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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
The Farm Garden,

The garden is the most productive
acre of the farm. If it is not, it should
be male so. 1t is the most indispen-
sable part of farm life. Half of our
living should come from our garden in
summer
Not onc-ha!f the country people make
m effort to have n garden. There are
some that start out we'll in the spring.
SOW an abundance of seed aud never
look at the garden again until they
think it is time they should have re-
suits. They take look and cannot
find any for the weeds have covered
the little plants. Then they come to
the conclusion that the seed did not
grow. They say all sorts of things
about the seedsmen, and NOW off The
weeds and wait until another spring
when they go through tue same pro-
cess. Now this is all wfong. To keep
the garden clean yoshould begin early
aud continue the cultivation until fall.
1t is impossible to destroy oil the
weeds while we are cultivating the
early vegetables. Little patches of
weeds around the garden will produc e
seed enough to seed the whole garden
next year We should try to plan so
as to keep all the ground occupied in
the garden. 1t will require but little
more labor to cultivate cabbage or
turnip In vacant place than simply
to cultivate to keep down the weeds.
You can SOW lettuce in July and it
will be nice in the fall Cabbage and
HIrnip can be transplanted into the
ground when the early peas and pota-
toes have grown; or you can set celery
aud beets for winter use. Keep all the
ground occupied. If clean cultivation
is given, as should be done, the weeds
Will be killed out aud at the same time
good crop secured. Thinning out
plants is au important matter in gar
denin9; beets and carrots Will not grow
to any size if left too thick. No vege-
table but the onion will stand crowd
ing. If the soil is rich enough onions
will grow to good size when five or
SIX stand together; they will crowd
each other out of the ground all but
the roots and will bottom nicely. The
onion mag3ot destroys onions badly. n
good remedy is to take the soil aynv
from the bulbs no matter if the little
onions tip over; so long rs the roots
are in the ground they are all right.
by doing this the fly has no chance TO
put it's eggs on the stalks aud then
there are no maggots in the bulbs
Farm and Home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Serving Dinner without n Maid.

This Is, OF course, difficult task,
but 1T can be done if thought is given
to the first arrangements Have but
few peopleZit is better to have two
small dinners than one large one.
Prepare the soup, which should be
clear, the day before. Clarity, season
and strain it; cover and keep in cold
place.
A simple menu would be the follow
ing: Soup; panned chicken with cream
sauce, potato croquettes and peas; n
tomato mayonnaise, waters and cheese;
lemon jelly with soft custard and
sponge cake; small cup of strong
coffee to close.
Your dinner hour is probably six
o'clock. After you have finished your
usual morning work, and parlor and
dlning-room are in order, go to the
kitchen and begin the preparations
for the dinner. First, make the MAJ
onnaise, using only the yoke of one
egg and half cupful of oil with tea
spoonful of lemon juice or vinegar.
Put this, when finished, into tumbler,
cover and staud in n cold place. Then
wash the lettuce, shake it and put it
aside. Scald and peel the tomatoes and
stand them in the refrigerator. Then
make the jelly aud custard and put
them on the ice. Next make the potato
croquettes. While the potatoes are
boiling, SINCE, draw aud cut up your
chickens. Arrange them at once in
the baking pan, putting the butter and
pepper on, and stand them aside.
Make the croquettes; fry, and put
them at once into baking pan lined
with pepper. They are now all ready
to run in n hot oven to heat moment
before serving them. Shell the peas
and make the butter balls. All of this
preparatory work will take very little
'uore than an hour.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
why Women Have the Blues.

