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The practice Of reducing the stock
every year, "weediugH out the poor
animals, MS 10 is called, has two sides
to it,which may be worth CONSIDERING
Poor stock sold iu the fall of the vear
simply TO save tho expense of feeding
ihcm through the winter. when cost
Of food is higb,invariably prove loss
io the owners. Prices arc usually low
for such stock ot any time. and csuce-
ia.Iy i'm the fall Everybody else is
wedding out too, and tine only mar
kct for them is tho butchers. It
would be much more to ilc puruosc
tO recommend early boo Che fail or late
iu the summer 20 weed on the poor
animals that 30 viii not pay lo winter.
and mako extra cEorIiOus io feed
them mp CO. standard which will
make them sell for decent price
There is hardly am animal, mo- mat
Ger how poor and inferior. which cam.
not Doe bred mp aud iattouoJ with u-
dicIous care 500 That it will sell for 70
fair price. The lean, c1davcr0us aidcs.
tho scrawuy hair and the hajratarved
appearance of the animal can all be
changed ior the better. Shut tho ami.
mails mp Don some clean, healthy pens.
where they cannot exercise much.
fool them aystcma icoIly ON fattoninQ
food. water them os they need t. and
even curry down thcirrough coats oc-
caaIouoHv
Ids trcntmon. followed mp careful
iy for O. month or siy weeks VIII add r
good many dollars t0 tho value of tle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
rrohIem. OF Soil Eznnn.llnn.

According to the report of Score
tary Wilson OF the Department of
Agriculture, says the St. Louis Re
public, certain divisions OF that De
partment are devoting most of their
time to the study of the exhaustion
OF soils by successive crops and the
restoration of the soil to its former
efficiency.
''The problem in the great West
has not yet risen to the Importance it
has attained in the Atlantic seaboard
States, where farms have been Weld
ing for several centuries. Even i'm the
East it has not reached the impor-
lance itposscsses In European coun-
tries France, Germany and the Meth
crlands.
"The problem is not $50 easy. how
ever, as it appears ut first sight The
same constituent elements. such as
/ carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen.
I IRON, lime, phosphOrous even taken
7 in idcuticalIy the Same proportions.
may make as different substances as
corn and sawdust or charcoal and dia-
mond Then, too, the absorption OF
/ the fertilizer by the soil and it's con.
/ version by tho soil into forms ion which
. pIauts can assimillte it furnishes am
/ other complication iu tine problem. So
. that, altogether, 10 is MS complex as
/ any i'm applied chemistry.
'Iue scientific study of the clc-
ments which each crop abstracts from
a soil and tho mems by which those
/ clements eau bo restored to- tine soil is
. "a ID
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AN INVENTIVE HERMIT.
His Machine VIII Not Make Much Stir
In the World.


For eighty-two years Charles How
ard was the mystery of Okefnokee
swamp, and his death a few DAYS ago
recalled TO mind some stories of his
ne The old man was a hermit. liv-
ing all alone in q small and dilapidated
log hut in the swamp. His eccentrici-
ties were many. though he did not an
noy people. The old man was pau
per dependent on the county for sup
port during the past thirty years. In
his secluded life he toiled on with the
problem of perpetual motion. employ
ing an old spinning wheel as = ma
chine. with two large rats as power
The rats were so fastened on the rim
OF the wheel that they could not get
away and kept the wheel revolving
rapidly night and day Once the wheel
got in motion. the rats kept running
on the rim till they expired from sheer
exhaustion. So intent was the old her
NIT on solving the problem that he
hardly ever took his eyes off the wheel
excepting. of course. in his slumber
The life OF the rats did not exceed n
week after he put them to work on
the wheel When one team Of rats
expired. another team was put in har-
ness. The old man would hunt rats
in such ruins as he found in the vicir-
ity of the swamp. and it is estimated
that his perpetual motion wheel con
sumed over a hundred rats per year
When asked why he attempted perpet-
ual motion the old hermit replied:
hain't losin er gainin' up nuthln'
by passin of the time wi my wheel
an rats, an if hit on perpetual mo-
ton yit hit hain't ner wuss'n a lot er
yer edicated folks is done in Their way
an failed. Hits mighty purity ssein
uf my rats er chasin' one anuther on
my spinnin' wheel. an ! thinks as how
Ill git way to feed EN- after awhile
so as ter keep EN- a runnin' durin'
Their nacherl lives. Then I'd be nearer
perpetual motion than some people
whut knows mon | do is. An hit
haint cost enything yit sperimentin"
as the rats can't eat an run at the
Same time. l thinks I'll git things a
worldn' fer perpetyul motion after
gifts way to feed the rats while they is
a runnin. An if do. I'll jus rake in
million dollars as easy as fallin' off a
log"
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Feed For Mounting mcn..

