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PROVIDING FOR THE VETERANS
Almost All the Country's Railroad systems Now Maintain Pension
 Departments.

Nearly all of the larger railroad systems throughout the country now maintain pension departments for the care of superannuated employees or those who, having served the corpora tions Loyalty and faithfully. are rem dered incapable of work through ill., ness or accident.
 The directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad some time since set aside a fund for this purpose, with the result that approxi- mately six hundred former employees of that company are at present re- ceiving compensation from this fund.
 The oldest pensioner on the list is John Lyons, eighty-flve years of age, residing in West Haven, Conn.,, who, when retired, had served the company continuously for fifty-nine years.
 In the list of 19 pensioners, includ- ing machinist Lyons, whose com bined ages aggregate 1902 and time in service SAP years, we find the names of conductors William W. Parder, of New Haven, and c. P. Davis of Hart ford; engineers J. W. White, of Ded ham, and Charles A. Sampson, of Taunton, Mass, who served in the company forty-nine and forty-eight years, respectively, previously to re- tirement; former agent George A. Crocker, with forty-one years service to his credit, and many others equally as well known.
 The oldest section foreman on the list Is J. E. Perkins of Stoughton, Mass, who served the company fifty. five years previously to his recent re tirement, at the age of seventy-five.
 Since January 1, 1912, thirty-two employees of the rail and boat lines of the system have been granted pensions, whose combined years of service total 1,254 years. This in. cludes Engineer John w. White, who served the corporation forty-nine years; Charles A. Sampson, forty. eight years; Towerman John H. Far. rell, forty-two years; Engineer Lewis s. Monroe, forty-three years; Black smiths Helper F. E. Hobart, forty. seven years; Switchman Thomas J Spencer, thirty-seven years.-Railroad Employee.
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Will Soon Close Shop

Most of the big pieces of Legislation have been conscien- tiously handled by the law makers in Congress, and in the cast of the appropriation and tariff bills, treaty meas ures, battle ship program, the canal and other matters, there has been a complete thresh- ing out of details, and in con trast to former. sessions when big bills were railruaded thru in hurry to adjourn, this Congress has stuck to its knitting, and is making a fin ish which though 1t may not be magnificent, is neverthe- less thorough and business like.
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speedometers on Trains.

The St. Louis & San Francisco rail. road, having tested device for re cording the. speed on locomotives by using 1t on twenty-five passenger en- zines. has found results so satisfac. tory that the forty new passenger en. zines which have been purchased will all be equipped with these speed re. corders.
 W. c. Nixon, vice-president of the Frisco. says that every main line en. zine will be equipped with this device by which the engineer can determine exactly the speed at which he is run ming, and which also leaves a record behind, which can be checked up as a guard against running at too high 8 rate of speed.
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Woodrow Wilson-that noble son of the grand old common wealth of Virginia-is march ing on to Washington at the head of a victorious army of 8,ooo,ooo patriotic voters shouting Long live Demo cracy--the father and preserv- CT of our liberties"
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Railroads and rubercuIosI,.

An eastern railroad has enlisted in the nationwide crusade for the exter- imitation of tuberculosis. A coach, enameled in white. inside and out. and of most sanitary design, has been constructed and is now visiting cities In the middle west. It is expected that it will later tour other states in the interest of combating the dread dis ease. Besides carrying extensive ex- hibits, it Is equipped with a lecture platform from which local physicians can deliver their addresses on the prevention and cure of consumptlon4 Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen's Magazine.
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HotWeather Track Troubles.

