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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-06
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE.
Department of Agriculture Guesses
There are 1o,1e7,s1s Bales

Washington, Dec. 4.-The depart
ment of agriculture today issued the
following crop estimate: :.
Cotton bales of 500 pounds, 1O,1s7,-
81S, equivalent to 4,S60,217,35S
pounds. Area picked and to be picked
26,117,153 acres Reduction Of S2,3s9
acres, or S.3 per cent. of the acreage
estimated as plnated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-06

The cotton warehouse is not quite
completed yet.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-06

The Sumter Watchnsaa was founded 10
1850 and the 1nseasoatar0n, in 1866. The
Watchma,s and Soathron now has the COM
bined circulation and influence of both OF
the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18
SETTLING A STRIKE.

I'VE don't have mary strikes out In the
country" said the old farmer, but now
and then a hired man gets on his ear aud
has to be smoothed dowA. I've got one
working for me who has been with me
for 10 years and never missed a day or
kicked up any Robbery. About two weeks
ago he showed back from the breakfast
table one morning and said;
''Mr. Blank, I'm going on a strike"
What's the matter, Joe?" says I.
''Too much work and too little pay"
''well, how'll we fix III"
81 want % cents more a month"
Yes"
"And you feed the hogs at night
'Ail right. You owe me a quarter for
this breakfast. because you wasn't at
work, and you have lost half an hours
time fooling around about this strike.
That takes the extra or'n a month, and
you'n have to feed the hogs right along
TO make up for the lost time. Better get
down to the cornfeld
HE went, ami that ended the strike.
/ don't know he " they keep strikes going
as / see in the papers. All you've got TO
do is TO give way a little and hgger q
little, and when the hired man breaks a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18
WHERE 1T HURT.

I had stopped Mt squatter's cabin In
Arkansas to get a drink Of water, but
when 1t was brought to me 1t was so full
Of wrigglers that / turned away in dis
gust.
" Tis rather bad" remarked the squat
ter, In sympathetic tones, but It's the
best KIN offer.
This is a great place for ague. isn't
itf' asked, after looking around.
"It's a right-smart place, sub"
"Aad the gallinippers are thicker than
snowf1akesf'
"They Jest come by the million after
dark, sub"
And there must be snakes aroundf'
Hundreds Of cotton mouths, sub"
''And you don't seem to be having very
good times2"
"Wall, stranger, there's wriggers, GALL
nippers, chills and fever, snakes. alIiga-
tors and mighty pore whisky, but what
I'm sayin' Is that II a stranger didn't
come along we're now and then and find
fault with my grammar / could sit and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18
IT DIDN'T MOVE.

Johnny" sai6 the teacher TO a boy
eight years old who bad been looking
intently at a picture in his school reader
for several minutes. what is II that In
terests you so?"
- picture, ma'am," was the reply.
"Let me see, All. yes-a picture Of
young man from the city about to milk
COW out in the country"
"But 1t won't move. ma am"
"No. II is not moving picture"
''Then how'm / ever going to know that
he sat down and began milking. and the
COW hauled Off aud knocked him 10 feet
with one foot and the bottom Of the milk
pail out with the otbtrf"
JOE KERR.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18
TRUE

She Parents should be careful Of the
names they give their children.
He-That's right. Many a boy who
would have made a successful business
man has been ruined by having a name
given him that made him think be ought
to be a poet.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18

but there mast have been q nervous
expectancy about it7 persisted the other.
We'll. yes, I think there wss, but II
wasn't owing TO the speed OF the train"
What was It owing to. thenT'
Why. right across the aisle from me
sat my divorced wife. and every minute
Of the trip vas uervously s1pectant that
she would turn and ask me how II felt to
make q fool Of myself"
JOE KERR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18

COULDN'T MISS SEEING HER
Matt r. Naye-Yes, Pauline Camilla is
a great actress. but as regards dress she
really Isn't In It
Fusst Nlght-Ah, then ! shall certainly
go and see Der.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28

