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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

Unique methods of telephony arc
working wonders in the field of marine
signaling, ana when this phase of the
new achievements has been fully de.
veloped 1t is believed that the danger
or collisions and other disasters at
sea will be very materially lessened.
One of the most important of these
systems of telephone signals for ships
was invented by the late Dr. GRAY.
by this plan the water OF a lake. ocean.
or river is made TO act as a medium for
conveying sounds, as, for instance the
strokes of bell tOlled below the sur
race OF the water The sounds thus
transmitted are heard distinctly at
great distances by means of exccp-
tionally sensitive telephone receivers
designed especially for such service.
lnasmuch as any number of different
signals may be arranged by the intro-
duction of various combinations OF
strokes given in quick succession or at
long intervals it VIII be seen that the
possibilities of the system for signaling
purposes are virtually limtless. The
practical application OF this invention
has already been carried so far that
ships have been fitted with apparatus
which causes g0ngs to ring automatic
ally when the vessel comes within
haiI' of one of these submerged bells.
weldon Fawcett, i'm Harpers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

Barton was heard finally to say: In
this Theoretically sealed copper casket
is quantity OF the illuminate and with
it is complete account of the discov-
cry and receipts for making the ex-
plosiycs."
Leave the caskct here Captain Bar
ton" said Washington. and we will
go into the matter cNperimentally and
I'm detail as soon as 1 can gather to-
gcthcr the proper officers My belief
Is that this discovery holds for you
fame If not fortune"
Philip Masters heard the outer door
close ana then hc sank down To- bis
pillow with something like much of
% jealous pang at his heart lie tossed
for an hour ON his little cot. Then.
moved by an Ovcrmastcring impulse.
Dee rose, and taking bis light army
shoes in his hand hc passed softly mtc
the room where his Chief slept A
hickeriug flame from the fire showed
Dim m obloug copper box ON the rude
table Tie took it with % halfshudGcr
Iud went outside avoiding thc sentinel
hy way known TO- himself The river
front was pauolcd else hc would have
olm down there aud dropped bis
burden into Jhc waters of the Hudson.
Tie TUNED westward ana made DIS
way along tine short military road
leading tJ Fort Putnam Tie reached
little gully running athwart thc forts
1cmD proofs. The gully was filled
Wth o heavy growth OF uudwbru~n.
ho let himself down carefully from the
face of tIe rough roadway and slipped
ne metal boN under iHe cover off %
ledge and lho protection OF thc Thick
growing .iucs and bushes Forever
safe from discovery hc muurcd. and
then he went lack as Inc had come.
reaching bis room unseen. The loss
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

y notable recent contribution to the
archaeological museum of the Univer-
sity of Arizona is a loaf of bread found
I'm a cave dwelling i'm the Superstition
Mountains of Central Arizona i'm 1879.
and since that time in the possession
OF Herbert Brown superintendent of
the Territorial prison.
The loaf is uudeniably bread. and
without q doubt is Of great age. II was
found embedded inn the ashes wherein
1t was baked probably hundreds or
perhaps thousands Of years ago. IL
had very plainly been wrapped i'm a
cloth or mat, and the marks of the
fibre of the cloth are visible i'm the
dark brick-likc mass Mr. Brown Is
Of the opinion that the bread was
made of mesquite beans. roughly
ground i'm mciates by the aboriginal
housewives OF centuries ago
With 70 was found q store of ancient
sacrIfcial implements. stone axes and
arrowhpads. The loaf has been steriI.
z'd by the curator of the museum. and
has been sealed within glass Jar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

