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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

We have been especially pleas
ed with the character and sources
of the compliments recently paid
our store.
Repeatedly has it been said by
visitors unquestionably qualified
to express themselves upon the
subject, THAT NO other large
collection of furniture in this
section is of such uniform merit,
or as widely representative of the
really best sources, or offers
more generous measures OF
VALUE at the prices asked.
An official tour of inspection
and investigation, just completed
through the principal stores and
shops of the larger eastern cities,
gives US the best Of reasons for
believing that these comments
have been sincere and we'll found
ed. Careful comparisons make
US more proud than ever of our
store, and confirm our belief that
nowhere can furniture and Access
series be purchased to better ad-
vantage than here.
Our buyer has just returned
from his Eastern trip, where he
bought the largest stock we have
ever had. These goods will be
coming in from day to day, so
our store will be full of bright
new goods. We most cordially
invite you to write us about your
HOME wants and to look through
our various exhibits, when you
are in Monroe, whether or not
you may desire to buy.
You will enjoy trading at
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Married, at the residence of
the BRIDES father, Capt. T. B.
Coates, near Mt. Pleasant, La,
August -, 1918, Mr.. S. E. May
to Miss Maggie Coates; T. K.
Owen, ]. P, officiating.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

For Sale 4-room house and 8
lots in Knapp's addition to
Columbia, La, on easy terms.
Apply to M. E. Marlborough,
Columbia, La.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
Scratching for Fun

We would have great sympathy
for those who have to scratch
continually, if there wasnta rem
edy for the trouble, but as
Hunts Cure is guaranteed to
cure or money refunded, it would
seem that those who scratch DO
SO Just for the fun of it. It's a
special remedy for itch, eczema,
letter, ringWorm, etc. :
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Miss Evelyn Blanks is visiting
Miss Madge Matthews at Fort
Necessity.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
Minister Praises this Laxative

Rev. H. .Stubenvoll of Allison,
Ia, in praising DR.. Kings New
Life Pills for constipation. writes:
''Dr. Kings New Life Pills are
such perfect pills no home should
be without them" No better
regulator for tho liver and bow
els. Every pill guaranteed. Try
them. Price 25c. at all druggists.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Miss Edna FAINT has returned
from Natchitoches, where she
has been taking a summer course.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
Wear "Swann Hats" they
are positively guaranteed.
For sale by all dealers in
Columbia, La.
For Sale

Will sell horse. buggy and har-
ness cheap. Terms to suit pur-
chaser. E. H. Turner,
Columbia, La.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Prof. E. H. Turner and family
who have been summering in
Tennessee, will arrive home in a
few DAYS.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

The brick work on the second
story of Tony Pendola's store
has been completed, and adds
greatly to it's appearance.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
CALDW ELL w ATcHMAN

Prof. L. D. Fuller of Grayson,
made his usual Sunday visit to
Columbia.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
Costly Treatment.

81 was troubled with constlpa-
and indigestion and spent hun,
dreds of dollars for medicine and
treatment, writes G H Hines,
Of Whitlow, Ark. II went to st.
l. Louis hospital in New Orleans,
hut no cure was effected. On
returning home | began taking aal,1l
Chamherlain's Tablets, and work
ed right along. used them I ! Tor J;
some time and am now all rlght
Sold by all dealers.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Mrs. W. H. Waggoner has as
her guest this week her aunt,
l4rs. Fannie Burleigh, of Crow
Low
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

The gin Of G. 7. Martin is
being rushed to completion, and
will be finished in time to handle
this seasons crop.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Miss Katie Walker, who mas
been the guest Of Miss Glrod, q.
Landerneau, La, for the past
week. is again at home.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Miss. Lucy Wainwrightof Ola,
spent several days at the resi-
dence of Mr.. w. G, WEIGH the
past week.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

Mr.. Philip H. Mecom. Secreta.
~ Of Caldwell Fair Association
spent Thursday in Monroe in the
interest of his fair.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

