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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-05
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

county ttItttfS.
Judge Circuit court, V. =. Armstrong.
Prusct utiug Attorney, VI. l.. Stevenson.
Clerk Circuit curt, Il. ". Hall.
James Barr,
Comfy Commissioners, 4. L. Stump,
G.. johnson.
Clerk County Court, l.. II. TrirpctL
Sheriff, T.. W. G:invr
Allen :iaruman, Jr
'cP''''eS' and Josiah :. Jarvis
Supt Free Schools, Zee Hopkins
Surveyor, =. L. Bel!
Assessor, s. VI. Ward
Com School Lands, W. l. Stc,vn>"n
Circuit Courts.
Fifteenth Of February, Jan" and October.
County Courts.
Second Monday in April, July, November
AMI January.
Arrivals and Exits or Mails.
IIarrisviilc; leaves daily, 1t II. M, OK.
cept Sunday, arrives same day At . p. IN
Arnoldsjurg; arr,vc> d,ily ut /: "'cl"cl
n IN, and leaves same day ut y. III.
Chenille; arrives every Tuesday ant
Friday at p. M, AMI l,nves WedmeSda!
and Saturday AT q. M.
Burning SPRING; arrives every TueSd"!
and Friday at p. m. and leaves Wein">
day aud Saturday 1T Il. M.
S,utcu; leaves Tue.duy sud Saturday "
=. III, and arrive. At 1880, same d'VS.
Societies.
Eureka Lodge. %". 80, \. T.. aud \ NJ.
meet, Saturday might ON or bcior" the full
B,oon in each .nCnth
LII. Trirpc;t W. NJ.
X. NJ Marshall, Secr,'org.
GrantSvilr Lodge. No. iOh, |. q. q. l.
Meet. Saturda, night in each week at I !
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Circuit Courts.
Fifteenth Of February, Jam" and October.
County Courts.
Second Monday in April, Jmly, November
and January.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

the NEST popular IN ths Asishboeheed. 4.
II asksd Why. I Was told that "Af.
La has q beautiful farm and q A1co
family" When I visited he farm ]
found that his success was no mystery.
The goddess sf position and influence
sat in his front yard. I knew the man
BY his premises. He advertised. A
farm near IN eastern city Ii popular
and prosperous because 1t 10 attractive.
A half acre. Of embellished lawn y
more profitable 10 its proprietor than .
dozen coWA
Our sons leave the farm and We
blame the college or the school. We
should - often blame the homo sur
roundings. The man never lived who
was educated too much for the farm.
America ought to become the rural
queen Of the world. and the coming
farmer must recognize this fact Or 90
to the wall. II II one Of the signs Of
tho times.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25
Raising Geese for tho Llvers.

1t was an archbishop Of Strasburg. a
native Of Toulouse, who introduced in
the district during the last century the
rearing Of the Toulouse goose for its
liver, says an English writer. In the
region Of the Garonne, the poorest Of
the humblest peasants rears every year
a dozen geese. and fattens them on
maize or millshorts. The goslins are
brought up like the chickens and tur-
keys-members of the peasants family.
The geese are only reared for their
liver; that. duly extracted. is sold, and
the proceeds pay the rent. The flesh
is kept by the family; and potted in
melted lard. and this preserve enters
into a variety of succulent dishes in the
regions of Bordeaux. Pau. etc. The
peasants favor their cabbage soup with
a little Of it, and 1t is more literally
served at family fetes. and on holidays.
The geese are kept confined and liter
ally stuffed. until there follows a fatty
degeneracy of the liver. and just as this
shows itself with the animal and death
is threatened. the bird goes to the
block. and the liver. now developed
into enormous proportions. goes to the
epicure, who pays fancy price for dis
eased liver. -.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25
A Choap Silo.

