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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

dad A. D.. 1893 to s42. BIT the reade,
would have to learn the old rules b..
lore It was Ineligible. For example.
the queen could make move Of only
one square 1t time. AMI that one I
diagonal. but a queen promoted from
pawn was allowed to make move
OF Two squares diagonally. The bishop
nad no power over any square except
the third from which II stood on ito
own diagonal line. but twas allowed
70 vault over any piece that happened
% be between. In short, II vas ! total.
y different game. Chess n the pre-
else form In which we know It ana
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

who do not play the game are quite
unable to form any conception Of the
nigh intellectual delights experienced
by the enthusiast.
The origin of chess has been sought
IN vain. The fact is. the game has 80
changed. developed and improved
down the course Of centuries that in
Its present form 1t would not be recos.
nized BY ITS inventor-f there ever
was one. The oldest chess problem
on record Is thought to be that con.
tanned IN an ancient Persian manu-.
script attributed to Caliph Kalifen
Mutasin Billah. who reignsd In Bas.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

cerned the outlines Of long, lear
gray boat, setting so low in the waite,
that the gang-plank from dock to decl
made very slight incline. The lat
ter gained, the captured millionaire
was piloted below, led to tiny cabir
lighted by an electric brll's-eye In the
ceiling and with single headlight IL
the side. He was led to fairly com
Portable bunk, gag and binders were
removed, and while he was staring
dazedly around, the doughty colone,
stepped to the door. saying courte
ously:
Make yourself comfortable until
morning, Mr.. Dallas; we'll have some
further conversation then" Biddle's
cue, you'll understand" continued
Manley, was to strike quickly. So
next morning he interview the multi.
millionaire"
1.-TWO hundred thousand pounds
million dollars in round numbers
that's quite lot of money, Col. Bid
dle," remarked Dandy Dallas.
ITO me-yes," was the frank reply:
ito you-poof-a mere bagatelle!"
"And if l refuse to be bled?" in.
quired the multi-millionaire quietly.
Some things may be purchased too
dearly, you know"
mo price Is too great to pay for
liberty and perhaps life," was the col.
onePs grave response. But you have
not refused-you're going to take q
sensible view of the transaction. Mr..
Dallas, and give up like sport"
But" said Dallas, you surely do
not imagine that carry any such sum
as two hundred thousand pounds In
my vest pocket!"
"All arranged for, my dear sir" re.
torted Col. Biddle airily. You've
merely to sign cheque. You bank at
the London and Westminster. | hap
pen to know"
So saying, he produced the sheet of
blank cheques which he had abstract
ed the night before. "Are you ready?"
he queried, the light Of unholy victory
in eyes and voice.
when the devil drives, you know"
retorted the millionaire with wave
of his white hand.
Thanks for the compliment" bowed
Biddle, ironically; 1--WE been called
worse names in my time-but it's all
In the game" While speaking, he pro
duced a fountain pen and a blotter.
handed the former to his victim with
flourish. tearing of one of the
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
Chess is a Modern Game

.riors, poets, painters, sculptors, states
men and divines; It possesses litera-
ture and language Of It's own; 1t makes
enemies friends, and finds q temple on
the ocean, in the fortress, and by the
peaceful fireplace. Perhaps the great
est eulogy on the game was the re-
mark OF Sir Walter Raleigh: Il do
not wish to live longer than ! can
plsy chess" It ID certain that those
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

the left Is an ancient one. It obtains
in practically all Of the British prov.
inces. A grizzled driver in Bermuda.
asked once why all drivers turned to
the left explained that It was done so
they could see Just how much room
they had.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
play it today. is a comparatively mod.
ern game.
The Rule Of the ROAD.