HUMPHREYS Bros, have about
finished their splendid foundry
building on Main ST., and are
today moving in.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

derneath all this absurd veneer, you
are you, and are truly going forward and
up like your big skyscraping things. But
always there is dragging you down this
loathsome materiallsm that 1 see writ
ten on nine out OF every ten faces which
pass me by the street.
That is the blot that shadows you
and it must be shaken on, secured Off
whatever process you choose. 1t will be
done. Underneath 1 have always been,
in a sneaking way, an American, and al
ways I shall have faith in you.
81 have been enriched to see your
civilization, to carry ii back into Africa
with me. And 1 must soon be COINS
back. There is much to do down there.
Crooked anitation-smallpoX and the
sleeping sickness wlping the towns Of
Lubaland of the map-crooked morals
all over that weary, ChristIess land"
But Dan Crawford will not talk about
himself nor his achievements, vowing
that IL one shoot twenty antelope, 1t Is
better to report the matter as ten.
Dan Crawford has served his term and
he has struck his blow at the horrible
slavery that exists up and down all
Africa: he has started the cleanup move
ment in morals and houses for the black
man, and he is going back, after brief
lecture tour in this country, to finish his
work.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
CORNER IN HORSE HAIR
FOR AIGRETTES FAILS
Chicago Manufacturer Had Bright
Idea to Beat the New
Tariff Law.
sptcial % The washinston HsraM.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Chicago. Oct 2.-A corner in white
horse hair for the making of imitation
aigrettes for women's hats came to an
abrupt and melancholy end in Chicago
because the heavy purchases of white
ers- The story is a romance of the new
originality as well as artistic instinct.
decided that he could make a very satis-
factory imitation Of an imported aigrette
by using white horse hair instead of
feathers Of certain birds. Delighted with
his idea Of a substitute for feathers. he
set out to procure the material He was
determined to keep the plan a secret,
and distributed his orders among many
houses dealing In the horse hair goods
All went well for a few days, but he was
startled one morning to be told that the
price of white horse hair had doubled
over night. A big hole was made in his
profits and he suspected treachery among
his employees. but in this events proved
him to be wrong
The explanation was simple when he
had found it When he bought the horse
hair the sellers naturally looked up his
commercial standing. They found that
he was maker Of feather goods. The
next question was, What on earth was
a maker of feather goods doing with
white horse hair?" They soon found out
that he was buying from every firm that
sold the goods he wanted and that his
orders were considerable The doubling
OF the price was the result
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
BAGPIPE IS IRISH, NOT SCOTCH,
DECLARES FRANCIS o'NEnL
Former Chicago Police Chief Digs
Into Music Lore and An
nounces Discovery.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Chicago, Ill, Oct. 2s.-Bagpipes were
squealing in Ireland centuries before they
came into use in Scotland. England, or
Wales, according to Francis O'Neill,
former chief of the Chicago Police De-
partment, who has perhaps gone further
into the lore Of Irish music and irish
musicians than anyone OF modern times.
In a new book, Irish Minstrels and
Musicians" he devotes one chapter to the
antiquity of the bagpipe, recounting the
history Of that instrument in Ireland,
Scotland. England. and Wales. and say
ing that Ireland may weIl claim the bag
pipe long in advance OF the other coun-
tries.
O'Neill himself is a performer OF merit
on the flute and violin, and he dwells
at length on the accomplishment OF many
old-time and present-day performers.
mentioning many. in all parts of the
United States.
According to the author, there were
harpists and pipers in ireland hundreds
of years before the Christian era, and he
traces the music of Er.n down through
the centuries to the present
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
Save Money On Flowers.

The sale Of flowers in Northampton
Mass, up to the present time has been
phenomenal for a town Of its size, and
this was largely due to the custom among
Smith girls Of sending each other flowers
on each and every occasion. For in
stance, II a girl made Greek club
she was promptly deluged with floral
tributes by her admiring friends, and
when class officer was elected IL took
great deal Of her time to borrow vasea
and arrange the flowers which poured
In upon her. That was the way it used
to be in the time before Smith reformed
and the Students Council succeeded in
creating public opinion against this lavish
sending Of flowers.
The reform Is said to sreatly affect the
income of the florists in town. who are
noted for their choice cut flowers and
original ideas in combining them.
A visitor to Northampton was struck
with the fact that the corner florists
store had one window devoted exclu-
sively to bulbs.
why bulbs?" said she. Il never saw
bulbs IN a florists shop in this town be-
fore. What has happened to the trader"
A member OF the council explained,
and said that the new regulation was
expected to cut down the Smith girls
expenditure to q great extent.
Later, the visitor appeared at the col
lege chapel exercises wearing one small
cinnamon rose bud. and was accosted by
several girls who commented upon the
fact SO that she hastily made mental
VOW that she would hereafter eonhns
her norai decorations to bulbs
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1913.

