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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
ALoNzo AND BILL.


Aonzo is likely boy; he's full of menta
grace.
He Keeps a-throwin' gems o. thought
promisc'ous round the place.
An strives with me an mother in a man.
ner most polite
10 get US TO take notice when our gram
ma isn't right.
lie shavcs at least three times n week
Alonzo's mighty neat
An mes expert in his judgment about
things that's good to eat.
his DrotherS kind o. different. He aim
, built so much fur show
blh saws an splits the firewood an he
shovels of the snow.
Inc SEWN circle compliments the fam.
lily now an then
ABOUT Alonzo; saying he's the incest OF
young men.
But as fur me an mother. we jes' do as
parents will,
Dofyin neighbors' comment We arc
mighty strong fur Bill
we ike To hear the stompin' OF his
feet out I'm the shed
we IKE to hear his laughin' way ol
hollerin' TO be fed
IL amt right to be partial but ouI
hearts is all aglow
FUR that boy who splits the frewood
an who shovels OF the snow,
-Phiiander Johnson. in Washington Star
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Exnlalnlnn Maiinrn

There were some deficiencies fin the
early education of Mrs. Donahoe but
she never Uentioned them or admitted
their existence. "Wiu you sign your
name here?' said the young lawyer
whom Mrs. Donahoe had asked To- draw
up a deed transferring a parcel Of land
20 her daughter.
You sign It YOURSELF an III make
me mark" said the old woman. quick
~. Since me eyes gave out. I'm not
able to write wurrd young man"
How do you spell ~" he asked
pen poised above the proper space.
Spell II whatiyer way you Place"
gadd Mrs, Donahoe. rocklessly. since
! lost nae teeth, there's not a wurrd
IN the wurrid can HDsll,"-- Youths
Companion
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
It's stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. CataTrh being con-
stitutional disease. requires A constitntionol
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cureis taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con.
stltutlon and assisting nature in doing it's
work. The proprietors have SO much faith
IN ITS curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that il fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address
Il. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by oil Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
CHILD ATE CUTICURA.
Spread Whole Box of IL on Crackers
Not the Least Injury Resulted
THUS Proven Pure and Sweet.

A New York friend of Cuticura writes:
My three year old son and heir. after
being put to bed on trip across the At
lantic, investigated the stateroom and To-
Gated box of graham crackers and box
of Cuticura Ointment. When search was
made for the box, it was found empty and
the kid admitted that he had eaten the
contents of the entire box spread on the
crackers. II cured him of bad cold and
/ don't know what else"
No more conclusive evidence could be
offered that every ingredient of Cuticura
Ointment is ABSOLUTELY pure. sweet and
harmless. If it may be safely eaten by n
young child, none but the most beneficial
results can be expected to attend its appli-
cation TO even the tenderest skin or
youngest infant.
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston, Mass.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Tariff and Business.

The argument that business suffers
whenever the question of tariff revi-
sion is taken up is a very popular
one. According to people who take
that view, the time for tariff revi-
sion Will never come. If business is
booming, We are told that 1t would
be folly not TO let well enough alone.
If business is depressed, we are warn
ed that we are likely to check a re.
vival, and if business is rallying, we
are told to stand out of the way and
let it rally.-Wall Street Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Use for Old Ornans-

ION my last trip through country
towns" said travelling man, Il met
a drummer who was buying up old
church organs and was shipping the
wood back to a violin manufacturer
in New York. He said that the max.
er of violins thought that wood that
had done service in one OF these little
cabinet organs was the best he could
find for the average fiddle and he paid
that drummer a small commission on
every WORKOUT organ he could pick
IN"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Discomfort of a Sailors Wife.

Il brought along plenty of clothes
Tor my wife, but she says they look
as If they came out of the arki" he
cried.
Herewith he saw that the salvage
of baggage was a mistake.-New York
Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Historical Eootnote

Socrates had just swallowed the
hemlock
There's no benZoate of soda in it,
anyhow he said, "and I'd rather
take my dose all at once and have it
over than to linger along for years as
a member of a poison squad"
But Plato, who was paid by the
line, worked up this simple incident
INTO story of several thousand
words.-Chicago Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

The United States Tobacco Journal
tells of curious scheme in use in
Germany for raising money for char
ity. Boxes for cigar and cigar ends
have been placed in cafes and public
buildings by a charity organization
and enough money is expected from
the sale of this class OF refuse to feed
and clothe LIPS children during the
winter months. What becomes of the
stumps is a secret fortunately kept
from the smokers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Supported.

California was making its biennial
declaration of war upon Japan
The President is opposed to US"
said the sponsor of the movement.
the people of 45 benighted States are
opposed to us; but" he passed for
effect; but Hobson IS with US"
Nippon was Jared by the mighty
cheer that went up.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Too Risky.

