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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
When 1t Rains IL Pours

The Hadramut Valley, in South Ara
ola, though we'll known I'm ancient
times Is hardly ever visited nowadays.
rs the natives are lawlcSs set and
very unfriendly towards strangers.
They have curious method of cult
waiting the land. The upper surface of
inuch OF the soil is sand, which is
scraped off by long wooden boxes fast
encd to camclS. OF the sand thus col
lectcd dykes are made around the dis
tI1ct that Is to be cultivated. Next the
soil Is lightly plouGhcd. and then the
farmer awaits for rain. Sometimes
rain falls only once in three years, but
when 1t comes 1t pours in torrents. and
the water Is held up by the dykes The
crop then is so abundant that even If
the rain fell only every third year.
enough grain is grown to last the peo-
pie during the interval of drought.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
A MOMENTouS QUESTION,
What Absalom SIabb Said to Miss
Swuck hu MINER,

Lightly the fingers of time had touch.
ed the shapely head and rounded check
or Absalom Slabb, the rising man OF
Fergus County. His form was erect,
his eye as bright and clear as ever,
ana though no longer in his youth he
was till in the enjoyment of every at
tribute of manhood in It's early prime
In the pride of conscious strength and
the seh-poise of u trained intellect in
the maturity of its powers, he walked
TO and fro in the elegant drawing ROOM
his hands clasped behind him and his
eyes wandering ever and anon to the
slender figure OF the young woman at
the piano.
Presently he ceased his walk and APP
preached her.
That was beautiful selection, Miss
Swackhammer," he said. land you
played it faultlessly, but you will par.
don me for saying / scarcely heard It,
was thinking of something else"
His voice betrayed strong feeling and
n close observer might have noticed
that the fingers of the young woman,
as they strayed idly up and down the
keyboard, trembled responsibility.
when l have made up my mind on
any subject Of momentous importance,
Miss Swackhammer," he went on, clear
Ing his throat 81 feel it deeply and
am moved to say something to you to-
night for which our previous acquaint-
ance may In meausre have prepared
you. May / speak,"
In her lovely face the color came and
went and in voice hardly audible she
murmured: -,
You may, Mr.. Slabb."
Then, Miss Swackhammer," he re-
Joined, with wild, rcsiStlcss yearning
in his voice, II will tell YOU what |
think about this question of free coin.
age of silver"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
ROSES FOR THE poNNErs.

The flowers preferred for the bon
nets and hats are pink or red roses,
large poppies made of silk, red, mauve,
pale yellow or white, with black
centres. The hydrangea, either pink
lsh-Sreen tufts or pink with mauve
tlnge, seems much affected for hats.
placed as cache-pinge on the turned.
up brim or on the sides. Irises, corn
flowers, lilac, cowslips, all are worn,
mixed in with the bows on hats or the
sparkling wings of capot,s. Poppie.
are initiated in black gauze pliss, with
yellow centre, and used Oh hats and
also for neck boas, tied with q wide
ribbon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

inclined away from the row, CAUSING
the plant to spread out from it's cen.
tre' thus letting the sun and air in to
rlpen the fruit within. With most
tomato SUPPORTS the plant, with IFS
abundant leaves and many branches
is held together so that the fruit
within Is not only difficult to reach.
but much Of it decays because of want
OF ar and sunlight. Light frames like
nose illustrated can be made of any
Length desired, and driven in beside
the rows when the plants are beoin.
ing to throw out branches. New Enc.
land Homestead.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
MOSS on APPLE TREEs.

The appearance of moss on apple
trees shows that there is an excess OF
water In the soil, and this occasions
iessened vitality. Washing the trunk
with water in which potash has been
dissolved will remove the moss, but il
Will come again unless the cause is re.
moved. The land should be drained
Tor orchards rs for other crops. 1t is
by undertaking that the soil is
dcepened, so that the subsoil will hold
the moisture in shape for the roots to
use. Stagnant water is OF no benefit,
and is more often the cause of moss on
trees than any other one thing. -Bos-
ton Cultivator.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
Home Hints.

