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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23
BISMARCK A WEALTHY MAN.
HE Annual Income Approx imatesl
$I70, OOO-A Big Land Owner.

His Annual Income Appropriated
$I7o, 1000 Big Land Owner.
Prince Bismarck Is one of the larg-
est land owners in Prussia. The grants
which have been made TO him from
time to time constitute the bulk of his
fortune. His estate of Varzin was pUr
chased by him In 1866 with the 900. 900.
allotted to him after the Austro-Prus
sian war. Adjacent TO II he owns a
distillcry, where spirits are manufac-
tured entirely from potatoes grown on,
bis land. The profits from this indus
try are estimated at $4,000 per annum.
At Shoenhausen, another Of his estates.
he has large cattle breeding farm and
numerous fiocks OF geese, producing
together n yearly income of not less
than from 1880 TO $4,000.
After the Franco Prussian war I'm
1871 the Emperor William allotted to
him from the indemnity paid by France
the sum Of 100000. with a portion Of
which he purchased the domain Of
Friedrichsruh. Here he has establish
ed extensive sa wmills. where the wood.
all grown in -Wald-an cxtens-
I've forest given TO him by Emperor
Wllllam-iS cut up and forwarded TO
Hamburg for shipbuilding purposes.
The profit derived from this industry "a
another important item I'm the cx-Chan-
cellor's income. ana is probably not less
than 1900 a year He has also yeast
factory at or near Stadt- Hanover.
which yields him an income Of $4,000
In addition to these sources of rev
cuuc Prince bismarck is credited with
having financial interest in a brew
cry, paper factory. and other indus
trial concerns. His jewels. pictures,
plate, etc, are said 10 represent not far
short Of 100000. If we take the items
specified, and add to the amount they
represent other items of income derived
from his smaller trading operations.
Prince Bismarck's average net income
cannot fall far short of f3j. 600 per an
mum. by no means % small revenue
when VIC take into consideration the
average run Of fortunes iu PRUSSIA.
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one Hundred Years of War,

A highly interesting study of what n
hundred years of war have cost France
In human life has just been made pub
lie by DIR. Lagneau, member of the
Academy of Medicine of Paris. and is
found In the Lancet When the revo-
luton broke out Frances effective
army was only 10000 men. For the
wars waged during ten years In Bel
GUM, on the SHmbre, the Mouse. the
Rhine, the Alps the Pyrenees. In the
Nendee, and in Egypt there were called
out 100000. At the census made I'm
the ninth year of the republic there
remained of these only en- .5gS. In
killed and in dead by disease the wars
of the first republic cost France 2.122.-
4O2 men. From 1901 to Waterloo q
lo1,30S men scarcely sufficcd 10 fill the
blanks which i'm an inccsSnnt war
against combined Europe France in
Cured at AuStcrlitZ, Jena. Aucrstadt
Friedland, SaragOssu, Eckmnhl. Ess-
ling, Wagram, Taragona, Smolensk.
Moscow, Lutzcn, Bautzen. Dresden
Leipzig and Waterloo. Under the res
toration, Louis Philippe, and the sec
ond republic, in spite Of the war in
Spain 1929, the conquest of Algiers
$500, and the taking of Antwerp.
France passed through period Of
comparative calm. The army number
ed about 213,74S. and the mortality
averaged % per 1000. In 1SJ3-'55 com
menced the epoch Of the great wars
the Crimea, Italy 0S59'GO). China
QS60'6D, Mexico 0S62-G6). and the
disasters of 1870. In the Crimca. out
of 10000 there died 1858; i'm China.
$50; and in Cochin China Is per 1000.
The second empire cost France about
100000 soldiers. According to DIR.
Lagneau's Topographic tables the cen
fury from 1893 to 1898 Witnessed the
death in battle or by disease IF GOOO,-
600 French soldiers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23
Some halfway Map Making.

This won't do, said the general pas
senger agent, in annoyed tones, TO the
map maker. Il want Chicago moved
down here half an inch. so as TO come
on our direct route To New York. Then
take Buffalo and put it little farther
from the lake
You've got Detroit and New York on
different attitudes. and the impression
that that is correct won't help our road.
and, man. take those two lines that
compete with us. and make 'em twice
as crooked as that. Why, you've got
one of 'em almost straight.
"Yank Boston over little TO the west
md put New York "A little TO the west,
so as TO show our passengers that cnl
Buffalo division is the shortest route
10 Boston.
when you've done all these things
I've said, you may print ten thousand
copies-but say, how long have YOU
been in the railroad business, any
wayY'-New York Herald.
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His Lordship's Joke.