Alonzo did this he also did something
else his master one day discovered.
He marked pieces of linen with letters
and designs. A ring which he had
found one day upon the shore served
as a stamp for these designs, but what
attracted the attention of Alonzos
master was that they were made in
a color not then known-the color
purple.
The master inquired how this color
had been obtained
Alonzo could not explain any better
than by showing how 1t was done. He
dropped the ring into the Shiny matter
of a shell fish. The mantle of this
creature had been torn in some way
and the Shiny matter was oozing from
1t. This made marks on the linen
which. when dried by the sun, turned
into purple. This color was adopted
by the king OF the country where
Alonzo lived as the color of royalty,
and has thus remained to this day.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
ON WHICH slDs ARE YOUR

Two children looking through COL
ored glasses, one said, The world is
blue" and the other said, 1T is
bright"
Two boys having q bee, one got
honey, the other got stung. The nrst
called 1t honey bee; the Other. a
singing bee.
I'm glad that live" says one man
I'm sorry must die" says another.
One says, Our good is mixed with
evil" Another says, Our eva Is
mixed with good"
Two boys went to gather grapes.
One was happy because they found
grapes The other was unhappy be-
cause the grapes had seeds in them.
Two men, being convalescent, were
asked how they were. One said, 81
am better to-day" The other said. 81
was worse yesterday"
When 1t rains, one man says, "This
will make mud" Another, "This will
lay the dust"
Two boys examined a BUSH One OBJ
served that it had a thorn; the other
that 1t had rose.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28

the sea he had the animals skinned
and carried the pelts aboard, He got
$500 for them and thus his lucky shot
enabled him to live in aIIluence for
many years.
There are exactly twenty mistakes
In this story. What are they?
They Live In Tubes.
There is a curious group of worms
inhabiting the seashores. which at
tach to themselves along the length
of the body, bits Of shell, sand and
minute pebbles, thus forming sheath
a tubular house into which they may
retreat. From this funny chimney
like mineral rag-carpet-the worm
expands its breathing organs at the
top where a beautiful waving bush Of
fesh-colored or scarlet tentacles or
gills are seen moving softly in the
clear water. The worm is two to four
inches long, of a pale-red tint, and
with markings on the back like lace
work. The striking terebella OF the
North Atlantic coast is common
among and under rocks. and on mud.
dy shores, and nothing will surprise
the strolling naturalist more than this
gay and ornamental worm In Its
quaint self-made home.-St. Nicholas
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Man,s Debt to the Birds.

The lovers of birds who denounce
the wanton slaughter of these among
the most beautiful of Gods creatures
too frequently confine themselves to
the sentimental aspect of the case. The
sentiment, indeed, which they invoke
is powerful and wholesome enough,
but 1t by no means constitutes the
whole of the argument on behalf OF
our feathered friends. Science comes
forward to supplement that argument.
1t furnishes striking proof of the en-
ormous debt that we owe to the birds.
One investigator goes 50 tar as TO
declare in a recent article on the
damage that is committed by insect
Tests that If the destructive insects
of the world were to increase tenfold
in any year the human race would be
deprived of existence. Among the
most effective allies of man in his bat
tie with these minute enemies are the
birds.-Boston Globe.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Russian Riddles.

Here are some of the riddles which
the boys and girls of Russia puzzle
their heads over The answers are
given at the end, but see first how
many you can solve without looking:
"a am blind, but show others
the way; deaf and dumb, but know
how to count.
(2) People pray for me and long
for my company; but directly ] ap-
pear they hide themselves.
90 have four legs and feathers,
but am neither beast nor bird.
(4) There are four brothers under
one hat.
20 Four brothers run side by side,
but never catch one another.
CO. What walks upside down over
head.
Cd What are the two brothers that
live OH the opposite side of the road
yet never see each others?
(S) A pack of wolves ran by; one
was shot, how many remained?
Answers: Q) milestone; (2)
rain; CO a feather bed; az legs OF
a table; 90 wheels of cart; (6) q
fiy; Cd your eyes; (S) one-the dead
one.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Reauchamp's Pie.

