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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
NOT HIS FAULT

Irato Woman - "Tboso photo
graphs you made of myself and hus-
band arc not at an satisfactory and
i refuse TO accept them
Photographer What's wrone
with them?'
Irate Woman What's wronai
Why. my husband looks like ba-
boon"
Photographer" We'll. that's nc
fault OF mine, madam You should
have thought of that before you had
him taken. Boston Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
INTERESTING TO GIRL.

"But what made you irritate her
father?"
Il had TO do It. I wasn't any too
popular with the girl until her father
forbade me the house. "-LouisvilI
Courier-Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
FICKLE. FICKLE Girls.

Elsie-"You remember, dear, thSa
young man you were sweet on last
year at the beach. 1 suppose you
will go to the same place this year,"
May-"Oh, no; he might be
there. Boston Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30

On one of the new transatlantic
liners "a bulkhead doors, each weigh
Ing half ton, can be closed from
the bridge in so second by hydraulic
power.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
GLOOMY RESEARCH.

$50 you are again az your micro
scope investigating germsi"
Yes" answered the scientist; 'I
am the man you read about who is
always looking for trouble. Wash
ington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
FROM THE VERY BEGINNTNG.

'ow did e git on with the peg at
Chaggivord, then. Garge2"
"Oh, gold en- perty middlin' like,
but 'er didn't make wat 1 thought 'er
wild. didn't think 'er wild THE
Taller
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
TIE POET

do you believe In inspiratlon7"
"Oh. yes. A call from bailif will
always set me TO grinding out verse q"
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
OH, MABEL

Miss Mabel - II heard mamma
talking about your shooting a fume
In the West, Mr.. Weete"
Bill Weete-'Yes, Miss
Miss Mabel-"Tell me. what other
big animals have you shot?''-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
HE LosT LIS NERvE. ANYWAY

A Wichita man was cus8lng be-
cause OF his aching teeth
why don't you go 20 a dontist2"
asked one OF his friends
oh haven't got the nerve was
the reply
Never mind that" replied the
friend, the dentist will find the nerve
all right. Kansas City star
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
SCARED FROM RIrRAI. SCENE

SCARED FROM RURAL SCENES.
What do s'pose It is dat is over
crowdin' de cities?" asked Meander-
ing Mike
II dunno" answered Flooding
Pete, unless it's dis habit farmers IS
gittin' into Of advertisin' fur harvest
hands. Washington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
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The latest suggestion for the treat
ment OF asthma comes from Ger
many. 1t consists simply in breath
ing exercises conducted in such a
way that the Inspiration is rapid
while the expiration is as slow and
as thorough as possible.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
DOWN ON RIVAL PLANTS.

Wife-"John. the hens have
scratched up that egg plant seed you
sowed."
Hub - -Blame 'eml Jealousy, I
suppose. "-Boston Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
JEsTING on A SERIOUS MATTER.

Wife-"Short weight on the steak
as usual. You never see the butcher
robbing himself"
Hub-'I dunno. my dear. Two
seen him steel his own knife Dos
ton Transcript
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30
SlOO A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

Your feet are small the shoe clerk said
A. he her inetep presscds
The lady sighed and bowed her heal
And gladuess tIicd her breast
But httle time with her be spent.
A busy clerk was be.
lie Hold her skies ere she went
But they were numbered three
Chicago Record Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30

At meeting of the Academy Of
Sciences in Paris 1t was established
recently that ulua-violeut rays
passed through milk viii completely
sterilize the liquid and emcctually rid
IL OF all microbes
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30

