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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
HAD THE LAUGH ON HIMSELF
Miser Got Away With the Oatmeal
and Also Succeeded in Saving
Precious Whisky.

j. F. Hartz of Detroit, the doyen of
the American Surgical Trade associa-
ton, said at the fiftieth annual con
vention in New York
The war has kited the price of car
bolic acid up to S1.65 a pound-it sold
before the war at nine cents a pound.
The hospitals that use carbolic acid
now have to be as economical and
sparing as old Josh Lee.
old Josh Lee was a miser, and he
breakfasted every morning on oat-
meal. To save fuel he cooked his
weeks supply of oatmeal on Sundays.
This supply, by the time Saturday
came around, was pretty stiff and
tough and hard to down.
One Saturday morning old Josh
found his oatmeal particularly unap-
petizing. 1t had a crust on it like
iron. He took a mouthful of the cold,
stiff mixture-then he half rose, think
ing he'd have to cook himself some
eggs
But he hated to give in. He hated
to waste that oatmeal. So he took
out the whisky bottle, poured a gen.
erous glass and setting it before his
plate. he said
Now, Josh If you eat that oatmeal
you'll get this whisky; and if you
don't you won't
The oatmeal was hard to consume,
but Josh, with his eye on the whisky,
managed it. Then, when the last
spoonful was gone, he grinned broad
ly, poured the whisky back into the
bottle again, and said:
Josh, my son, / fooled you that
time, you old idiot Washington
Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
AND INJURIES OTHERS
Shells Intended for the Allied Armies
Explode and Completely Shat
ter WESTINGHOUSE Furnace.

Pittsburgh-Two men were instant
ly killed, six others hurt, one prob
ably fatally, and 200 other employees
mad narrow escapes when a gas ex-
ploslon occurred in an annealing fur
mace at the plant of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company, near Turtle Creek AT the
time of the accident the men were
placing schrapnel shells, which it is
said are for the use of the European
allies, in the furnace.
The explosion took place just three
minutes before the time the men were
to quit work for the day. The fur
mace oven had been filled to capacity
with shells, the explosion followed,
demolishing the furnace.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
A ForlOrn Hone.

Mr.. Corncobbe, dare say your son
has learned a great many things at
college,"
Yes. He's larnt how ter yell, how
ter dance, how ter play football an
baseball, how ter set in a stiff game
of poker, an has other accomplish.
ments l haven't been able ter classify
yet, but l hope ter find among EN-
what I'm looking for"
And what is that?"
something that will help him ter
get more out of an acre of land than
I've ever been able ter get"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
FIVE KILLED AND so HURT
IN REAR-END CRASH
Freight Hits Coaches Bearing Knights
of Pythias and Friends During
Storms-Train Standing at Curve

otorrHs- ram STANDING at curve.
Orient, Olive persons were kill
ed and 80 injured, some fatally, when
an excursion train on the b. & o.
railroad was telescoped by a freight
train.
The train bore members of the
knights of Pythias and their fami-
lies from Mount Sterling, who had
been on their annual-picnic to Cedar
point
Had Stopped for Water.
The two rear coaches of the excur-
sion train were smashed by the
freight which ran into it from behind
when the passenger train stopped to
take water. The coaches were wood
en- and badly damaged. The accident
occurred in a binding rainstorm.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Preparing.

In one OF the southern states the
negroes are great patrons of matri-
monial agency. One darky, anxious
to find wife for his son, went to this
agent, who handed him his list of
lady clients. Running through this
the man came upon his own wife's
name, entered as DESTROYS of obtain
ing a husband between the ages of
twenty-eight and thirty.
Forgetting about his son. the darky
hurried home to announce his discov-
cry to his wife. She was not at all
disturbed
Yes, she said. 81 done give him my
name. / puts it down when you was
so sick in de winter and de doctor
says he must prepare for de worst. -
Chicago Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
DISTRESSING PIMPLES
Removed by cuticura Soap and oint-
ment. Trial Free.

Smear them with the Ointment
wash off in five minutes with Cuti
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. Repeat on
rising and retiring. These fragrant
supercreamy emollients do much for
the skin, and do it quickly.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold verywhere.-Adv.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
WAR HAS CAUSED HEAVY
LOSSES TO PUBLISHERS
Printers Go to Baltimore for Their
Annual Convention in 1916.
Addressed BY Wilson.

