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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21

,oue,rv Mated ware and trinke.s'
such as they knew would be IN ue
mand wherever Orientals were u +e
found and as a GROWING stroke VI
good luck, they secured the agency io'
a large watch manufacturing concei"'
Then they engaged passage OH "n
east.sailing vessel, packed their pass
and baggage, sent their ware mo
the hold of the ship and for one 1901
isb day on the eve Of their departure
thought they had done all that was
necessary. u.,o
They CHANGED to meet a man VINO
had been in China and knew some
thing about the methods of the Jul
try. .o
"Dinner togs-dress SUITS echoed
Rosencrantz, looking anxiously at
Reagan, Dinner toys were included
in their dreams of things Whlch
would be added unto them after they
had won success but which had nc
part in their present wardrobe. ""ha'
should we do with dinner toys!
"Only this explained the maj VINO
knew "the Chinese merchants have
been doing business with English
men, who have educated them to ex-
meet q man to dress for dinner. me
| English always do, you know, and II
Won expect to get in with these mer
chants and compete with the English
men YOU will have to do as they do"
When the two young men were
alone they regarded each other sadly
I'VE have spent all u money,
Keegan," sighed R~osencrantz, but II
we must we must"
So together they went sorroWfully
to the place in San Francisco where
dinner togs were least expensive II
was a serious matter, for when they
had provided themselves with the
new articles OF apparel they had but
$50 in the world to speed them or
their venture. They had not beer
long in China, however. before they
realized how fortunate had been this
eeleventh-hour warning, and how wise
they had been in needing it.
Succeeded From the Start.
Luck was with them from the start
They stopped first at Honolulu
where they managed to sell goods
upon which the commissions amount
ed to 81, 500. Then they went on t
Japan, where they received a checl
for another $1,000, and from that tim
on they were never in need Of funds
In China they made their creates
success because they understood tn
language, although at first the pro:
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21
Presidents Name Governors.

Alexander Hamilton was defeated IN
his attempt to give the president OF
the United States the power to ap-
point the governors Of the states. ID
spanish.American countries his ideal
is generally realized, Edward Alsworth
writes in the Century.
The president Of Colombia appoints
the governor of each department, and
the governor appoints the projects and
MAYORS. The president of Peru ap-
points the projects, these the subpre'
fects and the latter name the govern
ors. Reports flow up this official stair
case and orders flow down, so that the
whole administration dances to Limas
piping.
IN Chile there 10 a complete chain
from president through intendant. gov
n and ~subdelegate to inspector.
There ave municipal councils for cities.
but nowhere is there a place LOT tne
county, as we know 1t, electing Ns
avn prosecutor, Judge and sherin.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21

pect was discouraging. They found
that most Of the agents for imported
goods were Englishmen who under
stood little or no Chinese. These
men dealt with wholesale dealers
who employed native interpreters. So
when Keegan and Rosencrantz ap-
peared, young Americans selling a
new line of goods, the wholesalers
favored the established English
agents, and Keegan and Rosencrantz
made few sales.
Let's play a trick on the English
agents." suggested Rosencrantz to
keegan. Lets 60 straight to the
Chinese merchants, talk to them with
out an interpreter and sell the goods
cheaper than they can get them from
the wholesale dealers because we can
cut out the wholesale dealers COM
mission"
Even this was not always easy to
do, but the young men had boundless
enthusiasm, and in the end it was a
policy which brought them success
From China they went on to India,
and before long they we're dealing in
various lines Of American-made goods
always working directly with the mer
chant and leaving out of considera.
ton the middleman.
A dozen years after this first ven.
ure In the Orient the names Of
keegan and Rosencrantz were well
known in business circles in japan
emma, India and Australia, and he
SIDES dealing in everything from
watches to wireless apparatus, the,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21

