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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
HIS INVOCATION A SUCCESS
Actor Finally Got the Gas Man Awak-
ened and Attending to His
Duties.

Wears ago." says Guy Bates Post
the actor, Il appeared in an amateur
performance of play that had a dis
tinct religious flavor. The leading
player had studied for the ministry
and had deep and sonorous voice. IN
one of the scenes the lights were sup
posed to be turned down and a raging
storm simulated. The accompanying
lines were:
"'Oh, Lord, deliver us from the pow
ers of darkness
"The leading man spoke the lines,
but darkness didn't follow. He spoke
them again, and still the stage was
distressingly light. Finally he roared:
"'Oh, Lord, deliver us from the pow
er of darkness, and give that fool
gas man sense enough to turn down
the lights
THE gas lights went down and the
audience roared." -Pittsburg Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Memories Of Argonaut Days
mile cross country road to the Pacific

mile cross country road to the Pacific
began.
Eventually We reached the port of
San Juan del Sur, and took passage
for the last leg of the trip on the lit
tie steamer Pacific. This Is days
passage up the coast stands in my
memory as the worst Is days of my
life. 1t was too sickening to attempt
to describe. We started from New
York with about 800 able-bodied pas
sengers. We lost none on the At
lantic, nor on the San Juan river, but
the exposure to the soaking tropical
rains at night and the burning sun
by day that was our portion on the
journey from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific left scarcely an able-bodied man
among US by the time we reached the
Pacific.
Arrived at San Juan del Sur, quite
number Of the 800 were too i'll to go
on board the little steamer, and so
stayed in the miserable little town,
where there vas. nothing but the
barest shelter. Many passengers had
to be carried on board the boat. Be-
fore we had been 4S hours at sea fully
half our number was Frustrated with
fever, and from that time never a day
passed that there were not several
to slide off the plank. 1t was so fire.
Quent an occurrence that it attract
ed no attention.
"By- time We touched at Acapul-
co, where we buried those who died
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21

Commercialism looks upon the peo-
pie as crowd to do" And they do
them.
It is not so much what a farmer
knows as what he does that wins on
the farm.
It Is more often a condition of the
mind than of the body which keeps a
man down.
The high price of meat does not
alarm the wise farmer who has mis-
Ssmokehouse at home.
You are always at a disadvantage in
talking to man who does not know
what he is talking about
Some of our would-be statesmen
read so little that they know really
nothing about political economy.
Most those who graduate in the high
schools Of the cities take five years to
tunlearn enough to begin business.
Cheerful faces and singing hearts
go together in the days work, they
supplement and generate each other.
Remember that the other fellow
also has rights and Is sensitive about
having them treated with disrespect
Without the opinions Of other men
TO guide them not many of our law
Iyers would be above total ignorance
Pof the law.
A liberal amount Of kindness mixed
into the ration will show in the keep
ing Of the horse, the cow, or any other
barn animal.
"Brooms will double In price," says
a market report. Can 1t be possible
that their price is going to eliminate
that traditional housewives weapon,
the broomstick?
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
THE ALARMING PREVALENCE
OF ECZEMA
Finds Victims Among Every Race,
Age and Condition.

OF all the diseases of the skin and
scalp which torture and disfgure man
kind, three-fourths are eczematous.
Millions are born with eczema, and it
IS the only thing other millions have
left when they die. Neglect in infancy
and childhood, irritating conditions af-
fecting the skin, ignorance of it's real
nature, improper remedies and many
other causes that might be mentioned
have created an eczema which, with
varying severity, has afflicted count
less numbers during their entire lives.
Eczema is skin disease. 1t is not re-
garded as hereditary, non contagious,
and Is impartially distributed among
the rich and poor, the high and low
The agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, causing loss of sleep, is usual
ly the most distressing symptom and is
caused by the bursting of little vesicles
filled with an acrid fluid, which burns
as with fire the denuded skin. New
vesicles form, fill and burst, scales
form upon scales, and crusts upon
crusts until Disagreement is added to
torture.
One Of the most successful treat
ments for eczema, whether applied to
the youngest infant or the oldest per-
son, is hot baths with Cuticura Soap
and gentle anointings of Cuticura ONT.
ment. For more than a generation,
these pure, sweet and gentle emolli-
ents have proved the most efficient
agents in the speedy and permanent
relief of all forms of eczemas, rashes,
feelings and irritations of the skin and
scalp. Although Cuticura soap and
ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, in order that
those who have suffered long and
hopelessly and who have lost faith in
everything may make trial of them
without charge, liberal sample of
each will be mailed free to any ad-
dress, together with a 32-page pamph-
let, giving description and treatment
of the various forms of eczema, as
well as other affections of the skin,
scalp, hair and hands, send to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. w, Boston.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21

