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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

CHECK NEEDED TOUCHING UP
Bank Cashier Handled the Subject
automatically, 5ut Sensitive MIR.
Brushly Was Annoyed.

This check or yours" said the
large-hearted cashier to Brushly, the
impressionist painter, lis drawn ex-
ceedingly well. and in composition
seems to be pretty nearly perfect; but
1T lacks background. Mr.. Brushly. But
for. that it would be a work of art.
Your foreground is charming, but Just
a trifie towel. shall we say too
fanciful?"
i don't know what you are driving
at, growled Brushly. Il suppose you
know what you mean, however. What
kind of a background would you sug-
gest?"
Cash" said the cashier. "A work
OF art like this, calling for the pay
ment of $50. is not wholly convincing
with sketchy little overdraft of $3.50
on deposit to provide the necessary
contrasts in light and shade and to
give the thing what we might call
balance"
Whereupon Brushly, like the self
respecting man he was, snapped his
fingers under the impudent fellow
nose and transferred his overdraft to
the trust company across the street.
Judge.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
INSISTS ON DUMBA'S RECALL
Austrian ENJOYS Absence on Own
Request Not Satisfactory.

Observation-Disclosures Penfield
at Vienna has been instructed to
make clear to the Austrian govern
ment informally that the United
States must insist on the recall of
DR.. Dumba, the Austrian ambassador
here, and that his departure ION leave
of absence" would not be satisfactory
From messages exchanged it is ap-
parent that either the Austrian gov
eminent misunderstood the desires of
the United States or has ignored
them. Ambassador Penfield was told
to ask that the Austrian government
recall DR.. Dumba.
DR.. Dumba telegraphed for safe
conduct, informing the state depart
ment that he had been granted leave
of absence on his own request. No
action was taken on his request, but
it was forwarded to Ambassador Pen
field.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
ANOTHER STREET
FALLS INTO TUNNEL
Two Deaths Result With Num-
Der of Persons Injured

New York.-A section of Broadway
between Thirty-eighth and Thirty
ninth streets fell into the new subway
in the same manner as a section of
Seventh avenue dropped to the
depths. A woman was killed, an cleo
trical worker was MORALLY injured and
three men, pedestrians, were hurt.
One taxicab, in which the unidenti-
fled woman was riding over temper
airy plank roadway, crashed downward
30 feet when the wooden street drop
ped.
A trolley car containing eight per-
sons besides the conductor and mo-
torman would have plunged into the
great hole also but for the remark
ably active brain of the motorman who
caught the first wave in the timbers
and put on full power. His car rush
ed forward and shot by Thirty-ninth
street at dizzy speed. The rear trucks
of the car just cleared the sagging
timbers.
Had the accident occurred less than
an hour later dozens of theatergoers
would have been dumped precipitate-
ly into the hole.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Give Us Macedonia.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has delivered a
virtual ultimatum to the allied pow
ers. An official statement made pub
lie at Sofia practically calls upon the
allies to force Serbia to cede Mace
donia to the Bulgars, or be prepared
to confront a new foe.
The fact that the Bulgarian Car
sent his message to the world
through the German capital and not
through allied channels is considered
significant. Bulgaria's reference to
changes shortly to be made in the
political and military situation" was
likewise considered ominous. in view
Of reports of an Austro-G erman drive
on Constantinople.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

can stand on the road, ruts will re-
suit and when these are ground down
dust forms and finally loose roadbed
results
Keeping the roadbed well crowned
and smooth will hold the moisture in
it so that it will pack hard
Weeds must also be kept several
feet from the wheeltrack else they
will draw the moisture from the road
bed and thus loosen it up; this is
especially true in regions of moderate
rainfall.
Trees should not be allowed to
shade the road as this keeps it too
moist on the surface after rains so
that travel spoils the surface
The making OF a smooth roadbed
requires that when the soil is put on,
1t be laid in layers and not in piles.
When dumped in piles some places
will be more packed than others and
there will likely be difference in the
density, while if laid on in layers this
will be avoided. Each layer should
be narrowed, or better yet, disked and
pdCheu DeIOTe the next one IS lad
down. In this way a good roadbed is
secured from the first, while if the
soil is just dumped on the road to be
leveled and packed by the traffic over
the road a good roadbed will never be
secured.
The best tool for keeping the road
well crowned and the surface smooth
is the splitlog drag. This tool should
be used soon after a rain. The soil
is then loose and easily moved. The
drag moves but small amounts OF soil
and smears it on the roadbed in thin
layers which is just what is wanted.
1t cuts off any projections and fills
up any low places.
Where there is standing water the
roadbed should be kept at least a
foot above the water surface and
eighteen inches is better The nature
of the soil and the length of time that
the water stands along the road will
to a degree determine how high the
roadbed must be above the water.
In dry-farming territory it is i'm
portant to keep the weeds away from
the roadbed and to keep the roadbed
well crowned and smooth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Hot Spell Helped Corn.

