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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LDS BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The childrens revolt is wellfound-
ed Their tender little 'insides' are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup OF Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 50.cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
TELLS OF TENSE MOMENTS
Man Of Prominence Had Twe, an0
Their Causes Were Of Widely
Different Beginnings.

1heard prominent Cambridge man
tell Of the two most tense moment
OF his life yesterday, says q CORE.
spondent Of the Boston Journal. But
the tension In each case was differ
ent.
Il doubt II I ever shall forget either
OCCASION" he said, refectively. They
were big moments.
THE first was when I was in COZ
lege. was captain Of the baseball
team that year. We came to the end
OF the ninth. We needed one run to
tie the score and anothse to win the
game. Two men down and two on
the sacks when I came to bet. And
for once in my career / did 1t. l
lined out q three-bagger, right over
the railroad track. When felt 1t 90
we'll, that was one occasion.
And the other" He chuckled, but
slow flush crept over his cheeks.
1T was thirty years ago, soon after l
left college. I went over to see a girl
| thought was pretty nice and to meet
her folks for the first time went
on Sunday. All the men were away.
And they had duck for dinner" He
stopped. Ever carve a duck?" he
asked meaningly. mo. neither had ]
before. Nor have since" His blush
deepened. II never even went to see
that girl again." he added plaintively.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
Pllzer Was Shooting to KIN.

then, Eugene convulsively threw up
his arms, dropped his rife. and
Whirled on his heel. AS he went down
his hand clutched at his left breast
and came away red and dripping.
After one wild backward glance, Pc
terkin plunged ahead.
"Eugene!" Hugo Mallin had stopped
and bent over Eugene in the supreme
instinct Of that terrible second, sup.
porting his comrades head
"The bullet Is not-made-" Eugene
whispered, the ruling passion strong
to the last. A flicker Of the eyelids. a
gurgle in the throat, and he was dead
Here. you are not going to get out
this way!" Fracasse shouted, in the
irritation Of haste, Shaping Hugo with
his sword. go on! That's hospital
corps work"
Hugo had a glimpse of the captains
rigid features and last one of Eu
genes, white and still and yet as II
he were about to speak his favorite
boast; then he hurried on, his side
glance showing other proserate forms
One form a few yards away half rose
to call Hospital" and fell back
struck MORALLY by second bullet.
That's what you get II vou forget
Instruction. said Fracasse with nc
sense Of brutality, only professional
evaporation. Keep down. you wound
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
T1eI.ast Shot
FREDERICK PA LIN K
(Copyright. 1914. by Charles Scribner's Sons)
SYNOPSIS.

At their home on the frontier between
she Browns and Grays Marta Galland ana
her mother, entertaining Colonel Nester-
ling OF the Grays. see Captain Lahstroh'
staff intelligence officer Of the Browns
injured by a fall In his aeroplane Zen
years later. Westerling, nominal vice put
real chief Of staff, reinforces South La
Ttr, medtates on war. and speculates on
the comparative ages of himself and Mar
ia, who Is visiting In the Gray capital
Westering calls on Marta. She tells MN
OF her teaching children the follies OF war
and martial patriotism, begs him 10 pre-,
vent war while he Is chief Of stan. ana
predicts that II he makes war against the
Browns he will not win. On the march
with the SD OF the Browns Private Stran-
sky anarchist, decres war and played
out patriotism and is placed under arrest.
off LanstrOn calls on Marta at her nome
He talks with Teller, the gardener. Marta
tells Lanstron that she believes teiier TO
be a SOY Lanstron COnfesses 1t is true
LanstrOn shows Marta a telephone when
Teller has concealed In secret passage
under the tower for use to beneht the
Browns in war emergencies. l.anstron de-
clares his love for Marta. Nesterling and
the Gray premier plan to use trivial in
ternational affair to foment warlike pa
tri0tism in army and people and strike be-
fore declaring war PartoW, Brown chlel
OF staff. and Lanstron. made vice. discuss
soa trouble. and the Brown defenses. Par-
"als his plans to Lanstron.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
NEW IN NATURAL HISTORY
DonaId's Sharp Eyes Had Noticed
Animal That None of the Class
Recognized.

The class Of little people were tell.
ing stories In geography recitation.
Each one was allowed to describe an
animal and the others were to guess
the name Donald anXiously awaited
his turn. When 1t came he began with
enthusiasm: why, it's a great. big,
clumsy animal with a thick hide and
a tail like a rope. 1t has little eyes
close together, big, iappy ears, long
trunk"
Here he was interrupted by many
eager to guess.
"An elephant" shouted the first boy
permitted to speak.
NO." said Donald, stolidly.
The class searched their brains for
other guesses and even the teacher
was puzzled. Finally all gave up"
and Donald was aked the name.
why, I see pictures of it every
day in the paper and so do you. It's
q Cop"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
CHAPTER TX.
The Baptism Of Fire.