DO YOU aip:O owe OF the plan of
teaching pupils to box?"
Net Internationally" replied the
country pedagogue, remembering his
m sky l9-year-olds. Might be all
tight though, If you'd authorize the
teachers to carry guns."-Philadel-
rhia Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
A Reminder

You were south, weren't your"
Yes. And It was so interesting
watching the peasant women CARRYING
around great heavy jars on their
heads"
Yes. They are almost as stronp
as some Of the New York women car.
rying their hair. New Yorl, Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
DR.. A. J. PICKERING, :.
PoST-oFFlCE BUILDING,
oRAhTSVILLE, W. VA.
A New Game.

The junior partner of the Wall
street firm was slightly indisposed and
the senior partner was calling him ur
every three minutes.
why do you telephone so often?'
inquired friend.
Well his temperature fluctuates
considerably and some of my custom
ers are specializing on the fiuctua
tons. "-Louisville Courier-Journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
A comnosite Product

Mrs. Boggs-Mr. Meekman is a
splendid example of what man
ought to be.
Mr.. Boggs-Not on your life. He's
splendid example OF what wife,
TWO sisters, grown-up daughter and
mother-in-law think a man ought
to be.-Puck
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EXACTLY

Going to the North Pole is no
pleasure trip" said the sympathetic
friend.
We'll" answered the Arctic eX.
plorer. ut reminds me somewhat Of
the average pleasure trip. Everybody
Is so anxious to start and so glad
to get home "-Washlngton Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
DIFFTCULT SAILING.

81 can't please my husband"
"Why not?"
He fuses If / talk about such
trivial things as styles, and gets mix.
ed up and mad If / ask him to ex
plain the Balkan situation or the in.
itiative and referendum. Washing
ton Herald
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minutes. They show
signs of wear through
pain in the back and
irregular urination.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cure kidney ills in
old or young. Mrs.
Mary G. Phelps, 4
Spring ST., Westield,
Mass, says:
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Don't BE NIisIed.

Many. a life has been cut short by a
cough that was not believed to be serious.
Many a backache and sideache follows a
coughing spell. Many a night is passed in
reStlcssness caused 10y coughing Many a
cough "cure" that never cures is tried. Do
not he misled. If YOU cough. take the old
reliable, Kemp's Balsam, the best cough
cure. At druggists and dealers, 25c.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Incredible Brutality,

Moud-My fiance is a heartIess
wretch.
What's the trouble?
Maud-l've got n better offer and
he won't release me from our engage
nent.- Boston Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Rhematism Cnrcd In a nav

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism radi.
caily cures in to3days. Its action is remark
ape. IL removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. First dose
greatly benefits. Zoe. and 81. At druggists.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Both in the Same Boat

Sir. could you give me q little as
lstance?" said the weary wayfarer.
L don't know where my next meal is
coming from" Neither do l." re-
pied the prosperous-loolIing individ-
ual. MY cook left this morning,
too. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. ChaS. Barclay
Graniteville, VT. ~ was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and /
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inkham's
Vege TIA BILE Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. 1
never forget to tell
my friends what
T,vdio H. Dinlxbapn,o
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Even.

Scientist-We are now getting mes
sages from Mars and answering them.
lnquirer-But you can't understand
their messages, can you,
Scientist-N-o. But then, they
can't understand our answers either.
Cleveland Leader.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
One of the sinna-

Colonel Gunnsome IS getting TO
be a pretty big man in politics. isn't
he?"
yes; whenever he calls on the
president he has to be careful TO ex-
plain to the reporters that his visit
has no political significance. Chi
cagO Trlbuno.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Horrible.

That was an awful disaster. There
was only one survivor-isn't that ter
rible?"
Fearful. What bore he'll be-"
-Cleveland Leader.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Didn't AntIikn IL

Son-Pa, when you licked me this
morning, did it hurt you, too?
Father-Well-er, yes.
Son-It didn't bother you bit when
you sat down after!
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PRACTICAL.

"a young man has telegraphed me
that he has just welded my daugh-
ter Il hope he's a good, practical
man." Il guess he is. He wired me
collect. Courier Journal.
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am past % years
old, and am to-day without a sign OF
kidney trouble. backache, pain in the
sides. etc, which had bothered me.
Doans Kidney Pills cured me so that
kidney trouble has never returned"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N Y.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
ReOular

The Preacher-Do you go to your
place of worship every Sunday?
The Layman-Yes, that's the only
day | have time TO call on her
Cleveland Leader.
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GERMAN PLEASANTRY.