Court plaster should never be applied
to a bruised wound.
Do not slice apples for pies; quarter,
core and cut each quarter In two pieces.
The white OF an egg stirred up with
little sugar and water Is good for a
child with an irritable stomach.
II you store away fiat irons for sea-
son rub them over first with q little
sweet oil to keep them from rusting.
The best thing to loosen up salt or
sugar which has become hard packed
in a barrel is a carpenters scratch
anvil"
A little powdered borax in baby's
bath water prevents the skin from
chatting. and II Is less liable to break
out with the heat"
II skirts have shrunk till too short
lengthen by bias folds. overlapping. or
one bias band stitched or edged with
soutache or mohair braid.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

CURING GREEN HIDES IL WARM WEATHER.
We cure green hides in warm
weather, writes ga. ID. F." by cover.
ing the flesh side with salt. rs soon as
taken from the carcass; using eight
quarts OF salt for large hide and less,
accordingly, for smaller one. When
a single hide is to be cured, after
spreading the salt we fold and then
roll the hide in rs small compass ms
possible and take it to market. When
several hides are to be cured ut time.
hrst remove the horns, tail bones and
sinews; then spread tho largest hide
on the floor, flesh side up, and cover
event y with salt. On this place the
next largest hide, flesh side up. head
on head, tail on tail. and cover evenly
with salt. Stretch out all uneven
parts SO as to give the hides a chance
to drain. Continue in this manner
until all the hides are used. Let them
lay over week, then shake off the re-.
naming salt, tic up and ship. New
York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
MAKING A STONE nnAtu

a stone drain is not suitable for
soft ground, as wet swamp, as the
stone will certainly settle down into
the mud and fall out of place and I'm
do the whole work. The most suitable
method Will be to first dig the bitches,
and leave them open for year or
two, to give time for the soft ground
to settle, and then lay ties on boards
at the bottom of the bitches. The
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

chicago Special. Reported hero to-day
mat large sum of money had been offered
Tor tho famous tobacco habit euro called No
Io-Bac. by syndicate who want to take il
on tho market. Inquiry ut the general
not for sale to the trust ut any price. No
Io-Bacs success is marvellous. Almost every
druggist i'll America sells No-To-Bac under
guarantee to cure tobacco habit or refund
money.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

u you only knew it, the trouble is with your
hatietsI'on. III that was goo you would sleen
letter, wake belt ter, work better and ,naLa
more money ut it. How can one LET on'
W. Mne ", Ihe whole system il sluggish? But pco.
E P; uoh Il realize what is the trouble 4 box Of
druggists. "'''" hEinS' AT
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
A USEFUL SUPPORT FOR TOM ,rors

The illustration herewith shows n
support Tor tomatoes that has several
special advantages, for while it serves
It's purpose well as IL support for both
the upper and lower branches, these
supports on either side are slightly
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
IrrcS1StlhIC.

No receptacle has ever been made
strong enough to resist the bursting
power of freezing water. Twenty.
pound steel shells have been rent asun-
der as though made of pottery.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

The saline matter held in solution in go;
water comprises ono thirtieth of its weight
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Dr. Kilmer's wAMPRoor curcs
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory, BinghamtOn, ".
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
.eethlng' soilcns the gums, reduces innamm
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

P'so's Cure cured mo ola Throat and Lung
tToublo OF three Yeas standing E. CADY.
Hu1tihg'on. ind, Nov. II, 1891.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

,Wife used "MoTHERs FRIEND" before first
child-was quickly relieved; suffered but little.
recovery rapid Il. h. JoHNSrON, Eufauia, Ala
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
And Make Money ARR.

Victoria cross once changed hands in
Durham, Eng and, for 1925.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Many in pursuing pleasures 80 at n pro-
voking and Producing pain.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Wisdom counsels temperance In all
things.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

No woman shoull ever worry ovor tho i &c
OF man wao hadn't the courage to ask for
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
Idea Worth borrowing.

The Germans have some educational
ideas which might be borrowed with
profit, and among these are wall maps
of different species of pestiferous weeds
which hang in the school room where
the children can see them as long MS
they go To school. There are colorcd
plates of weeds in all stages of growth
and also the way i'm which they scatter
their seeds and propagate themselves
rittsburg Dispatch.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Inc conques's Of reason are moro glorious
than The victories OF tho creates. armies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Conductor T.. -. Lppmis. Detroit Mich
says; Tho effect OF Hairs Catarrh Cure ~
wonderful Writ5 him about it. Sold by
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

1t Is often only by patient study that n
wise man discovers what fool stumblcs
upon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Every man who hasn't time TO work them
knows OF money that may DO made by
schemes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

and satisfaction in abating troublesome an
painful ills by using Parker's Ginger Tonic
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

IL Is so Easy 10 Remove Corns win
5ilndcrcoTn- we wonder so many endure them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efIectually, dispeis colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO en-.
LOUISVILLE. KY. new YORX, M
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03

RANT art never won n fair lady with
cut considerable assistance on her purt
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-03
The Trust After No-Tor,o

Tho sea nettlo sings its prey TO death by
means OF poison in its tentaclea.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15