made. On this road the Chinese Jug
glers overlook me and camped very
near where | slept one night. was
amused to see the old conjurer VINO
had juggled the steaming samoVar out
of thin air hunting mournfully for bits
of wood and roots to make thai same
amoya boil in real earnest.
Next day l came to the village OF
Jaiman Terekti and its remarkable
enery The River Baskau flows De-
tween extraordinary banks, great bare
rocks all squared and architectural IL
appearance giving the impression
immense ancient fortresses over the
| stream. These squared and shelVeo
rocks are characteristic of the country
side and the geological formations
and they give much grandeur to what
| otherwise are quiet corners.
Among the Cossacks.
Lepsinsk is what the Russians call a
medvezhy ugolok, a bears corner, a
place where in winter the wolves
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21
BROTHER s0GGY WAS HURT
Will Leave 1t to Anybody If He Has
Not a Grievance Against
Materia Medica.

Dat new.come white doctah am a
swin'le, sahr!" disgruntedly stated
Brother Soggy. "Uh-kaze why: Loogy
what he done to me! He No, san,
he didn't medicate me none, but felt
de 'fects O de treatment, all de same!
It's de way he 'luenced muh wife DAT
Is hoorawin' bout.
"De lady was all run down and SO
puny dat she couldn't do a good ]oo o
washin' no mo-, and de white 1olks
'gunter kick and r'ar bout it %scanlous.
/ chided her and slapped her round
but it didn't do no good-she dess
nachly 'peered to have done lost her
ambition. Well, den, l calls in dis yum
white doctah-young scoun'el dat had
been gravitated fun college bout a
yeah, and thought he was smaht!-
and he popped some sawt-uh remedy &c
her dat raised her ambition twel she
'nounced dat she wouldn't do no mo
rwasurn~.r.-a~~fEalfe her YtentiUnsto
Qe oversight uHu
round to fix muh proclamation in hel
mind, and-uh-law-suzz!-she dess
hauled off and damned me! Lammet
me, she did, every time mentioned
de mattah, and promised to beat m
to death if l didn't shut muh mou
and go to work.
"Lemme ak yo', what kind-uh BON
nable trick was dat for a white pussol
to play on a po' cullud man and rol
him of his only invisible means OF sup
pot? Dat doctah am a scamp, and II
tell him So, dis minute, too, If l dldn'
owe him two dollahs for dat call b.
made on muh wife! l sho' would!'-
Kansas City Star.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21

Pm HIS travels through Asiatlc
Russia, the land of Cossack ana
Kirghiz, Stephen Graham found
much of interest, and in Country
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21
Approval.

"Of course, you are aware that the
king has discontinued the 49, Of al.
coholic b~everages?"
Its high time. A ma with a par.
ticular job on his hands like a Kings
should never have been allowed to
touch liquor in the first place.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-21

have reaped additional harvests by
importing precious stones from the
Orient to the United States.
One thing Keegan and Rosencrantz
had impressed upon them during their
wears of experience in the Orient
no matter how successful American
push and bluntness may be in this
country. it is different in the far East,
There the trader must be keen, po-
lite, diplomatic and leisurely. He
must above all else, understand the
~neculiar temperament of the Oriental,
and the first Lesson of this difficult art
Keegan and Rosencrantz learned as
mere boys in the streets of San Fran
| cisco's Chinatown.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
ETIQUETTE OF THE WEDDING
Certain Points That Should Be OBJ.
served in This Most Solemn of
All Ceremonies.

A wedding should not be an affair
of show and lavish gorgeousness. 1t
should not be a time of ostentatious
and elaborate decorations. 1t ought
to be a sacred ceremony, set to that
loveliest If wedding music, 1.-The
Voice That Breathed Ger Eden
Sweetness, ~sacredness, solemnfty-
these three words give the keynote
of the properly impressive wedding.
AS fer clothes, the rule is simple
for bride, bridegroom or attendant.
Wear clothes that would be suitable
ding. A morning wedding is best
dressed in formal street attire. An
afternoon wedding needs the formal
afternoon clothes that would be. worn
at an afternoon reception. Ana for
the evening wedding a white-clad
bride is met by a bridegroom in dress
clothes that ale the proper foil for
her own.
The brides attendants give the
note of color in the procession when
SuS 10 NhilOSloU. III IAO OFOh1hs
they are gowned in low-necked dresses
of soft colorings and seldom wear
hats.
If the afternoon bride elects to be
married in white, the bridegroom still
wears formal afternoon reception
dress-a cutaway coat, gray gloves
gray ascot (fourin-hand) and gray
gloves. His best nan and ushers are
similarly dressed, and generally wear
cloth-topped boots, silk hats and ado
the decoration of a white flower in
their coats.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
IN A SHADOW
Tea Drinker Feared Paralysis.

