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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23

Crumb Pie-Soak a pint of bread
crumbs in milk. Beat three eggs; add
half cup of sugar Line two pie
plates with crust and strew over
enough raislns to cover bottom. Add
the bread crumbs to egg and milk. sift-
Ing in bit of cinnamon. pour over the
ralsins and bake about thirty minutes.
Frozen Apricots-Boil two cups OF
sugar and four cups of water ten min
utes. When cold add one can of april
cots cut in small pieces Freeze as
usual, and when nearly stiff stir in two
cups of whipped cream. measured af-
ter whipping II IS delicious without
the cream, but, of course, is not so
rich.
Plccotta-This is the national soup
of Italy. Cook n half cup Of rice in n
pint Of stock and rub through a sieve.
Thicker a quart of boiling milk with
a tablespoon Of butter and two of
-four; add a cup Of grated cheese and
the rice stock. teaspoon Of salt. Serve
quite hot with bits Of toasted brown
bread
Rice Cakes - Two concecupfuls Of
sour milk or buttermilk, one teaspoon
full soda dissolved I'm a little hot water
and beat i'm flour enough to- pour. add
two well-beaten eggs one cupful of
boiled rice and one tcaspoonful salt
These require "a little longer time for
frying than the plain ones do. but are
very nice
Alabama Beaten Biscuit One quart
OF -four one Tablespoonful lard end
butter mixed, tcaspoouful SALT Nix
into q sdn dough with watcr Pound
until the dough is soft or blstcrs Roll
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
The Birrest Watermelon.

Here is the record breaking water
melon of the United States. 1t was
raised last season in Colorado. in the
Rocky Ford region, on the farm of for
mer State Senator Ewenk. 1t is near
ly five feet in length, three feet in cir
conference. and it weighs 35G pounds
The melon was the giant Of a large
patch grown for the market The soil
in the Rocky Ford Valley is naturally
adapted to the prolific growth of the
melon. and when aided by some specia
fertilizing agent TO productiveness Is
considerably increased, thereby yield
ing astonishing results.
One of the great occasions of the
year in Rock Ford is the annual water
melon day. This occurs in the height
of the watermelon season and is at
tended by hundreds of cultivators AZ
ter the prizes have been awarded the
fruit is cut open and n general feast
follows.-Kansas City Star
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
An Automatic TICKET MACHINE.

Recent experiments by railway Off
Gals in Berne with an automatic ticket
machine, invented by a Swiss. have
given entire satisfaction. says Bernt
correspondent. The machine is similar
to the ordinary automatic machines
but the glass cases contain the tickets
on which are printed the names of the
stations and the price OF the ticket
BY dropping in the right amount and
pulling a handle the ticket is set free
The machinery is so well constructed
that an insufficient sum of money or
any base coins will not work the
spring, and there IS no danger OF the
purchaser losing the whole amount.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
Now It's the brooklyn race.

"Have you ever been over the-big
brldge?" asked a Wall Street man the
other day.
"A few times; why do you ask?"
was the reply.
We'll, 1 had to go over to Brooklyn
the other day. First time 1 had
crossed the bridge in years; and 1
made a discovery. L don't mean that
l discovered the bridge, or Brooklyn.
but did find the Brooklyn face.
Talk about the bicycle face or the
automobile squint. they are not a
marker to It. If you want to see it
reflected on a few hundred thousand
features, just take stand between
the Il" ticket booths and the first
stairway some time between and o
o'clock at night.
LAS the crowds sweep to the ticket
booth they appear sane and clothed in
their right mind; but once the ticket
is bought, the transformation begins.
First sort of hunted expression steals
over the features; then the eyes are
narrowed to a squint, but as the per-
son nears the ticket chopper they
gradually widen and begin to roll
wildly. The teeth are firmly set. the
chin tilted outward and the head Is
thrown forward. a slight imitation of
the nostrils just before the final rush
is made and all is lost in the whirling
vortex on the stairway. New York
Mail and Express.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
vYhore 40 a. I.nrrnrds.