TOO cheap we rate the boon OF sire 10
our birthneht-freedom coyetous Of
To Sit in high state councils We have
sold.
To frame our laws; and plutocrats
have won
BY dint OF crafty coin to lon upon
our Judgment benches. countrymen,
behold
This is the land men died 10 rear Of
old.
Marathon.
Lo. now, the freedom We so light es-
tccm
With patriot blood and blight Of prison
bars,
And rack and wheel and scourse. six
thousand years.
Have bought This is that Liberty. the
dream
OF captives and the prophecy Of seers.
Won from her home among the wizard
stars.
Upon The stubborn path the nations
tread
with weary feet ascending the steep
slope
Above whose summit CLEANS Mans
deathless hope,
We long were foremost-the ascent we
led.
And must we lose that garland from our
head?
With our own power powerless 20 cope.
Shall We at heels of states we chided
mODc.
Lacking the ardent air on which We
fed?
A few there yet must be whose checks
would flame
To see thee laggard. clanking chains
Of gold
Mid little realms Coumbia-that great
name.
Hailed oft with mighty shouting in the
van
Reckoned with dotard empires. 9han-
toms old.
The lost lights. the delusive hopes OF
Man.
William Prescott Foster. in September
Century.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15

run down and get the doctor quick.'
cried Jack Bean, with Whoop.
Run. Dan, ior mercys sake be quick.
our DaDy's got he Group"
But DanIel shook his solemn head
His sauctimonlOus brow.
Ana sald. Il canB.t 10, FOR !
Must read nay Babe now.
For 4 have regular hours To read
The Scripture Tor nay spirits need"
Said S.las Cove 10 P.ous Dan.
"Our neighDor, 'l.astus Wight.
is very SICK; viii you come av'sn,
ana watch with him io-nisht?"
"He has my sympathy. says Dan.
ANA 1 would sure be there,
Did i not feel All inward can
TO spend the night IN prayer.
Some other man with Wright must stay,
Isxcuso me while / 80 ana pray"
"Old Briggs has fallen I'm the pond!"
cried lfttle BiJah Brown,
run. Plous Dan, and help him out.
or else he sure viii drown"
81 trust he'll swim ashore said Dan,
But now my soul is aWed
And 1 must mediate upon
The goodness of the Lord.
And nothing merely temporal ought
To interrupt my holy thought
So Daniel lived a pious life,
As DANIEL understood,
Bur all his neighbors thought he was
TOO piOus 20 be good.
And Daniel died. and then his soul.
on wings of hope eiatc,
In glad expectancy flew up
TO Peters golden gate.
NOW. let your gate wide open fly,
Come hasten. Peter; here am L.
I'm sorry. Pious Dan" said he.
THAT time viii not allow
BUT you must wait space for l
Just read my Bible now.
So Daniel waited long and long
And Peter read 9ll 0ay,
NOW, Peter, Jet me in ne cried,
Said Peter. Il must pray.
And no mean, temporal affairs
Must ever interrupt my prayers"
Then Satan. who was passing by,
saw Dams poor. shiverns form.
And Said My man it's cold out here,
Come down where it is warm
The angel baby of Jack Bean,
The angel 'Rastus Wright.
And old Briggs. "a white angel. too,
An chnckied with delight
And Satan said. come. Plous Dan,
For you are just my style of man."
Sam Walter Foss. in New York sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15

pretty girls ride bicycles. A. Mrt. Part
ington would say. that's cattmount 10
saying that there are no pretty girls II,
the world"
" the International races are held Ia
Canada next year the fight for the hon
ors will be between Canada, America,
and England. It's "cinch" who VIII
win them-and 1t will not be England or
Canada.
number OF American racing men an
ticipate visiting Athens next year and
participating in the Olympic games.
plead for the wheel. the economic
wheel
That meteoric steed-
That has given a grace to the faster
pace,
Required to keep the lead.
NY shining wheel Is as fair and fast.
As a star that cleaves the blue;
But the meteor's speed, is the thing l
need
To achieve the thing in view.
SO, far in advance of the rolliclsing
prance
OF the "Ancient's" horses pace,
The pneumatic tire has come to inspire,
Our souls with essential grace.
American Wheelman.
a WHEELER.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15

