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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-20

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little brothers and
songs have done
earth to be robbed
life makes possible hereb
be a of
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throats OF the eaheed
their souls because they could
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budding birds bless
songs!
The first bird
as not to feel thrill the sprngng within of strangely divine and
holy gadness
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subject the
tenants of the field making could be made
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President
Audubon double
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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-20
VIRGINIAS BIG DAY
At THE EXPOSITION
Record Breaking Crowd On the
Grounds.
STATE BUILDING THRONGED ALL DAY.

An Address by Governor Swanson and
Poem by Thomas Nelson Psge-
Military Reviewed by the Governor
Gen. Fred. d. Grant and staff Call
Upon the States Executive.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-20
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The Business Girl

BY Cecil Ford.

species of girl only into circulation during
quarter century although the output has
enormous, the market remains remarkably steady.
Formerly the business went to his office COM
junction and tagging step Now he a subway ex
press waiting him in his sanctum sancorum is
a fair be dark haired, stenographer inspire
him deeds of daring and make his onetme solitary
luncheons at Martins.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-20

1t Is estimated that l13.000 ,per.cne
in New York city MAKE their lIrsns
by their wits. which means The lsek
Of 49, others
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-20
welaned Down.

How did they catch the thief that
robbed the railroad eating-house r.
HE was so weighed down with
plunder he couldn't run"
Money and siiverware. srf3pcse =.
mo. Doughnuts- Milwaukee eentt
mel.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-20
BY the ReU. Thomas B. Gregory

NE of the beautiful gifts
day is that just President Wilcox OF the
Delaware & Hudson railroad the National Association
= of Audubon Societies.
The fine of 100000. by his brother. is
turned Wilcox
. the protection o birds
1t is good railroad
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
CATS ARE SHREWD.

mo cht," says Barry Pain, lever
cared one fraction of pint of milk
about q human being, and no feminine
cat owner believes it," We fear that
this Is true bill
A cat may purr and purr and be- a
villain.
Once let the cuisine fall below the
proper mark, and off goes the migrate
full (but shrewd) animal to stop with
friends who Will look after him better.
That is the keynote of the feline char
acter-shrewdness. It Is the human
tr0its In their character which make
men call cats selfish. The motto Of
the cat Is Business Is Business" II
a man takes this as his motto and
acts mp TO It We cali him a successful
man, and We allow him to write alb
surd essays on Hints to Young Lads, A."
and so on. in the papers But we do
not honor the cat. We try and shame
him by pointing out 10 him how much
fonder we are Of the dog Does the
cat blanch2 Not he (Which has
the better time?' he asks us quietly.
and slips out through window for
a stroll, while the dog remains shut
up indoors, depressed because his
master will not take him out that af-
ternoon-New York Globe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
FASHION NOTES.

Some new straws seen this season
have been as fine as woven silk
In hat trimmings, ribbon is playing
an important role.
Turquoise blue is stunning shade
with which TO surround the crown OF
your Panama outing hat.
Alice-blue has not been a fad of a
moment It is still very fashionable
and cuffs and collar of II are seen on
many suits of dainty checked mater
ials.
Hardly a veil without fancy edge
or border of some kind is seen on a
hat with any pretensicBs to smart
ness
Leather continues to be used I'm nov
cl ways. The latest thing IS tho leaeh-
er hatpin. The head of the pin is cone
shaped, embossed and stained In
unique design
There IS an undoubted tendency to-
ward draperes. exhibited for the most
part In the hchu effects on the waist
and In some overskirts Of thin fabrics.
with the ovcrsklrt showing at the
sides.
a wide gold ribbon belt and little
bows Of gold ribbon on the Jacket are
new touches
The bright cOlOred Persiaus are
chosen for trimming because they
show through SO effectively.
White prin roses covering the top
Of round, wide brimmed hat run
over the side down to the hair where
they are lost I'm the soft folds OF a
huge ribbon bow
There IS a good deal OF Persian
trimming applied to revers, vest. ETC.,
OF street suits and OVERLAND with
heavy, coarse-moshed lace.
Big sleeves are coming. beyond a
doubt They are here IN fact. but the
vogue of many materials in combine
ton simpllaes the style for home
dressmakers with last years gowns to
remodel
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
Fec and Foe.