The Colorado State Agricultural Col
lege is reported to have an under
ground silo which is certainly a mir
acle Of cheapness of construction. 1t
has capacity of sixty-four tons an!
was built at a cost Of f0rtythree cents
for each ton Of capacity. which would
make $27.52 for the silo. or. including
the cost Of four partitions by which it
is divided, the cost is placed a4-sixty-
fve cents ton Of capacity. which
would make the total cost. including
the partitions. $4l.6O. 1t is built on
spot which remains dry the whole
year. Here a hole twenty feet square
and eight feet deep was dug chiefly
with a scraper and team. The stud
ding. two by six rest on two by six
inch sills and are held at the top by a
plate of the same size. A single layer
OF unmatched boards lined with tar pa
per is held in place by perpendicular
Stats and these constitute the sheet
ing. Dirt is filled in against the sides.
The sil0 has no roof and the silage is
covered with straw and six inches OF
mostened dirt, which is said to pre-
serve 1t well. A silo could hardly be
provided for less money than this is
said to have cost.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

than in one It is not enough that We
demand influence. The first necessity
In the demand is the desire 70
demand. We do not want pre-
ferment until we want 1t. The desire
must be individual. sincere. We OFTEN
clamor because our neighbors clamor
We want mouse-colored mare BE-
cause Smith has one. We want more
farmers in congress because 1t ts the
fashion to want them. The farm IL not
SO isolated from the heart OF fashion
that it receives none Of its impulse
Desire once alive. we must measure Its
consequences as il its fulfillment were
In our own hands. Many Of us would
be miserable IL all our prayers were
answered. Our desire once trimmed
and tempered, We must make ourselves
worthy of 1t. As q rule, all men md
their true level as do the waters Of the
sea. The ebb and the flow of influence
and position are not haphazard. Our
station is for the most part, II not en-
tirely, just where 1t deserves to be.
The world owes me living" says one.
and he folds his hands. But you must
dun her Ter it," says the other as he
clutches his spade.
The farmer is coming to the front.
1t is because he deserves it. It is be-
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

Careful experiments show that i'm
mense quantities Of water are thrown
OF by plants An oak tree with 7OO.-
900 leaves has been estimated to throw
of 100 tons Of water while carrying the
leaves. What must be the amount that
a field Of clover or corn throws on? 1t
is estimated. on an average. 800 pounds
to each pound of dry matter pro-
duced, although 1t varies with different
species Of vegetation. And where does
il come. from. during our drouths?
Even in seasons Of normal moisture
and rainfall the ground always seems
dry in q meadow or at the roots of
plants and trees. An eminent botan-
ist advances the theory that plants and
trees have possibly the power to trans
form gaseous elements into liquids.
We noticed last season in deeply sub
soiled ground that after the first three
inches had been passed the soil was so
moist that 1t could be packed in. the
hand by squeezing. This state con-
tinued downward. but after q few feet
and at the depth of six
feet continued the same down to the
water bearing strata. II the theory
above referred to be correct, cultiva-
tion and subsoiling relieves the plants
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

an inch long. densely crowded with the
minute seeds The plant attains a
height Of foot or two.
1t is native of Europe, but has been
widely distributed over the world. It
is found mainly In bitches and other
wet places. The name was not given
by reason of any extreme troublesome
ness as a weed. but on account of the
acid and biting character Of the juice.
This is SO irritating that If applied to
the skin 1t will readily produce blisters.
Notwithstanding this fact, If the plant
be boiled and the water thrown OF. It
is not unwholesoms, and is sometimes
eaten by the peasants in Germany as a
vegetable.-Farmers' Review.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

WA0o8 Va. C09o Ter 009a.
The Ohio. Expsliment Station has
been experimenting somewhat to de-
termine the relative value Of wheat. and
corn - food for hogs. IT IL not claim
"a that absolute and complete results
are bad - yet. but every carefully con-
Quoted experiment contributes some
thing 70 the solution Of the question.
which may continue to be Of consider
able practical importance. In this Ohio
experiment there were used nine high
grade Poland China hogs-six barrows
and three soWs-with An average weight
OF 135 lbs. who were fed during q pre-
limipary week on corn and wheat. half
and half by weight. At the end Of the
week they were divided into three lots
with two barrows and one SOW in. each
lot. One lot was then fed corn. anoth-
er fed wheat, and the third fed wheat
and corn. half and half by weight. All
that either lot was given in addition
was water. coal ashes. sulphur and salt.
Two days before the experiment be.
gun. the day Of the beginning. and two
days after II begun. the hogs we're
weighed. and the average taken as the
initial weight In the same way the
hnal weights were had at the end Of the
ten weeks Of the experiment. At the
end Of the ten weeks the gains were
lot fed wheat. POI lbs; lot fed wheat and
corn. 292 lbs; lot fed corn. 271 lbs. 1t
will be seen that the best results were
obtained. for the number Of pounds
eaten, where corn and wheat were fed
half and half by weight: the next best
result where wheat was fed alone. and
when corn was fed alone the least
increase was made for the number of
pounds Of food eaten. TO make 100 lbs.
of-increase took 43S lbs of wheat or 453
lbs. OF corn. That is, a bushel Of wheat
made 1877 lbs. Of pork. while bushel Of
corn made 1928 lbs. The hogs sold for
$5.15 per hundredweight. Not count
Ing labor q bushel of wheat converted
into pork. sold for 7O.5 cents. and the
bushel of corn 63.3. While this is
not conclusive in all respects. it indi-
Gates that under ordinary conditions.
at least the less marketable grades of
wheat can be used as hog feed very
proftably. 1t looks very much as If
wheat was to be a constant factor in
pork making. particularly in this por-
tion Of the country, where wheat is
grown cheaply and corn has not gained
u very extensive foothOld. II in Min
nesota and the Dakotas low grade or
frosted wheats can be sold to the hogs
at near 20 cents. the porcine element
has great inducement to multiply. and
the wheat producer can grow still more
cheerful.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