The Herr Lieutenant: Have you
read any of the latest English nov
els?"
Fraulein Freda: NO; | am trying
to lead a better life. "-Caricaturcon
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
In the Dry Zone.

Bottled water is having a big sale
now in Georgia."
Helps some to drink 1t out OF a
bottle, l 'pose"-Louisvill Courier
Journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
THOSE MECHANICS

Knicker: Lionel Clarence Mont.
morenci Jones went to school this
morning"
Booker: And Butch Jones came
home to lunch. Now York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

To have more of Health and more of Life.
take Garfield Teal This Natural laxative
regulates liver, kidneys, stomach and bow.
els, corrects constipation, purities the blood
and eradicates disease
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

Mrs; Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums reduces in HANNA
ton, allayspain, cures wind colo, 25c bottle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

Contracts have been let for Winni-
pegs new municipal electric power
plant to cost approximately $1,014,-
700.
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Piles Cured in @ to IL nrs-

cn-e OF Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Prot rudinc
Piles IN TO II days or money refunded. Soc
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

In case OF accident, cuts. wounds. burns,
scalds, spTans, bruises. etc. nothing will
so quickly take away all pain and soreness
as Hamlins Wizard OIL
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
a stlckler for Words.

Does Mrs. Peck's husband COM
mand good salary?"
He earns a good salary. She
commands it,"
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Even a pious fraud makes a lovely
corpse.
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ONLY ono "Dromo Ouiniue"

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine Look
tor the signature of L. w. Grove. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day 25c
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
OLD PEOPLES KIDNEYS
Often Need Helpful Stimulation

The kidneys are the busiest organs
of the body, altering as they do all
1,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
New Charitv Scheme

Itch cured in 30 minutes by WooIford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18
Red, Weak, Weary. watcry Eyes

Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Law,
Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

] want every chronic rheumatic TO throw
away all medicines, nil nnimcnts, all
plasters, aud give MUNYON'S RIIEUMA-
TlSM REMEDY n trial. No matter what
your doctor may say, no matter what
your friends may say, 10 matter how
prciudit ed YOU may be against all adver-
Used reioCti X. - IT once to your drug
gist AMI set a bottle OF the RHEUMA
TlSM REMEDY. II n falls to give salts
toction.l Will refund your money.-Munyon
Remember this remedy contains no sal.
icvlic acid, no opium cocaine. morphine or
other harmful drugs. IL II put up under
TIE guarantee OF the Pure Food and Drug
Act
For sale Nv I'll dr''.--'-ts Price. 25c.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-05-18

One of Uncle Hanks Sayings.
"A man who always travels on the
water wagon should never marry a
milk maid The combination is bad"
The new era., 1909-12-23

oay ume he spent In the fields only opera
e.ass with which he studied the winter BIRDS always
i.a an eye sharpened the possibit; of finding
species that
Fresldent Taft loves nature too. in way, but he is
not much OF excepting where the walk leads
over the golf links which spends his holiday
noons Christmas included in Washington OF
ne comparative mfldness of the climate. the Of
golf Is possible nearly every day in the year.
There several hundred officers of the army
stationed in Washington of them being detailed
Tor ONCE work In the departments for term OF four
years The naval officers perhaps enjoy their holiday
making in the capital than do their brothers of
the army for the sailors have been compelled spend
many Christmases at sea away from their wives and
families while here they gather their families about
them and not break regulations in doing The
army officer whether he goes to the Philippines
distant frontier post ordinarily takes his family
with him and Christmas day does not to him
sarily bring with it the loneliness
ness that 1t brings to the
In the biological survey which is bureau the de-
partment of agriculture, there scientists at
work. Most of these have spent large part of
their lives in the wds studying birds and mammals and
Shells plants and fishes nothing Of reptiles The
office life irksome these scientists. They belong
the free air. the barren plains the pine forests
it is that hoidy that brings with it release
from Office they take to the fields About the
hills in places about Washington Christmas day
there be the little camp fires of the
who cooking their midday Christmas dinners under
the sky.
Some time ago all the bird students in the United
asked, they could make trip afeld
Christmas day make list of the birds they
found Thousands followed suggestion
still following it. Each of the
report central headquarters giving the of
Christmas day fell under his obseFva-
ton AS result Of this practice the Washington sci
entsts valuable concerning of
birds. instance, the Washington
Christmas or two ago. that on the holiday four
mockng birds and positively Identified In the
other northern localities, birds that in the ordinary
of things ought to have been far south of the Ma
The new era., 1909-12-23

