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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-30

,ow have appreciated far she


Ia. han the smattcring of mui.
the gay little French sentences or tE'
meaningless sachets and banners paint
ed with impossible roses and lilies that
had heretofore been her pride and Joy.
How she envied Emma Morton, who
had good position rs typewriter aud
stenographer. 81 suppose can go
in store" she sighed, "but then
there is mother" and at the thought
Of the delicate, fragile woman who
seemed more like her child than her
mother, the tears would we'll up until
at last they overiiowed all barriers,
and Jessie gave herself up to the luxury
OF n good cry.
Poor little woman; hers was a sad
and trying position, though to tn.
casual visitor entering the room, with
all its dainty knickknacks, low, easy
chairs, well-flled bookcases and the
one hundred and one little trihes dear
to the feminine heart, it probably
would seem rs though she had no cause
for tears; but how many homes could
show the same sad history and the fatal
mistake OF bringing up its daughters
To do nothing. Jessie was the child
OF the most indulgent parents. In all
her life she had not known u care uu.
less 1t were the protracted invalidsm
of her mother. Even this after II while
ceased TO affect her, other than that
she looked TO her father for all help,
and he and she regarded the ailing
wife and mother as their precious
charge, from whom every unpleasant
thing must be kept, and for whom all
that made life sweetest aud best should
be done.
Jessie being a bright girl had gone
through her school days winning
prizes and receiving the congratula-
tions of her friends, and the alteration
OF her father and mother until, it
must be confessed, her pretty head was
rather turned by all the ilattering at
teution, and sho began to think she
was just little bit superior to Emma
Morton and other girls who were not
in her set, and who did not wear New
York dresses and have their shoes
made TO order. Also in her secret
heart she believed that she was unusu-
ally clever, and had serenely pitied
thoIe poor girls who had actually
learned trades or taken up profes.
sious. For she could do so many
things well that really it seemed folly
to apply herself persistently to one
thing.
The awakening had been sharp an
sudden when it came. DR.. Power
stricken down in the prime of life
passed away, leaving his business af
fairs in tangle that took months I,
unravel, and which left to Jessie anC
her mother only the house they live,
in and a small income not sufficient t,
pay the taxes.
Grief at her fathers death had for
time bewildered and benumbed poo
Jessie, leaving her in a half -dazed con
dition, until the lawyer explained mat
ters to her-then her dormant facul
ties were aroused and she was force
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-30

A conductor on Paterson IN. J.)
trolley car has given up his position
because he is short OF stature. He
VAS of such small height that when
he wanted to ring the bell he had to
Jump for the bell cord, and the re-
marks of the passengers were so insult
ing that he was forced to resign.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-30

To the habit of burying gems with
the owners we owe the preservation OF
many OF tie antique Jewels.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-30
A Darning Combination.

HERE isn't
IN G thing
that i know
how to do
thorough h
ly," mused
eurly-head. q.
ed Jessie
= o er as
A Ia ...-f.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
THE CULTURE OF THE POTATO.

This crop needs lime, potash, and
nitrogen, all of which are derived
from the soil. The potato contains
seventy-iive per cent. of water, twenty
1our cent. of organic matter. and only
one per cent. OF mineral matter and
this last is all that the plant takes
from the soil. This soil matter con
slsts mostly of lime and potash. with
small quantity of phosphoric ncid.
Ol the twenty-four per cent. of organic
matter, all comes from the atmos-
phere, and most of it from the car.
bonlc acid i'll the air. A certain ouon-
tlty OF carbonaceous matter is essen.
tlal IN the soil, MS this acts uDon the
mineral matter and makes it available
for the plant. This carbonaceous mat
ter is supplied by manure or some
other green crop, rs clover. turned
under. But, as rule. potatoes are
best grown by means of clover and
artificial fertilizers, as superphospbate
OF lime and potash salts, chiefly. The
scab OF this tuber is caused bv n mi
mute vegetable germ that grows ON it
and feeds on the skin and flesh. The
remedy for this is to wash tho emf.
tinSs in solution of one ounce of
blchloride of mercury in fifteen gal
Ions OF water, Immediately before
planting. -Hicw York Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
LARGE CROPS PAY BEET.

