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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

Wells nowadays are of two sorts
thick and thin. The newest thick veil
is in chiffon, of course, and it has large
round holes all over it in lieu of dots,
each hole being outlined with silk of
contrasting tint TO the veil. Thus
brown chiffon has its rings outlined
n white black in white and white in
black. But the distinction of the veil
lies in its hemsttching. This, head
ing very deep hem. edges the veil
beth along the front and up the sides.
Only the upper edge is unhemsttched.
These wells come Il triae larger than
those worn formerly. In thin wells the
fashionable thing is n fine close mesh
with Il small chenille dot. There is al
most no stiffness to this yelling, thereby
nsuring its wearing we'll. Dressing"
as it is called, only appears upon the
cheaper grades. The woven dot veil
ing to which many women were
welded, not alone because of its good
taste, but for its wearing qualities, is
not to be found nowadays. 1t Is out
of-date, says the shops, and to be out
ofdate is to be on-purchasable White
and black wells continue 10 be popu-
lar, especially among women with
CRAVING hair and when worn with all
black hats. a few wells are worn in
the French style, reaching only to the
tip of the nose. The majority Of wo-
men veil themselves to the tip of the
chin, the most artistic method Of ALL
Nobody nowadays allows her veil to
wrinkle under her chin or. indeed
to extend n morsel Of an inch below
it, The shadows cast upon the face
and throat by such an arrangement
are fatal to good looks. More young
women are to-day wearing wells than
ever before. To shrouI the face is
10 longer regarded as thl the badge
of departed girlhood. The most youth
full wells arc of the unspotted VARIETY
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

tails and spanglcs is fascinating play,
and one can beautify in this way
chemisettes. collars, fancy sleeves. en-
pire belts, etc.
Strips of Russian croSs-stitch are
delightful adornments for serge frocks.
and finer gauze lengths. decorated
with crystals and jets. with silk stitch
cry intermingled make lovely brctelles
and other trimmings for evening
frocks.
Box covering, too, is made a fine
art. and brass and pewter hammering
are fashionable pastimes, but rather
too noisy for the drawing room.
Burnt leather work is not as easy
as it looks, but 1t is interesting. and
it's possibilities are not by any means
exhausted by burning mOnograms and
sprays OF flowers on a cardcaSe or
picture frame. Handsome panels to
set in the backs Of chairs or in the
leaves Of screens are burnt on leather.
Heads Of Van Dyck and Franz Halls
burghers, portraits of Romney beau
ties or charming bits of landscape are
the subjects of hot-needle works Of
art.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14

Cro cf the largest silk importing
HOUSES In New York wholesale trade
discovered during the week that sew.
yearoll youth outllC it5 ug-,J.
Cate system f5r protection against any
method of ctealing OF the part G. IT'S
employees. The members OF tn, lru
bal prided themselves that the limit
Of s1fcgrcrd had been reached and &c
wa rude awakening"
Tie boy. it wac discovered. hal been
haJitrolly forging Tie signature @. Tie
chipping clerk. ard rrcscatlr tlo Gus.
t5nary voucher &C the cashiers win.
COW for car fare tc be- rscI il delivery
Of city packages. Many of tIesc pack
ages are daily checked through 81 reg.
rlar routine ana the 10y ,llla-cl TO
fake @ couple at Intervals. sll. cut uI.
noticed without any bundle. ana thus
he "i1' Che alleged car Carr. re
owned TO stealing about So n t.is
tanner before detection T., bc-reG
TO- mercy because of the DISGRACE
the prosecution would brine up9l hs
parents The firm had him to, uars
- TIE private Office for several 1us
while search was uoCc of 3D. h1I.
New York herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
Benefited by snperstition.

