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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
EAST INDIAN IDOLS.
Some That Are Guarded and Saiuted
by British Troops.

some That Are Guarded and Saiuted
by British Troops.
In India n British guard of honor
presents arms to Il stone tiger every
day. The tiger is regarded by the ma
tives as god who drives away all
danger and calamity. and once some
soldiers, in spirit of mischief, over
threw the image from its resting place
and sent It rolling into the valley be-
low.
So shocked and scandalized were the
natives that a revolt seemed imminent.
and Lord Combermere quoted the out
ragged natives by restoring the image
to its pedestal ana ordering the regi-
ment to salute it in full view OF all.
Since that time a British troop has
kept watch over the tiger idol day by
day.
Another Indian idol which is watch
ed over by the British is the god
whose name Is Kiak Kiak, equivalent
to Lord OF Lords" which Is supposed
to be asleep for 5000 years and whose
awakening will be the end OF all
things.
Hence the natives Of the city OF
Pegu, In Burma, are terribly afraid
that some one will arouse the god, so
the British government. to avert trou-
bic, stationed a sentry there to prevent
this catastrophe.
Once year n strange custom is OBJ
served in Cairo. a piece of carpet on
which, according to tradition. Ma
hOmet once sat and which is the most
famous sacred relic of Islam, IS car
ried through the streets, and the khe-
dive and his troops all receive 1t I'm re-
view order and salute 1t as they pass.
The relic Is guarded most carefully
at ordinary times, and the officer in
charge Of It each morning must sa-
lutte 1t with his sword raised. while
the bugler blows three blasts before it.
Exchange.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Filling the SiIO

To farmers who are filling silos
This year for the first time, the
Agricultural Experiment Station,
of Morgantown offers these sug-
gestions:
The corn should be cut when
the kernels are denied, or when
about fourth of the husks and
lower leaves are turning brown.
1t should be as mature as pos
sible and yet contain enough
moisture to insure fermentation.
Either a half inch or three
quarter inch cut is best because
that length insures less waste
and a larger pack of corn in the
siIo.
Slow filling makes it possible
to pack the corn more thorough
" and get in a larger tonnage.
With rapid filings the cost is
less, but to fill to capacity the
silage should be allowed to settle
and then refill.
Corn should be uniformly pack
ed in the silo and with good dis
tribution of stalks and ears. If
the sides are kept about 2 feet
higher than the center, the silage
wedges against the sides, keeps
in the heat of fermentation and
kills molds.
Water needs to be added when
filing, if the corn in the silo is
moist. Water must always be
added when the corn is very
ripe, when the corn is severely
frozen before it is properly ma
tured cor when filling late in the
fall with shocked corn.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23

frage TO women and the state
legislature of Illinois extended all
franchise rights within its power
to bestow, namely, for all the Of
fees not created by the state
constitution.
Women have school suffrage in
Connecticut, Delaware, Ken
lucky, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota. Mississippi, Nebras-
ka, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, New Mexico, New York,
North Dakato, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Vermont and
Wisconsin. In Iowa women may
vote at all school or municipal
elections upon propositions to
vote bonds or increase the tax
levies.
Abroad, women have full par
limentary suffrage in Australia,
New Zealand, the Isle of Man,
Finland, Norway and Iceland.
They have municipal suffrage on
the same terms as men through
out the British Isles and in Den
mark ank Sweden, and a certain
measure of franchise rights in
nine of the provinces of Canada,
and in the cities of Belize in Brit
ish Honduras, Rangoon in Bur-
nah. and Baroda and Bombay in
British India. In certain dis
tricts of Austria, Germany, Hun
gary and Russia women who own
property are allowed to cast their
votes on various communal mat
tiers, either in their own persons
or through proxies. In Belgium,
Bulgaria, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Rumania and Swift
zerland women have no political
rights whatever, but are per-
mitted to vote for certain admin
istrative boards educational, in
dustrial, correctional and philan-
thropic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Prominent Citizen Gone

