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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
High Farming on Cheap Land.


The greatest difficulty in the way OF
good farming in this country has al
ways been that prices of land were SO
low that those engaged in farming have
been tempted to buy more land than
they could profitably work. There
should always be an amount of work
ing capital equal to at least half of
what Is invested in land. This should
be done even though the land be only
partly paid for. 1t is much better to
leave part of the cost of land put in
mortgage whose interest can be met
every year, than to pay all the money
down aud leave nothing to work the
land with. In n great majority of
cases it is the floating capital, rather
than that invested in land, which paws
the greatest rate of profit. Farmers
have been complaining for years that
the merchant, who makes ten to TWEEN
ty-five per cent. on his understandable
stock, has the advantage of them.
They are tied to their farms, and like
the man holding fast by the VOLTS tail,
cannot, safely, let go, while it takes ali
their energies to simply hold on and
prevent the wolf from turning and
rending them.
On high priced land near cities most
of the high-priced farm stock is kept.
1t is usually far more profitable than
the stock of the merchant, for that exl
cept in case of a change in the mar
kets, cannot increase in value, and is
much more likely to decrease. The
merchants stock cannot increase I'M
amount rs can that of the breeder. To
be sure, the breeder has losses by
casualties to animals, but these are
fully offset if not more by the bad
debts that the merchant accumulates
on his ledger. If the breeder manages
rightly his stock may be made to in
crease with its product thirty to more
than one hundred per cent. There is
no kind of business so safe from loss.
other than farming, that pays so well
as this. Why then is it that SO many
farmers are poor? 1t is because they
trust too much to their land to sustain
them without having the capital to
make the best use of it.
Most lowpriced land is so because
1t is far from market; that may make
such land unsuitable for growing the
fancy breeds of stock that can usually
only be sold by having those who in
tend purchasing visit the farm and in
speeding stock on the ground. Yet
when farmer is known to have an
extra good class of stock he will find
customers for it, even if they do find
1t not very convenient to visit and in
spect 1t. There is no sIrer way to
make the farm richer than to use il for
tock-breeding purposes. If the fer
tility is put into the soil, there need
be no fear that some means will he
found for making it profitable. TWAS
the virgin and fertile soils of the
Northwest that attracted settlement
from all parts of the world. Increase
fertility anywhere and the land will
never lack purchasers. - American
Cultivator.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Tvo Uses Ior Money.

Money is what it will do. A piece
of money was seen doing what il
was never made for, in front of the
Mail and Express Office this morning.
A smoker had cigar and match, but
no convenient place to strike light.
The sole of his shoe was damp, and
ne may have had m esthetic reluc.
lance to join that ignoble army that
marks buildings with saltpetre scars.
He fumbled in his change pocket,
found half dollar, struck his match
upon it, and walked away serenely
putting the cigar of the Havana.
Not every weaCer of eyeglasses
knows that piece of paper money is
the best thing with which to polish dull,
lenses. Sometimes the clean, soft
handkerchief carried for the purpose
fails to remove that blur on the glas.
that so vexes the wearer. A bill OF
any denomination, but not too new.
will, if used in place of the linzd
make the lens ikecrystal ina moment
The aetia-.--.sly lo0f like vulgar os.
s5-17-sion of wealth, but it costs moth
ing after all New York Mail and Elk
nrpag
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
A BAG OF BIG CANE.
Royal Sport Enjoyed by tho Guests OF nm
Indian Prince.