All the landscape In front OF Fra
casse's company seemed to have been
deserted; no moving figures were any
where In sight; no sign Of the enemy's
infantry.
Family the town clock was heard
striking the hour From eight to nine
and nine to ten Fracasse's men wait
ed; waited until the machine was
ready and Westerling should throw In
the clutch; waited until the troops
were in place for the first move before
he hurled his battallons forward.
They did not know how the captain at
their back received his orders; they
only heard the note OF the whistle,
with command familiar to trained
instinct on the edge of anticipation. 1t
released spring in their nerve-cen-
ters. They responded as the wheels
respond when the throttle is opened.
Jumping to their feet they broke into
run, bodies bent, heads down, like
the peppered silhouette that faced
Westerlings desk. What they had
done repeatedly in drills and maneu-
vers they were now doing in war, me-
chemically as marionettes.
Come Oh! The bullet is not made
that can get mel Come on!" cried the
giant Eugene Aronson.
Nearly all felt the exhilaration of
movement In company. Then came
the sound that generations had drilled
for without hearing; the sound that
summons the imagination OF man in
the thought Of how he will feel and
act when he hears it; the sound that
Is everywhere like the song snatches
Of bees driven whizzing through the
air.
That's 1t! We're under fire! We're
$50 ~'" flashed a crooked light
ming recognition OF the sound +bro,,oh
every brain. 'ousN
There was no sign Of the enen>r
no telling where the bullets came
from.
Whish-whish! Th-ipp-whing! The
refrain gripped Peterkin's imagination
with an unseen hand. He seemed to
be suffocating. He wanted to throw
himself down and hold his hands in
front of his head. While Pilzer and
Aronson were not thinking, only run
ming, Peterkin was thinking with the
rapidity Of a man falling from high
building. He was certain only that
he was bound to strike ground.
AN inch is as good as a mile!" He
recollected the captains teaching.
"Only one Of thousand bullets fred
in war ever kills a man"-but he was
certain that he had heard a million
already. ne fuuKou esOaa1s.A.s.relA
that he was still keeping up WITH EW
gene and felt the thrill Of the bravery
of fellowship at sight Of the giants
flushed, confident face reveling In the
spirit of a charge. And then, just
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
His Own Fault.

"Sir, your daughter has promised to
become my wife"
We'll, don't come to me for sympa.
thy; you might know something would
happen to you. hanging around here
five nights a week."-Houston Post.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use Of cutlcura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant
supercreamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth.
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp Of dandruff and itching and the
hands Of chapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with 32.p.
Skin Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. Y, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
RUB-MY.TlSM

Will cure your Rheumatism and all
kinds OF aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. AntissptIe
Anodyns. Price 25c.-Ady.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
Ono Viewpoint.

Observation-Disclosures farming 10
. very important industry in Australia
Mrs. Hemmandhaw-FAncy hoeiAa
. kangaroo.-YoQnptovn Telegram
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

An egotist is a person who feels
sorry for the people who don't like
him.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

Peace at any price" is a mans
motto. A woman wants it at bargain
rates.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

Many a man who boasts Of being the
soul Of honor needs half soling.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

Always use Red Cross Ball Blue. DELIGHTS
the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
listened, spread and increased In vol

ume.
Go on--on to the end Of the oath!
It will take only moment said
Marta resolutely. ut isn't much, but
it's the best we can dol"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

is safer, however, gradually to dimin-
ish the work so that during the last
few weeks only the lightest kind Of
work is done.
If pasture is available, the mare
may be turned out about two weeks
before foaling. II pasture is not avail
able, she should be given a good
roomy box stall. There need be no
radical change in the feed, except that
the ration of the mare should be
lightened shortly before foaling and
made more laxative. For this purpose
an addition of bran and a decrease Of
other grain feeds is very satisfactory.
When the mare is again put to work
the foal may either be left in the
stable or allowed to follow. If left
in the stable, it will be necessary to
return the mare in the middle of the
forenoon and likewise in the after
noon for the colt to suck. Never allow
the foal to suck when the mare is
very warm, for the milk at that time
is quite apt to cause digestive disor-
ders in the colt. The foal should be
allowed access to the dams grain in
order that it may learn to eat as
soon as possible. The foal may be
weaned at six months of age, and if
it has previously been eating grain,
no great setback will occur The mare
can usually be bred with greater GER
tainty of success on the ninth day
after foaling than at any subsequent
date.
Care of the FoaI After Weaving.
AS exercise is of prime Importance
for the proper development of young
animals the foal should have pasture
or paddock in which to exercise. Ac-
cess to a barn or shed should be pro-
vided as protection against storms.
The feed of the foal may be similar
to that which the mare was receiving
before the foal was weaned. The
weaned foal should have two to three
pounds of grain per day and what
hay it will eat A grain mixture con
sisting of two parts of ground oats
two parts Of corn meal and one part
of wheat bran, by weight. may be fed
If oats and bran are not available 6
mixture consisting of seven parts corr
meal and one part cottonseed mea
may be substituted. All Of the legu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
rHILD)JII1 WAY !
LuERI}OlFIEElI LEIBl
FIGURE COST OF BAD ROADS
Hauling Produce More Expensive
Here Than in European Countries
Total HauIage Expense.