Before the bridge of Dalserf. I'm Ian
AYRSHIRE. Scotland. was built. about
forty years ago. n ferry boat was kept
there by Bauchic Lee. q very eccentric
character. possessed OF great shrcwd-
rirss and humor The Earl Of Hyud.
ford the last of The title had occasion
very fcqucnuy to cross the ferry.
when hc generally gave Bauchlc % shiI-
ling although tine charge was only ono
penny. Ilis lordship cracked many %
joke with Bouchip. who. in return. Boz
Obliged iu good deal of freedom: but
the former. ON particular occasion.
determined to- puzzle the fcrrymau.
and. having got across the river. his
lordship lcapcd out of The boat without
so much ms putting his hand into hs
pocket Bcauchic, apparently thunder.
struck ut the occurrence eyed the Earl
for while, and then, after he had gonc
few PAGES, ran after him with the
vehement vociferation. Min. my lord.
Gin ye hae lost your purse. SC wasna In
my boatw The good Earl laughed
heartily, retraced his steps. and re-.
wardor Bauchie with a double gift
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23

of the visitation is from few days to
five or six weeks. During rain, or
cool speE :$hey are dormant; hot
weather 49, hem. Blood sucking.
which is their only occupation, finally
destroys them. Low, moist ground
and thickets are their haunts; thew
avoid sunny spots. The fuvorite time
for attack is n dark, cloudy day, when
rain is threatened. Then let the OBJ
jects of their rapacity beware; with
surprising activity and suddenness
they swoop down upon an animal
which may approach their ambuscade,
do their sanguinary work and retreat
with equal rapidity. While showing a
singular preference for mule blood,
they will attack horses, COWS, cattle,
sheep, fowls-in fact, all domestic and
wild animals which become frantic
from pain and rush about seeking to
rid themselves of tho pestiferous
creatures. The effects Of the bites
are much the same as the symptoms of
rattlcsnake poisoning. 1t has been
observed that where the bitten animals
do not die from early attacks upon
them they do not suffer so much from
later assaults.
The attacks of the buffalo gnat are
not confined to animals. There are
on record instances of the destruction
of human life by their bites. DIR.
Brumby, of Louisiana, reported case
of death Of II woman in Madison Par
ish, in 1883, from this cause. II. A.
Winter, while passing along low
ground near Helena, Ark, in 1891,
was the victim of large swarm of
buffalo gnats, and is said to have died
in a few minutes from the poison.
The extent of damage wrought by
these little 1iends is shown by the
statement that in 1866 400 horses and
mules were killed in the parishes of
Madison, Tensas and Concordia. In
1874 stock to the estimated value OF
$500, 600 was destroyed in Southwest
Tennessee. New Orleans Picayune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23
A LEATHER CAKPEr.

A new use has been found for old
boots and shoes. They are made over
into a novel kind OF house carpet.
The shoes are thrown promiscuously
into an immense tank, into which
steam and dissoIving compounds are
run, thereby causing the old shoes to
take n thick, liquid form.
Certain proportions of tallow, borax
and glue are then introduced, and tho
pulp is run into the moulds.
The moulds are shaped after the
plan of regular sand mould, and
have the form of flowers, leaves, fig.
ures or geometrical designs.
The pulp is run into these moulds
and the figure hnrdeus in the cold air.
These casts are arranged in the proper
figure or design, when n cementing
process begins. The cement is a com
pound made from lenther pulp and
gl12, and it is run between the figures.
Tbs Egures soften little with the
compound, and the whole hardens to-.
gether.
In the casting of each figure differ.
ent colored pulp is used-red pulp for
red roses, white pulp for white flowers
green for leaves and so on. Thus
elaborate designs may be carried out.
Then comes the pressing, says Shoe
and Leather Facts, by the use of rol.
lers and polishing with varnish.
The result is nice looking floor
covering, the cost of which is less than
straw mating and less than oil cloth
in fact, mn economical and durable
carpeting.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
INV HoUsE-cLEAN1Ya nIP1EMENrs.