Royal Sport Enjoyed by tho Guests OF nm
Indian Prince.
In the Century there is an article
entitled after Big Game ~ Africa
and India, written by H.: w. Seton
Karr. Mr.. Karr was guest of the
Maharaja of Kuch Behar in the latter
country, and he describes an exciting
hunt from elephant back. He says:
The Maharaja of Kuch Behar ever
Since his youth has always had large
stud of elephants. and hunted in this
way; and since big game is now com
paratlvely scarce even in Assam, we
should not have made any bag worth
speaking of If we had not had the ben
eht OF his experience. Not moro than
three or four beats could be accom-
plished iii one day. Considerable dis.
tances had often to be traversed from
one jungle to another, aud the inter
vals were often long and tedious I'M
der an Indian sun; but most of us car
Rod books and papers to read while
the elephants were getting into posi-
ton. When tho beat had once begun,
however, all ones senses were on the
alert. BY the mems turbans, or tho
-whi1funshade of one of the aides-de-
camp bobbin8 up and down, one could
generally distinguish over the tops of
the reeds the position of the beating
line in the far distance, aud hear an
occasional shout and the shrill trumpet
of an elephant.
In the midday stiffness, broken only
by the constant tapping and tanning
OF the elephants huge ears, one can
distinguish the approach and mark
the path of most of the wild animals
10y tho rustling i'll the grass and reeds.
But the approach of the panther and
the tiger is heralded by no such sign.
By experience ones eye becomes
trained to discriminate between the
swaying of the reeds caused by the
wind and that due to the cautious adj
vance of an unseen beast, whether
deer, boar, bear, or something bigger
still. When tiger or "rbino" are
known to be at home, such small fry as
these are allowed to pass unframed,
Tor fear of turning the object of pur-
suit; but whom the larger game are
advancing Mt full speed, it needs no
expert to distinguish their appalling
crashes from the whispering of breeze.
Will he'break cover in front, or will
the next gun get the shot? Standing
In expectation, with guns loaded and
heart beating, this is the most exciting
moment of the day. The howdah-
elephants being thus placed at inter
walls, and usually out of sight of one
another, one was not always able to
Judge by the shots fired as to what
was going on; but L was unusually for
tunate in the number of animals
breaking cover at point Immediately
opposite to me, and consequently in
the chances L obtained.
took leave of the Maharaia shortly
before the breaking up of the second
shooting camp, which took place about
n month later, in his own country;
but the total bag included seventeen
tigers, seven rhinoceroses, and nearly
forty buffaloes, besides bison, bea,
and panther
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Sauce Tartare.

One egg yolk, one level teaspoon
dry mustard, one level teaspoon salt,
cayenne pepper, one gill salad oil,
three tablespoons lemon juice or
vinegar, one tablespoon each of chopped
parsley, capers and gherkins; one tea
spoon chopped onion.
Put the egg yolk into bowl with
the mustard, salt and as much cayenne
pepper as can be taken upon the point
of small penknife blade; stir these
with wooden salad spoon until they
are smooth then add, few drops Mt a
time, the oil and lemon juice, stirring
quickly all the time. When the sauce
is thick and smooth, add the chopped
parsley, capers, gherkins and finely
minced onion. Keep in ice chest
Juliet Corson.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
The Eye Of Buddhn.

The Buddhist priests of Horluji,
India, claim the possession of the
veritable eyeball of Buddha. It is
kept in the innermost of nine red and
old gold brocade bags, tied with heavy
silken cords, and is shown every day
at high noon while a special service OF
praise is being chanted 1.-THE Eye OF
Buddha" is said TO "1ook like nothing
else than n tiny, black, well-boiled
pearl that one often finds in an oyster
stew" The ceremony connected with
the exhibition is most interesting
affair, and always draws immense
crowds of the faithful followers OF
Buddhn. There are numerous ben
efts connected with n visit TO the
shrine of Horluji.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Not Worth a Rush"

When calling anything mot worth
straw" one means to imply that it Is
worthless. The older saying was. mot
worth a rush. and this brings out tho
origin Of the phrase. In the days be-
fore carpets it was the custom to strew
the floor with rushcs. When guests Of
rank were entertained fresh rushes
were spread for them; but folk Of lower
degree had to be content with rushes
that had already been used. while still
humber persons bad none, as not even
being worth rush."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
How to Prolong Life.

