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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29
loves Maulc Thread

Sitting alone. l wove a dream.
Down where the blue waves play.
And my shuttle flew busily In and
out
Till the web with color was gay.
I wove the sunshine I'm golden strands.
The roses. with necklets of dew,
While broidered IL over with gorge
Gus tints
And flowers OF exquisite hue.
I caught up the song that the linnet
sang
And the pearls that the waves were
fiinging.
Weaving them into n beautiful hymn
With the tune that the brook was
singing.
The opal tints of the azure sky
l wove in n ribbon rare.
Looping 1t over the radiant blooms
Like a band on a maiden's hair.
My shuttle flashed in and out OF the
wool
Till the pattern grew wonderfully
bright,
Yet the seams were ragged-unfinish-
ed-and rough,
While the shadows crept into the
light.
Then 1 caught n CLINT of love In the
mesh
And wove It into my dreams,
When lol like a butterny's wings 1t
spread,
Tdl 1t covered the ragged seams
-Ager Locl0hart Hughes, in the Bos.
ton Transcript.
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ealtlmore,s chanaed color.

Since the fire the color OF Baltimore
has changed
IL used TO be town of red bricks.
and TO an observer standing at the
top Of the Washington monument It
appeared distinctly rudy. But in tho
buildings erected since the fire the
old style red bricks have been used
but little Most facades are yellow
or gray or white or salmon pink. The
result Is that the city looks lighter
and brighter
Pat what the smoke and dust OF
ten years will do to this clay bril-.
lance remains to be seen. Baltimore
Sun.
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No SCHOOL UP TO TEN


During the course of many years OF
investigation into the plant life of the
world, creating new forms. modifying
old ones. adapting others to new con.
ditions, Luther Burbank has been con.
stantly impressed with the similarity
between the organization and develop.
ment of plant life and of human life.
In THE Training OF the Human
Plant" 1.-THE Century Company. New
York; he tells how the principles he
has applied to the culture of plants
might be applied to that of the human
species, and points the way to a
grander race than the world has ever
seen. The United States he considers
the most promising field for the ap-
plication of such ideas, for call that
has been done for plants and Covers
by crossing, nature has already ac-
complished for the American people"
By the crossings of types. strength
has in one instance been secured: In
another intellectually: in still auoth-
err moral force. All that is left to be
done falls TO sclective environment.
By environment. according to the
plant wizard, everything can be done
with child. 1t is UNNECESSARILY more
sensitive and responsive than plant.
Hetedity, II is true. counts for much,
but heredity is merely the "sum of
past environments" Stored within
1t are "all the mysteries of the uni
verse; and the appropriate environ
ment will bring out whatever Is de-
sirable in that heritage. II il were
possible to isolate dozen families
under ideal conditions, Mr. Burbank
says, moro could be accomplished for
tho advancement OF the race than
could now be accomplished In one
hundred thousand years.
By ON ideal environment up to the
age Of ten years, by which time the
ohild's character is fixed, Mr.. Bur
bapk means country life, with sun
shine, love and beauty, well balanced,
nutritious food; music, pictures. good
times, the closest communion with ma
ture and no school The curse of
modern child life In America Is over
education" he declares. "The injury
wrought to the race by keeping too
young children in school is beyond the
power of any one TO estimate We
take them in this precious early age,
when they ought to be living a life of
preparation near to the heart of ma
tpre, and We stuff them and overwork
th,m until their poor little brains are
crowded up to and beyond the danger
line. The work OF breaking down the
nervous systems OF the children OF
the United States is now well under
way.
"Bvery child" Mr.. Burbank thinks.
should have mud pies, grasshoppers
and tadpoles, wild strawberries,
acorns and pine cones, trees to climb
and brooks to wade in; sand, snakes,
huckleberries and hornets, and any
child who has been deprived of these
has been deprived of the best part OF
his education. New York Tribune.
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TAFT DEFENDS THE BACHEL OR
Girl,

