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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
PROFITS IN RAISING TREES.
Forestry Experts Point To the Telegraph
and Cross-Tie Markets.


II has been estimated that the tcle-
graph lines of the country require
nearly 100000 new po,cs every year.
The cost of these IS more than 81. 600
COO
II is also estimated that there arc
more than G2O.OOO.OOO crosS-tieS i'm use
by the railroads and that 10000. 900
ties are required every year for renew.
ais
The telephone AMI light companies
use nearly as many poles Us the tele-
graph companies. and the street car
systems Of the cities use nearly a.
many crosS-ties as the steam railroads.
To awaken the farmers OF the West
to the need OF raising plantations OF
wood To supply these needs OF tele
graph. telephone and railroad compa-
MES, the forestry division of the Agri-
cultural Department has ISSUED bull
letln to show that such work is profit
able.
The prices Of pole ands tie timber
have gone up nearly fifty per cent. in
the last ten years. J. Hope SutOr. Of
the Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad.
an expert on the tie question. told the
Central Association of Railroad Off.
GERS in Louisville year ago that in
ten years more the prices Of ties would
he fifty per cent. greater than at pres
cnt. He also said:
NO material has yct been found as
substitute for the wooden tie and
no satisfactory economical method of
preserving the life of the wood or pro-
longing It's durability has VET BEEN
discovered. and, excepting the minor
questions Of properly seasoning aud
piling, the use Of the tie plate. suitable
ballast and perfect drainage and Incl
dentally climatic conditions, no serious
consideration of the future tic supply
has yet been had"
1T is for this reason the experts saw:
From every reasonable point of
view 1t appears that great profits are
TO he made in the growing of forest
trees in the next twenty-five years"
II is declared that operations should
begin in the middle West. There has
already been a great deal OF tree plant
ing on the recleSs prairics of the cen
trail West especially in Kansas and
Nebraska. The forestry experts have
found one plantation near Hutchinson
Kan. planted with catalpa trees
which in ten years has produced a net
value of S197.53 to the acre.
In Iowa, near Menlo. a twcnty-fve-
year-oldplantation OF red cedar showed
a net value of S200Ji to the acre.
Usage orange. locust and hardy catal
pa arc the best trees 10 grow for these
commercial purposes.-Ncw York Sun
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
SnIdiers, Rronh

y trooper in service in South Africa
says that at one time on the march the
biscuits gave out and tho soldiers were
served with -four.
What job we had baking it! Four
of us generally put our -four together
ana took turns in cooking.
You've got it too wet" one would
say Far too wetr'
1t would taste just as well" said
another. IF YOU would dispense with
some of the dirt you are mixing with
it,"
There came arguments about the
heat of the fire.
Its too hotr'
Its not hot enoughW
You must put ashes on top. first
After the paste was baked Il looked
ike a piece Of hardened mud m any
OF us had eaten the same thing at home
1t would have stopped every working
organ i'm our bodies Perhaps the out.
door life gave us an ability TO digest
anything.
Some of the fellows who could noe
ind any fat 10 auoint the ball OF dough
used the dublin we had for cleaning
our saddles. If we baked big cake.
10 last for three or four days. we had
nothing large enough To- carry ID Ira
but our horses nosc-buns aud after Be-
had been two or three days Iu "a nose
bag 30 was as appetzluz as % hrirk
bat and might have been utilized a.
steam hammer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
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Nv ~ FASHIONS
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Painting silk and satin for millinery
ana dress purposes Is fancy that
pIeases many women just now
A dainty evening hcaddress is com.
posed Of very small ostrich feathers
with bright silver frostng decorating
the tips at thr cXtreme end.
Something of an Oriental ofoct is
given to q muslin which has stripps of
black in o conventional pattern NOT
soma. and between these other couycu.
uonal designs In many colors.
One of the most attractive of the
heavy cotton materials is The embroid
cred polka dot canvas of % very fine
mesh This is seen u shades OF blue
ana in tam with largo black dots
Most conspicuous among stockings
is pair OF % violent flame red h1yiug
20 large plain medallion off b.ack over
ih' instcp. and upon This embroidered
% Few red flowers % little less brilliant
than the body of the stocking
Am elaborate and snowy stocking
has q long insert of lace extending from
the toe well up above thc Ia.tcp lha
"'sien having % plumclikc cncc, I'm.
der several of thc leaves of This dc
sign are set pieces of violet silk
The new importoGons of stockines.
IKE all other accessories of undorcloth
ing are elaborate Embroidered stock
,nes are now deemed trinc more mod.
ish Than tho open work variety Black
ana white effects are very fashion.
able
Slowly but surely the couture is
shIiiing DTS position from tbc top Oft
thc head TO point anywhere between
Che crown of thc head and the papo off
the neck This tendency 20 lower tho
knot is especially noticeable at the
Fashionable dancing parties and wher.
ever full evening dress prevails.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