cavations. and he emptied the city water
works into that ditch until IL had cut
an utterly impassable moat across from
curb TO curb; then he sighed an oath OF
relief. and lit a cigar, and waited for
the return OF Jerry Summer.
Jerry, however, did not return. In.
stead, he unhitched his horses in the
very center OF Monument Square and
turned them over to a workman to lead
them away, and left his old coach stand
ing there.
TT don't say nothing in that old fran
chise about a return trip" he explained
to the admiring and sympathetic crowd.
"Tt says operating and carrying pas
sengers,' and I done it Amt that right,
bossY' and he shook hands with Tom
Dennison.
That's right, Jerry" answered Tom
Dennison. handing him his wages. John.
come out to the house to dinner tonight
and celebrate"
Thanks" drawied John, as they edged
out Of the crowd. I'm not sure that /
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

Silas Boggs grinned. Perkins, he
gssped. "Perkinsi Oh, Perkins! My
dear Perkins!" But he could get no
further, SO overcome was he by his emo
tions. 1t was fully ten minutes before
he could fully and clearly explain that
the stork had brought him a pair-the
only pair of lop-eared guinea pigs; ana
In the meantime Perkins had loaded his
left arm with stove wood, and stood
When Silas Boggs managed to tell his
wonderful news, Perkins dropped the
armful OF wood on the floor with a crash
"Boggs.' he cried, "Boggs!" Now is
your chance! Now is your opportunity
Advertise. my boy. ADVERTISE
''What?" asked Silas Boggs, in amaze
ment.
II say-advertise"' exclaimed Perkins
again.
And say-SdvertIse what?" said
Silas Boggs.
Advertise what%' Perkins calculated.
What should you advertise, but Silas
Boggs' Celebrated Lop-Eared Guinea
Pigs? What has the world been waiting
and longing and pining for but the lop-
cared guinea pig? Why has the world
been full OF woe and pain but because 1t
lacked lop-eared guinea pigs? Why are
you happy this morning? Because you
have lop-eared guinea pigs! Don't be
selfish, Silas-give the world a chance.
Let them in the joyhouse on the ground
floor. Sell them lop-eared guinea pigs
and Joy. Advertise, and get rich!'
Silas Boggs shook his head.
Mo- he said. mo! I can't. I have
only two. I'll keep them"
Perkins seated himself on the wood
pile.
"Silas," he said, 'ff 1 understand you,
one OF these lop-eared guinea pigs is a
lady and the other is a gentleman. Am
/ right?'
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
Canal VIII Have Hardest wood.

Greenheart, the wood which the 18TH
mian Canal Commission is desirous of
securing for use in the construction of
docks and similar works in the Panama
Canal. because it Is said by experts to
resist more than any other wood the
attacks OF marine borers, which rapidly
destroy piles and other submarine struc-
lures, is one Of the most valuable OF tim
bers. 1t is native Of tropical South
America and the West Indies, and from
its bark and fruits is obtained bibirine,
which is often used as a febrifuge in
stead of quinine.
The wood Is of a dark green color, sap
wood and heart wood being so much
alike that they can with difficulty be
distinguished from each other. The
heart wood Is one of the most desirable
Of all timbers. particularly in the ship
building industry. Indisputable records
show that the best grades surpass iron
and steel in lasting qualities in salt
water, submerged logs having remained
intact for one hundred years.
In the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow,
there are two pieces of planking which
illustrate better than anything else this
durable quality. They are both from a
wreck which was submerged eighteen
years on the west coast Of Scotland
The one specimen-greenheart- merely
slightly pitted on the surface, the body
of the wood being perfectly sound and
untouched, while the other-teak-is al
most entirely eaten away.
It is extensively used in shipbuiIding
for keelsons, beams, engine bearings,
and planking, and II is also used In the
general arts. butts excessive weight
units it for many purposes for which
its other properties would render it emil
nentiy suitable.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