Secretary of War Taft, before the
students Of the University of Clncin-
natl. today strongly defended the
bachelor girl. He said:
ANY woman that marries because
she thinks she has to makes a great
mistake. She must not think that to
benefit mankind she must necessarily
have TO become a wife and mother.
Matches are said to be made in heav-
en-, but believe heaven only arranged
the proximity and we mortals do the
rest. Proximity. you know, is the
great thing. and universities are great
on proximity. "-Cinclnnau Dispatch
to the Baltimore American.
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Mary looked TO the left OF her. and A
front of her. and behind her. until
finally her eyes condescended to dwell
upon Mrs. Scott
Mrs. Parr," said Mrs. Scott. "I
want you to understand distinctly. dis
tlnctly, please, that when said last
week that there was very little style
In Fremont, never for one moment
meant to include you in that state
ment. And won't you come over and
have lunch with me?"
Mrs Scott" said Mary, 81 will"
She did, too, and ST, ed so late that
afternoon that she had not been back
in her own house long before John
came, saying mournfully:
I've got the banjo"
John" said Mary, i've changed
my mind, and we just won't give that
musicale"
John gave a great sigh OF relief.
And, john" continued Mary. "if
you really don't like to wear that hat
and -"
john gave another great sigh OF
relief.
ana you might pay OH the man,
John. He's finished"
Ten minutes later a colored gentle
man walked toward the purlieus Of
Fremont, full OF consuming dignity.
attired In silk hat and CATERS and
carrying in one hand a cane and In
the other a banjo.
And as for John, he strobe toward
hn n IN Wit n
ing on his late feas's, and cried:
We'll, Mary, and what have you
got for dinner tonight?"
HASH" said Mary.-Youth's Com.
panion.
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Caught I'm q Folding Bed.

While two Datrolmen were passing
the residence of Charles Hunter this
morning they heard, family. sounds
OF distress inside the house. An in
vestigation revealed Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunter almost strangled and crushed
and lacerated within a collapsed
folding bed.
The bed had closed like a pair Of
shears, doubling up the occupants,
half suffocating them and sitting
their cries. They were i'm great
agony, and were with difficulty extri-
Gated from the clutches OF the bed
where they had been held almost all
night.-Hamilton, Ohio. Dispatch to
the New York World.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

The man who wishes TO live out his
allotted span OF life, with ten or twon-
~ years to spare, should never retire
from business. That IS the opinion
Of Or. Sco1old, an eminent physician
- London. lie says there is great
danger in any sudden change Of en-
vironmopt after a certain ago.
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ST. LOUIS HAS A GIRL BLACK
SMITH

Miss Minnie Hagnaann, sixteen
years old, daughter of Lorenz Hag-
mann, a blacksmith, is a blacksmith
herself
This young girl has been in her
fathers shop for three years, and. as
he expresses it, knows all about ev-
erything." She can shoe a horse as
quickly and as neatly as the best of
them. She can make wagon, too.
In fact, there Is nothing about the
shop that she does not understand:
no kind OF work that she is unable to
perform. Her father knows no man
he could employ who could do half
the work his daughter does, he says
st. Louis Dispatch to the Baltimore
American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

Gracious, Fanny" exclaimed a
mother to her little daughter. why
are you shouting like that? Why
can't you be quiet like your brother?"
He's got to be quiet" replied
Fanny He's playing papa coming
homo late"
And who are you playing?"
"Oh, I'm playing you."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29
British Joke.

Modern honorable gentlemen who
wish to show their reading display Il
in the invention of such sesquipod-
alitles as "TerminoIogicaI inexacti.
tude." The outsider fails TO grasp
the humor of IL; It reminds him only
OF Observation-Disclosures Immersed
in cogibundity OF cogitafIon. Lon
don Saturday Review.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

Tho beauties of perfect discipline
were never more fOrcibly illustrated
than they were the other day when
$500 children marched out of New
York public school building in per
feet order while the roof burned over
their heads and blazing brands felI
AMOUNT thom.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

The number of different species OF
animals known to naturalists IS.
roughly, 10000. OF which 1890
are vertebrates. or backboned.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

Prof. Won Hanseman, of Germany.
mas concluded, after examining the
Drains OF Mommsen, Won Helmholts
and the painter Mcneil. that geniuses
are hydrocephalous.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

A French invention consisting Of
ouio thermometers. predicts at sum
oown whether there will be q frost.
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j. T. Waldo & Cos.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
cRANTsVILLE, W. VA,

Keeps constantly on hands asiaA
Hay, Chop. ETC., 81 reasonahls hkas.
Can supply you With q hofse, slnRiS
horse buggy, tw0-borse buggy a. ehp,
rsy, with or WITHOUT driver, Tor ah0N
81 long trip, on shOrt nbtibe go q
rsaeonabia pyiaaa.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29

The use OF train speed indicators
Is said to be compulsory on passenger
locomotives I'm several countries of
continental Europe and they are
largely used on freight locomotives
as we'll.
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WOMEN AT WORK.

