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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-30
WHOLE NO. 1884.
Old Prophecy in Regard
TO the United States
by HENRI FREDERIC AMIEI..
eminent Swiss writcr1

The Americans are on the road In
reVolutionizc these ideals by the in
PRODUCTION of the democratic princi-
pic OF the equality OF individuals in
general equality of functions. In
this they arc seeking TO realize
higher social ideal, but the results
VIII be disappointing II not disas-
trous. For when this principle of
equality has been carried to its logi-
cal conclusion. and there is nothing
left but multitude of equal indi-
viduals-neither young nor old,
neither men nor women, neither ben
Gifted nor benefactors-all social diff
ference and distinction will turn up
on money. The whole hierarchy
will rest upon wealth; and as this
wealth must. through the operation
OF individualism, necessarily be very
unequally distributed, the inevitable
result of this passion for equality
will be, not what IL is seeking, but
the most hideous and most inhuman
of inequalities. What result! Plu-
tolatry-the worship of wealth-the
madness of gold. To It will then be
confided the task of correcting false
principles and their followers, and
of shaping the destinies of a people.
But such a regime cannot be per.
manent. Since plutocracy always
rests upon inequality II is necessarily
at war with the principle OF equality
and one or the other must give way
In this struggle 1t is easy to read tho
tate of plutocracy. The wealthy few
who constitute n plutocracy can exist
only through the suffrance and sup
port OF the impecunious many, and
that support will be given only so
long as it fails to comprehend its
burdens. When it becomes fully
cognizant OF the inequalities by
which it is burdened, it will with.
draw and leave the principle OF
equality to again assert its sway by
tearing down and clearing away the
oppressive social fabric of Unequal.
ity which has been erected by un.
Dridled indivldualism while falsely
flying the flag of individual equality.
The ideal equality will then be
sought in the opposite direction by
circumscribing the activities OF the
individual in an iron framework of
social organization and repression.
Thus will be witnessed the strange
and self-contradictory phenomenon
of Anglo-Sayon individualism devel.
oping into and producing Latin So
cialism.-From the journal In.
time" published in 1867.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-30
Shot Needles Into Pigs.

Shooting darning needles with q
bow and arrow into the backs of pigs
was the amusement created by a thir-
teen-year-old relative of Clayton
Morse, who is visiting at the home of
Mr.. Morse, near here.
The boy was convulsed with laugh
ter at the antics of a pig into which
he had just driven a sharp piece of
steel, when Mr.. Morse discovered him.
After the rascal had been subjected
to the tortures of a thrashing, Mr..
Morse, with knife. cut out the mis-
siles from the flesh of the hogs.
Then the visiting genius is said to
have Induced one of the Morse boys
TO run away. They left in the morn
Ing, starting for Milwaukee, instead
of for school. They were found the
next night.-Hadley (Mich.) Dispatch
to the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-30
She Objected TO Slang.

The teacher of a school near Prov
idence received the following inter-
estlng instructions from certain
fond mother. This lady was most re-
markable for the old school gentility
she professed to have. She had Just
moved into the village from the city,
and was most sollcitous that the well
bred manners of her little daughter
Muriel should not be contaminated
by contact with the country children.
Always see that she has your best
attention" said she, land be very
careful that she associates with no
little child that uses slang, which Mu-
riel has never heard. Above all. do
not have her sit near that williams
boy. / knew HIS father I'm Provi-
dence, and (confldentially) they're a
bum lot, the whole push of them. 49,
Arg0naut.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-30
BABY ON FLIER's PILOT.

When the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul flier No. 3. with Engineer
Swanson up, stopped at Calmar,
Iowa, for water. a three-year-old
child of the family named Johnson
climbed upon the pilot of the engine,
unnoticed by any OF the trainmen or
the pump house engineer.
After the fireman had replaced the
tank cover Engineer Swanson pulled
open the throttle and the train was
soon flying fifty miles an hour toward
Des Moincs
When about ton miles out of Cal
mar the fireman, looking ahead, saw
what he thought was a bit of Bingham
standing straight out i'm the breeze.
llo told the engineer, who changed
seats with him and took look for
himself.
At that instant the little fellow s
hair came into view and Swanson put
ON the airbrakos with such force that
tho train stopped almost within tho
length of Itself He climbed down to
the pilot, where he found the little
follow laughing and growing and
holding on tight TO one Of the braces.
Conductor Hoxie took charge OF
tho child and sent him back home
from DEBORAH.
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Twain, Irving ana the Chestnut.