It was II. the spring of 1880 that a
large farmer was induced by the writer
to breed common pigeons for profit.
Accordingly six pairs Of mated white
and blue pigeons were sent from the
city to the farm and a'place boarded
of for their ACCOMMODATION above a
part of the hay mcw. The space was
about 2oxle feet. Yith door for the en-
trance. and ladder extending from the
upper beams Of the barn. In the center
of this room a square was partitioned
of by railings. In this Enclosure were
spread sharp. coarse sand and gravel.
the railing about the inclosure being
necessary to prevent the pigeons from
scattering the sand. A box in one cor
ner of this inclosure was kept filled with
egg-shells, broken mortar and clay in
Jumps. In another box at the opposite
side a. piece of rock salt was
kept. all this being, necessary to
keep pigeons in health. The nest boxes
in which to rear the young pigeons
were made of low. shallow soap boxes.
A box 1Ox12 inches square and inches
deep serves the purpose. Some Of these
boxes were nailed few feet above the
door, some higher up. and quite q num-
Der were put on the floor. Any place
will suit common pigeon. All being
ready. the six pairs Of birds were set at
liberty in the coop. The light was ad-
mitted by a small window at the ex-
treme end of the barn. In the course
Of q week after the pigeons were liber-
ated in their new quarters two pair had
built nests. little hay for that purpose
having been provided. The following
week these had laid two eggs each, and
the four other pairs were building their
nests. Thus two pairs were on eggs
and four others laying and ready to
sit. The following week all were at
work. Pigeons lay two eggs for each
clutch. 1t takes eighteen days to hatch
them, three to five weeks before they
lay again. Usually new setting of
eggs may be expected three weeks after
the first hatch. 1t takes the young ones
i've weeks to begin feeding themselves.
but the male pigeon usually looks after
them until they are able to attend to
their own wants. .
The first twelve months the six pair
and reared fully eleven pairs of
young, or sixty-two pairs in all. These
sold for $40. or 40 cents per pair. de-
livered in the city. It cost Just $7.e5 to
feed and keep them. The profit is
plainly visible. Who says pigeons are
not worth their keeping? This old
farmer was very bitter against pigeons
Of all kinds until convinced to the con-
vinced t. the contrary. The next
season he kept one hundred pairs
Of breeders. and his success was
equal to the first season. but the first
coop had to he enlarged. He tells me
now that his pigeons keep himself and !
wife in shoes and clothes and leave |,
over.
One Of the essential points in keep
Ing pigeons is to have the sexes equal.
II there is an extra male he will make |
an attempt to secure a mate from the |
other males: and thus break up the mat
lnss as well az keep the colony in per-
petuai turomil He must be taken out. |
Or a mate for him must be nrocured |
from .elsewhere.-Ex. |
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