The American Army officer had taken
the Frenchman's discovery and was
endeavOring to combine some admx-
ture which would make the illuminate
more tractable servant and enc that
could be made to DO various kinds Of
work
Now Captain John Barton had a
cOmrade in arms named Phillip Mas
tiers. If we are TO believe the multiple.
ity Of Colonial historical romauces. CIV.
cry young Colonial soldier had a sweet.
heart, and Barton and Masters were
no exceptions to trc rule The only
difficulty in this case was that they
both Of them loved the same sweet
heart, Mary Trayers. who lived I'm
South Carolina, whore Marion. sum
ter and the rest were doing their best
70 give Clinton uu interesting time.
It Is rather % hard thing t0 have TO-
say about "a young American giu of
The Colonial period for according to
MI that has been written every one
OF them was % paragon of virtue love.
lines5 and strength Of character. but
as truth must bc thc haudmliIpn al
history Mary Trlycs was ass tickle.
minded as She was beautiful Sh.
did prefer John Barton TOO phup 1ra.
tiers, but there was not great rrr
DOndcrancc OF preference. ard Mary
was not OF tha kind who could appre
ciote thoroughly jne difference between
the worth of EHuous character and
the wcaku of Masters.
GrOrrn LIr.t.r ...... .. A IL.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

during his stay at the Point Captain
Masters had been detailed as an a.d
to Washington. He occupied n room
next to that of the Chief II was near
ly midnight on the second day of
Washington's visit. Masters had been
dismissed for the night and was
stretched on his cot in his room. There
was nothing but the frailest kind of
partition between him and his Chiefs
sleeping apartment. The young officer
had not yet fallen asleep when he
heard the outside door OF Washngton's
apartment opened. Then came the
voice Of the Commander, you are on
time, CGptsin Barton. / can give an
hour to this matter, for | confess that
from what you said in your letter 1
am deeply Interested"
Masters raised himself on his elbow.
He felt 4 sort of panG of half shame.
but listened. He heard Barton give a
detailed account of experiments with
explosives which had lasted through
a number of years. Then he heard a
discussion on the subject of flint locks.
and of some new and simple contriv-
ancc to take the place of the clumsy
device. There was talk also of a fur
Their application CT n certain force
which should make the powder and the
bullet of one piece and work Il complete
transformation Of the method of load
ing weapons. Masters knew from the
tone of the Commander-in-C Chiefs voice
that he was deeply interested.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Rlllng to south american Rouna.up.

FIRST look TO your riding gear ard
take a leaf from the gaucho's book. In
all his outfit there is scarcely an inch
OF leather. His girth or cinch is n striD
of cowhide from nine inches to over n
foot in width, and the top-IEece to
which it is fastened by rawhide thongs
Is OF the same material. On the Of
side, where the top-piece meets the
girth, the rawhide lasso is buttoned
and coiled. You who have not been
trained TO the use of the lasso had bet
ter leave it behind you, for you are far
more likely to catch yourself than Il
COW or calf Fasten those sheepskin
saddle covers we'll over the top-pieces.
See that those enormous Spanish bits
are properly adjusted If you do not
wish to reduce your horses mouth to n
mere mass of bloody pulp. Be careful
In mounting and be quick about it.
LOOK out for the swing round as you
put foot in stirrup and hand on rein.
If you are wearing spurs be careful
lest in crossing over the rowels should
come in contact with the launches
which are quivering with excitement.
Ride from your knees like horsemen:
use knee and stirrup to tighten the Jolt
on the hips as every stride of the gal
lop is ended; lean forward and keep
the balance well; in effect, give those
pampa-bred horses fair play and they
viii gallop until your shoulders ache,
until the sweat and bride foam arc
clogged on your boot tops, until your
stirrups are clogged with the seeds of
grasses and thistles shipped of as You
swing merrily through them and until.
for your own sake at least, it is time
to unsaddle and rest.-Wnliam Eulfn,
in the Worlds Work.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