Lou Beauchamp is fond of pie. Re-
Gently at the Roanoke (Va.) Chautau-
qua, he felt the need of refreshments
after his lecture. So, in company with
Mrs, Beauchamp and Ellsworth Plum
stead, he entered a restaurant ana
called for pie-apple pie.
The waiter produced a triangular
section of something or other, ana
Beauchamp tested the sharpest point
Then he called the waiter again.
"Here, what sort of pie in this you've
brought me?"
The waiter picked up the plate
peered under the upper crust at the
conglomerate combination there re-
vealed, hesitated moment, and SAID:
what kind of pie did you orderE'
apple" answered the hungry hu'
morist.
"Oh, that's apple" replied the waiter
with an air of relief.-Talent.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Fun With a Comb.


Every boy and girl using comb to
smooth out tangled locks on cold
morning has heard and wondered at
the electricity that crackles as the
comb passes through the hair. This
property of the comb can be used in
an interesting little experiment. Cut
out lot of little paper figures. On
the next cold day, when your hair be-
gins to snap and stand on end in its
effort to follow the comb, hold the
comb over the figures. The little pup
pets Immediately appear to be en-
dowed with life. They commence to
jump and dance, or stick to each other
and the comb as If fastened with glue.
often a little figure will stand on its
head; another, fixing itself by one
hand, hold its tiny form upright in a
comical fashion; sometimes they will
form themselves into long strings and
go through all manner of seemingly
intelligent Observation-Disclosures.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
TNUTS'

If Mississippi wears Missourrs New
Jersey, what will Delaware?-Alaska.
What is the difference between a
child looking up the stairs and a child
walking upstairs Zone stares up
steps; the other steps upstairs.
If Aunt Dinah, while serving dinner,
were to drop the turkey, what effect
would 1t have on the great powers of
the earth?-The downfall Of Turkey;
the overflow of Greece; the breaking
of China; the humiliation OF Africa,
Why can't a person starve in the
Sahara desert?-On account of the
sand which is (sandwiches) there.
How came it there?-The tribe OF
Ham was bred and mustered there.
Why are tears-weeping tears-like
potatoes?-Both spring from eyes.
What flies high and low, wears
boots and shoes, but has no wings or
feet?--Dust.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Games for YOUNGSTERS.

After the study hour many children
like to play game or two before re-
firing. Try these, and see how you
like them. For table croquet arrange
a croquet ground on the kitchen ia
BILE, using two pints, side by side, for
wicket, and one pin for a stake
driven in by tack hammer. Use mar
bles for balls and forks for mallets,
playing as strictly as possible to lawn
rules. Laths fastened at the sides of
the table will keep the marbles from
rolling off. If the kitchen table is not
available, the game can be set on the
floor and umbrellas used as mallets.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
A Small Blrd,

That kingfishers possess a remark
able instinct to avoid those fish prov
Ing harmful to them Is exemplified by
the following incident: A correspond
ant informs us that being infested with
these birds, he set traps for them in
two Of his ponds. one containing min
nows and the other perch. A capture
was effected daily where the minnows
were placed. but on no occasion was a
kipgfisher caught near the perch pond.
The latter fish are injurious to birds.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28

under size. only that, in her eyes, was
their chief advantage. The unwelcome
gift of height was hers alone. She
was taller than any of her family,
taller even than any man she knew.
You'll marry a fellow about five
feet two, and that will be the long and
short of it," derided brother Tom.
The Jest burned itself into Mary's
brain as warning. and she cast about
in her mind TO discover how many
men would be eligible for matrimony
providing she barred those shorter
than herself.
Had the roll call been answered In
person. 1t would have proved lament
ably small, consisting solely of Joe
Murphy. the blacksmith who stood six
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
The STONY of the Ploneer.


