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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
He Did Not Know.

An amusing incident recently oc-
Cured in one of the branch stores of
a great English grocer and provision
dealer. He has so many clerks that
some of them do not know him by
sight. 1t was one of these latter who
called his attention TO a fine specimen
OF poultry as he was walking through
one of his stores, and the clerk was so
earnest and adroit in extolling his
wares that finally the customer order
ed it to be sent to his residence. When
the address was given the energetic
clerk, and he found he had been press
ing the goods upon his own employer,
he nearly had fit, but soon recover
cred upon being informed that his as
siduity had earned him an increase of
pay.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
HOUSEHOLD MATTERa.
Dining Room Linen.

When tablecloths are found to begin
TO wear in the middle or at other folds
land good housekeepers always have
them carefully folded in one way usu-
ally so the folds always wear first, o
few inches cut off of one end and one
side, aud rehemmed, will alter the
place of all the folds completely, aud
give new lease of life. The side
hem, to be turned down once only, and
end catstitched and sewed on the ma
chine afterwards, looks more like the
usual sewage than the ordinary twice
turned hem. The same may be done
to napkins, if large enough to allow
it. as well as 20 towels-though these
two last should be hemmed on both
sides, not catstitched Good House
keeping.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
Only n Trick.

Du NJ 'uricr was rather an undersiz-
ed man. When Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett first saw him she exclaim-
ed, "Oh, | am so glad you are not six
feet tall" "But why?" asked Du
Maurier. because for these many
months, replied Mrs. Burnett, who is
considerably below medium height,
you have simply denied us the right
to live; you have made us feel that a
woman who is not six feet tall has not
the right to exist" "Oh, that is only
trick of mine, laughed Du Maurier,
81 have started again and again to
make my heroine little woman, but
before | know it she has somehow
grown beyond my own recognition. :"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

glance, take slip from one or two
OF my choicest vines and root it in
moiS sand, the way would gerani-
um cutting. OF course you all know
that sprig OF tomato vine will take
root as easily as section of witch
grass sod. IL you don't, try it and
learn.
Before frost comes take my pot in
and place it near the window, and as
fast as the shoots grow / nip them
back so as to have n bushy head. BY
watering 1t we'll now and then and
keeping 1t from freezing l carry it
through to March, by which time L
have secured dozens of slips ready to
cut off and start for my garden. In
tins way L have saved two grand
specimens from destruction.
OF course | do not use slips exclu-
sively when planting my garden. be-
cause if / did | should never discover
any new plant that was better than the
ones | had. A dozen slipped plants
for my garden aud few to give away
to appreciative friends are enough for
me- The rest of my tomato patch il
set out to seedlings that are grown
from packets sent ont by reliable
seedsmen. BY this means / have the
pleasure of knowing L shall have as
good tomatoes this year rs | had last.
while my newborn seedlings are care
fully watched in the hope that some
tlinS better will show up. When n
person is conducting n small garden
aud wants to make every square foot
% land productive, the best is none
too good.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
The Dislcloth.

Those who wash dishes in the old
fashioned way, plunging the hands in
the pan of water, will find cheesecloth
the most satisfactory Take either
three or four thicknesses of this ma
terial of Il size to suit your taste, turn
in the edges, then quilt it on the ma
chine. Don't waste time and strength
in quilting every square inch. Sew
eral inches apart both ways will be
found ample. This will make a SER
viceable dishcloth to which there is
comparatively little wear out, and it is
so soft, yet firm, that there is no great
hardship in cleansing greasy plates.
The plan is to make up half dozen
Mt once. These will last year and n
half in q good state of preservation.
They are not used about pots and
pans, but are kept white and clean
always. And it is surprising how very
little trouble is required to keep them
in order. They go into the weekly
wash regularly. No matter how hum
bic ones circumstances, there is no
excuse for using grayish, riddled
cloth frayed on every edge. The alb
surdity of stiff, bleached muslin is
apparent. If cheesecloth is unobtain-
able, two thicknesses of unbleached
muslin will answer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

she is cashier. Then L spoke to some
boys and they We're all delighted to
come and help me. Now that L am
started / have no expense, as even
the storeroom is given to me free, and
[ hope to make $500 by September.
| have risked my so, to be sure, but
l think 1 will get it all back aud more.
l will be the happiest girl in the world
II L can go to Vassar this fall. and
every minute / am not working in the
office L spend soliciting trade and
waiting on customers. OF course L
will shine shoes myself boston
Advertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
a Huysvrouw of New Amsterdam.