Miss Alice Perry has recently been
appointed County Surveyor Of Gal
way. She IS the first and only woman
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Failure Of a concrete arch bridge
which had just been built but not
yet put into service is reported to
nave occurred at Lowry, near Bed
lord City. Va, on April 81. The
bridge Is stated to have had q span
&C about 100 feet.
a geological discovery as interest
Ing as that of the State Geologist
OF Iowa, who lately found the fossil
tooth OF a hippopotamus in that State.
has been made in a clay deposit at
riley, Yorkshire, England, where the
remains or q large crocodile have
been unearthed. including several
large vertebrae and some large scales.
me difficulty so long found in
bonding together new and old con-
crete has been obviated by a recent
patent. This bond consists of an ex-
tract or coal tar, used instead of
water as the mixing agent for neat
portland cement. The mixture IA
laid in one-eighth inch to one-ouar-
ter inch layers on the old concrete
surface, and Immediately followed by
new concrete or mortar. The inven-
tor says that the compound IS en-
tirely insoluble. and forms a complete
and monolithic bond between the old
and new work.
The aurora borealis is attributed
TO cathode rays by both Prof. Birke-
land, a Norwegian, and NJ. Willard, q
French physicist. In some expert
ments by the former, the earth has
been represented by spherical cleo
tro-magnet wrapped In copper foil
spread with barium platino-cyanide.
The barium salt became luminescent
on exposure to a pencil of cathode
rays, and on exciting the magnet the
light seemed to concentrate round
the poles and throw out auroral
streamers. The difference between
the two theories is that one supposes
the cathode rays to come from the
sun, while the other assigns to them
q terrestrial origin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-29
WHOLE NO. 1885.

In Ireland who has qualified as a civil
engineer. In this particular instance
American women have gone their
irish sisters one better The first
woman civil engineer In this country
came from progressive Western
State, although she took her degree
In an Eastern college. For several
years she has been connected with
one of the largest firms of architects
In New York and Il is claimed that
she Is responsible for the ground
plans of more than one skyscraper.
The second girl in this country to
choose civil engineering as a profes.
sion was Miss Nora Blatch, a grand.
daughter OF Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Miss Blatch is a Kappa Kappa Gam.
ma from Cornell, is full-hedged civil
engineer. and is now In the employ
OF the American Bridge Company.
Her mother, with whom she lives I'm
New York. Is the president of the
Equality League for Self-Supporting.
Women.-New York Sun.
HARMONIOUS ACCESSORIES
Every woman knows the value of
having accessories and surroundings
which harmonic with the gown she
Is wearing, but few have gone SO far
TO obtain them as some Partisan wo-
men are doing. These women, aware
OF the importance of suitable frame
Tor a beautiful picture, and having the
money TO crafty their desires, have
numerous reception rooms I'm their
homes-as many as six sometimes
and each one arranged In a different
color. So, whatever color the hostess
is wearing, she Is able to receive her
guests in a background that mat
ches."
Women who cannot compass more
than one reception room may take
comfort In the reflection that there is
one color which never quarrels with
any reasonable delicate tint. What
color that Is may be learned by not
ing the part played In well arrang-
ed nosegay or flowers by dull green
New York Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23
EASILY N.-r ..----1.

Jcromc +. Jrrn.r once figured
in wAat ihe rcpo-,r- call "my-fc-
rions disappearance" On a wager
he agreed 10 vanish. and took him
self of while his fr.cnd- were still
OF the sIer. lie disappeared while
they were reading mysterious let
Ter which be- handed 10 one Of the
party When last seen he was
sicpOiDg aboard hou,rboat on the
Ybsmes. Then for a month he
ssened 70 have gone out Of exist
ence. His frien1s put the police
on his track, calling for his arrest
Tor stealing the boat 4 month
passed, and then the novelist and
the boat appeared at the iatier's old
mOorings. What he had done was
sImply 10 take the boat a little up
strssm, then during the night erase
her name and substitute another,
and change the color OF the paint
here and there 80 az 10 render her
ms unlike her former self a. possible.
His scheme was success in every
particular.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23