Philadelphia-Th crop summary
of Pennsylvania for the week ending
September 81 is as follows: 1.-THE
rainfall was very uneven, being ex-
cessive in some places and light in
others. In general. the excess did
little harm. while in the drier Sec
tions the soil contained ample mois-
ture from previous rains Continued
high temperatures were favorable for
corn and crowded it rapidly toward
maturity. The warmth was also IA
vorable for buckwheat and for most
of the forage crops. Potato rot seemed
to increase considerably Seeding was
in progress at most places in the
southern counties, and was begun in
the northern part of the state"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
KIDNEY DISEASE KILLS.

Your health and life depends upon
right kidney and liver action. When
disordered you have backache, brick
dust deposits. scalding pains, SWELL
ing around eyes, constipation, drowsi-
ness, fever, rheumatic pains, skin
eruptions and other disorders of the
stomach, liver and blood. The best
treatment is DR.. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy. Helps restore right
action of the stomach, liver and
bowels and thus stops uric acid con-
1itions, the cause of most kidney,
bladder and blood troubles; used sue
cessfully by thousands of men, women
and children. Write Kennedy Co.,
Rondout, N. Y, for free trial. Large
bottles at Iuggists.-Ady.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Terms Of Sale.

Tentative terms were passed upon
at the library of j. p. Morgan and
they were agreed to by members of
the mission who lack special author
ization from their respective govern
ments, by cable. The terms are the
loan of $500, 0OO,O 900 for FIVE years at
per cent. to be furnished by an un-
derwriting syndicate of great Ameri-
can banks and bankers. The price at
which the ultimate investor will re-
ceive his bonds from the syndicate
will net him slightly more than per
cent, meaning that he will receive
the bonds at something like 80 while
the syndicate in its turn will receive
them for l per cent less.
There are to be conversion options
in the bonds giving investors the
privilege of subscribing to a 2O-year
issue of joint government bonds
which will return Al per cent interest.
all the bonds to be free of income
tax and all interest and principal pay
able in American dollars in New
York.
Money Will Stay Here.
Virtually the entire proceeds of the
loan is to remain in the hands of the
syndicate until it is called for to
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Where 1t Was Appropriate.

Lord Kitchener, it is said, is very
pleased with the result of the present
temperance move.
We are all temperate now" said
his lordship recently.
ITO get drunk is an unheard-of thing
among gentlemen. If a gentleman
ever gets drunk nowadays he has. you
may be sure. remarkable excuse to
offer. To illustrate his point Lord
Kitchener told this story:
major, after fancy dress ball at
Simla, came home drunk and his
shocked wife said to him:
Aren't you ashamed to return from
the ball in that condition."
Don't blame me, my dear" said the
major; you must remember that the
character / assumed was that Of a
sponge"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Shots Exclaimed on Border.

Washington.-Details of fight be-
tween United States cavalrymen and
Mexican raiders at Progreso, Tex in
which an American trooper was kill
ed, six wounded and IL are missing.
were given in a report to the War
Department by Major General Funs-
ton. After looting the Progreso post
office store house and burning it the
raiders escaped across the Rio
Grande under cover of rifle fire from
several hundred Mexicans on the
south side of the river.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
GOOD ROADS AND MOISTURE
When Soil is Dry it crumbIes to Dust
and When II Contains Too Much
Water il Becomes Mud.

BY w. c. PALMER. North Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station.)
-s)ne OF the important factors in
roadmaking is to control the moisture
content of the soil in making up the
roadbed. When the soil is dry 1t
crumbles to dust and when it contains
too much water it becomes mud.
These are the two extremes to avoid.
To make hard roadbed the soil must
contain a fair amount OF moisture.
The control Of the moisture requires
that the roadbed be higher in the mid
die and smooth so that water cannot
stand on it but will run off. If water
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
c. A. r. HOST GATHERS
IN ANNUAL REUNION
National Capital Scene of Immense
Parade With General Miles in
Command

Washington. - Washington welcom-
ed thousands of the Grand Army of
the Republic host arriving for the for
ty-ninth annual reunion. Survivors of
the conquering Union army marched
from the Capitol to the White Houose
in commemoration of the grand re-
view of troops after the close of the
Civil War. About 10000 veterans, it
is estimated, are to participate in the
celebration.
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles,
retired, is to be grand marshal of the
review.
President Wilson will review the
procession from the grandstand erect
ed in front of the White House, where
President Johnson stood in 1865.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

until he was "a He became well
known as a speaker in the temperance
movement
Mr.. Keir Hardie became president
of the Ayrshire Miners Union and IN
1882 entered the journalistic field Six
years later he unsuccessfully cont4t-
ed the MidLanarkshire seat in PR
lament but was returned by const t.
uents in Southwest Ham in 1892. { e
led the Labor party in the House pf
Commons from 1906 until 1908.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Election Scandal Started.

