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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27
No Recess Of Congress

Washington, d. c.. Nov. q. -
When the Senate assemblies for
its last meeting OF the special
session, it wiiimeet at IL O'Clock,
on the morning of December l,
and continue until noon, the hour
the regular session begins. In
that way there can be no recess -
not even constructively and no
fight over the much mooted ques
ton of mileage. This was agreed
upon today by the leader as the
solution of a problem that threat
ened to become a tangle.
Active debate in the Senate cn
the Currency committee bill will
begin Monday, when Chairman
Owen of the Banking committee
Will make the opening speech in
support Of the administration bill.
In the regular session the curren-
cy debate will be Interrupted to
allow the Senate to dispose of the
bill giving San Francisco the
right to take aWater supply from
the Hetch Hetchy valley. A vote
on thai bill is expected Deem
BERG.
Congress probably will take the
usual holiday recess of two weeks
December 20 to January 5, in
view Of the Presidents announce
ment that he would rest during
the holidays.
Tne House leaders will stand by
the Senate programme.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27

During the past two years 80 have
frequently called. attention to The ne.
;essity of thoroughly compacting tho
ground for wheat-and, i'm fact. any
5rop- specially when the season
promises TO be dry. The last bulletin
of the Iowa experiment station cor
roborates these statements. Adjoining
plats were seeded TO winter wheat
and given similar treatment. except
that one was seeded with common
drill and the other with press
drill Threshing returns showed that
the plat seeded with a press driu
yielded at the rate Of 541h bushels per
lcre. while the common drilled plat
yielded only - bushels A similar
test I'm 1894 gave y yield Of As bush
els for the press drill ana 80 for the
common drill The press drig com
pacts the soil over the seed, the mois.
tire is retained. and more vigorous
plant results
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27
UNUSUAL SUCCESS
IN RAISING PLANTS
az ALIcE ~ pornLAsl

(By ALICE MAY DOUGLAs)
friend who has unusual succesg
Ia raising ferns and palms has given
me her secret She feeds them beef.
steak occasionally About every six
weeks she plants a bit OF raw meat
close to the roots and it is literally
eaten UP.
Some of our potted ferns were droop-
Ing SO fastened to Try the new plant
food. A single dose of the steak
brought them back to health and their
growth since has been surprising
Then In pure curiosity / experiDentcd
with some outdoor ferns last summer.
and after few weeks ] dug up the
place TO see how the meat and plant
were getting on together found
the decaying steak literally cIucbcd
BY innumerable roots that had en-.
twined themselves about 81 IKE So
much wire. How hungry they
seemed.
II is said TO be a common thing
for people living along the gulf coast
20 feed oysters TO their ferns and
palms. This would be somewhat px-
ponsive for as poor inland people
but they frequently buy a load al
shell-fish as we buy coal. simply dunn.
ing them IN a pile in the back yard
and keeping them alive by occasional
dousing with salt water.
Watering the plants with unsalted
beef tea has also been successfully
tried by my neighbor Hearing these
things How little we know of our
mates. the fern family. Who
W pul4 have dreamed that they. too.
havo eafnyeFous iasies2 Could they
have caught 1t dwelling 50 near oui
dining tables"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27

but 1t is not so pervIous 10 the DAM
aging effect of frost, and for this rea-
son it is liable to prove quite salts
factory in the majority OF cases.
Cane and kafir corn are also excel
lent for pasturage, but should he
sown or drilled very thick, so that
the plants will grow up In a crowd.
ed condition, which causes them to
be small, tender and juicy for pas.
turage. Rape will make a quick
growth, and is excellent as pastur.
age, especially for hogs. sheep and
cattle. Wheat or rye will also make
good pasturage, but both are some
what slow Of growth in the earlier
stage of their development, which Is
apt TO throw them too late for this
seasons grazing. The cost of these
seeds is also to be taken into con.
sideration, as they are higher than
most others. However, either Of these
plants will form the finest OF pastur
age early next spring. All OF these
forage crops will reach q stage OF
growth that will admit Of their being
used as n supplementary green feed
during the shortage in pasture, and
where this method is practiced. such
Spots or fields should be chosen as
Aear 20 the regular pasture lands as
possible, so that the product may be
cut or pulled and thrown oyer the
renee to The animals, without haul.
ing 1t out This will in many eases
prove more satisfactory than any
other plan, since one can feed prac-
tically the same amount every dav.
ana by gauging this amount accord.
ing to the number of live stock he is
pastuTing. the condition Of the pas
ture growth etc. this supplementary
reed may be made to last much long
er than il the animals were given
free range OF it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27