Tor the brine. These were made of
brick or stone and lined with cement.
At nrst 1t was the farmer who lined
eggs. he constructed his vat I'm his
cellar. Then the man who made egg
raising a regular business took Il up
and his silos, of capacity of n tnou-
sand dozen eggs or more. became. next
TO his hens, the chief appurtcnances of
his hennery. Ten years ago the coun-
try surrounding this city was thick
with mammoth egg silos. constructed
to supply our market with preserved
fresh eggs when the market ran shy
on the real thing Those silos were
frequently forty feet square ana sunk
into the earth to keep their contents
from freezing. Lined eggs became an
important article of export. and thou.
sands Of barrels OF them were shipped
abroad annually. They were known in
foreign lands as Yankee winter eggs"
Germany stepped in and knocked this
trade in eggs all to smithereens some
years ago, though, by discovering a
trick in lining eggs that maintained
the character of the fresh egg so near
to what it was when the hen started
1t forth on it's career that the American
lined egg could only play rather in
different second to the German. Ger.
many not only coppered foreign mar.
kets with its lined fresh eggs. but
shipped it 10 our own home market un.
til we shut il out 10y the tariff and
saved our infant industry in mummi-
fed fresh eggs.
''But the coming of compressed air
into the problem of cold storage has
gradually taken the fresh egg away
from the cmbalming brine. and where
there were hundreds of dozens of lined
eggs on the market ten years ago there
are not tens of dozens now. Cold stor.
ags keeps the eggs just as long. but
when they 20 out of that storage and
reach the prevailing temperature of
the consumers environment, IL will be.
hoove the consumer not to hold them
long in idle dalliance, for they are not
OF the embalmed sort, and the period
of their usefulness will be short when
change of air rouses them from the
paralyzing influence of the storage
vaults. a fresh egg six months old is
apt TO have ways.
The possibilities for speculation in
thus being able to keep eggs for an in
definite period in cold storage or by
embalming them in lime are apparent,
and it looks very much as if advantage
was being taken of them just about
now. AS for real, genuine fresh eggs
being any way in evidence in the mar
ket now, l don't believe any can be
found. Yet you might visit every re-
tail grocery in this town to-day. if it
We're possible, and every one of them
would have baskets full of eggs la
beled and declared TO be Fresh Laid
Long Island Eggs There aren't hens
enough on all of Long Island, every
one OF them working not only regularly
every day, but overtime, to produce
one-Jcnth OF the eggs that are thus on
sale rs fresh Long Island eggs. And
that one-tenth wouldn't be apt to get
into the corner groccr's hands, any
how. 1t would go directly to hotels or
private families. Yet when you ask
your grocer If those eggs are really
and truly fresh laid eggs. and he an
swerS you solemnly that they certainly
are, he isn't lying to you. No hen ever
yet laid stale egg.''-New York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
I" HERE is a tradition in the
Nv American Army that the Sc
cret of percussion Qulminate)
and itc Nun ntinn1 nn,,linnA t,.,

7" hEhE is tradition in the
American Army that the Sc
cret of percussion Gulminate)
and its practical application
20 firearms was discovered by young
Continental officer and impaired to the
Commander-in-Ch Chief, George Washing
ton. Theft and death interviewed to
give the old flint locks n longer lease
OF service and to make the utilizing
of the percussion cap the matter of q
new century.
John Barton was Captain in the Col
onial service. He was given TO re-
search in all sorts OF fields. but after
the first year of the war he confined
himself to one branch of investigation.
His fellow officers never knew what
he was up to, but that it was somthinG
that they did not care to share in was
evidenced one day when Captain john
Barton was blown out bodily through
the door of a hut in which he was CON
Quoting some experiments. 1t took
fhe army surgeons n month to get the
Captain round to his normal condition
but OF the cause of the explosion which
had made projectile of Linn the Cap
tain would not say n word. 1t was
only n few years befcrc this that n
Frenchman had discovered illuminate.
The discoverer, however. had the ex-
plosive in such q dangerous form that
at was Of no practical use, and, as n
matter of fact, he never thought Of it
IN its possible application to fire arms.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Feminine suspicIon.

Miss Dimplemore says that you are
very clever" said the young woman.
'Indeedw rejoined Miss Cayenne
calmly. Did she say it by way of in
timating that L am not good looking
or to suggest that I am unamiable pr
Washington Star
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Willie md Rirthdnrs.

Teacher - why were you not at
school yesterday"
Willie Green-"It was my birthday"
Teacher-'I don't stay at home on
my birthday"
Willie Green-"Well. I guess you've
got used to 'em. "-Philadelphla Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

Things never seem properly adj
justed in this world said the careless
young man.
Il have observed time and again that
the people with the most expensive
tastes almost invariably have the least
money to meet them" Washington
Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Barred From tho CoaI.

Her heart is the goal 1 am striving
for said Charlie Halfback
Have you tackled the old man?"
asked Willie Fullback.
Yes and he tried to kick me away
from the goal."-Brooklyn Life.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Inhinand

Il trust said one practical politi-
cian' that you will approach the cleo
ton in an absolutely unbiased spirit"
Il shall" answered the other. IT
have received equal amounts of money
from both sides. Washington Star,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
HCr DefRnaP.