'lntemperance anticipates age" sc
said the late Sir Benjamin Ward Rich,
ardson. The more the social causes q
mental and physical organic disease.
are investigated, the more closely the
origin of degenerative organic changes.
leading to premature degeneration and
decay are questioned, the more closely
does it come out that intemperance,
often not expected by the person him.
self who is implicated in II, so subtle i.
its influence, is ut the root of the evil.
When old age has really commenced,
its march toward final decay is best de.
layed by attention to those rules OF
conservation by which life is sustained
with the least friction and the least
waste. The prime rules for this pur.
pose are--to subsist on light but nutri-
tious diet, with milk as the standard
food, but varied according to season.
To take food in moderate quantities
four times in the day, including a
light meal before going to bed; to
clothe warmly, but lightly, 30 that the
body may in all seasons maintain its
equal temperature; to keep the body
in fair exercise, and the mind active
and cheerful; to maintain an interest
in what is going on in the world, and
to take part in reasonable labors and
pleasures, as though old age were not
present; to take plenty of sleep during
sleeping hours; to spend nine hours In
bed at the least, and to take care dur
ing the cold weather that the tenn
perature of the bedroom Is maintained
Mt sixty degrees Fahrenheit; to avoid
passion excitement and luxury.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
CAUGHT ON THE PILOT.
thrilling and Remarkable Experience
of N Denver whccluan.


Louis Riethmann, Denver b!cyclist,
Is daily receiving letters asking him
what make wheel he rides. The present
unwonted accession to his daily mail
comes as the result Of n thrilling ex-
perience he had while out riding with
his friend Louis Phllbeck, a visitor
from indianapolis. The two took n spin
along beyond Sand Greek in the after
noon. and about o'clock started on
the return Journey. On nearing the
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf tracks
they heard the rumble OF an approach
Ing train. Philbeck, who was In the
lead, saw that there was not time to
sateiy cross the railroad and stepped
of, at the same time giving a warning
to his friend. The latter did not fully
understand, and throwing all his leg
power into action made a dash. The
train was coming thirty miles an hour
and caught Reithmann just as he was
on the center OF the track The engineer
saw the inevitable smash coming, but
was unable to slow up until he had
passed the spot several hundred feet.
Then he. the train crew, the passengers
1890 DtSuu the
cars for the mangled remains of Rieth-
mann. None thought to look on the
cowcatcher until n wavering cry from
that point attracted their attention.
There they found the supposed victim,
one hand firmly clasping the ragsta.fr
OF the engine and the other hanging on
TO the bicycle. He was In n half-dazed
condition from the shock, but close ex-
animation showed that neither he nor
his wheel was in the least damaged.
Riethmann has no idea how he landed
safely on the cowcatcher, the terrible
peril of the situation having set his
wits astray for the moment Next day
he was around as usual, but has men,
toned In confidence that for the future
he will always find time to wait until
the train passes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Feeding Pigs Regularly.

Much depends in feeding pigs on
giving their food at regular intervals
Then the pig will very soon become
used to this, and will not expect his
food until the next regular feeding
time comes. The old saying that a
squealing pig loses n pound of fat
every time it squeals has this much of
truth in it, that the irregular times
for feeding which occasion most of
the squealing is the surest way to de-
stroy digestion. This in pigs is not
SO strong as is often supposed. The
pig is greedy by nature. Others must
see to 1t THAI it does not eat more nor
oftener than is good for it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
HOrsc Hinfs.