One morning early in 1909 an old
pioneer emerged from his log cabin.
Before him stretched the Atlantic
ocean and behind him the high office
buildings of New York and Phila'
delphia shone In the last rays of the
westering sun. Suddenly from the
waves there appeared three big round
heads Long tusks protruded from
the jaws.
"Walrusl" exclaimed he, "as sure
as Napoleon was licked at Waterloo"
as the brutes galloped up the beach
toward him.
He FASTENED into his cabin, seized
his gun and fired seven shots as fast
as he could pull the trigger. The
three great beasts leaped at him and
one almost managed to seize him
with its sharp talons, but the steel
clad bullets had been aimed well
and Just In the nick of time the AMI
NAL fell dead.
"A good afternoons work." NUT
tered the old trapper. He returned
to his cabin and called up the Ameri
can museum on the telephone. WORD
came back that a naphtha launch
would be sent right down to receive
the valuable prizes. The pioneer i'm
mediately set to work on the car
cases and by the time the electric
searchlight of the boat shone ovel
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Copyright, 1905. by Daily story Pub. Co.,
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Mary was a great girl. Her friends
usually described her in this manner,
not referring especially to goodness or
cleverness, only to bulk. She was tall,
Just over the mark of six feet, and
generously built, With broad shoulders.
full bust and rounded hips. Mary was
not handsome, only passably goo1 look
ing. She wore Fights in gloves, seven
and half in shoes, and realized every
inch of her size. The doctor pro-
nounced her at birth fine, big girl
and she continued to grow, while her
family rejoiced in her.
Mary never forgot the first time her
inches assumed the proportions of
drawback. 1t occurred while attending
school with small companions of six or
seven summers. Even at that early
age she lowered full head above her
compeers, thus attracting the notice OF
directories.
"A great girl like you in the infant
class" she had exclaimed scathingly.
while poor Mary, crimson to the roots
Of her hair, felt forty pairs of eyes
turned questioningly upon her, as her
classmates suddenly realized how
large she was. The teacher good ma
turedly came to her rescue.
But Mary is only six, and good
child"
Dreadful" commented the direct
oress She was slightly deaf, so as 1t
entailed trouble, rarely listened to
what others said. For shame!" she
proceeded in tone that set the entire
class quivering; "the high stool with
ounces cap for less, in my young
days." With that the self-satisfed
official swept from the room, her silk
rustling and her eyes glazing at Mary
| to the very last.
Small as the incident was, it became
as the apple of knowledge to the child.
| She was different to others, her size
| must be lived up to. 1t became life
| under high pressure, as she struggled
to be ever in advance of other chill
dren of her age. She renowned her
former chums, playing assiduously
with girls several years her senior.
Next she sacrificed dolls, being too
great girl" to be such baby. Even
her fears Of the dark caused ridicule,
she was 80 big!" Fairy tales, which
she adored, were devoured in secret
only; publicly her literature became
advanced, as in every way she endeav
ored to equalize the standard of hei
growth. 1t was strenuous, but hardly
satisfying.
Yet with all these efforts Mary hard
ly held her own, measured by inches
she grew so fast. Anxiously she
sighed for the day when her full sta
ture being attained, the worst woult
be known. She went into long dresses
and did her hair up on the top OF hel
head, while her elder sister still
scorned such adornments. She be
came joke in the family. Her broth
ers leased her necessarily, not under
standing the sting of 1t all.
When Mary actually arrived a
womanhood the fact was hard to real
ize, she had pretended so long, blu
still she found small comfort. Sh
might have turned the tables on he
brothers by laughing at them for bein
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
NOTHING LEFT 70 LIVE FOR.
With Broken Fiddle Went Az Joy Of
Musicians Life

