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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
Let Everybody Plant Trees.

II every land owner would plant
In every available place such trees
as would not only give present beau
ty but also insure q future SUNNY
OF valuable timber. it would so sun
plement the larger work of a Govern.
ment forest reserve that reforesta-
tion and the preservation OF an ade-
quate supply OF good timber would
be much simplled.
The precious and almost indispen.
sable white oak is naturally only n
forest tree, but the black walnut.
which intrlnsically Is even more val
liable, will grow almost anywhere and
In a much shorter time. and it will
pay for itself from the time it begins
to bear. The same Is true of tho
chestnut
There is no question that cabinet
woods will always be fin demand. for
no other material can possibly take
the place OF wood in the making of
furniture.-Craftsman.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
Kitchen Screens Attractive

The kitchen may be made into an
attractive room for the maid to spend
her evenings in, by the use of screens.
These are put in front of the range
and the sink, shutting them off from
view most completely.
When the sink is in a small alcove
a simple and pretty way of Disgusting
it lies in putting curtain rod across
from wall 20 wall of tho alcove, hang
ing from this rod, which is quite high,
a dainty white curtain, with heavier
side curtains of a pretty, dark color
This is better way to shut it off
than any other, as it gives the effect
of a window and alters the whole
look of the room.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
RANK GRAFT
Rallies Are an Easy Way to
Gather Coin ;;t::::::...::.:
By II. &. HARTNETr.

I Oh double gamble. and many men can
not resist the temptation to speculate
upon the chances simply in order to
nave the fun of drawing the little en-.
velopes.
VI course, many OF the rafTles are
Tor cases of genuine charity, and It IS
an easy way to raise funds for some
worthy object. Many a person who
would not accept an outright gift.
even In case of sickness or death. will
permit friends to rattle off a piano or
bicycle for good round price i'm or
der to obtain fund to tide him over
an emergency. To buy tickets for
this Kind of rattle is praiseworthy.
But sharpers are not above getting
money by the same means. II n
strange man, or a doubtful looking
woman, wants to sell you n chance for
the benefit of IAN old soldier" or a
little orphan girl" or striker out
OF work." it might pay you to inves-
tigate.
But here is where the easy money
comes In for the sharper. It is too
much trouble to investigate. and the
tender hearted person would sooner
give up the ten, twenty-five or fifty
cents to an unworthy CRATER than to
take chances of refusing to aid a case
OF genuine need.
Then, too, there is what might he
called legitimate rattle business. or
course, the rattle is a lottery under
the law, and, therefore, is a criminal
transaction. But in many cases goods
OF known value but slow sales are
disposed of through rafles, and the
drawings conducted honestly. A
north side man disposed of an auto
mobile in this way. 1t had been n
good wagon" in its day, although
the type was old. He wanted to get
a new one, and as the makers would
not allow him anything in exchange
Tor the old, he sold rattle tickets to
the amount of $500, and the winner
got real bargain-the losers paying
the bill.
group OF young men who wanted
TO build themselves a little clubhouse
In the Fox Lake region resorted to a
rafie that was almost a downright
steal. They had the printer make
them tickets and each one went
among his friends and organized a
suit club" selling chances for a $50
tailor-made suit. OF course those
who invested understood that the suit
probably would be worth about SIS.
but they were satisfied to help build
the clubhouse on that basis, and be-
sides they thought they had fair
chance to get the suit.
1t was learned afterward by acct.
dent that there were twenty Series"
or tickets sold by these young men.
and instead of each series standing
for suit, only one drawing was held
and only a single suit made for the
entire twenty series of tickets. In
other words, they sold $500 worth
OF tickets for $50 suit of clothes.
They built their clubhouse, however.
and laughed at the man who kicked
because he thought he did not get a
square deal for the half dozen tickets
he bought. They thought it was a
| good joke.-Michigan Tradesman.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
SOME QUEER SCHOOLS.
For Policemen, Nursemaids, Grave
Diggers, Judges and Croupiers.

