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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
governed by definite purpose and
keeps that purpose steadily in mind.
philadelphia Times.
Is the Corset Doomed

Has the death knell> of the corset
been rung? Are the days of the fem
mime coat of mail numbered?
At every fashionable function this
season, on all the fashionable thor
oughfares and conspicuously around
the shopping centre of this city the
Russian blouse, in one or another
form, is in evidence. The blazer and
the short jacket are giving way before
it. When either the one or the other
is worn it is sure to be over a dainty
underwaist made with Russian
blouse front effect. At luncheon,
breakfast and dinner it is seen, and
even in full evening dress the blouse
effect asserts itself. The Herald has
already told and pictured the story of
woman's new figure, brought about
by the lowering of the corsage. But
there IS something more to come. Is
1t the total abolition of the corset?
Now. n well-formed woman does
not need long, stiff, boned corset
under this novel and pretty garment.
ANY moderately slender woman can
wear it without n real corset. She
needs only an underwaist well fitted
70 her graceful mould of form. Even
the short French corset is unnecessary
except for those whose adipose is de-
cidedly pronounced.
The ribbon corset, which is really
only bust supporter, is the only gar
ment-if it can be so called-that is
required. This dainty little creation
allows full play of the intercostal mus
cles and may Justly be hailed as the
sure promoter of that sinuous grace of
movement which always accompanies
supple aud untrammelled waist.
A well-known dress artist, one who
IS highly educated and familiar with
art in the plastic form as we'll as in
the history of dress, antique, mediae-
val and modern; one who has catered
long and successfully to the world of
fashion and the caprices of fashionable
women, both in America and on the
other side of the water, predicts that
the corset is moribund-t that it has
been slowly but surely dying for the
last ten years
The argument urged is briefly this i:
Since the genesis Of the new woman,
the woman who plays tennis and golf,
who rides after the hounds, who takes
keen delight in all outdoor sports and
devotes herself to those physical exer-
cises of the new school known as gym
nastics without apparatus, there has
been a steady demand for dress adapt
ed to that kind of life.
This same artist in dress also de-
clares that the women who fence and
take their daily poses, movements and
exercises in breathing, swaying, pivot
ing and contraction and expansion of
their muscles are more easily fitted
and more easily pleased than those
who do not. They have. as rule,
she says, smaller waists fuller chests
and less adipose development than
| those who do not devote some of their
time to gymnastics and outdoor sports
Better than all this, she asserts, they
have sweeter tempers, are less captious,
more intelligent, and have a larger
amount of common sense than most
women. Now the question is: Wi
this kind Of new woman be sufficient;
in the majority to kill the old-fashionc.:
corsct?-New York Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
what II Woman Did.

A plucky American woman, who be
gan to support herself at eighteen, has
shown how poor school teacher car
see Europe to the best advantage in
twelve years. Earning u small salary
in n public school, she has been able
to go to Europe every other year for q
two months holiday.
Her first journey was made to Eng.
land and Scotland, and was enjoyed
so keenly that she planned another
one and saved money for it during the
next two years. The second tour was
through France, Belgium and Hol.
land, and in order to travel comfort
ably she learned French during her
leisure hours
Returning to her school work she
began to study German, and at the
end of two years was ready for a Jour
ney up the Rhine and TO Vienna. and
thence through Dresden and Berlin to
Bremen. With renewed ardor she
plunged into the study of Italian. and
ut the end of two years she started for
Rome. She made the round of the
Italian cities, and spent fortnight in
was in Spain, and was able to speak
the language.
During the last year she has made
her sixth journey to Europe, travelling
through Denmark, Norway aud Sweden
TO Russia, aud spending n fortnight in
Moscow. She carried with her fair
knowledge of Swedish and not only
knew the Russian alphabet so as 10
read the street signs, but could make
her own bargains with drosky drivers
and go about without a guide.
In the course of twelve years she
has made six journeys TO Europe and
learned TO speak blk modern languages,
and she has supported herself entirely
by her earnings as school teacher.
and has paid every penny of hei
travelling expenses. Starting with =
painstnking study Of the language oil
the country which she was to visit,
and also preparing herself by a course
of reading, she has made the best
possible use Of her time abroad.
The reward for all this energy and
perseverance, has come in her thirtietl
year. Her knowledge OF foreign Ian
guages has fitted her for broader work rs
teacher, and che has left the public
schools 10 take position rs instruc
tor in French. German and Italian in
n high school for young women.
There may be higher aims than
those ordinarily involved in foreign
travel, but the persistency Of this
/ American girl in carrying ont hei
plans is worthy of praise. IL is Q
great gain in any human life, il II /,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
About the Horsc.

