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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
The Cost of Quality.

Quality is always an important fac
tor in disposing OF farm products. but
in many cases it's cost to the farmer is
practically nothing. In the matter of
butter making it costs absolutely no
moro to make high grade duality
than inferior butter. Even the cost
Of extra labor in keeping things clean
and sweet about the dairy cannot be
counted, for 1t really does not take
more work TO keep things clean than
to LET them 20 dirty. 1t is merely a
question of method ana system If
one adopts a system In handling every
thing about The dairy he Will find that
time and labor are actually saved.
while the results are more than dou-
bled The sloyenly man or woman
only adds to his or her labors. 1t is
carclessness that produces accidents
and misfortunes
Quality is worth n good deal in the
market. Whether it is butter. fruits
or vegetables or animals that one is
selling, the determining factor is the
quality OF the goods The extra pay
ncnt received for good quality most
=
tween profit and loss The farmers
who find that no branch OF farming
pays are usually those who pay little
regard to the quality Of their goods
In some lines OF work on the farm
quality does cost IL may I'm some
cases cost moro TO raise fine fruits
than poor ones. TO begin with. fine
seeds or trees usually sell for a trinc
more than ordinary ones. This initial
cost is further added to by the extra
labor OF cultivation. spraying. pack
ing end marketing 10 is hardly true
to say that IL costs as much 10 raise
inferior fruits. which VIII take care OF
themselves. as it does to produce fancy
grades There IS always extra cult
v0tion. which must be- paid for I'm la
Dor or money. and extra care I'm pro
tecting the fruits from insects and
hli~h;s
Eul tho difference is not so great MS
i' may sccm to some This is due 10
organization and system If one or
dcrs his work after some good plan
which VIII save time and worry the
difference will hardly bc noticed
Sometimes The difference IS summed
up I'm the working capacity Of the In
dividuals one prefers 10 idle most OF
thc time and Jet things ON the farm
drift Another seems born for work.
aud finds Iis greatest enjoyment in
cnI.ivaiing nnd improving his crops
n wc are not willing lo give our time
ana labor to- the cultivation of the
crops in tho best possible manner we
havc no business calling ourselves
farmers We arc ON tbc farm TO- plant.
cultivate and harvest All this takes
labor brains and con -lmt striyngs.
Th. man who is not wiling TO pay
hc price must fail The secret OF
GOOD farming is quality and that can
Doe obtained only hy careful planning
and Intelligent work W. E Edwards.
i1 American Cmty8lor
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

When the pianist had gone. she
wept few tears of mingled happi-
ness and sorrow. and then spent
long hour with pencil and a row Of
figures. II could perhaps manage it,"
she unused. 'Oh. she would gain so
much. become so much! But what
shall l do without herr" The little
mother WAS so young and sweet aud
human. and she had only one daugh-
ter,
When the one daughter came home
from school. her mother repeated to
her Herr Won MciSter's wonderful
offer. Lucille sat at her feet and
listened. Her eyes Sparkled.
can we 30. motAer:" she asked.
Il think in another year l could
manage for YOU To go, dear. There
wouldn't be the other school bills. and
l get more and more to do"
But. mother. you couldn't do things
over there for people here" Lucille
said in surprise.
Her mother looked at her question
ingly. My dear" she said. bravely,
''all OF us couldn't go"
Lucille stared FOR moment: then
she rose from the floor. and took her
mother in her arms. do YOU sup
pose she demanded stcrnly. with her
eyes strangely bright. that | au GO
ing 10 Germany to study music, and
leave YOU hereT'
But, my dear Herr Won NIeister
says you might do great things"
DO you suppose I'm going to let
Nanr ~..rsI-s I O.
But, my dear. ia love to do it
Lucille kissed her. THAT is lust the
point, dear" she said vaguely. "Now
what would YOU do without me-and
| without YOU"
Il don't know. dear" said her
mother. trying to be neutral. and not
succeeding very well. You might
play before kings and queens" she
added. mischievously.
ITO quote yourself mother dear.
ia rather have you"
But in the end. dear?"
I'm the end:" Lucille looked Mt the
delicate face; she remembered so
much that might we'll have made it
delicate. she kissed it again.
Il am going to work and take care
CT YOU as soon as l can. AS for Ger
many. I'll write to Her Won Meister."
she said.
Her mother came and looked over
her shoulder as she wrote. and she
read this: Il thank you more than
can say. but l may not go Mother
cannot go, and l cannot leave her"
Her Won MeiSter smiled when he
read this. He rarely offered TO teach
pupils for joy ana his offer had
never before been refused. He kent
the quaint little note. and one day.
many years later, when Lucille had
without going to Germany refreshed
so many tired men and women with
the tenderness of her music-made
not all with her fingcrs,-he read it
once more. and said:
"Ach, de little American Fraulein
she hat always n fine talent for music:
but for loving-ach, she haf a genius,,
Youths Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
An Antidote to Poison wv.