Every railroad superintendent dreads the track troubles that are almost cer- tain to cone with hot weather. Soon. CT or later some train Is going to be derailed if the weather continues blaz- ing hot. Any rail along the whole line may prove to be the one that will feel the heat worst and start to creep up against the rails at either end. Then, if track walker or a sec ton hand fails to find 1t in time there will be 3 derailment at that particular spot. If the road Is lucky it will be a freight train that will up-end and pile itself all over the right of way. If the luck is against them, it will be q flyer or well-f1lled excursion train
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President Taft and Secre- tary Hitchcock are ingratiat- ing themselves with the press of the country by theatening to raise the second-class rate of postage, under which news papers and magazines are mailed. The expense of the postal department is heavy and the newspapers and maga- zines are held responsible for 1t. That's a mistaken idea. Ii the authorities will take the average weight of mail some time when the railways aren't looking and pay them a fair rate on that amount; If the postal department will cut Out its philanthropy and stop printing envelopes for noth- ing and charge to congress aud other departments of the government regular postage on franked mall; much of which isn't second class mat ter; if the department will do these things and leave the second class rates alone, there will be no danger of postal deficit.
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daughter. Still another had been on a runaway car that was stopped with In few feet of broken trestle over deep canyon out in Colarorda.
 "The most distressing accident that ever befell me in all my railroad ca reer," spoke up the man with the fawn-colored mustache, twas when ] was city passenger agent of road out in Los Angeles.
 "One day young fellow came to me and wanted to map out his route for wedding trip. engaged state room for him and a lot of things like that, and then he called me to one side. and told me with serious face about two feet long, that there was one more important thing he wanted me to do for him. He said I must help him to identify the girl he was going to marry that evening. 'Wh-a-a-t,' I says, help you to identify her. was startled, for it looked as if the young chap must have had his reason kind of unseated by the anticipations of approaching welded bliss. But he was in dead earnest about it.
 .. You see,' he tells me. I did ali my courting by mail and I've never seen the object of my affections. She Is coming in on the train this after. noon and might not recognize her. I know only that she Is very beautiful, for I have her photograph
 "He took her picture to show it to me. She was a pretty girl, all right. I told him 1t oughtn't to be any trouble to recognize her from the picture. But he said his was timid shrinking disposition, where young women were concerned, and he wouldn't take a chance on approach Ing the wrong girl when the crowd got of the train, not for anything. He looked at me with pleading eyes like . child. and coaxed me to go down to the station and see if I couldn't pick her for him. So went down.
 Well. held the photograph in my hand, looking first at 1t and then at the crowd. and right up among the nrst bunch that climbed off the day coach was a slick-looking little dame that I thought must be the one.
 "She wasn't dressed what you would call swell, but her clothes looked neat and seemed to fit her everywhere at once. wondered how It could happen that such a girl would have to answer an advertisement in order to get a man, but there wasn't much time to ponder over that.
 "As she came through the gate, walked up to her, with the bridegroom right at my heels, and says I, clearing my throat nervously:
 Do you happen to be Miss Twin kleton, the girl that
 Before I could finish danged If she hadn't thrown her little arms around my neck and was gurglin' in my ear: You're just the darlingest boy ever. | was afraid you might not know me, but I knew you and lot more like that, before could break her clinch and get her stopped and introduced to the bridegroom.
 That was the most serious rail. road accident I was ever in"
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Several portable grain-loading ele- rators, which may be operated by an electric motor or by a gasoline engine, are being used with considerable suc- cess by an Illinois line, which devotes special attention to the handling of grain on its line extending through the famous corn-belt of Illinois. Reg ulation steam-road freight cars, oper- ated on the electric line, are placed on sidings. located at frequent inter- vals, and the farmers bring the grain
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Nervine, and must say it helped me wonderfully. have had no severe nerv- ousness for several years" 5 ~
 MRS. DAN KINTNER,
 1902 Pleasant St., Defiance, O. Many remedies are recommended for diseases of the nervous system that fail to produce results because they do not reach the seat of the trouble. Dr. Miles Nervine has proven its value in such cases so many times that it is unnecessary to make claims for it. You can prove its merits for yourself by getting bottle of your druggist, who will return the price if you receive no benefit.
 MILES MEDICAL CO.,, EIE<hart, Inc.
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for shipment to them in wagons.
 The first of the elevators used wat driven by gasoline engine. but the lately installed similar machines are operated by electric motors, taking current from the trolley wire. The grain wagons are tilted in the manner shown, and the load feeds into te re- ceiving box of the elevator. A wagon load of grain can be transferred into a car in ten minutes.-Popular Me chanics.
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The Democratic Congress men who visit Woody at the Little White House" pre- sented him with a book con- taining their autographs but we have suspicion that the Governor would rather have them at the bottom of a check.
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One thing proved by the results of the Olympic Games at Stockholm is that the ath- lete must be a specialist. The amateur athlete, that once ad- mired English product, is conn plete,y y outclassed.
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riences. One had
 been in a wreck out in Kansas when IS people were killed. An other had been riding in the cab with the engineer when the train hit a buggy and killed a man, his wife and their gold en h aire d
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There are three kinds of politicians. Those who have oficies, those who want off cies, and those who would take any office they could get.
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One may hope that so many of those new style nickels will be issued that a nickel will always be handy when the telephone is to be used.
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'T had stomach trouble when I was eighteen years old that broke down my health, and for years I suffered with nervousness, headache, indiges- tion and nervous 6 p a s m 8. T h e spasms got so bad I would have them three or four times a week. After try ing nearly every T e m dy recom- mended. I began taking Dr MileS
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All the divorce lawyers ill the American Bar Association should get together and make up purse for the Tennessee parsop who has married 4,ooo elopers.
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c..-EIectrIe Works.

