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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
EvApoRAr1NG CORN FOR MARKET

The evaporator we use is of our
own construction, after our own
plans, for there is no patent dryer on
the market that gives satisfaction in
corn. 1t is built of brick with n
wooden framework on top containing
tin wire trays on which we place the
corn. 1t is divided by centre wall
into two apartments, furnace heater
in each. No. l, green dryer, runs
at 200 degrees. No. 2, finishing
dryer, run at about $50 to IT'S de.
grees. The wire trays are 2x3 feet,
and we have sixty-three in number.
and with this dryer we can run out
40 pounds of cured corn q day. The
tray will hold about two and n half
gallons of corn each, and we begin fill.
ing the lower rows first, then the Sec
ond, ETC.. until full. The corn is fin
ished in dryer No. 2, and we are put
ting IN green corn and taking out
cured corn most of the time.
The ears after husking are steam
cooked in Az air-tight steam cooker,
but do not touch the water. After be-
ing cooked the corn goes to the. cut
ting knives, where our women experts
will cut tray each of two and half
gallons in from three to three and n
half minutes. The knives are three
circular blades, cutting the grains
into three pieces. Four strokes usual
ly clean an ear. An awl made for the
purpose is placed in the end of the
cob and after the corn is off the cob is
dropped on the outside of the building
through V-shaped aperture. When
working at full capacity two men have
all they can do to handle the DRYERS
ana cooker, as the corn requires con-
tinual stirring and shifting to keep it
from souring and scorching. On a
damp, rainy day it requires very close
attention. The heat is all produced
with wood and each of the three fires
consumes about as much wood as one
needs on cold winter day to keep a
room comfortable. Corn requires
from four to eight hours for curing,
owing to heat used, etc.
After it is cured we run all the corn
through a windmill to take out silks
and cob dust. AS fast as cured we put
1t into new two-bushel sacks, holding
100 pounds. We market in the same
sacks. We sell mostly toJobbers. On
account of the hard times prices will
rule lower this season than last. The
price averages about 6! centsa pound,
sacks included. The greatest draw
back to the sweet corn business is
that but few women understand how
to properly prepare it for the table.
They usually put it on the stove and
boil it for half day and then con-
denim it for being so tough and taste
less. Evaporated corn, as we put it
up, has been cooked and all it needs
to be and the proper thing to do is to
wash it in cold water, then place cold,
not warm, water over it, put it in
some warm place and let it soak as
long as twelve hours in winter. Then
put the proper seasoning in and cook
long enough to cook the seasoning.
This plan is the only one by which the
natural fresh corn flavor can be pre-.
served. Denver Field and Farm.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
A Curious Lease.

A curious lease Is on record In He
bron, Conn. 1t declares that the Society
for the Propagation OF the Gospel In
Foreign Parts leases thirty acres OF
land to one s. w. Chase and his heirs
for the term Of 5000 years. The tenure
Is held on condition that the said
"Chase, or his heirs shall pay to John
Sutton and j. T. Peters, church ward
ems of said society. or their SUCCESSORS
In office, one grain OF pure silver or
other silver, gold equivalent lis de-
mandedD, on st. Johns Day Of each en-
suing year"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST Relative
TO FARM AND GARDEN
FARMER BROWN AND JUSTICE.

FARMER BROWN AND JUSTICE.
Gan old story in "A new dress.l
Good Farmer Brown in days long past
Hi, lot beside a stream had cast.
And much good cash had he laid down
BY selling chickens in the town;
Prime, plump and tender were they all,
And brought him prices never small.
But sad to tell, there sometimes came
Wild floods that we'll deserved the name;
They carried Oft full many a coop,
And thus curtailed his chicken soup.
For many years he bore this well,
Until at last worse luck befell,
SO wild and high the waters ran,
He found himself n chickenless man.
Angry Mt this was Brown indeed.
And sought lawyer with all speed.
Il want to sue the State, said he.
Then danced the lawyers eyes with glee,
And, writing down the farmers name,
He said, "Well. sir. lets hear you claim"
With burning cheeks the farmer told
His losses from the water cold.
Concluding, with an angry brow,
'Justice is what I'm after now."
'Justice" the lawyer said in scorn,
''She died my friend, ere you were born.
You say the water took your chicks;
wei, rivers often play those tricks"
Dul come, continued Farmer Brown,
While deeper grew his wrathful frown,
You must. L say, way provide
That may be indcmnifled;
somebody, now, I'm bound to sue,
To get again what is my due"
The lawyer smiled, and said. "Oh well,
Put up nifty and I'll tell
How you this trouble may elude
And circumvent those waters rude
The good man paid the fifty down,
For fair and square was Farmer Brown.
Then said the lawyer. with a smile,
My rule beats Justice by mile
Aud, with n wink that rivalled Puck's.
He softly said, "My friend. raise ducksrr
clara j. Denton, in Youths Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
VICTORIA AND HEALTH.

