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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

We're passing through this spot
hlew out a cylinder-head, and
my friend and | left the cars
to stretch our muscles and ex-
plore around little. When
we returned we discovered that
the train had continued on its
way. We had not heard its
warning whistle. Without food
or shelter we were in a predic-
ament, but my friend was used
to adventure and the novelty
pleased rather than frightened
me. Chance led us to a cave,
which proved to be of enor-
nous proportions, and there we
started a fire near the entrance
and passed the night. Frequent
~ | was awakened by a whis-
Ting noise which was waited
from the inner recesses, a noise
like boiling water. In the morn
ing we investigated. A small
spring emptied on what looked
ike sulphur mixed with lime,
and the moment it touched the
solution it changed to kissing
steam. At once there REQUIRED to
me the old dream of perpetual
motion. But it was long
years before / learned
how to adjust this acct
dentally discovered prin-
ciple to harness, though
as we walked to the near
est town my head was full
of visions.
Through the strug-
gle years of my mining
life | thought time and
again of that water
turned to steam by nat
ural chemistry. In the
more fortunate years
ceased to think of per-
petual motion until one day | W
in Utah. The engine had left
wild crag, and the broken boiler
columns of steam gainst this
ment the steam touched it back
CONCEALED instantaneously to w
examined the stone OF which
posed. 1t was honeycombed wi
the very touch of it seemed tt
There eXuded from it an odor
monia. This stone had the un
of converting steam to water. Y
excited | was, for l now held
perpetual motion. | knew a CHI
ing, endless and unlimited mecl
That was supreme moment,
tense that it almost blended int
sky blends with the ocean on Il
Il acted at once. With my
bought mighty turbine, built
signs, with double escapements
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

ara would some day be
running just such wheels.
AS the initiated knew
that such plans were
even then on foot, the
Chicago people believe
to this day that my
turbine is churning by
the force of the falls.
Il had the turbine
shipped in cases, and
the freight hands were
not startled to re-
ceive orders that the
cases were to be I'M
loaded in the wilder
ness. They had seen
too many towns spring
up over night to
ask any questions when they
discharged the freight here.
But the ticklish thing was to
keep the carpenters and ma
chinists from prying into my Sc
cret when they came to set the
turbine up in the cave. I made
it point to appear odd and alb
stracted and to say queer
things. The men decid-
ed, so the foreman told
me in substance, though
he did not use very elegant
language, that | was a harmless
lunatic, and that so long as |
paid the bills literally, the
foolishness was all mine
At length the turbine was in
4 = place. 1t was set horizontally
and encased in strongest steel.
Inside the case platform was
arranged and covered with tons
OF stone and on the floor below
We had placed quantities OF the
ich was so abundant in the cave
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

shod. Old mariners, from the decks of their YES
sells, stared amazed at the great gap in the course
of the Detroit river.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

creasing traffic and the huge dimensions of the YES
sells engaged in the passen ger and freight
business of the lakes. Today freighters sail
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Ship Abrasive Wheels bv Tons.

Four tons Of carborundum were re-
Gently shipped from Niagara Falls to
Buenos Ayres, Argentina, to be used
for cutting the marble for the national
government building, which will be
one OF the handsomest structures in
the world. 1t will surpass by far any
thing else on the South American con-
tinent. 1t will be entirely of marble. All
of the coping, trimming and cutting
of the marble to enter into the build
ing will be done with carborundum
wheels. The big order included in all
about 105 wheels, varying in size from
fourteen to twenty-six inches in diane
ter. This is believed to be the largest
single shipment of abrasive wheels
ever sent to South America.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
President Taft at Church.

Mr.. Taft's arrival in church is an In
teresting ceremony to witness. At his
entrance the whole congregation rises
and remains standing until he is seat
ed, and when the services are finished
1t again stands until he has left the
church, the conduct of those present
being a willing and agreeable tribute
to his office.
The president, by the way, will have
at least one member of his cabinet
with him at All Souls Attorney Gen
eral Wickerhsam, whose wife. when
she was n resident OF Washington,
was one OF the leading factors Of the
church and teacher in the Sunday
school There are number OF other
notable people among the congrega-
tion over which DR. Pierce presides
The late Senator Morrill, OF Vermont,
from the time he came here in the
late sos until his death, was a wor-
shipper at All Souls, and since his
death his son, James S. Morrill,, and
his aunt, Miss Swan, occupy the pew
that was his for more than a quarter
of a century. Timothy Howe, who was
the postmaster general in President
Grants cabinet, was always promin-
ent figure in the Unitarian congrega-
ton, and his place has been taken by
his daughter, Mrs Enoch .Totten, and
her children. Washington Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
FLYING SQUIRRELS RARE
Once They Were Common In the New
York Woods

