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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

We learned last week of the ap.
preaching marriage OF two of the
county's most popular young people,
but by special request, we must re-
frain from giving names at this time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

WANrED-One hundred cords of
four foot wood. Will pay cash for
same. Will do saving for 20 cents
per hundred.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

Bargains ia overcoats at Pelrs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11
CALHOUN CHRONICLE.

ROhvyED
Is PARAGRAPHS
n EHTiNENTLY.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

-Buckwheat Flour at Johnsons Grocer,
~ cents pound.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

\ general Line OF Hardy, Healthy
High Grade Nursery Stock Grown and
tor sale Budded Apples Speciality.
Your trade is solicited
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

Boom the railroad.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11
Bound to make room for the
swellest1ine Of Spring Goods
" be fund in the COUNTY.

1fprices cut any figure bring your cash
to Big Springs In 80 days we must reduce
our winter goods and fill the vacancy with
dimities. lawns, pecals. dotted swiss, shirt
waists trimmed hats, silks, ribbons etc. such
as can be found only in up-to-date stores.
Highest price paid for produce. Eggs are
% cts at this date.
Fl s. WI GSON.
Jan 30 1902 Big Springs w. Va
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

Tie mouth just ended was a record
breaker it, the financial history of the
state. The auditors and treasurer's
reports show that dming the month
of January round million of dollars
was handled, of which 100000 were
receipts aud 52O0.00Q Disbursements
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

Some Of Granlsville's residents are
trying TO organize s stock company
80 build telephone line from Me.
Farlin 20 Spencer, via the oil field
and Grantsville, and to put in an ex.
change at this place They haze
made arrangements with the w. Va.
Western 70 have the line built and
connected with that Co.'S lines, thus
giving the new Co.'S line much
greater range The company is an
doubtedly ? go" and before a grea
while viii have their lice iu opera
non.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

The Alfarata Wharf Boat aud
Storage Co., is the name of new
firm at Creston They will run in
competition with I. H. Depue, the
present Wharf Boat man, there and
we learn there will he some cutting"
on wharfage there soon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

Not Gully" was the verdict wIch
was returned last week IN the case of
ex.Mayor Tnruer, who was on lrs az
the criminal court of Wood county
on the charge of taking Il bribe while
he was an incumbent Of the office of
the mayor ofParkersburg. The jury
was cut less than one hour and when
the ex,muyor was acquitted he was
heartily congratulated on the happy
termination of his troubles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

The quickest way t. warm house
in the morning IS to open the door'
or windows a few moments, long
enough to change the air. The phil
osophy Of this is that the air Of a
room after being closed over night
is impure aud sluggish like mudy
water. Fresh air is pure, bouyanl
and active and will circulate quickly
through rooms, carrying the warmth
Of stoves or ridmtors swiftly TO every
corner Besides there Is ioy aud con
fort in breathing fresh aic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-11

Hon. G.. Warren Hays was her,
most Of last week preparing for court
NJ ;. Gherke. one Of the county,
successful teachers, was here Satur
day.
w. O. Umsleud mas business Wis
itor in GrantsvilIe, day or So last
week.
"Brick" Silcult WAS a pleasant and
paying caller at the Chronicle office
Friday.
Levi Petit, of Blgbeud, was a
prominent business visi tor in the viii
lage FRIDAY.
"A marriage licence was issued last
week, for WIN. Schoolcrafl, 22, to
Amy l.. Keith, IS.
Miss Mittie Silcott will leave some
time this week for Michigan where
she will wish her sister, Mrs, c. G..
Hart.
W. D0an Hays, OF Meteetse, Wye.
Oming, IL brother Of the editor of this
paper, is visiting home folks at Glen
vile, and will visit Gramtsville soon.
Go to Johnson's Grocery store III e
sells for cash, discounts his bills AMI gives
his customers the advantage of it.
Charley Stump drove over to Nc.
Farlan one day last week in sled,
and reports some very interesting ex-
periences in the way of upsets, etc.
Pure Maple Syrup, Cheese, Bologna
Sausage at Johnson's Grocery.
We learned last week of the ap.
preaching marriage OF two of the
county's most popular young people,
but by special request, we must re-.
traln from giving names at this time.
WANrED-One hundred cords of
four foot wood. Will pay cash for
same. Will do saving for 20 cents
per hundred.
SYCAMORE MILL Co.
Every body boom the bridge ques-
ton. We need bridge. more than
anything else in the county, and it
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23
The Name Of tebbins.