The Boston people are telling
new story about Mark Twain. and II
is this, and n good one it is for some
people to recall on occasion. Mark
was telling stories, strangely enough,
and some young gentleman-Perkins.
let us call him-after the manner OF
the very young, was trying to cap
them, but he always began with that
mock-modest, phrase: you must
have heard this before. Mr. Clemens"
repeating the phrase at intervals
through his so-called story. Finally
Mark is said to have said this:
Perkins, that's no way to tell
story. One night 1 was at supper
with Henry Irwin and he had the
same old trick that you have, Per-
kins-'You must have heard this be.
fore'-or. You certainly have heard
this He began story this way,
and I said, politely, No, Irwin, I
haven't though / didn't know, Of
course what his story was about.
After he had used this miserable
phrase three times, said to him.
Irwin, 1 was born and raised in Mis-
souri,, where truth is at a discount
and courtesy is above par. When q
friend begins a story as you do with
you must have heard this story"
courtesy prevails, and we say no, no
matter what the truth may be; and
second time we say no; but when II
comes, like now, to the third time,
then truth asserts herself. Yes,
Irwin, I've heard your old chestnut
many, many times; l invented It."
--HarpeT's Weekly.
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aLITTLE CAYrsE -

In the first days of opening the
route across the continent there
hourished an old trapper called
"Whipsaw." One day a Sioux Indian
came to his cabin carrying a Pawnec
papoose which he had captured. The
little thing was about two years old
and was half-starved and frozen.
What became OF the child IS told by
Mr.. Henry Imam and Col william
+. Cody in their book, "The Great
Salt Lake Trail"
The Sioux was anxious TO trade his
capture, and Whipsaw, who was as
tender-hearted as he was rough-Iook-
ing, gave a jack-knifo for the boy.
Once in possession of the baby. he
put soft moccasins ON its little feet
and a warm dOcskin Jacket on its
back. Under the trappor's kindly
care the little fellow throve and grew
rapidly into a strong and handsome
child.
Soon after his adoption tho trappcr
took charge OF an overland station
on the line of the pony express, that
famous means OF carrying the West
ern mail, BY the time tho little Paw
nee was five years old he was of
great service TO the old agent.
With an intense hatred OF his own
race, the boy inherited many of tho
red mans remarkable traits. Ills
sense OF hearing was marvellous. Tic
could distinguish the distant foot.
steps Of a bear or the thud Of a
horses hoofs on the soft sod long be.
foro the trappor could make out q
sound. lie always gave warming whom
tho pony express was coming, eth.
" by day og Night, and The mer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-30
Australian Gold.

Since the first discovery, in 1851.
OF gold 10 Australasia nearly 14O.-
100000 ounces Of gold have been.
produced in the various States. over
One-half OF which was furnished by
Victoria. Prior to 1898 Victoria was
almost invariably the leading gold
producing State Of the group. but I'm
1904 its yield was about GO,40O
ounces less than In Queensland and
100000 ounces less than In West
ern Australia, which has I'm recent
years increased its production By
leaps and bounds from 10000
ounces In 1893 to more than two and
third million ounces IA 19O4,--Ep,
glnoeg,
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Motor Boat on Pattern of snowshoe.

Motor Boat on Pattern of SnOwshoe.
A new form OF gliding boat has
been constructed in Paris by Leva-
yasseur, well-known motor manufac-
turer, and Lein. In its main points
the new apparatus consists OF front
boat Of light and pointed construction
which contains the motor and It's ac-
cossOries. Connected with the rear
of the boat by a short. light wood
frame about two feet long is a large
nat construction I'm the form OF tail,
which extends for some thirty feet
back i'm the water.
The rear end OF the tail is almost
submerged. while the front end, and
also the boat appears to float on the
surface and is almost lifted out OF
the water under tho action OF the pro-
pellcr. The present system is claimed
to have the advantage OF q sliding
boat as well as those OF an ordinary
boat, that Is, It is able to run I'm rough
water, at moderate speed In calm
water it glides very rapidly on the
surface. Scientific American.
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he cried. -Let's sec your old beans,.


