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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Press and Pulpit.

Is the power of the pulpit on the
wane? Has its influence decreased ms
that OF the press has increased? 4
simple affirmative or negative reply to
this question would come fur short of
n correct statement. Undoubtedly the
pulpit to-day is not to the same extent
as at one time the exclusive source OF
information for the people. The press.
daily and weekly, now furnishes infor-
nation that formerly could be obtained
only through the pulpit, and to this ex-
tent the influence OF the latter has
been restricted. But what has thus
been lost in extension has been gained
in intens!on. The pulpit. relieved from
work eXtraneOus to its proper sphere,
has devoted itself with increased ene--
gy and effectiveness to Its true calling,
the moral and spiritual elevation of the
people. And in doing each its own
proper work, there is no conflict be-
tween. n faithful pulpit and high
toned moral press.-Montreal Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Country Mcnt suppIies.

There is great deal of difficulty in
country places sometimes in securing
supplies of fresh meat during summer
as needed. A good refrigerator with
o plentiful ice supply will do much to
keep meat fresh for several days. But
in most cases the mutual exchange Of
different portions of small animals will
enable them to be consumed without
loss. In the olden time, when nearly
every farmer kept flock of sheep, to
kill one and divide the four quarters
among four neighbors each of whom
would reciprocate during the season,
gave each enough for the time, and
proved n saving to all. All farmers
who keep poultry have at nearly all
times some specimens that are off
duty for laying, and which eau be
profitably killed i'll case of emergency.
Yet 80 often when the fowl has been
killed number of eggs are found
in her ovum, (which makes the farmer
think he had better have kept few
small pigs or some sheep for this pur-
pose. In every flock there are, how
ever, many roosters, so that while
these last the family need not be with
out flesh meat in any emergency
Boston Cultivator.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Reducing B,ncksm,,hs. ni,,s.

Farmers who do much team work
on the road are obliged to make
pretty heavy bills at the blacksmith's
This is especially true in the winter
season, when ordinary smooth shoes
are not enough for safety. To sharpen
and reset round of shoes every two
or three weeks makes an expense that
can only be afforded by farmers who
have II great deal to market on good
prices. So many kinds of implements
are now nsed on the farm that every
farmer ought to have some acquain-
lance with some blacksmithing, so
that he can mend what is broken with
out being obliged to go offthe farm to
do it. A quantity of bolts aud nuts of
different sizes, with n full set OF tools
to go with them, can now be purchased
for less than two or three visits at the
blacksmith would cost.
1t will be great convenience if the
farmer learns enough about his horses
fest {. mat ut a pinch he can reset a
shoe when one has been cast, and the
blacksmith shop caunot be convent
emily reached. We have known farm
ers who learned to set shoe as we'll
as any blacksmith could do 1T. As u
good deal of this work was done dur
ing rainy days, it did not any more
intefere with farm work than il would
to drive to the nearest blacksmith's
and wait while he shod perhaps n
dozen horses before your turn came.
AT this season of the year, horses have
to be reshod frequently, so as to keep
the toe calks sharpened. As the set
ting of II shoe is a comparatively sim
pie matter, it ought to be included in
the practical education of every man
who intends to make farming his life
business. And yet probably, should
this be done, some intermeddling law
maker would frame a law to require
ali who did any horseshoeing to pass
an examination and be registered, and
forbid farmer even to shoe the
horses on his own farm until he had
been to this trouble and expense.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
rhe Attractire woman.

That superabundant brains ana sur
passing beauty may but seldom be
combined: yet It does not follow that
all WOMEN OF good sense and sharp In.
tellect are necessarily plain.
That bright thoughts enliven the
most ordinary face until the reflection
OF the mind shining out In all its ra-
dance makes one forget that the Tea.
lures are not pure Grecian, and leads
ue TO believe that such n woman Is In
reality q great beauty.
That the vivacious creature Of vary.
Ing moods and quaint fancies Is the
one TO charm. A man forgets all the
type OF beauty she may or may not DOS
sess so interested does he become In
the pleasing study Of a mind that rem
ders her face ever winning, irresistI-
BILE and pleasing. because, like the sur
face OF n lake, there comes a change
with every varying emotion.
That the attractive woman should
cultivate the mind, for n grace Of soul
and education OF spirit count for more
than limpid eyes, a rosebud mouth aud
a dimpled chin.
That she should be ever teachablc.
for there is not one iota OF lovableness
In the man or woman who thinks he or
she knows II all.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12