The Stebbins family is fairly numer-
GUS. 1t Is not now classic name. It's
owners wear it ignorantly. More the
sham me for them. 1t is by right classic
name borne as it was by the first of
Christian martyrs - st. Steven, some
times spelled Stephen. Steven is the
Dutch way of spelling it. Spell it in
Spa nish-Esteban. Drop the initial 81
lent 'e," and then you have Steban.
Among the ignorant the step to Steb-
bins is very short. And the honorable
name Of st. Steven takes on degrade.
ton even as the fine old Norman French
name D'Aubaine becomes the homely
DObbins.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23
PERRY & CAMP,
u and Is Main St. Barre vt.
Character1stie Worth.

The woman who carries herself well
is more apt to command respect than
the woman who trudges along with her
head inclined forward and her shoul-
ders in STOPPING position. The pos
SCISSOR Of a graceful, erect carriage un-
consciously impresses us as having
characteristic worth, says the Pittsburg
Observer. There are many noble heart.
ed women who really do themselves in
justice by the awkward way they car.
~ themselves. 1t is very hard for 9th
ers to see beauty and grace Of heart in
an unlovely outward appearance. 1t IL
the exterior charm of the rose that
gives fitting expression to its hidden
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23
Graduated Optician at lloltens'

The attention Of all advertisers !.
called to the notice, near the Top e.
the editorial column, relative u 'd'
time fo' handing In copy Tor chshfe'
or for new advertisements. l.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23

A sensible Christmas present is q
nice black suit which Fitts will sell
you at bargain $500 reduced from
$500.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23

Christmas coats going at slaughter.
ing prices at Fits.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-23

You can buy nice black skirt or
walking skirt for 1898, former price
o6. 90 at Fits.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
A Model Surveyor.

The KiEgman Leader-C Courier tells of
an early day county surveyor in King
man county. Kan. who neither DOS
sessed any Instruments nor could have
used them ii lie had. His method of
measuring land wlS to tie his ankles
together with cord that was just
long enough to allow him to step one
fifth Of II rod each time, and thus hob
bled h" w";;!!;, strike out, counting his
steps until he had made !; sufficient
nu3her 20 ccvcr tl:e desired distance.
The ccr,: or string used by him in
faSt"ninS HIS ie"s together, says the
Lc@G'i'-t ni'; icr. was made of raw
he SO ti;it when he was travelling
through the grass of Il morning when
III" dew NaS on it would become wet
ami stretch nr.;ril f0ct. and so his
steps WCr" much longer of morning
than they w"r.' ii an evening after the
sun hId CRIED T., .v;an@ lcather and
Shortcupd il 80. ,,t;tI,.:tiy the man
having his lind =: vcyrd III the morn
ing would t;N ior~h more in his
quarter m'r .';a t'iaH i:s neighbor who
had his y'ii. "":',' in tha afternoon.
Thesr ol.i .;IryesS a. ,-.r"crs then es.
tablishcd causc al.luy;.r,r oven to this
day
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
BYRON WAS BARRED.
Dean of Westminster Refused to Ae
cept Statue of Poet.

Dean of Westminster Refused to Ae-
cept Statue of Poet.
Many years ago some admirers OF
Lord Byron raised a subscription for q
monument to the poet, to be placed IN
Westminster abbey. Chantrey was re
Quested to execute 1t, but on account
Of the smallness of the sum subscribed
he declined, and Thorwaldsen was
then applied to and cheerfully under
took the work.
In about 1888 the finished statue ar
rived at the custom house in London,
but, to the establishment of the sub
scribers, the dean Of Westminster, DR..
Ireland, declined to give permission to
have 1t set up in the abbey, and, owing
to this difficulty, which proved insur-
mountable, for DR.. Ireland's successor
was of the same opinion, it remained
for upward of twelve years in the Gus
tom house, when QS46 it was re-
moved to the library of Trinity col
lege, Cambridge.
:. The poet is represented in the statue
& the size Of life, seated on a ruin,
with his left foot resting on the frag-
ment of column. In his right hand
he holds style up to his mouth; in his
left book, inscribed "Childe Harold"
He is dressed in frock coat and cloak.
Beside him on the left is skull, above
which is the Athenian owl. The likeness
is of course posthumous. Thorwaldsen
was born Nov. 10, ITO, and died on
March "a, 1S44.-Newcastle Eng1
Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
SOME GOVERNMENT RULES.
Carrying Bundles Into the Capitol
and Out of the Treasury