The great Importance N-ray and
radium already play in the treatment
Of disease is shown by tho appearance
in Germany of 4 "Handbuch der
Roentgentherapie. by O Nemuich.
which has nearly thousand pages.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30

a steam-drivon power plant is be-
Ing built at Galana. Ill. to transmit
power twenty-five miles north into
Wisconsin The FIRST wo units iu-
stalled with De 1900 and 1850 kuo-
watt thrce-phase Acknowledgement
generators driven hy reciprocating
Corliss engines The current is gem
Grated at 1900 volts transformed to-
a line potential of $4,000 and re-
duced again to $500 or lower where
necessary. for local distribution.
This plant will supply among other
places the zinc mining centre &C Hazel
Green.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

resent that interest the capitol argument and
not money and he depends for strength Of his argument
largely the fact that laws passed regulate the
business which he represents may possibly have bad
erect upon the commercial life of the specific district
which the member approached represents 1t is true
mat dinners given at times to members of congress
by the lobbyists behalf of special interests 1t Is
doubted ii these dinners the pleading words which
pass between the after the coffee have
particular weight The ordinary who wants
to stay in congress realizes that he has duty to his
constituents and that if he doesn't do it he probably will
nave to stay at home instead of buying ticket every
winter for the national capitol
Some time ago there established in Washington
what was called "The Peoples Lobby" There
several active men Who behalf of this organization,
watched legislation and kept the country informed to
what IN their opinion, good bad in laws that had
been proposed for passage. This peoples lobby vrtu-
ally has passed out of existence but there greater
peoples lobby which has been existence ever since
the country founded, which is existence to-
day and which probably will last long as democracy
lasts This lobby is public sentiment and dozen times
within the last few it has overrdden all the arts
the pleadngs, the arguments and the threats
dvidua lobbyists who have sought to thwart it. An
experience OF in Washington goes to show
that the representatives of the PEOPLE in the great
are honest men and that the will of the country out
weighs with them any influence any money that
be brought to bear used by the lobbyist who work
ing fer selfish ends
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

there lobbyists. The particular kind of wom-
lobbyists which has been pictured many times has no
existence she exists she keeps herself we'll IN
hiding that she remains unknown to the persons whose
duty it is to write the and the news comment OF
the day. There other women lobbyists however,
who moved to lobby by what they think is
right, though admittedly thousands of their counrymen
and their country disagree with them in specific
cases in which they have exercised their activities.
The woman lobbyist rule is moved by high moral
considerations she views them to influence legisla
ton Take the of the canteen in the army posts
the country for example. It the lobbyist
who abolished the canteen The women who worked to
did not onetenth part Of their lobbying in
Washington. It done largely at home. The women
thought that the canteen ever present tempta
ton to the soldier to drunkenness, and while it is true
that most of the congressman at heart disagreed with
the contention the carried the day and the
teen abolished.
The persons who were instrumental in securing the
passage the which forbade the sale of light wines
and beer army posts, moved they were by high
moral If possibly mistaken impulse, were lobby
just much the who strive to check leg
sation that is going to hurt their pocketbooks while it
going to do good to the country at large The nen
ton is only show that lobbyist" is not necessarily
word of contempt.
The pure food law when 1t in of considera
ton was productive of the greatest lobbying activities
possibly ever known in congress. The lobbyists
present and at distance, but present or absent they
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

worked day and night with voice by letter and tele
gram to bring about the ends that they desired The
manufacturers, many of them at least maintained that
the law proposed altogether too drastic, while
those who took the view opposed to that of the
severe.
During the time Of the consideration of the pure food
law in the of the committee interstate
egn the mos, powerful lobbyist that appeared
behalf of the the center table, 1t was
collection of prepared foods gathered from various
parts of the country and which did not live up the
labels that the outside of the packages There
are and were, plenty Of proper foods the market,
but the foods which the committee had assembled, II
foods they might be called of the kind that nobody
would want to eat. Representative Mann of Illinois
in charge of the food bill, and he presided
the display that made the committee room look like
grocery shop. Mr.. Mann had some fruit jelly jam
exhibition that marked being the pure product.
In reality the stuff was composed of sticky sub
stance sweetened and then coored with q dye There
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24
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they had great lobby at distance and the lobbyists
succeeded in doing their good work.
Recently there to Washington a matter
connected with the rights of certain Indians formerly
the Rosebud reservation Indian whose originally
Quick Bear, but who is known Reuben Quick
Bear. Some time ago proposed by syndicate that
buy large tract of land from the Indians at IS
Aferward the land doubled in value Reuben Quick Bear
feared that when the reservation closed Uncle
Sam would not allow right and proper price for the
holdings which the Indians to give up Reuben
began lobby behalf of his brethren He wrote this
letter. thereby showing that he knew something of the
ways of certain class of white men,
"A shyster lawyer named - is in Washington stat
ing that land Is not worth than $3.50
He lives in and has been sent by the people there to
help beat in this land DEAL"
is conceded in Washington that the most effective
kind of lobbying ia that which is done by the people by
means of letters and kilograms. OF course, the COM
munications in such numbers as conv,ni-s
the congressman that the whole country is agsv:sd
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