There appears to be no definite rec.
ord explaining the prevailing custom
Of turning our vehicles to the right
in this country. One authority says
that It grew out Of the fact that In our
early colonial days, before the arrival
Of rigs for pleasure driving. the
drivers Of heavy vehicles used in
transportation fell into the way Of
turning to the right.
The English custom Of turning 10
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
h. Been So Developed and Amenoeo
That Inventor Would Haro'y
Recognize 4.

cne., i pu. . game, . passime' :
relaxation, hut it has at times ,,a..' q,
sorbed the faculties Of the intellec'u -
Il eyery cline. It numbers among l.s
amateurs the greatest Names :.
,,.as,d. and thrones; Il tells OF war
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

BILE COMPOUND. L
was sick three
and could
not walk. l SUI
fered all the time:
The doctors said l
could not get well
without an opera.
ton, for 1 could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leg. l began
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
Work While
You Sleep

Millions Of people have CAS-
CARETS do Health work for
them. II you have never tried
this 9ssal health maker-Cet a Ion
box-and you will never use INV
other bouel medicine. m
cAScARErs Ioc box foe q veek,s
treatment, all druggists. Bierest eeilef
IN the world. Million boxes mouth.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
Where He Got the Idea.

! guess Maggie wants the news OF
her engagement spread, doesn't she?"
why, John. didn't you hear her
when she told me about it; tell me Il
was q secret
Yes. heard her."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
copyright. 1910. by W. G. CHAIRMAN,

GUESS you'd better let
me give you the story
from the very begin
ning," said Marley, the
white-headed butyoung-
looking special agent of
Bullivants Limited, the
great inquiry agency,
"sketching the incep-
ton of the plot as |
pieced 1t together aft
erwards - otherwise
you'll never get a clear
idea of the cleverness
and cunning shown by
the cOnspiratOrs.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

Taking Garfield Tea keeps the system
clean, the blood pure and the general
health good. Buy from your druggist.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCuredbyLydiaE.P ink*
hams Vegetable Compound

Elwood, ,tnd.-"Your remedies na!o
cured NE and have only taken SIX
bottles of lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegeta-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

The man who lets well enough alone
never gets very far ahead.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

Coed Customer Of America.
Morocco uses about two thousand
barrels of American cottonseed oil
yearly.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-24

Thousands of Consumptives die every
year. Consumption results from neg.
lected cold on the lungs. Hamlins Wizard
Oil will cure these colds. Just rub it into
the chest and draw out the inflammation.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
NO CASTE IN SHORES.

The cause and cure of snoring con.
Germs all classes, says the London
Chronicle. We have record that both
the house of lords and the work.
house have suffered from it. There
was former duke of Norfolk who
fell into the habit of sleeping audibly
in the lords, and it happened that he
was hard at it on one occasion when
a bill concerning the parish of Great
Snoring, in Norfolk, came before the
house. The roar of laughter with
which the bills title was greeted
awakened the duke and relieved his
fellow peers. At the other end OF
the social scale we have the poor law
commission minority's commenda-
tion of the ingenious workhouse
master, who divided the old men at
night so that the snorers and the
deaf men slept in one ward and the
rest in another.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
KINDNESS RENDERED
Incident In Career Of Honorable e.
Trustworthy

Before the Civil War Hon. Il.
Trustworthy was a citizen OF the
Sunset county Of Arkansas-Se-
yier, which then comprised the
territory of Little River, county,
parts of North Howard and Polk
counties. On, one occasion Mr..
Trustworthy was. up in the noun
tains bear hunting. His camp
was near a country grocery store
where liquor was sold as sugar
and coffee now are dealt out to
the people.
One Saturday he was at the
store and tallagood- looking youth
named Jim Smith, son of one of
the pioneers of that region, ad-
mired a fine knife which Mr..
Trustworthy was whiting with.
Nj. Trustworthy asked the boy
if he would like to possess such
knife. The boy said yes, in
deed, but | have no. money to pay
for it. !" Mr.. Trustworthy with
out further remark said, young
man it is. yours, The boy was
delighted.
Many years after, Mr.. Kins-
worthy was a candidate for
county office and after he has
spoken at one of the polling
places, a handsome young noun
taineer approached him and said,
Mr.. Trustworthy you do not
know me; [ am the boy you gave
that fine knife to, and [ knew you
as soon as I laid eyes upon you.
[ am for you, father is for you
and all this end of the county is
for you" When the votes were
counted out the ballots from the
north end of the county were
nearly solid for Trustworthy and
he was elected. He made Jim
Smith his deputy, who proved to
be a worthy and efficient officer.
[ tell the tale as I heard it.
JAS. w. Ellis.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
REALLY LIVING.