busy erecting presepios in the homes OF the
quality while poorer folk constructing their
own. AS the mainland grows more sophisticated the
quaint devotion fading but IN conservative
Sicily people the presepio every year as they
dress Christmas New York All over the island
families busy December to 15 putting their
presepios order making ones and there Is
much calling and fro to compare results and admire
elaborate specimens Of the art The presepio
may be little thing stand In corner. or 1t may
occupy the whole side Of room.
rough flexible bark the cork tree Peaks crags ana
precpices abound with winding trails houses and castles
of coored cardboard forests of twgs and sometimes tiny
pipes to brooks and lakes In the center Is the
erotto with the holy family within. sky OF blue pa
per is stretched above with the Star of Bethlehem con-
snIcnous and over the the shepherds bearing
the gifts to the babe.
span like Sicily, lost the presepo. and In
both Spanish and Scian cities there booths for the
sale of miniature shepherds mag and all the accessories
of the art the creche is not made at home as
in the southern countries but used to be part OF the
Christmas decorations French church, and is still
so in the districts Many polished cosmopolte OF
Paris can remember working busily for days before
Christmas in childhood help freshen and rej'
yenate the creche his parish church in little vii
age of France the villages close by Paris to-day chill
dren who go the streets singing Christmas carols
carry little creche in box upon their shoulders.
The manger typies the difference between the Latin
and the Teuton Christmas The Latin Christmas is
The new era., 1909-12-23

green and so are
the wild honey
suckle and the lau-
rel, trees and
plants that are
abundant along the
Potomac.
President Roose-
welt was, as every
one knows, a nat
ure lover. He took
every opportunity
that offered TO get
away from the
city. His daily
walks and rides
took him far into
the country, and on
Christmas day dur
ing the last four
years of his term
Of Office he went
to Pine Knot. a
wooded. mountain
country place that
belonged to his
wife. Mr.. Roose-
welt stayed in
Washington until
The new era., 1909-12-23
NIJJ HIYO Z4AHA2RA. 0AUcH7zR 0F
THE o4R4/XEJE Al7RAS5ADoR (oS

haro,ro I'm their stockings. Pierre and Babete. they
small indeed believe tna1 re I pe oesas vi
have brought the gifts. But the average French chd
is as souhsticated young America and Pierre has 10
No French or italian child hears of Santa Claus tl
he comes to America by which be gathered that
that good saint was strictly German and when he emil
grated came America like all the rest OF the Ger
The growth of the typical American Christmas with s
universal Christmas and presentgivng is c3
The original settlers New England observed It,
The Dutch of Amsterdam scarcely noticed It, but
made New Years the great, joyous. popular festival
Within the Of old people still living Christmas
passed in New York, while all holiday
rymaking centered Years day. Modern America
has up Christmas festival of its own, and has
definitely the religious feast In favor of the
cia and domestic In way, however the Ameri
can Christmas religious than and all the Lat
church easts put together One who has lived through
years changing round of saints days in Italy in all OF
which work done and the people take holiday, will
the thought of the people goes
those in need. The abounding giving Of American
Christmas; the uncomfortable feeling that
child, at least must have If possible good dinner and
a present Christmas day. is quite unknown in
in countries
The feeling that old buns and hoboes. the
in their prisons, the paupers in their aims
houses the beggars, the unworthy-all ought have
something good to eat that day and little Christ
The races that come to the melting pot of America
keep their home Christmas for only few years after
they arrive Then they drift into more or less
Americanized Christmas.
For few years after they come, Also they try to
eat their traditional dishes at Christmas
garian householder makes the Christmas cakes which
long line of ancestral cooks across
They round balls of dough- covered with honey and
poppy Seed and then baked The Rohemians and Poles
also make seed cakes, in a different style.
The sicilian housewife too has traditional Christmas
cake 1t Is a ring Of dough with a hole in middle
the Italian doughnut in fact-which fried, sprnked
with sugar and eaten hot.
The new era., 1909-12-23

study that their merits and demerits
may determined. In this means long and
continued study 1t is at all unusual thing to
find committee chairman giving the Joys OF the
life Christmas consult precedents and to
formulate arguments to against some pro-
legislation, and find him doing this In the
clusion of stufy office room on Christmas day.
good many Washington people, especially those who
here from the SOUTH into Virginia to hunt
on Christmas day. In parts of the Old Dominion fox
hunting is still the winter day. and If the
evidence there always rabbits and quail
while the lower Potomac and in the marshes along
Chesapeake bay winters the ducks and the
are fairly abundant outdoor life appeals strongly
southerner, and in many the northerners
who the Potomac country have formed the
hunting habit and join the Christmas day outing parties
of their southern cousins.
Christmas is the great holiday Of Washington. From
high people the It, There is good
everywhere evident and charity is forgotten