er meetings, I've got to see that
state corn show and then tesides
that | am just loaded up to over
flowing with questions that |
want to ask those professors ard
other farmers. Better. meet ne
up at Morgantown and take the
Short Course, Jan. to 16. 1t
won't cost much and you'll never
regret it. -.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27

The cowpca is a wonderful reno.
vator OF soil. the value Of which is not
yet GENERALLY recognized, even in the
south, whero IT has been most largely
grown and cxperimented with. At the
Louisiana station bulletin 40) G3 va.
rieties have been tested For vines
and for green manuring the best va.
rieties are the Unknown. Black. Clay
ana Red while the strictly bunch va
ueues. Whippoorwill Blue. Blackeye.
etc, give larger returns in peas.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27
NERRYMOUNT, NO. 1852
The Beautiful, Red
Sorr@l, kentucky
Saddle Sta ion

Owned and Kept by Smith &
huffman at their livery barn in
Grantsvillc. VIII make the
spring season Of 1913 at that
place.
This horse is one of the very
best bred horses that ever came
IRON the Blue Grass State. He
is of the acknowledgements
Squirrel strain, the kind of
horses that have made Kentucky
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27

famous. His ancestors have
won blue ribbons in every part of
the world, where beauty, style
action and endurance were the
test.
The best advertisement for a
stallion is his get. This horse
has produced several colts in this
county that cannot be beaten
anywhere. Call and see him
and you will breed to him. In
suFance fee sic. fAdx.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27
The Chronicle


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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-11-27

The Importance Of shade for ths
fowls during the hot summer months
cannot be ovcrestimated The best
mctpsf is to plant fruit trees I'm the
poultry yarss. as this will furnish
fruit as well as SHADE.
The Washington times., 1913-07-10

costs can't 60 on mounting year after year, almost
month after month, without those increased costs COM
ing straight out of the pockets of the consuming
public.
For some time the railroads have met increased
costs of labor, materials, supplies - even increased
costs of bond loans for extensions and betterments -
without putting all the bills directly and squarely up
to the public. This has been so because in some
cases intensified traffic able to take care of part
of the increased costs and because in others the Fed
era Government, acting through the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the United States courts,
would not permit the railroads to increase rates at
all when they wished to do so, or would not permit
them to increase rates much as they wished to do
But anybody can see that the railroads cost of
living whether driven higher and higher by increased
labor cost or by other COST cannot continue to climb
and climb without the public paying the piper.
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
GOOD-BY TO THE PEERS.

The British house of peers is getting ready to
make another spectacular ass OF itself.
Bitterly opposed to Irish home rule, it is pro-
posed that the lords shall adjourn to time beyond
the end of the present parlamens life, without re-
jecting the home rule BILL and thus making it i'm
possible for the to pass it over the lords
veto, as required by the parliament sct lately made
law to meet just such cases.
The lords, by such a course, would not seriously
defer home rule, for they would make certain that
the liberals would control the next parliament. But
they would hasten greatly the day when the upper
chamber will be completely abolished
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
Learn One Thing
Every D ay
16.-MATCHES.