The huysvrouw was usually not only
careful and diligent in the business of
caring and providing for her frequent
'ly very large household, including de-
pendents-she was also, in general,
both God-revering and n merry soul,
attending to all her Christian duties
as then understood, and also fond of
the pleasures as well as the comforts
of life. One reason for building the
chimney-stack in the cemters Of the
Codwise and Evertson houses is said
to have been to provide for dancing
around the chimney" In New Ans
Jordan, says tradition, the families of
the better class met Mt one another's
house almost every weekday evening,
save during the hottest weather, for
purposes of amusement. Hearty,
healthy and happy people they seem
ohave been, doing as much good and rs
little i'll as may be in an imperfect
world, and leaving to their descen-
dants fine examples of family affec-
ton, productive industry, broad char
ity and contentment.- Harper's Bazaar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
Weight of ROYALTY.

The Empress of Austria weighs less
than any other crowned royal lady in
Europe, her weight being only 1O2
pounds, in spite of the fact that Her
Majesty is extremely tall. The Queen
OF England, when last in Nice, weighed
224 pounds, more than twice rs much
as the Austrian Empress, who is SO
much taller The Queen of Italy
weighs 1876 pounds; the Queen Re
gent of Spain, 157 pounds; the ex-
Queen Isabella of Spain, 2j9 pounds,
and the QueenRegent of the Neither
lands, 213 pounds.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

ropes are then carried up over the
loaded hay, the loop of one rope being
passed through the loop of the other
and pulled back tightly, thus binding
the top of the load. A hitch can be
taken to hold the ropes firmly in posi-
ton. When not in use the ropes can
be secured at the ends of the hay rack,
tying them loosely to one of the
rounds. New England Homestead,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
Beware of Ointmcnts for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely dcranRe thewhole system
when entering IL tn rough the mucous surfaces
such articles should lever bc used except ON
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage thcy will do Is ten fold To the good you
can possibly derive from them. Ha Is Catarrh
Cure manufactured by Il. j. Cheney X Co,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous suIfNrcs 4, the system. In buying
Halls 'Gtarrh uf0 bc sure To get the genuine
~ is taken intcrnrIy, an is made i'm Toledo
Ohio, by i. j. hen"y X q. r stimonials free
~ sold by Druggists; price. 75c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills arc the best
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

Where heavy loads of hay must he
drawn over rough farm roads TO reach
tie barn, there is constant danger
that the top may slide of. The
accompanying cut shows an easy way
to guard against this. Two light
ropes are tied to the ends of the rack
An end at each corner. The looped
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
EnlargInG the Poultry House.

On most farms the poultry house is
too small for the stock kept. A space
of at least eight square feet for each
fowl is needed. The cut shows an ex.
cellent and cheap cnlargement-a
shed-roof addition at each end of the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
"A Woman Hermit.

In certain small town abroad there
lives woman hermit who for twenty
years has refused to look upon the
face Of any man. A disappointment in
love caused her to bury herself from
the world and to devote her life and
fortune to deeds of charity. Only n
few favored and loved friends ever
see her face. She is clever must
clan, and some of her songs are still
sung and admired.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

Forgive me II / spoke too hastily. ="
pleaded the repent5ut man.
ON, n mere matter Of 27l words n
minute, ~ answered the fair stenogra-
pher, looking ruefully at her wilted
sbirtwaist. Detroit journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

present house. Put partition through
the centre of the old house and let the
ends into the additions This will
give two large pens, so that two breeds
can be kept, Leghorns and Plymouth
Rocks, for instance, thus giving one
eggs and meat the year about New
York Tribune
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
Lace on Everything.