Among all the departments in Wash.
ington the most strict is the treasury.
A citizen may carry anything that he
likes into the treasury building, but
when he undertakes to carry anything
bulky out of the building he is apt to
get into trouble if he does not explain
with readiness.
A visitor to Washington the other day
carried a fairly large package into the
building. Nobody said a word to him
about it when he was going in, but
when he started out with the package
he was held up, made to open it and to
explain all about himself and his busi-
ness. The good sense of the rule is ap-
parent.
= AT the capitol it is against the rules
to carry any sort of bundle into the
building. The fear is that somebody
will carry in bomb. The rule was
never enforced vigorously until the SEN
ate took up the Sherman repeal bill.
At that time the public mind became
so Influenced against the delay in the
senate that violence was feared, and
the rule was put into active operation
and continued for some years.
Then it dropped out of sight until the
Spanish war excitement came on, when
it was again enforced, as it has been
more or less vigorously ever since
New York Mail and Express.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
Thrifty squanderers.

When Napoleon entered Genoa in
1905. the rich patricians of the city
exerted themselves to gain the favor
of the conqueror by all sorts of fiat
tering attentions. The most elaborate
of these was banquet patterned after
the famous one offered by Antony to
Cleopatra.
The tables were set in an artificial
garden. floating on pontoons, which
were towed out to sea during the prog
ress Of the feast. At the conclusion Of
the banQuet-agatn in imitation of An
tony and CleOpatra-all the costly gold
and silver plate was flung into the sea.
This little tribute of honor to the en-
peror was not SO expensive as it SEEM
ed, for the floating garden was sur
rounded with nets. and the plate was
subsequently recovered.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
JUMPING THE DEER.
A Style of Hunting That Looks Easy
Till You Try 1t.

A Style of Hunting That Looks Easy
Till You Try 1t.
Jumping a deer" is highly attrac-
tive phrase, quite apt to make a tin
Cling in the back hair of the tenderfoot
who hears it for the first time 1t is
also intensely satisfactory to the chap
who always has to shave before WOO
ing nature. You may, indeed, get a
good shot in this way, and it is gener-
ally the only way to see the grandest
of all the sights of the woods-deer
running through q windfall. To see
the glossy curves of fur curl over the
lofty logs that lie piled on each other
in boundless confusion is well worth
a trip to the woods, while for him who
loves the rifle as l do, more for what
cannot be done with it than for what
can, there is no such target elsewhere
But for the tyro who is dying to get
that first deer, jumping a deer" gen.
orally means out of sight and out of
hearing both. For the deer that goes
off to lie down after feeding does not
go to sleep, but to ruminate and take
life easy. Once in a great while one
falls into doze, but almost always
the head is we'll erect and all senses
keen for danger. And even if one is in
a doze it may slip away without your
suspecting its existence, for sleep dead
ems little of the senses of this wary an
imal. The man who wouldn't shoot
such an innocent creature as a deer"
should by all means see one getting out
Of a heavy windfall, while the man
who loves game that can get away can
here find the attraction of the woods
at its climax.-"Hunting the Virginia
Deer" in Outing.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
TIC t-ind %. u,n y. w..

Il WIS IN Washington onre." said a
man IT tii. ci';,' when Tom Reed was
the CIR I the house of representa-
dveS. Ii" was li;:iding forth with ear
ncstTcSS :; S,.itlc tlloi.;a 10 IL group of
frieln;s w.i'n jlat !u;.r y"u see over
there t'y III" cigar counter pushed his
way throu-i lie crowd, grasped Reed
by the hHEG Hnd siid effusively: Hello
Tom, old boy. How do you dor
Reed responded in a manner that
was more of shake for the man
than for his hand and went on with
his talk. When our friend over there
had edged out of the crowd, some one
said: You didn't seem to be happy
over him, Reed. Who is your friend,
anyway
Reed drawled out, He's a fellow
from New York who knows more men
who don't want to know him than any
other man in the United States" DE
troit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
PIKE AND MusKELLuNeE.
Row You May Easily Tell Them
Apart by Their Markings.