"The cure for a narrow and con-
fined understanding is to see many
things and many men; to taste of the
sweetness Of truth in science and to
cultivate a love of it; to have the
words liberality, candor, knowledge
often in your mouth, and at length
they will get into your heart; to ask
the reason of things and find the
meaning Of words; to hear patiently
anyone who confirms what you
thought before, or who refutes it ;
to propose to yourself in life the
same object as the law proposes in
the examination Of evidence-to get
at the truth, and nothing but the
truth" Sydney Smith.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
BIG ENOUGH TO WORK.

Artists do not all look alike, any
more than grocers or typesetters do.
Nevertheless, many persons are sur
prised at an artist who is not small
anemic, delicate of feature and deco
rated with flowing necktie. Such
a person, says writer in the Boston
Traveller, lately visited the studio of
a certain artist in that city.
The man in question wears big
red beard, and stands six feet and
some inches high. His shoulders are
broad and his muscles hard from
continued exercise. A woman en-
tered his studio and asked for the
artist.
'"That's him, standing over there" "
the attendant said.
The woman looked over to where
the artist stood, towering like an
ancient viking, and gasped.. "Why,"
she whispered, in surprise, 'he's big
enough to work, isn't hep"
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21

Hoax hear that the corset trust
is. in a bad way.
Joax-Yes, but it'll get things in
good shape after a while.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
CORK VARNlsH FOR SHIPS.

In order to protect the interior of
ships from the. humidity caused by
condensation upon the metallic walls
during sudden changes Of tempera-
tute, the Italian marine has experts
mented with a kind Of hwgroscopic.
varnish or coating the essential COM
pound of which is ground cork,
which is consolidated by pressure
with copal and litharge and applied
to the walls. 1t has been found that
the cork varnish absorbs the watery
vapor Of the atmosphere to the ex-
tent of eight or nine grammes for
every square meter of surface ex-
posed.-Scientifc American.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21

growth in the winter and early
spring months. Vetch's great value
lies in the fact that its roots secure
nitrogen from the air and add it to
the soil for the future use of crops.
At the last cultivation of the cot
ton, which should be some time in
August, SOW rye broadcast at the
rate Of three pecks per acre. If you
wish to make the crop more effect
i've by growing "a nitrogen gatherer
during the winter, sow twenty-five
pounds of vetch with the rye. This
can be grazed in the winter if it is
desired. In the spring break down
the ecotton stalks, disk down the rye,
and break the land quite deep, be
ing careful to turn all the rye and
vetch under. This green crop is
worth several loads of manure.
Nature has been kind to the
Southern farmer in providing easy
means for maintaining and even in
creasing the fertility and crop pro-
duciugpower of his lands. The OILY
thing that remains is for the farmer
to come to a realization of the value
of the things around him and tax e
advantage of what nature affords.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
LATEST WRINKLE IN HOBBIES
Etossle sIIken Describes a "Nghtle"
Made In the Prevailing Style
and Most Enchanting.

Miss Flossie Silken rushed home
after shopping trip and broke into
the midst of her loving family with
IN excited exclamation.
sfWhat do you suppose is the latest
wrinkle in hobble effects? Pm sure
you'll never guess. Welfare the
boys all gone out-sure-well, it's
hobble nighties. I saw the dearest
little nightie gown this morning, fine
nainsook, with a pink ribbon run
around the low neck and another
wider ribbon of the same shade
drawn around the ankle, with a big
bow at the left side. 1t was perfect
ly enchanting. No, [ don't suppose
woman could very well chase a burg
lar if she had on a hobble nightie,
but l never did believe those stories,
anyway, about women being so vali-
ant when burglars are around. ANY,
how, if you've spent all your money
for hobble nightgown there'll not
be anything for the burglar to get
and you can just tell him SO. If he
wants to spend his time searching he
can do SO and he will only learn that
you have spoken the truth"
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21

'Stings or bites of insects that are
followed by Sweliings, pain or itch
ing should be treated promptly as
they are poisonous. BALLARD S
SNOW LINIMENT counteracts the
Noision. 1t is both antiseptic aud
healing. Price 25', soc and 500
per bottle. Sold at GohD'S.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21