Diggers, Judges and Croupiers.
There are some very strange edu-
cational establishments open at the
present day. A school for cash boys
was opened some time ago, says the
Boston Transcript.
According to a prospectus pupils,
who must not be under fourteen
years of age, are taught arithmetic in
every day use, bookkeeping, penman-
ship and the quick handling and
counting Of money. Many of the
boys who have attended the school
are earning good wages as cashiers
in some of the largest stores in New
York and Chicago.
1t is proposed TO open in London a
school for nursemaids, where girls
over sixteen years of age may be Civ
en- lessons in the management of in
fants, preparing of children's food !,
plain sewing and laundry work and
the kindergarten system OF educa-
ton.
Such an institution already exists
in Berlin. IL was founded two years
ago by a Clergyman and is I'm connec-
ton with a founding hospital. The
growing girls of this establishment
are taught TO become competent
housemaids. and positions are found
for them in the houses of the best
families in Germany.
Russia possesses a school for po-
licemen, where young men are
trained for the force. The school is
situated I'm st. Petersburg. and I'm a
museum connected thereto the pupils
make themselves familiar with jim
mics, drills, chisels and other tools
used by professional thieves A par
ticular branch of the school is the
Russian passport system, which every
budding policeman has TO study In de-
tail.
A remarkable educational estab-
ilshment IS the school for Judges
opened recently I'm Paris. Here make
believe trials are held by pupils un-
der the supervision Of well known at
tOrneys. The whole procedure, from
the issuing Of n warrant for arrest to
the summing up and the judges YER
dict, Is carried through in a business
like manner.
At Monte Carlo there IS a school
OF crOuplers no is held during the
ST. summer months IN the club room
OF the Tir aux Pigeons and the Sale
f'FseriF ia. the Casino builds,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
Nine Rules For Proposing
BY MORRIS sALMoNSoN, Marriage
License Clerk.

Proposing is the crucial point in
love, and love, | have learned from
these young men, resembles business
In many ways as far as the proposing
point is concerned. The psychologi-
cal instant in many cases is a matter
of mathematics, and can easily be
prearranged by any young man who
cares TO make a study OF women.
Most young men rush blindly into the
game without observing it's rules, and
that is one of the reasons why we
have suicides before marriage and
the divorce courts afterward. Write
down these rules:
1. Propose before the winter sets
in.
2. Propose in the moonlight, twi-
light, gaslight (turned low, and
never in the sunlight, daylight or
electric light (unless you've got
smoked glasses).
3. Propose to n girl when she's
hungry or just after she has eaten.
4. Never propose to a girl before
o'clock in the afternoon.
5. Don't make up your mind be-
forehand as to what you are going to
say when you propose.
6. Don't get on your knees to pro-
pose.
Z. Don't propose to a girl too soon
after gaining her acquaintance
s. Don't wait too long.
9. Play your cards carefully, and
the average girl can be made to pro-
pose to you, in actions at least.
Why should the proposal be de-
layed until the winter sets in? MY
boy, that is an important rule. In
the spring, YOU know, young man s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of
love, and in the winter young wom-
ans mind leans to dreams of coy
little fiat of her own. All girls dream
of home, and they dream OF it most
when the parks are dreary and the
bleak winds blow.
A girl should be proposed to either
just before she has eaten or imme-
diately after. If her lover pops the
big question when his lady love is
hungry she is apt to glance down the
stretch of years that make the future
and to think of the probable occa-
sions when she Will be hungry again,
and in that event it is more than like
ly she will reply favorably. A bust
ness man is most approachable Just
after he has eaten, and why shouldn't
girls be the same way?
It's no use to prearrange your
speech for the momentous occasion.
because you are sure to forget it
when the time comes, and then you
are in an awful predicament. For
getting what you intended to say,
you can't collect your thoughts to
think of anything else.
A girl likes to be wooed before she
is won, and for that reason it is not
safe to propose too soon after gaining
her acquaintance.
Girls are so anxious to get married
nowadays that they will take desper-
ate chances if young man shows the
least hesitancy, and lot of worrying
that young men do is entirely useless
for that reason.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
WORDS OF WISDOM.
eed prevents real gain.