WIFI Broken riuule went AN JOY of
Musicians Life.
Nat Wills, who has put aside the
Broadhurst ambitions that he become
high priced star and taken "The
Duke of Duluth" back to the popular
circuit that likes him, tells a story
of German 'cellist with whom he
oace came in sudden contact.
'"i lie bass violin player" relates
Nathaniel, was stopping at the same
hotel. and we were both in the Office
when email boy thrust his head in
the door and shouted, The opery.
house is on fire!
Mine Gott!' shrieked the music
ian, short. fat. and excitable Ger
man, mine fiddle!' and he rushed
there he hurried through the stage
door and into the orchestra pit. The
theater was a mass of flames in the
rigging loft, but the beloved fiddle
was still safe. Its owner seized 1t and
started to make his escape the way
he came. Too late! the stage itself
was now a roaring furnace! The Ger
man staggered to a window that open
ed on the street and raised it. I was
standing with the crowd
"'Quick, Nat!' he gasped; take de
fddle!' and he thrust the neck through
the window. The body of the violin
was too large and it stuck fast A
dozen willing hands seized 1t, there
was a sound of splintering wood,
wall from the German. Mine Colt!
don't break it, and we all fell back
wards with only the neck in our
| grasp! We were forced to reach in
and drag that crazy German away
from the remainder of his beloved in
strument, and with the broken neck
clasped in his arms and the tears
TcI'ing down his blistered cheeks he
turned to me and demanded:
lis dot de way to save mans
fiddler"
Fiddle be hanged! You're lucky
to escape with your life!'
Yah, but volts de use""
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Home.Made weather vane.

An ordinary clothes post or stout
strip Of board nailed up against the
fence or shed so that II sticks well
up into the air Is good place to fix
up O weather vane. II 1t Is made to
represent grotesque figure you will
enjoy making 1t, and also enjoy watch
ing it's antics when 1t begins to swing.
and to point the way from which the
wind blows.
First, whittle out an arrow and fas-
ten 1t to the post, pointing due north.
The arrow is to remain fixed.
Now in the top of the post insert
stout wire. exactly perpendicular.
and so firm that it will not bend nor
come out
The cutting out OF the figure Is the
chief thing. Select piece of pine
board that Is from quarter to three
Fights of an inch thick, and that will
not readily split. Draw the outline
of the figure you intend to cut, and
saw away the edges, cutting closely
to the lines wherever you can. Then
finish the figure with sharp pocket
knife.
If only small vane is desired II
may be cut from a good, strong shin,
gle.
On the wire slip two or three small
round pieces OF leather for washers
These will keep the vane free from the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
Where Glory Waits Thee.

Go where glory waits thee,
But, while fame elates thee,
oh! still remember me.
When the praise thou meetest
To thine ear Is sweetest,
oh! then remember men.
Other arms may press thee,
All the Joys that bless thee
Sweeter far may be;
But when friends are nearest,
And when joys are dearest,
Oh! then remember me.
When at eve thou rovest.
BY the star thou lowest,
OH then remember me.
Think. when home returning,
Bright we've seen 1T burning;
Oh! thus remember me.
Oft as summer closes,
When thine eye reposes
On its lingering roses,
Once so loved by thee,
Think of her who wove them,
Oh! then remember me.
When. around thee dying.
Autumn leaves are lying,
Oh! then remember me.
And, at night, when gazing
On the gay hearth blazing.
oh! still remember me.
Then, should music, stealing,
All the soul of feeling,
To thy heart appealing.
Draw one tear from thee;
Then let memory bring thee ~
Strains I used to sing thee
Oh! then remember me.
Thomas Moore
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-28
THE LITTLE KELLAR
A Trick With Checkers.

Try this experiment with checkers.
and see the establishment of your
friends: A number of the round wood
en- men used in playing checkers are
piled in column. II the lowest one
in the pile is dexterously hit with a
paper knife or other suitable article
it may be knocked away from under
the rest without disturbing the pile.
This is explained in this way. The
one piece struck is carried away be-
fore it can impart any considerable
part of the energy it receives to the
pieces above it.