Foley's Kidney Pills contain just
the ingredients necessary to regulate
and strengthen the action of the
kidney and bladder. Try them your
self.
Sold here by Gold Cash Store,
Barrow's Drug Store, Ozan.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21

She-I consider, John, that sheep
are the stupidest creatures living.
He (absent-mindedly)-Yes, my
lamb Sketch.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
Middle Aged and Elderly People

Use Foley Kidney Pills for quick
and permanent results in all cases
Of kidney and bladder troubles, and
for painful and annoying Irregular
ties.
On sale here at Gold s; Barrow's
Drug Store. Ozan.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21

'gnEch interested III new faDric
you have on the shelves IS they arv
IN any home happening. Your store
aews and announcements in these
columns will reach large circle Of
eager buyers. This will enable yor
to sell your goods while they arr
new and fresh and you will not
nave to sacrifice later at remnant
counter prices. Think t over.
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
Sow Rye and Yetch in Cotton
By W. C. Lassetter, Asst. Agronomist
College of Agriculture

That land planted in cotton year
after year rapidly declines IN pro-
ductive power has been known for
many years. 1t was commonly
thought that the cotton removed
large amounts of the plant food ell
ements from the soil and that this
decline in productiveness was due
to the resulting decrease in fertility
of the soil. Now, however, it is
known that the decline in product
iveness is only partly due to the re-
moval of plant food materials from
the soil by the cotton, but that it is
more largely due to the manner of
cultivation. A brief consideration
of some of these causes may prove
of value i'll deciding a means OF
overcoming them.
The exhaustion of the soil by cot
ton culture is due very largely to
the fact that the soil lies bare for
large part of the year, rather than
to the amount OF plant foodremoved
by the cotton. 1t has been shown
that even when the seed is taken
away along with the lint, cotton
still removes smaller amounts OF
fertilizing materials from the soil
than either oats or corn. 1t is an
impol tant fact that the lint and the
oil, whose fertilizing constituents
alone are necessarily permanently
lost to the farm, contain compare
lively insignificant amounts of these
constituents, II, therefore, the
roots, stems, leaves, etc. are turned
under, and the hulls and meal used
upon the farm OH which the cotton
was grown cotton is the leasl ex-
haustive of the staple crops to tie
soil.
Why then do lands deterioate so
rapidly when planted year after
year to cotton? This resolves itself
into a question of leaving land bare
|
during the greater part OF the year.
Cotton demands clean cultivation.
Even during the greater part of the
time while the crop is growing the
soil is practically bare and in the
best of coEdi for washing away
in case of heavy rains. 1t is only
from July to September that the
cotton crop offers any protection
whatever to the soil Therefore for
ten months in the year cotton land
is practically bare.
1t has been pointed out that when
land is bare it is subject to the ac-
ton of many deleterious agencies
such as washing of the soil, leach
ing of the most expensive of the
plant food elements from the soil,
and the destruction of good tilth.
+ The soil washes away because there
is nothing to hold it. The nitlates
leach out because these is no crop
to take them up when they are
formed. Good tilth is destroyed
because the rains break up the gran
ular arrangement Of the soil parti
cles and allow those particles to run
! together and pack into ID hard mass
when they are dry.
In tie sowing Of rye at the last
cultivation Of the cotton the farmer
las most effective means OF pre-
vent these bad results. The roots
OF rye, very numerous aGo. nhe,
produce a network throughout the
entire surface soil. This net work
of rye roots is one of the best Of
soil binders and is most effective i'll
preventing washing AS has been
pointed ont before, the growing
crop takes up the nitiates before
they can be leached out. And the
numerous fine roots. leave. the soil
open and in the finest working
Washington telegraph., 1911-07-21
ITS STYLE.