Meat and ground bones are excel
lent for moulting hens aud so is milk
If the hens are closely confined, the
best green food is finely chopped
clover. A teaspoonful OF sulphur for
ten hens may DO added to the grain
mixture on clear dry days, but it will
surely cause them to have rheumatism
and become lame il given on damp
days. For that reason one should be
cautious that the condition powders
that may be used contain no sulphur
rs they may be used at an unfavorable
time. If corn and wheat are fed most
ly without regard to the need of more
heterogeneous foods, at this timo the
moulting period may be necessarily
prolonged and the hen may be very
fat though not fully in feather.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
SIR THOMAS LlRroN.
The Baronet Tells How He slept. n
BcEEnr, In city Hall Park.

BeEgar, In city Hail Park.
And the poor fellows | met those
nights that I slept in city hall park.
Unfortunate as l was. Id give some
thing TO know what became of them
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS God was as good to
them afterward as he has been 20 me.
and whether they are the better for
the lesson OF adversely" These are the
words. of Millionaire Sir Thomas Lip
ton in Leslie's Weekly. Those DAYS
in New York We're hard-hard in q way
that you could scarcely imagine. Many
and many night did / stand outside
the windows OF the Fifth Avenue.
wondering what the rooms inside were
like. and whether Id ever have money.
enough to be able to afford to sleep
in one for just q night Yet through
all the storm of trouble and sorrow |
never lost courage There was some
thing In my bones that seemed to tell
Inc that | should get there at last. II
was kind of instinct, I suppose. or
a touch of the bulldog goodness only
knows. | don't know that | ever felt
so cut to the heart as in that morning
when, nervous and tTembling-Id eat
en- nothing for nearly two days. en-
tered the Office of a banker-riCh then
and richer now-in search OF a situa-
ton. I've never forgotten how he
looked up, glared at me over his
glasses. growled. Turn that fellow
OUT and walked away. ! met that
man at dinner the other night
thirty years older. but the same. boys.
always the same. That kind of animal
never changes except for hair and
wrinkles. He came up smiling. silky.
obsequious. l remembered his name.
| knew him again. lie began DO STAN
mer clumsy apology. and his apology
was more uncomfortable than the orig
inal affront." Yet those days in New
York were not without their results "
remarked one Of the groun-
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The posturing OF a. dock on farm
is one OF the most effective and i'm
portant ways of improving a field.
And in the general rotation Of crops
it should be made a special part of ii
to have the land under the sleeps
feet one year out of the lumber in the
rotation followed. The profit from
the use of the land will be more than
can be made in any other way. The
land is improved; troublesome weeds
will be got rid of and turned to good
use, and the condition of the field will
be better in every way. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that farmers on this continent
do not realize the truth Of this. 1t is
the sheep of Great Britain and Ire
land, of Germany ard France, indeed,
of all European countries, which have
made the average yield Of the crops
twice as much as that of our fields.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20
A Story OF Twins.

