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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

you keep il and want to realize on II
at any time before you begin to put
the finishing forms on the dam, I'll do
this: I'll agree to market it for you
at par. Now let's quit and go and find
Gene. She'll think we've tippled our
selves under the table,"
"One moment" said Brouillard. 81
couldn't serve as your engineer, Mr..
Cartwright, not even in a consulting
capacity. Call it prejudice or anything
else you please. but l simply couldn't
do business in an associate relation
with your man Hosford."
Cartwright had risen, and he took
his guest confidentially by the button.
hole.
DO you know, Brouillard, Hosford
gets on my nerves, too? Don't let that
influence you. Wen let Hosford 20.
We needed him at first to sort of knock
things into shape; it takes a man OF
his caliber in the early stages of a
project like ours, you know. But he
has outlived his usefulness and Wen
drop him. Let's go upstairs"
Late in the evening Brouillard
passed out through the cafe of the
Metropole on his way to his quarters.
There were a few late diners at the
tables. and Bongras, SNUG and compla,
cent in evening regalia, was waddling
about among them like a glorified
head waiter.
Holding the engineer for q moment
at the street door, I'll been wanting
TO h-ask YOU" whispered the French.
man with a quick-fung glance for the
diners at the nearest Of the tables.
'doze flood-when she is coming,
M'sieu' Brouillard?"
when we get the dam completed. 4"
You'll bet money hon dat?-h-aII
de money you got?"
why should you doubt it?"
Moi, don't doubt nottings; make
de grass to be cut vile de sun is shine.
But I'll been hearing somebody say
dat maybe-so dis town she grow so fas'
and so beeg dat de government is not
going TO drown her"
who said that?"
Il don't know; II is bruit-what you
call rumaire. You hear IL hon de
avenue, in de cafe. h-anyw'eres you
go"
Don't lower your prices on the
strength Of any such rumor as that.
Poodles. The dam will be built. and
the Niquoia will be turned into a lake.
with the Hotel Meuopole comfortably
anchored in the deepest part OF it.
that is. if It doesn't get gay enough
TO float"
OATS juz what III been thinking. "
smiled the little man. and he sped the
parting guest with a bow that would
have graced the antechamber OF a
Louis le Grand.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

replace them in the basket until the
mother is through.
For IL hours before narrowing and
for "a hours afterwards the SOW should
have no feed. During this period all
the fresh, clean water that she may
desire should be accessible. The water
should have the chill taken off. The
first feed after narrowing should be
very light, preferably a bran mash.
The best indicator of the amount OF
feed necessary for a SOW and her pigs
is her condition and the condition OF
the youngsters themselves. The SOW
should receive enough to keep her and
her pigs in fair condition (not bony),
and -et she should not be overfed.
Overlooking OF the SOW often causes
scours in the pigs.
The pigs should be weaned at six or
eight weeks of age. BY this time they
should be eating readily and should
be continued for two or three weeks
on the same mixture that their mother
was receiving, after which the feed
can be changed gradually to grow
ing, fattening ration IL the pigs are in
tended for market The addition of
little sweet skim milk to their ration
at weaving time is especially helpful
to young pigs. Castrating should be
done week or ten days before wean-
ing. Spaying does not pay
Feeding.
The best information on the feeds
available in the farmers locality can
be readily and accurately given by the
state experiment station. Pigs make
the best use of concentrates. These
can be fed in self-feeder and can be
supplemented by various slaughter
house, bakery, or table by-products.
etc. A by-product to be economical
should be fairly concentrated, should
be moderate in price per 100 pounds
OF nutrients, and should be fresh and
free from faint. During the winter,
leguminous hays fed in addition to the
concentrate help reduce the cost of
production. In the summer, pasture
crops such as rape, alfalfa, bur clover,
crimson clover. rye, etc, make very
economical and efficient supplements
for hog feeding In practically every
farming district in the United States
cheap and efficient forage and grain
crops are available for hog production.
These should be diligently studied by
the farmer, with the aid of the state
and federal forces. and used in the
most profitable manner.
The self-feeder is greatly reducing
the labor cost in hog production, and
the principles governing it's use should
become part of every hog growers
equipment. 1t is especially useful In
feeding, growing. fattening stock,
which is the largest part OF hog pro.
duction on most farms.
Diseases and Parasites.
The prevention and cure of disease
are always more readily accomplished
where cleanliness and sunshine pre-
vail. Probably the commonest and
worst troubles of hogs are hog cholera,
internal parasites, and lice. The farm.
er should make a thorough study of
the methods Of preventing and treat
ing these troubles. This study should
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09
DRINK HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST
Says you really feel clean. sweet
and fresh inside. and
are seldom i'll.