NV HOUSE CLEANING IMPLEMENTS.
An inspection of the array of irn-
plements invented to make house
cleaning and house-k keeping thorough
and easy would amaze the old-fash.
toned housewife whose main reliance
was broom, soap and water. There
are now, L am glad t) relate, pointed
brush for getting the dust out of the
folds and crevices Of upholstered fur
niture, soft brushes for the even sur
faces Of satins and silks that some
times cover it, radiator brushes and
wall brushes, pastors for cleaning GER
tain kinds of wall paper, and a special
application apparently for removing
every kind of spot or stain. There
are frames on which lace curtains and
counterpanes can be stretched to dry
in the sun if one chooses and that do
away with the painful necessity Of
bending and crawling over the floor
while pinning them 10 n sheet. These
frames are similar to the old-fashioned
quilting frames. There are mats also
TO save the knees of housemaids who
have many hardwood floors to keep in
order, and mistresses who object to
any but the kneeling method. New
York Post.
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STALLION cIrLTI,RR ZOE cnnN

l would advise fall blowing in case
the land was stubble or meadow. PIow
six to seven inches deep in the fall,
but in the spring five inches is suffi-
cient. The rougher the surface of
fall-plowed ground the better. Pull
verize, compact and level the seed-bed.
Plant any time between Nav | and %.
As far as yield is concerned, there Is
very little difference between hill and
drill planting, but it is usually advis-
able to check the corn, as it can then
be kept clean easier. The thickness
of planting will depend upon the use
In drilling where grain alone is de-
sired, plant in rows three and two
third feet apart, one kernel to every
loot. If the corn is to be fed as fod-
der, plant thicker, putting in one ker-
mel to every six or nine inches. In
hull planting endeavor TO get four ker-
nels In each hill. Harrow Immediate
Iy before planting as this DESTROYS all
weeds and enables the plants to get II
good start before cultivation is neces-
sary. Cultivate the ground, BEGIN
ming with n slant-tOothcd harrow. md
ing the entire season, using q shallow
cultivator Experiments made mt the
Illinois station for number OF years
show that an increased yield of almost
six bushels per acre has resulted from
shallow cultivation. The crossing of
varieties has increased the yield This
may be accomplished by planting dit
tcrent kinds i'm alternate rows. AL
though corn hos been grown at the
station ON one plot continuously for
nineteen ycors with fair results. TO.
iation is absolutely necessary for corn
raising Tho following Gyc.year re.
iauon is desirable: Beginning with ~
meadow or clover sod, plant to- corn
two years, then seed TO onts or wb,of
for ono ycor, following with grass or
clover for two ycars, and then put
"eWn in corn. New England Home.
stend
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23
FARM ANp aARDEN NorEs.

A cockerel or pullet becomes cock
or len when over n year old.
If your hens don't lay by this time
chop their heads of and start in again.
Don't forget to give the hens daily
supply of grass. They have been pin.
ing for it all winter.
1t is n good plan to thoroughly
whitewash the interior of your hen
house. 1t is a good lice killer.
Salt for cattle is more important in
summer than in winter When the
COWS are on grass salt will be highly
reiished by them, rs it serves to keep
them in health.
Do not be afraid to thin out the
fruit. Trees that are loaded down are
liable to be injured. The largest and
best fruit is grown on trees that are
not permitted to overbear.
There is nothing like n clover patch
for the pigs. They Will not only keen
IN better health on clover than when
confined, but will grow fast and cost
less than when they are fed on grain
and require feeding three times n day.
Do not be too economical with DO.
tato seed When cutting the seed
leave large pieces to the eyes. tt is
considered an advantage to use whole
potatoes, or cut them in half by some.
Do not cut the potatoes into small
pieces.
Cut straw can be more evenly dis.
tributed rs bedding for cattle than
whole straw, and it will serve better as
an absorbent when added to the manure
heap. The labor required to cut it IS
not as great an expense rs the loss
from manure when the stnrw is uncut.
Good farming pays because it ena-
bics the land to bear better crops i'm tho
future. Hundreds of farmers who
may have lost money one year find
that they have made a profit the next
because their efforts did not bring
forth fruit until later. There is wealth
IN the soil that is stored up for use
during successive seasons.
May is an excellent month for hatch
ing chickens. The eggs will give bet
ter results, and the chicks will be moro
cosily raised, owing TO the ADVANTAGES
of the wurm season and less liability
of loss from cold and exposure. Let
fine hons batch out large lot of
chicks, as there will bc quito num-
bor that viii die from various causes.
cats, hawks, and othcr enemies thin
ming them out.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-23
French Auctions.