ours s' s any pasa say aa: ass nsss sss:TS': ss
Frenchman named Chancel This
was n 1906. A bit of wood was
tipped with chemicals that burst into
flame when it was dipped into bottle
of acid. A little later another match
came into use. 1t was made of paper,
the tip dipped in chemicals Inside of
the tip was tiny glass bulb contain
ing acid When the bulb was crush-d
and fire was produced. You can see
how utterly impracticable and expensive
these matches must have been
The first practical lucifer match was
made by an Englishman. John Walker.
1t was much like our matches. but II
had to be struck between folded sand
paper, so there was friction on all sur
faces at once These sold for > cents
dozen.
Then came a great problem Yellow
phosphorus. which is extremely poison
Gus, was being used for match tips.
One grain of il would kill a man. IL
Was found that the employees in the
match factories would fall very Ill just
from handling the stuff. People even
committed suicide by swallowing match
heads.
Thus evolved the safety match. In
stead of putting the phosphorus on
the match, small strip of the aoL-
poisonous kind (the red phosphorus)
was put on the outside of the box and
the match was struck on it. A few
years ago the Belgixn government Of
fered big prize for "strike-any-
where" match not to contain any pois-
onous phosphorus. Two Frenchmen won
the prize These matches are now
being made in great quantities. They
are more expensive than the others
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
COLONIZATION FOR THE SOUTH.

Appointment of a specialist colonization by
the Southern Settlement and Development Organi-
zation means new attempt to work out problem
whose satisfactory solution it has hitherto been i'm
possible to attain.
No greater service could be performed not only
to the South but to the country generally than to
find some means of supplying adequate labor, either
by farm owners or employees, for agricultural work.
1t would mean vast immediate increase in produc-
ton and development of economic resources in
every direction. We have in the last few weeks
and are still seeing the annual spectacle of farmers
desperately trying to get help to harvest their crops
with poor results in many cases. and heavy total loss
from delay and inefficiency.
One of the subjects which needs first attention
in the Southern States is the possibility of dvertng
foreign capital and labor to the farm 1t is impos-
sible to how the supply can be properly recruited
from any other source. Of course, the South pre-
fers American settlers But even if it should sue
ceed in divertng many industrious persons from the
North and West, it is hard to that more would
be accomplished than lessening difficulty in one
part of the country and increasing it in another
We are glad to observe that there is enough
courage left to make another effort to perform the
highly useful service in view, for only by contin-
TALLY trying can the situation be saved from becom-
ing progressively worse
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
Vital Question.

-HE case had reached a critical
stage. Even the judge seemed to
awaken to a lively interest In
the proceedings for the most i'm
portant witness was about to be cross
examined so you are the lady's
maid?" began the relentless barrister.
Yes. sir"
And where were you at o'clock on
the evening in question:"
.I was in my lady's room, sir"
For what purpose"
II was dressing my lady's hair, sir. i"
The barrister leaned forward and
smoke slowly and impressively. Now.
think" he said. Il want you to be very
careful In answering this question ::
Was or was not your mistress in the
room at the time?'-Argonaut
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
THE NEW HAVEN REPORT.

The New Haven railroad system is not to be
compared with the Union Pacifcs series of mergers
because the Union Pacific at the end of all the amaz-
ing operations of Hartman, still merely very
great railroad system, instead of a small one. III
was railroad system, and nothing more; while the
New Haven, when President Meen had carried out
his plans, railroad system, operator of vast
steamship interests, conductor of vast network
of trolleys the landlord of sundry summer hotels,
and, in short, promising bidder for monopoly of
all kinds of transportation and various related enter
prises in New England
The New Haven campaign under Meen was
manifestly fight to establish monopoly, and a mo-
nopoly of the most Objectionable sort. The Union
Pacific system did not look to anything of that sort.
There was close question whether Union Pacific
control of Southern Pacific was violation of the
antitrust law; the circuit court did not think it was,
but the Supreme Court reversed that finding. At any
rate, the measure of restraint of trade in the
of the Union Pacific was exceedingly moderate as
compared to that which was demonstrated by the
activities of the New Haven.
Commissioner Proutys report, for the Interstate
Commerce Commission, ought to be made the basis
for some effective proceeding to discourage such
operations as the New Haven has long carried on.
Railroads have no business aspiring to the general
for the regonas proved by the bitter revolt of New
England-and it is bad for the railroads. proved
by the bad condition of the New Haven.
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
RAILROAD LIVING COSTS.