In addition to the aids OF the
druggists lotions nature is said to
have provided a most efficient remedy
for poison ivy poisoning. in the shape
of the widely spread flower known
as spotted tOuch-me-not" or lin
patiens fulva.' IL is also called the
Jewel weed and is abundant i'm the
water courses during June and July.
when the Rhus toxicodendron and
the Rhus venenata are most poison.
Gus. The color OF the flower OF
spotted touch-mc-not" is deem
orange. and the spots are of a reddish
brown. The lip forms sac not much
unlike the moccasin flower. ana il
ends i'm "a curved spur The seed pods
burst If slightly touched and scatter
the seeds all around To this peculiar
property the plant owes its common
name. 1t is also called "noli-mc-tan-
gerc' and NY touchez pas" The
remedy is applied by expressing the
juices or the plant and applying it to
the skin which has been poisoned
Popular Science News
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
Governmental Aid.

THE General Government of
the United States should
aid in building the great
highways, as was contem-
plated by the founders of the Govern
ment. In fact the power given in the
Constitution To establish postotfices
and post roads might justly he con
Strued SO as to include all roads need
ed for postal service. Rural mail de-
livery will neceSSitate thousands of
such roads through the country dis
tricts Why should not the General
Government aid i'm building them?
How could the Government eXpend
money that would do much good To
the people or this nationI Good roads
would make the country more attrac-
tive, and would tend to relieve the
congestion of population in the cities.
The greatest drawback to country life
is the inability to move with ease
from point to point. owing to the bad
condition of the highways Why can
not the Government make approDr;a-
lions for the highways on land as well
As the highways on water? But
few go over the latter, while millions
go over the former. Congress votes
subsidies to railroads. steamships and
Tor mapping the seas of commerce.
This is a very necessary and impor-
tant work. hut not more important
than making the highways on land.
We all know how anxious Congress
men are to get an appropriation i'm the
rivers and harbors bills for the inn
~ 4, 81. o,
in their State How much wiser il
would be to vote this appropriation
for making some highway between
two cities or between two States.
Hundreds of millions OF dollars have
been wasted on streams that can never
be made navigable. which il expended
on our highways, would give us the
best system of roads in the world.
Suppose the General Government
should appropriate every ten years an
amount equal TO that now expended
for pensions. say, $1JOOOO,0OO. for the
building and improvement of the
roads OF the country This would
Sive, in round numbers 81 per capita
for the entire population of the United
states. This. continued for two gener-
atoms, would grade macadamiZe and
gravel every great public thorough
fare in the country, when aided by To-
cal appropriations.
Who would begrudge the cxpendi.
ture after such roads have been buiitr
Who would not say that the expendi-
ture was wise one. elevating i'm its
influences and adding Immensely TO
the tangible wealth and commerce of
the country? We paid more than this
amount in the expenditures or the
Spanish war. Is there single person
who would not receive benefit from
good roads far greater than he re-
ceived from the Spanish war? Put 1T
in another way: Is there single per
son now using the highways of the
country or whose business is i'm any
way affected by the traffic on the
highways Of the country land this
touches the business interests OF every
man and woman i'm the United States.
who would not be willing to pay as
much for good roads as he has paid
Tor the war with SPAIN
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
The Dinorence netwecn stoc,,.

