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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05


Taste decides the merit of butter
Color is subservient to taste in but
ter.
Quality is of more Importance than
quantity.
Bad water will make impure, I'm
wholesome milk
1t is uncleanly to wet the hands
while milking, and should always be
avoided.
To improve the milking qualities of
a dairy herd, use bulls only from the
best mixers.
Dairy heifers should always be han
died fnniliarly from the first and there
will be no trouble.
The chief advantage of the creamery
system is chcapncss of product from
the saving of labor.
No dairyman can make uniformly
good butter unless his cows are fed
literally with wholesome food
Dairying has one advantage in that
It's products are always in the line of
food, and hence always in demand.
Proper management of the dairy
gives the farmer continuous Income.
something he does not have with most
lines of farming.
Feeding and general care and man
a9ement have as much to do with in
creasing the product of the cows as
breeding or blood.
If the air is warmer than the creom
the purity of the cream and the fine
flavor of the butter will be impoired
by exposure to it,
After cream becomes sour the moro
ripening giyenitthe more it depreciateq
and the sooner it is skinned and
churned the better.
The milk cans, pals and other yes
sells should be kept clean by first wash
ing in tepid water and then scaldina
thoroughly in boiling water.
Clean pastures, with good clean
water and proper care, is the suresf
preventive of bitter milk. Weeds
especially ragweed, cause bitter milk.
I'm n majority of cases kicking cove
are made so by cruelty and harsh words.
70 have gentle cows it is essential 10
treat them kindly from the time tbev
arc calves.--Agricultural Epitomisf
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
InsurinE His Ncighbors' Crops.

An interesting little story comes
from North Carolina. Along the banks
of the Cape Fear river are lowlands.
behind which lies n higher level, or
bench. The lowlands are subject to
more or less frequent overflow by
freshets, which are destructive to crops
planted thereon. a number of years
ago farmer, resident in the vicinity.
made n very comfortable sum of m oncy
by insuring bis neighbors crops
against these freshcts. His unvaryino
success as an insurer was for many
years profound mystery to the peo-
pie of the region. In earlier DAVIS lis
reading of tie future would have
stamped him as II dealer in the black
art. Yet his information came from
no occult source. Observation had
shown him that certain species of
wasp, which built its home in the
ground, built some years on the low
lands, ald other years upon the high
er level Experience taught him TINT
when the wasps built on the lowlands
there were no freshets, and when thew
built on the higher ground, the lower
would, some time during the season.
he submerged. The man had simply
noted an instance of that little under
stood prescience manifested by GER
tam insects and animals, a better
knowledge of which might even be of
service to our national weather bu-
eau. 1t was only at his death that he
revealed his secret.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Fulton's First Fare and Passenger

| '"'oh THs' rarc ana Passenger.
There was one little incident in
| Robert Fulton's life about which few
people know and which Fulton never
forgot 1t took place shortly before
the return trip of his famous boats
/ Wy .5e by steam up the Hudson river.
AT the time all Albany fiocked to the
wha-f, says Herper's Roupd Table.
which relates the story, to see the
strange craft, but so timorous were
they that few cared to board her. One
! gentleman, however, not only boarded
her, but sought out Fulton, whom he
found In the cabin, and the following
conversation took place:
This is Mr.. Fulton, presumed"
Eyes, sir"
''Do you return to New York with
this bcat2"
We shall try to get back, sir "
"Haye you any objection to my re-
turning with YOU?
eff you wish to take the chances
with us, sir, l have no objection"
What is the fare?"
After moments hesitation, Fulton
replied, "Six dollars" And when that
amount was laid in his hand he gazed
ut 1T long time, and two big tears
rolled down his cheeks. Turning to
the passenger, he said,
Excuse me, sir, but this is the first
pecuniary reward L have received for
all my exertion in adapting steam to
navigation. would gladly commence
rate the occasion with little dinner,
but l am too poor now even for that.
Ii we meet again, | trust it will not be
the case"
As history relates the voyage termi-
mated successfully. Four years later
Fulton was sitting in the cabin Of the
CLJ"o'r, then called the NolM Lirer.
when n gentleman entered. Fulton
glanced Mt him, and then sprnug up
and gladly shook his hand. 1t was his
first passenger, and over pleasant
little dinner Fulton entertained his
guest with the history of his success,
and ended with saying that the first
actual recognition of his usefulness to
bis fellow-men was the So paid to him
by his first passenger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
a SET KETTLE.