Superstition has built up an odd and
lucrative trade for a Kensington junk
dealer. He makes n regular business
of supplying horseshoes to people who
think there is no luck around the
house if the talismanic iron is not in
cluded in the household furnishings.
The dealer In old metals handles thou
sands Of horseshoes in his junk trade.
and many of these ne cleans up and
dispOses Of to believers in the super
stition. 1t may seem odd to the reader
that anyone desiring a horseshoe
Shouldn't go to a blacksmith shop and
get brand-new one. but the junk
dealer explains that a worn shoe is
supposed to possess more virtue as Il
dispcller OF hOodoOs than q new one.
Blacksmiths, he states. don't clean up
old shoes. so the trade comes to him.
He has all varieties. from the light
fiat iron Of the trotter to the heavy
caUlked shoe of the draught lorsc.
Ecing OF an inquiring mind. the junk
dealer has discovered that many PEG.
Pie who call for shoes are small store.
Keepers. who believe the magic irons
TO have magnetic properties when
placed in cash drawers. philadelphia
Record.
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vantage, as it can be partitioncd Off
into Il manure cellar, root cellar and
in the lighter rear end, a division with
cemented floor for young cattle or
sheep. Use high posts 1t adds only
q few dollars to cost, but greatly in
creases capacity.
The interior arrangement OF n barn
is one of the utmost Importance, since
on 4 proper arrangement depend the
convenience and economy of time In
doing the work. 1t is well, therefore,
when building Il barn to sit down with
paper and pencil and make interior
plans. When plan has been made
go to work and do the chores right
there in the plan. Feed the stock,
water it, care for it IN every way as
though in the real barn and you will
very quickly find the inconvenience
Of the plan. 1t is much easier to
change a barn interior on paper than
in the actual barn, and very much less
eXpensive.-NewY York Tribune.
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Cost Of a woman,s c1,t.,es.

The statement that Mrs. RoosevclCs
dress allowance is $500 a year is
discussed with keen interest ry wo-
men. Some say, Il don't see how she
does it, ten times us many. II wish
| could spend as much" But All agree
THAT the mistress of the White House
seas am example of quiet and mcstcn-
Ga ,ouS living, even though hel. dresses
Cost-as doubtless they G0-rather
more DhoI thc very small amount
named
Yet in dress personal taste and
means should govern, not fixed rules.
II every woman of wealth should limit
her annual expenditure for dress TO
$500 bankruptcy would oyertake hun
dreds OF thousands of merchants and
manufacturers. and many millions of
people would face sharp distress. Tho
sudden abandonment of so trivial an
article OF dress us the hoopskirt three
decades ago, threw dozens of large
manufacturing towns into dire want.
Conversely. fashions aid has often
been invoked for trade. as when Jos.
cphiuc no Napolcous bidding unwII-
ingly wore French goods OF new nanu.
facture. or when pr.ucesvcs OF Britain
douncd Irish poplin ID help It's manu-
facture in tEc Green island.
The taste for pretty clothes is as
innocent ass liking for antique fuuI
tire or first state" otchiuga. or water
colors on rare books whose leaves
must remain Clcu, l.st their value
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Butterflies for the hair are made OF z
fine sold net or cloth Of gold
The very rough cloth coats E., ok.
ccedly Zine quality are decidedly the
most chic OF the winter coats if one
leaves furs ont of the question.
Buttons on the fancy waistcoats of
the small boy should hu his heart
with joy this year. They are shaped
and look exactly like small marbles.
Some smart shirt waists i'm shcp.
hord's plaid with black silk collar
and cuffs, are seen and also very prct-
~ effects i'm gray and white, gray and
black and red and white.
queer little bracelets fastening with
o clasp are made of rough Jumps Of
turquoise matrix strung together with
beads of gold pendants OF the matrlx
being added 90 some of the bracelets.
A mun OF chiffon is in white. the
muG proper small and made OF puts
pf the material running leugthwisc.
while from the ends deep ruHlc5 stand
FAR ont nc either side There ls q small
sable tlil and mead on this mum
TaGeta and velvet viii be- used for
many or the new long coats ibis
winter and Will bc made warm by
lambs wool interluiug Black ard
Che dark r.ch shades OF red blue and
green viii Doc the coi9rs employed
Point uespri is used To- make some
of the petucst off underwear Little
skirts show row upon row of narrow
insertion with wide rumo off thc not
at the edge Gowns are trimmed with
the insertions and soft ruchIugs
around tine neck 1t lis one of the
dauties, and most seryiceabls of trim
mings.
Three piece skirts are very popular
This season At the back au inverted
box pleot removes the fmuass and
the length may bc rounded or .n o.
short sweep Double darts give
% smooth adjustment over the hips
aud lhe fashionable "dIp." either con
yeuHoual or quite decided IS thus
formed
one of Che features of au elaborate
evening coat OF bl8c< s the IaUot of
cream lace down either side of the
front thc lace edged with narrow
band of sable There is yoke FOB the
coat OF shirred cream met. and the Iac.
down the front is net applique Tho
Snowy and expensive Hiet lace is also
introduced into the coat
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weight OF Chicks.