\ Kansas farmer says 1t costs from
SO 10 $40 "a year 10 feed COW in Kan
sas if well kept. One hundred and
fifty pounds of butter at twenty cents
will bring $50; calf ut six months. St.
Where is the profit in this kind of
stock? a thoroughbred cow could
make 800 pounds of butter n year.
which will bring. at twenty cents. 500:
calf. $50 TO 500 Note the difference.
Experienced dairymen declare that
1t costs no more for the food consumed
by COW that produces 300 pounds of
butter per year than FOR one producing
$50 pounds. The two kinds OF COWS
will eat about the same quantity of
food, but one will convert more food
into milk and butter than the other.
This fact demonstrates the importance
OF the breed. The cost Of butter from
the better cow is consequently one-half
less than that from the other. and
gives a profit. while other COWS in the
herd may entail loss.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
New DIAMOND Yields

Our Consul at Demcrara reports that
diamonds i'm abundant quantity aud
of 20 very zinc quality have been dis
covered in British Guiana. ON the
MozaruuI River $50 miles above it's
junction with the EsseQuibO. London
dealers. to whom the stones have been
sent, consider them superior to- South
African diamonds. and quite equal TO
those found 600 Brazil The present
dee.nes arc situated u tropical
jungle five miles from thc river. %
region not easily reached A search
now making for the mauix from
which the stones have become scat.
|.r.H
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

happiness OF It's people. Higher priced
lands are gratifying to their owners.
but they mean much more than the
dollars involved i'm the increased value.
for they mean enlarging intelligence.
better social conditions better culture
OF the mind as well as the field. ana
broader and higher views of lie. all
or which work for the building of Il
better citizenship. the most essential
of all productions. especially under a
popular form OF Govcrnment.-Farm
Stock and Home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
BenefIts To the Enrmsr-

With good roads the farmer will
come more in contact with other men
and take larger and higher views of
life; he Will become more useful to
himself and more valuable To the com
munity. His interest will go beyond
the division fence that separates him
from his neighbor. He will read more
and become better informed. They
open to his children the higher schools
OF the towns and cities His wife ana
daughter will have an opportunity to
mix ia town society. To- the benefit of
themselves and equally To the benefit
of their town bred sisters.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
Three ola Kind.

Colonel" said the lady who was
both kinds Of widow, "do you know
that In one way you are very much
Ike my first husband wasT"
They were alone behind tie palms
but the blum old warrior looked steadi
~ at her and replied
~ am not only like your first hus
Dand was i'm one way but I'm like
your second in one way. too"
She put her little hands upon bis
arm and looking wistfully up at him
said.
"Ah. colonel DO not speak in rid
dies. What do you moanT
why, they both got away from
you, didn't they?' he called back as
be fed through the only opening that
was left Chicago Record. Herald,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
Tennessee's Wealth of Oak Timhsr

