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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
somowhnt nnnsc.

'i sec that millionaire who died re-
Gently left a handsome sum 20 n man
who had bcfricndcd him when poor
boy
Wasn't that sweet of him Was the
man very poor boy
No. It was the millionaire
How funny. How could he be a poor
boy If he was millionaire? p
Can't you understand; When the
man bcfricndcd the millionaire nc was
poor boy"
oh, yes, see. The man was a poor
boy"
mo, he wasn't. It was the million
airc'
"Of course. The millionaire be
fricndcd the poor boy. How good OF
him
Say what's the matter with you2
Listen. There was once poor hoy. and
kind-hcartcd man aided MIN When
ne grew mp he did not forget this kind
ness. He became a millionaire and
when he died nc left him some money.
Sec"
"Of course I see. Was the boy still
q boy? Why, where are you going,
dcar,'
I'm going TO the club; that's where
I'm going
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
OId JOG. thc Night wntchmnn.

From the Pail Mall Gazette. London.)
How often on returning home late or a
dreary winters night has our sympathy
gone out to the poor old night Waterman
as he sat huddled up over his cage fire,
overlooking the excavations which our
City Council in their wisdom, or otherwise.
allow the different water companies TO
make so frequently in our congested
streets. In all weathers. and under all eli
matte conditions, the poor old night watch
man is obliged to keep watch over the
companies property. and to see that the
red lights arc kept burning What a life,
to be sure; what privations and hardships;
they have aches and pains. which nothing
but St. Jacobs Oil can alleviate.
"Old joe is in the employ of the Lam
beth Water Works, and is well and favour.
bly, known He has been a night watch.
man for many years, in the course of
which he has undergone many cxpc.
riences. What with wet and cold. he con-
tracted rheumatism and sciatica. which fair.
" doubled him up. and it began TO lool, 2
serious matter for old Joe whether he
would much longer be able to perform. lis
duties, on which his good wife and himself
depended for a livelihood. but as it hap
pened a passer-by. who had for some
nights noticed Old Joe's painful condition.
presented him with bottle Of st. Jacobs
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

Good story they got out about the
professor, hcy?'
What's the matter, did ne forget
again.
Nav Better than that His wife
got up the other morning and was slip
ping her shoes ON when She gave lit
tie shrek What's the matter" he
asked
Why. | was putting my shoe on
Only one?' said the professor.
Why there should have been three.
put them there last night to keep them
warm.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
The True Giorv.

"lna glory oi tine church is not IT'S
g.Idcd spires. lts mumblug Illfr.es. its
crowds. its sifcn ease. the glory oI the
church, sass Iho Central Christian Advo.
gate .Me.nJ of Kansas City Isit. SCARED
h.1rl and Its hcar- weeping over those Boz
barred arm Is trying to protect and save.
tIssin has message for tho churches
which wc wish were framed and hung
over the inner doorway of every church
rudcr heaven. 10 is that the world expects
the soldier to De ready to suffer and even
to die 0t his post, it expects the doctor
90 bee ready t1 die 40 his post aud DO has
an equal right to expect the church of the
Lord Jesus Christ Co be ready Co suffer and
die Tor the welfare of The world. When
the cynic looks out upon Che discrepancies
between Che sweet and r1scato profession
OF peace which so many make and their
falling sWay from thai rugged and a.8uch
support oi principle which marked Che rats
rom Jcthsem1uo TO- Calvary with drops
1i blood while Che wolves Keep right 0n
tearing the sheep The cyuic is art to take
np One p.1Int OF -winhwue and CRY out t1
Che Christ I offer 1II lIs bttcrest crown
of tnou is NOT Che conduct of Ills uro
tossed dIcInIesl 10 s u0 credit to- the
church Chat she nraH.rs so H.t'o hatred
ou the par. of cyIjocr off dcmaQoues
ud party maeieU eo LITTLE opposition
rom the gambling hcI and The saloons
lne tender Onu could yct say off Che
cWI-oQcr. BE enc of your fathor tbs
dcVili. lnc po. ucans OFF Ills day plotted
against Him and m1shcd their teeth.
thcre s 600 htl.c of Chat now
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
Hor,s Thiso

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned. have known f. J. Che
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per
fcctly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their hrm
VEST TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, Observation-Disclosures Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is .aSen internally, act
ING directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price. 75c. per bottle.
sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Nails Family Pills are tho bes..
The population OF the German cnuire
Includes 100000 who u.c The Polish Ian
lu1-c.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
Too Much for I'm.