The weight Of an egg is usually
about two ounces, and that of new
~ Matched chick about one and a quar-
ter. At one weel, old two ounces. at
three weeks old six ounces. at four
weeks old fourteen ounces. at six
weeks old eighteen ounces. at seven
weeks old twenty-three ounces. at
eight weeks old twenty-cight ounces.
at nine weeks old thirty-twO ounces.
at ten weeks old thrty-six ounces. at
twelve weeks old forty ounces Natur-
ally. these weights may vary. accord
ing TO the food and conditions. but
they are approximately correct
OF course. there are some breeds of
poultry that could not bc taken I'm such
a test, the breeds that can enter being
the standard Hesh-producing classes.
And while we know that these weights
are attained quite often, and are just
what they should be. iu order to- yet
the best results still many poultry
raisers do not accomplish that much.
They fail i'm some way. and cousc-
queutly their chickens dc not grow as
rapidly as they should Homo and
Farm.
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From Her DaintyshIp,s Diary.

My Lady Dainty, who has a genius
for detail. ana especially for the de
tails not seen by all the world. says
that she considers muslin or linen coy
ers for bureau drawers among the ne
cessities of life. She has them made
to fit the inside Of the drawer. They
are of blue, white or pink, according
to the room for which they are intend.
ed, and are lined with lavender or or
ris powder and worked with n mono
gram or a spray of flowers. These COW
ers serve the triple purpose of making
the drawer look neat, keeping out dust
and pertaining whatever is laid under.
meath them.
Lady Dainty is fond OF fine lace and
envies every one who possesses any
old lace. She says nothing is too good
for old lace Of fine quality. and no care
too great to keep it in perfect condi-
ton. 1t should be kept in n drawer
lined with white satin, she declares.
and every now and then exposed to the
air and the sunlight If this last pre-
caution Is not taken ones ancestral
treasures may fall prey to the dis
ease which attacks old thread lace.
leaving 1t covered with brown spots
that are almost Impossible to remove
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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The farmer with few acres has n
problem to solve quite different from
the man with hundreds. The latter
can raise almost any crop or crops ne
desires and do it with certain
amount of ignorance and carelessness
which would bankrupt the farmer
with a few acres Yet in many re-
spects the latter has the advantage of
the former. and of the two l should
prefer the farm of twenty or twenty
i've acres to cultivate. The reason is
that i'm the latter case brains must en-
tel largely into the management on
the farm, and it is always satisfactory
to use the brains instead of the hands
in accomplishing success. The small
farm must first of all he used for rails
ing only such crops which will give the
surest and largest returns. and every
square foot of It must he cultivated
to the highest degree 1t is possible
then to make more than q living, and
have one of the finest and best farms
i'm the country What q satisfaction
that is to any ambitious man you can
readily imagine.
On q small farm there should be
dairy cattle pigs and fruit This may
not suit all farmers, and il may be dis
puted by some as to whether IL is a
wise selection. But we will see. Sup
pose we plant in the first place several
hundred fruit trecs-Gye hundred
peach. apple or pear trees. according
TO the nature Of the soil and climate.
Then while these trees are growing
we will raise dairy COWS and a few
pigs The COWS i'm particular should
be raised for their milk and cream.
This can be done prOGtably if there is
any good market near at hand or u
creamery which pays according TO the
worth OF the milk. Plant nearly an of
the land lef, untouched bv the fruit
trees with corn, leaving only am acre
or two foy pasture or recreation
ground for the COWS When the corn
has reached the glazed state cut it for
the silO and put 10 0ll in for cnsilagp.
Buy sufficient wheat or bran or similar
grain. and feed st with The cusilage
the year round Feed everything Iu
the barn and lc, the COWS have Che
. AIftNNlN oi iNt pasture lou TOT exercise
The animals viii produce more milk
and cream iu this way than any other
and YOU cun keep more to- the acre
than IL you attempt TO raise grass and
| hay for them They viii soon learn To-
love the eusilage and prefer Sc to al.
most anything else. ana SUMMER and
winter they will do well ON 30 if sup
plemented with grain. A few pigs
| may Doc kept ON such place and they
viii thrive well ON the skim.milk ob
/ tanned mt the creamery for n uomiua.
sum. Indeed the two go together very
I well. unless the milk is sold outright TO-
20 city market where there Is mo- skim
I milk returns. Then Che pigs willhaye
/ 60 bp dispensed with Meanwhile the
| grove of fruit trees should De Guilt
/ waited diligently and fow more acrcs
set with them every year or course
/ One viii then soon need more acres. on
| if bee intends to- adopt fruit growing cX
/ clusively the dairy COWS cam Doc dis.
penscd with gradually as more land
/ is planted with trees IS W.. Cham
bcrs u American Culuvator
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THE BILLBOARD NUISANCE.
Buffalo Wins the Right 10 Regulate These
EyesoreE.