not trace Of ress fruit m its composition The dye
that in the mixture coorei indeibly gteat piece
OF cotton cloth which was steeed in small quantity OF
the jelly mixture with water.
In the committee there "honey" which no
bee had gathered There pepper corns made
wholly of tapioca and lampblack and there many
other things of curious mixture masqueradng under the
names of legitimate food products. The manufacturers
and the packers of perfectly goods admitted that
the proved fact that of their brethren not
honest was the stumbling block of their hopes that the
food bill should not be passed in too drastic FORM
In other words, lobby that mute and could not
write letters send kilograms did the major share OF
the work in securing the passage of the national
food law
In the department Of agriculture there is subdepar
men called the biological 1t is the duty of the
officials of the survey who all scientists, to do what
they enghten the country concerning the habits
of Birds mammals and insects, to let it be known just
what creatures benefit and just what are menace
to the farmer the market gardener and to those engaged
in soil pursuits generally.
The work of the survey has recognized for it's
excellence for years. At time the house committee
on agriculture decided in framing the agricultural OPP
preparation bill, that it would omit all mention of the
biological survey and thus by failure to appropriate
money would wipe the survey out of existence. 1t IL
said that there personal for the attempt to
end the usefulness of this bureau of the government but
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24
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is the public
the hotels this city pick the IN
dviua lobbyist They bear the earmarks OF
be said these marks
dnariy is sleek prosperity is impossible TO
individuals of species lobbyist unless
be the keenes kind of judge of human nature
the second class of lobbyists has the unmistak
phanthIopist while other their
simply like ordinary everyday American cl
of the professions and in many
No lobbyist however wrongful be his purpose in coming to
uf widespread idea whose
with showing in
member ofcongess forget his duty his
constituents his country much harder matter to co
unfortunately people believe The
lobbyist make direct offer except in
would blow than cash that he might hap
possess.
corporate interest to be
has been hired
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

It is not the intention
to attempt to discuss the
rights or wrongs of any
specific pieces of legis-
lation which have passed
congress, but the lobby
ing attempts pro and
con that have been made
to prevent or to secure
the enactment of nation
al laws may be recount
ed without prejudice.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

\ S HINGTON.-Whenever the statement is
made that during the sessions of congress
Washington is full of lobbyists, it seems
that the general impression created is that
a horde OF men bent on preventing the pas
sage of good legislation has descended up
on the capitol. The word lobbyists seeming
ly has come to mean only one thing. In
truth lobbyists are of two kinds, the kind
that wants to prevent the passage OF legis-
lation that is inimical to private interest.
and the kind that wants to secure the pas
sage OF lie gislatiOn that will rebound or that
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-03-24

whether this is true or not is a thing
apart AS soon as it was known that
the committee had decided to kill the
activity of the scientists by failure
to report to the house a measure for
their support, some of the Washing
ton correspondents telegraphed the
news of the matter to their papers.
Instantly the bird protection societies,
the sportsmen, the farmers Institutes
and the farmers individually all over
the country became busy.
Letters and kilograms of protest
poured in on the committee. Nor was
the committee alone the object of pro-
test. Every senator and every repre-
sentative in congress began to re-
ceive letters and kilograms which
piled up until they were almost be-
yond the power Of reading unless the
man gave all the time at his disposal
tn fbo Morohorc uyho ho r61v
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
PLEASE MIN'
EWOffENS QUE$lfUlS ANSNHfD
y %ZZzZZH @Zx