II you are accustomed to waks ~
with a coated tongue. foul breath y
dull, dizzy headache; or, II voS.
meals sour and torn into gas srs
acids. you have real surprise awas
ing you.
Tomorrow morning, immediately n,
on arising. drink o glass OF hot wat.
with a teaspoonful of limestone pbos
plate in 1t. This is intended 10 Ar.
neutralize and then wash out of vo,S
stomach. liver. kidneys and thirty foe,
OF intestines all the indigestible vast
poisons, sour bile and toxins. tbv,
cleansing, sweetening and purifyins
the entire alimentary canal.
Those subject to sick headache.
backache, bilious attacks, constipatio.
or any form of stomach trouble. ars
urged to get quarter pound OF limo
stone phosphate from your druggist =,
at the store and begin enjoying tb.
morning inside-bath. It is said tia,
men and women who try this becoms
enthusiastic and keep 1t up daily. !,
is a splendid health measure for IL !.
more important to keep clean and pun
on the inside than on the outside, be.
cause the skin pores do not absorb i'm.
purities into the blood, causing dis.
ease, while the bowel pores do.
The principle of bathing inside is
not new, as millions of people practice
1t. Just as hot water and soap cleanse
purify and freshen the skin, SO no,
water and a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate act on the stomach. liver
kidneys and bowels. Limestone phos.
phate is an inexpensive white powder
and almost tasteless.--Adv.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
California Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative.
because they love its pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad. stomach sour. look at
the tongue, motherl II coated. give a
teaspoonful OF this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els. and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
OF cold, throat sore. has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, coIic-remem-
Der, good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup OF Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 90
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
OF all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09
SYNOPSIS.

Brouillard. chief engineer OF the Niquoia
irrigation dam. goes out from camp To
investigate strange light and finds an
automobIe party Compcd at the canyon
portal. He meets J. Wesley CortWright
and his daughter. GeneVieve, OF the auto
party and explains the reclamation work
10 them. Cartwright sees ia the project
q big chance to make money Brouiliard
IL impervious To- hints from the financfer.
who tells GenevieVc that the engineer
viii come down and hook himself IL the
bait Is well covered" Cartwright organ
szes company and obtains government
contracts to furnish power and material
Tor the dam construction. A busy city
springs up about the site. Steve Massin-
gale threatens To start gold rush IL
Brouiilard does not influence President
Ford to build a railroad branch to the
place. thus opening an easy market for
the ore from the Little Susan" mine.
Brouiuard and tho company's promoter
clash, but on orders from Washington.
Brouillard turns over the plans for the
power installation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

OFiNioN ONA " Aiie hoOl8f you May
Have u. I'd Build the Extension
presently q cOmmodious hotel. where
the food was excellent. the appoint.
ments luxurious. and where Jack
clothed and I'm his right mind and with
money i'm his hand was as good as his
master
II was in one Of Bongras' private
dining rooms that Mr. J. Wesley Cort-
wright was entertaining Brounlard.
with Miss Genevievo TO make a har.
monizing third az the circular table
The little dinner had been a gusfatory
triumph Nevertheless. when Miss
Cartwright had gone upstairs. and the
waiter would have rehlled his glass.
Brouillard shook his head
III the millionaire saw the refusal he
was too wise to remark &c. lie was
still the frank. outspoken money
maker, hot upon the trail of the nimbie
dollar Yet there was change of
some kind Brouillard had marked ~
on tho day q fortnight earlier, when
latter assuring himself morosoiy that
he would not be had gone down 20
the lower canyon portal 10 sec the
Cortwright touring car finish It's sec.
ond race across the desert from Ff
Cato.
cor course ] was quite prepared 10
have youN stand OF and throw stones
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

Potatoes barreiod with cakes Of dir,
Cllnging 70 them are not attractive to
me purchasers and stand no SHOW \,
an at O. sale % other barrels Of pots.
toes near by have been washed 80
are clean. "'N
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

WEa2 possible to avoid, do not sell
young draft or coach horses until rea.
sonably well matured Dealers and
feeders often make as much money
maturing this class Of stock as they
pay for the animals. The expense Of
training is very little while the er.
pense OF feeding will return q big
Woflt
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09
Her Reason.

