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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
Less Motion Than Emotion.

Two men were coming into Denver
from nearby town on local train
the other day. The train stopped
every five minutes, it seemed, and
one of the men became impatient.
Finally, when the train halted for the
engine to get up steam the mans i'm
patience overflowed.
Nov, what do you think of this
train?" he said to the other.
at isn't making much progress, &"
replied his friend.
Progress! 1 should say not" said
the impatient man. at would be a
fierce job to take a moving picture
of this train. Denver Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
TaIses Money ono won,t Cuss.

Senator Tillman, of South Caro-
lima, lectured at Roanoke, Va, the
other evening. The Times news
paper) of that town says the audience
was undoubtedly disappointed, &"
since the Senator did not employ
language that might be regarded as
bjectlonable.7 What can be the
matter with Tillman7 Doesn't he
know very we'll that II he sticks to
proper and unobjeotionable language
his desirabllity as lecturer will soon
become nil? People who go out to
hear Tillman want 20 hear him "cuss"
and drive Just as near the precipice
of expression as he can. That is what
his managers give him $500 a night
foT.-Savannah News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
Dull Fighter Still Popular in Mexico

In spite of the agitation that has
been carried on by foreign and native
reformers, it seems to be a fact that
the old Spanish sport of bull fighting
is still popular in the minds of the
masses I'm this country.
The popularity of the sport and
the almost universal regard in which
the men who make q profession of
it are held We're graphically illustrat-
ed in connection with the recent
death of one OF the most popular of
the Spanish tereros, Antonio Monies,
as the result of injuries received in
the ring. The unfortunate fighter
was severely wounded and fingered
for a few days before succumbing
finally, and during this interval there
was hardly an hour of the day or
night when the street in front of the
hotel where he lodged and finally
passed away was not thronged with
sympathizing admirers who called to
read the bulletins issued by the med
zeal men in attendance, or even con-
tented themselves with gazing sadly
at the walls which held their favorite.
Men from all walks of life could
be seen in the groups silently paying
tribute to the popularity of the man.
The funeral was largely attend
ed, solemn occasion, and the entire
attitude Of the general public was
an indication of the hold that tho
sport has upon the large number of
Its devotees.-Moder Mexico.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
Voting Machine to Go.

The passage by the State Senate
of the voting machine local option bill
is supposed to mark the Punishment
OF the machines from the State 1t
is expected to pass the House with
out serious opposition.
For five years the State has pur-
chased these machines in lots, until
now there is about $30O,OOO invested
In 500 of them. The people have
found 1t hard to "get the hang" of
them, and voters have stayed away
from the polls rather than exhibit
their inability to comprehend them.
Besides, 1t was brought out I'm the
debate yesterday that the clicking Of
the machine under the manipulation
Of the voter tells those near whether
he is registering a straight or split
ticket. In many of the districts they
registered more votes than there were
names on the registry lists.-Trenton
Dispatch to the New York Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
Baggage Regulations Abroad.

At all railway stations in Europe
baggage must be registered not later
than twenty minutes prior to the de-
parture OF the train for which it is
consigned. In Italy and in Switzer-
land, as in Holland, there is a mod
crate charge for transporting bag
gage, according to the weight and the
distance. In France fifty-six pounds
are allowed free. on presentation of a
railway ticket to the destination.
Anywhere on the Continent one can
send his baggage by rail to any other
point, by paying the transportation
charges, without buying a passenger
ticket.-The Travel Magazine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
A FRENCH HEROINE.

This is a story of heroine OF
France:
AT st. Vincent, near Lorient, in
Brittany, the River ARR was frozen
over. Some children ventured on the
Ice utterly needless OF weakness and
the depth OF the stream beneath. Be-
fore they had gone many steps they
had fallen through and were in the
water. Mile. lie Commandeur, a
girl of nine, heard the cries of two
women who saw the accident from
the river bank some distance away.
she resolutely waded into the
river, making way for herself
through the broken ice, and with the
water sweeping over her shoulders
she reached the two elder children,
one aged ten and the other seven,
who were clinging to the edge of the
ice. and brought them to the river
bank
THE third child, a two-year-old
baby, she left balancing on the ice.
thinking that he had a better chance
of staying above water than the big
ger children. But before she reached
him he slipped and was washed into
midstream and sank out of sight.
The girl dived, caught the baby's
clothing and dragged him to the
shore. Rescued and rescuer were all
put to bed at once, and none suffered
any bad result of the wetting and ex-
posture. "-Chicago News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
Old-Time Frisco Conc.