The ancient Romans laid down roads
which endured for many n century,
and they gained great fame as builders
of bridges so strong and well made
that the tooth Of time has been blunted
Ia gnaWing at their Incompatible
arches. Americans can make good
roads whenever and wherever they APP
ply themselves with earnestness and
zeal to tasks OF that kind but the
States Of the Union have reason for
shamefacedness when their principal
roadways are compared with those
which were compactcd. put together.
ballasted and beaten down by the
rugged descendants of BOmulus. Rome.
was to be the Eternal City. and the
Romans made up their minds that
their roads should be- as eternal MS the
seven-hilled home Of the empress of
the world Americans are the great
bridge builders of this G9y and genera
don, and the steel SPANS which thoy
construct are raised over rivers and
chasms, g0rscs and 0ty cs and arms
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23

Florida IS rich in minerals. In add
ton to phosphate. of which the world
already knows she has immense de
posits of clays of every kind-kaolin,
ochrcs. fire and aluminium clays, gyp
sum and FulleTs earth Of great extent
and finest quality. She has stone ex
cellent for building purposes and n
soft magnetism limestone that pro
duces a cement in every respect equal
to the best imported. Iron of high
grade and value is known to exist in
several localities; so also are indica
tons of petroleum. natural gas and
soft coal and asphalt to be found in
several portions of the State; and yet
with one or two exceptions the fields
containing these ores are undevcloped
Baltimore Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
Greatest Book Buyers Are Lawyers.

The best and most steady customers
of the secondhand book dealers are
lawyers. That has been the fact rs
far back as anybody cares to remem
Der Rufus Choate was always buy
ing books, and especially on Satur
days. He left a library of 10000 vol
umes. Joseph ChOatc, his nephew, has
proved in past years an excellent
patron of the secondhand dealers
when they had anything rare in stock
TO show him. In Brooklyn, Henry G.
Murphy, the lawyer and politician, col
lected more than 10000 volumes. pur
chased from his heirs as nucleus of
the Historical Society's library of that
borough. Charles O'Connor was ?
large buyer. William +. Evarts was
also mentioned as a collector. With
the exception OF Henry Ward BeccheI
and the late DR.. Il. S. Storrs, the
clergy are not counted. Nor are the
physicians. The mercantile class is
reckoned on to absorb any large cdi
ton of popular novel which is much
talked about. Mechanics and work
ingmen buy works treating of practi
cal subjects.-New York Post
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came with Columbus Saw
HaytIans Playing Ball.


The world was a long time learning
the uses and value of rubber For two
centuries after the Spaniards saw the
gum in the hands of natives of the
New World it was little more than a
curiosity. Old Herrea, who went with
Columbus on his second voyage. made
note Of an elastic ball which was
nodded from the gum of a tree. At
their games the nude Haytlans made It
bound high I'm the air. The Aztecs were
FAMILIAR with the gum and called IL
ule. and from them the Spaniards
learned to smear it on their coats to
keep out the wet. They had crossed
the seas for gold. and never dreamed
OF time when the sticky milk the I'M
couth Indians drew from strange trees
would be worth more than all the
treasures of the hills. ION February
%. 1899. n ship carrying n cargo of
116I tons of rubber valued at S2.21O.-
600 sailed from Para for New York.
leaving 200 tons behind on the WHARF.
Jose. King Of Portugal. in 1855. comes
down to us as the wearer of n pair of
boots sent out to Para to be covered
with waterproof gum. Yet 800 years
were to elapSe before a Connecticut
Yankee should make pair of boots of
rubber which would not decompose.
DIR. Prlestly. author Of a work on
perspective" now forgotten, recorded
that caoutchouc pronounced kachook)
was useful In small cubes for rubbing
out pencil marks-hence the name rub
Der. The India linked with 1t refers
to the savages who gathered it i'm the
Amazon wilderness. DR.. Priestly's
cubes were half an inch long and sold
for three shillings. or seventy-fve cents
apiece. a stiff price for the finest rub
Der to-day is 81 n round. Its price for
ten years haS ranged from sixty-two
cents to $1.00. The conversion of the
gum to useful purposes made but slow
Roadway. The first waterproof cloth
in 1897 was the work of an English
man. 1t was tentative. and OF course
it would not stand heat. In 1923
Charles Macintosh, of Glasgow, dis
covered naphtha, and, dlssolvlng rub
Der in it, produced n varnish which.
when spread on cloth, made it really
impervious TO water. AS late as 1880
the importation of rubber into Eng
land amounted only to $4,000 pounds.
In 1899 no less than 16,0I5, 5S4 pounds
We're consumed in that country. and
the consumption in the United States
reached 51.6O6.737 pounds. Most OF
the rubber used in the world still
comes from equatorial South America,
and the forests where the Indians gath.
cred ule are as dense to-day and al
most as little known to white men as
in the time of Cortez.-H. Il. Arm
strong, in Alnslee's.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
American ways in Jamalea.