Women" remarked the mere man.
ARE seldom capable OF reasoning"
Don't you believe it," replied the
female of the species.
why not?" he inquired
"Well-because," she answered.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

70 would not be easy 10 an6 t.,.
.i'a1 can Do more rapidly improved ~
..'lelui selection or run out more rar.
loiy by carelog7 handling than 81 ~
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

The only way 70 contest 8 mans win
rs 20 wait until the undertaken gets
through with him then hire q lawyer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

Do you believe that a really
honest man can be persuaded to
turn a shady trick in order to
help the material fortunes Of the
girl he IoVes-even IL he be-
lieves the trick will never be
found out on him?
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

nuriae after Exposure o. colo
l4ielfeshes and Promotes Ego Healih
.sge4 Tot an Eyes that Need care
byc Remedy Co. chicago
oeuoa Eve Book on rcouerf
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

General Won Bindoaburg. chief Of
loo German army. is an expert chess
player
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

The city of Copenhagen is daily con
Stunning about $4,000 pounds Of Ameri-
can salt pork.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

The United States produces so p@
cent Of the on Of the world
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-03-09

Don't overcheck Horse.
Don't overcheck your horse. Ma.
lures curves are always graceful
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

crprRAT, HtsERvE DISCOUNT RATE-Fo'
rsosr maturing IN iea days or les. pcf een'' u'
10 ninety days. Der cent
CALI, MONEY during the vees. ri@-s "
cent
TINE MONEY during tho week vas sssh''
Rate. 2'4@2s, per cont Tor sl'iy DAYS. "a. per
cent ror ninety da,8 and 2rsJ pr cent TOT '''''
i've and 81, months. .,
MERCANTILE PAPER wa suss w,ts a 1ssiTss; ,sS ss,,
grades SCARE Ruling rates, per et.1 ''' WV
ssinc,: bank accepisnces 2@2* per cont
cIEARING HOUSE sTATLMENr. M LIeh,nss,. arg.
f2s.74j.7e5: balances, bts,lv,'osy'i % al ,75
ury was creditor 10 me eit"N :" F''t''-'
SUB TREASURE .--Nss York banks 1851 70 10"
Sub 1reasuy sjZ5Do0. ,.
FEDERAL RESERVE DISCOUNT RATS El'sE ~.
WjfrHT I,osion for ten days. yer 'sn'S ~ 49, 80
70 thirty das s's " 10 "ey ", 10 ninety dsys {.
sercand. FOR ten days 5it pc' cswi w % ~, ~, !,
ds,f l. sixty 90 nin,ty DAYS. ~ Nl'n..t. ,s. d,-s
,i9,iv days per cent. Atlanta q? 70 Iinn'y ue,s % >.
Der cent Chicseo for t.n dsys SH ger ss' ,ihs' w w
10 siAty days. . sixty 70 nine'y oAs, y sl.ic
i.i. md 4 Der cent. MINNEAPOLIS. w 70 @ ~.
l@1'' ~, @ ,en,s rirty 20 ninety days. :: halsa'
iy for len days 3i. ger cut w 20 ~, nt2 ~, as
: Or cent. thirty days; S'l. thty !" 'A" '''' -
siGty 20 ninety days ~. .,o
uANK CLEARf%Gs Boston. exchanges ~, sSz.
~, OGs balances ZIo3zsg: batin h,so .rchsns.s
20 -gr f54 balances sa.sG3s22. Plua1rip'nA,,
c,sns.s ,ss.5s7.iss balances f2.Sss,io'; fi''''
hurgh. exchanges Sl0.1il.5I''
SILVER MARKET. Bar siiser in Loa1on va a.
o-f i.@iireI /. .fsd New YORK quotations 49,
Of I.r ncticpn silTcr dollars. WI ff'c'
roPElGN EXCHANGE -s'"rlins va nTl w
,i,,',,i.,it I'm. week sud closed strong tn0lsl r
a1,i~g fractional, from tile high prics o' 80 81
Msrks were rescsionary. Demand fol ~" ,..,oT
Cgb~ N: demand l7slz Pstis-',be, --s,
CHECK 5s7ii Berlin -cable- i3s ..s eaacA' 90.
+ ~ a.. ehocl 1910 si,'y and niaey dN suls s
Load5a-Bsrkcgs'. cziy days. 47@is' ninety os'S'
A
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Scare Over Nerdun.