The illustration on this page shows
the leaves. stem. flower and fruit Of
Cursed Crowfoot (Ranunculus scelera-
tus). It is q low herbaceous plant of
the Buttercup family. with. q smooth.
thickish, spongy stem. much branched
above. The lower leaves are one-half
inch in diameter, deeply three-lobed,
with lobes coarsely and obtusely
toothed: the upper leaves become mar
rover and less divided. or almost linear
and undivided. The flowers are very
numerous and small. on pedicles half
an inch to an inch in length. The light
yellow petals are less than one-fourth
inch in length. The heads Of capels
or fruit are, when mature, about half
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

cause his aspirations are higher. But
he can not lift himself by his boot
straps. Tomorrow the world will not
recognize him more than it does to-day
unless he has made advancement. The
secret power Of the mower and the
reaper is this: It gives us more leisure
for the development of the mind and the
heart. II they fail Of this their mis-
sion is a curse; let us return to. the
scythe and the sickle. We do not need
improved machinery and better stock
no much as We need to know the pos
sibilities Of what we have. We need
better school houses and pleasanter
homes. II you will put It on a plane of
dollars and cents. we must advertise.
Here is q secret which We have not
learned. We need to profit by the ex-
annie of the merchant who adorns his
windows and. who insists that people
must know that he has opened new
case of calico. II we demand influence
and recognition We must let the world
know what we have and what we
are. Make it recognize you whether
it would or not. The farmer must ad-
yertise himself as we'll as his cabbages.
But We must generally resort to strata
gem. We fail to catch the butterfly II
we chase its irregular flight over the
meadow, but the still hunt beside
thistle brings us q captive. We must
not say to the Goddess Of Liberty. Il
demand representation" but we must
invite her to sit in our vineyard and to
eat our stuffed turkey. In other words.
we must attract men, We must aim at
style in farming. Herein lies the
greatest need of our agriculture.
rode over the Green mountains.
There were farm houses deserted and
great farms returning to nature. The
bleak homesteads stared at me. "Hap-
py were the young men and women who
escaped this desolation for the city,"
I thought Surely the decimation Of
these farms IL not due to poor soil or
conditions. but. to unat-
homes" A decrepit school
house yawned ON . bare and dusty
roadside. The place itself told me why
the seats were whitfield and why the
never got beyond the rule O.
three" I did not blame them for pre-
Herring to trap woodchucks I'm the
lodges. II found . home adorned
within and without. I usually found
young people anxious to settle near the
homestead: found kindly sentiment
md courteous mannern
. I visited the fruit markets Of . great
city. Fruit at the same quality sold
lor far diferent prices. but that which
Dold the best bore . neat label with q
picture Of IN attractive residence.
When afterward I visited the little vii
lage near which this farm lay. found
10Th the farm and its proprietor to be
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

be traced by the lines in she won,ans face
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrink!ed face and
those feelings of weakness have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
rangements. painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses OF women. Can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription For the
young girl just entering wolnanhOcd. for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in the change OF life. :"
the Prescription Is just what they need :
il aids nature in preparing the system foi
these events. It's medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by DIR. X. V, PieIce, Chi,
consulting physician:to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo. N. Y.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

time during which the reproductive
mower continues. and the number Of fe-
males which may be properly served BY
Q single male. According 70 this table.
the proper age Tor reproduction In the
mare IL not reached. until four years.
and the reproductive period continues
from ten to twelve years.' The stallion
should not be put to service until nve
years Of ago, and his reproductive power
is said to continue from twelve to nf-
teen years We suppose these periods
are intended to be . statement Of what
II the rule. rs there are many notable
exceptions where the power to- repro
duce in both mares and stations has
continued for q considerable length OF
time beyond that indicated. The proper
age for reproduction by the COW and the
oalI Is placed at three years. which is
quite at variance with the practice.
Bulls much younger are habitually
used. and heifers. especially Of the
milking breeds. frequently drop
calves at considerably under two years
OF age. The period during which the
reproductive powers continue in the
COW Is placed at from twelve to four
teen years and the bull at from eight
to ten. The age at which the eve should
oegin reproduction is two years. and
tne power continues for six years. The
ram begins at the same age and con-
tlnues for seven years. The reproduc-
tive age in swine is placed at one year
Tor both sexes, and is said to continue
Tor six years. The number of females
a stallion should serve is put at from
twenty to thirty: of a bull from thirty
TO forty: Of a ram from forty to fifty
and OF a boar from six to ten. The
practical breeder familiar with the va
rious animals will note good many
departures in actual practice from this
table. which processes to give what the
practice ought to be.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25
The Greatest rlediCaI Discovery
Of the Age.
KENNEDY
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
D0lAln kEKNsDY. or S0xBu,Y. MAss