Apart by Their Markings.
In the muskellunge the upper half of
cheek and gill cover is scaled, the
lower half being naked. The pike has
a gill cover scaled like the 'lunge's,
but the entire cheek is scaled. The
eastern and grass pickerel have cheek
and gill covers scaled all over. Hence,
If only the upper half of the flsh's
cheek is scaled, it is a 'lunge; if the
entire cheek and half the gill cover
show scales, the specimen is a great
northern pike.
Young muskellunge are distinctly
spotted with blackish on a greenish or
grayish ground. The mature fish shows
less distinct markings, although they
usually are discernible in the region Of
the tall have, however, seen big, old
fish upon which the eye could detect
no spot, the general color being gray
ish green, with few dim reflections
Again 1 have seen fine fish of a monde
script tint, as like that of an old, dry
rubber boot as anything can think Of
The young and old of the great
northern pike have the sides marked
with oval whitish or yellowish spots
several shades lighter than the ground
color; hence a fish with spots darker
than the ground color is 'lunge; with
lighter spots, northern pike.-Edwyn
Sandys in Outing
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
The oIde,t Britt,b game.

In one form or another football, the
Oldest British game, has existed for
centuries. Some see it in the game
"harpaston," played by the Greeks, the
name of which, they say, by deriva-
tion, suggests that the ball might be
seized and carried into goal. No trace
of the game, as now understood, is
found outside Of Britain, but in Eng
land it has flourished for centuries.
Shrove Tuesday, in olden times, was
the great annual football day, when
the fun was fast and furious, shops
and houses being closed for fear of
damage and both sexes and all ages
taking part.
Fitzstephen in his History of Lon
don, 1175," makes the earliest mention
of the game in England. He tells us
of young men of the city annually 60
ing into the fields after dinner to play
at the well known game of ball ON
Shrove Tuesday. Traditions of Chester
and Derby bear this out, where it was
long the custom to do the same, Ches-
ter's first ball being the head of a
Dane.-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
THE SPLASHING HOUSE,
A French Yarn That Was Printed t.
Ridicule EngIishmen.


One of the most extraordinary tales
ever invented about Englishmen by
foreigners was the "splashing house"
story, given to the world by the Paris
journal Patrie in 1868. An ingenious
writer in the paper gravely Informed
his readers that in the suburbs of Lon
don were houses where earth beaten
up into mud is retailed." To these
houses men were accustomed to resort
in hunting kit for the purpose of being
splashed with mud.
'These curious establishments are
provided with muds of different coun-
ties, but principally of those counties
where the hunting is best. The sale of
the mud is conducted in the most Sc
rious manner imaginable; the attend
ant inquiries, From what county, sir.
do you wish it to be supposed you have
just returnedY From the county of
Kent The pretended sportsman there
upon takes seat on a wooden horse
whose legs throw up the selected mud;
after having been well splashed the
customer pays his bill g shillings).
casts an eye of appreciation toward the
mirror, takes whip in his hand and
goes to exhibit his muddy clothes In
Piccadilly, Bond street or Pail Mall,
in order that it may be supposed that
he has just returned from a grand
hunt"
In addition to the chance of marry
ing. an heiress which this remarkable
display of dirty clothes confers on
their wearer, says the French news
paper man, the patron of the Splash
ing house" has another more imme-
diate advantage. "The mud with
which he is splashed affords, if not
proof, strong presumptive evidence
that he is landed proprietor in the
county whose mud bespatters him."
And landed proprietors being held In
vast esteem as solvent and desirable
creditors, the man can obtain anything
he likes at any shop on credit.
One wonders whether such wonder
full tale finds any believers among
those who read it.-London Live Stock
Journal
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
The Ants Toilet.

A naturalist has been making OBJ
servations on the toilets of certain ants,
and has discovered that each insect
goes through most elaborate ablutions.
They are not only performed by her
self, but by another, who acts for the
time as lady's maid. The assistant
starts by washing the face of her COM
panion, and then goes over the whole
body. The attitude of the ant that is
being washed is one of intense satis-
faction. She lies down with all her
limbs stretched loosely out; she rolls
over on her side, even her back, per-
feet picture of ease. The pleasure the
little insect evinces in being thus
combed and sponged is really enjoya-
BILE to the observer. - Philadelphia
PreSS
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
what he wanted to Knox.