Horses that have had little to do
throughout the winter must be worked
in by degrees. There muscles are
soft and need special care to prevent
CALLED shoulders and other disabili-
ties. Heavy shoes with long, sharp
calks are worJe than useless on soft
ground and earth roads This fact
is so selfevident that it is surprising
TO see how little it is needed. Shoes
with low calks or none Mt all, and
heavy enough to wear four or five
weeks are all that is needed. Some
horses will not drink if water is
offered them, before their morning
feed. This is generally the result of
having been given water icy cold or
none at all. But if n horse is allowed
to drink his fill soon after eating the
food is washed, undigested into tho
lntestines. a horse that will not
drink before eating should be made to
wait Mt least an hour after. Water
frequently while at work. Leave the
fetlocks untrimmed. They are put
there to protect the heels, and if cut
away scratches, mud fever and cracked
heels are likely to ensue No horse
can pull as much or as well when
checked up rs he can with his head
iree.-Geore y. Martin, of New York.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Preparing Bacon Hogs.

A "streak of fat and q streak of
lean" is a condition in preparing
bacon hogs for market which will re-
ceive increased attention on the part
OF farmers. Our neighbors across the
border in Canada long since realized
the Importance of this, and feed a
mixed ration, using not only corn, but
plenty of ground field peas, barley,
etc. The wider cultivation of pulse
crops is step in the right direction.
During the decade 1SSO-S9 practically
no extension was made, but in the
past few years advances are noted in
the areas thus appropriated. The
favorable results with peas and barley
at the Montana station, as feed for
hogs, have further directed attention
to this matter.-New England Home
stead.
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u rnrs to Grind Grain.

In feeding animal or plants the
more infinitely the food is prepared
for assimilation the better its results
Food for animals can be prepared for
more ready assimilation by two pro-
ccsses first, by grinding; second, by
cooking.
For man all orr grain used for food
Except oats and cracked wheaO are
ground aud finely pulyerized. Then
10 mako the products more readily to
be assimilatcd and to afford the most
nutrimcnt IL is cooked.
SO for plant food. The commercial
fertilizers are finely ground and then
treated with acids 80 as to make Them
more available for plant food. II
would take years for bones. without
mechanical aid, 10 become cf service
for plant food and the phospbate
rocks without such treatment would
never give up its fertilizing ingredi-
ents
I'm all Of our farming operations il
we would follow moro closely nature
IN the plants VIC cultivate aud tho
stock VIC feed We would fud II paw.
Grass ~ said 10 be the natural food OF
our cattle, sheep and horses. and the
nearer we give our feeding mnterial
the succulent and easily digestible
nature Of grass the more benefit ON
stock Fill receive from it.
1t follows then, that the more min
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Fashion Notes.