u sec that thirteen lynchers have
been arrested in California"
suppose you want me TO say it's an
unluclIy number"
mo | was going TO say that twelve
weak jurymen can do up thirteen husky
lynchers at any time
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

brooklyn. NY. Jan. 20th.-Fo- many years
Garfield Tea. The Herb euro. has been earn-
i.ga reputation that is rare-it is UHircrsdily
praised This remedy presents unusual at
fractions to those In search of health; it is
made OF herbs that cure i'm Natures way-by
removing tine cause of disease Il is pure; IL
cleanscs the system, purihcs the blood and es-
tablshes o perfect action of the digestive
organs; 10 is equally good for young Gnd old.
1t is estimated that of the whole popu.
latiou of the globe about 10000 die every
day.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
49, school ChiIdren 40 sIckIY.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Homo, New York, break up Colds in p hours
cure Fevershness, Headache, stomach
Troubles. Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms At an druggists 25c. sample mailed
free. Address Allen 3. Olmstcd, lie Roy, MY
The practice of Furnishing pupils by de-
Quoting credits for scholarship has been
forbidden i'm the San Francisco schools.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

Denmark leads tue world in per capita
interest in agriculture. Each inhabitant
has ON an average a capital of $3.50 invest
ed In farming.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

The average annual amount of coal
mined in ENGLAND from 1851 to 1900 is 100,
OOOOOO tons.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

The shark holds the record for long dis.
lance swimming. \ shark has been known
TO cover 500 miles in three DAYS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

All goods are aI-e 80 -.,--A.i IADEI rss
DYES, as they color all nbcrs at ono boiling.
Sold by all druggists.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

Pisos Cure is the best medicine we cvcrus
for all affections OF throat and lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEy, Nanburcn, Ind. Feb. 10. 1900.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

The hide of the hippopotamus in some
parts is fully two inches thick
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

ln nine of the great cities of the United
States thele are 2OOl9J telephones.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

"Only two applications OF Tettcriuc cured
D. had case of Ring Worm from which I bad
uttered. Julian VI. Solomon. Savannah, Ga.
SOFA box by mail from j .T. Shuptrnc, Savan-
nIh, Ca, If your druggist don't keep it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

An ordinary railroad engine win travel
about 100000 mites before it wears out.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

1 believe we have done the negro race in
caIculable harm by this system, patterned
on the system OF Massachusetts in some
respects.
While we have been giving undue atten-
ton 70 the negro and the whole area OF
abolition politics has been flooding the
south with money ito put black heels on
white necls," the state of Georgia with
cowardly incapacity has FILTERED away
millions upon millions Of our wealth to
make the negro equal to the white man
among us.
n il were not for placing some twelve
thousand teachers. commissioners, boards
OF education and other drawees OF public
money on short commons. there would be
a general uprising of the taxpayers
against this lop-sided school system right
No reform cSn be instituted in the legis-
lature unless lobby OF huge proportions
springs Immediately upon the weak-kneed
legislators. We are fioundering about, De-
cause these people are afraid Of losing a
fat fob, and Il is human nature to rebel
Why not look at your own interests
Hitler II my age disqualifes me, rise up
and speak for yourselves. Now is the time
TO aRitate this question. Commissioner
Glenn SAYS he is converted to the compul-
sorry attendance system. Look in his re-
port Of 1900 to the legislature. He told the
people at Griffin more than twelve
months ago that I was instrumental In
his conversion to this theory Of compul-
sorry attendance.
/ am not going to claim any trophies
because I only advanced the idea that one
compulsion policy was based on the other.
The locomotive is a fine looking machine,
but II amounts to precious little without
fuel and steam. Our public school system
has all the machinery and yet II lacks the
steam. and amounts to failure.
want a system that fits our conditions
in the south. Some things are here, which
we encounter, that Massachusetts is not
bothered about. We have tried one end
OF Massachusetts system for thirty years
II you cannot take the otheroend then drop
Massachusetts, and try old Georgia's plan
once again. and I make no apologies for
ny age when dare to speak the truth
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07
Our Consular Service.

The debate in the house, Of representa-
tives on our foreign consuls would be
comical IL II were not painfully true that
we are paying an enormous sum for the
privilege OF fixing up the faithful with sal
aries and a habitation in, foreign land.
or In sending an immense crowd out as
drummers for various manufacturers and
divers manufactures I'm this country I'M
der the name Of cOnsuls.
AS soon as a consul Is chosen and the
salary he knew all about when he made
his application, he then turns about to
get his Congressman TO procure an in
crease, and during his entire occupancy OF
the ofice. he is bringing every magma
be influence TO bear to get more salary
and forever crying out that he can't live
on the salary all the while.
Congressman Gaines told the house OF
representatives that he had occasion to
visit the consulate at Nagasalki. a. beau
tiful city with a magnificent bay. and he
found the consul's offlce by going up stairs
over some mans business store. where
the American flag hung out at the win
dow. The consul was not there. was Wis
iting in the United States, but there was
a clerk. and In spite OF all the money paid
TO .nese consuls there was nobody there
TO represent the United States except in
this shabby way to visitors.
The humbuggery OF the thing Is ride
ulous. II Is in nine cases out Of ten only
providing for political favorites. and their
name is legion, by putting a teat in their
mouths. by which they can enjoy foreign
travel and draw sustenance from the ma
tional treasury and have good time.
IL is only a part OF regular system
OF making one part Of our citizenship pro-
vide for another part by raising the tax
money. which money goes TO the support
OF the favorites. who get these Offices by
the favor OF the appointing powers.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