81 see in some colleges they want.
to introduce course in courtship."
"Yes;@a system of eo-education, as.
it were"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-12

Mr.. Brice of Bedford, Iowa, who says
that while consul at Matanzas, Cuba, in
1888. he received warning that the Maine
was to be destroyed two days before the
explosion occurred, should surely be sum-
moned to Washington to tell his story in
detail. AS 1t stands it belongs definitely
in the important il true" class. If in
fact Mr. Brice as consul received this
warning and passed 1t to the consul gen.
eral at Havana and it was ignored by the
officials of his Office a terrible RESPONSE
bility rests somewhere for the failure to
take the precaution that might have
saved the vessel from destruction. Mr.
Brice says that the man who came to
him with the warning was known to
him and made his statement upon the
condition that his name would not be d.
vulged. 1t must be assumed that Mr.
Brice holds this promise still sacred as
far as the public Is concerned. and he
might possibly refuse to reveal the source
OK his Information II summoned before
investigators. But in any case he should
be able to throw light upon the mystery
II the incident which he now relates
actually took place Perhaps the man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-12
Pensions for Aged Employees.
From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Toin the fnllAUeIpn1a inquirer.
All the heads of the government de-
partments agree with the President in
favoring the payment of pensions upon
some system to be determined to per-
sons who after a lifetime spent in the
public service have become more or less
incapacitated by old age. Postmaster
General Hitchcock reverts to the subject
In his latest report and urges that the
United States. following therein the ex-
ample set almost without exception by
other enlightened lands, do as we'll by
Its employees in this respect as the much
reviled corporations which. one after the
other. as a matter Of business policy, are
placing their employees on a retired list
with pay attached when designated age
is reached. There are a number Of ex-
cellent reasons why the United States
should adopt this course, and one reason
Is that the benefit to the service would be
worth much more than the cost Of pen
sions. AS matter Of fact pensions are
virtually being paid already. They are
being paid in the shape Of salaries drawn
by superannuated employees who cannot
do their work with a normal measure of
efficiency, but whom their chiefs will not
discharge because they feel to do so
would be inhuman. The government clerk
cannot live as he must and save a COM
potency out of his earnings for his old
age. His meager salary makes 1t impos-
sble But he should not be retained on
full pay when he has lost his usefulness.
He should go on the retired list
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-12
The Boy Corn Growers.

About twenty-five boys are in town
or On their way here from various
states. having Won local championships
as corn growers under the direction of
the Department of Agriculture. These
youngsters represent an important move
ment in the agricultural development of
this country. They are missionaries of
scientific farming among their home
people. in some cases setting the pace
for their parents by applying the laws
of soil culture and practically demon
strattng the advantage of modern meth
DDS The good influence of this move
ment among the boys of the south cam
not be calculated. 1t is bound to slim
ulate an interest in agriculture and at
the same time to increase the produc-
t1vity of the soil. 1t is impossible that
these boys should work each year and
win recognition from the national gov
eminent without convincing great num-
bers of people that there is something
better than the old hand to- mouth mode
of cultivation. Skepticism regarding
the "new-fangled farming cannot very
we'll endure as long as young boys are
putting it to practical effect and max
ing money, more money than their
elders have ever made before from the
same areas. The most important result
of this corn club work is not in the
benefit which the boys themselves de-
rive from it. but in the demonstration
that farming can be made profit
able if it is undertaken in the right
way. This country seriously needs
more farmers. That is to say, it needs
fewer city jewellers. The congestion of
the towns ia distinctly upwholeSOme
and it Is greatly reassuring to see the
boys Of the south becoming interested
in agriculture and thereby held to the
soil instead of drifting into the crowded.
places, where their chances of pros
perity and happiness and right devel-
opment are questionable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-12
Who Gets the Money?
the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
If Secretary Wilson's aphorism is true,
and IL for every 81 the consumer pays
the farmer gets only 80 cents" then
there is something fundamentally wrong
with our system of distribution, notwith-
standing it's great development. The TAX
ers of toll who stand between producer
and consumer are too numerous or they
are too exacting In their demands. The
task of remedial craftsmanship is to find
out where the difficulty lies. The toll
takers, or many Of them, are essential
parts of the machinery of distribution
Transportation storage and delivery are
services that cannot be dispensed with in
the transfer of products from the point
of origin to the ultimate user of the same
Somebody must carry commodities: some
body must safe-keep them until they can
be marketed. and somebody must dis
tribute them in smaller lots suitable to
the requirements of the consumer
Whether the cost of these necessary serv-
ices is too high Is what needs to be found
out, and, also how they could be more
economically performed