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commended, and after taking three bot
ties she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. lean recommend 1t
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CoRKRAN, 11OS Rutland Street, Balu"
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pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia E: Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
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Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for advice, free.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Collapse Of Great Editor

knocked louder, when l heard a faint,
muffled voice, saying. Come In
Il opened the door and stepped over
the threshold. There l paused, for l
was appalled, at the sight which was
before me. At his desk sat Horace
Greeley. There were the familiar
Greeley features, but not the familiar
Greeley expression. He seemed to be
in a stupefied condition. He held a
fully spread out newspaper before
him, but he held It as though this
were a matter Of habit. His eyes were
fixed blankly upon the paper. He did
not look up at me, although l spoke
kindly to him in greeting; doubt
whether he heard me. Then l ven
tured to ask few questions about his
health. l thought heard one or two
faint monosyllables in reply. as
though he were answering me with
half-conscious expressions. And not
once, In all the time was there, did
he look at me. or, In fact, look any
where except blankly upon the news.
paper.
HE seemed to me to be a living
dead man. That is the best expression
l can use to decide his condition. Ger
tainly he seemed like a man whose
intellect was clouded. don't believe
that he knew who It was who stood
before him; l don't believe he hardly
knew that anyone stood there.
1T was the most painful and pitiful
spectacle that l have ever seen. OF
course, there was nothing for me to
do but carefully and courteously to re-
tire. l said Good day. but no re-
Spouse came. l closed the door, and
Horace Greeley passed out Of my sight
forever. That afternoon he went to
his home and collapsed completely. In
the course Of two weeks he passed
away"
Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights ResarvodA
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
New NEWS =
Or IFS TERT>AX
by r. ~ E0zHU/xZ%

that day, there were not enough we'll
persons on board to care for the sick
The weather was delightful and the
ocean like mill pond; otherwise, it
would have been still worse, as both
decks were SO crowded with the sick
from stem to stern that only narrow
paths were left to walk in. 1t must
be borne in mind that the care Of the
sick devolved upon acquaintance Of
only few days, and the few passen-
gers that remained on their feet were
busy fighting off the threatening fever.
There was no improvement till we
landed in San Francisco as wretched
lot as ever left hospital boat, and
scattered over the state. How many
died from the direct cause Of expos
ure while crossing Nicaragua only a
good God knows"
Copyright. 1910. by F.. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Member Of Staff Of Smithsonian lnsti'
tute Tells Stories In Proof Of Birdie
Ability to Understand.

j
The crow is not exactly a popular
bird, but he is an intelligent crea.
ture, and shares with his cousin, the
raven. and the parrot, the ability to
initiate human speech. Mr.. Nelson r.
Wood, a member Of the staff Of the
Smithsonian Institute, tells these sto'
ries in proof Of the crows intelli.
gence:
One old fellow used to delight in
taking the cover Of blacking-box to
the top Of an old board which stood
against the house, and getting in it,
slide to the bottom. He found pleas.
ure in that at all times.
One OF my Jacks used to like his
bread soaked. One daylhe saw box
cover. He took It. turned it over and
put his bread in It. THIN carrying it
to his trough, he put lit under the
water for 9 second and proceeded to
eat It.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
The South's Annual Yield.

