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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Schools are Too Superficial.

The course of study in our High
schools includes so many subjects that
they cannot be thoroughly taught,
and so much that is needless is re.
quired of the pupils that to the hours
of confinement in school they have to
add hours of study at home A radical
change is imperatively needed. No
pupils should have so many studies
that they cannot be thoroughly mas.
tered. No pupil should have to imper-
il health by hours of study daily at
home. The High school should not
aim to teach everything. The course
of study is loaded up with imprac-
ticable nonessentials untitled to eth.
or develop or inform the mind. Less
time and strength should be wasted
on fads, theories, and technical spec
ialties that must be so specifically
taught as to be valueless. The great
est opportunity open to educators to.
day is to thoroughly reform the High
school curriculum. The changes need.
ed cannot be wrought by individual
teachers. They are themselves i'm the
grip Of a system that has gradually
grown worse instead of better.-Les.
lies Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
FOOLED THE PREACHER.
A Doctors Brother Thought Postum
Was Coffee.

A wise doctor found out coffee was
hurting him so he quit drinking It.
He was so busy with his practice,
however, that his wife had to write
how he fooled his brother, a clergy
man, one day at dinner She says:
Doctor found coffee was injuring
him and decided 20 give Postum a
trial, and we have used It now for
four years with continued benefit In
fact, ne IS now free from tho long
train OF Ills that follow coffee drink
Ing.
ITO show how successful we are I'm
making Postum properly, I will relate
an incident At a dinner We gave.
doctor suggested that we serve Pos
tum instead OF ordinary coffee
Doctors brother, clergyman.
supposed Il was old fashioned coffee
and remarked, az he called for his
second cup, II you do preach against
cofioo soc you haven't forgotten how
to make IT,"
This goes to show that well-mado
fully boiled Postum has much the
flavor and richness OF good coffee nj
though sc has an individuality oil ts
own. A ten days trial will prove that
II has none OF the poisonous effect OF
ordinary coffee but will correct the
troubles caused by coffee. There's
q reason" Name furnished by Pos
tgm Coz Ltd Battle Creek, Mich,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Pitcher George Winter has resigned
with the Boston American Club.
Keeler, of the New York Ameri-
cans, has received a $500 raise. His
salary is said to be 5000.
Manager Lajoie is among those
who believe that Rossman will deliver
the goods at first base for Detroit.
Gilmore Kinney, Yale's baseball
captain and basketball star, has been
disqualified by the faculty for low
scholarship.
1t is said that Garry Hermann, OF
the Cincinnati Club, has expended
S25O,OOO since he got into baseball
five years ago.
Should Beaumont quit Sam Lever
will be the only one left of the Pitts
burg contingent which was CONSOLE
dated with the Louisville team in
1900.
Umpire Tom Connolly is not In
favor of any change in the rules, nor
does he want any more authority
than he has for holding rowdy play
ers in check
President Dewey, OF the Boston Ma
tionals, will spring an innovation
this season in the way of swell uni
forms, and will have four sets for
each player.
Not counting Chesbro, the New
York Americans have ten pitchers at
Atlanta in Griffith, Orth, Hogg, Clark
son, Doyle, Brockett, Hughes, Keefe,
Barger and Castleton.
The various major league baseball
clubs are now at spring training quar-
ters in the South or Far West, and
the men are working hard to get in
condition for the opening Of the sea-
son.
Rough estimation os the sum which
will be expended putting the major
league players of the United States
in condition for the championship
races I'm the National and American
Leagues places the amount at $780,
600.
There are ASH stenographic systemt
h use in the civilized world
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
LABOR WORLD.

Trolley employees atLouisvllle, Ky.
Offered TO submit their grievances to
arbitration.
Motormen and conductors OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany, in New York City, are joining
a labor union.
A movement is we'll under way by
the Texas Farmers Union and the
national organizations as well, to es.
.ablish system of banks.
About 400 men at the American
Shipbuilding Company's plant. Lo.
rain, Ohio, went on a strike for ar
eight-hour day and ten per cent. wage
increase.
The Congress- OF Workmen's Unions
nj Amien, France, decided TO continue
the agitation for an eight-hour day
and prepare for general strike al
the discretion of the Central Com.
mittee.
A referendum vote has been taker
by the members of the International
brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Dredgemen on proposition to in.
crease the benefit 20 $1,000 on year.
ly death premium of $50.
Retail Clerks Union. of Spokane,
" tAoAAs HOS etdA itu a movement 10 re-
organize thoroughly and give the
women clerks OF the town n chance &c
become union members. In this way
IL is expected to build up n strong
labor organization.
Retail Drug Clerks Association, Of
San Francisco, Cal. is taking steps
toward establishing better wage
schedule and the enforcement of the
State ten-hour-day law, which is be.
ing violated by a large number OF
drug store proprietors.
Building contractors and the Citi,
Zers Alliance, of Tacoma. Wash.
have Joined hands to fight the unions
Announcement has been made that
urionism will not be recognized in
hiring men for the construction of
some Of The large structures to &c
up during the year
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
WOULD KILL THEM ALL
Mexican Millionaire Would Extermi-
nate the Xaouis