S. ". Farrar, of Walnut died
at his home Friday. September
10. of dropsy. He had been i'll
of this disease for some time but
word of his death comes as an
abrupt blow to his many friends
and associates.
For the past twenty years he
had been engaged in the mercan-
tile business at Walnut, and was
one of Washington districts
foremost progressive farmers. In
his younger days he was school
teacher. Mr.. Farrar is survived
by his wife and ten children.
Mr.. Farrar was a member of
the Methodist church. He was
highly respected by all who
knew him and we'll liked every
where.
Interment took place in the
Walnut cemetery Saturday.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23

also had the welfare of the prisoners
at heart, so that they secured interest
and good Will in the work
hundred and nineteen miles of
road were completed during 1914 by
Montana state prisoners, many miles
OF which were through rough and billy
country where the work was very diff
cult. Warden Conley of the states
prison says that the prison labor is
worth SO n day to- the state, as 1t
equals free labor, which receives that
wage. No wage is paid the prisoner,
however, and his total cost to the state
Is only 90 cents per day. For this rea-
son the warden urges that the state
allow him a wage from its profits,
which could in many cases be used TO
support a prisoners dependent family.
Colorado Springs and Canyon City
highway and the Ute pass section Of
the Pixies peak ocean to ocean road,
recently completed by Colorado's sys-
tenn Of convict labor, are two Of the
most perfect mountain roads IN the
United States
The Ute pass road follows the ancient
AAeAA w AAI AAAuANU1 NfIOn1 the lkOfkK
mountains. In the last few years that
part Of IT between Colorado Springs
and Cascade has been entirely recon
structed by convicts
Under the Colorado system the con.
vict has ten days taken of his sentence
for each month Of labor on the roads
This Is I'm addition TO the usual reduc-
ton for good behavior.
Thomas J. lyman. warden OF the
state penitentiary, under whose super.
vision the work Of the last three years
has been done, estimates that I'm tho
next ten years 5000 miles Of the best
roads will be constructed at n cost OF
less than 100000
lie says 1000 men have been used In
the road work I'm the last three years
at a cost to the state Of p cents day
Tor each man. The men go about their
work unguarded and less than per
cent have violated their pledges and
made successful escapes.
Thirty states at the beginning Of the
present year had on their statute books
avs providing for the employment
u state prisoners in road building.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
SENTRIES FOR CHURCHES.
A Custom Forced by Native Feuds In
the MeIsnssiAn islands.

In the Melanesian islands the natives
carry on feuds with more relentless
hatred even than the yendettistes OF
Corsica. In these islands Christianity
has been made at least I'm outward
aspect, the religion OF the people
That 1t really does mean something
to the Melanesian is evidenced by the
reply received from an intelligent Old
chief when l asked him why he did not
become a Christian.
I'm to be-" he said, when XIII the
devil who Kill my boy Eve years ago"
SO relentlessly are these feuds car
ried on that It is the custom for ma
tive Of wealth with n grievance against
another, but who finds It impossible or
inexpedient to kill his enemy and So.
cure his head himself. to hire profes.
sional murderer and pay him upon the
delivery Of the head.
Often In the years that are just gone
indiscriminate killing went on With
such savage persistence that even dur.
ing church service pot shots" were
taken at marked worshlpers through
the doors and windows.
The situation became so acute I'm one
village that the government was petit
toned, and the response was the loan
to the missionary Of a rifle.
The missionary took the hint and
armed ore OF his u2t,vas who stood
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
A Duty Of Parents