ana creaking and groanins at every inch
Of its rheumatic progress. and high on
the drivers seat cracking his whip with
all his feeble strength. sat purple-faced
old Jerry Summer!
One block up the street the process
sion stopped. and a passenger, who had
been strangely watching Bill Craclren,
stepped out Of the shadow Of a tree and
mounted the coach. He climbed to one
Of the top seats, and quite ostenta-
tiously handed Jerry Summer a coin
The passenger was John Amesi
Old Jerry cracked his whip, and the
procession moved on. Three blocks fur
ther down the coach stopped again. and
another passenger mounted. That one
was Tom Dennison!
'Now, what in Texas does that mean?"
blurted the city prosecutor, who had
been put on the ticket because he was
handy rather than because he was bril-
liant.
TT means that I'm going to get me
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
Postage Stamps.
Frnm the NeN York Times

From the New York Times
Postage stamps, used and unused, of
all the countries in the world, with an
estimated market value of more than
s.. oOO, 900, will be on view at the Engf-
neering Societies Building, in Fart For
tieth Street, from October 81 to No
vember /, during which time the New
York International Stamp exhibition
will be held
IT will be not only the first exhibf-
tion of the kind in this city, but like
wise the first ever given in America
It is an event of great interest to
philatelists, and will attract to New
York many foreign. as well as Ameri-
can, stamp collectors. Already 800 en-
tries have been received from all parts
of the world. The exhibition VIII un-
doubtedly give fresh impetus to this
exceedingly popular form Of collecting,
in which all ages and all conditions of
men are represented, from the humble
artisan to the monarch OF one OF the
most powerful nations. King George
v of Great Britain once wrote to a
friend saying that sit Is one OF the
greatest pleasures Of my life" This
broadly democratic character accounts
in part for the popularity Of the
science or hobby OF stamp collecting.
Among the exhibitors will be George
Heber worthfngton. OF Cleveland. Ohio,
owner of the most valuable stamp coll
lection in America, and Henry ]. Du-
veen, of London, whose collection Is
one Of the finest in England. Mr..
worthington alone will place on ex-
hibition rarities valued at moro than
s250,00 while the estimated value of
the stamps which Mr.. Duveen is from
sa5a.o00 to 100000.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

some advisers with brains. you bone
heads!" biazed BIZ Cracken. II remem-
Der myself that old franchise reads that.
II they are still in operation and carry
ing passengers at the time Of the expi-
ration Of their franchise, they have the
right to a renewal"
They have TO make round trip to
make Il stiok," suggested Cracken's most
expensive lawyer.
"That's right" agreed Cracker. "Chief.
can't we disperse that riotT'
I'VE couldn't mass enough men,"
growled the chief I've been asking five
years for more men"
'aThen telephone somebody In a hurry
10 pull a ten blow fire alarm down Ball
more Avenue!"
The chief shook his head. but he
walked over to the police telephone box
on the corner, unlocked II, and tele-
phoned.
Five minutes later there was wild
changing of fire bells, and the mad gal
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
Of his rowing search.

Of his rowing search.
you mustn't mind If mother and
stare at you" laughed Miriam Father
has talked Of you so much today that
he is to blame II We should happen to
seem rude"
'-I don't blame you myself" declared
Tom Dennison. Johns q marvel! I'm
going 70 adopt him"
That's very kind OF you" returned
John amiably. 'You have a wayward
son, though You'll scarcely ever know
where am"
NONSENSE laughed Tom Dennisnn.
You're going TO stay right here and take
an important part in my traction busi-
mesa"
John Ames cast another glance at the
beautiful Miriam Dennison, but il was
only a heeting one He had had his deep
look into her eyesi
NO" he smilingly refused. and Tom
Dennison, who knew men. caught the
finafity in his tone mo, must move
on"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