Lloyd Lowndes and Richard Lown-
des, sons of Governor Lowndes of
Maryland, are twins and look very
much alike. According to n story go
ing the rounds, Richard was travelling
through Ohio year ago, when a man
came through the cars and slapped him
on the back. Hello. Lloyd" he said.
stop over and spend the night with
me at Chillicothe." Richard said he
wasn't Lloyd, but the man wouldn't
believe him, SO he stopped over.
Among the people he met was Miss
May Quinn. She liked him and ne
liked her, but Richard had been mar
Iied for several years. So he told his
brother Lloyd about her, and in proc
ess of time Lloyd went to see her. fell
in love, proposed, and was married
last week. When he told his fiancee
that he was not the Lloyd she first
met. but that the first Lloyd was n
false. Lloyd and really Richard. he
had a hard time convincing her he
was speaking the truth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

The cut shows a way to keep the
tiles in drain perfectly even on the
bottom. This keeps earth in sus-
pension in the water from settling in
the Irregularities of the tiles. Take a
narrow strip of board AID nail two
strips along the sides, 50 the tiles
will just fit in between them. Sue
cessive strips of board treated in this
way will give a row CT tiles that lie
perfectly even from one end to the
other. This condition is one of the
necessities in successful tile-layiug,
for any uueveuness il successive
lengths OF tile is quite sure to cause
4 deposit of sediment, aud conse-
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quent clogging of the drain. Whore
so much expense is undergone in open
ing trench for the laying of tile, to
say nothing of the expense of the tile
itself, it seems great pity to have a
small mistake made in laying the tile
which may soon destroy its useful
ness altogether Thousands and
thousands of rods of drain tile are
laid every year, the cost of which is
almost wholly lost through so small a
factor as the irregular laying of the
sections-one section not having the
same slope as its next neighbor, thus
causing hating in the flow of water,
which is sure to cause, III its turn,
deposit of earthly particles that are
held in suspension by the water.
Though such q deposit may scarcely
be appreciate at first, it amounts to
n great deal in the course OF n year,
and the pipe is all too soon ont OF
order and must be taken up. New
York Tribune.
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81 AGRICULTURAL. *
AAaaEaa.zasllza.s!ta :. a..AMaa.assal
Wheat Farming.

A Nebraska paper tells of man
who bought Il farm there, upon which
there was mortgage of S70U. He did
not make much money the first year,
but he sowed eighty acres Of wheat
the next yer. 1t was a poor year for
wheat and the stand was so poor that
he thought he would not harvest it.
H. returned to his old home, and left
the farm aud the mortgage to fight it
out "a they pleased. The wheat
ripened, fell TO the ground and seeded
it well. There was fine crop, and as
some was kind enough to write about
it to him, he went back, harvested it
and sold it for enough to pay the
mortgage and all his other debts. Of
at first you don't succeed, try, Try
ouoiu ~
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The readers OF this paper will he pleased TO
learn That there is at least one dreaded disease
Jhat science has been able to cure IN al It's
stages, and that IS atarrh Halls Catarrh
ture is the only positive cure known TO tho
medical fraternity. atarrh being n cOns.itu.
iiOnal disease, requires constitutional treat
ment II ais CRtsrrh Cure rs taken internally
acting directly on the blood and mucous sui.
faces Of tho eSstem, thereby destroying tho
foundation Of the disease and giving the pa.
and assisting nature I'm doing is work Tgs
prOprietOrs have 50 much ia th in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dolla1s
for any case that &c fails to cure Send for MS,
OF testimonials. Address
Z. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
sold by Druggists 15C.
Halls Family pills are the bert
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they will eat but be sure none is
left.
Clean water, plenty Of sharp gravel
and some charcoal should be kept
where they can help themselves.
Fowls fatten much easier il confined
in yards than whom allowed TO range
OF will. In the diagram, the sides are
OF poultry netting and the yard is con-
uccted with the poultry house, where
they may find shelter from storms
a a, food dishes; b b., water. The
divisions may be removed, but arc
convenient i'm separating breeds.
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a sly Dig.