A new 9o-horse power gas-electrlc passenger coach just placed on the Great Central railroad in England has fulfilled every expectation as regards performance. reliability and easy rid. ing
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Our universities should pay more attention to the classics, particularly to the study of Greek, or we'll never win another Marathon.
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There are so many news paper men down at Seagirs now that the veins of those New Jersey mosquitoes are running with ink. 4s
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"A Nervous Woman Finds Relief After Many Years

Women who suffer from extreme nervousness, often endure much suffering before finding any relief. Mrs. Daniel Kintner, of Defiance, O., had such an experience, regard ing which she says:
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As yet 1t seems impossible to make railroad safety inde- pendent of flagmen and sema- phore operators. M
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Our brave marines are be- -ng equipped with pajamas, which should prove something new in the wash of the sea.
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Nothing on earth could possibly taste as good as a water melon looks,
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No railroads block system should be permitted to de- generate into a blockhead system.
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Not one of the years presi- dential candidates was born in d Log Cabin or used to read when a boy by the light of a pine knot. Wh1ther are we drifting?
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Will the steel trust find dis solution a delightful tonic, as the old trust seems to have done?
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Being a busy man perhaps MT. Bryan has not yet picked out his cabinet job.
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In New York you can tell l gambler from a policeman by the uniform.
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7. Pierpont Morgan re- Ties upon tue newspaper Gdvertising to dispose of hiS securities.
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HIS TIME OF DANGER
RAILROAD MAN TELLS OF MOST
 sERIoUS ACCIDENT.
ovsrrnueh Good Nature Led to What Might Have Been . Disastrous
 Collision, According to Ex- s.e City Passenger Agent.

A bunch of railroad men had been telling of their most hazardous expe'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
For District Attorney.
The Waterman is authorized to ar
GEO. WEAR, JR.

as a candidate for the Office Of District
Attorney for the Thirtieth Judicial Dis
trict, composed of the parishes OF Cald.
well and LaSalle, subject to the will OF
the voters to be expressed in the Demo-
cratic primary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs.

After a frightful. coughing
spell a man in Neenah, Wis, felt
terrible pains in his side and his
doctor found cribs had been brok-
en-. What agony DR.. Kings New
Discovery would have saved him.
A few teaspoonsful ends a late
cough, while persistent use routs
obstinate coughs, expels stub
born cold or heals weak, sore
lungs. Il feel sure its a Godsend
to humanity" writes mrs. Effie
Morton, Columbia, Mo-, s'for |
believe I would have consump-
ton today, if / had not used this
great remedy" Its guaranteed
to satisfy, and you can get a free
trial bottle or so cent or ST size
at all druggists.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Died.