The Queen has taken a great fancy
to Nine. Calve, the famous singer, and
has, hear, invited her to spend three
days at Osborne House during the
summer. As is very well known, Her
Majesty is much interested in all mat
tiers connected with health, and the
legend runs that, at their first inter
view, the Queen and the prima donna
conversed, not about music, but in
validism, hysteria and the best meth
DDS for preserving the body in the
finest condition. Her Majesty de-
clared that the best air, and plenty of
it In all weathers, was the speific for
most of the ills that flesh is heir to,
and Nine. Calve was of the same way
of thinking. The Gentlewomau.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
No Starving OF Jurors.

Judge Caldwell, OF the United States
Circuit Court for the Eighth circuit,
who will be remembered for his atti-
tude last year In respect to railroads
and their employees, has been making
another very sensible deliverance.
In IA case at Cheyenne. when the bail
iff was being sworn to take charge OF
the jury and To keep them together
without meat or drink, water excepted.
until they should agree upon verdict,
the judge interpOsed and refused to per-
NIT the clerk to administer the oath.
lie said that Jurors performed quite as
important functions ay the judges, and
should be treated with the same consid-
Grafton; that in order to discharge their
duties intelligently they should be af-
forded every facility for deliberation
under conditions of mind and body that
will evoke their best Judgment; that
starving, freezing, deprivation OF sleep
and denial of all comforts Is not the best
mode of doing this, and that the old
methods of treating jurors was cruel.
barbarous and inhuman.
He then went on TO say to the jury
that they might retire to their room,
and If they could not agree before sup
per they might adjourn and return to
their deliberations after they had eaten,
and so continue to adjourn for meals
and sleep until they had agreed upon
n verdict or were discharged by the
court
1t has taken several centuries for
Judges to arrive Mt this conclusion, but
now that it has been pointed out, other
judges will perhaps follow the prece-
dent At all events, 1t will take jurors
out of the category of criminals.-Chi-
cago Times Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Curiosities In divorce are always in
teresting and sometimes instructive.
illustrating as they do the manners and
failings OF the times. In ancient Rome,
among the not uncommon reasons"
given by the husband for divorce were
those OF wife having skeleton keys
made TO fit his private drawers and
drinking his wine-two statements
which show that the honesty OF Ro-
man matron was not cultivated to
great extent. However. 1t may be
there was skeleton In the cupboard.
and so the natural shrewdness OF
woman's mind suggested the use OF a
key To match.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
BICYCLE HANDS.

1t seems to make but little differ
ence what color woman's face is, or
how much she is tanned, freckled or
sunburned, or whether the skin peels
off from her nose, Mt the end of cen.
fury run, or whether she must sit up
half the night to have her maid or her
good-natured sister apply cold cream
and cosmetics. This is matter of
minor Importance, but the thing on
which the bicycle girl prides herself
is the immaculate appearance of her
hands when she takes off her gloves.
To this end she wears leather gloves.
No fabric hand-covering answers her
purpose, for the dust shifts through
them and the sun burns the hands al
most as badly as though she wore one
ut all. At night she applies some del
1cate cosmetic after the hands are
washed with the utmost thoroughness,
and takes good care that all stains and
dlscolorations are gotten rid of as
quickly as possible. When the wheel
comes out, on go the gloves, and they
are worn continuously during all ex-
petitions; and SO, when my lady dis
mounts, sunburn and tan, dust and
mud are of no account whatever, if
only, when she draws her gloves off,
she has the regulation bicycle hands,
which are immaculate, and cover all
of her other shortcomings. New
York Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
A POINT IN TILE DRAINING.

In using tile drains it is sometimes
absolutely necessary to change the
pitch of the drain, but in locating the
drain in the beginning such selec.
ton should be made as will permit the
change of pitch from slower to n
faster current as shown in the lower
diagram of our sketch. In this case
sediment will not be deposited at the
point where change of grade is made,
as 1T would he were the grade changed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
AN OKLAHOMA GIRL.