Mrs. Henpsck-No doubt the an
clients we're considered wise because
there were fewer temptations in those
days Mr.. Henpeck-Why, my dear.
the proportion of women in the world
must have been about the same. -
I JFe
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TnItcninr EnmIs

Ten or at most fifteen days should
be sufficient time for fatteuing fowls.
Feed corn meal seasoned with salt aud
milk in the morning, at noon whole
corn, and the same at night. Give all
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fered.
Desirabl" Farms For Orchard Culture.
In tho vicinity of most Of our large
towns aud cities are many desirable
farms that may be purchased for little
more than the buildings cost, and
which are admirably adapted TO orch
ard culture. The man who possesses
the wisdom requisite TO carry out the
details in successfully embarking in
fruit growing, will at once determine
the character of soil desirable to sue
coed with the apple. He will not buy
a river bottom of alluviul deposit, well
knowing that such u soil is not the
natural home of the apple tree. Non
can such farms be bought as cheaply
as the roughcr and broken fields OF
the hills and up!0nds; and here it is
that the apple tree delights to spread
itself. Set here in soil aboundinc
in iron and ferruginous materials as
indicated by the appearance of the
rocks, the apple tree thrives and bears
without much cultivation, as is wit
messed in scores Of orchards in every
natural apple-growing region, that the
soil has never been turned by the pillow
on account of the rough and stony
character Of the soil.
Such orchards, it is well known.
with scarcely any attention, produce
abundant crops of the finest aud best.
keeping fruit The one drawback on
such soils is the length of time it
takes to get an orchard into bearing
condition in such locations. or course,
the trees at first are of slower growth,
and if procured from the highly cult.
waited nursery stock it will take q
couple of years for them to overcome
the shock incident to being trans
ferred from rich soil and the in.
fuences of stimulative culture to this
virgin soil, though less rich in i'm.
mediately available plant food in large
rations. But such orchards, begun
with good stock, will be long-liyed
and constant bearers Farm, Field
and Preside.
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"Do Not Burn the Candle
At Both Ends. :"
SEaZlS!s IJI: -
DonaId's Christmas Present

From Brooklyn Life Ruth-Did
you get anything from Santa Claus.
Donald? Cousin Donald-You bet I
did. ! got a good lickin fer calm
Linn pa an pullin' his beard off!
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To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
nctic. fun OF life, nerve and vigor, take EoTo-
BAG, the wonder woTlrer that makes weak mon
strong. All druggists, zoe or a.. Cure ruuran.
tccd Booklet and sample free. Address
sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New YORK.
When a person is lost I'm Thought it mol
ably owing to his wandering mind.
VITALITY low, dcbilitaicd or exhausted rtir..i
uN Dr kline luFiEpr4ting Tonic. FREE Sd
trial nui.lc Tor &wcce 's treatment Dr. Kline.
i''" ''' N''i 0l' IhIIaoelpnIo. Founded lsI.
The picture dealer should always DO TO an
excellent frame Of mind.
Piso's Cure for Consumption las no equal
MS Cough mcdiCinc-F. ~. a uBOrr 8sJ Sem.
eca ST. BuTolo. N. y, May 9, 1894.
Whom woman gives her reason man
might as well ccnso 90 argue.
How Are Your Kiducyse
pooo xdd scf1Hss asmc5y4 co. css9 sayro or
Tn tho alphabet Of cgousm there is but one
lcitor.
Asa rule the silent partner bas good dca
20 say.
PcISsm fADr.rss r7r produces Tho
fastest and brightest cOlors Of any known dive
stun Sold by all druggstg.
Thomas a. Edison's first largo carnipgs
".rn 1000 This ho got from 20 tofcernrb
company Tor iho model OF tho now ian6u.
ticker for which be- bad intended toHsE
UDI
Educate Your Bowels with Caacarets.
CANDY Cathartlc, euro constipation f9rryor
i0e' -yc' 10 g. Q. q. fail, druggists refund money.
Tho clerk in pharmacy is mo- good as "a
farm assistant
Nrs. VineIow's soothing evrnpfo- sbf.1-.,
iursottcne the gums, reducing iuHamma.
".h, "l'} PAIN, cures wind collie. -le. tU0tsIo
Every time ON angler loses n Gsh ho is one
ti,ud io 20 rc-hHit
To euro Constipation Forever.
Take tnscarcts Candy Cuthnrtlc Zoe or ggo
W y. y. I'l TO cure. druggists refund money.
Some candidates bitterly contest the VIII
Hi tAo people
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Keeping on safe Ground.