The question how farm shall be
best manfred is not one that can be
solved in all cases Off hand. There
are farms where the best improvement
possible was to run few underdrains
through very rich part of the farm
and use the crops grown on this to
feed stock which should manure the
rest of the farm. Wherever this is
possible it should be done in prefer
ence to buying either feed or fertil-
iZers. But with n farm that is nat
urally undetermined the question how
to increase its fertility must depend
much on its location. If it is where
mich cows may be kept and there is n
good market for milk, it may pay bet
ter to enrich the land by purchasing
and feeding wheat bran, linseed meal
or cotton seed meal, together with
such coarse feed as can be grown on
the place, than in any other way. The
milk sold will more than pay for the
feed, and the manure product will be
therefore free by-product in this
method of manufacturing 1t is often
believed that milk takes so largely
from the heterogeneous and mineral sub
stances in food that little is left for
the manure. But experiments with
mich cows shows that when they are
highly fed, fully eighty-five per cent.
of the mineral substances in their
food and eighty per cent. of its nitro
genous substances goes out in manure
American Cultivator.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Raising Ferns.

1t is not generally known that our
native ferns can be readily raised from
the spores--those little dust-lille prod
ucts that are found in great abundance
on the under surface of many fronds.
A good method Is to fill pot with any
ordinary good garden soil, three fourths
the depth, the remaining one fourth to
be filled with brick broken to about
the size of peas or beans. This pot can
be sunk In n vessel of water TO about
one half the depth of the pot. On the
broken brick spors can then be sown.
and the vessel placed in n comparative
ly shady spot. The brick will absorb
enough water to be continually moist,
while at the same time permitting the
air to circulate through the vessel. This
combination of moisture and damp air
is all that is necessary to have the fern
spores terminate freely.-Meehan's
Monthly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Mea, on Gu, Corn Stalks.

1t is only possible to use meal on
cut corn stalks with advantage after
they have been steamed enough to
soften them. II is best done when the
leed is steamed after the meal has
oeen applied. This partly cooks the
neal and diffuses it through the stalks,
40 that the whole will be eaten. When
dried stalks are cut and merely wet
with cold water, the meal put on
them will be l:cked off by cattle, and
his will soon make the unused stalks
very offensive. Cut hay aud straw
are much better to feed meal with
than are cut s.alks. 1t is better to
have the cut hay or straw steamed as
:he meal is applied to them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
FOR DUTY OFF CAPE HATTeRAs.
Lightship No. 60 to Constantly Patrol
the Dangerous ID. amond shoals.


the Dangerous Diamond Shoals.
From the day that the pioneers from
old England settled jamestown to the
present time Hatteras inlet and Cape
Hatteras have been looked upon with
superstitious horror by seamen No
point Oh the Atlantic seaboard Is or
ever has been as fatal to shipping or
the lives of the men who 20 10 sea In
ships. The natural dangers arising
from sunken reefs and treacherous
sands have been augmented by the fire.
quency or fierce storms along that por-
ton Of the coast. 1t has been so Gus
tomary for vessels TO strike heavy
weather and heavier seas while pass
Ing Hatteras that every shipmaster who
must sail by It always prepares for a
bad time Of II. The authorities have
striven for many years to provide some
means by which the casualties might
be reduced. II looks as II they had
finally succeeded. 1t is the steam light
ship, known as No. 20. which Will 90
into commission Off Diamond shoal.
Diamond shoal is the graveyard OF
the seas Of the western continent.
More hapleSs vessels have foundered
and bee npounded 10 bits on its reefs
than ON any other reef In the Atlantic,
on the western side. 1t projects out
from Cape Hatteras seven miles into the
ocean. Efforts to build stationary lights
there have failed. Seventy-five thou
sand dollars was dropped into the
ocean In the effort 10 sink caisson
there which would withstand the force
Of the seas. The money Is there, but
the caisson would not stay sunken. The
attempts to build n skeleton house for
this dangerous reef have never been
deemed practical. and the necessity Of
putting in n lightship was enforced by
the floating Off of the caisson. Hence
the genesis of this lightship.
No. 60 will be on constant duty Mt
Diamond shoal. She will anchor In still
weather and rely on her powerful
screw to maintain her position during
the gales which sweep her station. She
IS equipped with exceptionally power
full engines and screw, set up for this
express purpose. She Is n sister to
lightshlp No. IS, now on duty at Fire
Island, in New York harbor No 90
will show disappearing lights OF COO
candle power from her two stout
masts. A fourteen-inch chime whistle
will sound In foggy weather, and she
will also be provided with a large bell.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Battle WITH A SNAKE.
A Florida Story Related by the Chica-
Qo Chroutc1e