why do so many women have mel
ancholla?" repeated the doctor. who
has large practice among the ode
pressed" and nervous" feminine pom
ulation. Because they don't care to
avoid it. Because they absolutely dis
regard the rules of mental and physi-
cal well-being, Because they would
rather eat what they like and suffer
indigestion and the blues afterwards
than to eat what is good for them. but
doesn't tickle their palates. Because
they'd rather sit about on soft cusb-
ions than take tramp six miles
through the open air. Because thew
haven't enough to occupy their minds
and their hands"
Then the doctor paused to take
breath and began again somewhat
less aggressiye!y
1T is never the women who have
cause to feel blue" he said, "who in
dulge in blues The women who hive
shiftless husbands, hard-henrted land
lords, sick babies and all the usual
accompaniment Of poverty never
grew so depressed that they have TO
be treated for it, They are too busy.
It's the woman with an adorinp fam
lily, social position and comfortable
income, who doesn't find life worth
living. 1t isn't the servant girl who
gets up at six TO kindle the fire md
who slaves al day who INDUCES in
melancholia, but the daughter of the
family who arises at eight, dawdles
over her breakfast, reads little. prac-
tees n little, shops little, Graves ex-
element with all her heart. and is
melnuchOlic because she doesn't have
it.
There is no habit which prowe
upon one so rapidly" went on the
doctor. 1T becomes disease in n
very short time. My own plan, when
over J feel an attack coming on, is to
put on my walking boots aud tramp
vigorously rs far as I can. II is simp-
" impossible Co exercise and feel blue
ct the same time. OF course. zen
eral care Of the health ia necessary
aud work is the chief factor i'm effect
ing cure. Every woman who bas n
tendency - melancholia ahould bove
On occupation which, il it doesn't en-
tirely absorb her, will NJ least keen
busy. And she should give her mind
mp TO practical rather than theoretical
affairs She should study how 10 put
mp nm extra shelf in cupboard, or
how TO stop n squeaking door, or how
to make al overshoe that won't come
of at the heel, rather than the teach
ings Of the theosophical school or tbe
philosophy Of Herbert Spencer. Ordi-
narily good health, plenty Of exercise
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Queen Olgn of Greece.

Queen Olga of Greece is at present
the most interesting woman in Europe,
IA well as one of the most popular.
Particularly is she popular among the
women of Athens, among whom she
has an extensive acquaintance, for she
goes about freely, often unattended.
Simplicityis the keynote of her life,
and 1T Is followed even in her dress.
except on state occasions. In appear
ance she is an ideal Queen-tall, blonde.
stately-aud her manner is marked by
graceful dignity. Her favorite gem is
the pearl. She is a good scholar and
an excellent linguist. She takes q
great deal of interest in the arts, in
public education and in charity. Her
passion is yachting, and she was until
recently au honorary admiral in the
Russian fleet, being Russian Princess.
the daughter of the Grand-duke Con
stantine and niece of the late Car.
However, she has returned her insignia
to st. Petersburg, saying that she
could not hold rank in a fleet that had
fired upon the Greeks, and by this act
has made herself more than ever the
idol of the Greek people.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14

Baked Mutton-Salt aud pepper
well on both sides; make long deep
gashes over it, and fill these with a
stufling made of bread crumbs. pep
per, salt, onions and sage Then
sprinkle the meat lightly with flour.
and put it in a baking-pau When it
begins to cook, pour in little hot
water aud haste occasionally.
Asparagus a la Tessinoise-Bo for
only twelve minutes two punches of
fine fresh asparagus, place them on a
dish in layers, with grated Swiss or
.Parmesau cheese between. Lightly
brown u third of medium-sized
chopped onion in one ounce Of butter.
aud pour over the whole. Sprinkle
the top with little cheese aud bread
crumbs, and cook in a. moderate oven
for fifteen minutes Send to the table
on the same dish
Mashed Chicory Trim off the
greenest leaves and hard parts of
chicory stalks; parboil five minutes in
sailed water, drain, cool i'm cold water.
press the water out, put the chicory
on the table, and chop very fine: put
~ IN saucepan on the fire with two
ounces OF butter; stir five minutes
sprinkle an ounce of flour over; mix
well; season with salt, pepper, nut
meg aud a little sugar; dilute nth
white broth; boil slowly for half IN
hour Finish with two ounces Of ut
ter and mix well
Strawberry TnHe Mash one pint of
hulled Strawberries and half cup Of
sugar together ald set aside for an
hour Pass through % sieve or colau-
der. Dissolve one ounce of gfanulated
gelatine (which is easier aud nicer to
use than other in half cup Of water
and four tablespoons Of sugar Add a
cup Of boiling water Whfn lukcwarm
add berry juice aud juice 'Of n lemon
When it begins to set beat 5n cup of
whipped cream; then pu9 on ice TO
harden. Serve with sof, spsta~d or
sweetened cream,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Queer Looking World.

