadamizcd for-who can say how
many years? They are the quiet. IN.
frcquented roads which lead off the
main highways and happily meandcr
through ideal pastoral neighborhoods
" heir charm lies i'm the fact that they
are not big, busy thoroughfares. Such
rs there are are ideal paths until it
happens to rain or they become dlled
with a superhuity OF dust
About half the time these otherwise
lovely ways are not fit to be Travelled.
And yet during all their seasons of DIS
agreeableness there arc hills Of gravel
lying within easy reach Of their worst
spots. Or there are banks of clay.
which when burned would make OK
vcllcnt ballast.
The point is that people in rural To-
calities where the building Of mac.
adam roads is "A remote possibility
should q once make the very best use
OF thc means and materials a hanC.
Town meetings should be called. com
mittecs appointed to- study the best
and most available materials to use
and some substantial roadwork should
bn dOuc this year
Don't let good gravel banks stand
untouched when there are mudholcs
or dusthoaps within q stones throw of
them. a well drained road ana wcn
dressed road viii bring JOY to the few
or the many who may use iD-New
York Tribune
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
sIceninc i'm enectncles-

Some people wear their eyeglasses
or spCctacles to bed, for the simple
reason that they cannot sleep without
them on. At least, that's what an
opucian says ana he ought to know.
for confessions were recently made
him upon the point 4 woman had re-
peatediy come to MIN with the bows
OF her spectacles so badly twisted that
he asked her how under the sun She
ever managed TO get them i'm such q
state. lie says ,hat hc had visions Of
some childish hands having part i'm
The work. some little one that liked
To play with mammals glasses. But
he woman said that She had been
wearing glasses so much of recent
years that finally she had taken to
wearing them to bed as the only way
of getting TO sleep She said that it
was only within the past Few weeks
that She had had any trouble from the
custom, as She ordinarily managed to
Keep One front part of her face or the
pillow, but lately She must have had
bad sleep. with moro on less night
mares. OF his customers he has Two
who Ea"c been addicted JO ths habit
of wearing glasses to- bed. both for th,
came reasons. Imagine some people
trying 100 wear glasses 90 bed. and tine
condition OF ,nne- iu .uc morning.
Speaking OF unusual cases iu the
wearing of glasses the opticiau said
thai some of those who undertook to
wear glasses when in bathing had spec
cIa, frames made foi thc purpose,
some chat had tighter grip. ana oth-
crs having them made with nickel
frames ON Inc principle that if they
arc lost the cheaper the better BIOS.
ton Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
Novel I.nnh Ik,rrnrcmont.

The most novel road Improvement
work yet recorded is I'm WalIa Walla
County Washington There the resi-.
dents strengthen the weak spots in
tuc roads with straw Where tried
cspcrimeutaly. This plan resulted in
% welcome decrease OF the dusf I'm
simmer and n n marked improve
mcut from the mud il winter This
year. ON petition OF the residents. the
county authorities designated day
bro August as straw Day." ON which
occasion an The farmers were expect
ed TO aid i'm the work. Both The
straw and Tine labor wcrc to be- do
mated. and the worI, was to Doc done
under the supervision OF captains
in each neighhorhoOd The discourse
ing feature of tho interesting anar
is n proposition for nm annual straw
Day in Woll1 Walo It is an an
favorable commentary ON the Walla
Walla farmers that having recoe
nzcd the need OF better roads. they
should annually waste their straw
and their efforts instead or devodng
their time to- thc creation OF pcrmo
nent highways
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
Nntional Prosrerltr nn dGood Koads.

