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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
An Encouraging Trado OutlooI,

1t was in the morning hours Of bake
day" in the little out-of-the-way vii
lage. The mingled odors OF fresh
bread pies and cookies foated out Of
the open kitchen windows.
From one of the smaller cottages at
the end of the street came barefooted
child in a colorless calico dress and
Stat sunbonnet. With the important
air Of a heavy buyer she entered the
village store and handed across the
counter blue teacup. The proprietor
took the cup and said, in brisk tones:
We'll, Emmy, what does your ma
want to-day"
please. sir, ma wants an eggs worth
of molasses,' and she carefully placed
large, white egg on the counter.
From a stone jug n little molasses
was poured, and the cup set before the
customer.
Mr. Sniff" she said. as she took
her purchase IN be back in little
while for some ginger Ma said to tell
you the black hen was on"
And the buyer walked with dignity
out the store door and up the village
street TO her home.-Harper's Maya
zine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

you to the end of your days! 1t is writ
ten herc-here where all may read and
know what my son has achievedw
The human document before the an.
cry man seemed to shrlvel as the cold.
sarcastic tones and the scathing words
fell on the air.
Forgive me this time. father l am
not a thief or murderer have not
hurt any one-only played foolish
trick that night helped to hoist
calf to the lecture room OF the college.
We did not hurt the dumb brute-we
tied the dinner bell to It's neck. | dare
say the professors themselves cut up
such capers when they were young
and homesick-tired OF being men when
they were only boys. Forget It. father.
and forgive NELL ask-God-to-for
give me-toor'
THAT will do" The cold. cutting
tones struck like knife TO the boys
soul. II have this To say, and then
am done with the whole disgraceful
subject. | shall not forgive you if l
live hundred years. 1t is not the
first OF your misdemeanors. and it will
not he the last. But YOU shall not drag
me down. From now on YOU have no
home under this roof. You can make
your own way I'm the world, but expect
no help from me. Go! Let me never
see your face again"
But the mother In Mrs LcnoX was
awakened now. She Sprang TO her
feet
Hiram! How dare you disown
your own flesh and blood? If David
goes, then you cast US out together.
for l go with him
Mother dearest don't plead for me
i am not worth IT, He can never
take back what he has said He is
right. 1 am not his flesh and blood
any longer-I am like him now, iron
and steel! Let me 80! And may God
deal with him when his time comes
for asking mercy ~ he has dealt with
me"
The door closed after him. without a
word-a goOd-bye-he was gone. leav.
Ing a stern and upright Judge and those
frightened, weeping women. This was
the boy who had been named David
because David was man after Gods
own heart. Did they never remember
that David, King of Israel, sinned and
went astray?
Far off in the Indian Territory lives
an outlaw of civilization He is a fear.
less shot, n train robber, a leader of
hold-up men. He is known as Dare.
devil Dick Fargo-yes. it is he-but his
real name has never been known He
stops short of murder in his criminal
career, and has the reputation Of being
soft TO women and children. And
he never was known to Cypress the
unfortunate. The human document is
married now with hard lines. Sin has
indented that once plastic surface
where Gods message of love should
have been written. And it dated from
the boyish pranks of one Walpurgis
night-Mrs. NJ. L. Rayne, in 80 Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
Inviting Odors.

ID in Columbus avenue is a bake
shop that is catering to a grow.r.
trade because the proprietor accident
ally discovered how to attract hungry
patrons.
His Darkroom under the shop is ven
tilated by q grating in the sidewalk i'm
front OF his one window, and during
the last cold snap he noticed that sew
cral persons who stood on the grating
TO look at his wares came into the shop
and ordered refreshments. Then he
investigated and found that most APP
petizing odors assembled through the
grating They were evidently the sic
lent agents that had changed free spec
tators into paying patrons.
The trap was 100 good q ono not TO
he improved, so the shrewd baker
placed his cooking stove Immediately
under the grating and now Keeps a pot
of boiling coffee ON Sc during all bust
ness hours 1t has the desired effect.
for the aroma is almost irresistible
when it reaches the nostrils of "a hun.
cry person who has as much as ten
cents i'm his pocket-New York Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
Winter Helps For Amateur Florist.