: Many parents who discuss the
re-openi ng of the schools declare
with relief that they are glad va
cation is over and they no longer
have to worry about the safety
of Johnny and Mary. 1t is their
idea their responsibilities have
shifted to the shoulders of the
teachers, who will see that the
children become educated, the
duty of parents in the matter con-
sisting in seeing that the chill
dren study and that they get to
school ON time. Then if the re-
port cards show that Johnny and
Mary are making poor progress,
or no progress at all, the blame
is placed on the inefficiency of
the teacher or the stupidity of
pupil.
If all instances in which par
ents assume such an attitude
were investigated it probably
would be found in nine cases out
of ten that the inefficiency and
stupidity exists in the parents.
AS an eastern paper remarked in
a discussion of the subject:
THE school system is not de-
signed like a machine to pour
knowledge into vacant skulls, as
bottles are filled with milk.
Brains are assumed to be in the
skulls, and the school system is
designed to develop The brains to
the highest degree as thinking
organs"
The task is not so easy that one
teacher can accomplish it unaid-
ed with thirty to fifty children.
Even with a bright and willing
child there should be parental
cooperation if good results are
to be secured. The teacher must
not be expected to correct all the
faults the child picks up at home
and on the street. Parents should
familiarize themselves with
school work, should ascertain
what progress the children are
making, and should supplement
the labors of the teacher with
home training. Wheeling Reg
lister.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
CONVICT ROAD
WORK IN STATES
Recent Reports All Go to Show
Success of System.
FINE HIGHWAYS BUILT.

Continuance of Convict Road Work In
Most of the States Will Depend on
Its Economic Value-This Is Being
Proved by What Has Been Done In
Several States.
Does convict road work pay? The
continuance of the work in most Of
the states depends on its economic
value. The national committee on
prisons and prison labor has been in
vestgating this side of the convict
road question and has received an
encouraging report from A. ID. Will
hams, chief road engineer of the state
Of West Virginia
The report covers the work ut Dana,
Kanawha county, and has been CON
Quoted under the supervision of NJ. L.
Walsh for period of ten months,
half of which was through the win
ter. From November 1914. to June,
1915, the measured quantities on the
Maiden road constructed by the con-
victS from the Dana camp were:
2o7 cubic yards rubble masonry in ce-
ment.
LIB cubic'yards rubble masonry In dry.
A5 cubic yards REINFORCED concrete
Y linear feet twenty-four REINFORCED
vltrified pipe.
20 linear feet eighteen REINFORCED Wit
rifed pipe.
4os linear feet twelve REINFORCED vitri-
fed pipe.
$50 cubic yards foundation excavation.
22,SS6 cubic yards unclassified excavation.
The total cost of this work amount
ed to $11, 1892, while the lowest of
four bids received from private con-
tractors for this same work amounted
to $15,41S.O5, or $3,S19.13 more than
the work actually cost when con-
structed by the prisoners Twenty-Five
per cent of the total cost of the work
was, therefore, saved by the use of the
prisoners.
The success in this work is pointed
out by the committee to be due to the
fact that the men in charge were
efficient and DESTROYS OF success, and
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Grand Chancellor West

The local lodge Knights of
Pythias enjoyed a visit Friday
from 0. w. West, Of Auburn,
Grand Chancellor of the West
Virginia Domain. He arrived
here from Cremo where he had
paid an official visit to the Pyth-
ian lodge at that place Thursday
night.
Grand Chancellor West is Wis
iting the smaller lodges of the
state. and his very impressive
lectures and lodge work here and
at other lodges he has visited
since his recent promotion to the
grand CHARACTERISTIC promise him
high favor among the members
of the order in this domain.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
TURPINITE is LITTLE USED
Asphyxiating Shells Have Been Found
to Have Small Effect in the
Open Field.

AT the beginning OF the war a great
deal was said about the newly-discov.
cred turpinite shells, which, it was
asserted, would kill by asphyxiation
all living creatures within a certain
radius. Since then surprise has often
been expressed why little or no use of
this wonderful explosive has been
made by the French artillery. There
are reasons to explain its nonemploy.
ment
In the first place, turpinite shells
have little effect in the open field.
They can only be usefully fired
against inclosed spaces, forts or
dwellings. And so long as the enemy
is on French or Belgian soil the risk
to French or Belgian civilians would
be too great to justify the use of tur-
pinite in the bombardment of towns
and villages. Moreover, the new ex.
plosive can only be used with special.
ly constructed guns of most delicate
machinery. Used with the ordinary
"seventy-hves" it's dangers would be
almost as great to the French gunners
as to the enemy.
The speculation now will be
whether turpinite will come into its
own If Germany is invaded and its
fortresses are bosnbarded.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
"Appetlzery for vsastablss.