Steady use of either tea or coffee
often produces alarming symptoms,
as the poison (~caffeine) contained in
these beverages acts with more po-
tency in some persons than in others.
Il was never a coffee drinker,"
writes an Ill. woman, "but a tea drink
or. / val very nervous, had frequent
spells of sick headache and heart
trouble, and was subject at times to
severe attacks of BILIOUS collie.
mo end of sleepless ~nights-would
have spells at night when my right
side would get numb and tingle like a
thousand needles were pricking my
flesh. At times / could hardly put my
tongue out of my mouth and my right
eye and ear were affected.
1.-THE doctors told me to quit using
tea, but / thought I could not live with
out it-that it was my only stay.
had been a tea drinker for twenty-five
years; was under the doctors car for
fifteen.
about six months ago, l finally quit
tea and commenced to drink Postum.
81 have never had one spell of sick
headaches since and only n light
attack of bilious collie. Have quit hav-
ing those numb spells at night, sleep
well and my heart is getting stronger
all the time"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereai-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and Csc pack
ages.
Instant PostuH-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage Instantly, soc and
SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's a Reason" Cor Postum.
sold by Grocers
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
Mhat a Revival Is.

The word revival is often given
a meaning which primarily does not
belong to it. Many emphasize the
conversion of sinners as the essential
element in revival work; but that is
the secondary meaning of the word.
Essentially, revival" means the
quickening Of Gods people. You
cannot revive a dead man. The un-
~regenerate sinner is spiritually dead.
He must be born again. Now. you
may revive a partially drowned body,
or a partially frozen body. The re-
generate souls life often weakens
and wanes, until the fame almost
1ickers out. But IL there be the least
spark of life left, it a be famed
into a flame; and like the apparently
dead cinder in the smithy's forge,
that spark will touch others and
kindle a fame that will enthuse a
church, a city or even a nation. A
revival of religion, then, must logic
ally begin with the church. Such is
the divine order.-Christian Herald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

To prevent YOU window plants from
blooming only on the street side, turn
them occasionally and you will have
the blooms in the room as well. Do
not give foliage plants as much light
as for Towering plants; keep the ferns
in a shady corner; a north window is a
good place.
Use as dry material only we'll rotted
nur To prepare liquid manure to
be applied only after the ordinary wa
tering has been done, take an ordinary
barrel containing one-half bushel of
fresh COW dung and if extra strength
be required add a couple of quarts of
fresh hen manure and cover with wa
ter.
After it has been fermented thor
oughly the coarse material will all set
tie to the bottom and you may fill the
barrel with water and the solution is
ready to be applied to your plants.
An application every two weeks is
generally all that is required for most
plants.
For this process sand is generally
used, or very light soil, as most favor.
able for the formation of new roots.
The geranium is perhaps the easiest
to begin with and a good healthy TOP
should be selected where wood has
formed. Take a sharp knife and cut
below the joint.
Foliage plants are very easily prop.
agated, and every woman can do her
own work of this nature with great
satisfaction.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
disastrous effects of early, cold rain
storms and rough spring winds.
GENERAL FLOWER HINTS