"San Francisco is going to get back
its business and its population I'm
time, but it will never be the same
joyous, free and easy, hurrah old
town that it was in the days before
the earthquake" said Mr. f. S. X.
Prentiss, of that city. to the Wash.
ington Herald. Lots OF the old
timers, temporarily in other parts.
will return, but there will also be an
influx OF strangers and a general re-
adjustment, which, / believe, will
change the whole complexion OF
things and create an entirely different
atmosphere.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
TALES OF
NOT AFRAID TO. DIE.

Sir Lyon Playfair, in a letter to
Junius Henri Browns, says: Having
represented a large medical constit-
uency (the University of Edinburgh
Tor seventeen years as a Member of
parliament, l naturally came in con-
tact with the most eminent medical
men in England. / have put the
question to most of them, did you
In your extensive practice ever know
a patient who was afraid to die?"
with two exceptions they answered
NO. One of these exceptions was
Sir Benjamin Brodie, who said he
had seen one case. The other was Sir
Robert Christison, who also had seen
one case, that of n young girl of bad
character who had a sudden accident.
] have known three friends who were
partially devoured by wild beasts I'M
der apparently hopeless circumstances
of escape. The first was LIVINGSTONE.
the great African traveller, who was
knocked on his back by a lion, which
began to MUNICH his arm. He assured
me that he felt no fear or pain, and
that his only feeling was one Of in
tense curiosity as to which part of
his body the lion would take next.
The next was Rustem Pasha, now
Turkish Ambassador in London. A
bear attacked him and tore off part
OF his hand and part of his arm and
shoulder. He also assured me that
he had neither a sense of pain nor of
fear, but that he felt excessively an
cry because the bear grunted with so
much satisfaction in munching him.
The third case is that of Sir Edward
Bradford. an Indian officer now oc-
cupying high position in the Indian
Office. He was seized in a solitary
place by tiger, which held him firm
ly behind his shoulders with one paw
and then deliberately devoured the
whole of his arm, beginning at the
end and ending at the shoulder. He
was positive that he had no sensation
OF fear, and thinks that he felt a lit
tie pain when the fangs went through
his hand, but is certain that he felt
none during the munching of his arm.
Our Dumb Animals.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16

At last we have positive evidence
that progress Is being made ON the
excavations for the Panama Canal.
At the Gatun dam, the dispatches say,
Secretary Taft took off his coat and
descended to tho bottom OF a hole
that goes to the bottom OF the lock.
II there is hole at Gatun big enough
TO hold BIZ" Taft then SC won't be
long before there will be hole there
big enough for craft of the Dread.
nought Savannah News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16

A group Of six wild oatriches were
seen on the Commonage on Saturday
afternoon. The huge birds were dis
porting themselves on an ant heap
only a few yards from the road. This
little group seems to have made the
cast end Of the Commonage and tho
Government reserve their home, and
are often TO be met with
So tame are they that on a person
approaching they simply get mp from
the road. where they are often lying.
and walk a few yards on 20 the veldt
and gaze composcdly at the pssser-
by.-Rhodesia Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

On Friday, the 18th inst. Arley
Fields, young farmer living near
Silyerville, Lawrence County. rescued
his wife and mother from fifteen feet
OF water at Salt Creek ford. In at
tempting to ford the stream he drove
his horse in at the wrong crossing
The buggy was overturned and the
party was thrown into the icy water
Unable to swim the women sank.
ana It was only by heroic efforts ne
succeeded in getting one of the wom-
en- 10 take hold OF his shoulder. Com
Ironted by the old problem as to who
ne should rescue, his wife or his
mother, Fields swan about with his
Wife on his back until his mother
came to the surface and seized hold
OF her son. With the two women
chnging to him he then swan to q
ledge OF rock fiftyyards down stream
Marooned on this miniature island
the three sat and shlvered. shouting
Wildly FOR help Shortly afterward
their cries attracted the attention Of
the crew OF a Monon switching train
end the men swan TO the rock nv
locking hands they succeeded I'm
bringing tho party 90 shore.
But for the almost superbumap
strength of Fields and his bravery in
making a desperate fight with the
water, both women would have been
drowned. His team, valued at 5000.
was drowned Indiana Farmer,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
EAGLE WHIPS MAN.