Not fertilizer but an appetizer for
vegetables is supplied by the radioac.
tive earth taken from the refuse of the
carnotite mines or Colorado and
sowed at the rate of fifty to one hun.
dred pounds per acre in order to in.
crease crops from 10 to 1O5 per cent
over plots treated in precisely the
same way, except for the addition OF
the radium earth DIR. II. II. Rusby,
Dean of the Columbia College OF Phar.
macy has published his report I'm the
Journal of the New York Botanical
garden. This carnotite earth must
emit rays of a different kind from
those OF ordinary earth, which is 20
times as radioactive. 1t would be well
worth the time OF scientists skilled in
separating the alpha, beta. and gamma
rays Of radioactive substances to find
out which kind best stimulates plant
growth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
How a Coal Fire Protects Itself.

\ curious way in which q fire in the
heart Of coal pile keeps itself from
being put out is noted IN a mining
journal Such fires often start in the
interior of large piles of coal owing
to heat developed by slow oxida lion,
which is prevented by the size of the
pile from escaping into the air Such
fires are difficult to put out owing to
the fact that the burning mass turns
the coal around it into coke, which IS
nearly impervious to water. The pile
may thus be thoroughly drenched with
oIt putting out the fire, which it never
really reaches. The only way to deal
with the situation is to drive into the
pile sharpened iron pipe long enough
to reach the burning coal and then to
couple hose to the upper end and
turn on the water
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Bloody Battle at Spencer

In an alteration between Geo.
Douglass and son, Everett, and
four Conley brothers, of iona,
Wednesday, Mr.. Douglass and
his son were both given severe
knife wounds, while the Conleys
were considerably bunged up as
a result of the encounter. None
of the injuries is considered dan
gerous.
1t is said the difficulty started
over feed bill, Okey. J. l. and
Coy Conley returning to the
Douglass barn with their brother
and attacking the Douglasses. =
Spencer Reporter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
A Dreadful Mistaks.

Glympe Din railway carriage)-This
Is a splendid book. masterpiece. L
recommend you to buy it. Gumph-
l wonder how it is selling. Glympe-
1t Is selling In thousands. Can't pub
lish 1t fast enough. I'm the publisher.
so | ought TO know. Gumph-I'm so
glad to hear you say that. because am
the author. Glympe suddenly col
lapses) Well-eF-er-that is, IL may
sell fast. But there are very serious
risks" tSwoons away.)-London Mail.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
LARGEST Chain Drive.

The largest chain drive in existence.
three times greater in size than any
previously built, IS to be found at the
OK Bow power plant, on Snake river,
Copperheld, Ore. The plant consists
OF a $500 kllowatt generator, operated
By two water-wheel units, each con
sisting Of two pairs Of water-wheels Of
the 4S-inch horizontal type, operating
under a 21-fOot head. The speed Of
the water-wheels is 147 revolutions
per minute, and each water-wheel unit
is connected to the generator by four
Morse chains, each u inches wide,
the sprockets on the line shafting hav.
ing a two-inch pitch. and the shaft cen
ters being ten feet apart.--Scientifc
American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Woman Suffrage

In the United States women
possess equal suffrage with men
at all elections in Wyoming, es-
tablished in 1869; in Colorado, in
1893; in Utah and Idaho, in 1896
in Washington, in 1910; in Cali
fornia, in 1911; in Arizona, Kan
sas and Oregon, in 1912; and in
Montana and Nevada, in 1914.
During 1913 the territorial legis-
lature Of Alaska granted full sui.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
She ualunh Aar naaa

Henry VIII. after the death OF Jane
Seymour had some difficulty in getting
another wife. His first offer was to
the dowager Duchess OF Milan, but her
answer is said to have been: IL have
only one head. II l had two one
should certainly be at his service"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Grantsville, w. Va, Thursday, September 23 1915

to require subscribers to deposit
not less than $3.50 or a sum
equal to to average consumption
to guarantee payment of bills,
upon which the company is re-
CURED TO pay interest of 6 per
cent for the period the money is
held.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Must Publish Names