A Florida Story Related by the Chica-
go Chronicle.
Mrs. Byron Brown. who lives over In
the West End settlement. five miles
from Ocala. Fla, had an exciting set-to
with n huge snake the other day that
mas made her great reputation as q
brave woman. She has q fine lot OF
poultry. She never gives a chicken
away, kills che or sells one. much TO
the disgust OF her husband. who Is a
practical man, and wants to see some
money come In for the big outlay In get.
ting the fowls.
The other day while Mrs. Brown was
In the house cooking some eggs for her
husbands dinner she heard a terrible
commotion In the hen yard Running
outshe saw huge snake devouring one
OF her pet chickens. She stood struck
dumb with horror and pain-she was
from Boston-and then her Yankee
blood was reused and she determined
that the "sarpint" should pay for his
meal. Catching up big stick, she
struck at the snake, but missed, and
the next moment the snake flew at her
She nimbly jumped aside and Ii missed
her dress by an inch. Turning tail the
reptile sought safety In flight. Gliding
down by the fence, II sought a big knot
hole and started to get out As its folds
disappeared through the hole Mrs.
Brown was seized by brilliant Idea.
Jumping forward she seized It's tail and
began pulling back. The snake thrash.
Cd vigorously, but couldn't strike back
on account of the boards.
Mrs. Brown was struck by another
brilliant idea. With an adroitness he
culiar to women she tied the snakes
tail In double bow knot. Then slip
ping big wedge Of wood right behind
1t she drove stake through the loops
so the snake couldn't get back. Then
going up to the other side she sought
to kill the reptile. But his angry hiss
and threatening look were too much for
her. She ran into the house and came
out with the eggs that had been boiling
all this time and were sizzling with
heat. Getting the reptile excited she
threw an egg. The snake struck at IL
in anger and madly swallowed II. Two
or three more followed In rapid success
sion, the Infatuated reptile swallowing
every one ms II came along. At the
fourth one the snake seemed to think II
bad had enough of this red hot kind OF
food and wildly thrashed about trying
to get free. Soon one of the eggs came
through Its under side, having burned
its way through the snakes body. Then
another and another followed until all
were on the ground and n dying snake
lay there. Mrs. Brown then waxel
brave. and, getting pine wood knot,
pounded the reptiles head into bits. 1t
measured feet 5h Inches long and
was 10 inches around the middle.
She saved the eggs and her husband
remarked that day ut dinner that she
had allowed the eggs TO get pretty
hard" whereat Mrs. Brown smiled.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Regularity in Sailing the Dniry.

If the cook should conclude that the
trouble of sailing our food is all un-
necessary, or that if we require it at
oil, once each week is sufficiently often,
she would undoubtedly meet with a
vigorous protest from all concerned.
What reason is there, either in theory
or practice, to lead us to suppose that
our dumb animal friends are less SEN
sitive to such Irregularities?
The writer remembers we'll that with
every Sunday morning in his boyhood
days came the duty of giving both cat
tie and horses a handful of salt. AS
time went on cheese factory was
built, and as we became it's patrons we
had an excellent opportunity in weigh
ing our milk from day to day to study
the effect of changing conditions. we
soon learned that "salt day" was in
variably followed by shrinkage in
weights mt tho factory. We very nat
orally concluded that such over doses
of salt irritated the stomach of the COW,
causing feverish condition of the en-
tire system, and consequent lessening
Of the flow of milk We at once adop-
ted the plan of sprinkling the man
gers with salt before the stabIing the
cows, both at night aud in the morn
ing, and the irregularities noted above
were at an end. The cows seem TO en-
JOY the licking from end TO end of n
saltod box much better than n large
quantity of salt. They come into the
stable ~ soon "a the doors are thrown
open instead of waiting to be driven
in "a formerly, and stay each in its ac-
customel stanchion much better than
when there is nothing TO take mp their
attention. and every dairyman knows
that Gin contsntment there is n great
gain. "A Dairyman, in Farm, Field
and Fireside.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
DO Your Own Repairinp