Pittsburgh.-Formal charges that
false returns were made by an cleo
ton district, the filing of informa Jon
against seven men in that borough
for election irregularities and the ar
rest of an election official who is al
legged to have admitted taking ballots
from a box and burning them, made
a startling climax to an election scan
dial that has grown to proportions
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Marriage and Mathematics.

Yes" said the old mathematician
with CLEAN in his eyes. I've always
looked at it that way. Marriage is ad-
dition; when the little ones come it's
multiplication; when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon of their happi-
ness it's division, and when the final
parting comes it's subtraction"
and how about divorce?" asked the
listener.
"Oh, that would come under the de.
nomination of fractions!"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
$4,000, 900 Goods Released.

Washington.-The way was made
clear for the release of S167, 100000
American owned goods of German
and Austrian origin now held up at
neutral ports of Europe by the British
Order in Council. The British embas.
sy notified the State Department that
it was prepared to receive applications
for permits to export such goods in
cases where American importers
either had paid for them or rendered
themselves liable for the purchase
price before March /. 1915.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORlA, safe and sure rc NEEDY for
Infants and children, and see that It
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Arabic Case Up AGAIN Soon.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. between
Count Won Bernstorff, the German am.
bassador, and the state department
over the sinking of the White Star
liner Arabic probably will be re-
sumed soon The German ambassa-
dor is understood to have received
several messages from his foreign Of
fee giving it's opinion of the evidence
submitted by the United States to
show the ship was torpedoed without
warning and did not move to attack
the undersea boat
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Poor Father.

Ernest P. Bicknell. the national di-
rector of the American Red Cross. was
talking in New York about the splen-
did work that his organization is doing
in Belgium.
I'VE are supplying the Belgians." he
said, with S12.O00,O00 worth of food
a month. We are also supplying food
to the inhabitants of Poland, whom
Germany has taken over
I'VE have good deal to do, Ell? We
are like the father who said:
At last, at last, I've got my five
daughters off my hands. Now to put
my five sons-in-law on their feet"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Picked a Real American Name.

A somewhat unpatriotic little son of
Italy twelve years old, came to his
teacher in the public school and asked
II he could not have his name
changed
why do you wish to change your
name?" the teacher asked.
Il want to be an American. / live
in America now"
What American name would yos
like to have?"
Il have it here" he said, handing
the teacher dirty scrap of paper on
which was written Patrick Dennis
McCarty."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
The Split-Lou Drau.

The split-log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainte.
nance Of the public highways than any
implement of modern usage. 1t does
not require special acts of the legis-
lature, bond issues or expensive edu.
cational campaigns to make it avail.
able as usually precedes construction
work. A drag can be built or pur.
chased for $40 and is easily operated
by anyone who can drive a team
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Funston May Enter Mexico.

No new orders have been given
General Funston. He is in full charge
of the border situation and is author
lied to deal with emergencies as may
be necessary, Repetitions of such af-
fairs as this reported may be followed
by American troops crossing the boz
der to deal with escaping raiders and
their accomplices. The matter will be
laid before the State Department
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Won Pansn Goes TO Mexico

San Francisco. - Capt. Franz Won
Papen, military attache of the Ger
man embassy at Washington, and
Prince Won Hatfield, who are visit
ing this city. will go to Mexico. Both
men maintain silence as to the object
of their visit to the Southern Re
public AS the captain is accredited
attache in Mexico he may well go
there on official business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Marines Forcing Way to Interior.

Washington. - American marines,
under command of Colonel l.. w. T.
Waller, and armed with machine
guns, are forcing their way from the
coast to the interior of Haiti In a
series of engagements five natives
were killed and one chief wounded,
while no American casualties have
resulted
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
eermans claim elnneat loan

Berlin.-The German war loan rails
ed September q is the largest inanc-
ial operation in the worlds history.
said Dr Carl Helnerich, secretary OF
the treasury. With a total of 12.OOO.-
100000 marks $4,000. 900. OOO) the sec.
Rotary said it exceeds Great Britain 9
last loan
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
suIqars Don't Plan to Flqht.