Mr.. Henry NJ. Simmons, life
long resident of this parish, died
at his home at Biggs Point on
Thursday, June 6, .-.912, aged 81
years. His remains were laid to
rest in the little grave yard at
Mt. Pleasant, beside those Of his
wife, who preceded him several
years ago.
Mr.. Simmons had been confn-
ed to his home for several years
with that dread disease, dropsy,
and has withstood a number of
operations, and but for his Won
derful vitality, he could not have
withstood his suffering for so
long. He leaves three sons and
two daughters to mourn his loss.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14

Senator Bailey, of Texas, was
so fiercely attacked by some of
his opponents the last time he
was a candidate for reelection
that one editor INDUCED in a
circumstantial forecast of what
would happen to him in the coun-
ty convention next day. He
was SO specific about my finish
that he reminded me Of a story, :"
said the senator. "A foremost
citizen in a small town had an
attack of appendicitis. The edi-
tor heard the report and hurried
ly made an item on it, which he
printed in this wise: Our esteem
ed fellow-citizen James L. Brown,
will go to the hospital tomorrow
to be operated upon for the re-
moval Of his appendix by DR..
Jones. He will leave a wife and
two children. Houston Post.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Ends Hunt for Rich Girl.

Often the hunt for a rich wife
ends when the man meets a
woman that uses Electric Bitters.
Her strong nerves tell in a bright
brain and even temper. Her
peach bloom complexion and
ruby lips result from her pure
blood; her bright eyes from rest
full sleep; her elastic step from
firm, free muscles, all. telling Of
the health and strength Electric
Bitters give a woman, and the
freedom from indigestion, back
ache, headache, fainting and dir
~ spells they promote. Every
where they are woman's favorite
remedy. If weak or ailing try
them. soc at all druggists.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition
of the mucous lining Of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube is
lnf1amed you have a rumbling
sound orimperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deaf
ness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out
OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inAamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred
Dollars for any case of deafness
(caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Peoples Mercantile !;a!! s,l Company, Ltd,

A Baton Rouge paper has the
following concerning DR.. AsWell:
Political or semi-polftical off,
ces do not appeal at the present
time to DR.. J. Benjamin Aswell,
a candidate for governor recent
ly, according to information
which has just reached Baton
Rouge. DR.. Aswell, according
to close friends here, has an
nounced his intention Of retiring
into commercial life for the next
four years, at which time he
will seek again gubernatorial
honors.
DIR. Aswell is going into bust
ness,' said a friend Of the pro-
fessor. HE is not after politi-
cal office. He is going into the
mercantile business, having de-
cided to settle in a North Louis
lana town. He will map out his
campaign plan four years hence
in the meantime. DR.. Aswel]
means to be a candidate for gov.
ernor four years from now.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Dual Office Holding.

The House of Representatives
passed without debate and with
out a single vote being recorded
against it the Locke bill, pro-
hibiting dual office-holding in
Louisiana.
There were 81 votes recorded
for the bill.
As passed, the bill constitutes
one of the most drastic reforms
ever inaugurated by a Louisiana
Legislature. 1t is the first of the
Hall administration bills to pass
through either branch of the
General Assembly.
The Locke bill prohibits dual
ice-holding of any class what
ever, State, district or munich
pal. The only exemption it con-
tains is membership on drainage
boards. In order to strengthen
it, the committee incorporated
an amendments ecifcally includ-
ing membership on levee boards,
and Mr.. Price, of Lincoln, pro-
posed an amendment, which the
House adopted, extending the
provisions of the law to Federal
office-holders. This was lready
covered by the constitution, but
to make assurance doubly sure,
the House concluded to add Fed
eral office-holders to the tatutory
law.
When the bill was read, Mr..
Locke merely moved it final pas.
sage without attempting tt
debate it's provisions.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Estray Notice.