Too many farmers are given to hir-
ing repair work done which, with the
aid of n few tools and little ingen-
uity, they could do themselves at one
tenth the cost, writes T.. II. Richard
son, in Orange Judd Farmer. An old
iron and bolt box should be found in
every barn. Having these in place,
never pass piece of old iron or a
bolt, however useless it may look, but
pick it mp and put it into its box, and
seven times ont of ten you will find
that apparently worthless piece will
answer useful purpose. Bolts of all
sizes and descriptions, especially =!
and and J inch are always coming
handy Every farmer should have q
bench 30 inches wide by 10 to 10 feet
long, with good wise Is inches from
the end on the left-hand side as you
stand facing the side of the bench. A
left-handed man will have the wise on
the right end instead of the left.
Hanging conveniently over this
bench on the wall should be a cool
rip and crosscut saw, IL teeth to the
inch, n 12-inch fiat bastard file. a
6-inch three -cornered saw file, a 10 or
Pinch brace, with !, 2, /, !, :, I and
l-inch bits and and pinch anger.
Right here let me say, never file the
bottom side of the cutting edges of a
bit or auger, always the top side and
file Mt quite n sharp angle. A good
heavy hammer, claw hammer and
ax and light riveting hammer should
also be found, box of assorted Z to
copper rivets, n cold chisel, punch, a.
square, marking gauge, screw
driver, monkey wrench, 12-iuch stet-
son pipe wrench fer twisting bolts,
plyers 2, !, Z, ] and inch chisels,
mallet, harness punch, 1-inch iron
drill TO use in brace, an ortment OF
small wire nails, 3-inch to 1-inch,
smoother and jack plane, a pair Of
compasses and key-hole saw.
These tools will, of course. cost con-
siderable, but il you use them as much
as you ought they will pay for them
selves in six months, as you can do
almost anything in the way of repair
work. An old anvil or block OF iron
should he added and il you get cheap
drill press aud some rainy day build
forge, your blacksmiths bill would,
indeed, be light; with the above tools
aud little ingenuity almost anything
can be repaired. Any man who has
brains enough TO successfully en-
giueer n farm should be able TO use
tools and do anyrepair work To IL
lustrate what / mean by using a little
ingenuity Last fall my wagon tires
got loose. removed them one rainy
day, nailed some strips I hal which
were inch thick by Z inch wide half
way around the wheels, heeIod the
tires, put them on. The result was as
good a job as the blacksmith would
have done. The cost was about five
cents Saved S3.45. Time, two hours.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12

DR. Williams Pink Pills aro not ontitls to
th9 careful consideration ot my suffering
m1n, woman or child? Is not the case ia
truth miracle Of modern mo licino?
To mako tho evidence complete we pub
fish above q fac slmilo cut OF the check re-.
ceiYed by Mr.. Petch from the Canadian
MUTUAL Lilo Association, being tho amount
duo him FOR total disability II Is unnecss-
9ary TO n Ia that this life insurance assoc
citation did not pay this large amount OF
money to Mr.. Petch. except after tho most
careful examination OF his condition by
their medical exports. They mHst have re-
g1rjol him rs forever incurabIe.
FIR. Pstch's address Is as follows, Reuben
Pctch, GriersYllle, Ont, Canada.
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repo'ts are completely certified ne cure is per-
wnsoNNtt"'i any "'cy publish n fac SiD,tc Of me
ceect girep by me Canadian Mutual nib Ae.
Ss22cg,0h2n for fiCJOOO amount ~ total disa-
O's,,w cL1io' pain bY them ~ ~. Beich
Iho iirst account stated that tho potiont
lsee address below had been n pa,nlytls
Tor I'VE years, that there was such total
lack Of fceliUg in hts limbs and hody it,
y pin run foil length could not DO felt: TINT
40 could not walk or help himself at ali. for
Two years no was not dressed; furtherno orc
tnat be was bioated, was for that reason
almost unacceptable, and could not grt
, Us clothes on. The paralysis was 50 com
(lete rs 10 affect tho face and prevented
fm from opening his mouth sufficiently
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Pork Dangcrous-veal Unwho,esome