He-"But don't you think you are
somewhat extravaganza"
His Daughter-"Now, papa, don't be
unreasonable! You know 1 never ask
you for money except when 1 haven't
anyw-Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

Customer understand that your
chef has been discharged"
Waiter-"Yes. sir. He has gone to
n place where they call him a cook
Judge.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

What is your dearest wish,
Mr.. Noodlekinsf"
Hc-"Ah, let me see! oh, yes, wish
my man could evan lcahn to lay out
the twousehs l want to weah in the
manning, without my being bothehd
by having to choose fwom fob oh FIVE
paths. It's so exasperatiEg."- Chicago
Record Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Letting Him Down Easv.

She-"NOw, dear, break the news OF
our engagement gently to papa"
He-"How shall start imp
She-"Oh! You might begin by say
ing that L have just diedw-Puck
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
$40
SaSSscIEsNNc1EI

The gypsy moth costs the world 81
100000 year. and the sugar-eatng
ant doubles that sum, while termites.
ant-like, wood-eating insects destroy
property in North Africa valued ut
more than 100000 i'm n twelvemopt'H
The wire ropes fastened to some OIL
the most dangerous places in the noun
tains of the Alps. while they form an
important safeguard. have been found
to present new danger as well. They
act as lightning conductors. and sew
Cral tourists were stunned during the
past summer. but none of the casual
ties proved fatal.
While making the foundation for
new house at Biebrich. on the Rhine,
few weeks ago. the workmen dlscov-
cred a wcll-prcSerVcd grave with
skeleton in crouchinC position. To
cether with the skeleton were found
number of stone and wooden nipple
ments. such rs hammers. axes. etc.
Skeleton and tools are said TO be at
least $500 years old.
DR.. \. \. Common. the English as
tronomer, in illustrating recently what
the telescope and the microscope have
done in extending the powers of vision
employed the following figures: Imag-
inc the size of an eye, and therefore
Of a man capable of seeing in n natural
way what the ordinary eye sees with
the aid of large telescope, and also
the size of man who could see plainly
with his natural eye what we see with
n powerful microscope. The first man
would be giant several miles tall. ana
the second midget very small E.
ton of an inch in height
Recent studies OF the geology of Vel
lowstone Park have led to the opinion
that the waters of Yellowstone Lake.
now the head of Yellowstone River.
once flowed OFF southwark into the
Snake River. At that time a compare
lively small stream followed the course
Of the magnificent Yellowstone Canon
which had not then been eXcavated to
ITS present great depth. The head Of
this stream gradually gnawed its way
back until it cut the divide enclosing
the basin of the lake, and by thus di-
Nerting the waters of the lake formed
the Yellowstone River.
The science OF clouds has attracted
many devotees within the past Few
years and photography has greatly as
sisted in advancing it. Clouds. like
stars, become far more interesting to
the non-scientifc observer of nature
when he knows the names attached TO
them. While the grandest and most
imposing form of cloud is the domed
and pinnacled cumulus which frequent
~ accompanies thunderstorms. the
most beautiful is the feathery cirrus
Cirrus clouds sometimes exist at enor-
nous elevations. While their mean
height is about 10000 feet-the height
OF Mount Evcrest-they have been
measured at an elevation of 40. 600 feet
or more than nine miles They move
with great velocity, about ninety miles
an hour on the average, and in winter
sometimes more than 200 miles an
hour.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
a Poor Rule, Etc.

Lulu-"Fred says l look just as did
fifteen years ago"
Ethel-'Fred is right-fftecn years
ago you looked just as you do now
Judge.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Pnt ON Gnnrd.

Yes said the fairy prince, you
may have whatever you want for
present"
IL will choose" said the fortunate
person. either wife or an automo-
Dlle' ,~R
How foolish" exclaimed the fairy
prince why do YOU not select some
thing that you can manage Judge.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Accounted For.