Miss Celina Gray is young woman
who occupies unique place in the
Government. She has recently been
honored with the appointment of Uni
ted States Commissioner for the Third
Judicial District of Oklahoma. This
is the first appointment of the kind of
a woman in the Union. The duties of
the place call for close application to
work and unrelenting activity. Miss
Gray is only twenty-four years old,
and going to Oklahoma in the early
days, has had only the usual training
and experience. Now York World.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
FOUR PLUCKY GIRLS.

The spectacle of four plucky Amer.
lean girls, of attractive appearance.
actually engaged in the mining of an
thracite coal is presented in the Ma.
hanoy Valley, near Shamokin, Penn.
The fair women are the Misses Katie,
Mary, Lizzie and Annie Maus, aged
respectively twenty, nineteen, eight
cen and sixteen years. Their father is
the owner of the mine. They are de-
scrlbed as magnificent specimens of
womanhood, straight as an arrow, six
feet III height, and each tipping the
scales in the neighborbood of 200
pounds. They work hard SIX DAYS
every week, but seem contented with
their lot, as do also their seven
younger brothers and sisters, who
range IN age from two to fifteen years.
Katie, the oldest of the sisters, is
known as the chief engineer or out
side foreman of the mine, and is fully
capable of performing the duties that
thus fall to her lot. She directs and
assists in the breaking and prepare.
t1o1 of the coal, while Mary drives
the mule that hoists the coal from the
slope by means of an old-fashioned
gin. Annie is also an expert mechanic
in her way, and runs the pump that
keeps the mine free of water, as we'll
as the steam engine that operates the
breaker machinery. Lizzie acts as
breaker boss, aud assists her little
brothers and sisters in picking the
slate and rock from the coal as it
passes down the chutes to the storage
pockets. When working at the mine
the girls are attired in petticoats and
skirts that do not reach their ankles
by several inches, and their feet are
encased in stout brogans.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A BEAUrY's BICYCLE.

The latest report says Lillian Rus
sell has just had made bicycle, of
which the handle bars, hubs and parts
of the frame are gold plated, the rims
and spokes being nickeled. With her
snow white riding suit of close fitting
bloomers and stylish short cut coat
over dainty shirt waist. tho fair
singer presents pretty picture as she
spins along on her outing trips. -
New York Advertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
A German Custom.

The custom of celebrating gold and
silver weddings belongs to Germany.
The silver wedding occurred only OH
the twenty fifth anniversary. and most
people could celebrate that, but to be
fifty years married was a sort OF an
event in n family. The house was quite
covered with garlands, all the neigh
bors from far aud near were assem-
blcd
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

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 efectually, 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 tie taste and nc.
cteptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
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 FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO, olL,
LOUISVILLE. kY. SEw YoaG NJ
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
StoillaclIic

means medicine that strengthens the stor,
ach, or To he brief, II means Ripans TabuIes
III you are troubled with a weak stomach aud
One gives relief.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

as shown in the upper diagram. Here
there is slackening of the current.
and any silt in suspension in the
water will in part, at least, be dropped
at the point where the water in the
drain begins to run more SLOWLY
American Agriculturist.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Some people keep their nails IN mourning
as II their fingers were dead
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

II wish | were q man. / would do some
thing noble, self-sacrincing. Propose 10 a
girl ike YOURSELF"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

FITS stopped 1rUo bY DR. KIIHE's GRFAT
NERVE REsToHER No tits after first dayis uso
marvelous cure. Treatise and $500 trial bot.
ue Tree. Dr. KIM. !9l Arch St. Philn Pa
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

hrs- Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldr on
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
Uon- allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

ire death OF Jo I'm Dunn. Zulu chief
made orphans Of seventf chillren
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

We think rlsos Cure for consumption f.
the only medicine for Coughs JENNIE
PIScKARD. Springfield, Ills. oct. l., 1894
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Ii. kilmer's Sw Roof cures
Gll Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory. BinRhamton, n. Y
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Now is tho Time to Cure Your Corns
with llindcrCorns. IT takes th"m out perfect
ly and gives comfort. Ask your druggist. l5c
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Its good thing you marie chemist
Nancy; you always have retort ready"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

delicate silence is the strongest protest
That one can be offered.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and finance tally able to carry out any obliga.
ton made by their firm.
WEST 81 TRUA AK, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALpING, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, zoe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
How do you ike my rev suit ?" ITS
Immense what did you ~ for it ?" ''The
pr!ce"-measuredy- $45."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26
Lack of Breeding.