Dame Fashion has decree1 that lace
is one of the daintiest and most popu-
lar trimmings for gowns, jackets,
wraps, bodices and underwear. One
OF the latest ways of arranging the
lace is to tie it loosely and gracefully
IN true lovers knots, and place the
bows at different vantage points of the
costume
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

rus permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ileTs n Yer first days u5c Of DR. Klino's Great
Serve :orer s. tr1al bottle nd trca tisp free
b't- X. IL. hL'"E, Ltd, !4I Arch St, Phila Pa
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
No Use to Cry.

No use To fret aud worry and Itch and scratch
That won't cure you. Tettcrinc will ANY sort
oi skin disease. letter, Eczema Salt Rheun
Eingworm or mere abrasion OF the skin. N
drug stores, or 10y mail for 5Oc. I'm stamps from
1. Shuptrtne, savannah. Ga
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

4 child's respect for its parent is not Sc
cured 10y over-le:loncy any more than by
ever-severity.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chil,lrc,
e,cthlng soltcns the gums, reducing innamma-
y,on, all1ys pain, cures wilma COLI -, n hniit,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

Parents generally receive that measure Of
ma respect they dcserve-not always, pcr-
haps. but very generally.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for
Sohsumption. Mrs. FRANK MONS, 2l5 w 2!d
st., New York, Oct. - 1891
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

y machine for registering the strokes made
10y tue oarsmen in n rowboat was recently
exhibited in London.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

Prevcntable misfortunes consist, chiefly, of
manifold things. little to do, but immense
things to have done.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

DIR. Weinek's great Photographic atlas of
lne moon Is To Ice made on scales OF ten To
thirteen feet for the moons diameter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
MRS. ELLA M'GARvY,
Writing to Mrs. PinkhanI-

She says:-1 havs been using your
Vegetable Compound and find that it
does all that it is recommended to do
l have been u sufferer fCe the last four
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

Ifnnictedwith sore eyes use DIR Isaac Thomp-
sons Eyc-water Druggists sell at &c per bottle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12
Women In Kansas.

Yet it is said that Kansas Is gov
erned by petticoats. If by this it be
meant that women shape the public
sentiment of the Kansas town, the
saying Is true. In most towns in 9th
er States the corners of the principal
streets are occupied by dram shops.
In the town where this paper is writ
ten the influence of women has been
exerted 50 forcibly that three of the
four corners where the two main
streets cross are occupied by banks.
Instead of Hogan's Retreat on the
fourth, stands n bookstore. There the
boys and the young men of the town
lind meeting place. There they
make their appointments. There thew
browse through the weekly illustrated
papers and the magazines. and look
through new books. In this bookstore
the football games are bulletined. the
baseball games arc talked over. and
politics finds its forum. Among ali
the men and boys who frequent this
fsssort there rs TO. -hGbitual drinker.
not one whose name has been
stained with scandal. These youno
fellows are business men, clerks, pro
fesslonal men, real estate brokers' and
college students. They are clean
shrewd, active young men, who have
been brought up in town where
the women make public sentiment
IN town OF petticoat government
wherein woman has never held an
administrative municipal office. II 10
a town of eighteen thousand inbabi-
strange woman, without town drunk
Ard.-William Allen White, in the At
lantic.
Blacking Boots For Money to Enter Vnssnr.
Miss Lu Verne Hall, one of the
cleyerest young girls in the class of 81
OF the East Denver Col. High School.
and historian of her class, who is en-
ployed n part of her time in the
reportorial department of the Times.
has opened q bootblackinQ establish
ment on Sixteenth street, i'm order To
raise enough money TO enter Vassar
College in the fall The salutatorion
Of the class of ~ is the cashier. and n
half dozen schoolboys will assist rs
shoeblacks. When business is rusb .
ing the young woman who opened the
establishment, when not engaged i'm
pen work, is attending strictly to
business.
What suggested such a scheme TO
me?' said the young lady, as her eyes
sparkled at the thought of college
doors being opened before her. at
Just flashed across my mind the other
evening ut home. / was thinking hard
how ] could get enough money TO 90
to Nassar. / looked down nlowIv MT
the foot that was Keeping time to my
thoughts. My shoe needed cleaning
aud the thought rombled into .nymind
that the big shoe stores had ,iisron
tinued their shoe polishing stands
which they let people patronize free
II they purchased shoes i'm their store
Then like flash saw way 40 raise
money There is no place In the cifv
/vhere % lady may have her shoe.
he'd except she SIT mp ON box IN,
anov like the men do. never
ciety wrd to any one. but sc, 10
took $40 on had circular printed
my newgpopo. every club and zoe
alI Equipments for , ,!l, "l. lhcn J
fot ,nI' was doDo ,,'.ad saved from
mo. s5 :, our claes if s l,'''S2 When e,
70
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