Jerrold-"He is just wild over golf"
Harold-"That so? Who is the glrl?"
Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

Small Man - Eyes, sir. he's a con.
temptible scoundrel and 1 told him
sou
Big Man-"Did he knock you downY'
Small Man-"No; l told him-er-
through the telephone" London
Sketch
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Lost His Appetite.

what made that man ot the lag5
table leave?' asked the proprietor Of
the restaurant
ut was this way. SIR" answered the
waiter. Gle came in and asked for
sausage and 1 told him we were out,
but If ne would wait q little while
we would have some"
"Wcllg"
"Then I went out in the kitchen and
accidentally stepped ON the dogs tail.
sir, and the dog began to howl like he
was being killed sir, and
u see' Interrupted the proprietor
Indianapolis Sun. .----.s
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22

1t nettled me to have the fellow
speak Of the science OF medicine as a
barefaced imposture
"Sacre" I cried for I had been edu-
Gated abroad. rs it that you do not
know the most successful imposters
among doctors aye precisely those who
wear big whiskersf"
could see that me qualled, now, as
why should he nOt2-Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
Our BUDGET
OF HUMoR.
In tho Museum.

The woman he loved was cold and calm,
Your heart is stone" said he;
And she didn't deny the charge, because
The Ossiied Girl was she
Cincinnati Observer. ,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-22
the LAST INN.
By THEODORE ROBERTS.

POme day, IN como to that still place
And bid the vintner smooth my bed.
No hurry of departure there
No waking when the morn il red.
The same kind trees will sing to me
Day after day, night after night:
uhe wind that wanders in the grass
Wiu bring no tidings of the fight.
From that still hostelry of rest
.. III mark the seasons pass along,
And clean forget the things unwon-
The pain of the unfinished song.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-23
ORDINANCES.
published July .. 1922
annr.-A III, "a rnaE


An Ordinance Nacating Certain Streets
aud Alleys Within the Limits of the
Terminal and Shop Grounds of the
Kansas city. Mexico and Orient Rail-
way Company, in the City of Wichita,
Kansas.
BE 1t Ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
cumen of the City Of Wichita;
Section l. That each and all Of the
following named streets. avenues and al.
leys which are within the site selected,
SHOWN on map. plat and description
heretofore delivered TO the mayor OF said
city. for the terminal and shop grounds
Of The Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
Railway company, be. and they are here
10y vacated viz:
St Clair Street-From the north line OF
lot forty-six $50. block &c" south TO
the north line Of lot twelve Q2l. in South
University Place addition.
Everett Avenue-From the north line
Of lot eighteen GSl. south TO the north
line Of lot forty-siN Ci6), in block -. "
South University Place addition.
Bonn Avenuc-From north line Of lot
forty (4N. block ID south to north
Gne of lot thirty lsW. block F. South
University Place addition
Hiram Avenue-From Ffgg avnue south
10 Wheeler or Lottie avenue.
Glenn Avenue-Froin Dooley avenue
south TO the north une OF lot twenty
Eve 60. in block two %, Orchard Grove
addition.
Vine Street-F7rom Dooley avenue south
10 the north line Of let nine Cs}. block
Is" Princess addition
9inweod Avenue-Frcn Dooley avenue
south 70 the narsh line OF lot twenty
one CID. block TX" o. Wheeler's ad-
duion-
e-n Avenue-From Dooiey avenue
south To Figg avenue
Elizabeth Avenue-From the north lire
81 ior tventy-nine 90. block "a" south
To me no7th line of lot nineteen G9l.
block "E in Wheeiers addition.
Nartinso1 Avenue-Frorn the north line
az lot fifteen d5} block &c" East Uui-
versity edition. south to Dooley ave
nue.
Esthnsr Avenue Fron Everett avenue
r-est % The alley west NJ ST. Clair stre-S
Merton AFenue-From Bonn aveuuc
west % aues Vcst 81 Bonn avenue.
Wheeler or Iot,fc Aveuue-From first
alley east 81 Eona avenue east to The
alley east of Vine street
Figg Aveuue-From Hiram avenue east
70 the alley olsr ~ Fern avenue.
Do2iey Avenue-Fro1n TIE east line n
Mar'iuson avenue west II the alles wsss
o. Elizabeth avenue
Alley in alocS It" south University
Place addition, from north line e ist