and rests upon the top of the brick
work, so that it can he raised and re.
moved. 1t has handle ct one end
aud n lip Mt the other, so that it can be
emptied directedly into pals or tubs
or car, be pulled off the bricliworl,
upon wheclbarrow and wheeled away
to the barn or hog house. A light
cover sets upon the top when over the
fire. If the boiler is to he used out of
doors, it should be made of galvanized
IRON t. prevent rustinS. If the boiler
is very large, an iron rod can be placed
across the middle of the opening in
the brickwork to support the bottom
OF the boiler. This arrangement will
he found convenient where food is
often boiled for stock. New York
Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Frivolous Objections.

make point of reading the var.
lous articles written on the subject of
marriage" said Minerva, "and thew
always set me wondering what man
ner OF people they must be who look
no further for their authority than
the frivolous gossip of the day, who
never take the trouble to go down into
the heart of nature and the impulses
that govern humanity, to find out WHY
things are. Now somebody comes
forward and publishes statistics of
marriage III the various cities, and be-
walls the fact that the proportion is in
some places much greater than in
others. Then they sigh and mourn
over 1t, and really fall to wondering
what we all are coming to. Why
don't these people stop n moment and
think that rs long as there are young
hearts, moonlight nights, shady cor
hers, and lovers retreats, Just so lone
VIII there be marriages, and plenty Of
them The prospect of little home
OF ones own is Just as alluring as II
ever was, and, everything taken into
considerable II, it is not much more diff
hcnlt to maintain II family now than il
used to be. There are always foes to
fight, contingencies to provide against
always chances of disappointments;
but in the main the sweet old story
gets told with quite as much sentiment
us ever, the good-bJs are just as hard
TO say the welcome just as warm, and
1t seems to me that people might be
great deal better employed than in
worrying over the decadence of matri
mony.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
In the good old times 4 pnrsinn ..

In the good old times a Persian girl
who owned little property-a hut or
fishing boat was thereby legally
authorized to pick out a husband her
self. If she wished to commence her
hunt for husband, she would hang nm
her blue apron in front Of the door Of
her house, and post herself behind il
he young men OF the village would
then pass by the apron one by one in n
long procession, and dressed up in
their best Sunday clothes. As soon as
the right one appeared the girl would
iush out throw her arms around his
neck, and within three weeks there
was wedding.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Tons of Hawaii Poi for Chicago

Ten tons of poi are on the way TO
Chicago, and that city will be the dis
trlbuting centre for a new food which
has Just been imported from the
Hawaiian Islands This is the first
shipment Of the taro root to the United
states for general use. It's introduc-
ton has caused no small interest. It
has been prepared carefully, and is
intended for the sick and young chill
dren especially. II possesses "a large
amount of nutrition. Poi has been
used by two families in Chicago. The
ho''r made from the root is grayish
o'ue color, Is slightly granulated, aud
has pleasant taste. In it's native
country it is eaten raw or with water.
but foreigners use it as they do corn
starch. 1t is considered much moro
nourishing than the latter article Of
food.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