Greed prevents real gain.
There is no saving anger without
love.
Airing our aches will never heal
them.
No one ever regretted burying a
SANDER.
If you want to be happy make
some one less sad.
This world is enriched by the good
more than by the clever.
If the voice of conscience disturbs
you, silence it by obeying It.
The light of love shows the true
self as the light Of learning can not.
Little deeds tell more than the
largest, plalnest bumps of character.
Plenty of people who talk of hon
esty as good policy fail to pay the
premiums.
You go forward to no prize without
leaving behind many things that seem
desirable
You are not likely to lead men to
faith in God by preaching crooked
facts about men.
1t is faith mixed with facts and not
with fancies that holds the convic-
ton I'm a sermon.
Some folks think they are generous
because they are willing to give up
their good intentions.
The happy Christian so advertises
his religion that the other man will
not be happy till he gets it.-From
Sentence Sermons" in the Chicago
Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
Use of Coarse scrim.

Coarse scrim may be used in many
ways, it's possibilities being practical
ly without limit. This scrim takes
dye beautifully and curtains made of
1t and embroidered in old-fashioned
cross stitch leave little to be desired
in the way of beauty The work is
done right on the material, as the
weave is like canvas, the threads are
easily counted and there is no tax on
the eyes. There is no end to the de-
signs suited to cross stitch embroid-
cry, and almost any flower, slightly
conventionalized, may be used. A
beautiful set of curtains seen recent
ly were of scrim dyed deep coffee
color with dragons worked in dull
blue scattered about here and there.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28

The death of Lady Cadogan. fol-
lowing at no very long interval that
of Lady Spencer. removes the second
OF lreland's most famous vice-uueens
in the last century's second half. AS
regards social and fashionable dis.
tinction these two ladies were about
equal Both also took the same prac-
tical interest I'm reviving more than
one almost extinct Irish industry.
The true social parallel between
"the 5pencors and the Cadogans" lies
In the fact that each Of these Coun-
tesscs began by setting her face
against "smartness" as cult and
ended not indeed by cordial CONVEX
sion TO it. but by practically recogniz-
ing 81 as am institution inevitably in-
cideutal to courtiership a Tn mode.
The Zine feur" of arlstocratic FASH
ion was the European as well as Irish
reputation won by Lady Cadogan's
stately splendor for herself and her
husband Westminster Gazette.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
THE BACKWARDS ROAD.

i know that somewhere there must bo
A Backwards Road,
A road like this,
Lending TO all old lovely times.
Picnics last year, forgotten RHYMES
And dolls used to kiss.
But every road beneath my feet
Leads farther of
From yesterday;
And when i creep into my bed.
feel it rock beneath my head
Like ships upon their way.
If could only find that road.
The Backwards Road.
How quick I'd walk,
And change the naughty things I've done
Pick up my playthings one by one.
And hear the baby talk.
Florence Wilkinson.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
40 RcmoYe Ten slnin

When there is a bad tea stain on
the tablecloth, wet the place thor
oughly with glycerin, let it soak for
few minutes, then wash out with
warm water. Be sure to wash it out
thoroughly. Apply boiling water
afterward; when the cloth is washed
there will be no sign of the stain.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
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SENTN HOUSEHOLD. NTINH<
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Sowing ON n Bnffnn-

In sewing on a button put a pin
across the top and allow the thread
TO pass over it each time, after which
remove the pin, pun the button to-
ward you and wind thread under it a
few times, then end the thread.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28

Thomas King was 1ned I'm a Lon.
don police court for taking bic baby
70 pawnohop and trying to pawn Il
for nifty cent?, WhereWlth 10 buy gin
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28

London has over 1000 postoficea
and the mail delivery amounts to
727,000,Q00 pieces a year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-05-28
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! LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
lcRANTsvlLLR, W. VA.