wealthy young man of marked ability.
His work will consist of fighting the bat
tie for Democratic candidates for congress
in the middle states and the west so 1t
may be readily seen what Importance at
taches to his opinions. James l.. Norris,
the new treasurer of the campaign COM
mlttee, is an avowed German man, while
Lewis Nixon. who will be elected chair
man OF the finance committee and there
by put in charge Of the drag net for cam
paign coin, will OF course follow his Tam
many instincts. The casual reader can
infer that these instincts do not point
Bryanward. 80
The plan Of campaign for the fall cleo
tions. so far as 1t has developed, will be
to concentrate the fight on several close
contests, rather than to scatter the am
munition. The real object of the COM
mittee is, OF course, to win the next
house for the Democrats. To do this vic
tory must be wrenched from Republican
candidates in New York, Connecticut and
New Jersey and several OF the Western
states. There lies the Democratic hope.
The campaign committee, therefore, in
stead of spreading its line of battle indis-
criminately. will throw its aid and comfort
only to those candidates who really need
Il at these points. The Democrats who
have only nominal opposition for re-elec-
tion must look to themselves to win out.
The campaign committee is Coing to be
too busy to help them.
With Cable leading the charge on the
enemy in the middle states. Nixon waging
Tammany warfare in the eastern states
and Griggs supervising the whole. Demo-
Gratis believe they have splendid chances
for carrying the next house. All the lead
ers are enthusiastic in the preliminary
details and henceforth the slaughter of
the Republicans will be planned with all
the care and vigor that active political
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

TO physical limitations. Her grandmoth-
er, a Scotchwoman OF rare intelligence
and beauty OF character, was her first
teacher, and afterward an aunt. Later,
governesses were employed, and when
her father and mother moved to Ala
bama the future author was sent to fin
ishing school In Atlanta; but within three
months her health broke down, and she
was obliged to be taken to her home, at
Birmingham.
Here, year later. Miss Johnston's
mother died, and the young girl Of six
teen, the eldest of several brothers and
sisters, was called upon to direct the az
fairs Of the household. Her father, Major
John w. Johnston. a lawyer and an ex-
member Of the Virginia legislature, was
at that time an exceedingly busy man,
largely interested in several southern rail-
roads and identified with a number Of the
initial enterprises of the city in which
ne had made him home. Birmingham is
not beautiful town, and to the ordinary
young girl the direction of a compare
lively large household would not be in
spring. But Miss Johnston was not an
ordinary young girl, and 1t is not too
much to say that great deal OF her In
spiration and not a little of her breadth
of view have been acquired as the result
of years spent in quietly doing the thing
that's nearest" Certainly she has been
satisfied with the consequent love of the
members Of her immediate family-nore
satisfied, one may feel justified in saying,
than with the fame which has come with
the publication OF her novels.
The home at 2213 Seventh avenue, Bir-
mingham, has little to distinguish 1t from
the city home of any other southern fam
fly Of easy circumstances. 1t is a fairly
large house, built for comfort rather than
for beauty, and furnished ror comfort and
for dignified refinement rather than style
or fashion. Back Of the large parlors,
with the hospitable open fireplaces of the
south, is the library. where Miss Johnston
did part OF her writing until short time
ago. when another room was set apart
for this purpose. Few. Of the books on
the shelves are modern, and an examina-
ton of their titles supplies a possible ex-
PLANTATION of the genesis of the distinguish
ing features of the novelist's work. The
literary favorites are Shakespeare, Mar
lowe, Spenser, the essayists of the eigh-
teenth century, the balladists OF Scotland
Shelley, Keats, and Browning.
Miss Johnston's writing is done at no
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