State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Caldwell,
5th Ward Juctice Court.
Personally came before me, justice
Of the peace, in and for ward 5,
Caldwell Parish, State OF Louisiana,
J. ". Carr, who being duly ;, sworn
deposes and says that the following
described stock has been in his pos
session for nine days, ana tne
owner Of which is unknown to MN, w:
One sow hog 2 or 3 years old, color
DARK sandy, mark crop off each ear,
with two wire rings in the nose; gentle
W. VIII fa smu braker J.W. Carr.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
on this the 4th day of June, l9lz;
June 14-2t
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Notice..

The public are hereby warned
not to hunt or trespass upon NV
Ray Point plantation, Situated
about one mile south of Riyerton1
on on the east bank Of the Ouachita,
River, as the same is now nostod i
J. Q. Graves, NJ. D.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
Notice.

In compliance with section e
of Act ITO Of the Acts of 1908,
notice is hereby given that the
listing Of property in the parish
of Caldwell and the estimated
valuation thereon, has been COM
pleted; said list will remain ex-
posed in my Office for. inspection
and correction for a period of 20
days, beginning June l, 1912.
S. P. Walker, Assessor.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14

There is no real need Of any,
one being troubled with consti-
patton. Chamberlain's Tablets
will cause an agreeable move
ment of the bowels without any
unpleasant effect. Give them a
trial. For srle by all dealers.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

For Judge Circuit Court Of Appeals.
The Waterman is authorized to an
nounce
R. C.. DREW,
Of Minden, Webster parish, as candi,
date for the Judgeship of the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals for the district
composed of the Parishes of Bossier,
Webster, Claiborne, Union, Lincoln,
Jackson, Vim, Caldwell, Grant and
Bienville, subject to the action OF the
Democratic primaries.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-14
CLOSING OUT SALE
Peoples Mercantile Co.
DRY GOODS

1000 yds Prints and Lawns to Z IL value &C
1000 yds "a bro Domestic l0c value ~-----6 II
1000 vds Rescue P]aids ----61-2
1000 yds fine figured Lawn, worth l0c - IL
1000 yds Flaxon and Linen Lawns 70 and
25c values ---..-.1 IL IL
500 yds Lawns and Dress Goods, remnants
8 to yards -----------------l0t TO 80
Inn Dress Patterns worth TIC 4Sc
100 Dress Patterns worth 81 ---------'oc
NOTIONS
50 doz Ladies Blk Hose 15c value ---------- &c
50 doz Mems half Hose 10 and 15c value &c
10 doz Mems Fancy Csc Hose ---------- 10
10 doz Mems and Boys Int Guyot Suspenders Sc
100 yds Laces and Embroideries &c values z IL
10 doz Ladies Vests, cheap at 1Oc----~------7c
100 doz Writing and Pencil Tablets ---------- sc
so doz Handkerchief, worth and l0c-. ----3c
20 doz Mems and Boys Undershirts and
Draws each l9c
20 doz Mems SOC Blue Work Shirts CSC
10 doz Mems Pongee Shirts 50 and 75c values 43c
20 doz Mems Fine Pongee Shirts 81 and
$125 values Ioc
10 doz Mems Fine Pongee Shirts $3.50 ls---89
100 Pieces Ribbon worth Sc yard -----------33c
100 Pieces Ribbon worth 10c a yard -----5c
100 Pieces of Ribbon worth 15c yards Sc
100 Pieces of Ribbon worth Csc a-yard at l0c
c LOTHlNG AND PANTS
Is to 80 1-3 Discount
10 doz Mems Detract Special O'ver-alls, no
better made, $1.25 value --------- CSC
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Act Quick, Now
LATER WILL COST MORE.

By acting quick you can get one of the choice
sites at very moderate prices little later all will
be taken. Why not consider lot nowl BY the
time you will be ready to build you will have your
lot paid for This is an ideal way to start Prices
are low, lots large and all improvements are being
made as fast as men and money make them.
DEL AVS COST MONEY