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horse buggy, twoShorae Bnfry 80,
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-25

afasaraa $4,000 sts ~ ta* Bet
companies o. l4s raised States. 70
telephones. ~ lsshaoAris And utaes
apparatus fos usc ia foreign coun.
tries Is stsadily growing
Mes Zealand. a. tate a specific
example. ts a country wntch IL sup
posed to be very self.satilci.nt and
selt satisfied u has shus FAR not been
yery sell developed trlephoaicalIy
but American appliances have been
introduced and the popularity 81 tel
epbune service practically ia the
foaf leading ceuters II population
IS sfeadllY Increasing as IL shown by
the fact th8t The number ~ subscribe
ers In New Zealand grew from 92Go
Ga lee2 10 f5.S1G in 1906 To a man
uai published some gImc ago IN
France. descriptive of the telephone
and telegraph systems Of the world,
Il Is somewhat surprising to find
noted Ga out-of-the- way lands. such
as the Straits Settlements, Natal,
and Mozambique the use OF Bell tel
ephoucs. Meantime everywhere en-
the European nations American tel
ephones are in active competition
with the cIumser and more PRINT
tive instruments manufactured by
swedes. Germans and English
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-25
HALE MILLION STORED
Railroads May BE Called ON Ia Move
Cotton In short Order.

/ IT every one OF the 400. 900 bales
Of cotton which he believes the far
mers OF Texas are holding in antici-
patton OF higher prices were dump
| ed on to the market within ten days.
IC. H. Carringer. commercial agent
| here FOR the Santa Fe, believes the
roads would be able TO handle the
cotton without other than normal
congestion. In discussing the matter
Thursday morning Mr.. Carringer
said the roads had made such thor
ough preparations to place the crop
at shipside in a hurry that practical
ly nothing could cause a recurrence
of the congested conditions of last
season.
In the first place said Mr.. Car
ringer the roads have increased
their motive power, their rolling
stock. and especially their quota Of
cotton cars. Then, again, there is
comparatively little else moving out
bound except cotton at this season
of the year. the rice and sugar crops
furnishing but a scant movement
compared with the extent of the
preparations which the roads have
made to handle the products of the
soil.
! To my mind there are at least
! 400 600 bales of cotton being held
/ by the farmers. ! might go higher
, and say | believe that fully half a
million bales have been reserved for
higher prices. Not half of these are
stored in warehouses, but are held
in barns and stables belonging to
the farmers The farmer hauls his
cotton to the gin. has ii ginned, and
Immediately hauls it back home
Hardly a back yard or barn but
what has from one 20 ten bales stoT-
ca away. The percentage which finds
it's way into the warehouses would
be two-fitths. leaving three-fiiths
directly in the hands of the farmers.
Probably only one thing could
cause the farmer TO sell at this time.
and that would De the refusal of the
country banks or merchants TO ad-
vance further money ON stored cot
ton. In that event the farmer might
loosen
But IL the cotton were dumped 90
once ou the railroad platforms ! do
NOT believe any sor, o' congestion
would boz experienced There hay,
. been The most careful preparations
made for such 8u event and each
. rud b. prepared. As 90 matter ut f9..
boo .e uug anticipated that there will
. .e auy general turning loose of stor
rH cotton and fa, question confront
.ue 'us roads e t1 .1 marshal fhsi
equipment as f1 base .r Boo rradlues.
.st.u a.Hrsd Houston Cbrnn..'.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-25