Several flying squirrels were seen
In the woods in the central part of
this town the other day says the Den
mark correspondent OF the Utica OBJ
server. They are not very common
and few of them are seen in this sec
ton. although 80 or 40 years ago near
ly every old hollow birch tree had its
family OF little striped air navigators
The flying squirrel, be 1t explained
Tor the benefit of the many who have
undoubtedly never seen one, does not
NY in the proper acceptance OF the
word. but is able by spreading the
weblike strips OF thin skin that ex-
tend from its fore to it's hind legs on
either side of it's body to sail several
rods on n gradually downward slant
from the top of one tree to a point
lower down on the limbs or trunk of
another. Then by running higher up
the tree it has alighted ON 1t is able
to repeat the performance and thus
avoid its enemies by sailing from tree
to tree.
These squirrels were once numerous
In northern New York, but like their
kinsman, the black squirrel and the
tox-squirrel, have all but vanished
from the northern woodlands.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
The Greatest CRATER.

People do not generally understand
why 1t is that no nation wants Castro
ON It's soil and why the whole civiliz-
ed world holds him In such derision
1t is because he Is the greatest graft
er of the age. That is the secret of
all his infirmities and the starting
point of all his quarrels. He gouged
every enterprise that ever started up
In Venezuela, whether it was native
or foreign born. He began as presi-
dent OF Venezuela a poor man, and by
using the power that the office gave
him, in five or six years. he raked in
twelve million dollars. This graft was
really the beginning of his quarrels
with other nations. II was what dis
turbed his friendly relations with this
country; also with Holland Germany
and France. His ostracism is the
opinion of civilization OF the CRATER.
HIS selhshness destroyed him. What
he has lost is more than he STOLE
Ohio State Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
At Last, There is on Sale a Book
BriInful of American Humor.

At Last, There is on Sale q Book
Brimful of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race OF American
humorlsts has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs Of Dan Rice" the
Clown Of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie a volume OF the great TESTERS
most pungene jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches OF ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
effusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical. and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena Of other days.
These Memoirs" also contain a series
Of adventures and incidents alternat-
Ing from grave to gay; descriptive
scenes and thrilling events; the rec
ord OF half century of a remarkable
life, in the course of which the sub
ject was brought into contact with
most Of the national celebrities of the
day. The book abounds in anecdotes,
humorous and otherwise; and It af-
fords q clearer view OF the inside
mysteries OF show life than any ac-
count heretofore published. Old Dan
Rice, as the proprietor OF the famous
"One Horse Show" was more OF a
national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book OF 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street. New York City.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
india and the PhlIippines.

India has been a British possession
for $50 years. The other day Lord
Morley. secretary Of state for the
Asiatic empire, appointed a Hindoo
lawyer a member of the council which
with the viceroy, forms the supreme
government for India. This is the
first time since the foundation Of the
British empire in India that the SUI
preme authority has passed from ex-
clusively British hands. The Philip
pines have been a United States pos
session for less than eleven years. The
government of the islands is entrusted
to governor general and seven COM
missioners flour Americans and three
natives) and an assembly composed
wholly OF Filipinos. The complete in
dependence of the islands is believed
to be a matter of comparatively few
years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Our Liberal Giuers.

Men and women little known out of
an immediate and small social ac-
quaintance give away more money
than the richest man in America pos
sessed in Washington's time. A few
families have not yet cornered the
wealth of the country, and there is
much more distribution than the
stump orators would have us believe.
Lists of millionaries are printed, but
these lists are as remarkable for
omissions as inclusions. 1t is a mis-
taken notion that every rich man in
America is ostentatious and is con
sumed with a desire to hold a diplo-
matte post or TO marry his daughter
to a foreign nobleman, or even to
have a villa at Newport.-New York
Globe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
DR.. A. J. PICKERING,
PoST-oFFICE BUILDING,
EVANSVILLE, w. VA.
saltInn a Diamond Mine.