Cut and pile sod for pot compost la.
ter.
Weather seldom affects weeds ad.
versely.
Heavy shade is often worse than
strong sunlight.
Sow seeds for basket plants and
window garden now.
Don't neglect the potted plants; wa
ter well, and shade from the after
noon sunshine.
Prune older, weaker branches from
shrubs and roses that are done bloom
ing, and mulch roots.
Many plants will bear strong sky
light that would be badly damaged
If set in strong sunshine.
Prune out the branches of the dahl
ia to promote development of flowers;
water well, and tie to stakes.
When shade is recommended, dark.
ness or dense shade are not meant.
All plants require a good light.
Root geranium slips now, if you
want winter boomers. Keep growing
thrifty, pinching off all buds until late
September.
Cut flowers of ANIMALS that seed
freely and prolong the season OF
bloom. If allowed to mature seeds
they cease to bloom.
To root hardwood, shrubbery plants
cut Just below the joint. as all slip:
send out roots from the joint, wheth
err soft or hardwood.
Do not make the mistake of roofing
for winter boomers, plants that bloom
only in summer. Some geranium.
bloom more freely than others.
For potted plants that must have
sunshine, set the pots in a ~jardiniere
or set in a box with a packing of mos!
around them to encourage moisture.
Evaporation is rapid; if showers ar,
few, the plants will become stunte,
from thirst; if too much rain. weed
must not be allowed to choke thu
plants.
All shrubby pot plants should be Sc
in a sheltered place, out of doors, witt
good light. but ONE shade during tn
hot season, where strong winds canno
rack them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

E.L.HA III
At the afternoon wedding, the
bridesmaids and maid of honor may
wear hats even if the bride is yelled.
The wedding is particularly the
brides grand occasion, SO a consider
ate bridegroom will let her choose
her own attendants.
A married sister of bride or bride
groom may act as matron of honor.
If neither has a married sister the
bride may choose for this position any
dear friend or relative she chooses to
honor. The matron, like the maid of
honor, is generally a rather young
woman.
The ushers head the wedding pro.
c%essfon, clearing the way for the
brides attendants. After them come
bridesmaids. honor maid, and then
little pages, or flower girls, strewing
flower petals in the path of the bride.
The bride is with her father, or that
male relative who is acting as her
guardian and giving her away. The
bridegroom and his best man have
previously entered by some wide path
and stand at the altar waiting for the
bride.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
GONE THE DAY OF THE sPAT
Ankles Clad in the Daintiest of Gov
ering Is New Mode of the
Moment.

After a period of partial eclipse the
ankle is to become fashionable once
again. In the day of the tight skirt
it showed but shyly and at intervals
and ever then it was frequently en-
cased in the spat. Now that the full
skirt hangs a fair six inches from
the ground, we shall see the ankle all
the time.
Already preparations are being made
to deck it fittingly. At a hosiery
shop one was shown the new stock
Ings, whose colors vary as wine.
These are champagne" said the dain-
ty shop assistant. True chic. There
are claret. That pair is burgundy"
Either you must wear these or fine
silk, with the daintiest of patent-leath-
er shoes, or you must have patent
leather boots with c~ream-colored up
pers. The boots must be made high.
Then you are correct. But spats-
lever more.
Among women me return of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
THE HOUSE PLANTS
By a. q.

In the potting of house plants you
can mix the proper soil yourself if
you know the needs of the different
plants. Take some old blue grass sod
and pile il up until it rots, and you
will have the ideal form of decayed
vegetable matter for the principal
constituent of all kinds of soil for
potted plants. There are three kinds
of potting soil, as follows:
For geraniums and the ordinary va
rieties of blooming plants.-Three
parts loan from the rotted sod, one
part well rotted manure and one part
sand if the soil is heavy.
For ferns, begonias and such foil.
age plants.-Two parts loan, one part
leaf mold or peat. and one-half part
sand If soil Is heavy.
For palms or roses.-Two parts
clay loan and n part well rotted
manure, and sand to suit the texture
condition.
Use the finger test to learn if the
plants need water; when the soil
crumbles easily until dry it needs wa.
ter, when 1t cakes readily there is toe
much water; so do not give the plants
Il little each day, but only water when
needed. Never use a nozzle on the
end of a hose in watering as 1t causes
the stream to pack the soil and injurt
the foliage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
DREW THE LINE AT WIDOWS
School Superintendent of Purityviile
Explained Situation to Young and
Pretty Woman.