Los Angeles, Cal.-An address on
labor conditions by William Z. WI
son, secretary of the Department OF
Labor, and the selection of BaltimcI e
for the 1916 convention were features
of the session of the International
Typographical Union convention.
Speaking on behalf of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
II. n. kellogg. OF indianapolis, said
the European war had inflicted great
losses on newspaper publishers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Forty-Three Tassart Counts Sustained
Indianapolis - Judge Eichborn, of
Button, sustained all but five minor
counts of the indictments which
charge Thomas Taggart, Democratic
national committeeman; Mayor Jo-
seph E. Bell, Chief of Police Perrott,
and over 100 others with conspiring
to corrupt the Marion county cleo
tons. Forty-three counts were sus-
tanned. The state elected to try
Mayor Bell first and his trial date was
fixed for September z. The defense
had filed motions for separate trials,
which were granted.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
"WiId Man. captured

Washington, Pa.-After terroririug
residents of Amwell and West Beth
lehem townships for more than
week, the supposed wild man which
created so much sensation that Cni-
GERS daily and nightly secured the
hills and valleys was captured after an
exciting chase by a posse He is be-
lieved to be insane.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
italian consuls Quit Turker.

Athens.-All Italian consuls in Tur-
key are preparing to depart, accord
ing TO advices from Constantinople.
They have turned over their duties to
neutral officials, chiefly American con-
suls. Immediately following their dc
parture it is expected that war be-
tween Italy and Turkey will be de-
c!ared Italian troops will then Join
the allies at the Dardanelles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Greece Wants Neutrality

Athens-The King of Greece, after
the opening of Parliament and the
resignation of the Cabinet, will ask
Venizelos, the former premier, whet1-
er he is ready to form a new Cabine t
ON the principle of the strictest net
trality NJ. Venizelos resigned as Pre-
mier of Greece in March on accoun,
OF King Constantine's disapproval o,
the Premier's policy in favor ..
Greece lending her support to thu
entente allies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
To Crow Her own Wheat.

London-The cabinet is considering
recommendations concerning the sup
ply of food, particularly wheat, made
by the commission appointed by Earl
Seiborne, president of the Board of
agriculture, Lord Miner, chairman.
1t is estimated the recommendations
include plans to increase the home
grown supply of wheat by guarantee
ing to producers a minimum price
for their product.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Goats Used in storming Trenches.

Paris-By clever ruse the Italian
Alpine troops forced the premature
explosion of Austrian mines The Al
PM knew the Austrians had strewu
the road with explosives, and drove
herds OF sheep and goats in front OF
them into the mine field AS soon as
the explosions began the Austrians
issued to complete the rout of the
enemy, and found themselves in
front of a furious bayonet charge. All
who did not surrender were killed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
British Ambassador Guarded.

Washington.-The nature of the
threatening letters received by British
Ambassador SPRING. Rice. as a result
of which a secret service guard was
sought for him by Secretary Lansing,
was withheld at the treasury depart.
ment, which furnished the desired pro.
lection. 1t was understood, however,
that the communications were of the
Holt" and "Pearce" type.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Nation-old Tradition Questioned.

Hudson Falls.-An old tradition that
the Americans burned all that was left
of Whitehall in revolutionary days is
disputed in documents which were
once the property of James Rogers, a
soldier in the revolutionary war, and
which have just been found by rela-
tives. Mr.. Rogers states in the papers
that Whitehall was burned by the In
dams. Mr.. Rogers was stationed at
Whitehall.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
BRIDGES and Dams Wanted.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Over 100 applica-
tons for the permission of the state
for construction of bridges, dams and
other works over or along streams
are awaiting action by the State
Water Supply commission and i'm
portant matters will be handled this
fall when the body gives official
sanction to the projects. The accumu-
lation of applications is the largest
known in many months.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
SEVEN LABoRERS KILLED BY
FAST PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN
Were Confused by Fog and Crossed
Main Line Directly in Front
of the Dancer.

Mt. Union, Pa.-Seven men were
Silled instantly and one was injured
SO severely that he probably will die,
when Pennsylvania Train no. 20
crashed into gang of track laborers.
Confused by the fog. the men, who
were standing between a siding and
the main track, started across the
main track when they saw the fast
train approaching. All the victims
resided in Huntingdon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

ondon George Joseph Smith. the
brides bath murderer, died ON The
eallows for the killing of Beatrice
Mundy. one of mis- three wives. who
died mysteriously IN their bathtubs.
u was rumored chat Smith confessed
before he was led to the gauows at
Maidstone
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
wins Estate to Salvation Army.

Warren, Pa.-Through the death
here of Henry Gotham, nonogenarian
and the last descendant in this coun-
try of an old British line of nobility,
the Salvation Army of America comes
into possession of Gao acres Of rich oil
land valued at 100000 The land is
to be used for a new industrial home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
sys.ematle steaIIna unsarthea.

Chicago. Ill-With three men un-
der arrest one of Shom is said to
have confessed. detectives for the
Wells Fargo Express Company claim
to have uncovered a system of thefts
4 rough which the company has been
kObbed of merchandise totaling near
~ 100000 within the last II years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
viii Honor Fiqbter,s Memor.