Conductors and trainmen on Eastern railroads
having demanded increase of wages of SIT ooo 600
year have voted to strike unless failing arbitration
they get that increase, or some of it. They maintain
that their wages have not been sufficiently advanced
along with the wages of other employees to enable
them keep up with the increasing cost of living
That is the mems side of the case
The railroads declare that the increases already
granted to the conductors and trainmen make their
wages exceedingly high. These annual earnings of
the men undoubtedly will later be large subject for
discussion in detail. The roads protest that they
can't pay the further Sl7,0OO,GO0 increase in wages
without an increase of traffic rates to meet those and
other increased and increasing bills. That is their
side of the
The publcs side of the case is that transportation
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
The New Word.

y, the South they say It is customary
for the waiter to ask when break
fast Is ordered. How will you have
your aigs?"
One morning a man had ordered some
sausage cakes. rolls. and coffee, says
the Chicago Record-Herald. When the
waiter asked How will you have your
aicso" the man replied. You may elm
mate nv eggs this morning"
The negro looked at him and went to
the kitchen. Returning shortly he said:
"Eh. sh. mister. how did you say you
would have your aigs?"
The man replied. II said you could
eliminate the eggs" Back went the
negro TO the kitchen. but returned pret-
tr soon and said: Say. mister, we
have got a splendid chef. who has
worked in most of the largest and
hest places In the North, and he says
he dun have no tools TO Eliminate any
Sigs."
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
"A PARADISE OF GRAFTERS."

Governor Sulzer is telling some amazing things
in the series Of articles he is publishing his graft
discoveries at Albany He shows that in 1882 the
New York annual State budget was ST., 500 900; now
it is from S55,000,000 to S60,000,00O, and he has
been trying to find out what the people get for the
increase For much of it they get nothing; and as
that part, he has been investigating just how the
grafters get it away from the State Here is one
instance he relates:
plumber given the plumbing contract for the
capitol which for wing only amounted to than
$4,000 He departed from the specifications radically
that have estimated that he has
cent the contract than he would have made
had he given the State the material that he
deliver.
When the State architect who only knew these
changes, but admitted that he consented to them was
asked what he had to about it. he declared that he
had verbal understanding with the plumber by which
the State TO receive allowance-amount not
stated-because of its acceptance of this inferior
material
When compelled the State architect to resign we
discovered that instead of the State getting allow
for the of inferior material the contractor
been permitted get increased the use of
inferior materials and had indeed received
in almost every item in the schedule of his contracts
II is the story of the New York and PENNSYLVANIA
statehouse construction scandals over again. Fit
tngly to characterize such administration, such
boldness and directness in loot to portray the de-
moralzing effect of such indecenceS on the public
morals and on the people who must pay for such
excesses is well-nigh impossible. To remember that
in general way New York has long known of such
things, and that they have been traced home to the
ruling powers in both old political parties is ample
explanation of why nobody has nowadays any polit
ica affiliations in which he retains confidence or sat-
isfaction
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
Of Course.

NEW YORK dramatic writer tells
n of an actress of great popularity
~ who is just beginning to be OBJ
sessed with the notion that the
public holds her to be older than she
really is.
The writer was assigned to interview
this player. He wished to obtain her
views with reference to the state of the
drama, a topic whereon the actress did
not seem particularly anxious to descant.
1T does not seem to me-" gently sug-
sested the interviewer. with a smile.
that | am really ascertaining your opin-
ion You ought to be frank. since your
eyes are gray and -
"Prematurely so. my boy: premature
" So" the actress hastened to assure
him Judge.
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
THE MAID FROM KINSALE
By EUGENE GEARY.

The cabins wor filled wild the crane iv
the peerage.
Great duchesses, lords an the rest.
I'll 20 bail;
But what did we care? We'd our queen
in the steerage-
The sweet little maid from the town
iv Kinsale.
The wonder was how could she thrip
1t so lightly.
While others wor silently moonin'
about:
An how could her laughin' blue eyes
shine so brightly?
But oh! when we landed the saycret
came out.
A handsome gosson up an joyfully
faced her.
Says she: "Ah. then, Terry, 1 knew
ye'd not fall"
And II made my mouth wather the way
he embraced her
The sweet little maid from the town
iv Kinsale.
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
HOW ABOUT THE CLERKS?