y w OF OAK Timber.
One of Tennessee's richest fields of
natural resources is in its forests.
Most of her timbered land is as vet
virgin, and at the top of the list of the
varieties TO be found is oak. That
tree is one of the most valuable that
ever grew, and this State is more than
usually rich in it. Oak timber is prac-
tlcally indestructible when not ex-
posed to the elements of the atmos-
phere l mean that oak timber can
be submerged in the ground or buried
in the water, where the atmosphere
does not affect IT,, and it will last for
so many years that the man who had
put it there is dead and forgotten by
the time it has decaycd 1t is a grow
ing favorite and deseTvedly so. in
many ways of manufacturing furni-
ture and in finishing fine houses. The
price on it is always firm. and every
now and then it makes a squirt and
climbs up point from which it never
viii fall. If the forests of this tree
10 he found in Tennessee to-day are
here ninety years from now, this will
br one Of the richest States in the
Union knoxville Sentinel.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Up-to-date roads make up-to-datc
citizens.
Good roads will pay even better than
good stock. II is absurd To- have Brrk
shire pigs and razor back roads.
There is no part Of the nations
business or social life which is not af-
fected by The question Of good roads
The railways are benefited by hard
roads. and IL is almost as much to-
their interest to have them built rs it
is TO the farmers
Farm life must be- made more at
tractive; the people must have more
Of the advantages that hitherto have
obtained only In town or city life.
Good roads make this possible.
Distance is no longer measured by
the yordstick, but by the clock lick:
distance is merely matter Of time I'm
this age Of rapid transit Good
roads make short miles. bad roads long
ones
With bad roads as q barrier to free
and easy intercourse between the city
and the farm. the young mind is
warped by wrong Impressions the
soul narrowed by prejudice and sound.
symmetrical education thereby much
hindered II not rendered impossible.
The economic value Of good roads
can hardly be overstated The expe-
ricnce In Massachusetts. New Jersey
and New York shows thui where hard
roads have been built the incomes
from the farms have largely Increased
and expenditures have corresponding
ly diminished
Ninety nine per cent of 400 farm pro-
ducc moved by the railway express
and steamship companies is first
hauled in wagons The secretary of
the Farmers National Congress esti
mates the annual waste iu haulagc 90
bad roads fro This country is equal io
$40 for every man. woman aud child
iu st..
Every farmer knows that there is
nothing more destructive to trauouu
ity of mind nothing That more c6cc.
lively b0uishes smiles and uofhipr
more conducive to- gray hairs than to
sit ou I'd loaded wagon and SEQ IN team
struggling through mud aud ru.s while
tho wagon tongue swings ylciously
ftom side i0 sido
WHOM "a man arrives af tao rouc1r
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
A Ficld TnnlIhnr.

To he continually going back and
forth from field to house and from
house to field for tools and seeds. some
OF which have been forgotten on the
first trip, entails much needless labor
upon the farmer. An excellent plan
is 10 have a long, commodious box that
will hold all the general tools. the seed
and the commercial fertilizer, and to
take i'm all necessary articles to thc
field and to keep them there. The box
should therefore shed water ana
should be provided WITH Look and key.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

If made in the form shown in The eat
a horse can bc bitched 10 IT,. when &c
can be drawn to The field without load
ing &c upon drag or cart. The bot
tom boards run lengthwisc and pro
iect i'm front turning up to enable the
box TO pass readily over amy lncquali-
ties in the ground Such device will
save many steps and much time that
might bc lost in going FOR articles that
by this plan are always right II hand.
New York Tribune
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
sImpIe mabIl. of ncrman rnrnll.

The habits of tho household off iae
German Emperor are worry simpic
They rise curly. One Emproas braot
fasting alone with The Emperor There
is no lunch but inc royal family and
ln consequence the whole court dine
ct o'clock At5 o'clock tea IS served
plain supper is catm tvo or thrcr
hours later and Che Emperor and Em.
press are rarely out Of bed later than
40 o'clock.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

gate that will always stay shut. unless
one holds it open. \ stout spiral spring
pulls the gate to, whichever way it is
opened, the spring being attached TO
the extended upper rail OF the gate as
shown i'm the Sketch.-Orangc Judd
Farmer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

FARM and GARDEN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Farm Hand

"A farm hand is not easily procured.
What the farmer wants is n man who
knows what to do without being IN
structed. The Inexperienced man is
worth but little to farmer the first
year. There * much To learn to do
and to bc done at the RICH, time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
al nknnt shnin t;n,n

\ great deal of loss occurs each wear
from accidents that como from the
leaving open OF some gate. 1t may be
ones own or neighbours stock that
does the damage was the fault OF
the open gateway. The cut shows a
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

NY HE General Government of
the United States should
aid in building the great
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15
u !.IHlzzz :;
THE TALENT AND THE GENIUS OF LUCILLE.

. HE talent. known so well TO
Lucile's friends. was q really
delightful gift for music
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-10-12
immigration Statistics.