9O,OOO,000 from Its factories.
$2,6oo.Ooo,oOo from its farms.
$44o,ooO,OOO from its forests.
$3.50 100000 from its mines.
$1,0n0,O00,000 OF cotton with seed.
$730,OO0,OOO of grain.
$2OO,oO0,ooo Of live stock.
s175,ooo,O0O of dairy products.
$170,0O0,0O0 of poultry products
$150,000,000 Of fruit and vegetables
$e9,0OO,0O0 of tobacco.
$50,000,OO0 of sugar products.
$62S. 100000 of exports.
24,000,000,000 feet Of lumber.
1850, 100000 pounds of cotton goods
1,1O4,O00.0O0 bushels Of cereals.
100,000,000 tons of coal.
25.000,000 barrels of petroleum.
100000 tons Of coke.
100000 tons Of iron ore.
100000 tons Of pig iron.
2,395,000 tons OF phosphate rock.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Trouble With South.

Mr.. Henry Wallace. the most prom
inent agriculturist in the world, says:
"The main trouble with the south Is
lack OF vegetable matter in the soil"
All admit that the thing most need
ed on the worn-out soils of the south
is vegetable matter. In spite Of this
fact many farmers are now burning
the cotton and corn stalkA grass and
trash on the land.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
How Returning Gold Seekers Tried
and Executed Two of Their CON-
rades in Nicaragua for Rob-
bling Others.

I'm the spring of 1858" said Mr.
Dudley Jones, now Of Little ROCK
Ark, the California argonaut whose
experiences have been recounting, i
again started out from New York for
the gold field via the Vanderbilt route
across Nicaragua. In due time we ar
rived at the Atlantic port OF Greyto"n
late one afternoon, and on disembark-
ing found that a large body OF passen'
gers, east bound across Nicaragua
had preceded us into the town by q
few hours and were even then holding
trial over three of their fellow pas
sengers who had been caught robblng
others Of gold dust. A fourth man
was to have been tried, but he had es-
capped into the jungle back OF the
town.
THE trial took place in an old
adobe warehouse. It was held by the
people and in the name OF the people
without regard to the Mosquito gov
eminent. 1t was a formal trial, as
regular as any trial, except that there
had been no election of court officers.
And it ended In the three culprlts BE-
ing condemned to death
THE next morning our boat sent
large delegation to swell the crowd OF
homeward bound passengers that gath
cred to carry out and witness the ex-
ecution of the sentence. A scaffold
had been erected few rods from the
warehouse, where the prisoners had
been guarded all night. Suspended
from a cross beam were three nooses,
and on the ground below were three
collins.
AT the appointed hour, the three
condemned men, dressed in white, but
no whittier than their faces, were
marched out under a strong guard be-
tween crowds of spectators. They
were led directly beneath the gallows,
when there was some talk between
prisoners and guard, which l could not
hear. This over with, one man was
promptly swung of, followed imme-
diately by the middle man. Then, for
some reason that never learned, the
third prisoner was marched back
through the silent crowd, and after
being stripped was tied over an old
cannon that happened to be there and
given so lashes. The natives took no
part in the proceeding except to bury
the dead.
THAT evening we entered the small
boats that were to take us up the
first stage of the San Juan river, when
we would be transferred to the steam
er that would take us the rest of the
way up the stream and across Lake
Managua to the point where the r.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Distinguished Historian, While Visiting
America, Planned a Romance OF
tho Resicides Who Escaped
to This Country.

In the early seventies OF the last
century James Anthony Froude visited
the United States. The interest occa-
stoned by the coming of this dlstln-
guished English historian, this master
of English style and Of descriptive
writing, and educator, was surpassed
only by the interest caused by the
visits here of Dickens and Thackeray,
and, possibly, of Tyndall, who was not
only one of the foremost men OF SCI
ence Of his time, but also very popu'
lar lecturer upon scientific subjects.
Professor Froude, to call him by his
scholastic title, although he preferred
the simpler title Of Mr., met the popu-
lar idea respecting the personal char
acteristics Of cultivated Englishman.
His complexion WIS of pink tint,
almost like that lad, indicating
perfect health. - wore the conven-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
How Charles w. GODDARD Found Hor.
ace Greeley Utterly Broken Down
Soon After His Defeat for
the Presidency.