Surprising that you had been born
blind, aud after living many years
smut ont from the beautiful things OF
the world, some skilled surgeon should
give to you Your sight, wouldn't you
nave some marvellous experiences
says the Chicago Record. An old man
who had been born blind had his sight
thus restored to him. At first he
started violently and was afraid of the
strange things around him, the huge
ness OF his room and its contents. One
OF the first things he saw at the win
dow was flock of sparrows.
what are they" asked the physi-
clan.
II think they are teacups, " was the
reply.
watch was then shown to him,
and he knew what it was, probably
because he heard it tick. Later, on
seeing the flame of lamp, he tried to
PICK it up, not having the slightest
idea of its nature.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14

country about ten years ago, all sorts
of wild stories were told concerning it.
Among other things it was said that
the fly ate through the horn, caused it
to rot and laid eggs in it which after
wards penetrated the brain There is,
of course, no truth in such tales, but
the facts are bad enough, for the an
noyance to cattle is very serious aud
prevents thrift in beef animals and
milk production in dairy herds.
great many methods Of combating
1t have been tried with more or less
success, those most effective consist
ing of the application of substances of
an oily character. Kerosene emulsion,
applied with spray pump, has been
found quite useful, as it kills all the
flies it touches. Good results have
been secured. with fish oil to which
about two tablespoonfuls of carbolic
acid to the quart is added, the mixture
being applied with broad, flat paint
brush. Two parts of fish oil or cot
ton seed oil and one part of pine tar
is successful application and the cost
is low. At the Mississippi Expert
ment Station this mixture was applied
to three hundred and fifty cattle ut q
cost of only 1920. These suggestions
indicate in a general way the character
OF the remedies to be used. ANY of
them require frequent renewal as they
only protect the cattle for from three
to six days. When dairy herds can be
confined in dark stables during the
day it is best to do so, care being taken
to keep the flies out.
The horn fly is propagated fr om eggs
laid in the droppings of the cattle, aud
it is therefore good plan to break
these up when the droppings have be-
come little dry. One popularity
about the horn fly is that it caunot
trave! well unless it has cattle to ac-
company. IF, therefore, the farmer
can prevent the multiplication of the
fly on his own premises by the use Of
the remedies aud by breaking up the
egg bearing droppings, he is not likely
to be much troubled, even though the
fly he numerous on the adjoining farm.
Wisconsin Farmer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Nice Things to Play With.

Shells filled with frozen dynwmite
are one of the most recent inventions
for killing people. The inventor de-
clares that these proiectiles, when fired
will smash anything into bits, whelher
II be wooden box or an iron Glad.
The frozen dynamite is packed in the
cavity Of the shell, and does not ex-
piode until the missile strikes an OBJ
ject. Another entirely new feature of
the missile is slow-burning fuse, suf-
ticiently insulated from the charge 10
prevent premature explosion while the
shell Is traversing the designated dis
lance. Alta recent trial shell went
clean through three-inch steel plate
at one hundred yards range, and then
exploded, SCATTERING the plate to bits.
The inventor believes that n few of this
shells would be sufficient to silence
the most powerful enemy in war
times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Seeing Europe Awheel.

Mrs. NJ. a. Frost, of Northampton,
Mass, is chaperoning party of three
young ladies who will see how econo-
mically they eau make tour of Europe
on their bikes. Two of the young
ladies made n ten weeks bicycle tour
for $50 about two summers ago. The
baggage of each member of the party
consists of two suits of light, wooden
underwear, two pairs of wooden stock
ings, black equipoise, a divided skirt
of dark mohair, meeting long bicycle
boots at the knee, and "A few toilet arti-
cles. The expenses have been calcu-
lated thus: Round trip ticket S7s SO;
expenses per diem, 81. so for sixty days.
Allowing for incidentals the trip can
be made for S175 apiece.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Seen ON Dry Gond. Counters.
Red organdie gowns.