1
| Plaid stockings are shown in prea,
variety. and will be very popular foI
housowear.
a novelty in yelling is black spotted
net lined with white net, slightly tint
Cd with pink, which makes il very be-
Coming.
Tailor-made dresses are again as
high in favor as they always have been.
Some handsome ones are shown heav-
lily trimmed in braid.
Black satin finely tucked makes
cry pretty belts owear with separately
waists. Fasten them with fancy
buckle or knot of satin.
A new work basket is big and sensi-
bic enough to be of some use, but
made attractive by quilted satin and
gilt and silver accessories.
A very stylish finish for n cloth cos
tune is one band of fur broadtail
around the bottom aud n collar band
covered with the fur Velvet and lace
complete your decoration, but no more
fur
Camels hair material is in fashion
again, and it comes in all the new
shades. Gowns for morning and
travelling are made of this fabric.
trimmed with fur or scalloped bands
of the same, finished on the edge With
silk cord.
A set of handkerchief, glove ana
trinket boxes is covered with lowered
brocnde. The glove box is furnished
with stretcher and powder, the veil
box with pins and the handkerchief
box with perfume. Each one has a
lock and key,
Sleeves seem to have settled down
70 their limit in size for the season,
at least, ald tue comfortable fullness
az the top still remains, but the skirt
is gradually diminishing in width.
two and a BALI yards around being the
size of the latest model.
One of the seasons novelties in
trimming cloth gowns is the machine
stitching in patterns like the old
fashioned quilting. The cloth is pad
ded underneath TO give it the raised
appearance, and the design covers the
blouse bodice, decorates the sleeves.
and usually extends entirely around
the skirt
Purple is the favorite color for the
separate walking skirt. IL is plain,
circular in shape and Of the most
! handsome quality Of cloth that its
wearer can afford II is we'll lined
end flares about the foot. Yet its
most important feature is tue train,
which no longer disguises itself but
trails over the street for fully two
! inches.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Art Girls In Paris.

A young American, who, heaped
with honors, has just returned from
Paris, told me, greatly to my surprise,
that she thought it an idle and unwise
plan for girls to go abroad to study
art until they had been drilled into the
fundamental work at home.
She gave me ever so many reasons
for this, but that which seemed to her
the strongest, was the fact that Paris
is full of American women who, not
having had their abilities tested at
home, have gone there only to find
that years aud years of uphill work lie
before them, with no prospects at the
end. For that which they thought to
be talent in themselves has proved,
when taken to the other side, to be
but a flimsy affair not worth cultivat-
ing for bread winning purposes.
With the poverty belonging to most
Of these women, suffering is inevitable
and this suffering, she argues, is best
endured at home, where the young
girl is near her family or her friends,
and where the many forms of compli-
Gated miseries incident to q life alone
in Paris are spared them-miseries
easy to endure and accepted without
question if success. lie ahead, and one
is assured of possessing real talent and
power, but miserIes that cut into the
soul of one and destroy the finer fibers
if endured for ends never possible Of
attainment
The mere cost of living may be
cheaper in Paris, but the advantages
to be derived among us for foundation
work outbalance all other questions
One must have $50 n month to live in
Paris. With rigid economy $25 may
be made to suffice for ones personal
expenses. The other So must be set
aside for the purchase of paints and
materials necessary to her if she means
to derive full benefit from her oppor-
tunities TO work. Harper Bazaar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08

utely grain is prepared by grinding
for stock the more 1t will benefit them.
regardless of the cost. The loss in
corn by grinding is the toll one eighth
or twelve per cent. It has been demon
strated by actual experiment that the
saving in grinding and cooking will
amount to twenty-five or thirty per
cent. Actual experience in feeding
my hogs shows that they will consume
less meal than corn and fatten faster.
They will eat their Stops much faster.
then lie down to rest--and as rest and
quiet is necessary condition for hogs
to fatten. they will fatten much faster.
Corn with most farmers is the grain
most used. With only the difference
of the toll between meal and corn il
pays well to feed stock, especially
hogs, on meal instead of corn.-Farm,
Field and Preside.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Newest Thing In Crnvats.