Washington, Oct. THE annual
report of Thomas Fitchil, commits
sloner of immigration at New York,
shows that the number of aliens
arrived at the port of New York
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1901, was 453, ,496. There were
also 113, ,056 citizens of the United
States who arrived from abroad.
In the amount of money brought
per capita there appears to be an
appreciable increase over last year,
but the report says:
"The conclusion, unfortunately,
is unavoidable that our immigra.
tlon is constantly increasing in
illiteracy. Not only are we draw
ing more and more from the coun-
tries where illiteracy is high, but
also the Immigrants themselves are
showing higher percentages Of ILL
teracy. Nearly one-half of our
steerage immigration now presents
an illiteracy of from 40 to over so
per cent.
"Of the 388,93l steerage aliens
who arrived during the year, the
following totals are given for the
principal countries:
"South Italian, S6,929 males,
"a 1896 females.
"Polish, 25,466 males, 1910
females.
Hebrew, 23,343 males, 1884
females.
German, 1928 males, l2,442
females.
"Slavik, 1900 males, 1922 fe-
males.
Northern Italian, 1G, ,2O2 males,
4, 1853 females.
"The number of deportations for
the year, a decided decrease as
compared with last year, was 3,O59.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-10-12
A Proposition to Outpray the Beers.

New York, Oct. 3.-The Journal
has the following:
London, Oct. 3.-The archbishop
of York, in the current edition of
the York Diocesan magazine, pro-
poses day of national humiliation
as a means of fastening success to
British arms in South Africa. The
archbishop says:
'It is possible that our national
and personal sins are Withholding
from us on the part of the God of
battles, the more definite success
of the vast army employed for the
subjugation of a small and undis-
ciplined people.
"There are many, doubtless, who
will be slow to acknowledge this,
but those who trust in never
failing Providence see nothing
strange in the suggestion, in view
of the enormous sacrifice, the re-
verses of the nation and the loss
of valuable lives while we have
been praying, publicly and private
ly, for two years for blessings on
our military operations more earn
estly than ever.
~ hold fast to the belief that
the most urgent need of the nation
is national humiliation, not for the
want of success, but for the great
ness of our national sin.
"Perhaps we are not sufficiently
awakened to take this step. There
may be greater sorrows in store be-
forethis proud and prosperous peo-
pie will consent to humble itself in
confession of its SIM
The archbishop then quotes the
Boer proclamation, calling for pray
ers, and continues:
"As yet there have been no such
days in England. 1t may be our
heavenly Father is only waiting to
be gracious. 1t is easy and not un-
common to denounce these people
as hypocrites and laugh and scorn
heir open Bibles and meetings for
prayer, but that question awaits
higher judgment than ours. III
without hypocrisy we long ago had
.aken a similar course it might |
have Jared better with us than it |
has DONE"
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-10-12
The Poll Tax and the Next Elections.

The citizens of Louisiana who ex-
pect to exercise their constitutional
privilege Of participating in the con
greSslOnal elections in November.
l9O2, and in the State elections i'm
April, 1904, should take notice that
the poll tax provision of the CON
stltutlon will come in force before
those dates, and the tax must bepaid
as a prerequisite to voting.
The special requirement made of
all voters under GO years of age is
that, before exercising the privilege
or suffrage in any such election,
they must have paid the poll tax for
the two yearspreceding the election,
and in each ease the tax must have
been paid on or before the 3lst dav
OF December of each of the said two
years, aud the voter must he able to
show his poll tax receipts.
Thus it Is that, in order to vote at
any election in 1902, the poll tax
for this year (l9OD must be paid
before the expiration of the present
year, and that for 1902 must be paid
before the November election in
hat year, so that the evidence can
De presented at the polls. 1t, there
ore, becomes an absolute necessity
hat the poll tax for the present
'ear 1901 must be paid in that year
'efOre the November elections. This
S something which must be com
lied with by every qualified citi-
en- who is under 60 years of age,
r else he cannot vote.-Pic0yune.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1901-10-12

Fairfield (Ill.) Sun: The demo-
cratic party for years has been seek.
ing to overcome tendencies in gov
ernment which it knew to be breed
ing anarchy. 1t has recognized the
peril to our institutions involved in
building up m0nstrous fabric of
class privilege 1t has known that
in sowing the wind of class favors
we we're bound sooner or later to
reap the whirlwind Of class hatred.
And it has sought in an orderly
way by invoking the spirit Of civic
virtue to check the reckless progress
of class selfshness and class greed
as exemplified in shameless laws
which brought want and sorrow
into thousands Of homes and bitter
ness and revolt into tens Of thou
sands of hearts.