1t rarel y happens that big crop is
produced Mt loss. The extra work
required to secure n large yield per
acre always pays better than docs q
like amount of labor spread over .
wide area There are Limitations 10
the amount of fertility that can he
probably provided for each crop. os
every farmer knows. Some need -
different kind of fortilizing than do
others There nro gross feeders and
what we may call delicate feeders
Most garden vegetables are gross feed
ers. sIhe soil cannot he made too rich
Tor cabbage or celery or the laroe
root crops. They all require liberal
supplies of nitrogen. Corn also needs
rich land. 1t is helped by coarse mn.
iermented manures, because in the
SOIL their decomposition furnishes
heat, and this is all important TO mako
corn grow. The same application of
coarse stable manure to soil deficient
IN mineral plant food Will iniure
wheat or other small grain. maxine
Inc straw weak and liable to rust Bu9
stable manure on land where there is
plenty of potash and phosphate will
often make large crop by RENDERING
the mineral fertility available. II il
economy, however, TO Apply the sta
Dic manure to corn, and let its second
year effect go into the wheat. oats ar
barley that follow It. Boston Cnlti.
vator
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
WHY PIGS EAT COAL

Pigs like to chew coal, and they do
1T from natural instinct. Among the
causes of Indigestion, diarrhea and
other functional disturbances of the
digestive organs is n state of abnormal
acidlty. TO satiate n CONSEQUENT
craving for an anti-acil, we often fnd
horses licking the earth or lime
washed walls when opportunity oc-
ours, and probably for the same reason
pigs will evince desire for crumblinc
coal or coal cinders.
In coal hydrogen is the predominant
ing element, and it is also probable
that when pigs are fed for any length
of time on food which is deficient in
nitrogen instinct prompts the animal
to evince desire for bituminous coal
Coal also contains sulphur, as sulphuric
acid, which to some extent serves a
beneficial purpose in the animal econ
omy. a desire to consume indigesti-
BILE material is not infrequentlv met
with in all of our domesticatei ami
mails, but this evidence of n depraved
appetite is generally due to some func-
tlonal arrangement or disturbance OF
the digestive organs. - New York
World.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value TO health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive efIectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys. Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs il for sale bv al drug.
gists in SOC and s bottles, but e is man
uiacturcd by the California Fig Syrup
20. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
WASTE OF FOOD BY AMERICANS
People from Europe AstoniShcd by Our
Careless Table Methods


Careless Tanic Methods
An English health Journal exprcss-
es great surprise at the quantity of
food eaten by American against En-
glish laborerS. 1t is very curious to
see how different foods preponderate
In different industries. The textile
worker in Europe will have % pounds
or meat per annum for every 100
units OF consumption, or, say, quar-
ter or pound OF meat a dav, while
steti workers indulge in ia pounds
Tor every 100 units. On the other
hand, the weaver consumes more
flour than the steel wOrker-275
pounds per 100 units instead OF POS
pounds He also takes about IL
pounds OF sugar more per 100 units
and a dozen more eggs; OF butter.
lard and tea both take about the
same, though both in tea and coffee
the weaver u little exceeds the other.
That Is, in the calling which demands
the greater muscular cxertlon. a
greater quantity OF heterogeneous food
Is required
On the European continent the
consumption OF meat by workers is
much less than in britain. Even in
the iron Industry the German is
little more extravaganza than the En-
gllsh weaver, while the Frenchman
consumes only 81! pounds and the
Belgian 553 pounds. On the other
hand, the latter consume more four
and eggs, more than twice as much
OF each. Their consumption OF coffee.
too, Is largC-l4 and - pounds re-
70 Il ~. NJ
pounds; but it must.also be taken in
the reckoning that tea does not ap.
pear in their accounts But all these
figures pale before the statistics OF
1000 consumption in America
he Illinois iron worker manages
TO consume 1913 pounds OF meat per
100 units, and though this is excess
i've, 2O6t pounds are put down as the
average OF Pennsylvania, 1872 rounds
for ohio, 1874 pounds for West Nir-
ginia and l55 pounds for Tcnne see.
The average consumption Of nour for
the States is about $50 pounds but
voracious little Illinois again comes
TO the fore with 3o6 pounds, and sug-
ar, butter and eggs are everywhere
mo lavishly used than in lurupc.
Here, as in Europe, iron and steel in
duStrles are found to be more self
indulgent than any other trades, but
the expenditure here is far above
that OF even the most cxtravagant
workers Of Europe. Much Of the food
accounted for in these figures is actu-
ally consumed but a large margin
must be allowed for what Is wantonly
destroyed, and when the history OF
the waste Of food products in the
nlted States comes to be written il
Will contain some startling and not
altogether pleasant reading
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
A DRESS For A SHORT mn,1.r