regular and highly remunerative trade.
A naturally small child is taken in hand
at six months DID, or thereabouts, given
graduated doses Of gin every couple OF
hours, bathed in the same fluid three or
four times a day and, provided IL sur
wives the treatment, a midget is the re-
suit Nearly all the wretched little
dwarfs one sees exhibited in penny
gaffs'' at country fairs and in the slums
of great cities are so manufactured.
Giants, on the other hand, are natural
products, that is to say pthey can not be
made to order wholesale. Hike dwarfs. But
they frequently starve themselves-or are
forced to do so by their owners-in order
that their increased slimness may add to
their apparent height. 1t was said at the
time that Chang, the Chinese giant" who
stood over eight feet in height in his
stockings, and who died at Bournemouth
some years ago, practically starved him
self to death. He prided himself on being
the ligntest and Earliest" giant on earth,
and took so little nourishment for years
prior to his decease that he could hardly
raise his voice above a whisper, nor could
he walk dozen yards without sitting
down to rest.
Jockeys similarly starve themselves.
Indeed, they have to, IL they desire to rise
TO eminence in their very arduous profess
sion. The life of Fred Archer. the most
famous of them all, was literally one long
martyrdom from this cause. and he in
duced the fever, in the delirium Of which
he blew out his brains, through the priva-
tions he voluntarily underwent in order
to ride st. Mirim for the Cambridgeshire
at stone pound. Osborne, once, on the
eve of a race, found himself too heavy by
some FIVE pounds. He clothed himself in
horse blankets and walked until he fell
exhausted. covering close on forty miles.
When weighed he was found to have re-
lieved himself by this heroic treatment OF
nearly seven pounds Of "superfiuous' adj
pose tissue.
John Arnull, again, in order to be able
to ride a particular horse for the Prince
of Wales, ate nothing, save one apple per
diem for eight consecutive days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07
sTARVE AND GROW RICH.
A Trick of the Trade for Jockeys and
clants-odd Ways in Which others
Have Become Famous.
Seattle Post InteIhgencer.

Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Most people regard the possession OF
robust health as an unmixed blessing
But not all. To some people 1t is the
greatest Of all evils.
Yvette Guilbert, the famous French
singer, for instance, found 1T impossible
to produce the wierd stage effects which
had made her famous, when she was
we'll, and so gave up cycling as too
healthy. Later on she took more active
measures to emaciate her face and figure,
with the result that she overdid it, and
induced an illness that brought her to
the verge of the grave.
De Quincy cultivated dyspepsia with
great assiduity, eating purposely hearty
suppers of lobster, pork and other rich
and indigestible food, In order to induce
those marvellous dream visions, the
chronicling of which constituted his
most wierdly effective work. A genera
ton or two later Gustave Dore followed
much the same plan in order to conjure
up similar horrors, only in his case 1t
was the magic of the brush and palette,
and not the witchery of the pens which
transmitted them to posterity. De Quin-
cy, also as is well known, cultivated
the opium habit, and gave his expert
ences to the world In what is in one
sense the most remarkable book ever
written.
Before the late Lord Leighton began
painting his great Work, 'Cymon ana
Iphigenia," he searched the ateliers OF
Paris, Florence and half a dozen other
continental art centres for a model
worthy OF posing as the unhappy daugh-
ter of Agamennon, but without success.
He found what he wanted at last, and
by accident, in London. in the person of
Miss Dorothy Dee, young anc compar-
atively unknown actress. Lord Leighton
himself said that she was the most per-
fectly formed woman he had ever seen.
Every line of both face and figure was
classical in the highest degree. Her
hair was curly and golden, her lustrous
eyes had the hue of violets, and she
possessed a complexion that was posi-
lively dazzling in its transparent purity.
Alas, however, this same brilliancy of
complexion was the result of incipient
consumption, of which abe eventually
died, but not before she had posed for
many of the great painters finest works.
earning for herself undying fame, for
tune and the respect and esteem of the
president of the Royal academy him
self
The manufacturing of midgets is
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 2.-The
organisation Of the Democratic Con-
gressional Campaign committee, which
brought new factors into prominence in
the national political field, may be termed
one more step in the passing Of William
Jennings Bryan as a presidential candi-
date. Not one of the men elected to office
IN the committee favors Mr.. Bryan as the
candidate for 1904 and not one, 1t is be-
lieved, will favor the war cries and bat
tie hymns picked out for the party by Mr..
Bryan.
Judge Griggs. Of Georgia, the new
chairman OF the committee, leans towards
German as the next Democratic candi-
date. Benjamin f. Gable. Of Illinois, is
said to be for German. Cable is very
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-07
Great Things Are Expected
OF Griggs by The Democrats.
BY MILF SAUL.

brains can bring to bear. And 1t is no Sc
cret that In the plans there is reserved
a space for the expenditure of little
more of the long green than Democrats
have heretofore expended; this In accord
ance with their discrimination to adopt the
tactics known asTpractical politics.
) Judge Griggs has never been felt out as
a leader but his friends claim for him an
unusual stability as an organizer and a
keen, quick thinker. He has the respect
and esteem OF eevry member or congress.
None of the southern delegation enjoy
wider popularity than his and none can
boast OF a more extensive and influential
political acquaintance.
Personally he is strong and in the best
of health His stalwart, well knit inquire
is topped off with shock of dark RED
hair. His countenance suggests the old
Roman type. He IS seldom heard on the
floor of the house but when heard he new
er fails to impress.