davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Really Nothing New.

In Java Is the great temple Of Boro
sodoer, temple of the many Buddhas,
which WIS unearthed some years ago,
And Is known to have been built In
the NTH century, and right near 1t is
the lesser temple Of Mendoet. Further
north. In the Caroline islands. are the
ruins OF an ancient city whose streets
were waterways just as those of ven-
Ice are today. So when visits are
made to these virgin islands and one
feels almost like q discoverer Of new
lands tits we'll TO remember that there
ID nothing new, even under the trOpi
cal snD.--Exchange
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Peculiar Chinese Music.

Chinese music is not written. The
words of some of the famous songs
have been preserved. hut the music
has heen handed down from father
10 son for generations and goes FAR
back before the day Of the trouba-
dOurs. When music is played it is
played according 70 the memory of the
musician and his ideas Of interprcta.
ton. A musician varies the perform
ance as his Judgment dictates and the
strings. reeds or brass may break in
almost any time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
insist on Recognition.

The best ideas In the world will n0i
work. themselves. Usually the best
things have to be Impressed upon
folks There,s something In human
nature that seems willing to fall for
the nonsense Of life much more readily
than 1t takes OH life's responsibilities.
Call it what you. will. The name you
give Il won't alter the facts. SO the
only thing left is to get under the load
and carry It to success. You must not
ys< Tred. Let others grow weary and
quit. As the leader and reformer you
must trudge on and by your dogged
zeal compel recognition for yourself
and what you stand tor.-Grit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
" ~ g IN a Name7

Af ore tiiu" The pooolr believed
thhf the descendants Of Judas Is
cariOt were living in COrfn. although
those accused Stoutly denied such an.
cestry. In Brazil an efiigy Of Judas
is carried by The school boys to a
ship where sailors hang il from the
yard arm. IN the irc"E church a.
Smyrna once n year there is n cereA
mOny at which a person is paid q
great sum TO imperSonate Judas.
Such Is the feeling of the people that
liable TO retain the name through life.
Boston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Australla,s Prlekfy Pear Pest.

Australia In suffering from a prick
~ pear pest, which takes advantage 81
the rivers as a means Of spreading
Shoots break of from the parent
plant growing along a Stream and the
part is carried downstream to found r
new colony. Thousands Of acres are
being ruined yearly owing to the raw
ages of this plant and no means have
leen discovered Of stopping It's march.
Rolling. spraying and poisons have
proved Intellectual. and IL Is hoped that
science may And some commercial use
for the plant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
hlstorie siIes az nasf.

The energetic press service Of the
United States marine corps sends Us
spletin from Ann Arbor. Mich, with
the following curious, II not important,
information: ...
"A piece Of beefS cooked in 1896 II
stih being carefailytpreserved In n little
silver pitcher by Hdward b. Msnwar-
Ing OF this city. This Is not being kept
IN anticipation /of further increase
In the cost Of beef. but is a genuine
heirloom.
"Serst. Joseph Hobbies Of the Bri-
tish Royal marines saved the piece of
beef. which ~ was eating when as
saulted with an AZ by q cook on q
French vessel which had been cap
tsred ny Lsrd Nelssa at Trafalgar.
The cook missed his aim, bat the
sergeant got the heef. Sergeant Hob.
binS was the great great grandfather
OF Lieut.. Col. Edward II. Manwaring
OF; the United States marine coRps."
From the Outlook.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
The Hassler EEpadition

The HaSSIer scientific expedition
was made in the United STATES coast
survey steamer IIaSSler between Dec
J, 1871, and August, 1872. Z. {. Johnson
commanding. The scientific invcStiga-
Cons were carried on under the charge
of Prof. Louis A@aSsiz. Starting from
Philadelphia, the route embraced the
West Indies, brazilian coast. Strait
of Magellan, and the Pacific coast and
islands TO San Francisco Deep sea
dredgings were made ar all favorable
nninfs
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Few Gnn,ard Folkiore.

The foiHlor" of New Englun,! is not
Confined |" rural communities. NOR to
the iliiteraie--nOt by any mannGr of
heanG. And it's safe 10 say that the
render. K New Englander will not
protest The any manner o; means"
Who in Rhode Island does not know
that "cat-nap" K A,short doZe or that
'whopper" IL big lie? What are
you driving ~ ?" is as staple rs baked
oenns on Sunday morning. and What
are yoii going to tax ne?" is 4 Galiy
inQuiry.-B0ston Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Admonition.