American farmers have begun to
figure the matter of roads a little diff
ferently than in former years" says
President Claude S. Briggs Of the
Briggs-Detroiter company Of Detroit.
when the good-roads movement was
in it's infancy they used to ask them
selves How much will good roads
cost me-? Thanks to the intelligent
propaganda of the daily and farm pa
pers as well as other agencies farm
ers are now asking themselves HOW
much are bad roads costing me"
According to government experts
the cost Of hauling a ton of farm prod,
uce a mile varies from seventeen
cents in localities where fairly hard
gravel roads exist to thirty-fve cents
a ton in parts of the country where
the roads are in poor condition. On
the other hand, in those European
countries where hard roads prevail
the cost is as low as nine cents ton
a mile. The department of agricui'
ture has estimated that the total haul
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
EXPLAINING SONGS OF BIRDS
Beautiful Notes of the NluhtnusI.
for Instance, Are Inspired by
PaternaI Love.

1t is generally assumed that a bird
sings because he is happy, but SCI
ence goes deeper for an explanation
of the why and wherefore of the
birds song. Natures optimistic ioy
in constructive progress is expressed
in the singing Of the male birds who
charm their mates to further Their
wooing, and continue after eggs are
laid to encourage the fulfllment Of
Matching.
The song stops when the little birds
come out of the shell. The nightin.
gale, for weeks during the period Of
nest-building and Matching, charms
his mate and human ears near him
with the beautiful music of his love
song. But as soon as the little night
ingales come from the eggs the song
changes to a sort Of cultural croak,
implying anxiety and sense of respOR
sibility.
If the nest and contents were de-
stroyed the nightingale would at once
resume his beautiful song to inspire
his mate to help him. build another
nest and start all over again the lOr.
ing work Of being fruitful and multi
plying.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
.CALONEI- WHEN BILIOUS? MOI! STQPI
ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE on LIVER
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone viii Give You the Best w
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever HadDOesn Make You SckI

Stop using calomel! 1t makes you
sick. Don't lose d days work. If you
feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti'
pated, listen to me!
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones,
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that aW-
full nausea and cramping. If you feel
"all knocked out" if your liver is tor
pid and bowels constipated or you
have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, if breath is bad or stomach
sour just try a spoonful of harmless
Dodsons Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
PRACTICE OF CREAM GRADING
Better Material Is Secured for Cream
cries and lnsures Better Product
for the Consumer.

'By R. MCANN, State Dairy Inspector
of Colorado)
The old system of spelling good
cream with bad by mixing the two
is a practice to be relegated to the
past. Consumers, manufacturers and
producers alike should demand and ex-
pect that progress or a lead be made
q products and manufactures of their
spectiYe community and state.
while cream grading is a compare
lively new measure in many of our
b0fiering states. it has apparently
proved beyond doubt It's value in many
respects, the foremost Of which are:
Securing a better material for cream
cries; placing an incentive and reward
yfgfe the production Of good cream by
difference in price received for first
grade cream over that for second
grade, and insuring better product
Igr the consumer, thereby increasing
tco&sumption and demand for products
manufactured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Champion Belgian Stallion.

minous hays if of good quality, such
as alfalfa clover, and cowpea hay, are
good for the foal AS the foal becomes
older a more liberal grain ration
should be provided. A yearling foal,
to grow properly, will need four or five
pounds of grain per day in addition
to what hay will be eaten.
There is no single factor in agricul-
tural production on the average farm
that is of greater Importance than
good horse or mule power This pow
er can usually be furnished more
cheaply by the production of needed
animals in that particular locality
than by purchasing them from remote
localities. In home production there
is also the added advantage of pos
sessing animals which are thoroughly
acclimatized. Therefore if you are
the owner of good mare do not fail
to breed her either to a good stallion
or a good jack
If the mare is of the light type,
breed her to good stallion of one
of the light breeds; and if of a draft
type, breed her to draft stallion.
The progeny of a light mare bred to
draft stallion or of a draft mare to
light stallion is usually nondescript
that is not fitted to any particular
field and will not command the price
of either high-class light or a high
class draft horse. BY the light type
is meant horses of the Standardized,
Thoroughbred, American Saddle, and
similar breeds; by the draft type is
meant horses Of the Percheron, Bel
gian, Shire, Clydesdale and similar
breeds. In breeding to jack, mares
of almost any kind may be used if
sound, the best mules, as a rule, be-
ing produced from the mares with the
most weight and finish. The produc-
ton of inferior animals of any kind is
seldom profitable.
The department of agriculture,
Washington, D. c., will send free of
charge, to anyone who applies, the
following bulletins:
No. 40. Principles of Horse Feed.
ing.
No. 619. Breeds of Draft Horses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
WATER GLASS AND IT'S USE
Solution of Sodium SiIicate Is Excel
lent for Preservation Of Eggs.
Liquid Form Best.
(By CHARLES E. FRANCIS. Oklahoma