Red organdie gowns.
Plaid string ties in cotton game.
Wash silk blouses with linen collar
Fancyribbon aud piece satin sashos
Silk aud wool ribbed bathing hos
iery.
Polka dotted satin string ties and
stocks.
Striped ticking aud denim bathing
suits.
Black and white gauzc wells Dor.
dered aud dotted
Ladies linen collars Of every posi-
BILE shape and depth.
Narrow stripped aud checked black
and white tnneta.
Heavy corded silk belts and leather
ones Of every color.
White chip sailors trimmed in black
velvet aud white wings.
White sailors wit white gauze and
red wing decorations.
Brilliant rel silk blouses 20 wear
with white pique skirts.
Gorgeous hammocks in two colors
decorated with a deep fringe
White pique suite having bands and
Jacket facings of bluy, pink or red.
Yachting suits of white flannel
trimmed with gold braid all buttons.
Bright silk handkerchiefs for knot
ting over the heal when bathing in
the ocean.
Bathing dresses Of black mohair
trimmed with white and navy serge
likewise decorated.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Recipe For Soft Soap.

Five pounds of grease will make
nine gallons of excellent soft soap.
Melt pound can of pure potash with
quart of water in large clothes
boiler. Boil the potash for fifteen
minutes, then add the five pounds of
grease and stir it well. Let the mix
ture boil slowly for an hour, stirring
1T frequently. AT the end of this time
stir two gallons of hot water into it.
Pour the whole into ten-gallon key
and stir well. In fifteen minutes add
two gallons more of hot water. Stir
often, and after an hour Id four gal
Ions of water. This water need not be
hot-blood-warm water will do. Stir
the soap often in the next two or three
hours, and then let it stand over night.
In twelve hours it will be of a fine.
clear, lellylike consistency, thoroughly
cold and ready for use. 1t is better
than any manufactured soap for clean
ing rough kitchen floors, for washing
dishes and kitchenwares, for cleaning
bathtubs and for use in the kitchen
boiler.
1t is quite possible to make hard
soap with comparatively little trouble,
but the amount of soap grease which
can be saved by the average family is
only sufficient to prepare the amount
OF soft soap which can be used. 1t is
an economy which is worthy of the Mt
tention of a good housekeeper. New
York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Cucumber Pickles.

The best time to plant cucumbers to
grow pickles is from the first to the
fifteenth fully. They will make quick
growth at this season, aud be much less
likely to attacks from the cucumber
bug than if planted early. The secret
III growing cucumber pickles is to keep
vines very closely picked, allowing
none to grow much, if any, above two
inches long. If even one cucumber is
left on the vine to ripen, it will take
SO much of the plants food that the
roots furnish, that the vine will wither
and began to turn yellow
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
She Runs an EIeyatp

One of the sights of San Francisco
Is the running cs the elevator in the
Custom House. A stranger, upon en-
tering it, is likely to fear that he is
confined there with a crazy person,
VINO is about to send the car out of the
roof. For the elevator boy is a woman
and when, calmly and quietly, the
woman selzes the rope and begins TO
tug, what other idea can n man have
except that his companion is n maniac
toying with dangerous plaything?
For whoever, outside of the Golden
Gate, ever heard of woman elevator
boy? Come to think of it, there's no
reason why such person should not
exist, but then folks from out that
town never happened TO hear of the
New Woman being in the business.
For fourteen years the Custom
House elevator has been tended by
women, and not an accident has hap
pened to the car or its occupants in all
that time. Two or three of the atten-
dants have been widows of soldiers or
else wives of veterans too feeble to
work themselves. The present in
cumbent, Mrs. Carolin Morse. is the
widow of blue-jacket, and was APP
pointed under President Harrison's
administration. She was put out at
the opening of Cleveland's first term.
but San Francisco raised such howl
that her old place was soon returned
to her. And there she sits eight hours
day, confined i'll coop, and working
honestly for her money, with which
phe supports and educates her family.
New York Press
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Legality of the Telephone.

In an accounting case recently held
in Indiana the defendants sought to
introduce as evidence n conversation
held over the telephone between the
parties to the litigation. Objection was
raised, and the court ruled in favor of
the defendants, saying: 81 find this
point has never been ruled upon. /
think it is time that precedent we're
established. j now admit the legality
of the telephone, and the converse
ton will be permitted to go in as evil
dence."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
How Best To Use "A Ham.