Being gentle with horse will helm
him to be gentle.
Keep the colt fat and he will make
an easy-going horse.
Sores on horses shoulders are large
ly the result of ill-ftting collars.
An excess of food weakens n work
ing animal and disables it from work
If young teams are overloaded thew
are apt to become discharged or
vicious.
Take the horse to the ha,.ness shop
and see that collar fits him before
you buy it.
To very considerable extent the
most costly farming is that done with
poor teams.
The farmers will always DO poor
who continue to raise $50 horses at nm
e;pense OF 500.
Blood, food, care and training are
the essentials necessary for producing
first-class horse.
There are few diseases TO which
horses are subject but are easier pre-
vented than cured.
Good grooming does not only add
to the animals comfort, but 70 its
healthfulness as well.
The best farm horse is the one with
n Kind and tractable disposition. well
broken and serviceable.
Feeding little wheat bran with the
other grain will help to make tho
horses hair sleek and glossy.
The feed and care necessary 10 raise
poor horse costs rs much in every
way as it does for one Of the best.
A horse needs exercise every dav
to keep his system properly regulated
and make his hair bright and sleek.
When the horse is brought in from
work he should be given n good drink
If too warm to drink he is too warm 10
eat
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24

Place one quart we'll cleaned and
washed spinach in saucepan, add one
cup of boiling water aud half teaspoon
full salt. Cover and cook five minutes,
no longer. Remove and drain the
spinach, saving the water; then chop
the spinach fine. Melt one tablespoon
full butter, add one tablespoonful flour,
stir and cook two minutes; add one
pint giblet broth, one even teaspoon.
full salt pinch of nutmeg and small
bouquet. Boil six minutes, then strain
into saucepan, add the spinach, also
the spinach water, and cook ten min
utes. Mix the yolk of two eggs with
half cupful cream, add it to the soup,
stir for a few minutes. If the sour
should be too thick add sufficient hot
milk to thin it down to the right con.
sistence. Serve with small crackers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Novel Love Letters.

It Is well known. says n contempt
rary, that. when the petals OF the
great Laurel Magnolia are touched
however lightly, the result is n brown
spot, which develops In few hours
The fact is taken advantage OF by the
South American lover, who pulls n
magnolia flower. and on one Of it's pure
white petals writcsa motto or message
with sharp pointed pencil. Their
he sends the flower. the young lady
puts II IN vase Of water, and In three
or four hours the message written on
the leaf becomes perfectly visible. and
rnmnins so
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Acety1ene.

THE Explosion and Detection OF
Acetylene in Air" is the title of a pa
per recently read before the Chemical
Society; and as many persons are inter
ested in this new Illuminating gas, n
short account of the results arrived at
by this experimenter will not be out
of place. A mixture of acetylene and
u becSSies explosive when as little as
three per cent. of the gas Is present,
and the tendency TO explode persists up
to elghty-one per cent. This range is
extraordinarily wide, and exceeds that
of any combustlble gas known.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
FcrulIrlng Plant. by Hand.

In the Hawaiian Islands, wher,
pumpkins and other like plants have
been introduced, and where they hav,
no bees or other insects of that kind t.
do oil the flower fertilizing, it is don,
by the natives These plants were
found TO flower profusely, though bear
ing no fruit, and when they finally
solved the mystery they found it neces
sary to carry by hand the pollen from
one plant to the pistils OF another.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Whole Wheat W. Ernn.

AT the rates at which wheat bran
always sells for in spring We believe
1t is quite as profitable for feeding to
buy wheat aud have it ground whole
without boiling. If this makes too
heavy feed some more bran added to
keep it from cloying the stomach, or
perhaps some oats ground with the
wheat, may be added. Yet for the nu-
triton afforded the whole wheat ground
makes cheaper feed than does the
bran, and for both horses aud cows il
can be safely fed without hay, cut
cornstalks or cut straw.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Hash That Is ReIisbabIe

Hash is dish which is very much
abused, but which may be extremely
relishable if properly made. Here
comes the same trouble that is found
In the preparing of all the made
overs. The meat is half raw and full
OF the toughest gristle and bits of
bone. If it were well cooked and
made as it should be, there would be
no more welcome dish on auy table.
Hash is one of the leading dishes in a
famous restaurant in New York City.
1t is needless to say that the meat is
not used in an underdone and gristly
state. Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
To Break Up n Sitting u.,