The French mode of conducting auc.
tions is rather curious In sales of i'm.
portance the affair Is placed I'm tho
bands Of n notary, who, for the time
being, becomes an auctionecr The auc.
tioneer is provided with a number OF
small wax tapers, each capable OF
burning about five minutes As soon
ms bid is made one of these tapcrs
is placed I'm fun view of all interested
parties and lighted.
II, before 1t expires another bid Is
offered, it IS Immediately extinguish.
cd, and a fresh taper placed i'm its
stead, and so on until one hlckers and
dies out of Itself. when the last bid
becomes irrcvocable
This simple plan prevents all conten-
ton among rival bidders. and affords
n reasonable time for reflection before
making higher offer than the one pre-
ccding BY this means. too. the auc-
tioneer is preynted from exercising
undue influence upon the bidders. or
hastily accepting the bid of favoritc.
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PRUNING GRAPEv1NEs.

All the lower portions of the main
shoots are comparatively naked, and
the few stronger branches grow from
the upper portion of the vine, but n
well-pruned vine will be covered with
strong branches from the base to the
summit. This is really the leading
object in grapevine pruning but not
one in hundred knows how to bring
it about 1t is wholly accomplished
by summer pruning The upper
branches are usually the strongest,
and if let to run they will draw the
nourishment from all the rest The
well-instructed grape primer watches
his vines during the season of growth,
and whenever any one branch is in
cllned to grow stronger than its
neighbor, it is either pinched back in
order to check its ambition or else
broken off entirely. The social prob
lem of the rich becoming richer and
the poor poorer" applies here. We
check the strong branch, and the
weaker is strengthened thereby - Nee.
hams Monthly
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exHoRTlN' DOWN IN GEORGIA
Colored Preachers Description of the
Trim to the Innh of nrnlnIae-

Colored Preachers Description of the
Trip to the Land of Promise.
Straying Into a darby church IN the
"low country" of Georgia, says n writer
in the New York Tribune. l happened
upon real "eXhortin'," which Is
very different affair from an everyday
'mcetin'." \ toothless, white-haired old
preacher had reached the rcd-hot stage
OF his disclose" singing and swaying
he was shouting out protest against
de trials Oh de present life, breddern."
and picturing with lusty roars the con
trasting joys lob de life ebbcrlastin'."
He used his teNt-which seemed TO
have nothing I'm common with his re-
marks-to I'LL up the waste places, ring
Ing II in whenever he ended one thought
and before he started on the devious
paths of another. He seemed 10 use
IT on the same principle that a stutter-
Ing man swears or whistles, TO launch
himself successfully upon sentence.
An blow We de trumpet all aroun'
about de camp! What is you niggahs
good TO- anyhow, down in dis vale OBJ
teahs? Yo' amt no count I'm de per
siderashun Oh de white folks. onless it's
de votin' time in de city! An, bred
dcrn, takin' in dc sistern. don yo' know
dat down on de yearth yo' amt got no
holt nowhar longsidc oh de- white folks d?
Ho' hyear po' ole niggah now. an yo'
know hits de turf he's Il telln' yer. an
yo' jes' better done come dis day To de
Iawd. When yo' go to make little
jant on de railroad train, yo' can't go
I'm de white folks waitin'-room I'm de
cyarShed, an yo' can't 20 In de white
folks cyar on de train, yo' done gotter
20 in de place TO de black folks In de
schools yO' can't run up agin dem white
folks, yo mus alters stay wild de cullud
pcopleS-(an' heap sight better com
p'ny dey is, tooD Yo' can't eben go 10
de white folks Chu'ch To hear de word
of de Lawd oh us all, onless yo' set in
de speshcral seats TO de cullud folks
voice very loud and sing-song here)-
but when we git a ready-for to lace
up-dem n wings Dress de LawdLan'
TO cross ober-dat Rubber Jordan-an'
go thu'-them n pearly gates-into
Canaan up there-we won't find no
black folks waitin-room! De gospel
train'll take us right into the presence
OF the great white frone. An de black
man shall be dero, and de yaller man
shall be dere an'-an' de red man an
an de blue man, an blow We de trump.
ct all 'roun' bout de campr'
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A party OF aUCtioneers on route from
Chicago TO Buffalo were I'm the smOll-
ing room OF a Lake Shore sleeper tho
other night telling stories. Selling
horses and farm stun 10y auction is all
right" said one "all right. but for gen
uine fun give me the private sale OF
rich mans furniture. When Anthony
DreXel died there were lot of things
which had personal "reminiscences con
nected with them which everyone want
ed. II was finally decided to hole
family auction and sell them to the
highest bidder. The first thing put
up was a small clock, worth l suppose.
about $50.
"In give $500 was the first bid. 1t
came from nephew.
MAKE 1t $1,000 interjected
younger son.
"'Fifteen hundred dollars replied
the nephew.
THE nephew won and got the TWEEN
tydollar clock for money with which
he could have bought the finest clock
in Philadelphia. l never knew what
the history OF the clock was, but 1t
must have had Il peculiar one. Then |
put up big arm chair. Ii was the
chair DreXel had sat In for over TWEEN
ty years, and II had n valuable associa-
ton for each one Of the family. a mar
ried daughter and young Anthony
Drcxel were the ones who wanted 1t
the most, and the bidding, which open
ed ut $1,000, was spirited and lively
l finally sold the chair 10 Anthony for
$500. The days sales brought In over
500, 600"
81 never had anything as good as
that" said another auctioneer. but l
sold the Childs effects the same way
The chief contest was over one of those
Old-fashioncd tall clocks. Childs cid
est son finally bought it for 81. $50. and
It Is now In the Ledger office In Phila-
delphla. Chicago Times Herald.
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now MUCH DRY FoppER2