See that your plants get fresh air
whenever IT can be given them safely.
This means that cold air should be so
admitted that il is mixed with the air
or the room before il reaches the
plants themselves. Give your plants
the benefit of light and sunshine if YOU
wish them 10 do well. Water ONLY
when the surface of the soil looks dry
This rule cannot be deviated from with
safety 10y the amateur. The expert
enced gardener Will frequently dis
cover conditions which make it safe
for hiEl to vary or modify it. but these
the amateur will not discover. and il Is
not possible to lay down any instruc-
tons by which they may be discovered
Overwhelming does untold harm. a.
1t causes souring of the soil and brings
on decay of the roots. Apply fertiliz-
ers only when plant is growing. for
then, and then only. can IL make use
of them. Begin with small quantity
of whatever fertilizer you use and in
crease the amount as the plant in
creases in growth, being careful not to
overdo the matter.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

at his plate was unread Mr. LenoX
liked his morning paper at first hand
On this morning his sclhshuess was "a
kindness to them since they could not
know the news that awaited them.
The family consisted of two young
daughters and Mrs LenoS. a nervous.
fretful-looking woman, who had
learned the lessons of life from a hard
master. There was q boy who was at
college, who had the distinction of
being the "son Of Domhey" Lenox.
Much was expected of him MS sole heir
to the houors of his house He had
seen his mother hullicd and his sisters
browbeaten all his young life. and he
had his own ideas OF life aud liberty.
Where was father last night THAT
ne should bc So l1tc at breakfasts"
asked one of the girls.
'He attended % meeting of the Fol
lowcraft Club ana gave tails ON De
velopment by Grace last night ana
naturally is tired this morning" said
the mother frctfully adding "I wish
hc would be more puncual"
do say grace. mother. and Ict MS
eat I shall be ferociously wicked aU
day If have to wait another moment "
this from the youngest daughter. %
merry maiden of fourteen
Tie came iu at that moment with 20
churlish good morning" and the yieor
with which Doe pulled out his chair and
dumped himself into DO savorcd strong
~ OF lll temper 'Ior what $50 aro
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
The TnIntinr of MIL

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methods do a great deal TO condemn
mix as q daily diet More and more
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
coLoNIzE cRusoE,s LANG.
Chileans win Settle where Defoe's Hero
mad Strange AdYnntmres


Had Strange Adventures.
The island on which Robinson Cru.
soc was wrecked. and which now be.
longs to the Chilean Government. is
about TO be turned into n settlement
Almost every one knows that when
Defoe drew his story OF Crusoe II
was the story OF Alexander Selllirk.
and II is remarkable how closely De.
/ foe kept to the facts Of Selklrk's ex.
istence on the isle.
Even the story Of Crusoe's man
Friday has foundation of truth in
the fact that Selkirk found and adopt.
ed a stray Indian. This man had be.
come separated from party OF In.
dlans who had landed on the island.
and having lost himself I'm the woods.
was left behind by his people The
death of Selkirk's solitary compan-
ion did not occur in such n dramatic
manner. however. as did that Of Cru
soe's Friday, for Selkirks retainer
was drowned while fishing for his
masters dinner.
Barren as the place seemed to Sell
kirk when he was marooned upon IT,.
ii now contains many hourishing spots.
The fruit trees which he planted more
than two hundred years ago have re-
produced themselves. and peaches.
pears ounces and grapes are to be
had in abundance. a man who had
stock farm on the island for some
reason abandoned the undertaking
several years ago and turned his live
stock loose The result is that cat
tie, sheep, goats and pigs are now
found there in n wild state, so that
the new colonists are likely to have
some good sport if they have n turn
for hunting.
In addition to this, the sea swarms
with Goldfish, which should provide
pleasant occupation for the anglers.
The settlers, therefore, are likely to be
abundantly supplied with meat, fish
and fruit
Up TO the present time, the island.
which is in the Pacific Ocean, has
been occupied by few German and
Chilean families, numbering about ff-
teen persons in all. 1t is now pro-
posed by the Chilean Government to
turn the island into a regular colony,
and about one hundred and fifty
hardy Chlleans will form the nue.
leus of the new settlement, which it
is proposed to christen "Crusoe ISL
and"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