Pork IS the source of trlchina: for
this reason 1t should he cooked thor
oughly. Hogs are almost always fat
tened so as to be actually diseased be-
fore killing, and we find here also n
common source of tuberculosis; II IS
also generally believed that pork eat
ing Is common source of scrofula,"
writes Mrs. s. Il. Rorer In the Ladies'
Home Journal. IL certainly know that
persons who indulge freely in pork
have very unhealthy, rough and easily
irrltated skins. Veal equally indlges-
tible with pork may not contain the
dangerous germs of the mature OK:
the fibre, however, Is dense and diff
ficult Of digestion. Unless It be thor
oughly boiled and chopped rather fine
Ii had better not be eaten Mt all. 1t
should never, under any circumstances,
be given to children"
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n-nt. Indeed am in euen better HAHN than
olen GAGE you The first interuie,o."
DO You still attribute your cure to tho
Monitor.
"Unquestionably do" wa tho reply.
doctors had failcd. rs had also the mum sr-
Gus remedies recommended by my friends
Nothing took had tho slightest efToct upon
Ine until L began tho use Of DR.. williams
Pink Pills. To this &c lr,.Sil mo Ijcjno =
o,oe my release from n, ii3mj death. | hayo
since recommended these pills TO many or
my friends, and the verdict Il ALWAYS I'm
their favor. l shall always bless the day [
was Induced to tIke them."
Such "a the history OF one OF the rnost r.
marSablo cases OF modern times. Can INV
ono say, In the faces OF such testimony. that
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12

wide to take solid fool. The doctors called
tho disease spinal sclorosls, aud nll said no
could not live.
For thtoo years, ho fingered In this con-
dillon. Thon by some friends he was nd
yised to take DR.. williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. lie took thcm and thore wng
slight change. Tho first thing noted was
q tendency to sweat freely. This showed
ther5 was some life loft in his helpless body
Next camo littIs foolIng I'm hlI limbI
This cxtendel ], followed by prlckliug sensn.
tion5, until at last the blood began to course
freely, naturally aud vigorously through
his body, and tho helplcssness gave way to
returning strength, the ability to walk ro-
turned, and he ,crs restored ~ his oM time
heuih
Tho above Is tho substance OF the first
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
A Total Disability Claim of $1,000 Paid to
a Man who was Afterward Cured,

The Monitor, n newspaper published Mt
Meatord, Ont, Canada, first discovered
thls case two years ago, and published 1t at
length, which now seems, owing to thecura
OF 1t, TO DO n miracle. Tho facts were so
remarkable that innny people doubted the
truth OF them. They said: 1T IL too re-
markable; It Cannot possibly DO true; the
paper IL mistakon. and the man. although
10 may THINK himself cared. will soon ro-
lapse into his former condition" etc. etc
The accuracy OF lis report called in ques-
ton, the Monitor determined to lind out
definitely whether tho facts wero as stated
md whether the man would really stan
cnred. They accordingly Kept close watch
on the case Tor t,oO years after the first ar.
tlcle appeared and hHvS just now published
another article about 1t In which nc original
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-04-12
Doarncss Cannot TIC CureL

by local applications. ms .hcy cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu-
hamed condition OF the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In
named you have q rumbling sound or impcr-
rect hearing, and when IL IL c.tirely closed
Deafness l. the result and unless the infiam-
nation can DO taken out and this tube re-
tored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed for, yer. Nine cases out OF ton aro
caused by catarrh, which ia nothing but an In
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollara for any
case OF Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that ca n
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Iurc Send
for circulars free.
+. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best