The pcrspiration from human beings. If
injected into rabbits or dogs, causes death.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-12

nervous thai
L was niser-
able. / had
also given
up in des-
pair, when |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
Government Board Will Inspect Armor
Plate at the hiiIis

Washington. Jan. 4.-Secretary Her
bert and Assistant Secretary McAdoo to-
day conferred for several hours with the
members o. the special board headed by
Captain Mccormick. charged with an in
Quiry as 20 the defective structural plates
OF battlsshipS. II has been finally de-
termined 70 employ a dozen or fifteen
civilian experts 10 aid the steel board IN
the inspection Of steel at the mills.
These VIII be paid from 81 to Sc per day
and they viii be selected after conpet:-
tive examination by civil service
methods
The secretary decided to pursue the in
vestisatiOn Initiated by the Mccormick
board ana look into the quality OF ma
terial supplies for other vessels than the
kentucky. kearsargs and Illinois. which
nave already been examined To this
e-lu the Mccormick board has been or
dered 20 visit Cramps works al Phi,a-
ueipria and examine the steel supplied
oy the Carnegie works for the ba,tlsship
AiaSama- Another board has also bean
appointe5 in San Francisco TO visi, the
Union Iron works and ascertain inst
what kind II basis steel Is being sant
there from the Bethlehem works 10 build
the hattleShip Wisconsin.
II x rot known that any FAM. exiSts
II either OF these cases. but the secretary
deems 4 best 20 make sure that he same
defects that were found in the Kears2rse
ana Kentucky steel do not exist IN the
case o. the other battleships.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
IT'S ALL THERE YET
THERE Is NOTHING TIE MATTER
WITH CRUs0E'S ISLAND.
Story Of Its Destruction by Convulsion of
Nature has Been Built Upon the Slight
est of Foundations, IL 10 Now Stated
Chilean Government Is Sending Colon
lists Thither and she Schooner Which
Plies Regularly Between Mainland and
Island has Always Found the Island all
Right How the Story Started.

| San Francisco, Jan. 4.-The story re-
| Gently published upon the authority of
| Captain Powles of the British ship
James Kerr, relative to the disappear
ance of the Island of Juan Fernandez
lacks verification. Chilian papers under
date of November so give accounts of
the results of a scientific expedition re-
Gently dispatched TO Juan FerdnandeZ
upon the government warship President
| ErrasuriZ. Furthermore, large cannery
| for packing Holsters is established at
Cumberland Bay, the only port on the
| island, and the last steamer from New
York carried TO Valparaiso, via Panama,
a quantity of material for this cannery.
1t is therefore unlikely that the island
has disappeared.
The Gillian government is sending
some thirty families to the island as col
onists and fishermen in order that the
piscatorial resources of its surrounding
waters may be developed. Every month
a sailing schooner plies between Valpar-
also and Cumberland Bay, so that COM
munication has been made with the set
t.ement since its alleged disappearance.
The PowleS yarn originated during the
early part of 1885, when a series OF
heavy earthquake shocks occurred on
the mainland OF Chilli. Another British
er sailed into Valparaiso with the news
that he had seen when passing Juan
Fernandez a column OF smoke and his
ship received a violent shock. and lie
thought Selkirks island had been swal-
lowed up. The CHILEAN maritime officials
sent the transport Casma 10 the island
and as she returned in three days with a
large consignment of both canned AMI
live Holsters, there was proof conclusive
Of the existence of land
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
PiTH AND POINT.