IS commercial traveller woll.Euown In
One cycle trade ou both sides OFF th.
Atlantic adds This to thn collection of
jokes ON uewlymadc.hoppy fathers
The hero is tine manufacture of tho
wheel which the narrator SELLS Being
compelled To- goo away ON business
trip about thc time am interesting do.
nestle event was expected. he Iof. on.
ders for the nurse to wire him results
according lo thc following formula.
DO @ boy. "Geulcmah safety mr.
rived"
If @ giri 'Lodys safety arrived"
The fathers state of mind may be-
imagined when. few days later. ho
received q Telegram containing the one
word Tandem Rocky Mountain
News
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

~
N effect that several students
~ were expelled from one of the
minor colleges of Ohio for
FRANKS on Halloween night is of more
than passing interest to all who are
struggling with the great problem of
education. One naturally infers that
these students had not done anything
hopelessly bad or criminal. The coun-
try is not agitated over the details of
their FRANKS. They possibly broke the
college rules and We're in disgrace with
the faculty to be so arbitrarily eject
ed, but there is confession OF weak
ness in the government Of the college
dictators who could not enforce their
own rules. Men of experience and au-
thority who send boy culprits home for
discipline which was lacking within
the college walls are exploiting the in
adequacy OF their own educational
methods. Where We're the professors on
witches night, when the spirits OF mis-
chief are abroad and license is per
mitted for FRANKS? Why were they not
larking with the boys. renewing their
own youth and keeping the father OF
lists method of salvation instruction
for the overflow" would be good for
some OF our educational institutions.
Develop them into semi-savagery by
aazing and football; gOad them through
their classics with whip and spur. but
have pity on them when they overflow
the rigid bounds prescribed by ethical
laws, and think twice before you cast
boy loose on the world.
History repeats itself Here Is true
story that fits this occasion. 1t hap
pened dozen years ago:
The family OF Hiram Lenox. Presi
dent of the Home National Bank. Vice.
President of the Pennsylvania Natural
Gas Company, sat at breakfast wait.
ing for the head of the house to ask
blessing on the food before they ven
'tured TO eat. His domestic laws. like
those OF the Modes and Persians were
observed by his family as a matter of
personal safety, for that good man
could make It exceedingly uncomforta
bic for them If they transgressed
Therefore the oatmeal and coffee grew
cold waiting and the newspaper folded
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
TrIendships Among Tho senator.

I'm the Senate friendships are not
limited by party lines Some of tho
strongest personal attachments exist
between men of exactly opposite 10.
litical views. Senator Bacon. of Gcol.
gia, who might De termed % hardsbcl
Democrat. has many warm friends on
the Republican side. while Senator AL
drich. one of the most prominent lead
ers among the Republicans has very
close personal relations with Tine older
Democratic members Senator Proc.
tor the rOckribbed Republican from
vermont has q great attachment for
senator Mallory. am extreme Southern.
cr from Florida Mr. Mallory served
Iu The Confederate Army and lu tho
Confederate Navy. Senator Proctor
was % Colonel aud served on The staff
of Major General Badly Smith m the
Union Army This makes no dn.r
eucc. however. and &c is very com.
mon thing for cN Coufcdcratcs and ez.
Fedcrals to- Doe found in the House and
Senate the most intimate of friends b.
Washington Letter to- Philadelphia
Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
A WINTER pAYRREAk

The cock crows IN the windy winter morn
Then must | rise and fling the curta1
BY,
All dark! but for a strip of fiery sky
Behind the ragged mountains. peaked and
torn.
One planet glitters in the lev cold
Poised like hawk above the frozen pcaks.
And now again the wild nor .wcster
speaks,
And bends the cypress, shuddcring. to
his fold.
But still the sky,arls sing aloud and
bold:
The wooded hills arise: the white cascade
Shakes, with wild laughter all the silent
shadowy glade
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
FARM and GARDEN,
RRRER~E~N~R1S


When potatoes are cheap they may
be cooked and fed with advantage to
cattle. sheep and swine, not because
the potatoes contain large proportion
of nutritious matter. for they do not.
being mostly composed OF water. but
because when fed in connection with
corn or oats, ground, the potatoes pro
mote digestion and increase the value
OF the grain, the combination giving
better results than either food alone
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
Keeping out the Cold .