p. II. Jacobs, in the Poultry Keeper.
gives few rules that should be often
referred to by chicken raisers:
Ten hens in house 10x1O feet are
enough. The yard should be Mt least
ten times rs large as the floor of the
house. Ten weeks from shell to mar
ket Is the time allotted a broiler chick
Ten cents pound is about the aver
age price of hens in market for the
whole year
Ten cents should feed n chicken ten
weeks, and it should then weigh two
pounds.
Ten months year is usually the
highest limit of time during which n
hen will lay.
Ten hens with one male is about the
proper proportion
Ten quarts of corn, or its equivalent.
should feed II hen ten weeks, if she is
of large breed, but ten quarts for
three months is fairer proportion.
Ten pounds is good weight for
males of the larger breeds, one year
old.
Ten eggs is the average number to
each pound.
Ten ilocks, each consisting of ten
hens, are enough for I'M acre.
Ten chicks, when Just Matched.
weigh about one pound.
Ten hens should lay about 1000 eggs
during the year. This allows for some
laying more than 100 eggs each. while
others may not lay so many.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

The Byssus, or silky beard, by
which the mussel moors itself to the
stone, is a familiar object Of our sea
rocks. 1t is il its nature like the silk
of the silk-worm and cxudes in n glu-
tinous thread from an organ at the
base of the foot.
The following is an instance in which
the mooring of the mussel was useful
to effect purpose which human skill
could not accomplish. a large bridge,
with twenty arches, in the town of
Blddeford, in Devonshire, crosses the
Uorridge river near the spot of its
junction with the Taw.
The tide flows so very rapidly here
that 1T was found impossible to keep
the bridge in repair by means of NOR
tar. The corporation therefore keeps
boats employed in bringing lnussels
to 1t, and the interstices of the bridge
are filled by hand with these mussels
1t is supported from being driven
away by the tide entirely by the strong
threads which these mussels fix to the
stone work, and by an net or grant it
is crime liable to tran sportation for
any person to remove the mussels un
less IN the presence and by the con
sent OF the cooperative trustees.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Glover Seed.

If the farmer wants crop of clover
seed, he should cut the first crop as
early AZ possible, says Hoard's Dairy
man. The clover plant is a biennial
That means that it takes two years for
1t to blossom and seed. Now, if the
first crop is allowed to stand until it
bio SONS, and the seed commences to
form, there will be but very little seed
in the second crop. The point is, to
turn all the seeding instinct and power
OF the root into the second crop.
Hence, the necessity of cutting the
first crop much earlier than is usually
done, when it is cut for hay alone.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Preventing tcgE-Entiny.

If an egg is broken the hens will eat
1T, aud 1T is by eggs being broken that
the hens learn the vice, rs they never
eat eggs unless they first find one
broken. The only way to prevent the
hens from eating eggs after they once
begin is to make nest with top.
compelling the hen to walk in to reach
the nest, and have the box raised ten
inches from the floor, so that the hen
cannot stand near the box to eat the
eggs. When she goes on the nest she
cannot do any harm, as she must come
off and stand up to eat the eggs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
krcp Your Mouth Shut.

a New York doctor attributes the
violent thirst which aillicts the majority
Of riders to the habit of breathing
through the mouth while riding. The
vigorous exercise causes all beginner
and many old riders to breathe through
he mouth, with the result that the lips
and throat become dry and parched.
The remedy, of course, is to keep the
mouth shut.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Love Your MOrIs-
-lSSaa.th9ianis more-1fealtbfnIIv stin

more~healthfulIy stimu-
ing tLnn a genuine love for the
pursuit in which one is engaged.
Every gain in it is fresh excitement.
Each new method adopted, each new
experiment tried, each new tool tested.
each new discovery made, is means
OF present delight and spur to future
effort But he who drugs along an
unlnteresting succession OF dnyg, in
which his work is only compelled
drudgery, is deprived alike Of incentive
aud pleasure.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Il las been found by experiment that
ten retards digestion An infusion of
one per cent of tea causes q percepti
bic delay; three per cent infusion
will delay the digestion sometimes as
much MS twelve times the normal
period; ten per cent dccoctiou ar
rests the digestion of all 5tarchy foods.
Home Doctor.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
fate or ONO. CITY or Toledo