The latest product OF the woman
lailor's skill Is as severe as the heart
Of the tailormade girl can desire. 1t
is appnllingly neat and tolerablv mas.
culine, but there is no doubt that il
gives n sawed-of look to the its
wearer which very few wearc., will
appreciate.
The skirt is perfectly plain. The
vest is single-breasted aud is free
from the suspicion of revers 1t ends
abruptly at the waist line. The Jacket
ends very few inches beloy and is
cut III front on an absolute Y straight
plan, which is striking rt.r the long
reign of broad revers narrowing
toward the waist and pointed open
in8s. The revers are harrow Mt the TOP.
and they are the same width all the
way down. They are fastened back
with big bone buttons.
Altogether the gown is one which
the woman of proportions will do we'll
t. shun. If she is tall, the distance
between her short jacket and the hem
OF the skirt will be increased. If she
is broad she needs the narrowing eff
feet Of tapering revers and pointed
openings. But for the little woman
nothing more suitable in the tailor
made line could be designed. New
York Advertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
rN.nEr. pAMAnI.a nLLl..lnr.

The dashing, tcmpcstuous showers
ot summer frequently do much dam
age by washing hillsijcs that are II, +
protected by a covering of sod. Hence
lt is wise TO allow tillable land SO To-
Gated, to he under the pillow no longer
than possible, not devoting it TO con.
iinuous grain or hocd crops that me-.
ccssitate leaving the surface barren "A
greater portion of the year. BY care
IN blowing and thorough narrowing.
NJ is not n difficult matter to render 81
stiif sod suitable for % seed bed for
any OF the spring grains, aud fine
cuo0gh to SOW Mt the same time. o.
seeding of timothy and clover Upon
sod ground the latter should always be
sown with the timothy, rs it becomes
more quickly established. and feeds
upon the sod turned under. Bcipg a.
biennial, by the time clover has run
out, the timothy u 90 well established
as to take full possession Of the ut,
lace, and be aided in its growth by the
fertility furnished by the dccayin !,
roots, leaves and stems OF clover
Those who find they are not successful
with spring seeding should replow the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11

vote by petition. on liquor license, in
mary cases.
In Montana woman suffrage on local
taxation is guaranteed by the State
constitution.
Municipal woman suffrage rules in
Zealand and at parliamentary cleo
tions also.
In England, Scotland and Wales
women vote for all elective officers.
except members of Parliament.
In the United States twenty eight
States and Territories have given
women some form of suffrage.
In the Madras presidency and the
Bombay presidency, Hindustan, they
can do so in all municipalities.
In Utah women voted until disfran.
chised by the ''Edmunds law" when
they organized to demand its repeal.
In New York they can and do vote
Mt school elections. The question of
the constitutionality of the law is still
undecided.
In Sweden women vote for all cleo.
tive officers except representative !;
also, indirectly, for members of the
House of Lords.
In Pennsylvania law was passed in
1889, under which women vote on
local improvements by signing or re-
fusing to sign petitions therefor.
In Ireland they vote for the har5or
boards, poor law guardians, and in
Belfast for municipal officers.
Iceland, in the North Atlantic. the
Isle of Man, between England and Ire.
land, and Pitcairn Island, in the
South Pacific, have got woman suf-
frage
The countries of the world where
women already have some suffrage
have an area OF over Is. 900. 900 square
miles, and their population is over
$50, 600, 600.
In the Dominion of Canada women
have municipal suffrage in every
province, and also in the Northwest
Territories. In Ontario they vote for
all elective officers, except members of
the Legislature and Parliament st.
Louis Star-Sayings.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
Nearly $500 a Word.