Where manure is thrown out Of
small barn windows that have wood
en- slide shutter, there is much entrance
of cold wind during the winter. Much
OF this trouble can be avoided by plac-
ing over such windows a quickly made
hood such as is shown in the illus.
tration. The bottom is open, permit
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

No definite function has heretofore
been ascribed to the milk of the rub.
Der tree, from which rubber is pro.
duced 1t has no nutritive value to the
tree, and 1t does not assist the growth
in any way that has been ascertained
What, then, was natures object in pro.
viding the latreX, or milk, of tropical
trees: A rubber expert has recently
suggested that 1t is probably intended
TO protect tropical trees from the raw.
ages Of destructive insects. This seems
plausible theory. as almost all trop.
ical trees have some such milk, which
is unpalatable to insect deyourers
Soft, rapidly growing trees have par.
ticularly large quantities of it,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
A convenient KettIe sunport.

There are many farmers in need Of
something convenient to hang a large
Kettle on. Many support the kettle on
three stones. which is unsatisfactory.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

The fnrmer's Co-Operauou Seeded
1T is claimed chat thc largest beueG,
from good country roads would iuwc
to the owners of o.fy property The
change would mean moro visits of tine
farmer to- town and more business TO-
the merchant
lu order to- win the farmers coop.
GRAFTON iu the movement therefore. 30
is held that bo should Doe made to- uu.
dorsland that he viii De asked to pay
for good roads only in t' measure
that they benefit him. and tbat city
owners including the holders of rail-
road and other franchises. VIII be re-
quired TO bear their FUN share of the
expenses. The good roads subject in.
wolves. ass most others DO. the one of
equitable taxation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

The scarcity of water in many parts
Of Australia has necessitated the Dor
ing of numerous artesian wells. Ac-
cording to a recent Government report.
published at Melbourne, there were in
existence, at the end of the year 1900:
New South Wales, 1876 artesian wells,
producing 21,O0O,OOO cubic feet of
water per day; Queensland, GA wells,
producing every day 35,OOO,OOO cubic
feet of water; South Australia. 121
wells, with daily capacity of 100000
cubic feet of water; Western Australia
has over 200 of artesian wells. The
deepest we'll is that of Boutwell,. in
Queensland which has n depth of
5O3J feet.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

SpOnges are gathered by means of
long pole with hook attached to
the lower end, with which the sponge
fisherman is very expert He lies upon
his stomach in the stern OF boat look
ing through an ordinary water bucket
with a glass bottom, which does away
with the glare from the water, and al
lows him to survey the water leisurely.
while the boatman rows or souls the
boat. a schooner lies at anchor near
by, from which n half-dozen or more
of these small boats fish. 1t returns to
port when it is loaded, or at night, as
the case may be.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

The State of Washington suffered
last summer from armies of cutworms
which ruined many young orchards
and devoured every green thing they
encountered in the fields and gardens
of the western part of the State. The
fastest bulletin of the State expert
ment station tells how to destroy the
worms, and how to prevent future out
breaks. The species which did the
damage is the common variegated cut
worm, known to entomologists as
Peridroma saucia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18

. e wonder that more notice
NJ has not been taken Of the
v system of steel tracks as
lnNlsnA liz ALnt.Lln nnLn-n
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
4 1885, 9'3EAB9;9z:1!;'

RECENT news item to the
effect that several students
were expelled from one of the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-18
IG8R0 PURMRS
E3SCTENyCEI