Corn Bread-Heat together one cup
mliN' one cup flour. one cup corn meal
TWO teaspoontuls baking powder Add
one tablespoonful butter which has
been melted boz baking pam pinch OF
80. ,', c g,,,. ''".'u '-- AN" TWO i'oie-
d. u' '-"' o.'' '"'Io"-"'y.
"' ''''' awe '''""''S.
'n'esc lus'ard Crate 'hr'. or four
ounces OF American chrcs beat
'hIer i''el i"ulesponn,uls of butter TO-
" cream beat two aees, mix thc
''''se 'hd butte" together; then ada
els D''ign eE-, and one tablespoon
> "i vi l'''N' "''l lh'sc all thoroughly,
i''"' INC " h''''Ird Dish and bok"
.' I"''N oven. serve o@ soon as rc.
move"
Rico Moulded Wash ana boil ol.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
Beauty and Hrenthinr

correct breathing is the first art to
cultivate in the pursuit of beauty. lust
as 1t is the first step toward improve
ment In health. As "A woman breathes
so she Is; for the poise of the chest is
the Keynote to the whole figure.
Nhen the chest is in proper position.
the hne points of artistic wearing
apparel and all the little frills of
fashion are seen to best advantage.
Even humble materials assume n GER
tam elegance hitherto unknown. But
IL 1t Is carried badly. the figure drooDs
and falls into ugly angles. Nothing
sets well; no garment seems ripht II
Is always wrong To make the bone
structure do most of the work i'm keep
ing the body upright The muscles
should hold il i'm position. otherwise
grace is out of the question and rood
health difficult. TO breathe correctly
keep the chest up. out, forward. as if
pulled up by button. Keen the chin
the lips. the chest. on q line. Hold
the shoulders on Il line with tho hips
Inc observance of these directions
VIII insure to golf skirts and rainv-
uaY costumes a real dignity ana pic
'ureSque effect. Breathe upward and
outward, as if about TO fly. drawing i'm
the air with slow deep breaths and
letting it out gently. This conscious
deep breathing repeated ten or twenty
times at intervals during the day tends
TO expand the chest permanently. 10
give 1t classic poise and style. Re.
peated forty times. it is said to be =
cure for worry.-Dr. J. f Bryson. In
Harper's Bazaar.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

Baron Nordenskjold, upon finding ON
ue SHOWS Of Greenland dust composed
Of tine elements invariably associated
with mctcorites. and of uncommon oc.
currcuce i'm terrestrial matter. con.
cluded that cosmic dust is falling inn
pcrcpptbly but continually upon the
earth. Recent spcctroscopic cxamma.
lion OF many varieties of dust collected
u England aud elsewhere has am i'm
Icrcsting bearing ON NordcnskIold's
conclusions Among tlc constituents
of dust floating i'm tine air are lead
silver copper. rub.dium. gaUum. i'm
dium. thlllium nickel manganese. and
so forth Many of these can uc traced
to their sources iu factory chimuoys
md 0ucs Volcanic dust has charac-
t'ris.ic feature. and dust from clouds.
collected either by t-clf con- in hail.
snow slcct or rain. exhibits regular
Toy of composition not seen iu other
Hr.'i of dust lrou nickel. calcium.
copper potassium and sodium always
appear In &C. iu about the Same prouor-
ri1n S1me dust that fcl near Dub
Hu ban 1897 resemble. mpleJrfn. Zoo it's
composition e attracted rF magnet
and ..us t1 Boo of p5-mI. ORIGIN.
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How to BECOME Grncnr.,1