When you arrive at your hotel In
Kingston. Jamaica--and here It may
be remarked that the town contains
but one hotel worthy of the name-you
are at once made aware that the es-
adjustment is conducted ION the
American plan" says q correspondent
I'm the London Daily Mail. The guide
book says so. and the inevitable iced
water confirms the statement Out
side. on Harbor street. the fine sys-
tenn of electric trans makes you as an
EnglishmUn blush TO the hat brim. Call
"a "bus'-it is a buggy of the American
pattern-and drive to the railway sta
ton. and once more the handiworl,
and enterprise OF the Americans are fin
evidence. for the engine IS OF United
States design and the cars are of the
same make. One Is. therefore. not sur
priscd to learn that am American start
ed The railway business Boa Jamaica
and eventually sold out at 20 handsome
0gurc To- The government OF Che colony
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
Our EniIrond ri, pa.

y railroad president and a United
States Senator were talking about Gov
eminent ownership of railroads
Il believe" said the Senator, chat 1t
would be a good idea for this Govern
ment TO buy and operate all the rail
roads in the United States"
well" replied the railroad presi.
dent, smiling significantly, IF the Gov
eminent has the money to pay for 2OO.-
600 miles of railroad, with an aggre-
gate capitalization Of nearly $1,000
100000, 1 can point out the shop where
most of the goods can be bought"
"The shop" echoed the Senator. in
quirnely
THAT Is what It amounts to. Sena-
tor. There are seven or eight men that
control all the railroads OF the United
states and most of them can be found
In New York. City on any business
day"
"Who are they?' the Senator asked.
eagerly.
'Propounded iu wall Street. or i'm
any assemblage of well-infomcd rail-
road men. this question VIII invariably
elicit mention of these names
j. Picrp0nt Morgan, vs.. rs. Vanderbilt.
j.. 1T Hartman George Gould.
William Eockoccller. jacob ". schiG.
James j. Unl, 1I Cassatt."
-Ainsloc's Magazine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
To Awaken Interest.

The National Good Roads Associa-
ton is soon to conduct n series of ex-
periments in Mississippi in an endeav-
or to make a practical demonstration
OF the advantages to be gained by the
construction of better roads in the ru-
raj districts and to awaken n general
interest in good roads throughout the
State and the entire South
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
One of the Penalties.

The determination of the Postofice
Department not to establish rural free
delivery where the roads are bad will
deprive many farming communities of
the benefits of the system. Here is an
other argument for good roads in
Georgia.-Atlanta Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
THE VOGUE OF GREEN.

Green is such a very fashionable
wall covering just now that it is apt to
be used unfortunately regardless of
other considerations, light in particu-
lar. One in a position to speak author
itatiyely states it absorbs at least
twenty-five per cent. of light. so house
wives should be careful about choos-
ing it for a room unless it has great
deal of light
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
WINDOW DRESSING.

Half sash curtains are entirely passe.
The most approved window dressing
at present consists OF lace or thin stun
curtains, window sill length. hanging
straight down against the glass. In
side ones of soft silk hang over these,
pushed close to each side, but with n
balance In the centre across the top to
form continuous line. Green and vel
low are the preferred shades, but I'M
less much care is shown to get a de-
cided gray green it is apt to throw a
rather CHASTITY light, while soft, pale
yellow Is always mellow.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
PAPERINa TIE CEILING.