Kansas City Independent: Dasher-
ly-He's all the time harping about
Ladysmith. Flasherly-Well, that's
the only name over there in the Trans
yaal that he knows how to pronounce.
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peautx IL n1ond neen.

Clean blood meuns a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Casearets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
PuIltles from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, bois, blotches, blaclheads.
and that sicllly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,--beauty for ten cents All drug.
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, soc.
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Tho thermometer enables the weather 10
become warmer or colder by degrees.
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animal. II we have scrub stock in
the fall OF the year that we conclude
will not ray TO winter. it is much bet.
ter to adopt this course Of treatment
than to hurry them away at once to
the butchers, being forced then to
accept almost any price that is Of.
farp1
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Inc spoon Is an Insignificant little utensil
yet 1t creates stir in every household.
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Vow Are Your Kidncy.v

Whom woman gives her reason % mau
might us we'll ccaso 90 argue
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Uy DR. kliuc.s luyigorHtnG Tonic. FErr G
trial bottle iUr& week Is treatment. Dr. Kline.
I.In .II AICI 81. IhIIlloLnuIn. EuumdcI l.LI.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

The picture dealer should always ho ip an
excellent frame Of mind
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag.
nctic fun OF life, nerve and vigor, take No.To-
Blc' the wonder woTEer that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, zoe or a.. Cure ruuran.
Lced Booklet and sample free Address
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

When person is lost in thought &c is rrof-
ably owing TO his wandering mind
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

.,. Every time an oogIorioscs a osh ho is one
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-20

~ tAc people
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To euro Constipation Forever.
Take tnscarcts Candy Cuthnrtc Zoe or gyo
G. g. @. fail To- cure druggists refund rra1cy
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Tho clerk in pharmacy is mo- good as
f1im assistant
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~ Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all tidrrv lille e..
p-oILoc- 400 slcrI-ng Nemndy 90. Ohlcarn on AZ
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In mo oIPhabet q cgotIam ihcro is but ono
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Educate Your Bowels with Caacarets.
,og2nay oatharllc, euro constipation forever.
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AsoruIo the silent partner basa good dca
Co say.
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Thomas a. Edison's first largo carnipgs
"nr' 1900. This bee got from 20 tolcernrb
".mp1uy Tor iho model Of tho now iHmou.
u,..r Tor which be- bad intended TO- ask
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FrrNAM FADF.rss rTr produces tho
fastest and brightest oOlors Of any known dye
stun Sold by all duggistg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-25

cessivelv the film or sheet Of water pulp has
gradually increased in density until finally it
energies as a sheet of paper. after passing over
many large revolving cylinders. through which
steam is constantly forced under delicately
regulated pressure creating such heat that three
times as much water is evaporated as the weight
of the sheet remaining Thus machine pro-
ducing twenty tons Of paper day has to evap-
crate therefrom approximately sixty tons of
water. Consider the vast amount of coal re-
quired to generate the necessary heat. 1t is es
timated that the paper mills of the country use
annually three million tons Of coal. After the
paper is dried it is passed through massive solid
steel rolls or cylinders which must be regu-
lated as to give just the desired degree of sur
face to the paper. 1t is then, for newspaper
use, wound into great rolls which weigh aP-
proximately half ton apiece.
This, of course. is but an outline of the process
which render it so complicated that even the
most experienced paper makers are apt dis
agree in their views widely do the pro-
verbal doctors
The press of this country has certainly shown
extraordinary development in the last ten or
twenty years. and it is generally conceded that
this development has followed and been rem
dered possible by cheapening the paper largely
through the Improvements in the art of paper
making This has been brought about by the
expenditure of vast sums often including the
entire profits of years in exploiting new meth
DDS. ideas and machinery.