Previous TO the advent of Mcleod.
the Reading Company used an CID
siy "Ecwaro of the Engine and Cars, 4"
followed 10y series OF in uuctions that
no man walking over the road Mould
have patience TO read. There were
several accidents. which brought the
company into the Supreme Court, and
the sharp lawyers opposed to the COM
pany claimed that those signs were
not clear warning. Mcleod went TO
Judge / aNton, who wrote this admir-
able ign:
Railroad Crossing-Stop, Look, and
Listen"
Mr.. Paxton received for this modest
composition tho sum of $3.50. n triee
over SI9tto u word, higher rate than
any author has received IL the past. IL
can fairly lay ella IN TO being the most
expensive composition on record. and
shows the value of brevity as thing
else could do it.-St. Louis Globs Dem
ucrat
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
ARE wEDDINa TOURS INJURIOUS?

Not few sensible women are nd
vlsing their girl friends, who are
about to be married, not to take n
bridal tour at once, but to wait sew.
eral months, or even n year, until the
preparations and wedding and the
eager nnticipNtions of the new home
are over and the journey can be thor
ou6hly enjoyed.
Lhey represent that the ordinary
wedding journey is n positive strain
on the system; travelling is of itself
iatlSuin8 to nerves rs we'll as muscles.
npt to produce irritability aud almost
inevitably ininical to the personal nm
pearance, and bride naturally desires
to look her best III the eyes of him
who has honored her above all other
women.
There is n fashion which is growing
in favor, of n newly welded couple
retiring to some quiet, isolated place
to spend the honeymoon, but this.
too, has It's disadvantages. There is
to much opportunity for disillusion-
mcnt, which, if it must come, is easier
to bear in gradual instalments.
N''''A gO'AuS i4IIllSu COnDlG.
who had been so surrounded by rela.
tiyes onI friends that they had actu-
ally never seen each other alone dur-
ING their engagement, were rendered
the use OF friends shooting box for
the honeymoon. They hailed the
offer with JOY, the remoteness OF the
little house being its chief attraction.
but in week thew beoau to ,you1e,. -
marriage were not failure. 1t is i'm
possible to be more absolutely alone
than In crowd, and the crowd has
some advantages which are not 90 be
GmcsaId. On many accounts few
days spent at Il comfortable hotel in
nm interesting city, with which one at
least of the bridal puir is unfamiliar.
and surrounded by strangers. is the
most satisfactory way Of adjusting
themselves to the new condition Of
their united ves.-Ncw York Telc-
gram.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
now TO wHITEwAsII.

We do not intend to write a lenrne
dlsqulsition on whitewashin9 as one
OF the fine arts, but merely to offer
some suggestions on the subject.
While whitewash made from she'll
lime (oyster shells) may be good
enough for inside work it should
never he used on the outside of the
buildings. 1t soon washes or tho
fences and boards exposed to the
action of sun and rain and do, but
little good. As stone lime { nade
from limcstone) can be procured al-
most anywhere, and cheaply too, 1T
should be used in preference to SD IL
lime. Get that which is fine, w, l.
burned and free from shales, I'd
never use that which is air-sl0k, /.
Put your lime into tub and pour IN
enough hot water to barely cover It.
and leave it until it has broken f.
pieces, after which slowly add water
enough to make it like very thick
cream. Take out enough of this
lime, into your bucket, to make what
you wish to use, AMI tone it down
with water to the proper consistency,
aiding n double handful of common
salt 70 each pail of whitewash, which
prevents it from peeling off, causing
1T to cling well during the rain, which
adds 30 its brightness. Do not put
the whItewash on when too thick, as
this IS one of the great causes Of its
peeling of
For inside work, where the wall is
plastere | or has n smooth finish, and
when you wish to make an extra nice
and attractive job, for each pail of
whltewash use II large tablespoonful
OF dry Venetian red, powdered finely
and well mixed with the whitewash.
This coloring is very cheap, and will
give the wood a neat rose tint. You
can use more or less of the color rs
You wish, remembering, however.
that 1T dries much lighter than when
first put on. Use salt the same as for
outside work. AS carbolic acid. when
mixed with lime, loses much of its
virtue, it will hardly pay to use it TO
act as preventive against lice, mites,
etc. Cleanliness and frequent use
OF whitewash will do the work
elfectually, for neither are relished by
the insect pests. World.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