Silently Fred led the way back
along the road. past the house, into
his barn, and swept his hand toward
the corner under the harness rack.
Those barrels? All those bar
rels?"
Berry's face showed awe, and real.
ly, when Fred reviewed the situation,
he did not wonder. He nodded.
MY gracious. Fred, you've got
grill To stick to thing that wayi"
1t was just like Berry that he should
think of the other fellows achieve
ment In the most generous terms.
But Fred waved the compliment
aside. He was beginning to suspect
that 1t was foolish obstinacy instead
of grit" that makes one stick to q
senseless enterprise. He was not yet
ready to admit that, however-and
besides, there was business on hand.
I'll take that four-fifty," he said,
in his most businesslike tone. "I'u
lend you the beans, too. You can
begin to count any time"
Here's your money. But" 1t
was dull and lifeless voice in which
Berry spoke. He looked as IL he
wanted to weep and run. Eagerly
he welcomed the diversion occasioned
by the entrance of Fred's little sister.
Hello, Katie!" he cried.
Hello, Bewwy! You want to see
me play slide down-hill?"
Sure. How do you play 1t,
Katie?"
With the dramatic instinct of child
hood, the baby ran first to disused
stall In an out-of-the-way place, then
back to the opposite corner, whence
she dragged a rusty corn-popper.
Dimpling with fun and Importance.
she looked at them a moment; then
to Fred's last barrel, the one left
partly filled, she flew. Before the
boys could check her. she had plunged
the corn-popper into 1T, scooped out
a handful of beans, darted across to
the empty stall, and lifted the pepper
to the top Of the broken feed box.
Pat, pat, pat, hear 'em slide down.
HILL" she shrieked, gleefully, as the
beans ratified through the chute.
The trough was almost full OF
beans. Suspicion seized upon Fred 8
mind as he gazed, and a frantic hope
grew up in Berry's breast.
"Where'd you get your beans,
Katie?" asked both boys, almost In
breath. "Out OF the bin?"
The baby curled her lip in q pitiful
way, as II the question recalled an old
grievance. Cant weach old bin!"
she answered. Got 'em out of baw-
wells" And then she turned and
started for the door, for Berry had
uttered yell that threatened to raise
the roof.
Saved! Saved!" he cried. IT
don't have to count 'em, Fred! I
can't count 'em If Katie's been taking
beans to play with! I'll admit your
count is correct, and-and I'll save
up and buy her the biggest doll that
ever came to Four Corners!"
"Well. it's a good thing for
you"
Its a good thing for one of us
that we can't check that count"
Berry interrupted His face ex-
pressed both thankfulness and awe.
Guess / didn't realize what I was
talking about, eh, when / spoke of
eating million beans in two weeks?"
No" Fred answered, in a medita-
tive way. "They run about eighteen
hundred and fifty beans to a quart.
There's something over five hundred
and forty quarts. YOUTHS Com
panion.
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"Thc feelings of women are far
deeper and finer than those OF man"
cried the lady orator, in a fierce tone.
"Wc are told by those who style
themselves the stronger sex that Wa
arc much inferior Is that so?"
loud chorus of NO" from the
ladies' greeted this question, and the
orator went on.
"t say that woman feels where
man thinks"
'1s that the reason your husband
IS bald?" inquired one Of the few
male members of the audience.
It was lucky for him that he got
two seconds start IN the race Tor sh0
door,--PeaTgop's Weekly
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RESCUED HIS DOG FROM WOLF.