nate the Yaquis.
Pedro AlVarado, whom the smile of
fortune converted i'm a few years from
5O-cents-a-day miner to the Croesus
of the Mexican Republic, now propos-
es to become a promoter of peace,
since his offer to pay the national debt
OF Mexico was declined. His plan.
however, differs astonishingly from
that of the American millionaire who
contributes his mite to the Hague
Peace Tribunal
Instead of doves of peace, Alvarado
would unleash the dogs of war. and
all at his own expense. He offers
SlO,O00,000, or s20,00O,OOO, If need be
TO recruit and maintain a special army
to eXterminate the Yaqui Indians. He
has been led by President DiaZ's dec
laration that he would die happy If he
knew his country were free of it's
bloodthirsty enemies to ask that he be
permitted to pay the cost of such a
war of determination or subjugation,
in which the Mexican Rurales have
failed.
The one-time mine laborer. al
though possessed of little exterior cul-
ture, has big heart and an intense
love for his country, which, he says.
is entitled to just share Of the
wealth he has dug from it's soil He
gives millions every year to charity.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
ONeTwOrk

More accidents involving loss of life
have taken place on the railroads in
the past year or two than in any
previous period of equal duration. In
this particular the United States has
won bad prominence among the
great countries of the world. There
are several times more fatalities in
this country on the railways every
year than there are in England, Ger
many or France, I'm proportion to the
number of persons travelling. Over
work on the part of employcs as
been the cause OF many of these
casualties. Physical torpor due to
excessive hours of labor of railway
workers is accountable for the fail
ure, in many cases, to make use Il
the mechanical devices to prevent ac-
cidents.-St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrb
Cure il the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity Catarrh being a con.
stitutional disease, requires "a constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy.
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con.
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprIetors have so much faith
IN its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that Il fails TO
cure. Send for list of testimonials Address
4. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, D.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Hollow Glass Bricks.

The demand for hollow bricks and
building blocks for house construction
has induced glass manufacturers to
put hollow glass bricks on the mar
ket, and they promise to be used ex-
tensively for novel and artistic effects.
The first glass bricks. being solid.
proved a failure on account of their
cost, but the hollow glass bricks can
be made at much less expense They
are lighter and stronger than clay
bricks and are such excellent noncon-
ductors that walls built of them are
proof against dampness, sound, heat
and cold The bricks are sealed her
metically when hot and are placed I'm
walls with coloTless mortar made of
special glass. The bonding strength
of the glass mortar is almost as great
as The bricks themselves.-Ph
phia Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

tadlng away, and finally so weak that
Tor six months could not get out Of
the house. was nervous, restless
and sleepless at night, and lame and
sore in the morning. Sometimes
everything would whirl and blur be-
fore me. l bloated so badly could
not wear tight clothing, and had to
put on shoes two sizes larger than
usual. The urine was disordered and
passages were dreadfully frequent
got help from the first box of Doan's
Kidney Pills, however, and by the
time l had taken four boxes the pain
and bloating was gone. I have been
in good health ever since"
Sold by all dealers. 5Ocentsa box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Barnum Knew His Business.

A good story OF George Augustus
Sala and Barnum, both deceased, is
told. 1t was on the occasion of the
last visit TO England OF the great
Snowman. In the reception room,
where all were waiting TO welcome the
guest of the evening, Mr. Barnum
came in beaming, and, shaking hands
with the chairman, said, This is
indeed a surprise to me-"
did YOU hear that?" Mr. Sala
whispered TO a friend. "Why. he ar
ranged for the dinner himself"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
COMMON SENSE