7 7.
FRANZ j. CHENEY makes oath that ne Is the
s Nor partner Of the firm Of r i. HtNTY n
Co. doing business in the Cityuf Toledo County
aud stat" afprc9 Aid. and thnt said Il rrn will uay
the sum Of ONE HrSDRED DoG.Lh.S for each
and every case of CATAURu chat cannot be
cured b. the use of BALLS CATAuiiH I UUE
FHASK !. tsIESEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed i'm my
- presence, this 9TH day of December.
SEAL ID. lssJ. a. W. GLRAsoE.
80 NpidIB I'idJ'ic.
Halle Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts dir city on the blood and mucous surfaces
pt ~" system. send for testimonials, froc
+. j. HENEY a. CO., Toledo, o.
Sid by Druggists 1Jr
Halls Family Plls arc the best
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

stick can bc placed as near TO the
boulder as is practicable and as it
rises to the perpendicular it of course
lifts the stone The hight of the prop
viii depend upon the size and depth
OF the stone The l,uacl of ''kuowing
how to do such things often saves n
vast amount of work-America AQri-
culturi4t
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.


A timely hint when the fruit season
is rapidly advancing is TO save fruit
stones that is. of cherriea, plums.
peaches and apricots. / handful
thrown among the glowing Goals of an
open fireplace will make the fire senl
up Il brilliant flame, which fills the
room with q fragrant and pungent
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Velvet.

velvet is manufactured by placing
In the loom rows of very short thread,
OF the material designed to be EN-.
ployed, whether cotton or silk. These
are then caughtup by the cross thread.
IN the weaving and fastened in such fl
way that he ilcecy ends present them.
selves all ON one side Of the fabric
Inc manufacture Of velvet is 90 slow
mat Tor hand weaver q yard is con
sidered good days work. The
machine made velvet is Of course
tarncd ont much more r1pidly.
sheep Gre sometimes taken over i.,.
r9uI o. good pasture.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

The ordinary farm boiler. or set
kettle, is unhandy from the fact that
the contents after each boiling must
be laboriously dipped out The cut
shows aboiler that avoids this Difficult
ty, for the boiler itself ia mado of
sheetiron (the heaviest to be obtained).
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

L';"m1 - local disease and needs Iocal
r"Him"nt. The irttiHtcd. diseased skin mus:
!' ro"'h"d ana ~mOOth"d aud healed. 30 tis. To
les" yourself and ruin your Rtumnrh Just brcntisr
u an itching eruption. Truotiuo IL the only
lupl", sIio and certain cure for Tottcr Ec
coma. Iingwurm and other skin troubles At
u uETie'~ or by mail for - cents IN stamps
'. !. -huuil inc. Savannah. Ga
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05
Yn:on nnn ykIondIl,c Cola rirld..

Parties intending TO vi Il ne Kloudikc Gold
Fields or invest in stock companies opera inr.
IN that country, are nd i-od to get the CANA
alan Government Alp-kar boundary Com
missioner, Prof. OXlvi"'-, Report on the l.
This is tn" on'cial report made last spring
which 80 nstDund"d tn" Canadian GOvcrnrr.cHt
that they did not publish e. till Prof. Oxilvic
confirmed IL personally on his arrival In Ottl-
wa. The report IL very extensive. Astounding
in PhotoZrgvurcs aud Maps and giving the
most reliable inlOrmntlonus b. routes. Il. mate
and the ind"ecribable wealth awaiting Che
miners. Sent postage uid on recent or no
in st1ulp-, 10y th" Toronto Newspaper Union
Publishers, - Eny ST., Toronto, CANADA.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Mrs. Wipslow's Soothiny yrup for children
tnethiug, softcns the gums. reducing in HANNA
ton, allaya pain, cures wind collie. 2Jc.a bottle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