Wash and scrape underground
nam the economy is III the size as we'll
as quality. Soak two hours in cold
water, wash again and soak in fresh
water over night. The next morning
wash again and cover with ctld water
IN boiler. Add wineglass and a
nalf OF worcestershire sauce and heat
gradually Allow twenty minutes to a
pound, For uses cold, leave in boiler
to cool. These suggestions are from
Colin d. Anderson, compiler of "The
Epicure."
When ready to use, slice off two
inches from the large end aud lay
aside until the other end is reached.
The slices should be very thin to serve
cold. For broiling, cut one-sixth
inch, trim off the rind and have broiler
ready, but do not cook the meat until
the family is at the table. Broil not
over three minutes, dish on warm
plate, butter each slice, and serve
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14

offensive during the warm weather of
summer. 1t is wise in such case to
construct summer quarters out in the
orchard. The cut gives a suggestion
for cheap little house and yard. The
end of the yard has n sloping top, so
that the pigs can lie out of doors upon
the ground, and still be protected
from the sun. The roof of the little
house can be of matched lumber and
left uushingled.-New England Home
Stead
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
Culture of Melons.

Watermelons are excessive feeders
an many fail in Attempting 20 grow
them because they do not furnish suf-
hcient plant food to supply the neces-
sary strength for vigorous vine and
fine fruit Not infrequently water
melon vines turn yellow and die when
they should be jus! in their prime
simply from plant starvation.
] prepare the ground as for corn
Lay off in rows twelve feet apart each
way. | dig n hole about one and one
hall feet deep aud perhaps three feet
In diameter. In the bottom Of this I
put a peck or more Of good stable ma
nure, tramping it lightly. Next put
IN layer Of soil, and follow with a
layer made mp Of equal parts Of soil
and fine rich manure thOrouyLIv
mixed, aud, lastly, where the seeds
are TO be placed another LAYER Of pure
soil. Sow seeds thickly aud cover
about one inch When the second or
third leaf shows thin ont TO two or
three plants in the hills. n excep-
honally large melons, regular prize
takers, are desired, thin TO but one
plant IN the hill cultivate about ma
DO corn, hOcing each hill after mn
entire patch IS plowej If very dry,
cultivate often, particularly about the
hills. 10 is some trouble TO thus pre-.
pare the ground, but more thnu pav.
IN the size, number aIl quality Of
melons produced, alsoiu Tn increased
length Of time thu. tine vines are in
bearing, a. they ramiu green and i'm
COON condition unt.l killed by frost
Orange Judd Ianucr
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
HOUSEHOLD MATTERo.
Keeping the oven Clean.

When things boil over in the oven
81 you spill juices or baked meats, let
hem char, then you can remove them
EASILY. You should brush out the
oven as religiously as YOU DO the kit
chen, and it should be aired thorough
y after cooking spiced things, or onion
dressing, or anything of that kind in
It. If you neglect to keep the oven
scrupulously clean you will find that
everything that comes out of it will
have the same flavor, exactly as big
hotels viands seem to have
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14
SCOT Wnfer.

Water in which SCOT has been dis
solved has always been favorite with
florists for manuriug plants, and also
at the same time keeping off iu:u 'ious
insects. 1t has slight smell of sui
phur, to which doubtless its power to
repel injurious insects is due. Some
ammonia in the water makes it much
more effective as fertilizer. The
SCOT is pure carbon, aud has consider
able power to absorb ammonia, which
1t will give out only as the roots of
plauts surround the carbon thus
charged and absorb it.
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into a rack with sIoping sides. like
that shown in the sketch. The hens
reach through the Stats aud eat what
they desire. The top slopes s., that
they cannot roost upon it. If filed
with cabba3cs, etc, they will come
down to the hens az fast as eaten.
American Agriculturist
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a PDnIlrY Hnnae Dnvirn.

Where fowls are kept in confn e.
ment, whether the season be summer
or winter, they must be furnished
green food in the form Of cabbage,
tnrnips, boets or cut clover. These
should not be thrown loosely int, the
pen to becDm, quickly soiled, but put
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-14

To prevent bruise from becoming
dscolorcd apply Immediately water MS
hot MS Gnu be borne comfortably.
changing the cloth as it loses It's heat
ii hot water is not to be had Mt once
moisten some dry starch with cold
water and cover the bruised part with
IL.