The impression widely preyails-mOre
perhaps in rural than urban churches,
though by no means confined to them
that the church has some sort OF claim
on the pastors wife for larger service
than Is expected OF any other woman
in the church. This we believe 10 be
wholly wrong idea. No doubt true
woman who happens TO be a pastors
wife win gladly do al she can, just az
a merchants or lawyers wife VIII
10 advance her husbands interests. and
II she can best do this thing by taking
the lead In church work she viii do IL.
But that Is quite different thing from
having this service exacted from her as n
right. IL she is expected 10 do pastoral
work. she should be called 10 IL as her
husband is and paid accordingly. often
the best services she can render the
church Is to devote most OF her time and
thought 10 her home. relieving her hus-
hand OF care and making him happy.
leaving 10 others OF larger leisure and
means the direct work of the church.
We happen 10 know Of only one instance
OF q pastors wife being directly remun-
Grated for special service for the church:
but We are glad to kn9w u eysS one
Examiner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15
M-trnint. Of ROYALTY

The duchess offered tea, which was
accented. and the whole party adJouih
ed TO the villa, where IL was Immediately
served The Empress was in high spirits,
laughing and talking mcrrily, and seem
ing thoroughly to enjoy her escape from
her usual trammes, when, 10 the con-
sternation OF her hostess. and her own
very evident annoyance, the door opcheo'
and lady inhabiting nelghborlhs
villa sailed IN. followed by her daush-
ter. both in fun toilet. she held hish
post AZ court, but nothing on TINS oc-
casion called for her presence, whl'h
was hagrantly intrusive. she explained
that she had heard the voices In the
garden, and begged Ito be allowed snare
in the good fortune OF her neghbors.
A chill had fallen on the whole party
the Empress. suddenly silent and cold.
qlaved with her teaspoon, looking grave
and displeased. while the intruder talk
ed of her beautiful dahlias,' which
she wished so much TO show 10 her
Majesty (at nearly IL o'clock at nightD.
II was 80 near; would not her Majesty
stop on her way back to the palace and
see the dahlias2
The Empress evidently wished parti-
cularlv 10 be let alone, but at last she
rose with an air Of weary resignation
saying. well, let us 30 and see the
dahlasH
The pleasant evening was over, ana
The momentary freedom which had made
il so agreeable was cut short merely
because one court lady was determined
10 enjoy the same mark of favor that
had been bestowed on another court lady.
II is said that IN the early years OF her
reicn Queen Victoria exclaimed, " nat
is the use Of being a queen If one cam
not DO as one lkCs"" She soon was
Obliged 10 learn that Of all women queens
are those who least do as they Ike.
The Empress Eugenic had wished 10
enjoy royal honors. and she too had TO
learn that restraint for which she was
in prepared by a life Of absolute liberty
was necessary in her high position.
Etiquette. though much modernlzed, and
therefore made less irksome than II
was I'm the days OF poor Mario Antoinette,
still stood in her way on every s'de
She could not risk giving offence, and
she mush court popularity. The bird
which had always flown freely where
ever the wish of the hour, guided its
flight was now in ii gilded cage, tied
down by silken threads as difficult TO
break as iron chains. The Century.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15
, 4 Humanitarian Device.

A sight which was apt to puzzle the
uninitiatcd observer was seen fct
days ago In the smelling department OF
a German foundry. gang OF men
were drawn up In front Of a mock wood
en- furnace. At "A signal from the fore
man each man put himself into instant
action, and went through the various mo-
tons involved IN the handling, loading
and delivery OF the cars which carry the
iron 10 the smelling furnace. This was
I'm reality a wise and humane precau-
ton. based on an American experience.
At recent experiment In electrical
smelling at Homestead the heat devel-
oped was 50 Unexpectedly Intense. and
utterly beyond what has ordinarily IA
be COPIED with In smelling work. that
many OF the workmen ran great risk or
serious injury. The men at the LAUGH
hammer Works. near Riesa. where a
powerful and swiftly acting electric mo-
tor has been installed. have therefore
been regularly drilled in order 10 b. able
TO carry out their work under the new
conditions with safety and celebrity. The
furnace Is fed eight times daily with
about thirteen tons OF iron. mis- mas
hitherto been done by hand. and besides
being very expensive. Il exposed the
men TO much Inconvenience from their
that the new electrical feeding appara-
tus has been got into working order.
one man can do in tenth OF a time
what four men were required to 40 be-
fore. The old iron Is now loade,s In the
yard into iron troughs. three or four or
which rest on "A small truck. which *
hauled by an electric motor in front OF
the furnace. On a second parallel line
is the feeding machine proper. a good
sized truck, on which there are large
electro motor and three small ones The
iced wagon runs rapidly To one OF the
troughs long grspper swings out.
catches II. Hts 1t from the truck. runs
with Il to the door OF the furnace. thrusts
1t In. eJects its contents, rapidly WITH
draws II. and lays II empty back ia, its
place The whole process Is carried
out with surprising rapldlty. smoothness
and precision, and each MONUMENT CT tho
apparatus Is effected by u separate esec-
uo-motor.-New York Times.