Howard Dubois, the noted mining
engineer, told good story 20 the
Tech men recently illustrating the
art" OF sailing a diamond mine. The
story was told of n man in South
Africa who while walking one day ov.
or his property suggested that they
assay some OF the soil.
In the search that ensued eight
rough diamonds were found and Of
fers began to fly through the air at
a rapid rate for the land, when the
hosts wife called out to her mus
band, why, John. where are the
other two?" The sequel Of the story
was left to the imagination.-Bos
Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
CURED ITCHING HUMOR.
Big, Painful Swcllings Broke and Did
Not Hcal-Suffcred Years
TOrtures Yield to Cuficura

Little black swollings were scattered
over my face and neck and they would
leave little black scars that would itch 80
| couldn't keep from scratching them.
Larger swellings would appear and my
clothes would stick to the sores. went to
a doctor, but the trouble only got worse
by this time it was all over my arms and
the upper part of my body in swellings
as large as dollar. 1t was so painful that
could not bear to lie on my back. The
second doctor stopped the swellings, but
when they broke the places would not heal
| bought set of the Cuticura Remedies
and in less than week some of the places
were nearly well. l continued until l had
used three sets, and now 1 am sound and
well. The disease lasted three years. o. L.
Wilson, Puryear, Tenn, Feb. 8, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props
OF Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
FOOD FACTS
What an ". ID. Learned.

a prominent Georgia physician
went through food experlence which
he makes public.
1T was my own experience that
first led mo TO advocate Grape-Nuts
food and I also know. from having
prescribed 50 to convaIesconts and
other weak patients. that the food is
a wonderful rcbulldor and rcstorer
OF nerve and brain tissue. as wen as
muscle lt improves the digestion
and sick patients always gain just as
! ana IT'D s'rehBth and weight very rap
idiy
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO. , 49,
LUCAS COIJNTY bS

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of Il. d. CHENEY &
20, doing business in the City of Toledo,
county and State aforesaid, and that said
hrm will pay thes of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d..
1885 A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL. Notary Public.
Halls Oatarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free +. j.. CHENEY x Co., Toledo, y.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
EGGS TO PRESERVE.

Eggs can be bought cheaply in
summer, and that is the best time TO
store them for winter use, when the
price renders them a luxury. A very
simple plan Is to procure a large
earthern jar with wide mouth, and
some common salt Put a layer OF
salt at bottom, then one of eggs,
standing them upside down. Then
more salt and eggs till the Jar is full,
the top layer being salt. The jar
should have a stone cover and be
kept in a dry place.-Boston Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Outdoor Life a Cure.

Trudeau's classic experiment points
us in the right direction. After inoc-
ulating a number of rabbits with tu-
berculosis, he confined q number Of
them indoors, and turned the others
outdoors. The latter all recovered,
while the former all died. This ex-
pertinent shows that a rabbit living
upon natural food and under a natur-
al environment is proof against tuber-
culOsis. There is abundant reason to
believe this equally true of man.
Medical Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Where Tin Is Barred

Tipping is to be penalized in the
State of Washington To give, solicit
or receive any gratuity for service in
a public house or by the employe of a
public service corporation is made a
Walters and Pullman
porters wishing a new field for the
exercise Of their talents will not mi
crate to Washington in large mum
ers.-Philadelphia Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
People TaIk About Good Thinps.

Twelve years ago few people knew Of
such preparation IA Powder for the
Feet. To-day, after tho genuine merits of
Aliens FOOt-Ease have been told year after
year by grateful persons, it is indispons-
able 20 millions. IL is cleanly, wholesome,
healing and antiseptic and gives rest and
comfort 70 tired aching feet.
IL cures while you walk. Over 10000
testimonials. limitations pay tho dealer a
larger profit, otherwise you would nevor
be offered q substitute for Aliens Foot
Ease, tho original foot powder. Ask for
Aliens FOot-Ease, and SEQ that you get II.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Pretty Women Criminals.

1t is difficult to obtain verdict OF
guilty against any woman charged
with capital crime. triply difficult il
she happens TO be young and OF at
tractive personality. Preachers of
woman's rights have held that wom-
en- should be tried by female juries.
No jury of women could possibly be
more lenient to n woman than is the
usual male jury i'm this country 1t is,
even, not impossible that women hear
ing a case against a woman would be
less swayed by sentimentality than
are the masculine juries that almost
invariably fall victims to a pretty face
and a woman's tears.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
A Lesson in Thrift.

Some time ago a Hungarian peasant
named Jan Hirsch Travelled to Buda-
pest on business. and awaited himself
OF the opportunity TO- order 100 visit
ing cards which would astonish his
native village When he returned
home me found to his di5may. that
the cards bore ,he name of Vavlsch
instead of HIrsch This meant a clear
loss OF Us Od unless hc could make use
OF the cards He accordingly wrote a
petition on stamped paper, which
cost Is, asking permission to alter his
name. His request was granted and
now he is Jan Vayisch, with Cd saved
London Express
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Not EASY for suffraoettes.

Anticipated laws prohibiting women
from forming political associations
seem to exert depressing effect on
suffragettes in Austria. They are
forced TO confine their agitation to
series of mild lectures, and even these
are attended by police official, who
sees that the speakers keep within
the bounds of moderation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Bamboo In China.