Some of these -carfs are of the very
sheerest lawn, some of them flimsy
India silk, with deep frills of lace
edging them, and some white silk
ones have long, fine sewing silks
fringe. When wrapped around the
neck, the bows and ends, tied under
the chin. are perfectly enormous. Yet
they are the very newest thing in
cravats, and the woman who wants to
keep pace with the fashions must have
one or else be out of the world.
Some of these cravats shown are so
enormous that they resemble the old
fashioned long nubia which used to be
worn around the head and twisted
around the neck, the two ends hang
ing down the back over the shoulders.
1t seems almost a physical impossi-
biiity to dispose of them around the
neck in such fashion as to make
them look Mt all shipshape, but, then,
they are the fashion, and everything
seems to go nowadays
The latest in neckties are stock col
lars and long fourth hand bows of the
bright Roman stripes to match the
sashes. These pretty stripes are be-
coming to nearly every woman, and
this may perhaps account for the
popularity they enjoy in the past and
promise to enjoy in the present.
The windows of one or two of the
swell haberdashers who cater to the
whims of lovely women are filled with
these brilliantly striped ties, and GER
tainly nothing can be handsomer than
black velvet blouse and one of these
gayly striped Roman ties.-New York
Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Cheap shelter For Stock

"A few days can he profitably spent
III providing comfortable shelter for
all stock and poultry. A framework
OF heavy poles, with poles or rails
over it. and entirely covered with
straw or corn fodder, makes very
good, warm shelter at slight ex-
pense. The satisfaction of having
stock comfortable will alone amply
repay the. cost of it. Such shelter
will answer for poultry, pigs or any
kind of farm stock.
Whom cattle are dehorned, as they
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08

He tried the best physicians bat without
being benefited and has used seversF specific
rheumatic cures, but was not helped, About
one year and six months ago no read IN this
paper OF case somewhat similar TO Nh
which was cured by DR.. williams Fink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box he felt some
what better, and after using three boxes,
the pains entirely disappeared, the dizzi-
ness left him aud he has now for over at
year been entirely free from all his former
trouble and enjoys better health than he
has had since his boyhood.
He is loud In his praises of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate tho above statements. His post
office address is Lorenzo Neeloy, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All tho elements necessary to give new
life aud richness to tho blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in a con-
rensed form, In DIR. Williams Pink Pille for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
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always should be, they can be allowed
to run loose without any danger, but
milk COWS ought to be kept in sepa
rate stable. Years ago it was thought
the proper thing to winter stock
around the straw stack, "to harden
them, but opinions have changed,
and every one is forced TO admit that
it pays well to stable all kinds of stock.
Double the amount of manure can be
made IN the stable, and the quality
will be much better. Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
No Difference.

1hysical troubles of n like nature coming
from different causes are often a puzzle to
those who suffer pain as to their treatment
and cure, as in the case OF lumbago from
cold or strain i'm some way to the same
muscles. The treatment OF such need not
differ one with the other. Both are bad
enough, and should have prompt attention.
as nothing disables so much as lame back.
Tue use OF st. Jacobs Oil will settle the
question It's efficacy is so sure i'm either
case there is no difference I'm the treatment
and no doubt OF the cure
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08

battle OF giants Is going to take pIoco
TINS summer on 10000 farira In America
not In talk or votes, but In yic,ds. Salzer's
new potato marvcls arc named as above
ahd ne Gners n price for the biggest potato
Tor his corn On inches long, and ont prodi.
gies Only secdsmen in Am, rica prnwIno
grasses. clovcrs and farm seeds and seIIinS
potatoes at 80 - barrel Tho cditn,
urges you To try Salzer's seeds. and 10
SEND TINS NorfcE w1ru 10 ia -, -.
TO John A. Salzer Seed co.. In Crosan Wis
Tor ] new farm seed samples. worth 30 oo
90 get 81 start. and their big catalogue. 1rt
We Inherit nothing truly. Int what ON,
actions make ms worthy or
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
HoM's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any Gaze of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Falls Catarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY 81 Co., Props, Toledo, o.
ney or the last Is years. and believe HIM per-
fectly honor BILE in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any oblign-
ton IN de by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
wALDING. KINwAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of thr system. = lcr, 15c. pc bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
wHEEL-wAsH1xG DEVICE.

now poured in and the wheel revolved.
The dirt can thus be removed quickly
and much more easily than when a
pail is used to hold tho water. Once
used, the benefits of this device will
be very apparent. American Agri-
culturist.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Apply Manure Direct From Bsrn.