II is one thing for the Germans 70
take an indefinite yardage Of t'snche..
and a more or less elastic number o.
prisoners and machine guns IN ne
vicinity Of Vcrdun. But or so though
stock traders yesterday IS quite az.
other matter for them 10 capture icr
whose name can be found on the map
and which is known TO be one OF enain
intimately connected with the defence
OF Verdun itself. IL did not need me
cabled opinion Of military expert u
London" that the loss OF Nerdun woula
mean danger TO Paris and prooaoly y
London, TO send a cold shiver tarousa
the Street. People remembered 'o0
we'll how the Germans had swept o','
Liege and Nsmur, and forgot too 'sll,
likewise, that a previous engagemeh..
on the banks of the Marne had ksp.
Won Kluck from ever making Mns' M
promised visit to Paris. festercsi,
they almost saw Paris in the HANDS o.
the boches, though no one for ns.
ment believed that Verdun had ae'ual..
fallen. Notwithstanding the rumo,s y
that effect that were assiduous!y eHSs'
lated. So there was some lit.Ie os.
ouiet in the Street. II did not, n0r'
ever, bring anything but traders ss"'
ing 70 the market.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Railroad Earnings.

Gross earnings continue to reflect
generally satisfactory conditions among
the railroads. the total o. United
States roads making weekly returns to
"Dun's Review for the first two weeks
in February amounting to sl4,290 367,
an increase of 1913 per cent rs com
pared with the corresponding period
d year ago. Traffic in some parts Of
the West and Southwest still shows
the effect of the delay to train move
ments occasioned by adverse weather
and foods. and a few roads report
smaller earnings than last year, but, as
Il rule, the principal systems make ia
vorable returns.
Following are given gross earnings
Of United States railroads reporting
FOR the first two weeks in February,
and gains as compared with earnings
Of the same roads for the correspond
ing period year ago; also for roads
that reported for the same weeks in
the two preceding months, together
with percentages Of gain over last year:
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
All Right but Politics.

Until the stock operator can rea.y;" r,,s.;.,
ably determine where the ysci'iSs,sI'' ~
Washington policy is TO lead ne ~" =,
probably do we'll TO keep pretty e.os, ~ -
shore in speculative commitineu.s' hi,
Clark. Childs & Co., in a letter 70 ~
customers. "He il giving less %
ton 70 the interviews Of Secretsr! Nh ~
field and other political boosters S..J s..,J
are becoming gratifying!y fewer r. .os.
OF politics. business would show .sr ,sv
fdence that would advance sess,l
prices. while prices Of man!siass''s,i 's,i
goods in all staple lines are hlgn' g'..ss.
While wages are already az top ',I no~
the railroad industry IS enjoying MI.
prosperity, and is confident Of 'ne 'n,sr.l en-
ity OF It's managers to avert sen''s
rtrike through such moderate wage
iustments as it can afford 20 - -.
Manufacturers who are IN posluo..;
oujring new supplies OF raw in'.s' ~.
20 be contracted for are not 70 Os n.
lied. but almost without e1cep'.v" In,
important concerns with contfae" ~.
70 war have covered themselves W ",
contracts for raw goods that VIII sasy, .s
them through this year with very "'
rpOff= "
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
IDU POINT PROFITS
RECORD
Net Earnings for Last Year
More than Double Gross
Receipts of 1914.

The remarkable extent to which the
powder industry of this country has
been benefited by the demands for am
munition from abroad is told graphi-
cally in the figures contained in the
annual report of the Z. !. du Pont de
Nemours Company for the year 1915.
Net earnings last year reached the
unprecedented total of s57,s4O,75s, an
increase Of 51,513,9l2 over 1914 and
moro than double the gross receipts OF
that year. The company a year ago
was known as the E. !. du Pont Ne
mours Powder Company, but in the
financial readjustment approved Au-
gust 10, 1915, the name was changed
TO the one now used.
There was paid out in preferred divi-
dends s1,715,O33, leaving q balance OF
S55,552,2 ,275, equivalent to 94.3 per cent
earned on S5S,S54,2 200 common stock,
compared with 1876 per cent on s29,-
42S, ,70S stock in 1914. The present out
standing common stock was distributed
in the form Of 200 per cent stock
dividend as part OF the readjustmcnt
programme.
President Pierre 6. du Pont, in the
report, calls attention TO the new
world conditions" which the company
has met to its great profit and adds:
an this country our company alone
was possessed of a most complete or
ganization and equipment for the fill
ing of moderate orders, and for the
rapid enlargement Of factories for fur
ther production Of materials suddenly
required in enormous quantities. Con-
tracts undertaken have required the
designing and building Of immense
plants, whose construction and opera
tion have necesstated an increase in
men employed from $500 in October,
1914, to 62,l6S on January /, 1916. Due
10 the cooperation of men throughout
the entire organization, the company
has been able TO deliver nearly every
| pound of explosives on contract time,
and a great percentage OF all contract
| deliveries have been anticipated by
| large margins.
at is hoped that new manufactures
will be developed TO take the place of
the abnormal military business, but we
canont expect to employ all Of the
large explosive plants recently built;
we are therefore amortizing this in
vestment by heavy charges against the
profits of this temporary business
In connection with the company's
profit sharing plan, the report showed
that distributions equivalent TO 1920
shares Of the common stock Of the
L. !. tiu Pont de Nemours Powder
Company and 25,452 shares Of the com.
mon stock of the present concern have
been made during the years from 1905
TO 1914. There was distributed last
year 6,o37 common shares of the ole
company and 14,444 common shares Of
the new company on account Of earn
ings for 1915.
OF the 3.s40 stockholders Of the com
pany in 1915, 1,122, or 20 per cent, were
employees.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Great Russian Gold Mystery.