RESCUED HIS DOG FROM WOLF.
To have his dog attacked in broad
daylight in an open field by a wolf
and to witness one of the hardest
fights he ever saw was the expert
ence Of the nineteen-year-old William
Bennett, whose story is given in the
Register Of lola, Kansas. The dog
was nearly killed, and the wolf was
driven away only after repeated as!
saults with club in the hands of the
sturdy farmer boy
The boy was blowing, and the dog,
which is q shepherd of fair size, was
playing about the field. Suddenly tho
boys attention was attracted by the
barking of the dog, and he turned to
see the animal fighting full tilt with
a large gray wolf.
The fight was fast and furious, the
animals went round and round, and
finally worked their way up under tho
pillow handles. The wolf was so in.
terested in It's combat with the dog
that 1t did not realize that the dog
had a faithful ally in his master.
The boy saw that the wolf was
getting the better of the bargain, so
Selling club, he hammered the ami
NAL with all his strength. The wolf
hung on with great tenacity, and It
was only after a severe beating that
it let go. When it gave up, it made
for the woods as fast as its legs would
carry it. 1t made no attempt to at
tack the boy The dog was thorough
ly exhausted and covered with blood,
but was not cOwed, and later in the
afternoon raised a great rumpus
round a pile of rocks in the field
near where the fight had taken place.
The boy made an investigation,
and discovered the VOLTS lair in the
rock pile. From the pile of rocks he
took eleven young wolves. The game
fight which the wolf put up was then
explained. The dog had discovered
the VOLTS den. routed out the wolf,
and the animal, for the purpose of
protecting its young, had made the
hard and determined fight which wild
animals know how to make under
such circumstances.
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named him Little Cayuse," because
his ears were the first to catch the
sound OF the horses approach.
In the middle OF the night the lit
tie Pawnee would waken the trapper.
"Cayusc, cayuse!" he would say The
rider who was to take the place of
the one who was coming would jump
up, saddle his horse, and be ready to
relieve the express the moment It ar
rived. Little Cayuse's warning never
failed. -
Inc pony express was not tho only
approach OF which the boy gave news.
The Indian horse-thieves soon found
out they never met with success at
the station where Little Cayuse lived.
He was better than an electric bat
terry. One cold night he woke Whip
saw at IL o'clock.
as the express coming?" asked
the trapper.
NO" answered the Pawnee lad
We'll, go to sleep, then" said the
trapper, but the little Indian shook
his head.
Long time no cayuse, he said.
Sure enough the pony express was
two hours overdue. Whipsaw woke
up the men. Little Cayuse slipped out
OF the door and laid his ear to the
ground.
Heap cayuses," he announced.
The men got ready their guns AMI
waited. Before long a band of Sioux
crept up TO urprise the sleeping sta
tion. But the station was not sleep
ing, and the thieves were soon put to
flight. Later, mile from the cabin,
the express rider was found dead.
The president of the company
heard of Little Cayuses action and
sent him beautiful rifle, built for
his small hands. The boy was only
six years old, but he had not had
his gun long before he shot with it
n great gray wolf.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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HEART o. ME.

Heart O. the world the violets blooming
All the tender, greening things laughing the
Sad hearty BE glad, heart Summer ia coming
Bird and brook singing for the joy days
Oh the days and nights that
Oh, the bitter tears she'd and oh, the of
Sad my heart? Be glad, heart Listen the laughter!
How the sunshine gimmcrs the blossoms with
Heart me, the world sweet Remember thy sorrow
Follow after running brook and bloom, and bird,
Sad heart? BE glad hea Greet the good
Wlst we not the golden world made for thee
Cecilia Myrover Robinson, in Woman's Companion
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mug ~ RoPE ZION RoCK.

While two tourists were attempt
ing to scale the cliffs of 5crawfell, a
mountain I'm Cumberland, England,
ono OF them slipped, dragging his
companion by the rope with which
they were coupled The rope caught
ON projecting rock and tho climbers
hung at either end swaying over n
precipice some hundreds of feet high.
They hung helplessiy for several
hours, when another party OF climb
ors CHANGED 20 SEQ them. They werd
rescued I'm an exhausted condition.
Had they not been found they would
have hung until the rope broke OF
would have died from exhaustion.
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j. T.. Waldo & Co.'S.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
cRANTsVILLR, W. VA.

Keeps constantly en- hands Raisa
Hay, Chop. eto., 81 roasOpahis fakoa.
Can supply yon With 4 horse, single
horse buggy, tEe.n ne leuaey g eefy
gsasepabh psieeA
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-07-30

A Hindu catomaran can 60 90 and
from ships when ordinary craft can
rot be launched,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-19
What is MoreSu!it&h!e'

for this sultry July weather than
a sheer Persian Lawn or soft Ling
gerie, ar a nice Linen suit, CO0N
and comfortable, even when iKisI
hottest. Cost reduced to /the
minimum. Lawns 1OC. to 35ILin.
ems and Linonettes lOc. % $LOO
per yard, and the Laces a(nd En-
brOideries to trim. VAN .Laces
in the newest designs and En-
broideries to tempt any one low.
ing the beautiful.
We have an exceptionally fine
line Of HandkerChiefs, all Linen,
&C., lOc., IL l-2c. Is 2-3c., hemnned
and hemstitChed. Embroidered
Handkerchiefs in a great variety
1Oc. to $l.OO each.
Have just opened a shipment
Of American Lady C0rsets i'm the
very latest models and materials.
We certainly lead the town in
this line, as it cannot be exCelled
in graceful shapes and lovely
forms.
s~~Brlng your memoranda and let us fill your
orders. We sell Home Journal Patterns.
{. Z {. s. MOWER CO.,
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HELPING THE FARMERS,