Women who wish to- preservo tho
slimnesS and contour of their figures
must begin by learning to stand veu
Ihat means the throwing forward and
upward of the chest, the hatrening of
the back with the shoulder blades held
IN their proper places. and the definite
curvinS in the small of the bocl, inns
throwing the whole weight of rho
Dody upon the hips. A graceful car
rage Is within reach of any girl who
taxes the pains TO have it: il * only
the question of a few years of vioi.
lance never relaxing her watchfulness
over herself and. sitting or standing.
always preserving her erectness and
pose the result being that at the end
OF that time it has become second M.
turc to her. ana she never actervo,d
loses It, This in a great measure pre-
serves the figure
The correct stature OF the human
hgure is said to be six times The
length of the feet Whether the form
is slender or plump. the rule is SIM.
posed TO hold good. The face. from
the highest point of the forehead to
the chin. is One-tenth of the whole
stature. The hand. from the wrist to
the middle finger. is the same. From
the top of the chest to the highest
point of the forehead is a seventh. If
the face from the roots Of the hair IN
the chin be divided into three equal
parts the first determines the place
where the eyebrows meet ana tbc
second place of the nostrils.
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How is thc lonely British soldier
amusing himself at tho South African
blockhouSct a writer i'm tine Navy
ana Army sumiscs that i'm nearly cy.
cry biockhousc would be found sew
ing machine. Above all things Tom
my's hrart loves sewing macbinr
Although Doc must know cha, ho can
never succeed i'm getting it home io
England yet DO he finds one ON farm
hr VIII tow Do along with him. over
huIdeucd ass hc already is upon the
march Wherein the exact fascination
lips i~ mystery bu grizzlpd Ea.ar
ris' and callow recruit alike canuo, 20
-ist t1is housewives help There Is.
gua.utucs~ iu thc idea of Jhp warrior
amusing himself with tha mvst.r...
%. OBJ" ewing machine jon bis merau
'"'IF loneliness But ne tbJ -.u 10
I"ai. viii doubtless reap n f.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
sPRINcTlME HINTS.
New Designs For Warm weather Silks
simple Tailor Gowns

simple Tailor Gowns.
The moire and pompadour styles will
be favored in silks for spring wear and
transparent wooden goods. such ms
grenadines and Examines. will be- I'm.
mensely popular. 1t Is probable. too.
that the open meshed goods will be
made over silk of different color.
instead of the selfcolor that has been
in use for II year or two.
Fancy silks are promised for entire
gowns. as well as for waists. These
will be generally of soft finish. and de.
cided twill, rather than of taffeta.
Printed Libertys are expected to be
particularly prominent. and Lyons
goods are shown in variety of effects.
For Innings nothing can take the place
OF taneta, with Its crlspness and body.
six warp goods also are becoming
somewhat popular
Extreme novelties i'm silk are printed
peau de sole and armure and change
able grounds for fancy taffeta.
The double skirt persists i'm it's eff
Tort TO obtain recognition. This mode
demands fitted bodice reaching the
Waistline at the back, and extending TO
a point in front.
A new idea In trimming for cloth
skirts is the use of two shaped founces
widening towards the back, on the
edging OF which is n narrow ana full
ruffie of bias velvet of the same shade.
Cloth suits for street wear are to be
simply made for spring. relying for
their distinction upon the fine quality
or the material and the perfection of
mt. The extremely light weight cloths.
however. for calling and matinee
gowns, will be made as decorativelv
as heretofore. \ favored embellish-
ment for these is embroidery, either of
the color of the fabric, or i'm contrast.
The color chosen for embroidery is
carefully shaded from light to- dark.
ana the effect is extremely good.
One by one the old styles revive.
a late model, with the front breadth
iaid in narrow box pleats and the other
cores finished by flounce deep at the
back and only about six inches where
1t meets the front looks as if il might
have been taken from n fashion bool,
or at least twenty years ago. 1t is NOT
likely to obtain great favor. however.
as the bulkiness of the front is too
great contrast to the straight 'front.'
teaching that has almost revolutionized
the feminine figure and taste.
Equally Objectionable. and for the
same reason, was n costume seen AT
reception lately, which was of blue
crepe, "accordioned" at the top and
with the fulness run on three cords
at the knee, thence falling free. The
gown was evidently new and cxpen-
siye' but was almost dowdy i'm it's
puffy effect.-New York Tribune.
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Pantry Convenience.