(By CHARLES E. FRANCIS, Oklahoma
Experiment Station.)
The chemical name for water glass
is sodium silicate or silicate of soda
1t may be obtained in granular or
powdered form and as it Is somewhat
difficult to get into solution | would
advise the liquid form which may be
obtained for about fifty cents a gal
lon.
This is strong solution, 40-42 de-
gTees, about the consistency OF mo.
lasses.
The following formula may be used
for preserving eggs: To ten quarts Of
water which has been boiled and
cooled add one pint Of water glass
and stir thoroughly.
Place the solution in a Jar or tub
and add the fresh eggs in sufficient
quantity to have at least two inches
of the solution above the eggs. This
quantity should be sufficient for about
five dozen eggs.
Water glass may be bought from
any of the large drug firms.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
count" TOO ABSENT MINDED
Principal Reason Why One Interna-
tional Marriage Was Permanent
Iy Called Off.

Henry P. Dawson of the Morgan
banking firm was talking about inter-
national marriages:
Well" he said, Il know Of one in
ternational marriage that failed,
thank goodness, to come off. The girl
was the daughter of a Paint Rock
millionaire. The man was a count, a
Spanish count.
"The count was absent minded.
That was his undoing. The girls
father gave a dinner for him in the
Paint Rock castle overlooking Paint
Rock, and at the dinners end the
count got up to light a cigarette, and
then, by jove, started to remove the
plates.
"The guests watched him in an
open-mouthed silence. His napkin
slung over his arm, he had got nearly
all the plates removed when his mil
lionaire host said to him gently:
awake up, George. You're not
waiting in the beanerY now, you
know. You're pretending you're a
count in Paint Rock. Wake up, man,
for gracious sake!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
SLOW IN TAKING ADVANTAGE
Certain Loss Due to Bad Roads Made
Apparent When Shedding Ts Good
During Winter.

The heavy SHOWS and excellent sled
ding serve to emphasize what might
be accomplished If good roads pre-.
vailed all over the country. Farmers
can take their bobs and put on twice
as heavy loads as IL possible at other
times. It is not argued, of course,
that with roads as smooth as a dance
hall floor the teams could pull on
wheeled vehicles the loads they do
now on bobs. But there is a certain
loss due to bad roads that is made
all the more apparent by the ease
with which transportation is made
when the shedding is good, says South
Bend Tribune. And to think that for
all these years nature has been show.
ing us the advantage of good roads
and we have been so slow to take the
hint! 1t should make us ashamed Of
our blindness and stupidity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

prepared by the U. S. Department Of Ag-
riculture)
The destruction of horses in the
countries now at war is enormous, and
when peace is declared and for many
years thereafter there will no doubt
be a great demand for horses for agri-
cultural and other work. The farmer
who has surplus horses at that time
will be in a position to obtain good
prices.
The United States department of
agriculture has recently distributed
throughout the cotton belt infoTma-
tion regarding horse and mule raising
in the South, which should be of use
to cotton growers whose crop has
been affected by the present crisis,
and who now wish to diversity their
farming because of this. These farm
ers are advised particularly to keep
their best mares to work on the farm
and raise colts at the same time. They
will then be able to raise horses for
their own work as we'll as to take adj
vantage of the home and foreign mar
kets.
Many brood mares are overworked,
while many others are kept too close
ly confined. The mare may be safely
worked to within two weeks of foaling
if good care is used to see that she
is not overworked or injured in some
other way 1t is not unusual for
mares which have been worked to the
date of foaling to foal successfully. 1t
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

spoonful and if it doesn't straiebt.,
you right up and make you feel frs
and vigorous | want you to 20 back ;.
the store and get your money DoS
sons Liver Tone is DESTROYING N,
sale Of calomel because it is real live,
medicine; entirely vegetable, tberefor.
it cannot salivate or make YOU sick
guarantee that one spoonful =,
Dodson's Liver Tone will nut Won,
sluggish liver to work and clean von,
bowels of that sour bile and consti
pated waste which is clogging Won,
system and making you feel miserable
l guarantee that a bottle of Dodson'o
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
lily feeling fine for months. Give II "a
your children. 1t is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant tasia