One of the most intimate personal
and political friends in all New York
that Horace Greeley ever had was
Charles w. GODDARD, who was Repub-
lican of much influence in Civil war
days, and, under the administration OF
Governor Fenton, captain of the port
of New York. In the late sixties OF
the last century Mr.. GODDARD became q
candidate for congress, and when Mr..
Greeley was appealed to to address a
political meeting in support OF his
friend he responded With alacrity.
Moreover, Mr.. GODDARD was probably
the last of the personal friends OF the
great editor, outside the immediate
members of the Greeley family and Of
the Tribune stat, who saw him alive.
The story of that meeting Mr.. GODDARD
gave to Mr.. Henry G. Wilson of Bos-
ton, his brother-in-law, who was one
of the most intimate of the friends OF
Joseph Jefferson, the actor.
1T was few days after Greeley
had been defeated for the presidency"
Mr. GODDARD said. Il was anxious to
pay a friendly call upon him. ! felt
sure that he would be glad to see me,
and / thought l might be able to say
something which would cheer him up,
for had heard that he was some
what respondent over his defeat-that
he was no longer the Horace Greeley
whom we had all known for thirty
years, but a broken-hearted old man.
II climbed the fight Of stairs lead
ing to Mr.. Greeley's room in the Trib-
une building, not knowing whether I
would find him in or not. knocked
two or three times on the door of his
room. There was no response. Then !
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Intelligence Of the Crow

AS to a crows ability to talk, some
will and others will never learn. The
first of the four birds ! have had re-
Gently was a wonderful talker. I'm.
like the parrot, his conversation
seemed intelligent, rather than sim.
ply initiative. For instance, II said
to him, Hello, Jack!" he would an
swer. "Hello!" and not put on the
"Jack." as so many parrots do when
one says, Hello, Polly!"
But he could initiate me also. He
found that when any one called and
said Hello, Wood" my reply was
low "Hello!" He tried In every way
tn initiate that low tone OF mine, and
finally succeeded. He would go over
to his water.trough and with us head
in the air would cry, Hello, Wood!"
Then down would 60 his head in the
trough and out would come the
"Hello!" just like mine.-Youth's
Companion.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Good Pastures Pay.

Let us have good pastures and grow
legiminous crops to feed to good
stock. The advice given the western
farmer is or 20 years ago was go
to grass" The farmers needed the
advice, and genuine prosperity was
the result. Grass and leguminous
crops and good stock mean rich soil
and rich soil means rich farmers. Rich
farmers mean rich professional men,
railroads and so on.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Novel Froude Didn't Write

tional muttonchop side-wh skers. He
was about six feet tall, although lit
tie stopped at the shoulders. His
clothes fitted him perfectly. When he
took any one Of the long walks of
which he was so fond when in the
United States, he was accustomed to
wear suit of rough gray Scotch mix
ture, and it became him exceedingly
we'll.
Upon his return to New York after
his visit to New Haven, Conn, where
he spent several days, Mr.. Froude
spoke of the inspiration which he had
received there for a romance which, he
thought, could be made as interesting
and as powerful as any of the histor-
ical romances written in the English
tongue. excepting those of Scott.
Il went to New Haven partly to visit
Yale college, with some of whose pro-
fessors l have had a pleasant acquain-
tance," said Mr.. Froude to his Ameri-
can friend. the late Parke Goodwin,
who, as editor Of Putnam's Magazine
in the fifties, had become well &C.
quainted with Froude, "but l also
wanted to look at the burial places of
the three regicides, Dixwell, COTE and
Whalley, who l knew were buried at
New Haven, and was especially anx-
ious to visit the cave in which Cote
and Whalley were secreted at the time
the agents of King Charles II. were
searching for them in order to appre-
bend them, take them to England, and
put them to death. was taken to the
little plot of ground within a stones
throw of Yale where there still remain
the mutilated headstones which mark
the graves of COTE and his son-in-law,
Whalley; modern monument has
been erected there to the memory of
Dixwell. Then l took walk of some
five or six miles to mountain beyond
the confines of the city, and was shown
the cave in which COTE and Whalley
were secreted. learned enough to
assure me that the tradition is no
myth; those two regicides, or judges
of Charles l., who pronounced the pen
atty of death upon him, were actually
secreted there. l became interested,
The story Of their wanderings, their
hiding places, and the miraculous ap-
pearance of COTE at time of great
danger because Of the advance of In
dams, seemed to me to furnish the
basis of an exceedingly interesting ro-
nance, of which, of course, the back
ground would be the Long Parliament.
the sentence of death upon Charles l.,
the restoration, by which Charles II.
became king, and the fight of the
regicides to save their lives. There is,
also, the possibility Of portraying the
life in Connecticut Of those who first
made settlement and afterwards Gre
ated a government there. I have now
another romance In mind, the scene Of
which is laid in Ireland, and when |
have finished it hope ! shall be able
to take up the romance Of the regt-
cides who escaped to America"
Professor Froude departed for Eng
land still enthusiastic over this pro-
iect. He did complete and publish his
Irish romance years later, but whether
he ever mapped out the romance Of
the regicides none of his American
friends was able to tell.
downright, 1910. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Salt on Land.