Connellsville. Pa. ConnellsviDe
council had appropriated $500 FOR a
monument to be erected in City Hall
square to the memory of Colonel Will
liam Crawford, a pioneer settler, Rev
dictionary war hero and Indian
fifhter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Bic Grain contraots conoelled

Chicago-Large Chicago grain deal
ers were puzzled to account for the
heavy cancellation of contracts aggre.
eating over 100000 bushels of wheat,
recently bought for September ship.
ment to the allies. The cancellation
involved heavy financial loss to the
purchasers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Vienna.-The Polish faction in the
Austrian parliament has issued q
manifesto calling for the organization
pf kingdom of Poland with it's can.
raj a Warsaw as an integral part
Of the Hapsburg monarchy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Lake Fleet TARGET Prse+io.

Erie, Pa.-Uncle Sans great lake
fleet is here for week of maneuver.
ing and target practice Nine boats
comprise the flotilla. The officers and
crews of the fleet comprise more than
1000 men. The Isla De Luzon. Can
tain Edward A. Evers of Chicago. is
the flagship of the fleet.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Cattle Are Golnn Blind

Lansing, Mich.-Puzzled by a mys-
ferrous disease which is killing cattle,
members of the state live stock san
ltary commission were confronted
with a new problem. 1t is the opinion
of the commission that serum may
have contained some infection.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
seoo,o 900 for Game protection.

Harrisburg, Pa.-State Treasurer
Young has passed to the credit of spe-
cial funds for exclusive use of the
state game commission in its game
protection, propagation and other
work, almost 100000. This was de-
rived from hunters licenses for the
last two years. In one fund there has
been placed approximately $545,OOO
which will be used for bounties.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
President Has Given Up Trim.

Washington. - President Wilson's
contemplated trip to Chicago this
month to visit the colored races jubi-
lee exposition has been definitely
abandoned
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
VIII Get Mans Pay for msn's Work

Chicago. Ill.-Equal sunragists arc
iubilant The State Board of Admin.
istraton decreed that women em-
ployed in state institutions shall re-.
ceive the same pay as men where
they do the same work.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
eeattn 80 - Aaml-,L

London Admiral Sir David Beatty
who commanded the fleet which de-
feated the Germans on Helgoland
has been made a vice admiral Ho
also commanded the squadron which
guarded The transp ortauon of millions
in gold TO America recently
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Free information

81 amt had no work ter do in
more'n two years, num-"
Poor man. Ho whave you man
aged to live?"
People have helped me, num-
And so will l. Walk down this
road half a mile and you will come
to our county seat, where there is a
model Jail that serves better meals
than any country hotel in this part
of the state. kansas City Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Haitlans 80 - preaiden.

Portau-Prince -su5-s Darunguc.
ave, president of the senate. wa
elected presiden. of Haiti by the N
tional assembly. lie succeeds Ger
eral Vilbrun Gmllaume. who was 40
sassinated by q mob.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Clarksburg, W. Va DIT Wallace
p Fleming, professor OF Greek the
last TO years i'm Drew Theological
seminary. at Madison. N. ". wei
elected president Of Yves, Virain5
Wesleyan College, at Buckhannon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Beoueaths Sermons 40 sor

Bellefontaine, O-"An OF my ser
mons, representing the labor of 40
years, l bequeath to my son, Rev
Howard Kerr, of Parkville. Mo- was
one of the requests in the will of the
late Rev Samuel G. Kerr, retired
Presbyterian minister.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
The Reason.

Simpson, wonder how it is that
nearly all the misers we read of are
old bachelors?
Mrs. Simpson insinuatingly)-O
married misers are SO common that
they are not worth mentioning.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
An Honest Confession.

Il suppose you will be out again
tonight" remarked Pokertons wife
somewhat sarcastically
Il am sure" he admitted, unless
hold better hands than l did last
night"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Cattle Ordered DESTROYED.

hington-Although no foot and
mouth disease has developed in sus-
pected herds in Illinois and Indiana,
federal authorities here recommended
that the herds be slaughtered
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Seven MIssIna in Erie

Erie. While tie workers alon
the valley Of Mill creek have not no
covered any more bodies. it is belle,
ed that seven more either are in tb
ruins or have loated out into the ba
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Population Grows 10000 in Month

Harrisburg -Pennsylvania's popula.
ton jumped over 10000 in May. That
month there were 1915 birth and
only $50 deaths. It was the greatest
increase recorded for any month in
almost a year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Advisory 81 ID Meets Next Month.
Washiupo6 Secretary OF the Navy
Daniels viii cal meeting Of his
1ewlyappointed r val advisory board
IN September
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
After Ticket soalners

Washington.-Mun authorities
are after ticket scalpers. A new regu-
lation prohibits scalping of excursions,
theatrical performances, ball games or
street entertainments"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
New Pennsylvania Postmasters