National Prosperity an dGood Roads.
Otto Dormcr of the League OF
American Wheelmen. makes the fol-
lowing interesting remarks on The
good roads movement:
The country road is the neglected
'tepchild of the Legislatures. Rail
'oadS. canals. rivers and harbors and
steamship lines have been encour-
aged and lavishly subsidized with
bonuses. but practically nothing is
lone to help the farmer i'm building
his county roads Yet these are
equally important with railroads
we are pre-cminently an exporting
agricultural nation. and whatever
benefits the farmer benefits the
whole country. Our grain products
must compete in European markets
with the crops of Russia. South
America and India, raised on cheap
.ands with cheap labor. We can meet
this competition only with invention
and enterprise, the liberal use of ma
chinery and the reduction OF the cost
Of transportation to a minimum.
The cost of shipping grain from
Chicago to New York has dropped to
ono-tfth OF what il was at the close
IL the Civil War; we can ship it from
there TO Liverpool for four cents.
where we formerly paid ten and a
half cents But the cost in time and
effort Of man ana beast in hauling
wheat from the farm to the railroad
can still be reduced by two-thirds
through good roads That this should
be done is essential to the continued
success OF American agriculture as
the reduction in railroad rates.
Some Of the older Eastern States,
recognizing the logic OF the situation.
arc encouraging country road build
ing by paying part OF the cost out Of
the State treasury, provided the inn
prOycments are substantial. New
Jersey. Massachusetts and New York
are the leaders in this policy of State
aid, which is being actively promoted
by the League Of American Wheel
men. Its efforts in the West have re-
suited in the adoption of n constitu-
tiOnal amendment in Minnesota by
vote Of almost two to one. authori2.
Ing the Introduction OF State aid. and
in the passage of similar amend
ment by the Wisconsin Legislature.
But these are isolated instances.
THE great grain growing States of
the West, whose roads have hardly
passed beyond The pioneer stage, should
adopt the State aid system as the
solution of their good roads problem.
1t is the only plan by which the great
cities can be made TO share in the
cost of road building"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

Manufacturers OF figured linens and
cloths frequently get their ideas for
now patterns from unexpected sources.
One such manufacturer happened TO
Doe discussing the haudIwork of Sa
moan native women with am Amer
jean woman who lived boo Samoa for
several years. whom She spoke of the
original designs That were worked into
some of tine rugs and mats which tho
natives made
THE manufacture showed great in.
tcrcst Bon what She said and asked to-
sec sample of lhis work. Am eN
cciIent sample of Samoan .appa cloth.
which is made from fnc bark of tho
mulberry tree was shown lts design
suggested That of blankets made by
tho Indians DOB ,hc Southwest Uut Fl.
was clearly original and very c1cctyc
Tine manufacturer proposes too rcuro.
duco it in linen ff tHc native woman
who made hIs particular r.eeo or taD.
pa cloth should uy amy chance ever
happen to sec thc linen reproduction of
t she would probably ue very much
puzzled at tbo honor done % Der haudi
worE.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

How far does sunlight penetrate be-.
Meath thc surface Of the scasg has been
asked many times and now the cam.
era has answered the question. BY OK
posing the most sensitive Photographic
plates at various depths &c has been
1scertaincd with dcnutcncss how
much sunlight there .s iu Jhc water
with each descending foot
There U.s. a point at which mo- action
of light Us found and HAT point is six
hundred feet under Che surface BE
low chat is absolute darkness and the
only way in which Che most delicate
plate can Doc affected FOB that black
abyss is TO send down an electric light
with &c..
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
OSTRICH FARMING.
The Latest Reports as TO the welfare o.
the Industry in Cape Colony.

'he industry in Cape Colony.
Consul-General Stowe writes from
Cape Town that for the past fifteen
years ostrich farming has been a high
ly successful industry In the past ten
years ending in 1899. before the be
ginning of the war. the number of
birds increased from 10000 to 2G1.-
600. Twenty-Five years ago the Stats
ties Of Cape Colony said that there
were only ten tame ostrichcs in the
colony.
The birds each yield about n pound
ana n half of feathers every year the
average value being about SD a
pound. The finest feathers. OF course.
are the wing feathers of the male bird.
which are long and white and bring
from $50 to $40 a pound. The wing
feathers of the female ostrich are
much lower in value because they are
always gray. The supply was much
smaller when il came wholly from
wild birds. and the best quality OF
feathers frequently brought as much
as Sl35 pound. As each male bird
yields only about twelve or fifteen of
'AAN''' ANtAA AlNA = anu as Nlltlt ~ aLWIN Il
steady demand for them, the price is
not likely to fall much until the ostrich
farming industry becomes larger than
it is now.
Twenty years ago almos, all the
feathers that came into the markets
We're from the wild birds. most Of
them from North Africa. Now. how
ever n New York dealer in feathers
says not more than one per cent. OF
the feathers are from wild birds. The
business in South Africa. which is the
source of nearly all the supply. is now
centcred in the hands of men of con.
siderable capital. who raise the birds
Ia the sandy, dry bush land northeast
OF Cape Town. In the early days Of
the industry many small farmers en-.
gagged i'm the business. but they We're
largely forced out of il in the years or
experimentation when the industry
was subject TO many vicissitudes and
they have not gone into it since.
Formerly wild ostrches were killed
TO get their feathers, which were oh
tanned by plucking them from thc dead
animals. Now the crop is gathered
about once in every eight months by
cutting the feathers from the bird
Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
II lsN,r The START ALONE.