One of the effects Of the use of salt
on land is to increase the capacity of
the soil for retaining moisture. About
one barrel per acre has been known
to benefit grass during periods of
drouth, the salt being applied in May.
Kainit contains large proportion of
salt, as we'll as about IL per cent.
of potash, and may be used in prefer
ence.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Why Not a Few Gourds2.

Gourds are annual plants with ten
drills, broad leaves, and large yellow
flowers. The more common, American
gourda are rampant climbing vines,
and are very useful as cover for un-
slightly places. They are grown chiefly
as curiosities. Seeds should be sown
IN q rich, deeply dug soil, where they
may have an abundance Of moisture.
They are easy to cultivate, requiring
about the same treatment as the
squash.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
"He Was a Bird"

Lady Cat a bird fancier's)-And you
guarantee that this parrot can talk?
Fancier-Talk! Why, madam, I
bought him from woman's club, be-
cause all the members we're Jealous
of him.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Need Of the AuricuIturist,

Here l am" said the returned wan
derer, back with the fortune | said
would make and ready to pay the mort
gage off the farm!"
EFF that amt hard luck!" exclaim
ed the farmer. "As times are goin
now that mortgage amt botherin' no
body. I'd a heap ruther nave seer
you broke an ready to do regular work
for wages"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
The Last Hole

Ffgg-That was mighty appropri-
ate text the parson took for poor Bras.
sies funeral sermon.
Fogg What was it.?
Figg-aHe has finished his course /"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
patton. Constipation is the cause of MANY
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure
the disease. Easy to take
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Disappointed.

Disappointed.
while Benson was in California
he visited an ostrich farm"
"Well?"
Says he hung around for almost q
week but never did see one Of those
birds fed on door-knobs and scrap
iron"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Ooposite Methods

why has Miss Written such a far
away look?"
Because she poses as a near
genius"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
MY
DAUGHTER
WASCURED
Nv lydia E. Pinkhanl's
VEGETABLE Compound
Baltimore, MIDI send you here;
with the picture of my fifteen year old

was restore d to
health by Lydia =.
lPinkham's Vegeta-
|ble Compound. She
Twas pale, with dark
circles under her
eyes, weak and irri:
table. Twodiferent
doctors treated her
and called it Green
Sickness, but she
grew worse all the
fine. lydia E.Pink-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Her Popularity.

"They say Miss Lulu is very popu.
lar when charity banquets are in
question"
$50 they tell me. She is a regular
dinner BELLE"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Instead Of Liquid
Antiseptcsr Peroxide
100000 people last year used
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic

The new toilet germicide powder to b
dissolved in water as needed.
For all toilet and hygienic uses it is
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21
Just So.

Takes things as they come, eh?"
Eyes; he's one Of the best backstops
in the country"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21

Ignorance of ones misfortunes is
clear Bankruptcies.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21

- Garfield Tea contains no harmful drugs.
Composed Of Herbs, it is an ideal laxative.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-21

1t is the doing, not the saying, that
makes the hero