lop Of fire horses down all the avenues
leading TO Baltimore Avenue and Twelfth
Street
Bill Cracker and his advisers Jumped
In Bills machine and hurried to the
scene Of confiagration. But that was an
abortive attempt The fire engines had
clustered block each way on Twelfth
Street, on both sides Of Baltimore Ave-
nue., and the confusion was a failure,
so far as Jerry Summer was concerned.
Baltimore Avenue was too much torn
up 10 permit the passage of fire engines,
and they left a clear lane for Jerry's
rickety old stage! Jerry drove II un-
molested down to Monument Square,
while Bill Cracker, setting his wits 70
work, devised heavy barricades against
the return trip.
He was q genius, after all. was Bill
Cracken, for he executed a brilliant ma
neuver on Baltimore Avenue, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets. He
remembered a water main valve which
had been uncovered by the sewer ex-
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
Radium Preparations.
From the London Opinion.

From the London Opinion.
Industrial journals report a marked re-
duction in the prices of radium prepara-
tons of late. The total production of
radium bromid per year is between and
3 gm. In 1911 the radium preparations
produced by the Austrian Radiumprae-
paratefabrik amounted to al gm., con-
tanning 2.6f7 gm. Of pure radium chlorid,
valued at S214, 800 Early in the present
year radium bromid sold at s1O5 per milli-
gram in Germany. In July, however,
sales were made in Vienna at about half
that price AS a reason Tor this decrease
Is attributed the fact that mesothorium,
as well as radiothorium, have begun to
be employed in place of radium, especially
In medicine. Mesothorium more active
than radium can be obtained at a cost
OF only s32 per milligram. Although the
life Of mesothorium is short, by mixing it
with radium salts, a long-lived prepara-
ton is said to be obtained.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

a half hour after the work began. In
revenge for being disturbed at that un-
earthly hour. BIZ cracken turned out
tne Mayor, the Chief of Police, the City
PROSECUTOR, and the three lawyers, but
they did not see much to be done. The
men were only shoyeling dirt from the
center OF the street. and by the time a
nasty injunction was secured, though no
one knew why they were getting It, the
men had quit
BIZ Cracken himself was downtown
When the crew left the work, and.
standing at the turning Of Irving Road
into Baltimore Avenue, he was ponder
ing heavily on his new development,
when a strange procession came down
from Houston Pike. 1t looked like an
army at first, an army Of half a thou
and workmen, with their shovels over
their shoulders, and, right in the midst
ot II, drove the strangest vehicle which
Plainsberg had seen in many a year.
II was one of the old green coaches
OF the Houston Pike stage line, rattling
The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

I Of a fine Corot- And his fad had this ad-
vantage. You can place pair Of oil
paintings in a room and leave them there
for ages, and you will never have another
oil painting unless you buy one; but II
you place a pair of guinea pigs In a
room-then, as Rudyard says SO often
that is another story.
Suddenly Mr.. Silas Boggs stood up
right and shouted aloud in Joy. He
hoped around the woodshed on one leg,
clapping his hands and singing. Then he
knelt down again and examined more
closely the little spotted creature that
caused his joy. 1t was true, 5eyonl
doubt! One of his pigs had presented
him with something the world had never
known before-a Iop-eared guinea pig:
His fame was sure from that moment He
would be known TO all the breeders Of
guinea pigs the world over as the owne'
Of the famous lop-eared spotted beauty.
He christened. her Duchess on the spot,
not especially because duchesses have
lop-ears. but because he liked the name.
That was in the days before peo-
Ka-bosko and Ogeta Jaggon. and similar
made to-order names.
To Mr.. Boggs, in the midst of his Joy,
came a thought; and he fervishly raked
out with his hands the remaining newly
born guinea piglets, examining one after
another. oh, joy! He almost tainted!
There was another lop-eared pig in the
litter; and what filed his cup to over
flowing, he was able to christen the sec
ond one Duke!
At that moment Perkins walked into
the woodshed. Perkins at that time had
room in the Silas Boggs mansion, and he
entered the woodshed merely to get an
armful of wood with which to replenish
his fire.
well, Boggs," he remarked in his
cheerful way-and 1 may remark that
since Perkins has become famous every
advertising agent has copied his cheerful
manner of speech, so that the ad. man
who does not greet you with a smile no
longer exists.
We'll, Boggs," he remarked, more
family ties, see. Great thing, family
ties. What is home without sixty-eight
guinea pigsT'