Public utilities companies will
be required to publish once a
year the names of subscribers
having money on deposit with
them to guarantee meter charg-
es who have discontinued rhe
service according to a ruling
made by the public service com
mission.
The companies are authorized
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23

Caller-The minister's son is follow
Ing In the footsteps OF that spend
thrift young Jinks. Miss Prim-Isn't
that scandalous? Caller Hardly as bad
IS that You see he's tailor and -
Elst trying to collect his bnl.-Ex.
shange.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23

'Fhe value Of pepper was known OF
old. We read that when Rome had to
be ransomed from the barbarian con
queror in the year 400 AIaric demand
ed 5000 pounds Of pepper among the
payments and that Hippocrates used II
IN medicine, applying It to the skin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
HE Faat.

Your friend had quite an aerobatie
promotion"
"How's thatY'
Went up over a lot OF other peo-
pies heads. Baltimore American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Still on HIGH.

Ihe moon boosted
"And yet when l left the earth all
the wiSeacres said 1 would come down
like q stick" she cried.-New York
ETn
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23

guard outside the church during sery-
ices.
And so 1t became the fashion oil many
OF the islands to add sentry to the
church rolls.-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23

Josh Billings used to say that when
p man begins going downhill all cree
rton seems creased for the Occasiou.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-23
Marriage Licenses

Jesse l.. Rose.
Goldie V. Siers.
Orval Miller.
Sarah Norman.
A. E. Kellar.
Mary George.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-06-15
THE CITY.
REPORT.

Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes-
day; warmer tonight; cooler We'd
nesday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-06-15

nual convention of the Christian En-
deavor association of South Dakota,
after having been in session several
days in Sioux Falls, has concluded
its work and adjourned.
At a business session near the
close of the convention the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President. C. T. McGrew,
Mitchell; vice president, Rev. C. b.
Topper. Sioux Falls; secretary, Miss
Eva Stevenson, Vermillion; treasur-
er. I. G.. owen, Sioux Falls. The
resolutions as adopted contain a
plank pledging the earnest support
of the association to the proposed
amendment to the state constitution
providing for statewide prohibition
in South Dakota, which will be sub
mitted TO the voters of the state at
the general election in November of
next year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-06-15
TERM IN PEN
Irene Man Had Been Transporting
Immoral Women from Sioux
City.

Irene, June 15.-Pleading guilty
to the charge of having brought
women from Sioux City to Irene for
unlawful purposes, Lewis Baker, for
the past two months manager of a
local livery stable establishment, was
sentenced by Judge Trip of the state
circuit court to a term of nine
months in the Sioux Falls peniten-
tiary and has been lodged in the pen
itentiary.
The evidence submitted at his pre-
liminary hearing indicated that it
was his practice to bring the women
from Sioux City and house them in
vacant houses. The citizens finally
became aware of what was going on
and Bakers arrest followed.
Baker, at the completion of his
term, will be subject to prosecution
by the federal authorities for violat-
ing the Mann act by transporting
women from another state to South
Dakota for immoral purposes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-06-15
GOOD SHOWING
Cherry Creek Indians Hold Agricul-
tural Extension Meeting.

Pierre, June 15.-The Indians on
Cherry creek recently held an agri-
cultural extension meeting of their
own, without any instructors from
the state department. John +. Car
son, who has been a teacher among
the Cherry Greek Indians for many
years, was at the head of the move
ment, his advice to the reds being 10
devote the largest share of their at
tention to live stock, with enough
farming TO handle alfalfa, cor and
potatoes, with a good sprinkling of
pigs and chickens. He exhibited
samples of corn which the Indians
could successfully grow in that part
oil the state, and urged them to look
after the lines of work which they
could best handle. Ray Eagle Chas-
ing, a young Indian, gave a talk on
potato raising. and the methods by
which he had made a success of rails
ing this crop in that section of the
state. The whole line of the meeting
appeared to be IN urging the In
dams to take up the raising OF only
such crops as would help i'm handling
cattle and horses, and to stick to live
stock as the main feature.