In suit recently tried in a Vir-
ginia town young lawyer OF limited
experience was addressing the jury
on point of law. when, good-na-
turedly, he turned to opposing coun-
sci, man OF much more experience
than himself. and asked:
That right, believe. Colonel
Hopkins?"
Whereupon, Hopkins, with smile
or conscious superiority. replied:
Sir, have an Office in Richmond
wherein l shall be delighted to en-
tighten you on any point OF law for
q consideration"
The youthful attorney, not in the
least abashed, took from his pocket
a half-dollar piece, which he offered
Colonel Hopkins with this remark:
No time like the present. Take
this, sir, tell us what you know, and
give me the change. "-Harper's
Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
Caught On a Folding Rcd.

While two patrolmen were passing
the residence of Charles Hunter this
morning they heard, family, sounds
OF distress inside the house An in
vestigation revealed Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunter almost strangled and crushed
and lacorated within a collapsed
folding bed
The bed had closed like a pair of
shears, doubling up the occupants,
half suffocating them and sitting
their cries. They were i'm great
agony, and were with difficulty extri-
Gated from the clutches OF the bed
where they had been held almost all
night.-Hamilton, Ohio, Dispatch to
the New York World.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
Loves Maulc Thread.

Sitting alOae. | wove a dream.
Down where the blue waves play.
And my shuttle few busily In and
out
TIL the web with color was guy.
wove the sunshine in golden strands.
The roses, with necklets of dew,
While broidered IL over with gorge
GUS tints
And flowers OF exquisite hue.
I caught up the song that the linnet
sang
And the. pearls that the waves were
flinging.
Weaving them into beautiful hymn
With the tune that the brook was
singing.
The opal tints of the azure sky
/ wove In n ribbon rare.
Looping II over the radiant blooms
Like a band on maiden's hair.
My shuttle flashed in and out OF the
wool
Till the pattern grew wonderfully
bright,
Yet the seams were ragged-unfinish-
ed-and rough,
While the shadows crept into the
light.
Then l caught CLINT of love in the
mesh
And wove it into my dreams,
When 10! like a butterflys wings 1t
spread.
Till it covered the ragged seams.
-Ager Loclchart Hughes, in the Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
No SCHOOL UP TO TEN.


During the course of many years OF
Investigation into the plant life OF the
world, creating new forms. modifying
old ones. adapting others to new con.
ditions. Luther Burbank has been con.
stantly impressed with the similarity
between the organization and develop.
ment of plant life and of human life.
In THE Training OF the Human
Plant (The Century Company, New
York; he tells how the principles he
has applied TO the culture of plants
might be applied to that of the human
species, and points the way to a
grander race than the world has ever
seen. The United States he considers
the most promising field for the APP
plication of such ideas, for call that
has been done for plants and flowers
by crossing, nature has already ac-
complished for the American people"
BY the crossings of types, strength
has In one instance been secured: in
another, intellectually; in still anoth-
or, moral force. All that is left to be
done falls to sclective environment
BY environment, according to the
plant wizard, everything can be done
with child. 1t is UNNECESSARILY more
sensitive and responsive than a plant
Hefedity, It is true. counts for much,
but heredity Is merely the sum Of
past environments Stored within
It are "all the mysteries of the uni
verse" and the appropriate environ
ment will bring out whatever is de-
sirable in that heritage If it were
possible to isolate a dozen families
under ideal conditions, Mr.. Burbank
says, more could be accomplished for
the advancement of the race than
could now be accomplished in one
hundred thousand years.
BY ON ideal environment up TO the
age Of ten years, by which time the
child's character Is fixed, Mr.. Bur
shine. love and beauty, well balanced,
nutritious food; music, pictures. good
times, the closest communion with ma
ture and no school THE curse OF
modern child life in America is over
education" he declares. "The injury
wrought to the race by keeping too
young children in school is beyond the
power of any one to estimate. We
take them in this precious early age,
when they ought to be living life OF
preparation near to the heart of ma
tyre, and We stuff them and overwork
them until their poor little brains are
crowded up to and beyond the danger
line. The work of breaking down the
nervous systems OF the children of
the United States is now well under
way.
Every child" Mr.. Burbank thinks,
Should have mud pies, grasshoppers
and tadpoles, wild strawberries,
acorns and pine cones, trees to climb
and brooks to wade in; sand, snakes,
huekleberries and hornets, and any
child who has been deprived of these
has been deprived of the best part OF
his education. New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
NEW FAD OF KANSAS FARMERS
Have Many Public Sales to Dispose
of Stock and Farming Implements.