My pantry has two or three home
made conveniences that are products
of our own inventive genius: at least
we never find them in Il rented pantry
until we put them there. says a con
tributor TO Good Housekeeping. One
is narrow shelf not more than three
inches wide, placed where il can be
most easily reached; sometimes it is
a long one under a broad. high shelf
sometimes Il set of short ones in n
space between window casing and
wall. Its purpose is to hold such
articles as baking-powder can. salt.
pepper and various seasonngs that
have their home i'm bottles or small
Tin boxes. The shelf is narrow. so
that everything may be in front. with
no possibility of being crowded be.
hind anything else a row of small.
beaded wire nails driven into a strip
of wood fastened to The wall. i'm easy
reach Of the hand. makes my second
comfort. These nails are three or
four inches apart and project an inch
or a tritie over. Everything hangablc
spoons. casters. egg beatcrs. etc
finds place there. a single article OH
each nail. a second row. higher up.
holds the less frequently used things
when the lower nails are i'm danger
Of being crowded
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Make the ChiIdren Hapnv

II, instead of saying: You NAV NOT
do that now; wait until you are a
man." we would say: You NAV do
something else now while YOU are
young; later, you cannot do it," we
would give children Il certain valued
sense OF prerogative and take away
much OF the envy which they feel
toward adults. 1t is surprising how
many occasions mother finds daily
Tor saying: "Wait until YOU are
larger on. when YOU are older Won
VIII understand"
In looking back upon childhood
many fail to see il as the happiest
time of life, for standing distinct for
ever, are thoughtless words which
stabbed far deeper than they could 10.
day ana times OF disgrace which
ignore than we could bear: also.
49, ing that We were really of lit
Tie lportance until we had full
growth was not encouraging We were
always stuftng ourselves with oat.
meal because we were told tbnt II
would make MS grow. and submitting
TO twilight bedtime for the same req.
son
Realizing all this, It is surely worth
the effort to Impress upon our children
the beauty and the privileges of their
golden days, that whatever later life
may hold for them. they can saw.
Never mind, / have had a beautiful
childhood with its happiness pressed
down and running over" The early
life OF the child will then have received
It's proper value and the whole char
acter viii he enriched In consequence.
Besides. we know well that some little
llVes are only with us through the
golden days.-Gertrude Sherman Irow.
bridge Ia Good II nsekeeping.
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Adopted y Z Greek Dress.

Free from the thraldom of tho
Stdrched collar ana corset. a colony
OF men and women have established
themselves in q garden spot of the
south Seas which they have named
the Island Beautiful II is modern
Greece. SO far as costumes ore con
cerned. for the men rud tbe ,vou,.u
dress in flowing robes. ana tbev do.
clare th0t they find this dress ono of
The most comfortable as IL rs updoubt
ediy one q. the most picturesque fash.
ions of clothing. Miss Adplaide Kino
one or the women who rOrosworc tho
oeiights or classic Boston to- join the
colony when thc first contingent wont
Oui to the Island Bcautiful about f,
year ago writes describing the intense.
ly interesting life OF the communit,..
We believe in "a doctrine of beaut,.
not only DO we strive to- attain pI,vsi,.,l
beauty but we have freed ourselves
from the sordid hidcous things bo,
curse so-callcd civilization. We boyc
adopted Che beautiful Greek dro-.
their system of making music. opd
gymnastic exercises. important factors
in education. Though we women dress
Ike the Greek women. our position ip
ahafs is distinctly modern We have
lhe social and political rights which
tne new woman Graves. The children
in 'he colony have an advantage over
us ih mat they are being brought up
uuo'f IDEAL conditions. while we are
,"Iu,eo WIN thc years of improper liy
ing. chicago Record Herald.
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THE extensive authority OFF parents
uud. Jhe Chinese laws s wrU known
IS Dhiuamau off forty years whose
aged mother logged him every day.
-H'd .o1r- in tnc company Oft one OF
bie friends
why do you wcopt hc wa. asked
Alas. Things arc uot a they used O.
he. answered Tine devoted SON Tba
poor woman arm grows reebler eerr
day Sporting Times
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
The IndIspen.ablc Coucb