Dear Miss Grey would like a
recipe for peach butter that viii
keep. Also q catsup recipe.
Peel and slice fine the peaches
and add three quarters as much
sugar as fruit. Set on Slow fire
and cook In the juice that forms
until peaches are tender. Then
pour into shallow pan and place
medium oven. Cook until thick
stirring often.
Slice one peck tomatoes with
eight onions and boil together
When soft, rub through a colan
der. Return to the fire with a bay
leaf, a tablespoon of powdered
mace, of pepper, of cloves, of su
gar, of salt and of celery seed. Boi
for five hours. stirring often. Pour
In one pint Of vinegar, bring to a
boil, then pour into bottles and
seal.
Dear Miss Grey-How can ! re
move flypaper stains from the
pages of book without defacine
the printing? H. c. X.
Try alcohol or turpentine. II
will be a difficult task, but l think
It can be done.
Dear Miss Grey-What are the
regular nights that girl should al
low a young man to call? r. M. L.
Yours is a hard question to an
swer. 1t depends SO much on cir.
substances. If you have no mother
to advise you, tell an older woman
friend In whom you have conf.
dence, all the circumstances, and
follow her advice. She will be
glad to help you, no doubt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
PROMISE TO ACCOUNT
For, THAT $26, 900

When the bridge salvage resolu-
ton Of the city council, introduced
by Councilman Charles Mohr, reach
ed the board OF works yesterday
afternoon there was q small effort
to give 1t the "ha. ha." which soon
gave way to sober consideration,
after the suggestion had been Of
'fered that the board had possibly
better try to comply with the coun-
ellis request and show where the
missing $4,000 OF salvage had
gone. ~
Engineer Ralston was called In,
and after greeting the resolution
with smile, and saying that he
guessed he had seen it before, conl,,
planned that, his office force was
so rushed that he had not had time
to give the councils request any
attention.. He said that every man
in his office had all that he could
do and that he was trying to run
through the balance of the year on
the appropriation remaining at his
disposal. T Nt
On the suggestion of the board
of works, Mr.. Ra1ston agreed to
prepare a statement showing what
had become Of the bridge salvage
and to have 1t ready by the next
meeting of council. He said that he
had made such q report once be-
fore, but that the council had evil
IDENTIFY overlooked it.
Mayor Pratt confessed that he
had request from the council to
furnish the information, but had
paid no attention to it in the belief
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
POSTAL CARDS SITTER
GOVERNMENT PRINTING or
Il FlcE GETS A CONTRACT FOR
dQ7 mn mn

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. TO-
GeeFly billion postal cards are
|PxpScted to be used by the Ameri-
can people during the coming year,
FAceerding to the terms of the con-
FtraCf awarded to the government
Printing office. This institution
FaE the lowest bidder for supplying
The cards for the ensuing four
years.
The contract becomes effective
January 1, 1910. 1t is for 3,487 ,000,-
900 cards. OF this huge order
3,400, 000,000 are TO be of the STAN
dard size now in use, 3Ax5K inch
es; 100000 of the 3x5 size will
be the new cards cut to fit the
standard card index systems, and
II 100000 will be the return cards
similar to those now In use. The
postOffice department anticipates a
considerable saving through reduc-
ing the weight of the card to be
used. The new cards will be stiff
er and less inclined to fuzz and
fray than those now used.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16