There are In the United States 10. 600 bee
Keepers. The average product 81 each hive
is twenty-five pounds.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Fits permanently cured No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of Dr. KIinc's Great
Nerve Itestprcr. 81 trial bottle and trcl.is free
Or H. ii. kLISE. Ltd. J5l Arch St. Phila. Pa
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Tho apex was a tall conical cap worn by
he Roman priests n part OF their official
:cGalia
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Taking of the hat or cap as n sign OF
reverence or respect was mentioned in tn }
time OF Cu-ur
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Tho first copper cent was coined In New
Haven Comm In 1857.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Ilso's .Curc IS wonderful Cough medicine.
Mrs. W. PGCKFRT. Van Siclen aud Blake
Avos.. BIookIyn. y. y. OF q. ls0l
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

IL il said that in the best distri ,ts Of China
hc ten crop will average from 300 TO 400
pounds per acre.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

The tea plant Is said by Chinese writer's Ia
have been cultivated in that country from at
least 5000 i. G..
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

From July to December ia the moult-
ing or shedding period for the poultry.
1T takes about one hundred days from
the time hen first commences to mouIt
until the process is completed Some
hens will commence to moult much
earlier than others, thus finishing be-
fore the cold weather sets in. This is
very desirable, rs hens seldom Law
during the moult or the larger pnrt of
1t, therefore if they commence early.
mus finishing cary, it Will be u deci
ded gain, for then they can be gotten
IN laying condition before cold
weather, and we all know what that
means. The feathers are compose
largely OF nitrogen and mineral mat
ter. Inc first process is the looseninp
stage, when the feathers loosen and
drop ont, at times leaving the bird
almost naked, thus cold aud diseasc
IRON eXposure) are apt to follow
Hens should be carefully housed if the
weather Is Mt all cold or damp. When
the new feathers commence to come
IN 1t causes n great drain on the
hens body, especially of such sub
stances as goes to furnishing nitrogen
and mineral matter. Corn, wheat. etc.
furnish the hen principally with car
bon fat, etc, while grass, bugs,
worms, etc, furnish the nitrogen and
mlnern! matter. Thus we see that the
foods best adapted to the mouIting sea
son are the heterogeneous foods. 1t
will be seen from the above that mt this
period the hens should have unlimited
range, so that they can themselves
gather good supply of such articles
IlnN nnnl
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

Marriage at midnight, the ceremony being
performed by coroner, Is the last Kansan
sccentricity reported
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

tleId boulders are usually buried
either wholly or in part in the surface
OF the ground. To pull such u boul-
der out of the ground requires an enor.
nous amount of power. unless much
hand digging is given beforehand
The sketch herewith shows way to
lift the stone as it is dragged out bv n
team of horses or oxen. The incline
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-05

sheep are sometimes taken over "a L,l
ronI o. good pasture.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-15
NO EFFECT ON REED.
A MONSTER PETITION FROM THE
PEOPLE TO CONGRESS-.
Asks Recognition of BclliEcrcncy OF
Cubans - Republicans Adjourned
without Doing Any business.

Washington June 1.-THE house today ad-
journod until Thursday after a session
that lasted forty-five minutes. The only
attempt to transact business was a reques,
by Mr.. Lacey tRep) of Iowa for unanimous
consent for a bill for the relief of residents
of Greer county. oklahoma,
MIR. Henry Dem.) OF Texas promptly OBJ
jected. and thea after the usual protesta-
lions against the republican policy of not
appointing committees, the house, by IA vote
of So to rs, with fifteen present and not
voting. decided to adjourn.
Before the session adjourned the hup OF
wheel wound round with monster peu-
ton, said to contain 100000 signatures APP
pealiug to congress to recognize the Cuban
insurgents bellieerency, was wheeled into
space before the speakers rostrum. II
had been in circulation throughout the
United States for about six months and was
presented to congress by Representative
Suzer Of New York.