A big, roomy chair is a medium Of
comfort and rest TO many Il man, but
the couch-a genuinely comfortable
article of furniture, not delusion and
snare-better satisfies the average
woman when she feels the need of a
brief rest, and the home which does
not boast at least one low. broad
couch is not completely furnished. no
matter how much furniture and brio
a-brac it may possess.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

One of the English astronomers. J.
j. Atkinson, who visited Sumatra to
observe the total solar eclipse last
May. made the acquaintance of an old
Malay, living on little island near
the Sumatran coast. who owned a
huge monkey which he had trained to
work for him in gathering cocoanuts.
The monkeys business was to climb
the gigantic cocOanut palms and throw
down the nuts; which he did" says
Mr. Atkinson, lin the most artistic
manner. by screwing the nuts of with
ms powerful arms while he hung by
his legs seventy to 100 feet from the
ground"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
A servIcoabIe Comnnt.

The white lead that is used i'm paint
ing in oils, and which may be bought
at any shop where art paints are sold.
is the best and simplest sort of cement
to mend china. 1t is so durable that
dishes mended with it can withstand
water
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
To Economic Soap.

To economize soap in the laundry
little pipe clay may be used for
Kitchen cloths aud other much soiled
articles. 1t has a very cleansing eff
feet. and if little be dissolved in the
water only about half the usual amount
Of soap will be required
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

n London physician tells the Times.
IN letter. that he has noticed among
patients taking the open-air treatment
for consumption beneficial effects
procured by riding in motor cars at a
speed OF from thirty to fifty miles per
hour The swift motion through the
air is credited by him with causing.
along with a marked feeling OF ex-
hilaration. increased appetite, i'm
proved sleep, healthy glow tending,
after few days treatment, to be
come permanent. and dlmlnution OF
the tendency to cough
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lee one ana one-half inches thick
VIII support man. eighteen inches
thick railway train.
IL takes about seventeen ana one.
half years for dollar to double itself
ut -FOUR per cent. interest compounded
semi-annually.
An Ohio man proposes that to pre-.
vent the frightening of horses the
llie-Size figure of an equine be attached
10 the front Of every automobile.
In bog near Tuam an ancicnr
Irish corrack, OF canoe boat. has been
found several feet below the SIR.
face. well preserved. II measures
htty-two fees in length and will be
placed among the Kettle remains IN
the Dublin Museum.
Plants breathe Not PERHAPS exact.
~ as man brcathes. but none the les
'hey breathe in carbonic acid gas. as
simulate the carbon. and exhale oXv
gen Thus vegetables help animals
to live and vice versa. and each is the
true life partner Of the other. Nejtbe,.
could do a living business without
The other
Buried forests found IN Alaska I'm
localities whcr, no trees exist ug,y
have revived discussion of tbo
theory thar the arctic region once nos.
SeSsed ropcal or semi-tropicaI
climate. \ few years ago New
England professor wrote a book based
ON the idea that as the earth first
cooled d, the poles they were th,
original scene of vegetation and bu
man life and that mankind gradually
moved sou'hward during the prchis
toric period
ihe cragCn-dy is Uhe natural enemy
oil me mosquito. The Department of
Agriculture has discovered that the
English sparrow. among its other of
iehsiVc traits. is fond of young
dragon-hics. ccllcd "nymphs." When
these emerge from the wafer and
come out with wings. the sparrows
catch them by the thousand ana de.
stroy them. This. IL is believed rc.
suits IN "a greater prevalence of mos
dptoeS which carry malaria and so
intlict 2Tca, injury
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

a woman may possess wealth un
told She may have the kiudest of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

An Ohio man proposes that. to pre-.
vent the frightening of horses. the
llfe-Size figure of an equine be attached
70 the front Of every automobile.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

According to the Lancet, the essen
tial oil which forms the basis of all
perfumes is a powerful antiseptic. and.
possesses disinfecting properties equal
to those of carbolic acid For this
reason scented handkerchief may
not only please the sense of smell, but
prove guard against infection, and
1t Is suggested that this fact may tend
TO reconcile those who do not like per
fumes TO their free use by those who
do like them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15

/, takes about seventeen ana one.
half years for a dollar to double itself
ut -FOUR per cent interest compounded
semi-annually.
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Ice one ana one-half inches thicl,
VIII support man. eighteen inches
thick 81 railway train.