Her father and brothers were
away-grandmother, mother and
Dorothy were alone-and a pile of
guns lay on the back porch. They
must be saved from the enemy
but how?
"If there were only some safe
hiding place, would carry every
gun out of reach myself" said
Dorothy.
HAS thee sorted the feathers in
the large feather bed of late?''
asked grandmother of Mrs. Dent
1T is sunny and still on the back
porch-just the day for such a
task" she continued.
THE very thing" shouted little
Dorothy, in great agitation.
When the soldiers marched up
the hill. and turned into the door.
yard of the Dent house, they were
met at the door by Dorothy, who
was all smiles.
I'VE have orders to search this
house for concealed arms" said the
captain, with a bow.
polite, but her heart was beating
hard with fright.
Meanwhile grandmother and
Mrs. Dent were busy sorting feath,
ers on the back porch. listening
anxiously to the tramp of soldiers
feet inside the house. When the
soldiers came out on the porch, the
feathers flew, deity helped along
their way by grandmother, and set
tied on sleeve of the captains
new uniform.
plague take the feathers" cried
he, and they all hurried on to
search the stables and other out
buildings, not even glancing again
at the feathers.
The soldiers marched away with
out discovering the arms, and
brave Dorothy watched them, glee-
fully chuckling to think how they
had been fooled.
When father and the boys came
home that evening the guns were
still hidden under their downy
cover. Father was proud of his lit
tie girl. and he said, stroking her
hair tenderly, Blessings ON the
geese that shed their feathers for
this glorious cause, and on the 1T
| tie girl who played hostess to her
enemies so bravely and discreetly."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
iC173lE

CURES PERMANENTLY

Mr.. A. H. Powell, Manufacturing
Chemist. Spokane; Wash.
Dear Sir-After suffering with
stomach trouble for the past four
years and doctoring with doctors
and paying out over $500 for
patent medicines, the first perma-
nent relief / received was from
Powell's Stomach Remedy. The
first bottle gave me great relief
and after using three bottles
have no more stomach trouble and
feel that am permanently cured,
This | write you in hopes you
may publish 1t SO my friends, X
any of them are so afflicted, may
hear of 1t and be benefited by its
use. Yours truly. w. A. BAKER,
Furniture Dealer, 212S East
Sprague Avenue.
For sale at all first class drug
stores.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
MAN 1o7 YEAR, OLD
PROPOSES TO GIRL
OF Is; REJECTED

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Miss
Jennie Gewitz, an Is year old girl
and known as one Of the prettiest
in the Brownsville section Of Brook.
lyn, had the remarkable expert.
ence OF proposal from a man 187
years old-the oldest man in
Brownsville.
The centenarian is Nathan Ep.
stein. He has several children, a
score of grandchildren, a number
Of great-grandchildren, and one
great-great-grandchild. Miss Gewitz
told Mr.. Epstein she wasn't think.
ing of joining the family.
The aged man, however, was per.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
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& Apple Fairies-Pares tart apples,
cut them in halves, remove the
cores and simmer until tender in a
sirup consisting of equal parts of
sugar and water. Do not let the
apples break. Cut cold cake, sponge
preferred. into small rounds with a
cookie cutter; spread the slices
with apple jelly or niarmelade and
flavor with a few drops of orange
juice, or q shaving of preserved
ginger. Put the half of cooked
apple ON each piece of cake, cover
with boiled frosting or a thick
meringue, sprinkle with chopped
nuts, and brown in the oven.
Jamaicas are fancy curled cook
les. Cream three-fourths of cup
full Of sugar with enc cupful of but
ter. add one beaten egg and stir in
gradually three cupfuls of flour
sifted with one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Cut
the dough into small balls and roll
them into pencil shaped strips six
inches long. Shape each strip into
a close coil and bake in a slow
oven.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16

sistent. He urged on the yoang
woman the advisabflity Of having
for a husband q man whose habits
had become thoroughly settled.
Miss. Gewitz said that she thought
there wa ssuch thing as having
habits that we're too settled, and
added that. anyhow. she wasn't
thinking Of marrying yet Then
Mr.. Gewitz had to lead Epstein to
the door.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16

Economy has invaded the South
Central high school. Students have
agreed that dues in all organiza.
tons shall not exceed 10 cents per
month instead of rs, as heretofore
that the price of the high school
paper shall be rs cents instead of
81, and that admission to foot ball
games shall be reduced from so to
25 cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
SETTLES LONG
STANDING CLAIM

CARACAS. Venezuela, Sept. IT,
The clai moi the Orinoco Corpora
ton against the Venezuelan gov
eminent has been settled. Vene-
zuela will pay the company $685.. 900
in eight annual instruments. In re-
turn the corporation relinquishes
all it's rights under the Fitzgerald
concession