Another suggestion for the rejuven-
alton of wall covering is to paper the
ceiling of very low-ceilinged room in
white or pale ivory, and run it down a
foot or so on the side walls to a white
or cream picture moulding. as the case
may be. This adds very much to the
effect of height The plain white cell
ing thus loses Itself above you and
never accentuates its own limitations.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23

of the sea from the Arctic to the Ant.
arctic Champion artificers in steel.
champion bridgemakers in all parts of
the world. these are Americans But
in good roads they are laggards still.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
Sensible Germans.

The Germans are not too proud TO
learn from other nations They are
now buying American locomotives
with view to ascertainlng i'm what
respeVt they differ from their own
make. The administration OF The
Royal Bayarian Railway have ordered
four engines from the United States
and the German manufacturers are
ngitated ON this account-London En-
giucer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
A REVIVAL.

Old-fashioned ball frings is redivious
for adorning bed hangings Dlmlty
spreads are very fashionable just now.
too. as are Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23

Estimated national wealth at the be.
ginning of the twentieth century
500 00} 100000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23

In line with the present fad for brass
house decor; tive pieces one clever
housewife has chosen n huge brass
pot to stand on the hearth of her living
room fireplace, that holds wood i'm
winter and pot with n growing plant
in summer. 1t is unusual and effective
in the extreme
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
HOW TO HANG TIE TROPHIES.

There is an unwritten law in house
furnishing ethics against the means
by which the groups of trophies, arms.
swords, knives, etc, so popular for
usual decoration these days. are hung
showing. Hooks and strings are not
permissible, but nails should be used
so disposed as to be invisible. 4 piece
Of drapery behind these groupings is
much liked by many artistic decora-
tors as enhancing the effect.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
APPROPRIATE FOR THE p1NrNG.Roor

Conventional treatment is almost al
ways best for a dining room mantel,
and pair of candelabra especially ap-
propriatc as decoration. BY the way.
these candelabra when used as decora-
to- never have shades on the candles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23

experiences. both I'm New
y Jersey and Massachusetts.
have led to some important re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08

danger ous and harmful influence that is belnx aone ths state of Geofgla py cer = tain parties in the State. who are c@Isn,1. @ ., '. fffK for the 'passage of some law py lhs Legislature pertaihfug to the aussuoh ot labor in the cotton natlls of the state.
 the mill ownt rs has resulted in every cot ton, woolen and knitting mill in the state endorsing the plan proposed Dy the oeo.- gia Industrial Association, ana PiacaIus containing the rules rscommenueo py the Georgia Industrial Assecfation nave DSen mills and knitting mills in the State, they having agreed to post them ana 1atnluny ahide by every clause contained in the rules. X great many mills have erected school buildings Oh their premises, ana the necessary teachers are employed ana paid by the mills, and children m the mill settlements given an opportunity 70 attend school. and there i5 no charge whatever connected with the school for
 The placard which has been generally posted follows: =,
 Tone weeks work shall not exceed 6s
 2.-No child under 12 years of age will be allowed. to work at night, and no child under 10 years shall be allowed to work under. any circumstances.
 3.-Between the ages of 10 and IF years either one of the following cosditions:
 1.--Such child must be able to read and ,nn2~The child of a widow or physically disabled parents who are dependent upon the labor of such child for support.
 for four months during each calendar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08
Chief Teller Protects Himself With Pe-ru-na Against
 Summer Colds.

Hon. Frank J. Zeller, former Chief of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, No. 1is, of Meadville, Pa., now Alderman Third ward. Tryonville, Pa., writes:
 'H suffered q number of times with severe colds and Vas laid up repealed y. A friend told ms he had taken Peruna and # kept him well. Ihsve tried # and found that N not only cured me. bur that taking Peruna occaslonal- y, especially in bad weather. keeps me from catching cold. # seems 10 throw aH sickness o0f Of fhe system and would not De without K.'..-4F. J. ZeIler.
 Colds are considered one of the neces- sary ills of life. One is liable to catch cold both summer and winter. Very often summer colds prove fatal. They are always dangerous. ..s. ,.4. -va .-l4s ]
 A cold is the beginning of catarrh. It may cause catarrh of any 6f;ths inteanal organs-the head, throat, lungs and stomach especially. Aremedy that will cure a cold then would cure all these direct effects of colds Pstuna isssuch q remedy. We have:ietters 2elkov9s the United States attcsting to; ;tHis fact. The poor and rich alike use and recom- mend 1t. A book of testimonials in the exact words of the writer sent to any address free of charge by The Peruna Medicine Co.,, Columbus, Ohio. 4 i2 MT. James Utley, Camden, Benton county, Tenn, writes: , F. II am glad to have the pleasure of telling the world what Peruna has done for me. was taken sick last April, and had three of the best doctors we have in our country, and they did me but1ittle good if any. When began with your medicine could not lie down at night, my cough wns SO bad. My friends all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08