- ae N4.se44s Telegaoav
COMPANY. h4 2ag HAB2 years 5e~a a
Rewa and enthusiasts observer u
ths telephone Development - .he
United States has keeps in touch ~iiA
representative American telephone
engineers and haA visited This eoua.
trs ia qgesf Of tbs latest iaforma-
ton FprelEn socialists OF sir WI
llam's typ. Naa witness thy remark
able esteat 20 which Americans eme
ploy tho telephone Ia all the affairs
~ daily life go back 90 their own
countries and preach doctrine
whlrn Inevitably results Ia improve
meut ot conditions even though this
improvement may be tttls slower
than would be tolerated here
In most European countries sta-
lisiics are kept of tho number OF
telephone messages handled each
year 1t IS observable that In the
more progressive nations The use Of
the telephone is doubling about once
Ia six or seven years That seems to
be q pretty rapid rate Of grow th.
though 1t is undcniahly slower than
in this country. where for some years
past the traffic Of the Bell system
has been doubling az the rate Of
about once in three and oue-half
years
Germany. which is the best teie-
phone user among nations of CONT
mental Europe. increased the total Of
It's messages from 766.226,327 In
1901 to l,207.44G.753 in 1905. At
the same time the use OF kilograms
In the Fatherland increased only
from 45.l4G.2NI to 50.S37.315. In
four years. from 1909 through 1906.
the National Telephone company OF
Great Britain. which somewhat cor
responds to the Bell system in this
country. saw its total of messages
mount from 7S7000.000 to 1900
1905 the growth in the number of
conversations was from 104,S47.0G9
to 1CG,4771S3; in Belgium, between
1901 and 1905, from 3S.753,357 to
53,97TG96; in Denmark, between
1901 and 1905. from J9.41O,S55 to
10S,750,035.
France is country whose tele-
phone service has long been motor
iously poor-sO bad in fact that citi-
zeus have organized an association
for the sole purpose of forcing the
to accommodate better
the business men and residents who
would like to see established in
French communities such facilities
Yet even in France, according to the
somewhat belated statistics which
the government issues, a total Of
l70,SS5,714 telephone conversations
in 1902 grew to about 236. 100000
in 1905. Switzerland is a well gov
erned country. alert to adopt mod
ern methods. and it has a good tele-
phone system, at least as judged by
European standards This in 1901
handled 21.9&5.222 messages, in
1908, &G,H03,415.
These totals appear small when
...r.rt4.ra4 with tho aD1rr1pu- figuraG
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-25
~, Ia. I'M TaE ctont.
Enoa1h Is-iet4soac Nirs~ to Grid.
Kafsh Twentx Pour Times.

WIS., eE@ kEAFfFs ~ N3s aHf*ts Ns"#@t@
Geo telephones In oresa,loa on This
nhlFling giobs Of oars II ghey aero
arranged in tandem on a c{rcult h~
tween the earth and the sun there
~oaia b. a telephone station every
twelve mites This IL, q course only
bes1unlne. according To entbBs-
las,ic telephone engineers. sho fore
s~e time when practically every
body everywhere will be Ia telephou-
&C. communication @ith every body
else
Rus II is a pretty good beginning
whom one considers that hardly 30
years have elapsed since pr Bells
invention began to be commercially
useful, and that the most important
improvements. those making long
distance telephony possible, have
been made In stjll more recent years.
Il is just 80 years ago. fer example,
this coming winter. when Alexander
Graham Bell and that viyacious AM
efican journalist, Miss Kate Field.
first introduced the telephone marvel
To the public of Great Britain. sccur-
ing an enthusiastic letter of approx
al from Queen Victoria. who was
present az one OF the early demon
STATIONS To-day the utility which an
initiates space and time is making
it's way into the most distant parts
OF the earth. II has almost every
where beaten out the telegraph in
popular favor and in many countries
It's records are rapidly oyerhauling
those OF the postoffiCe.
All the while the telephone re-
mains a peculiarly American utility
one in which our people take essen
tial pride because it was invented
here and because we still use many
mankind put together. A careful es-
innate Of the worlds telephones at
the beginning of the present year in
dicated that al that time they num-
bered altogether about 100000
This figure concerns. of course,
what the engineers call stations"
that is. combinations of transmitter
and receiver. from which one may
talk and at which one may receive
message-the telephone as meant in
common paTlance. OF these Sub
scribers stations" approximately s.
600 600 We're found in the United
States on January /, 1901, 5000
600 of them belonging to the Bell
system and 1000 600 representing
the aggregate strength of very
large number of independent com
panies Two million more telephones
We're in Europe and about 100000
elsewhere.
These figures are very favorable
to our national pride. but because
Americans have been so much more
aggressive than other people in
adopting the most important of time
saving conyeuieuces. ir must not be
inferred that other countries are now
standing STILL There have been many
drawbacks ,o the general adoption
of the telephone tu years past among
foreign peoples. Europeans paipu-
'Hrly are by nature more D0u-yrya-
tive than Americans Then iu many
continental countries the righr TO-
administer telephone service has