Sam Singleton-"Do you honestl,
mean to say that you spend less money
since you married." Benny Dictus-
"My dear fellow, hare to."-Brookly,
Life.
-Fuddy-"Football was a crime ir
England in the reign of Henry VIII
Duddy-"The way they play it now is
q blunder, which is worse than a crime.
Boston Transcript
Saved by Delay. Tecounter
What do you think of my part in the
last act?" Hamfatter-"That if it had
been in the first act we'd have been
mobbed. Detroit Free Press.
Have you no pride at alp" asked
the Earnest Worker. "Nup." said the
Cumberer of the Ground. Il am wait.
in till it gifts cheaper. Pride. you
know, must have a fall."-CincinDati
Enquirer.
Aunt Dorothy had just finished her
preparations for bicycle ride, and ap-
peared at the door arrayed in bloom
ers. "Oh, auntie." exclaimed Jerry.
VINO was Playing IN the garden, are
you going TO be my cle?"-Harper's
Bazaar.
What kind of goods ma'am -
asked the salesman. Il think" replied
the young woman who had Just bought
G wheel and was about 10 order her
krst riding suit. you may show m.
some OF your early fail styles. Chi.
cago Tribune.
Preparing for the Worst.-"Vy.
Hans how it vos dot you again vos 81
nooci getrunken?" 1t is like dis Is
] vas heared DOT dere vos some talk like
dey vos going TO increase dot beer tax
soon yet. So 1 git me p-ooty full vile
cere is yet blenty time."-CleSelan5
"'-io Dealer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
THE NEW WAVE
Physical Culture. Pure Food and Drink
Marks New Era.

A great popular pure drink and pure
| food wave is just now passing over the
| country, and il seems to have csEe TO
| stay.
| More attention is being given to artt-
| cles of food and drink than heretofore,
and people are slowly learning that good
health cannot be preserved under the
present civilization unless the habits are
of more natural character. The ap-
parently harmless coffee habit now num-
bers its victims by the thousands. pro-
| ducing obstinate stomach and bowel
troubles that will not abate except by
leaving off the habit.
1t is not always an easy tast 20 drop
a lifetime habit
One of the late discoveries is a pure
| food coffee, made entirely Of grains and
possessing great fattening and nourish-
ing properties, while 1t brewS the exact
deep seal brow color of Mocha and when
cream is added, it takes the rich golden
brown of old Java. The taste is pun
gent and piquant, quite similar TO coffee;
in fact so close to it in aroma and flavor
that the coffee drinker, who has had
trouble with coffee, will freely take on
the new grain drink when he discovers
that it agrees with him perfectly. and
its heaithful properties quickly dismiss
his former ails.
tional method of dsmissing sickness, is
TO avoid drugging oneself and quit hurt
full habits, taking in only what is known
TO be pure natural food such as the
Creator intended for mans subsistence.
DR.. Wesley A. Dunn. Editor of 'Medi-
cal Current" Marshall Field building,
Chicago, says: Il am highly pleased
with it,
Nothing is more to the point than this
new food-drink made from grains. 1t
bears the name of Postum Cereal." and
is made by the Postum Cereal Co., lim.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
II claims to be direct and quick pro-
ducer of new blood corpuscles by the
natural method of good nourishing food
taken in a liquid form. 1t is quite bit
less expensive than coffee and altogether
its use appeals to ones common sense.