1t is my practice, says T. NJ. Gro
YER, of Ontario to get manure onto
the land to be fertilized as soon after
1T is made as possible aud Mt the least
expense. Nothing is added to the
heap by decay or handling. 1 try to
clean up the premises every week or
two, except during February. when
the snow is very deep, as L do not
believe in keeping barnyard manure
corded up to heat and become other,
wise damaged. j do not use ma
nure shed. Ordinary rain storms will
not do any injury. A covered pile,
unless looked after very carefully
will heat and dcteriorate. The rains
will promote decay, which IS bene-
ut. Most of the barnyard manure
Will be spread on sod land intended
Tor corn. If my plan of hauling out
each week is followed-the best results
the following year will he noted where
the iirst load was applied. Spread at
once and do not place in heaps.
On an ordinary farm do not believe
there Is any need of compost heap for
the sole object of causing weed seeds
to sprout. Manure from homegrown
leeds does not ordinarily contain many
weed seeds. L DO believe, however.
IN compost heap for material other
than the manure from the barnyard.
10 this add all refuse from the kitchen
which the farm animals will not eat.
ashes, tops OF vegetables, weeds aud
the like. Cover the Pile occasionally
with dry Garth, which will prevent
offensive odors. Many cart load of
humus will result from this heap.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Solid Nurenpurp.

A specimen Of German architectural
and business solidity is afforded by the
fact that in Nuremberg there are
houses still in good order which were
erected in 1850. and that in the same
town firm has been engaged In manu-
featuring harmonicas since 1860. sixty
years before. the settlement of New
England.
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Ifabtt.

Habit is queer thing. An old gen.
tleman in Montville, Me-, who said he
could not see to sign his name until
given pair of glasses, was given q
pair from which the lenses had been
removed. He signed the paper nicely
and declared he could see better with
those than any others he had tried
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08
Life Isn't Worth Living

70 one who suffers the maddening agony Of
eczema, letter and such irritating, itching skin
diseases Every roughness of the skin from n
simple chap to letter and Ringworm even of
long standing is completely, quickly and surely
cured by Tetterine. Is comfort worth 30 cents
TO you? That's the price Of Tetterine at drug
stores, or by mail for price I'm stamps from J r.
Shuptrine, Savannah. Ga.
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The device shown in the cut will
save much time and labor in washing
wagons. narrow, water tight box
of the shape shown in the illustration
is slipped under the wheel when it has
been lacked" up. A pail of water is
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chranIe Rheumat,.,p.

From ne Industrial Ne,es. Jackson, kich-
The subject OF this sketch Il fifty-slx
years of-age. and actively engaged Ia farm
ing. When seventeen years old be hurt his
shoulder and 3 few years after commenced
to have rheumatic pains IN Il. On taking
a slight cold or the least strain. sometim63
without any apparent cause whatever, the.
trouble would start and he would suffer the
most excruciating pains.
He suffered for over thirty years, and the,
last decade iiss SEsscroa &c snneh that he
was unable to do any work. To this the fro
IuSR.- s.enrrenees OF dizzy spells were add
ed. making him almost a helpless invalid.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08

A goldfish will die in ninety minutes IL
placed in water which contains one per cent.
OF alcohol. In water which CONTAINS twenty
per cent. of alcohol 1t will die instantly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08

The skeleton of n mastodon, in n good
state OF preservation, was dug up near Car
unna, Ind. 1t was found about six feet be-
low the surface. One of the tusks measures
seven feet eight inches in length.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-08

Dreams are illusions; therefore when
girls complexion is perfect dream
well, you can draw your own conchu-
sion.
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Chew star Tobacco The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tccthing, softens the gum reducing inf n1mn
ton allays pain, cures wind collie 25c a bottle