TIE quantity of dry fodder given to
a cow may be fifteen to twenty pounds
daily. 1t depends on what other feed
Is given, as if part of the feed is en-
silage, or roots. or much grain is
given. less hay will be needed. But if
hay and grain alone are used, the feed
may be twenty pounds of each, or two
thirds of hay and one-third meal. 1t
Is best to have the grain ground as
finely ms possible, and the food is best
digested when the hay is cut into
chaf and wetted and the meal is
mixed with it. The food is then better
masticoted; and this first digestive
process, when best done, aids the
other digestive organs to do their
work. American Farmer.
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- IHnnnLr nrrrALo -

The buffalo Rnot and its relative.
tha turkey gnot, arc rightly feared by
Tho owners of stock boa tho Mississippi
Va'.cy, where they have u the past
cre'ted great havoc. These 9uqts are
related to Che black fly OF tho North.
nrd ihc hungarian guat. The bunnIo
RnHt gets ITS name not from nnv
special ionducss for the buffalo. but
bccauso of % laucicd resemblance To-
INIT animal which can easily be per-
ceiyed upon looking ot tho insect side.
ways lt has an immense thorax
winch forms hump ON tho neck Ia.
mead 10 depressed, as If in tho act Of
butting' and is equipped with two
snort horn ike antennae. The turkey
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gnat derives its'appellation from the
fact that it usually appears at the
time turkeys are setting. These gnats
range over the valley from Red River to
st. Louis, infesting the rivers, boyous
and low lands. South of Red River
they are comparatively scarce.
The first corners of the swarm are
active and bloodthirsty, but they soon
decrease in numbers. and gradually
peg out; then another swarm is apt to
put in an appearance. The duration
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Dangers IN Hot-watcr Bottles.

Many az are the blessings of the hot
water bottle. II must not be forgotten
that II Is also source of some danger.
Always see that the stopper Is absolute
" tight and never use n without a
thick cover Many painful burn has
81 given, especially TO an unconscious
patient or To an old person. In old age.
thc circulation being weaker. the vital
hty becomes low. \ thick cover will
keep the water warm longer as well as
insure against burns Filling the bag
quite full will also cause the heat to he
retained for a longer time. but will not
he as comfortable as when half full
When not in use, the bag should be
empticd.
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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
FERTILIZER FOR CORN AND POTATOES.

FERTILIZER FOR CORN AND POTATOES.
The Massachusetts, Experiment Sta
ton recommends 500 pounds dissolved
bone black, 200 pounds nitrate of
soda ana go pounds muriate of potash
per acre, for corn. For potatoes, 500
pounds dissolved bone black, 200
pounds nitrate of soda and $50 pounds
high grade sulphate of potash. The
standard brands of corn and potato
fertilizers complete manures) will
also furnish these elements in equally
as good or better forms. American
Agriculturist.
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Tho RnnIn.

photographers have agreed that
banjo" Is corruption Of the Spanish
"bandore." which has words Of sImi.
lar sound, spelling and significance in
many tongues 1t Is quite likely that
the Arabs in their conquest or by
trade, may have introduced the guitar
and banjo into Western Africa. whence
IT was brought 10 this country.