 useless to hope tor health as to cry for the moon. They have tried many medicines and many doctors, but all in vain.
 A great many hopeless men and women have been cured by the use of DT. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery; people with obstinate coughs, bleeding lungs night sweats and other symptoms of disease which if neglected or unskillfully treated find a fatal termination in consumption.
 HGolden Medical Discovery" has a won. derful healing power. It increases the nutrition of the body, and so gives strength to throw off disease. It cleanses the blood from poisonous impurities and enriches it with the red corpuscles of health, It is not a stimulant, but strength giving medi- cine. It contains no alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, nor any other narcotic.
 Sometimes the extra profit paid by inferior medicines tempts the dealer to offer substitute as "just as good as v Dis covery." If you are convinced that "Dis. covery' will cure you accept nothing else.
 HI was in poor health when commeuced taking Dr. Pierces medicine l" writes Mr, Elmer Lawler, of Voiga, Jefferson co., Indiana. rI had stomach, kidney, heart, and lung trouble. Was not able to do any work. had severe cough and hemorrhage of the lungs, but after usiuR your medicine a while commenced to gaiu in strength and flesh, and stopped cough- ing right away. Took about six bottles of the Golden Medical Discovery then. and last spring had Grippe, and it settled on my lungs, leaving me with Q severe cough. I had the doctor, but he didn't seem to help me any so
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08
A GOOD RECORD
THE CITY HEALTH IS UP TO THE
 USUAL STANDARD.
Number of Deaths Were small-old. Buildings Being Repaired Keep ing Pace With the Spirit
 of Advancement.

The vital statistics for August make a gcod record for the city, there being only thirteen deaths during that periodi eight whites and five blacks: Three of other cities. There are twenty-four cases of scarlet fever under treatment. The following deaths were reported to the Sanitary Department during week CT ding yesterday:
 Whites.
 September 1, Daniel Moriarity, age is years, BriEhts disease.
 September :. Mrs. Jennie Gladden., age years. maiarial congestion. September Z, clnld ot f. II. Jones. age 11 months, entero colitis.
 September 5. child of l.. c. Hill, age 2 years. gastro enteritis.,.
 September 5. James H. Green, age $ years, congestive chill.
 Negroes.
 September l. Lizzie Adams, age 30 "ears, phthisis pulmonalis. september S James Perry. age 26 years, electric shock.
 September 4. Little Martin. age s5 years. September (. Amanda Pelham. age 60 years. bilious fever. gastrtis. Transit permits for shipment of bod lows:
 September ?. Charles Martinez. age 35 years. gun shot wound, Mobile, Ala. September {. child of Joseph Moody, age 2 years. niarasmus, Tharin.. Ala. September 6. M. Peyser. age S1 years. cerebral hemorrhage, Macon. Ga.
 Record of Births, Birth reported during past week were as follows:
 Whites.
 To MF. and Mrs, w. NJ. Wright, a girl. To MT. and Mrs. William T. Malone. girl. -..- -.r To Mir. and Mrs. H. C. Quillan, boy.
 Negroes. To Louis and Freddie Davenport, a girl.
 To Eugene and Alberta Duncan. a boy. To Edward and Love Jackson, a hoy. To Thomas and Cattle Pittman, a girl.
 Contagious Diseases. There are now under treatment in the city and its police Jurisdiction. twenty four cases of scarlet fever Of this mum Der eighteen are white and Six colored By, Wards as follows: Ward l. two; Ward ?, five; Ward g. two; Ward f. four; Ward 5, five; Ward 6, two; police juris- diction. four; total. A. No other diseases of contagious nature have been re- ported.