EyesoreE.
After legal battle. extending over
n period Of six months, the city au-
thorities of Buffalo have scored n
most decisive victory over the bill
board baronS, who have been making
the streets of the town hideous for q
long time past.
The particular point settled is that
the city has the power to regulate the
signboard nuisance. This. however.
was disputed by the Cunning System.
billboard operators, and when the
city authorities, acting under n local
ordinance. toppled over some OF the
unsightly boards, the concern succeed
ca in getting a restraining order from
the court preventing further Ope a.
lions in this direction.
At this juncture Governor Odell
came TO the rescue. designated a spe-
cial term of the Supreme Court, and
named Justice Kruse to hear the case.
instead OF allowing the appeal taken
by the city to drag along for months
until it could be heard by the Appel
late Court.
1t was shown on the argument Of
the case that the boards. which are
more than seven feet high. increase
tho danger from fire, that they are
liable to be blown down that the
gaudy colors in which they are painted
make them unslghtly, and that they
are a menace to the health and morals
of the city by reason of what they
screen from public gaze.
Several days were spent in taking
testimony. The Cunning System
fought every inch OF the ground, re
alizing that an adverse decision in this
case would result in spiking their
guns throughout the State. 1t was OF
no avail. The facts were plain. The
billboard operators had been riding
rough shod over the rights of the peo-
pie. and the time had come when it
was no longer to be endured.
The decision rendered by Justice
Kruse is based on common sense. 1t
is held first that the great signs dis
tributed throughout the fair city of
Buffalo are billboards within the
meaning of the law. that they are a
nuisance for the several reasons given
above, and therefore should and
must come under the regulations of
the city authorities.
1t goes without saying that the city
authorities will now insist upon the
removal OF these hideous eyesores.
If the Cunning System declines to act
in the matter the remedy is simple
All that is necessary is to turn the
Fire Department into an axe brigade,
and 1t will do the rest.
a similar decision was rendered not
long ago in Chicago. and it is only
necessary to prod up the authorities
in the big cities of all the States to
forever wipe out Il nuisance which has
been permitted to exist altogether too
long. Then, perhaps, in time, the
State authorities may pass such regu-
latIons as will relieve the districts out
side of the big cities.
Buffalo and Chicago have good rea-
son to rejoice and it may be that even
New York will yet have similar rea-
son for jollification some day or other
II any event we have hcpes.-Fourth
Estate.
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Smart YYaIsts.