1T isn't The start alone that counts, Il
isn't the start alone;
Its the place YOU hold at the end by
which the worth of your work Is
known.
The dancing horse and the prancing horse
may be proud ere the race Is run,
But they never receive a cheer If they lag
at the rear when the race is done
"a fool may start for lofty goal and hurry
ahead and still
BE fool If he quits with the end he
sought beyond hum over the hill.
III the cable that stretches through the
sea from the distant. foreign shore
tel short by hundred little feet and ca
bles were made no more
Ats uncoiled lengths would fail to serve;
no answering instrument
Would respond TO the call from the far
off land. where eager heads are bent!
Ats the end that counts-the end at last
your start, may be fine, oh. friend.
But the world will finally judge you by
the place you hold at the end
Ghe bride whose face is aglow with pride
as she passes along the aisle,
Beholding the grand display of wealth
and the fine display OF style
May weep IN the years that wait while
she, that IN poor, coarse raiment is
wed
AIay still have the love that's dear to her
heart when the hair CLEANS white on
her head.
And the wonder who stands at the head
OF his class may falter or stumble or
fall,
And end as the servant of him NJ tho
foot! The start that you make isn't
all.
The fields may be green in the spring.
where the grain Is damp with the
dew at dawn.
But what if the hills be parched and
bare when the harvest time comes
ony
The path you take may be smooth at the
start, and level and straight and
wide,
But far. away it may wind about where
robbers in ambush hide
oh, look to the cnd-the PARKWAY end
ere ever the die is thrown.
For 1T Ism the start alone that counts
1t isn't the start alone.
5. e. hiser, in Chicago Record Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

Their wheat crop is worth more than
last years by $15O,OOOOO0
Other grains represent as large to-
tai thie year as last, the shortage I'm
yield OF corn being made up by adj
vance in price
Potatoes are so high that the short
crop will probably return more money
to the farmer than ever before.
Live stock represents n value Of
nearly S25OOOo.OOO over last year.
Apples and other fruits are extraor-
dinarily high.
The farm products OF the United
States this year are doubtless worth
$500, 100000 more than last years out
turn.
The cereals (whcat, corn oats. rye
and barley raised in the United States
during the past five years represent a
value TO the farmer of $3.50 900. 900
or an increase Of nearly $1,000 600, OGO
over the preceding five years.
Cotton growers have nctted 500
100000 more for the past five years
G901 crop estimated than for the pre-
vious five years.
Taking 1896 as a fair basis OF values
during the late agricultural depres-
sion, nine staple crops for this year
represent an increase in value Of over
ST0O0O00OO. Live stock is worth
SI000,000OO0 more now than then.
During the past five years aCricul-
tural exports have been S93S 600. 600
greater In value than for the preceding
five years gain OF thirty per cent.
With keen foreign demand for our
surplus, the American farmer certainly
rejoices in a glorious prospect for
profits. prosperity and happiness
American Agriculturist
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

tn Scott County The license money
received from the saloons is used TO
improve Inc roads At first ashes were
used on q rock foundation ASS ashes
became scarce gravel was shipped in
and used instead giving bette. salts
faction. Small rocks were laid cn tho
large ones before putting ON tho erav
81. masking % lo8dbcG about sixteen
rcnes deep The large rocks ,yore
omitted mvr awhile hey h1d 40
ue HIi ht band while iho grarcl
ron.d no dumped ruaur bo Hlc
stones were also omitted the roads
NOW being modo entirely OF gravel
fen 90 sI&,ccn inches deep.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