It may not be generally known, but
a certain prominent resident belongs
to family In which he is one Of twen-
ty-four brothers and sisters, sixteen of
whom are now living. There were two
mothers in the family, the first having
eleven children and the second thir-
teen. The man in question belongs to
the second group. One of his sisters
grew to maturity, married, had seven
children and died before he was born.
He was an uncle before birth and a
great-uncle at five years of age. 1t is
said that when the latter event came
to pass and the youngster was inform
ed that he was now really and truly a
great-uncle he who had been an uncle
for five long years cooked his features
into an expression of sadness and re-
piled, THAT may be all right, but when
am going to be a gran'pa ?"-Ann Ar
Dor Times.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
An Insfnuation.

1t was a warm Sunday morning in
church. Fans were f1uttering, hymn
ais Hopping, handkerchiefs mopping
streaming faces, and the minister
thought his audience little lax in at
tention. Finally he led up to rebuke
for it's lack Of consideration for sacred
and important things. Said he:
people are prone to attend to the
unimportant things of life"
And he gave a few examples to IL
lustrate his idea. Presently he made
his pertinent application.
"Now," said he, you are attentive
to your own comfort this morning, to
the sinful neglect of the holy word.
Take no thought for the heat" be
said dramatically, ''for you may be
dead tomorrow."-Detro Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
Noisy Fish.

Many fish can produce musical
sounds. The red gurnard has earned
the name of seacock from the Growing
noise which it makes, while another
species is called the piper. Others, not
ably two species Of ophidium, have
sound producing apparatus, consisting
Of small movable bones, which can be
made to produce a sharp rattle. The
curious drumming" made by the Med
iterranean fish known as the maigre
can be heard from depth of thirty
fathomS.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
What Men Like In Men.

Men like in men these traits: The
honor that ennobles, the justice that
insures the right the reasonableness
that mellows and makes plain, the
courage that proclaims virility, the
generous instinct that disdains all
meanness, the modesty that makes no
boast, the dignity that wins respect,
the fineness and the tenderness that
know and feel. But when one thinks
of 1t more carefully may he not sum
It up in just single sentence and ac-
eept it as the truth that all men like q
gentleman? n?-Cosmopolitan.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
ERa worlds coalfields cover at least
1,200. 900 square miles.
The Lovers Precaution.

HDo you think you can give my
daughter the surroundings to which
she is accustomedT T asked the parent.
"Well," answered the young man, 81
won't guarantee that. You see, Clari-
bel has talked the matter over and says
she's tired Of the neighborhood."
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
The Bees Market Basket.

Every bee carries his market basket
around his hind legs. Any one exam
lining the body of bee through a mi
croscope will observe that on the hind
legs Of bee there is fringe of stiff
hairs on the surface, the hairs ap-
preaching each other at the tips so as
to form a sort Of cage. This is the
bees basket
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
ECOnOnV.

Fudge-Yes, Spinks has a splendid
system Of economy.
Judge-How so?
"He goes to work and lays aside
money for something he doesn't need"
mo economy in that"
isn't there? Well, by the time he
has the money saved he always finds
out he doesn't want the thing-and
then the money is saved"
Herald,
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
The Samoan Language.

Speaking of the fexibility of the Sa'
moan language, Mrs. Isobel Strong
says that the little word "ta" means:
1. we too, to beat with a stick, to play
on a musical instrument, to reprove,
t. tnttoo. to open a vein. to wash cloth
Ing by beating and to turn a somer-
sault.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
The Small brother.

81 heard him call you 'duckie,'" an
nounced the small brother.
"Well, what of it," demanded his
sister defiantly.
"Oh, nothin' much," answered the
small brother. 81 was only thinkin'
maybe it's because of the way you
walk, but it amt very nice of him.
Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
A Persecution.

A schoolteacher in Frome, England,
sent this to the father of one of his
pupils: II beg to inform you that in
my opinion your son is suffering from
myopia, and his case requires prompt
attention" The next day the boy
brought back this written request:
Mister, please knock it out of Jim, as
I amt got time"
Amador ledger., 1902-12-12
The Way of the World,

We met the people going one way.
with their arms loaded with beautiful
flowers.
'Whither do you drift?" we asked.
"We 60" they exclaimed, ito adorn
the graves of our dead heroes"
Later on we met them with their
arms full of bricks.
"And now where" we asked again.
''To throw these at our living he
roes," they again explained, with pity
ing smiles at our dumbness.