If--Ie Girl Sees ~ Hezsc, g GIVE
Trs-sz fc- Breakfast

-,iF iiffle daughter. six wears ola
l. great srlckitr for forIR- sad a
Colu,nhis Heights resident Con
sesrfa;lr l Wa rn0re than surpr SD
a. her ai1on the other day- Ehca
sle iEsis-ed 0n emitting one csne-
r.3as uh5eh has ALWAYS been Gus
ionaEz az our house
TO be sure il was al q time
'haf would have tired mems souls.
u aloDe iiitle girls The cook
fa.5e-l 70 sppesr N the morning and
Tv r. after raInly searelling the
1orvD Ter q successor. had given UP
ard gone 10 bed suffering from q
becda IL. A neishfor ,onsi,lersie-
Is asked M two loys 10 dinner. and
uben our Own meal. the best nv
roor saili could eontrire. was put
I-po1 The iahie. there was 10 one
Int mrsclf aud little Hess TO SIT
Gown 10 it.
The things We had were good
cloagh IN their wsy. bot | suppose
sic ehiid mis-el she usual setting
of the table. and disliked the scrap
pv vav ] had fixed things She
@azed az ber mothers empty chair
and then al the vacant places Of the
two bors- Finally her disdsinful
game swept The table.
II bowed NV head 10 offer bless
Ing. = ben she interrupted me with
al impcr,ous gesture.
SAY noE. YOU aren't gong 70
flank GOD for this. are you: she
= q. wiih soorn- Il just think if
he can't DO any better than this
for u-. we'd letter not bother our
selve,.
~.A'ter that thrust ] wss almost
Ard 20 20 oa with the familiar
words. Washington Post.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23
That Taa.

Look at the yellow tag on your
paper. The date on it shows the
time Ia which YOUR subscription
has been paid. If that date does
not agree with YOUR receipt you
viii favor IL by reporting to u.
fit shows that YOU are indebt-
el. you viii favor IL by paving
amount due. When friends are
in your home and they see your
paper. YOU do not like for them to
see that YOU owe the editor. espec-
if you owe for several years.
We have written to some and
the letters have been destroyed in
"A wreck or lost or been received.
If
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23
EXP ENSiVE FiNERY.

\ German publisher has embark
- on press campaign against wom-
ems fnerv. Ridicule AMI exposure
are 10 be the weapons Of offense.
Statistics will doubtless play fheir
part in the good work. 1t will he
known throughout the reading
world jus, what Mines. Y. Y and Il
Of Paris. New York or London pav
for evening gowns. demiio:ietie and
the ike. and the sums viii be con-
verted into terms of coffee and
roiis. II will thus be proved that
the~e great ladies wear, say, 10000
breakfasts apiece on their backs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23
HOW HE LOST HIS THUMB.

There are Two stories Of the loss
u Sir Conners' thumb. loss. bv
he way. which give him the nick
Iame Of "Fingev.' One is that
,hen he was young man he was
,aintipg the side Of boat on the
.af.alo water front. The boat
'ocked, and the swinging scaffold
..-... Mr.. COhutrs thumb against
he SIDE and crushed il. Another
Ory j. that a fellow longshoreman
% wears ago had new revolver. and
vas looking around for a mark al
which 10 shoot. His wandering
an"e caught Conncrs' attention
ad .rritated Him. Corners doesn't
i.e INDIGESTION On any one.
What you re .oo!lin' fer?" he
,ekod.
- mark TO s,oot at"
"~hoot At ne tum." said Con-
aar.. sticking it 10. The Buffalo
william Tell shot "A little low for
ihe personal comfort Of the new
state chairman, the result being that
bis thumb was shot Off short. Since
then he has been "tingey" Corners
along the Buffalo lake front.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23

a rare example of filial faithful
ness came to light at a recent meet
ing of the Dunmow board of guard
lans. \ widow. age 90. named
Maria Irwin, of Thaxted. was re-
ported TO have been maintained VOL
UNFAIRLY by her three sons. all of
them septuagenarians, one of whom.
a working cooper of Romford, wrote
to say that he and his brother were
still at work, and intended to con-
tribute toward their mothers main
tenance. The board commended
the aged sons for their conduct and
granted the old dame IS and lot
per week.-London Telegraph.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23
lsFs an WATER sEssRvosRs.
r-ssrnr. q arfnsi orraais-s Discs
~ ~ rr7 tgsa- S--ras-