The greatest blessing in the matter
of natural productions that exist in
China is the bamboo. To recite the
different uses to which it is put would
cover reams of paper. 1t is thought
that over GO varieties of the bamboo
exist, and it can be properly termed
the national plant. 1t is applied to
domestic, commercial and Industrial
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22

Az last, says Mr., Wood, II began
using Doan's Kidney Pills, and before
one box was gone, l went through
four days Of intense pain, finally pass
ing stone, one-half byfive-sixteenths
Of an inch in diameter. / haven't had
q sign of kidney trouble since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
A Famous Health Builder.

a medicine that will cleanse the bowels
and put them in condition to do their
proper work unaided will do more than
anything else TO preserve health and
strength. Such n medicine is the tonic
laxative herb tea. Lanes Family Medicine.
Get. .25c. package to-day at any druggist
or dealer. No matter what you have tried
before, try this famous herb tea.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Where the Winner Lost.

II hate Brown. He was my rival
and almost won the woman who is
my wife"
We'll, what of It! lie didn't sue
ceed?"
NO; that's why I hate him. Dos
ton TRANSCRIPT.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22

The ivory nut. which is so much
used by button manufacturers. is the
fruit OF a species of palm which
grows I'm Central and South America
IL forms q valuable crop, particularly
in Panama, Columbia Ecuador and
Peru.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22

The possibility that the world may
hereafter be less dependent than il
has been hitherto on the Bohemian
deposits of pitchblende is one of the
reasons for rejoicing over the dis.
covery in Cornwall. observes the New
York Tribune. The use of radium
for curative and other purposes has
been sadly hampered by the scarcity
and high price of this wonderful
product. The establishment OF new
works for its manufacture may well
be attended with several happy re.
suits. There is promise not only of
an increased supply. but also OF lower
quotations. Possibly way may be
found to simplify the process of sepa.
ration and materially lessen its cost
A fresh stimulus will undoubtedly be
given too, to the study of methods Of
utilizing minerals which contain ra.
dunn in microscopic quantities, and
to the search for yet undiscovered de
posits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
EXPOSED.

You call yourself a naval expert?"
sneered one member OF the committee
I'm the heat of debate. Where's your
proof?"
No proof was forthcoming, the ac-
cused having to admit that he had
never written a magazine article in
his Philadelphia Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Women's Rlqhts in eeloium.

The bill passed in the Belgium Par
lament giving women the right to
vote for the members OF the Coun-
sells des Prudhommes also gives them
the right to serve on these councils
requiring that a certain proportion of
the councillors shall be women.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
DO Your Feet Ache and Burnq

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new, shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Smarting and Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Sold by all Druggists
and Shoe stores, % CTS. Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
LABOR WORLD.

Grave diggers of New York City
recently formed labor union.
Boston (Mass.) Journeymen Horse
shoers' Union is fifty years old.
There have been no strikes i'm PORT
land. Ore, for the last four years.
The Persian rug weaver takes
ABOUT twenty days to weave a square
foot
Civil servants from all over the
Dominion met at ottawa TO form n
federation.
During a recent year the German
labor exchanges found situations for
l,25O,OOO persons.
a committee is devising WAYS and
means for building labor temple I'm
Fort Worth, Texas.
a new union OF boot and shoe
workers was recently formed at
Arecibo, Porto Rico.
Carpenters at Hot Springs. Ark.
nave formed club for the purpose
or studying craft problems.
The building laborers' interna-
uonal union is said to be assuming n
controlling influence in the West.
a trades assembly at Greenville.
Tex, was organized recently with
twenty-one unions OF farmers anil
lated
An effort is making in Boston.
Mass, to organize the school teachers
OF the United States and Canada into
a union.
In rural Russia the wages of farm
laborers have advanced about thirty
per cent. in the last twenty wears.
but the average is thirty cents a day.
From 1850 to 1860 many national
and international labor organizations
were formed. which granted charters
TO local unions and organized new
branches.
According to the report of the
United States Commissioner of Labor.
women in buying for the family spend
from sixty to seventy per cent. of
the total earnings.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22

Said Abraham Lincoln: 81 am not
bound to win, but I am bound to be
true. ! am not bound to succeed, but
/ am bound to live up to what light
j have. l must stand with anybody
that stands right, stand with him
while he is right and part with him
when he goes MrnnC"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-22
Where Women Are shv.

Among some African tribes, when a
man processes his love for a woman
and asks her i'm marriage, she invari-
ably refuses him at first, lest it should
appear that she had been thinking of
him and was eager to become his
wife