The Navy Department has been looking into the
question of Government wages and living costs in
Washington and finds that people under its author
ity are entitled to an increase in wages because Of
the high living costs. Accordingly order has been
issued directing an increase of 7S per cent in the
wages of mechanics at the Navy Yard, dating from
July 1.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt under direction of
Congress created a special board of inquiry three
naval officers and three workmen in the yards, to
study conditions. They reported that living costs in
Washington are higher than in some other cities
fairly comparable, and therefore, the increase was
needed 1t appears also that the increase granted is
sufficient to absorb the entire amount made avail
able by Congress for this purpose
In taking this action Congress and the depart
ment lave created model that might we'll be
adopted for general consideration of the wages of
civil service workers in this town. First, Congress
recognized the necessity. Then the department in
vestigated in detail A fiat percentage advance of
wages was ordered for the time being, and between
now and January a careful reorganization of wage
schedules will be made under which it is expected
there will be sweeping changes. Some people will
get much larger increases than those provided by
the present temporary plan, some will not get so
much. The effort will be made to establish more
equitable basis.
That is exactly what is needed to be done for
the civil service people. For sixty years THEIR
schedule of compensation has not been revised. 1t
is officially announced that living costs demand
an advance for the Navy Yard people. Yet the
Navy Yard workers have had their wages readjusted
time and again to developing conditions, since there
was single change in the general schedule apply
ing to clerical positions.
Are We to presume that while the cost of living
for Navy Yard people goes up and up, the cost of
living for clerical employees does not?
The Governments position is utterly impossible.
The Navy Yard workers get advance that they
lated on it.
But why not the clerks?
The Government has established a system of
rutes, under which railroad employees have repeat
edly had their demands decided and invariably have
secured advances in wages.
The salaries of Congressman Senators, judges,
the President at the top of the Govern
ment's service-have gone upward.
The pay of army and navy has been advanced.
Everybody gets slice except the civil service
workers, who are not organized into unions, who
cannot strike, who have no franchise in the great
majority of cases.
That's the real explanation. They have no club
to hold over Congress and the public. The railroad
men can threaten to tie up transportation and busi-
ness
The rural mail carriers who get increase of
wages every session or two of Congress, and are
the most overpaid people in the Government, all
features considered - they get their wages raised
right along, because they are organized and be-
cause they are credited with lot of political pull
that they might use to the disadvantage of their re-
spective Congressman
The Washington times., 1913-07-10

This is ideal weather for reading
about Count Boni's long fight for matri-
monial freedom. But hasten ere the
mercury rises.
The Washington times., 1913-07-10
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today
Meetings. evening:

MeetlngS, evening:
Masonic-The New Jerusalem. No. ..
ington Chapter, No. ;. Royal Arch;
William F. Hunt Chapter. No. Is.
Order of the Eastern Star.
Red Men-SiouN Tribe No. IS, Odd Eel
lows. Hall, X, near r-and-a-half
streets southwest; Logan 'ibe, Wis
consin avenue and n street II, n,rthwest.
Golden Eagles-America Castle No. )
Sl6 Pennsylvania avenue.
Knights of Pythias-Harmony, No. q:
Coldwell Company, No. %
Odd Fe!lows-Columbia, No. 10: Excel
sior. No Il: Salem. No. p.
X. o. T. M.-District Tent, No s.
Mariners Temple.
National Union-Washington Council.
Psrnaana, Psrnlan TemP1is; sI1G3 Fraternal Council
Census Council. Schmidt's Hail.
Meeting OF Hope Council. No. l. Inde-
pendent Order of Jonadab, 6i3 Louisi-
ana avenue northwest. p. m.
Amusements.
Columbia-"My Wife" 2:15 and Sis
Polrs-"Man and superman." els and
Sis p. m.
Glen Echo-All amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Concert by Marine
Band. dancing, and other amusements
Great Falls-Music and other amuse-
ments.
Luna Park-Dancing and other amuse-
mentS.
Marshall Hall-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. 80 D. m, and
$50 p. m.
River View Park-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf 10 a, m, and D. m.
Colonial Beach-Steamer ST, Johns leaves
Seventh street wharf every day except
Monday at a m Saturday, 80
,. n.