Frederick Hollenbach, near Sac
gersville. Pa, was feeding the gray
squirrels in his woodland when an
eagle flew past that had in its talons
one of the lambs, says the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger. Hollenbach
struck the bird sharply with a stick.
The eagle dropped the lamb and
made for the man, ripping open his
face, hands and chest with his tall
ons and tearing on almost all his
clothes. After It had Hollenbach ~
ing PROSTATE I'm the woods the eagle
picked up the lamb and flew of.
Hollenbach is In bed, with a doctor
attending him.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16

And let the sparks snap with delight,
AS fingers might
That mark def measures of some tune
The children Groom;
Then, with good friends, the rarest few
Thou holdest true,
Ranged round about the blaze, TO share
My comfort there,
Give me TO claim the service meet
That make each seat
A place of honor, and each guest
Loved as the rest.
james Whitcomb Riley, in the Hon,
Magazine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
Her Fnther,s islessInr.

A little girl had been allowed by
her mother Co visit the minister's
family and stay for dinner, tells tbe
Stotesbury Tribune. After the
preacher had finished asking a bless
ing, the child said "That isn't the
way my papa asks a blessing" "And
how does your papa ask q blesslng9o
inquired the minister "Wby, he Just
says, Good God, such neal -.
KansRs City Post,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
GIVE ME CONTENT,

Dear Lord, to Thee my knee is bent.
=. Give me content
fpii-pleasured with what comes to me
;. Whate'er it be;
An humble roof1a FRUGAL hoard
r,, And simple hoard;
Ihe wintry fagot piled beside
The chimney wide,
Whiie the enwreathing flames up sprout
Inc brazen dogs that guard my hearth
-. And household worth;
The rafters low; ..
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
FOUGHT BEARS WITH AXES.

Two woodchoppers. armed with
axes, had battle with a huge black
bear and four partially grown cubs
on Mount Pico, near Rutland, VT
They killed two cubs, but the mother
and other cubs got away.
Luther Weeks and his son Clinton
felled large tree and 1t crashed
down into a clump of bushes. Angry
growls followed, and the five bears,
which had been alternating under
the bushes made for the men. The
men fought and won.
The cubs that were killed weighed
100 pounds each. The men declare
the old bear was fully eight feet long
and would weigh about 500 pounds.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
STONED A COUGAR TO DEATH

STONED A COUGAR TO DEATH.
One day recently Jack Runk, who
lives near Lorraine, was driving to
that place with his wife in a buggy
when they noticed d half grown cou-
gar run across the road.
Mr.. Runk got out Of the buggy
and, giving the lines to his wife, went
after the animal and soon had him
freed on a small tree near the road.
He got a hatful OF good sized rocks
and went 20 pelting the snarlihe var
mint with all his strength. He proved
a veritable David at stone throwing
and soon had the big cat hors du com-
bat. -Eugene Register.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16

II there was any railroad advertis.
ing in last weeks Kansas papers II
was not noticeable to a casual oh.
ryer.--Kansas City Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
WHEN ToLsToI WAS A COWARD

W Z.
Tolstoi feels very keenly the SEEM
Ing inconsistency of his life, the fact
that he cannot make his altruistic
notions harmonic with his daily life.
His chagrin has on one or two occa-
sions nearly made a coward of him.
AT night when no one was looking
ne has skunk away toward Moscow.
like tramp, to be himself some
where. But always before he has got
far a voice has said to him: 'Lyoff
Nicholayevitch, you are afraid. You
dread the remarks of the crowd. You
shrink on hearing that you preach
what you don't practise. You are
trying to run away from It all, to be
comfortable yourself, whether others
are or not
Think OF your wife and children.
or the home you have made. Is it
your right to sneak away from all
this Just to make yourself look and
SCUM consistent? Have you not
duties toward your wife and chill
dren to observe? Do you think that
you can throw over all that you were
to them and they to you merely to
satisfy your yanity-vanity, Lyoff.
and nothing more? You are vain in
your very sneaking. You insist upon
appearing all that you think you are.
Back, back, backl Remember
your wife and children. Remember
that you have no right to make them
think and live the way you would.
Remember that to sneak away is
cowardly. Back, Lyon Nlcholaye-
vitch!" And back the old man has
trudged to take up his burden as a
citizen.-JOsiah Flynt, in Success.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16

In some parts Of England the prac-
tice prevails OF displaying a flag from
the schoolhouso roof whom every pu-
pil IL present,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16

OF the twelve members Of tho new
French Cabinet eight have been reg.
ulas writer's for she Paris press,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
j. T. Waldo & Co.'S.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
cRANTsVILLE, W. VA.

Keeps constantly on handI Rais1
Hay, Chop, eto., 81 reasonable fets6,
Dan supply you With q horse single
horse buggy, two-hprgs buggy q cor,
reg, With or WITHOUT driver, tor ahoti
feasenebis BfieeA
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
SECRET ROOMS AND PASSAGES.