Washington.-The following post
masters were appointed by President
Wilson: Honeybrook, Elwood NJ
Ludwick; Hasontown, G. G. Sterling;
Wilcox, John +. Mann.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Exno Attendance nrsa.

san Francisco. Cal-Attendance at
the PanamaPacifc Exposition has
passed the 100000 mark. The daily
average has been 1929.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
oHlcer. Where &c You2

Has the backward season arrested
the cotton CROP" we asked the south
ern planter
1T has" he replied, but we think
we will be able to bale it out"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
smith Named service commlasLone

'''N' 'F"'''~e SN' VIC ~OUlUii % oIleI r.
Philadelphia Former Postmaster
Thomas b. Smith. of this city. ha ac.
cepted an appointment of public serv.
fee commissioner from Governor
Brumbaueh He viii take the place
of Congressman Keis..
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
brothers Hi sy Same shell

Nelsonvine, ~ Y-Louis and Jo-
seph Boulley, brothers. are both in a
French army hospital, having been
shot with the same she'll
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Wilson'S Return Nav Hasten Repl,

WIIson's Heturn Way Hasten Reply
Washington, ID. C.-With the return
of President Wilson, action on the
protest TO Great Britain against in
reference wit American trade is
expected to be needed %
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

The only serious difference in the
crops Of the two years applies to oats
and apples, the former being much
greater this year than last and the
latter much smaller
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Every Woman
Can Use

and ought to use occasionally, \
a proper remedy for the
headache, backache, languor,
nervousness and depress-
ion to which she may be
subject. These troubles and
others are symptoms of debil-
ity and poor circulation caused
by indigestion or constipation
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

An average man breathes about 81
cubic feet of air into his lungs every
hour.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

The first balloon ascension took
place in 1888.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
CROPS COMPARED.

interesting Figures for This and Last
Year on Leading Products.
Washington-The crop report Of
Pennsylvania for 1915, as estimated
by the United States Department, OF
Agriculture and the Weather Bureau,
and compared with 1914, is as follows
in bushels for the leading staples
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-01
A TRANSFORMING HINT.

Market gardeners who have occasion
to transplant many seedlings of lettuce
or beets to the open field, especially
when irrigation is not available, some
times experience considerable loss
from drying Of the young plants, says
American Agriculturist. One cause of
this may be assigned to weak plants
with soft leaves and few roots. An
other frequent cause, according to OBJ
servers from the New Jersey station,
Is the failure to reduce the leaf surface
before setting in the field.
Almost always when plants are pull
ed from the seed bed many roots are
lost, and to balance up the water SUD-
ply and demand in the plant parts of
the top should also be removed. In
many cases these tips or even the
whole leaves would dry up anyway,
and the grower may as we'll keep the
water they would have drawn from the
plant for the use of stem and new
leaves.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-01

fine rotted manure packed down. A
light cover Of soil Is added and the
seed sown thinly in the row, the
trenches being four feet apart. As
soon as the seedlings are few inches
high they are thinned two feet apart
and the soil is worked to them as they
grow till level.
During the spring and summer two
applications Of nitrate Of soda are ap-
piled alongside the rows, care being
taken that it does not touch the plants.
This is done at the rate of $50 pounds
an acre, and the cultivation is clean till
fall. The whole bed then is given a
heavy application of kainit and covered
with stable manure for the winter.
The next summer the process is re-
peated, and the following spring cut
ting can begin. But the annual feed
Ing should be kept up, for heavy feed
Ing is the way to make fat shoots.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-01
THE D|S0WNED LAMB.

Patience Needed to Mako Perverse Eve
Nurse Her Offspring.
The shepherd has his patience most
sorely tried with the eve that stub
bornly refuses to assume the proper
maternal relations toward her off,
spring, and the man not we'll equipped
with Jobs browning virtue is not like
~ to become successful shepherd,
writes E. P. Snyder in the National
Stockman. Usually if the eve that re-
fuses to own her lamb is kept in a
small pen with her lamb and made to
stand and let it suck she will after a
few days own it all right.
have sometimes induced the eve RI
stand by the use Of sharp switch on
her nose. After few days shaking
the switch at her was sufficient, and
finally my appearance would make her
tolerate the lamb, and all the time the
lamb was growing bigger and stronger
till he could help himself in spite of
her. 1t is well to keep them confined
together till one is sure the eve has
given up, and after they are turned out
with the flock it is we'll to watch her.
for she may have lapse of maternal
affection.
In aggravated cases I have some
times had to keep eve confined for
two weeks before she would give up.
l once had one tied out on the grass
for three weeks before she gave up. If
the eve has plenty of milk one can al
most invariably succeed, and it is Won
derful what display of motherly af-
lection they can give when they once
make up their minds to. The most
hopeless case is where a eve refuses
to own one Of a pair Of twins.