girl here is her picture). the daughter
of n farmer richer than my own PEG.
pie. Her family opposed my suit. be
cause l was comparatively poor. and
Christina and l were very unhappy.
In an evil moment 1 read letter
written by n young neighhor of ours
who had gone to America. lie said he
mad joined the Union army ON boun-
~ of over $1,000 paid him ON enlisting
"A thousand dollars is great deal
OF money i'm Sweden. and l decided
to emigrate and become an American
soldier. To my surprise bounties mad
risen. and l got 5000. all OF which is
now in the bank. had no thought of
ever deserving being willing to take
my chances; so left sealed letter i'm
the bank, to be opened only i'm the
event of my being killed i'm battle 1t
contains my will and leQueaths all
the money TO my sweetheart
These two men who are to die on
the same scaffold with me, entered the
service fully resolved to desert ut The
first opportunity. one night while
we Were on picket guard together at
Cedar Mountain, week or two before
the battle, they revealed to me their
purpose OF slipping through the lines
into Early's camp. and asked me to 90
with them. As an nducement they
explained that after joining the Con
federates it would he easy to get trans
ferred elsewhere and then we could
redesert, and get free OF all military
duty.
ITO this day I do not know why
/ consented to take the step that has
proved so fatal to all OF us. But 1 did
and here / am in heavy irons doomed
10 an awful ana disgraceful death
Now, however, that YOU have prom
| ised 70 grant my request. / am more
resigned to my fate
Have you told this story to anyone
elseE' was my natural inquiry.
NO, what would be the use? 1t is
no excuse for the military crime l
! have committed. As long as my girl
| remains ignorant regarding the pre-.
else nature of m. death, it will &c
happier for her. and in time she may,
with my money get Il better hus-
! band"
/ took down in my notebook all tho
necessary details. again promising to
carry out his instructions. and the in
terview ended, oscar" being taken
back TO the guard tent As he had
asked earnestly that I would place my
self in front of the scanold, / obeyed
1t was n bright sunny November
! morning when the division to which
! these hapless men belonged was
/ paraded to witness the execution. OBJ
tanning the necessary permission from
| General Wright stood beside the pro
vost marshal ana saw the men die.
! oscar" - that was not his name
as may well be supposed-Stood in the
centre. AS the moose was placed
around his neck he recognized my
presence, and, just before the cap was
drawn over his eyes he gave me look
Of thanks which ] shall never forget.
| The next instant the drop fell.
In due time l wrote to the young
woman, announcing her lovers death
lin front of Petersburg" and the
! bank transferred Oscars" deposit
to her. Three years after / received
letter from sweden, saying that the
girl had never married. but died Of
grief. It was the saddost tragedy that
came TO my notice during the entire
! Wharf.-The Journalist.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
: n all wars the crime of desertior
BY HAJ. GEORGE ?. WILLIAMS.

n all wars the crime Of desert;on
is the most detested amonc sol
diers, and offenders seldom es
cape the penalty OF death called
for by military law, when an army is
on duty in the field, and in the pres
ence of an enemy. There were more
executions for this oGense in the Fed
eral Army in the Civil War than one
not familiar with it's inside history
would credit. Most of these deserters
Were men who, belonging to the Grim
anal classes, took to bounty Jump
Ing as n change from burglary and
pocket picking. But there were a few
instances where deserters were i'm
PEELED to leave their colors by motives
which lent an air of romance to the
fate they risked.
When General Sheridan began his
famous operations in the Shenandoah
Valley, during the month of August
1864, he was reinforced by two di-
visions of cavalry, led by Generals
Wilson and Merritt, a part of the Nine
teenth Corps, under General Amory.
and all of the Sixth Corps. commanded
by General Wright. Having crushed
Early's forces in the battles OF Win
chester and Cedar Creek (the latter
being the scene OF Little Phil's" ia
nous ride, the Sixth Corps returned
10 the lines of the Army OF the Pc
tOmac, which was still pressing the
siege of Petersburg, Va. thus holding
Lee ina leash.
While the Sixth Corps was in the
EhnVanICrL
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

Absolute zero is the point at which
n substance loses every atom OF its
heat No one has ever produced it,
but the scientists believe that it may
be found at 4G1 degrees below Fash
renheit zero. Professor Dewar, Of
London, who succeeded in liQuefying
air, six or eight years ago, at tenn
perature of $50 degrees below zero,
and hydrogen more recently, at a tcT-
pcrature Of AS degrees below. is now
experimenting with helium TO freeze
hydrogen he used liquid air as the
agent, and is using liquid hydrogen
in his efforts to freeze helum. He CX.
poets to get a temperature Of 452 de.
grees below ia freezing helium. which
will leave him nine degrees short OF
absolute zero. TO overcome that
gas more volatile than hclium must
be discovered. when ne will attempt
to freeze &c with liquid helium.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

A mineral wax, called ozocerite. or
native parafIin, is one OF the queer de
posits found in connection with rock
salt or coal Consul Hossfeld, ut
Trieste, says that deposits of it have
been discovered in Austria, Russia
Egypt, Algeria, Canada and Mexico,
but not in quantities that would pay
for mining except in Austrian Galicia
and on an island on the west coast of
the Caspian Sea. In mining il shafts
are sunk until a bed is Gtruck. and
then connecting galleries are driven.
1t is a dangerous business. for the
pressure underneath often forces the
soft wax up into the shafts, and lives
have been lost in this way. The wax
is used for making ceresin. which,
with beeswaX, is used for making wax
candles, Photographic cylinders and
other similar things.