ASOOAAO AMI AOOAObO.
A romance of the Revolution was
recalled when the police of Airing
ton, Mass, suspecting that unlawful
enterprises were being carried on in
the old Cooper Tavern, q local land
mark, devoted two or three days to a
search for 1t. Discoveries were not
numerous at first, but after time it
was perceived that one of the inner
foundation walls seemed too short
for the actual outside support of the
building. That gave hint which re-
suited In finding that the old house
was literally honeycombed with secret
rooms and passages-utilized of late
by gamblers. The tavern was built
Just before the Revolution. In one
of the front rooms, on the day of the
Battle of Lexington, two armed pa
triots, hemmed in by Lord Percy's
soldiers, made their last stand. Other
citizens were known to have been in
the building on that eventful day,
but they made their escape. The re-
cent discoveries suggest the way in
which they might have done so.-
Youths Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
BEWARE OF THE tERsEv pt,tt.

lie Is dangerous, horns or no horns.
a dehorned Jersey bull butted to
death q valuable young mare on the
farm OF Frank Robbins, south Of
erssnsburg. The bull, hsfetogore
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-16
XXX THE Wild Dogs OF SAN MTGUELITO. wv
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-16
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-16

tha- IS necessary, though little phys
ieal culture win keep down any thick,
ening OF the waist muscles.
The rough pongees have come back
with re-enforcements. Last year the
majority OF them were plain, but this
season they are plaided, blocked, strip.
ed and crossbarred.
The foulards shown are unlike those
we are accustomed to wear. Few of
the new designs ase in floral effects.
Instead the backgrounds are Of wide or
narrow stripes with geometrical or
scroll patterns.
Leaf designs in the new embroideries
are new and striking. The silk passe-
menteries are really gorgeous, the flow
cred being Of soft raised silk and chit.
fon.
The theater bonnet of the moment
consists OF wire framed wreath OF
flowers and silver tissue with sweep
ing feathers or an aigret In front or
at one side. The coil Of hair forms the
only crown OF this hat In name only.
Flowered batiste makes the small
girls gown seen In the cut. The jump
er waist is worn over ehemisette OF
tucked muslin.
JUDO CHOuLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-16
EXPECT 70 FIND ONLY HER BODY.
Hunt to Continue for Alton Woman, 1t
Is Feared, Dead in the Woods.

Rochester, n. H.. March 16.--The be-
lief chat Miss Emma Nhi.shonse o.
East Alton, who disappeared from that
place q few days ago, IL lead in the
woods, il strengthened by the facts made
known Thursday relative to the find.
ing of the womans gloves and ct2, and
the superstition that she made an at
tempt to purchase a revolver.
The searchers yesterday were unsuc-
cesful IN locating the young woiuon, but
will continue the hnut today.
Once before Miss Whitshouse went
away Just as mysteriously, ard after
the entire country had been secured size
was found at the home Of Mrs. T. u.
Rollins in this city
After today, it Is said, nothing further
win be done until the snow disappears.
The hunters secured she region around
Merrymeeting pond. IA the upper part
of New Durham, most thoroughly, it
having been reported that Il strangely
acting woman had been seen near there,
but absolutely no trace Of Miss White
house was found,
II is thought that IS she has been van
dering in that wild section Of New Dur
ham she must have died from exposure
and hunger before now, and it Is Likely
that her body will be found after the
snow disappears
IL Miss Whitehouse II hiding among
friends, they arc keeping it a profound
secret. The girls immediate relatives
say that they are completely in the dark.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-16
THE BRAIN STORM.

While lying calmly on my bed
One day, amidst rainsterm,
] felt a queeness in my head
Quoth | 1--WE got brain STORM"
And as the queeness grew and grew,
] cried Come, hold me, Juliai
For I'm afraid, unless You do,
I'm going to act peculiarl"
But sleeping Julia nothing said,
And soon with many an antic,
The brain storm ragged within my head
Till ] became near frantic
/ smoked up forty.six cigars
And pocketed the ashes,
/ crept up to the window bars
And tied the windows sashes.
made the wash stand on its back
Because the wood-fire wouldn't;
tried to make the carpet tack,
And did, because it couldn't.
I smashed the clocks alarming face
And gave the mantel pieces.
made the tooth brush UP the place,
] smacked my little nieces.
i went and stood upon my head
And clapped my ears together
And when my wife awoke, | said:
my dear, what charming weather.
Said Julia, with yawn; How queerl
Why, amt you seen the rainstormT
Said i: eDon't question me, my dearl
I've got another brain-storm."
Richmond Times Despatch