1t Is so natural for the hen to 81,
after continuous laying until her egg
supply is temporarily exhausted that
we used when keeping hens to le,
them have their own way generally
ana bring off their broods. One OF
the most beautiful sights in the farm.
yard is the mother hen watching her
little brood, calling them to favorite
morsel, or uttering the warning cry
which every little chick understands
when some strange object above her
gives the alarm. A piece of news
paper blown by the wind is to the
hens imagination n dangerous bird of
pre-" While the hen is sitting, if she
is fed and watered twice day she is
probably recovering her siren 9Th and
bringing forward another lot of eggs
quite as fast as she would be if run
ming ut large. 1t really does the hen
good to raise her little family, and
with the Asiatic breeds we doubt
whether you will lose any eggs by it.
The trouble is that while the hen is
sitting she is usually partly starved,
and so it takes longer for her to re.
cover. If fed only wheat with plenty
OF pure water, and in separate dish the
curd' OF milk, Plymouth Rock hens
Will often begin to lay eggs while kept
In the coop with chicks too small to
care for themselves. Yet it is not
hard to prevent the hen from sitting
II you want to. Place the hen in n COOP
where she can have no place to make
nest, and with young rooster from
another pen, if possible. After few
days of this treatment, giving onlv
water and wheat grains, the hens may
be turned out and will soon go to lay
ing aSain.-Boston Cultivator.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Mothers Ginger Cookies.

One quart of molasses, one cup OF
sweet milk, one cup of butter and lard
melted, one and one-half tablespoon
fuls of soda, one tablespoonful sugar.
one tablespoonful of alum, one table
spoonful cream of tartar (omit the
alum If you wish). Stir these together
In the evening quite stiff. When YOU
go to bake in the morning use no more
hour than necessary to roll with; cut
ont and brush the cookies over with a
beaten egg. Bake in moderate oven.
These are the Dutch ginger cakes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24

provided if needed. Let the rims of
the wheels be wide, so that they may
not cut into the ground. The rods ut
the rear keep such loads as cornstalks,
branches from pruning, etc, from the
wheels, but permit boxes or baskets to
De set IN between them. New Eng
land Homestead
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24

also often desired to mark particular
cows milk, in order to observe its
quality. A label and method of at
tachment is shown in the cut A strip
of pasteboard has its end bent over
and wire inserted as shown. The fold
is glued down, thus holding the wire.
Bend the double wire and hang it over
the pans edge.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
Marking the Milk.

Where the milk is set in shallow
pans it is wise to mark each days
milk, as Tuesday morning" 'Tues-
day night" etc. In this way one can
see ut glance just when to skim, and
does not have to stop to reckon up the
number of pans used each day. 1t is
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
A Handy Garden Cart

The sketch herewith shows n cross
between n wheelbarrow and four
wheeled cart that will be found very
convenient. 1t is long and light and
htted for carrying almost any kind of
n load. Sides and a front end can be
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24
WRESs. GA

=, Having obtained box OF TBrTERISB OF
huntor wright, of Louisville, Ga, which used
on case OF itching piles OF Ave years stand.
ing spent $50 for different kinds of RENE
dies and the skill of doctors, all for no good
until got the TErTRRISK. ain now well A.
Cebt thanks. Yours, W. II. KING
, by mail for soc. In stamps by j. T. Shuptrine.
Savannah. Ga. F-Vi
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Fits permanently cured. No f1ts or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trinl bottle and treatise free
DR. H. Ii. KLINE Ltd. Sol Arch ST.. Phila Pa
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conductor y. ID. LoInis Detroit, Mich.
says; The effect OF Halls Catarrh Cure is
IIonderfnl- Write him about It Sold by
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Ars. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton, allays pain, cures wind COLO Sc. a bottle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24

He who goes often to n friend sees sour
ace.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24

pennsylvania produced 49,1O1.14S
tons OF bituminous and 53, III 800 tons
OF anthracite coal during 1896.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-24

He who tells the truth is turned out OF
nine cities. Va
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faithful friend Is better than ones own
relation.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-11-03

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monds eygi ordors rs solicited. All goods
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