Leads most intelligent people to use only
men9ineS OF known composition. There
fore | IS that DR.. Pierce's medicines, the
makers\9 which print every ingredient
entering hnAo fhem upon the bottle wrap
PerS and atteSt its correctness under oath.
are daily grSHing in favor. The com
position OF Dtl Pierce'S medicines Is open
TO everybodyNDr. Pierce being DESTROYS
OF having the .Search-GRht of inyeStiga-
uon turned Iully upon his formulas, being
eonhdent that the better the c0m10STrion
Of these medicines is known the more
VII Their great CURATIVE merits be Tecog-
nIzed- Being wholly made OF the active
medicinal principles extracted from ma
1--WE forest roots, by exact processes
original with DR.. Pierce, and without the
use oil drop of alcohol, triplc-rcfned and
chemically pure glyccrine being used in
stead IN extracting and preserving the
curative virtues residing in the roots
employed, these medicines arc entirely
free from the objection Of doing harm
by creating an appetite for either al
cohollc beverages or habit forming
drugs. Examine the formula on their
bottle wrappers-the same as sworn TO by
Dr. Pierce, and you will find that his
Golden Medical Discovery" the great.
HOOD purifier, stomach tonic and bowel
rcgulator-the medicine which, while not
recommended to cure consumption I'm its
advanced stages mo medicine will do that
yet docs cure all those catarrhal condl-
tions Of head and throat weak stomach
torpid liver and bronchial troubles. weak
lungs ana hang-on-cOughs. which, if neg
lected or badly treated lead up TO and
finally terminate I'm consumption.
rake the Golden Medical Discovery
IN tulc ana 10 Us not likcly 90 disappOfut
you II only you give to q HOrOtgh and
JdT trial. Don't expect miracles. m
Won do supernatural things You mus;
exercise your patience and porsevero i'm its
use Igr 2 reasonable length Of time to get
its full benefits Tho INGREDIENTS of which
i(r. fiercc s medicines are composed have
Jhe unqualified endorsement Of scores Of
medical leadcrs-better than any amount
3i Jay, or un-prOieSsiOnal. testimonials.
lhcy are not given away To be eXpcri-
mented with but are sold by all dealers In
medicines at reasonable prices.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Copper Business in Janan.

Japan Is The largest copper pro-
ducing country of the Far East. but
as yet her output G90jJ is only one.
fifteenth of the total production Of the
world. The output rose from 23,S99
tons in 1899 to $4,000 tons i'm 1905.
Copper mining is at present one of
Japans weak points. the operations
being conducted without method. Her
home consumption is about 1000
year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Spelling Reform in France.

1t looks as though spelling reform
were really arriving. France pro
poses to make certain changes com
pulsory in all its schools. Thus as"
is to be substituted for *" in plurals
for "chevaux" The "h"
is to be dropped in certain words.
giving us "retorique' and "teatre."
And the French hen will henceforth
do its clucking over an "euf."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Stood tbe Test

AllcoclI's Plasters have successfully stood
the test of sixty years use by the public;
their virtues have never been equaled by
the INSCRIPTIONS imitators who have
sought TO trade upon the reputation of
Allcock's by making plasters with holes in
them, and claiming them 90 be 'just as
good as Allcock's"
Allcock's Plasters stand to-day indorsed
by not only the highest medical authori-
ties, but by millions of grateful patients
who have proved their efficacy as a house
hold remedy,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

Some time ago a man went to Wis
it a friend who was an inmate of a
lunatic asylum. After a prolonged
chat in a humorous if not very intel
ligent vein, the visitor thought it
time to go. rs that clock right.
John?" he asked of the inmate. John
gazed at his friend for time in ap-
parenuy speeches. amazement,
then, with chuckle, he said, "My
dear friend, do you think the clock
would be here if it was all right?"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
How Chinese Treat the Insane.

I'm China, if a member Of the house
hold becomes insane and troublesome
the common custom is to chain that
person to post or to a heavy stone
when in the house. In Canton is a
woman who has thus been chained
for 10 years. similar case occurred
in New York some years ago.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Crow's Hidden treasure.

A well-known naturalist speaks of a
wild crow which made a collection Of
bits of broken china ard similar odds
and ends, and hid them in a nettle
patch. One day the naturalist STUN
bled on the bird standing in the mid
die OF his treasures and arranging
them. Next day they were all gone
The crow, aware that his secret hid
ing place was known, had moved
everything to some new spot.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA.
Were Treated at Dispensary-Did
Not unprecedented Months
Perfect Cure by Cuticura.

my three children had eczema for five
months. A little sore would appear on the
head and seemed very itchy, increasing
day after day. The baby had had it about
a week when the second boy took the dis
ease and few sores developed, then the
third boy took it. For the first three
months 1 took them to the N Dispen-
sary, but they did not seem to improve.
Then used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, and in few weeks they had
improved, and when their heads were we'll
you could see nothing of the sores Mrs.
Kate Keim, 5l3 West Goth ST., New York,
n. Y, Nov. !, 5, and I. 1905"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Taste Governs speIIinu.

Shakespeare spelled his own name
in sixteen different ways which have
survived, and 1t is evident that
Elizabethan spelling depends upon
the taste and fancy of the speller"
1t is the printing press which made
spelling by stereotyping it, and it is,
after all, on the printers reader more
than on the professor that the spell
ing of the future depends.-London
Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

worked hard in my
time and have been
exposed again and
again to changes of
weather. 1t is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and / went
all to pieces at last.
For five wears I WAS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
japan BUYS Normandv Horses.