Some pretty blouses in the wardrobe
of u recent bride included n white
glacc finely tucked, with cellar and
yoke of ecru guipure, finished off with
n couple of pines in chine silk. the col
lar and little lace cuffs adorned with
small medallions of the same SILK. Al
so q cream oriental satin, showing
minute tucking, its marked feature be-
ing the yoke of braid guipure lace
in Il Paris ecru tint, with CUTS of the
same. 1t fastens invlsibly down the
side, and the whole has a rich appear
ance. a French printed muslin of a
blue tone has front Of tucked white
ELK muslin, and both this and the col
lar are further enhanced by Valen-
ciennes lace and insertions Another.
in nauve, non-crushable louisine silk,
has a yoke OF cream carrickmacross
lace, the collar finished OF, with strap
pings OF silk at the coracrs. recalling
tn. O2forl frames.
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Few people realize that square
foot OF the average Persian rug is
worth about so. and it takes single
weaver twenty-three days to complete
this portion. This allows the weaver
about forty-four cents per day for her
wool and her labor. but three fourths
OF this amount goes to pay for the
wool. and only eleven cents per day
is left for the weaver. The wages Of
the producer of the inferior rugs are
little better. a square foot Is sold
for about sixty cents, and the time re-
quired for weaving IL is but two days.
thus allowing the weaver thirty cents
per day for her wool and labor. She
uses inferior wool. wanting but little
of it, and pays only nominal sum for
cheap dye The framework of her
loom costs comparatively little, as the
rug it produces is from twenty to
thirty times the size OF the superior
rug. Thus it appears that i'm the long
run the inferior weaver is better paid
than the one who fatigues her brain
with her efforts to produce a rug of
the best quality. -Chicago Record Her
aid
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Tho -Cune man who would attain
Success in this century MUST Ue ire.
Do-od for st by special training end
srch practical education ass has never
before been demanded iu the history
Of the world The tendency Iu every
line of cndca,or is toward couraIiza
tion toward great combinations off In.
forests. and th, men who would climb
% to tine head of affairs or go respon
siblc positions must bc succ.lusts
Thcro viii boz little hope ir This couu
FRY for the Observation-Disclosures Young
man must know how to do some orc
thing enectuaIly or Ie viii u9, rise
ON Che other hand the prizes were
never before so great nor boo op1or
trnities so PROMISING for the mon who
have been trained to do one thing weu
Those who know @ little OF everything
but have NOT been tr med fo d9 ono
thing effectively win bc releeatod to
mediocre positions % S l1rdau in
Success
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Keeping Onions over Winter.

A well known scotsman recommends
laying onions eighteen inches thick on
the floor in some outbuilding, and rs
soon as cold weather sets in with
freezing temperature, cover with
swamp hay, not far from two feet in
depth, with about the same thickness
of hay between the onions and the side
of the building.
Do not uncover or disturb in any
way until freezing weather is past, noI
then until just about ready to sell II
will be best for the frost to come out
before any of the hay is removed. but
If it is desired to market before the
frost would naturally leave. then take
off a part, never all, of the hay to pro
mote thawing.
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grade should be employed. Salt that
is not soluble VIII not permeate the
substance of butter evenly. and thus
rancidity may be induced. Again.
grains OF salt in butter always detract
from its appearance. and are inimical
TO even flavor. from these causes alone
lowering its market value Let me say
here that there are to-day just as fine
grades of American dairy salt pro-
duced as come from England
American milch cattle fed on Amer
lean grass produce butter sailed with
American salt that is the peer of any
on earth, and is so conceded in foreign
markets. In attaining this result.
however. one must utilize the best OF
everything. thinking not that poor or
cheap material can be introduced with
impunity to future quality. l knew a
dairyman once who. in Il spasm of
economy CD. sought TO save fifty cents
by purchasing a cheaper grade of salt
than was his wont. and later lost his
shipment OF butter and thereby seven
dollars. 1t was one OF the most effec-
tive lessons he could have been taught
I'm practical dairying, exemplifying as
it did that cheap material always pro-
duces cheap quality. When il comes
to cheese making. salt holds just as inn
portant Il position as in other dairy
lines, j. e., that solubility and purity
are highly necessary. The relation OF
salt, be it understood to all phases Of
dairying is a highly important one,
and because this fact is so little apprc-
ciated accounts for many dairy fail
ures.-George L. Newell, in Farm,
Field and Fircsde.
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Feeding steers For Profit.

Farmers who buy steers to feed do
so with the object Of having the cattle
consume large proportion of the fod
der straw and other coarse foods.
The manure is considered the profit.
the price for the food being returned
when the steers are sold. Many farm
ers feed steers only during the winter
months, and do not use much grain or
hay. The fact is that if the farmers
who feed steers will use liberal sup
ply Of grain, and even buy cottonseed
meal to assist the coarse foods. they
will not only have manure that is
much richer, but also secure a more
rapid gain i'm the weight of the ami
mails Frequently the lack of a single
element in the food VIII entail loss. be
cause the animal requires just the one
substance in order to thrive Any ok
pense In providing varied foods will
bring back dollars for dimes.