VOvvesAO WSWWeOI, w 0ONoOhS, WsSSO.,
Has discovered in une of our commo1
pasture weeds renlsdy that cures every
kind of Humor. from the worst Scrofusi
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried II in over eleven hundred
cases. and never failed exCept,in TWO cases
tboti thunder humor) Helms n'iw in his
possession over two hundred certificates
Of its value. aA within twenty miles g,
Boston. Send postal card tor book.
A benefit is alwa@S experienced from
the first bottle. ind I perfect care, rs war.-
ranted when. the right:qtnn,ljy u taken.
When the lEn.S Ire Affected 1t causes
shooting painS. like needles. passing
through them the Sanie with the Liver
or Bowels. ThIS is caused hy' the ducts
being stopped. and always. disappears IN 4
week after taki1g il. Read tiie label:
Ii the stomach is foul or bilious II will
cause SlueamiSh feelings at first
Ne change oi diet ever neceSSary-, Eat .
the best you CAL get. and enough OF 1t
Dose, one tablespoonful in water Al bed
time. Sold hy all Druggists -
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25
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HOmeseeker.' Excur.ioos

On Aug @rh. Sept. 10th and eth, 1879
the Union Pacific System wi!l sell ticket
from Council! Bluffs and Omaha To, yoins :.
south and west in Nebraska and NabSaS
q so to Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and
IDAHO, east o. Neiser and soutl, of Beaver.
Canon, at exceedingly low rates. For fu.l
information, rs To rates and iimits, apply
to y, C.DJ W.
tity Ticket Agent; I5r. Farnam ST,
Omaha. Neb
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25

nearly as readily
as ordinary milk. The heating
process eliminates by far the
larger portion of the bacteria present
In the milk. and with this diminution
there Ii 4 corresponding increase in the
keeping properties of the product:
eitner milk ought to remain sweet for
considerable longer period than raw
MIX. Pasteurized and often the sterii-
ized product. however. undergo sooner
or later fermentation induced by the
bacteria spores remaining in the milk
Ihese changes differ from those re-
naming We observe in raw milk. The
milk curdles. but the character of the
curd rs entirely. different, and to the
taste is not usually very sour. These
conditions are brought about by the
presence Of bacteria that are able TO
excretc rennet, and the soft. jelly-hke
euro seen in boiled or heated milk is
que to this ferment., Lactic acid or
sour milk bacteria, as rule. do not
form spores. SO they are easily de-
stroyed by heat. The destruction OF
these widely-spread organisms leaves
the milk seeded with a spore-bearing
rennet and butyric acid bacteria. which
brings the peculiar change which is
noted in pasteurized or sterilized mix.
The physical characteristics OF milk
treated by heat compared with raw
milk as a rule are much less certain.
With the sterilized milk there Is
marked change in the physical consti-
tuition of the milk that cannot be read
lily detected. The application Of heat at
a temperature exceeding 15S degrees
r. for Is to 20 minutes produces a CO.
agulation Of certain proteid elements.
and at the same time the milk acquires
a peculiar cooked taste. With pasteur-
lied milk this change is not SO appar-
ent, in fact, no cooked favor should be
perceptible. The physical constitution
Of the milk is undoubtedly somewhat
modified. even with the lower degree OF
heat used. This is shown in the way
rennet acts on pasteurized milk. The
coagulation produced by this chemical
ferment is entirely different in char
acter. and appears much more slowly
than when acting In fresh milk.
For butter-making purposes. or for
milk or cream consumed directly, the
pasteurized process seems to have no
injurious effects on the physical con-
stitution of the material. Butter can be
made from pasteurized cream. and
aside from the difference In favor.
which is produced. there is no observ-
able difference in the texture Of grain
of the product.
.: Pasteurfzed cream can also be usei
indiscriminately for ordinary purposes.
for ice-cream, whipped cream. and for
general use Milk treated by the pas
teurized process yields as large per
cent of butter fat. when separated or
raised by the gravity system. as the
raw milk. BY either process the milk
is freed from any diseased bacteria that
may have been derived from the COW,
or may have fallen into the milk after
the milk has been drawn from the ami
NAL.
The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25
like. flowers, fade

flowers. fade
and witfier with time;
the bloom of the rose
is only known to the
h healthy 'wOman's
cheeks. The. ueIv-
Gus strain caused BY
the ailments and
pains peculiar to the
sex; and the labor
and worry of rearing
a family can often