Congressman Lever has been very
active in his work for the farmers
in his district. Only recently he has
been in Lee county and in Sumter
county securing soil surveys by ex-
perts from the departments in Wash
ington and making experiments. This
work is being done under the direc-
tion of n newly created division of
the government on the utilization
of soil.
The purpose is to ascertain and to
demonstrate the fertilizer and crop
to which the soil is best adapted. This
state uses moro commercial fertilizer
than any other state in the union,
and Mr.. Lever is of the opinion---and
we suspect corrcctly-that at least
one-third Of it is wasted by using fer
tilizer that is not adapted to the soil.
The following Paragraphs from all in
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tcrvicw alon" this line from Congress-
man Lever are very true aHd we com
mend the efforts of Mr.. Lever in en-
dravor!n. t. a<Si<, the farmer tn make
his life easier and the profits from
his labor greater:
81 told the Marlboro farmers, who
are u>in" l.500 pounds of commercial
fertilizer TO the acre. that | believed
that this state (which spends 5000
600 year for commercial fertilizer
more than any other state in the Tn
ION uses, is wastin" Il third Of this
fertilizer by using 10" much. and Il
third more by shallow pl"win".
In my opinion the south has SUI
t"rr| more from politicians talking
dcma"o@ery and pesSi>imiSm than
from all other sources. The farmer
wants t" eel the idea in his head that
he has 4"t :" W"rk. work hard and in
triIl.cntly and with faith and conf
dcncc. The Southern farmer has un-
told riches IN his "ra>p il he will but
get down To work and quit crawling
about his down-trodden condition. -
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PICK AND SHOVEL BRIGADE.

The pick and shovel brigade is still
at work on our streets throwing
brickhatS and tin cans and broken
bottles out OF the bitches INTO the mid
die nt the streets thereby making very
attractive and beautiful th"r"u"h-
fares.
An aut"m"hili>t said the other day
in one OF the best street where he
had been accustomed to taking his
best rides there were 81 many brick
bats and tin cans thrown ont "t the
'litchcS into the middle "f the street
that he had actually t" change his
ronrSr There is no doubt if we con-
tinuc to spend the public funds on
the pick and shovel brigade we will
have some beautiful streets in New
berry probably by the end of the pres
ent century. when the brickbatS and
tin cans and yraSs and mud all con-
zeal into one solid and subs tanlial
mass of matter
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4 would be interesting

II would be Interesting to know
why there * "" better discipline at
Clemson. whether ii is because the
members # the faculty know moth
IN" of discipline or because they arc
afraid the boys in charge will turn
them out OF their fat jobs There can
he II" good from the liberation Of such
d"ln"> III South Carolina. The Young
men who are to become the future
rulers of the state are not fit for such
calling until they have first been
taught to obcy.-Yorkville Inquirer.
From Il editorial in the Press and
Banner one Of whose proprietors is Il
trustee Of Clemson college the fol-
lowing paragraph may explain and
/ answer your question:
"Dceply as the board of trustees
and the faculty regret any disorder.
II is well known fact that in mill
tary organizations. if there is disor-
der, the fault primarily rests with the
commandant. The board of trus-
tees look to the Commandant for or
der. and any man who has ever been
IN military service knows that the
efficiency of the service is exactly
commensurate with the efficiency of
tho commanding officer. If a cam
mandcr Is not consistent discipli
Rarlan, he cannot correct resulting
evils by a measure so drastic as To
sweep out one fourth of his COM
mand."
1t would seem from this that the
fault for the diSobedience and lack of
discipline, which is admitted by the
Press and Banner, lays entirely at
the door of Capt. Clay. We do not
know tina TIVE can agree entirely with
the lecture. which the Press and Ban
ner reads the newspapers of this
state and the charge Which it con-
'ain>. that they have disp aycd great
deal of nerve in criticisinc Clemson
College. So far as we have observ
ed. while there has been some critic
ism. it has all been in very friend
~ spirit and with expressions which