Iz=s- u- v. ef Sac : oiiish
le ~arVcr. ha> lssrnrlr ',oia'ea ou'
"a k,fg-c -Fan at Edlnhar-h-
mar --gat l'c--sas are pc se-s-.R
siarasd al ti,e Prcscnlc ei Piani
ls8i aa.rtsl iiic in watrr r,ses1"lrs
Noihin- Short of POISONING ihe' va
ter could prT-nl Tins ~ avs focal
RESERVOIRS mus ~espcr on lnlcf ne
onne siocked Wilh lhc same orcan-
islas thai ike ID lakes All ef these
aquatic animals. except iish- are
moderately small or quite micro
scope. and The malorfrv are miro
,luced br ReanS Of their eggs or bg
F,esers Of the rcsG'v0rs 9SDa1s
and oiiscr Insects fF 10 the rcser-
roirs AMI Lax ihear eggs on the sHr-
face of ihc waior An examination
Of the older reserH0.rS which supply
Edinburgh showed Them 10 he bio
logically AKIN ID this respect 10 the
PERMANENT lakes IF The presence
of organisms had an apprc1able
ELECT on lhe chemical composition
Of wafer il vas IN all probability
beneficial. The animals acted as
scsrengers. and all dead and decay
ing matter Vas eaten up br Them.
while their exerement sank 10 the
bottom Of the water.
II should BE- borne in mind. how
ever that the Scottish expert was
speaking Of reservoirs where there
) healthy circulation Of The water
by inflow and outflow. and Where
there i DO contamination from
sewage or oIberwi-e. To encourage
ignorance or carelessness in con-
nerlion with a great eiiy's water
supply Was The last thought Of the
lec1u rer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23

Remarkable Eccrre-srrty 81 s~s6sh
TheoiosEsn-

II u seldom thai We hear Of q
EDore escanfr3e nan than was Prof.
0'edrIsrn. Swedish I1ealec51n.
who dlsc & shgr1 lDe sgo II Stock
holm One TIME during prp-
lo1Eed Illness NJ was cornpeiled 10
remain u t,sd for mEnT weeks and
during tins time conceived liking
for lFIRg sDRglr ensceDced ID WARN
blankets free iron the csprloes Of
The weather and protected from the
paris q csiching another cold Aft
~ ms Illness the professor vss
seized with a sen-eless dread of
l;atrhinE o-ld- and insisted upon
s-ep7ng has bedroom windows closed
30En nght. and from that time IN
til his Death spent practically all Of
- time ID bid where be did all
: regular work and ate his three
meals dsv-
- very odd was be that in exam
~ written exercises by the stu
ie11s n refused 10 touch the paper
D1n which iber were written until
had frs- been warmed over the
-1Ov=. ID = claimed that the pro-
-=ssors death vss actually caused
y VEST from al old gentleman on
= stormy dsy who desired an inter-
rev win LIN. THIS latter incl
-eHtsl q entered the chsTnber Of the
raie--9r with his clothes covered
.lln soow. sight which agra
-s'ed The profes-or- and he ordered
-. visitor IN leave the room al once.
8foruHafely. The visitor was
ute deaf. and sunderstOcd him.
rpror y Be1~r 70 The bedside
q '7e a3-rr pro- .sor. Herr Oed-
--sn1 te-ane = ly alarmed. and
70 h,. frantic c--iteinent broke a
ra3 se--el ...l c-Dire-i.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-01-23
LAWSUIT IN BENGAL.

"Baboo English" is VIGOROUSLY
quaint. and the following quotations
from 4 speech said to have been de-
livered BIZ a native LAWYER in Ben
gal IN an assault case quite main
1ains the reputation of the mild
Hindu for unconscious humor :
'My learned from with mere wind
from a teapot think 10 browbeat me
from my legs. | stand under the
shoes Of my client. and only seek
TO place my bone Of contention in
your honor's eye My learned
friend vainly runs amuck upon the
sheer anchors Of nv case. Ny poor
client has not such physic or mind
a. 10 he able 10 assault the lusiv
complainant. Yet she ha> been de-
privcd Of some of her valuable leaih-
or. the leather or her nose" Deal
ing with The evidence Of a hostile
witness. the learned plesder proceed
ed to observe: Until the witness
explains what has become Of INV
cl.oll', nose leather, he cannot be-
believed. He cannot be allowed 10
raise castle in the air by beating
upon bush" Whether the speech
containing these gems of eloluence
prevailed with the judge We are not
informed.