Never was there such an epidemic
OF public sales on the farms as this
spring. Seven auctioneers have been
kept busy and others are in training
at auctioneers' schools. Some of the
auctioneers are "Coionels." They
claim that title when they have
"cried" 100 sales.
But it is only the result of the farm
ers getting rich-and of the land boom
which causes much change OF loca-
tlon.
Central Kansas has reached time
when the farmers who have made
their home here, writes an Abilene
correspondent of the Kansas City
Star, have acquired more material
than they need to run their farm. or
are anxious to change their residence,
and so want to have a sale" They
so to the county seat and make ar
rangements with the auctioneer. and
have their bills printed The latter
are put up in the post office or are
scattered on the fence posts of the
vicinity.
The attendance on the public sales
is usually good, nothing but bad
weather keeping the farmers of the
vicinity away. The women frequently
accompany their husbands and form
an interested portion of the audience
when the household goods and can
ned fruit are sold
The crowd that has looked over the
possessions of the household curious
ly and nodded at the various flaws
in the implements of the farmyard
has also had rude sort OF entertain
ment. On every sale bill in large
letters appears Free lunch at noon,"
and some of them have the addition
al legend, Bring your tin cups" This
is Greek to the city resident, but the
farmer knows What it means. II is a
promise that there will be great
steaming cans of coffee, with plenty
of sandwiches and perhaps pickles.
The task of providing cups for
hundred or two visitors is a formid-
able one, and the prudent housewife
asks that the corners bring cups to
use at this function. The habitual
auction attendant is fully equipped
with the cups to use on such occa-
sions.
During the winter all sales begin
at 10 o'clock, but as the days lcngthen
the noon start is more common. It
all depends upon the amount of ma
terlal to be sold Sometimes there IS
something more than coffee to drink,
but not often
The amount OF property changing
hands in this growing method of dis
posing Of used farm material Is enor-
nous. In this county alone probably
scventy-fve sales have been held
since the first OF the present year. and
they have averaged more than 81 900
each, or at least 100000 worth OF
second hand goods disposed of by
farmers to their nolghbors. The same
condition exists in nearly every well
settled county Of the State. and so
common Is the custom becoming that
IL is unlikely that it will show any
diminutlon for some time to come.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
TURNING
TO BUTTERMlLl
DRINKING.

Food is bound to be topic for
discussion when New York women
get together it is said They talk OF
the favorite dishes and drinks OF
each; of the merits and demerits OF
various restaurants. and so on They
boast of their knowledge of the art OF
cooking and of their Joy in eating. So
II must be a dreadful blow to Manhat.
tan housekeepers to hear they must
feed their families ON buttermnk II
they wish To- be fashionable The
Rooseyelts have taken up the idea. In
the White House trapped buttermuk
with tiny cubes OF pineapple. bits OF
orange and berries IS served Out at
Friendship. the summer home Of John
II Mclean. tho President ON a ride.
stops at the farm house for a glass
Of buttermilk Frozen buttermilk,
long appreciated by the epicures OF
New Orleans. has been introduced In
the North It IS swcetened only slight
ly and the tart flavor IS not lost
New York Press
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
TAFT DEFENDS THE BACHELOR
GIRL.