Now that there has been a denial 0.
the denial about that S52.000,000 O.
Russian gold supposed to have been
brought from Russia TO Vancouver, B.
c., the mystery Is greater than ever.
II is not lessened by the fact ,ha. the
japanese cruisers Chitose and Takiws.
which were reported six weeks ago
TO be bringing the gold from ylsdyos.
tok and two weeks ago TO have brough.
it, were named in European ti,.
Patches in the middle Of las, week as
being two of the three wsrshps OF
the japanese squadron that rad az
rived in the Mediterranean. II is eyi-
dent that 20 reach the Mediterranean
from Vancouver in a fortnight the
ships must have been provided win
Zeppelin attachments, and that thus
there has been introduced into the
European war new and more terrible
engine Of destruction than any hi.her.
10 known, not excepting the hovilze.
OF AZ centirietrea But. OF course, TIA,
does not answer the question, VIA!
became Of the $50 100000 Of sold'
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
CLEARING HOUSE
SURPLUS LOWER
Another Loss in Reserve Held
Demand Deposits and
Loans Increase.

The actual Clearing House statement
showed a decrease in surplus OF slI,-
O09. .75O to $134,99S 100. Demand depos-
lis increased s34,273 900, time deposits
increased s1,s54, 900 and loans increased
s4S, ,794, 900 Reserve in vaults and IN
the Federal Reserve Bank decreased
S1O.93O, 900. and specie in own vaults
decreased sl2,925000.
Surplus reserve in the average state
ment decreased s13,014,030 to S142,S32,-
4lO. Demand deposits increased s26,-
267 900. time deposits increased s7O5,OOO
and loans increased s35,5l0,o00. Re
serve in vaults and in the Federal
Reserve Bank decreased sS,66l 600,
while specie in own vaults decreased
SS,646,000.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Reading Looms Up Again.

Among the railroad stocks Re,di,,
was the most conspicuous. I, Va, II.
most as 4 the old days had returuJ
when not 70 have hundred shares =,
so Of Reading was to be guilty o, /.
stock market crime. A few day, ,,s
there was a rumor that an at,sns,
would be made to start a boom h *.
railroad issues, with Reading 70, /,
nucleus. From the smaller sales ot
stock by Europe here. ii was sppr.
emily thought that tho time was ru,
Not much consideration seemed 20 E
given to the fact that a railway l,bo,
strike was still a possibility. IN.
main idea, supposedly, was to "s.sr,
something" Whether that was back
OF Readings rise yesterday IS no,
known. The general decline that oe.
Cured late in the morning robbed
the question Of pertinence.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Studebaker and Mexican
Petroleum Hit Hardest
in the Decline.
READING ESSAYS TO
BE A LEADER AGAIN
Small Scare Over the German,
Capture of One of Verdun's
Outlying Forts.

1t was no very happy dag yes,e,s,,
FOR Mexican Petroleum and s..5.
baker. each Of which showed -.
OF nearly 3 points. And other ,o.
stocks fared little better. On. \.
their troubles is their isolation VII.
the generality OF stocks doing not,
ing. activity and strength in the mai
Issues stand out like a blot Of int a,
a sheet Of white paper. Thei, n.
terror machinery is too obvious 1,
yesterdays stock list, for instance
they were the sore thumbs Of the ,r,d'
ing. They could almost nave been ii,
gled out by their net changes. yi,hor.
looking at their names.