Washington.-A statement cabled
to the Bulgarian legation by Premier
Radoslavof announces that Bulgaria
does not intend aggressive action
against any Of her neighbors, and that
her mobilization is not to be con
strued as indicating that she is about
to enter the war
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Visitors Excepted.

II seldom see a large automobile
standing in front of a pretty bunga-
low that don't feel sad"
You are not envious. l hopper"
mo, indeed. Experience has taught
me that about nine times Que of ten a
motor car at the curb means a mort
gage on the house"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Medal to Girl Corn Raiser

Charleston. w. Va. - Miss Hazel
Ayers of Smithville will get gold
medal by an Illinois farmers club as
the champion corn grower Of this
state by the agricultural department
of the PanamaPacific exposition
She raised 156 bushels of corn on one
acre.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

Harrisburg. The state live stock
sanitary board has announced that it
had declared a quarantine. because Of
foot and mouth disease, against Chi
cago and the northern part of Illinois.
The quarantine covers cattle. sheep
and swine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Saffron Beam.

Il fear that you are inclined to look
on your fellow man with a jaundiced
eye" remarked the altruist.
1T isn't my fault" said the pessi.
mist. My fellow man shows on an
average such a broad yellow streak
that the reflection has affected my
vision
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
ONLY A FEW PlMPLES
But Many More May Come If You
Neglect Them. Try Cuticura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin of
pimples. blackheads. redness, rough
ness, itching and irritation as we'll as
freeing the scalp of dandruf, dryness
and itching. besides satisfying every
want of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept Y,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Noted Church Rurned

Chicago.-Grace Episcopal church,
a landmark erected in 1868 and one
of the largest and best known
churches in the middle west. was de
stroyed by fire which caused a
property loss of more than 100000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Knew His Father.

A school inspector asked class or
small children: IF had three glasses
of beer on the table. and your father
came in and drank one, how many
would be left?"
None. sir" answered a very SD
boy.
But you don't understand my
tion," said the inspector, and
peated it again.
Still the boy gave the sa-
'Ah, my boy" exclaimed
tor at last. lit is clear you
mental arithmetic"
But l know my father"
boy. promptly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

could not stand on
my feet My sister
in-law wished me to
try Lydia E. Pink
hams We G e ia BILE
Compound and my
nerves became firm,
appetite good, step
elastic, and l 10 s t
that weak, tir e d
feeling. That was
six years ago and 1
have had three fine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Money Will Stay Here.
NOTED LABOR LEADER
DEAD IN SCOTLAND
Worked His Way UP From Lowest to
Highest Position-Was Promi-
nent in Temperance Work.

London.-James Keir Hardie died
of pneumonia in a nursing home at
Glasgow. He was a Labor member
in Parliament and the leader of the
peace element in the British Socialist
party.
He worked underground as a pit
boy and pit man from the age of z
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Extra session Of Senate PLANNED

Washington President Wilson vir-
tually decided to call an extra SEES
sion of the Senate. The tentative date
fixed is October 1S The House will
not be summoned until the regular
December session.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Russia Discovers Conner SUNNY

IT = ~0F7F~' NNFPIJf
Petrograd. - Vast deposits of cop
per, recently discovered i'm the Yels-
zabetpol region. have yielded 10000
tons during the first week of their
operation. The government will en-
ploy the output for the manufacture
of munitions
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Used Pepper i'm Robberv

New Castle. Pa-After throwing
pepper i'm the eyes Of Mrs. Samuel
Levine. binding her temporarily and
causing her to fall in the street a
young man grabbed from her a box
containing $1,000 and escaped
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
Promote Rural proen.-i.,,

It is now generally admitted that
good roads promote rural prosperity,
even if they do cut down the profits
OF the mon who hired out teams 10
pull motor cars out of mud holes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

Washington - Experimental village
delivery service has been established
at Terra Alta. w. Va by the post
office department. effective October
16. One carrier will be employed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

Life is tiresome enough without Wis
ting your relatives.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
tot.Year-old Woman Dead.

Washington, Pa.-Mrs Jane Ross
Farley, 1O1 years old. said to have
been one Of the oldest women in the
state, died from a paralytic stroke.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30

AGENTS-Steady income Large manufacturer OF
hadtsrshsfs asd Drs, eoeds ss wishes representative
IN each locality. Factory ~ consumer. Big prohts
honest goods. whole or spare time. Credit given
ssad Tor particular frssgortHff Co nsis
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-09-30
consulate struek bv aomh-

Washington.-The American consul
late at Stuttgart. Germany, was struck
by fragment OF a bomb during the
recent raid upon that place by French
airmpn