Japan has bought and is buying
large numbers of Normandy horses
for the new cavalry regiments of the
empire Prize winners at trotting
races are preferred. Many horses of
the Breton breed are also being pur-
chased for Japanese service.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
a BOYS idea Of His Father.

At ten years OF age n boy thinks
his father knows a great deal: at
fifteen he knows as much as his
father; at twenty he knows twice
as much at thirty he is willing to
take his advice: at forty he begins
70 think his father knows something
after all; at fifty he begins to seek
his advice, and at sixty after his
father is dead. he thinks that he was
the smartcst man that over lived.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Bic JOb of "HousecIeanlnan

When the Vatican recently receiv-
ed a thorough cleaning and some re-
painting was done, the work employ
ed 800 people.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

1t general depends on the way you
look at things in this world whether
or not you are going TO have any
heaven. If you go around brooding
all the time and looking for trouble
youll get it-Manchester, N. H.,
Union.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

Some of the men who laugh when
a woman gets off q car backward
would pull the muzzle of a loaded
gun toward them when crawling
through a fence Washington Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

One trial will convince you OF tho peculiar
itness OF Natures RENE ". Garfield Tea
For yer' kidneys. stomach and bo sols
ailments.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23
Chinese Fishermen.

The Chinese fish with a net sus-
pended at the end OF a bamboo pole
The fishermen, when he desires to
raise or lower his net, walks up or
down the balance hoard
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

The Sultan of Turkey is one of the
most enthusiastic chess player I'm
Europe. He will play the game for
hours without intermission.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

The once honorable milk punch now
contains formaldehydc. beading oil
and wooden nutmeg Louisville COur
ierJOufnal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

The knowledge of what we have
missed and the way in which we have
missed It, may be the "opeD sesame"
TO unexpected treasures.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseases per
manentlycured by DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. X. Kline, Id, O3l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

Impotence may be "a fault at home
or in society. but I'm the Workshop OF
Office 80 IS a big step towards sue
cess.
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FREE TO EVERYBODY.

olIEtWooDa. the largest general supply house
lu Now York city, VIII send you. absolutely Free
beautiful drawing lu colOrs. size IfNI7 inches in
FA.h1nl" fnr thc names and addresses of air honds
or families those living in the county preferred.
Mention one ni % distancc ~ possible. send your
own name Tor cat IIorffr
%uERWOOD's New York CIV. Dcof. M
r. n. ~. NJ. 1907
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chndrcu
tcethiug sOft0ns thegums, roducesinhamma
HOn. ulluv8 pain, cures wind colo. 1bc n bottle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-04-23

Take Garfield Tea the herb remedy that
hns for its object Good HEALTH ~ puHn =
Tho bloc 5. cleauseg tho system makes poo
pie well. Guaranteed under the Pure
Food law.
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CALHOUN HAYS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
EVANSVILLE. WA.

Represents al the SNst companies
n NE world, and IL the only writing
Hgs1stn Calhoun and Gilmer counties
OS1 e. % address him ~ Gran tsv Ill,
- olsnvills, w. Va
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FADED TO A SHADOW.
Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer-
ing From Kidney Complaint.

Mrs. Remethe Myers, OF $50 Soutl
Tenth ST.. Ironton. O.. saws. az hav.
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There are Ash stenographic system,
h use in the civilized world
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EOGLE HOUSE.
n D. Fu0LH, Prsphsash
oRANTSVILLE, w. VA.

I've house 10 new and neatly fur
AAshed. Rates reasonable. You will
y treated nicely whom you stop at
Ne Fo62s House. YoU cant it be-
sAHss its The last house In abe east
81 e bwvn-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
A FAULT OF MANNER.

Every act OF President Roosevelt IN relation
Ia the enforcement of the laws affecting cor
porations and the industrial life OF the nation
has contemplated the bringing about OF con-
ditions under which property would be more
secure, enterprise better rewarded and pros
perity more widely difused and more per-
manent Neither his actions nor his utteranceS
have been calculated TO excite alarm ny suS-
gestions of fippant spirit and feeble sense
of responsibility.
Such having been the Presidents own con-
slant mood and conduct. he cannot have oeeh
agreeably impressed by the tone Of recent allu-
sions emanating from the Department OF JUS
tice 10 lis possible future activities. We have
no idea that Mr. Bonaparte has sought to ere
ate apprehension and arouse resentment, but
he should reflect that this is time when
serious citizens are certain to be dispieased anu
grave anx!eties TO be deepened by precisely such
;tteraGces from a high official source as those
which have been attributed to him within the
last few DAYS.