We'll, now that | have cen Purity
Vile, ! can see how anybody would
take almost any kind of a chance to
get away"
She's an indianapolis grass widow
clever.
The grass widow went to Purityville
and asked the school superintendent
for a job. He pried into her past like
a detective. nj finally drew from her
that she was a Divorce. The superin-
tendent threw UP his hands.
My dear young woman he said. Il
am sorry that | cannot employ you
We are opposed here t o the employ
ment of widows of both classes. Our
school board has a sort of unwritten
law against it."
The grass widow sighed and looked
out of the window.
But am a widow through no fault
of NINE" the young woman insisted.
1T raj the husband who erred. And.
besides, single women also have been
known to kidnap married men from
their families"
Yes, yes, / know" the superinten-
dent chirped; but the single ones are
not so bright and attractive"
She felt the need of employment,
and had heard that P~urityville was in
the market for school teachers. Now.
Purityville is a nice, live city not far
from Indianapolis, but it has a repu-
tation for following fad reform waves,
local gossip and flutter of municipal
dissension.
No, she didn't get the job.-Indian'
apolis News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
For the Smart Woman.

A simple but decidedly smart spring
costume seen the other day was made
of pin-checked material in black and
white. 1t looked so much like seagull
gray that one had to look twice to
recognize the real color. The skirt
was fuller OF to a band, which formed
the belt, and fell in large godet folds
at the hem. The waist was a plain
little jacket effect.
These little sacques, as they ara
called. recall the early Victorian DAYS
An old pink silk pongee or more is the
favored material. When a small hat
poke effect, and cooked up in the back
is worn with this, it makes a very
piquant costume.
~Serpentine braiding Is very much
worm on the skirts of the new gowns,
Soutache is popular, too, and military
touches are seen in the shape of pau.
lettes, clasps, buckles and such orna
ments.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
HAVE PROVED THEIR METTLE
Soldiers of the Present Day Show
Bravery at Least Equal to That
of Their Forebears.

All the rules have gone smash in
the war. There's an old one in the
British army that you ought to begin
to look to retreat when ten per cent of
the men are down. In ours it is Is.
In all armies it is either 10 or Is. Brit
ish regiments have stuck when 60
per cent were out. German and
French regiments have continued
charging when only a handful were
still alive or unwounded. Men have
eve fought SO bravely as in this war.
The idea that humanity vas getting
soft was the most ridiculous pifle that
ever emanated from a "knocker" of
the good old human race.
In the old times you fought for a
few hours and the battle was over. II
you were uncertain of your courage
you took a drink before you charged
Now you fight day after day; you face
the enemy in apprehension that any
moment a she'll may bury you alive OIL
eviscerate you. Hand grenades are
tossed back and forth like bouquets
It's a wal of nerves, and in this age
of nerves the highly civilized and or
ganized man is standing what would
utterly demoralize a savage.-Freder
lex Palmer in Golfers Weekly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

table Compound, and now | feel like q
different person. l believe there Is
nothing like Lydia L. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound for weak women and
young girls, and / would be glad If 1
could influence anyone to try the medi-
cine, for l know It will do all and much
more than it is claimed TO do" Mrs.
CLARA FRANKS, r. F. d. No. /, Maple
crest Farm, Kasota, MINI.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
be convinced Of the ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
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stantly publishing in the newspapers.
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that Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegeta-
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vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held I'm strict confidence.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
God Comforts the SUFFERING.

God wants to be more to US in
time of keen suffering than at any
other time of our lives. May her
days of suffering be her best days..
prayed one for the pain-racked dis
ease-stricken wife o. a dear friend. A
parents love is never SO tender as
when a little child clings to it through
tears of sorrow, in agony of body or
mind. So Gods love, unsearchable in
it's richness at all times. means most
to US when we cling close to him un-
seeing, in the midst of suffering. The
closer we get to his love and the more
we realize our utter dependence upon
it, the better our days will be. Let
us not rob ourselves of the blessings
he longs to send us in these our best
days of need.-Sunday Schoc. Times