Secretary of War Taft, before the
students of the University of Cincin-
natl. today strongly defended the
bachelor girl. He said:
ANY woman that marries because
she thinks she has to makes a great
mistake. She must not think that TO
benefit mankind she must necessarily
have to become wife and mother.
Matches are said to be made in heav-
en-, but believe heaven only arranged
the proximity and we mortals do the
rest. Proximity, you know, is the
great thing, and universities are great
on proximity. "-Clncinnad Dispatch
to the Baltimore American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

Mary looked TO the left of her. and IN
front of her, and behind her. until
finally her eyes condescended to dwell
upon Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Parr." said Mrs. Scott. II
want you TO understand distinctly, dis
tinctly, please that when | said last
week that there was very little style
In Fremont. | never for one moment
meant to include you in that state
melt. And won't you come over and
have lunch with me?"
Mrs. Scott" said Mary, IL will"
She did. too, and stayed so late that
afternoon that she had not been back
in her own house long before John
came. saying mournfdlly:
1--WE got the banjo
John" said Mary, "Pve changed
my mind, and we just won't give that
musicale"
John gave great sigh of relief.
and, John" continued Mary "if
you really don't like to wear that hat
and ="
John gave another great sigh of
relief.
And you might pay off the man,
John. He's finished"
Ten minutes later a colored gentle
man walked toward the purlieus of
Fremont. full OF a consuming dignity.
attired in silk hat and CATERS and
carrying in one hand a cane and in
the other banjo.
And as for John. he STROBE toward
the dining-room with his mind dwell
ing on his late feas's, and cried:
We'll, Mary. and what have you
got for dinner tonight?"
HASH" said Mary.-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
ST LOUIS HAS A GIRL BLACK
SMITH

Miss Minnie Hagnaann, sixteen
years old, daughter of Lorenz Hag-
mann. a blacksmith, is a blacksmith
herself
This young girl has been in her
fathers shop for three years, and, as
he expresses it, knows all about ev-
erything." She can shoe a horse as
quickly and as neatly as the best of
them. She can make a wagon, too.
In fact, there Is nothing about the
shop that she does not understand:
no kind of work that she is unable to
perform. Her father knows no man
he could employ who could do half
the work his daughter does, he says
st. Louis Dispatch to the Baltimore
American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
RaItImore,s CHANGED Color.

Since the fire the color OF Baltimore
has changed
1t used to be a town of red bricks.
and TO an observer standing at the
top of the Washington monument IL
appeared distinctly rudy But i'm the
buildings erected since the fire the
old style red bricks have been used
but little. Most facades are yellow
or gray or white or salmon pink. The
result is that the city looks lighter
and brighter.
But what the smoke and dust OF
ten years will do to this clay bril-.
lance remains to be seen Baltimore
Sun
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
British Joke.

Modern honorable gentlemen who
wish to show their reading display II
IN the invention of such sesquipod-
alities as "Terminological inexacti-
tude.' The outsider fails TO grasp
the humor of It; It reminds him only
OF Observation-Disclosures Immersed
In cogibundity of cogitaIon. Lon
don Saturday Review.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

The beauties Of perfect discipline
we're never more fOrclbly illustrated
than they were the other day when
$500 children marched out of New
York public school building I'm per
feet order while the roof burned over
their heads and blazing brands fell
AMOUNT them.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
Danger in Giving Up business.

The man who wishes to live out his
allotted span OF life. with ten or twen-
" years to spare, should never retire
from business. That is the opinion
OF DR.. Scofiold, an eminent physician
Of London He says there is a great
danger I'm any sudden change of en-
Vironment after a certain age.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
The Innocent Joys nf Ynnth

Gracious, Fanny" exclaimed a
mother to her little daughter, why
are you shouting like that2 Why
can't you be quietlike your brother?"
Hes got to be quiet" replied
Fanny. He's playing papa coming
homo late"
And who are you playing?"
"Oh, I'm playing you."-Iarper's
Weekly
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

Prof. Won Hanseman. OF Germany,
mas concluded. after examining the
brains OF Mommsen, Won Helmholtz
and the painter Mcneil. that geniuses
are hydrocephalous.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