"She certainly was n person of very
poor breeding"
why do you say that?"
''She absolutely refused to enter into
conversation while the quartet was
singing. Judge
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

fisherman Mt Clinton. Mo-, caught q
-taree-ioot water moccasIn snake on hook
baitet with rog.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

The fires OF energy are lighted very soon i'm
life and the struggle begins, rs the saying is
to keep the pot boiling. But speaking liter
ally, fires are still kindlcd with Kerosene, and
many n pot boils over or Is overturned.
FrightCul burns and scaldS result in spite of
warming and suffering. The thing is then
not to preach but to practice, and the prac-
lice Is, for u sure cure, to use st. Jacobs oil
according to directions.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Blind Man-'How's verything this morn
Ing, Jerry?' Lege1s Man-"Oh, | can't
Kick. How do you iee.?" Blind Man
"Out OF sight"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

The successor OF Prince Cantaizene ss
Russian ambassador at Washington. is his
owl brother-in-luw.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-26

Every Mother should Always Have
bottle Of Parker's Ginger Tonic. Nothing so
good FOR pain weakness, colds and sleeplessuess
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-10

to watch the workings Of these meas
ures when adopted and to secure any
possible improvement in them. The
next step is to make the best possible
use of convict labor in road building.
My own impression is that state prison
convicts will be best employed in the
preparation of road materials in quar-
ry camps or gravel pits, where they
can be guarded and secluded as easily
as in prisons, and that county prison
ers and tramps should do the grading
and all other preparatory work on the
roads.
In regions where rock is plenty, by
using the best machinery for crushing
stone and employing the convicts only
in quarrying and handling it an
amount of material could be produced
sufficient to macadamize all the roads
in the state as fast as they could be
prepared, and in addition to furnish
ballast for the railroads as considera-
ton for their giving reduced rates on
road materials.
OF their own motion the railroads
are ready to contribute largely in this
way toward road improvement. In
their correspondence with the depart
ment of agriculture on the subject,
many have proposed ito make half
rates or haul at bare cost whenever
a general advance toward road i'm
provement shall begin, and the state
commission would be in position to
make better terms with them than any
private individual or local authority,
and better than we could do on behalf
of the general government without
the power to offer any definite assist
ance on its part in return.
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Consulting the Fates.


There are few nations, and few indi-
viduals even, that would now look to
the events of chance for any knowl-
edge of the future. A late instance of
what used to be a common form of
divination was reported in one of the
London newspapers at the time when
there was war between England and
Ashantee. The king of Ashantee con-
suited his fetish men in order to find
out from them what his future fate
was to be and the result of his opposi-
tion to the English. He therefore,
after having resorted to various means
without success, ordered two he-goats
to be selected and brought before him,
one entirely black, the other of a
spotted white color. This was done,
and after due fetish ceremonies had
been performed over the two goats,
they were set at each other. The white
goat easily overcame and killed his OPP
ponent. Koffee Calcalli, after this test,
was satisfied that he was doomed to
defeat at the hands of the white man.
He Immediately sent an embassy to
Sir Garnet Wolseley tc sue for peace
Youths Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-10
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

Pooh ventilation is undoubtedly IA
vorable to the development of tuber-
culosis.
Do YOU favor stanchions for COWS?
we are asked. We were never much
of an admirer. of stanchions.
GET a separator and power, aud
make the bull or the dog furnish the
power according to the size of the ma
chine. ~ A#
Cool the cream from separator i'm
mediately to low temperature, If it
is to be kept for two or three days cool
to forty degrees. -s-..s.-ss ~
IF the COW kicks you may know that
there is cause, and If it is not re-
moved at once she may contract the
kicking habit for good. HeTp.s
THE same COW may not give the
same quantity of milk or milk of the
same quality day after day. There is
often very marked difference.
3. How MUCH grain is proper. to feed
with ensilage? we are asked. That
depends on how much corn there is in
the ensilage. Mr.. Gurler, in America n
Dairying, says that when there is
enough corn to make forty bushels to
the acre, he feeds mature cows five
pounds of wheat shorts and five pounds
of granagluton feed.--Farmers' Voice.
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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 It's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect Lar.
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It 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 is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufacJured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. 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.