Among the earliest records IL not
the first, of the use of chemical fer
tilizers in horticulture is that men
toned by Revue de horticulture
Beige ct Etrangere, October !, 1901, p.
227, us found in the Bon Jardinier for
l772. 1t was recommended that
plants to be forced during the winter
should be watered with rain water in
which little saltpetre and sal-am-
moniac had been dissolved.
The County Council of London has
employed some eminent meteOrologists
to devise some relief from the fogs for
which that capital is noted The idea
is not to prevent the fogs. for that
would be impossible, but to devise
some means of forecasting them, even
n few hours, so that the gaslight and
the electric light companies may be
better prepared to furnish the addi-
tional light needed when the pail hangs
over the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22

have party on my birthday?'' Mama
looked at her and at me significantly.
mo, Josie, not after the way you treated
your teacher mama replied
That mean, ,horrid old thing, I knew
she would do something to pay me back /
suppose she's been here to you
Mama said nothing, and I pretended to
be studying hard. But the next day Josie
came in in tears. After She had cried for
nearly ten minutes, she exclaimed tragic
ally, II ought to be shot"
We stared at her. At last she said,
Just think, she's going to give me party
and everything, and 1 was so mean, and I
don't think I'll go-and, oh, dear"
Who do you mean, Josie? For pity
sake, tell u.s. I explains
why, teacher.1
Then that was her idea
Josie did go to the party and had the
best Of times. One day, a little later, she
said to me, Sister, will you come and
visit me in school this afternoon
OF course l went, and you may judge OF
my surprise when a little while after the
bell had rung and every scholar was in his
Place, Josie arose and delivered this as
tonishing address:
You were pretty nearly every one hero
when I slapped teacher in the face and
threw ink on Georges waist. Well. I
want to say that I am sorry for what I
did, and teacher did not make me say
this. l just said it myself Then she sat
down, and that was the end of all the
trouble. Ethel Hampton,
A 9th Grade, SOL Eighth av 8.
Central High.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22
,./osie's Trouble.
NM O, I'll not go at an"

NN 0, I'll not go at an" ,.4.......
This vas the first thing I heard
ene day upon entering the house from
school. The speaker was my little Sis
soothingly, whats the matter?''
''I'l1 not 90, told you so, and mean
a. explained the Infatuated midget who
b nearly s years of age.
But tell me what's the matter, and I'll
Try to fix it, T.. ..-
ooh, don't you do It, sister. don't
want to- she said sobbingly, "and I
won't, either, she added, with another
burst Of passion. "You gee, sister, went
to school this morning and that horrid,
mean boy, George Donald, called me an
awful, awful name, and" little shame
facedly, 81 threw ink on his new blouse
sff Of my pen. It made only a little wee
spot, but he went and told teacher, and
saae tied my handkerchief over my mouth
and slapped my hands with her ruler
And then I slapped her in the face and
xan home Then I told mama and she
said l had to 'pologize and she whipped
me, and so WON'T Here she burst out
crying again.
Now said very severely, Miss Jo-
de, you've got into some trouble, and I
don't think it's my especial duty to help
you out. But I'll tell you what we'll do.
First of all, you sit right here, while go
and get my dinner
With this went out and took my books
upstairs. Then I went down to the dining
poom. Mother was lying down on sofa
b the next room.
Mother, do come here" I exclaimed.
Il want to tell you and ask you some
thing or a dozen things" She came and
for about twenty minutes we had very
serious consultation
'4You can try it, said mama at last,
"but know it won't do" L only heard
ehe first part, SO Immediately ran to the
room where Josie, the culprit, was sitting.
''Now, look here,'' said, sternly.
you've got to write note. =
"What?'' she gasped II never wrote
enc in my lne What shall I writer
You've got to tell her you are very.
very sorry. Then you have to promise
b apologize to her before the school, it
Ghe requires It
ooh, dear, know she will, she's so
mean, but I'll do it." So brought pen.t
ink and paper and soon the note, signe1
Ayour respectable pupil" was written.
knov she meant respectful pupil" but I
aidn't correct it, however. I delivered it
after supper, and found that the teacher
vas not mean thing but very
gentle, quiet lady. became really angry
u Josie for treating her so badly. When
ne read the note she smiled a littie sadly
Of the respectable, and said:
ri think she has been punished enough.
I will not make her apologize.
I told her that both my mother and
thought she should, for she was not very
sorry, and we both thought it would hum
Bile her. The teacher did not agree with
this and asked permission to use an idea
Of hers. agreed and for several days
after heard nothing more of the affair, but
It last it came with redoubled vigor.
MAMA" Josie said one day, ''ean I