The best pays in all things pertain.
ing to stock.
Clean stables have much to do with
success in butter making.
Feed is too high to feed it to any
but the best stock this winter.
Pumpkin on the half shell is not as
good as pumpkin 'hGshed" for stock.
Milk keeps better even in cool
weather if cooled Mt once after being
drawn from the crow.
Better breeding and handling have
made the average fleece weigh more
than 1T did twenty years ago.
Have the hogs ready to sell of he.
lore very cold weather, excepting the
breeding stock and such as needed for
home use.
If you think you can starvo n calf
for week, then feed well for a week
and have it catch up in thrift YOU are
mistaken.
Wheat is rich in nutriment, and nj
present prices is a good and chear
feed for horses. Use it mixed with
other food
See that the pasture fences arc all
right just now. Many a good beast
has been lost because a poor fence let
it into the corn field.
Some dnirymen feed but twice n
day, that there may he longer period
of quiet for digestion. Our own Gus
tom is to feed three times.
Keep supply of salt, charcoal and
ashes for the hogs, where they can
help themselves, especially when
crowding with n full corn ration.
The greater the attention paid to
supplying the markets with we'll fed
animals OF the best mutton breed. the
more popular mutton food will be.
come.
A Vermont farmer who raised his
own COW feed, except cotton seed
meal, and kept strict account, found
that his butter cost him 13! cents per
pound.
Two of the best remedies for the
SOW who has n habit of cntino her
offspring at narrowing are exercise
and plenty of su,cuent food TO keen
her bowels loose.
Buy churn somewhat lnrger than
You think you need. II is best to nm
1T less than half full, especially if It
barrel or swing churn DO not crowd
1t, even in your best butter season.
There is no profit in raising calves
unless they are well fell and cared for
from the start. When brought from
tine pasture in the fail they should be
stalled the same rs the older cattle
that each may get its share OF food.
Though the price OF dairy products
is low, 1t is paid twelve times wear.
enabling the farmer TO have cash for
his purchase throughout the wear.
thereby getting the benefit of oaqb
prices. This is one great factor in
favor OF dairying.
Pure bred COWS nre no more liobIo
to tuberculosis than any other kind.
but when they are kept i'm warm
stables without proper ventilation.thc
best means OF developing the disease
is provided. The thing TO do is To
give plenty of pure air at all times.
Cows in milk, it is claimed. will
consume nearly fifty per cent. more
water than the same COWS when NOT
giving milk. Tho New York experi-
mcnt station at Geneva found ms an
average Of several breeds that eacb
COW drank 1899 pounds Of water aud
consumed 5l7 pounds moro in food
per mouth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11

The Chicago policemen who took
the field against the desLeradoes
who committed robbery and murder
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul Railway train and captured
them are entitled TO the highest
credit for the skill and energy OF the
pursuit and for the courage displayed
In the hand tO-hand encounter lead
Ing to the arrest. Two men who
are walking arsenals are a formid-
able force 70 attack, even if TIE as
sailants outuumber them five or ten
TO one. The two men are sure TO hc
overpowered ana captured. but they
may Kill portion OF the attacking
force. Each OF the dozen or twenty
policemen in pursuit OF the land
pirates took his life i'm his hand, for
they were desperate, had powerful
weapons, with abundant ammuni-
ton, and had evidently determined
10 sell themselves as dearly as possi-
bic. The capture was a highly
creditable event TO the police.