The number of different species OF
animals known to naturalists is.
roughly, 10000. of which 1890
are vertebrates, or backboned.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

A French invention consisting of
ouio thermometers, predicts at Sun
down whether there will be a frost.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

The use Of train speed Indicators
is said to be compulsory on passenger
locomotives I'm several countries of
Continental Europe and they are
largely used on freight locomotives
as well.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
WOMEN AT WORK

Miss Alice Perry has recently been
appointed County Surveyor Of Cal
way. She IS the first and only woman
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
j. 7. Waldo & Co.'S.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE,
cRANTsVM-LR, W. VA.

Keeps constantly on handI psisa
Hay, Chop. eto., az reasonabls fkksa.
Dan supply you with q horse, sinRi&
horse buggy, two-horae buggy a. sat,
rsy, with or WITHOUT driver Tor ab0ss
~ long Trip, on shore hbtiba akA a
gsasonabie Bffeaa.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22
WHOLE NO. 1885.

In ireland who has qualified as n civfi
engineer. In this particular instance
American women have gone their
Irish sisters one better The first
woman civil engineer In this country
came from progressive Western
State. although she took her degree
In an Eastern college. For several
years she has been connected with
one of the largest firms of architects
in New York and II is claimed that
she is responsible for the ground
plans OF more than one skyscraper.
Inc second girl In this country to
choose civil engineering as a profes.
sion was Miss Nora Batch a grand.
daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Miss Blatch is a Kappa Kappa Gam
ma from Cornell. is a full-hedged civil
engineer. and is now in the employ
OF the American Bridge Company.
Her mother. with whom she lives in
New York. Is the president of the
Equality League for Self-Supporting
Women. New York Sun
HARMONIOUS ACCESSORIES.
Every woman knows the value of
having accessories and surroundings
which harmonic with the gown she
is wearing, but few have gone SO far
10 obtain them as some Partisan wo.
men are doing. These women. aware
OF the importance of a suitable frame
Tor beautiful picture, and having the
money to crafty their desires, have
numerous reception rooms I'm their
homes-as many as. six sometimes
and each one arranged in a different
color. So, whatever color the hostess
Is wearing, she Is able to receive her
guests in a background that mat
Ches"
Women who cannot compass more
than one reception room may take
comfort In the reflection that there is
one color which never quarrels with
any reasonable delicate tint What
color that IS may be learned by not
Ing the part played In we'll arrang-
ed nosegay or flowers by dull green
New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

The aurora borealis is attributed
70 cathode rays by both Prof. Birke-
land. Norwegian. and NJ. Willard, q
French physicist. In some expert
ments by the former. the earth has
been represented by a spherical cleo
tro-magnet wrapped in copper foil
spread with barium platino-cyanide.
The barium salt became luminescent
on exposure to a pencil of cathode
rays, and on exciting the magnet the
light seemed to concentrate round
the poles and throw out auroral
streamers. The difference between
the two theories is that one supposes
the cathode rays to come from the
sun. while the other assigns to them
q terrestrial origin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-22

railure OF concrete arch bridge
which had just been built but not
yet put into service is reported to
nave occurred at Lowry, near Bed
ford City, Va, on April 81. The
bridge Is stated to have had q span
Ct about 100 feet.
A geological discovery as interest
Ing as that of the State Geologist
or Iowa, who lately found the fossil
tooth OF hippopotamus In that State.
mas been made in a clay deposit at
Filey, Yorkshire, England, where the
remains of a large crocodile have
been unearthed. including several
large vertebrae and some large scales.
The difficulty SO long found I'm
bonding together new and old con-
crete has been obviated by recent
patent. This bond consists Of an ex-
tract or coal tar, used instead OF
water as the mixing agent for neat
portland cement. The mixture ia
laid in one-eighth inch to one-ouar-
ter inch layers on the old concrete
surface, and Immediately followed by
new concrete or mortar. The inyen-
tor says that the compound Is en-
tirely insoluble, and forms a complete
and monolithic bond between the old
and new work.