II IS strange thing to behold what
gross errors and extreme absurdities
many, especially of the greater sort
do commit for want Of friend to
tell them Of the great damage both
of their fame and fortune. For as
st. James said, they are as men "that
look sometimes into glass and pres
emily forget their own shape and ia.
Vor." The best thing for any man
70 the admOnition Of q friend.-Bacon
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
For One Lone Blossom.

II you are in need of decorations and
frd but one lone, ShOrtsstemmed rose
on your bush, do not despair. Pick
the flower with as long a stem as pos
sible. Then either tie or wire the
short-stenmed blossom to a longer
stem Of another flower, in this way
there Is no waste on account of lack
of stem. IF you have no other flowers
whose stems you can use, try bit II
the branch Of the plant, or, in lieu OF
better, avail yourself of the hollow
stem Of an artificial rose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Hard 20 Get and KEN,

Years before he had always gone
70 Atlantic City to spend his sum
mer vacation. But the other day. In
the lobby of the Marion club. some one
said to him: Judge. It's about the
time you always go to Atlantic City to
spend the rest Of the summer"
The Judge replied: "Rut I don't
think tn be able to- Quake 1t this year.
The wife says: THE ns,d has the hay
fever. and wc have just got TO take her
and % w In Michigan
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
SpectarIsd Bar Qar.

"A mounied "spectnclrd benr" from
Vsnerue's has been placed ou ex-
hfbition IN the American Museum Of
Natural History In New York city
The animal doesn't really wear spec
tscies u derives Its name from the
gvsyish-whIts markings winning the
eyes u is one of the rarsst species
81 bears known 20 exist and the only
beaR found 10 South America,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Evidently He Never Had

II don't see why you garage men
can't be cheerful and pleasant when
folks come into your place to do busl-
ness with yOu." said the automobile
owner. Mister" replied the garage
employee, 81 guess you never worked
In garage."--Detreit Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Give the Medal TO 6inks.

several years ago" said Blnks, :"
raised some water melons which grew
to IN enormous size. One day a three
masted schooner went aground on th'
mud flats just below my house. / i'm
mediately rolled one Of these hug,
melons to the side Of the stranded
craft, cut the melon in two and enough
Juice cnme out of 1t to Hoat the schoo
ner safely into deep water"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Where tceberqs Originate.

The source Of practically all the Ice
bergs of the arctic and subarctic re.
gions is Greenland. Owing to the
northward SET Of the West Greenland
currents the berGs Of this side are car.
ried first 10 the north and 1t Is only az
about the seventy-fourth or seventy.
9th parallel of latitude that they be-
gin to make their way westward to
come down on the Atlantic side.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Ears and MARRIAGE.

"hy worry because the shape Of
yOur =, ears does not exactly please you?
'ne,r peculiarities probably indicate
soou points In your characte. Ac-
,o,uihg lung to an expert, ears which wiggle
% su,cate versatility Of character, and
IL =, .ney lie close to the head show that
icy can hear the same Jokes year
1n 1u'er year without becoming weary.
nls makes for happy marriaEesi
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Poser for Mother

ihe subject Of the Sunday school
lesson was the golden rule, so during
the next week when little Anna was
nauchty and her mother had to use
her stick real hard and put her In a
chair to reflect. she asked Anna what
she thought about 1t. Anna replied |:
Mother, do unto others as you want
them to do unto you. You don't want
me TO whip you. do you?n
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
sARMER HAD REAL THING
Peculiarly Mean Joke That 10 Said to
Have Been Played on an
Indiana Sheriff.

Say. sheriff." said a voice over the
telephone to the sheriff Of nearby
Indiana county a few days ago, 'this
Ia Ike Stubbles. Well, Jim Stubbins,
a neighbOr of mine that l been havin'
trouble with, II on his way to town
right now with load of white mule.
He's goin' by the ,Cornbread road and
IL you hurry you and your men will
have plenty Of time to ketch him be-
fore he reaches town.
Hes got the mule all covered up
with q canvas tsrpaulip on the back
OF HIS wagon"
The sheriff sw6re In two deputies
and went to the Cornbread road.
The officers saw approaching them
N leisurely fashion a big farm wagon
drawn by two horses that were driven
by man answering the description OF
Stubbins.
Halt, In the name Of the law ~
ordered the sheriff. 'Have you got a
load Of white muleY"
IL sure have. i gotta admit It," re-
piled the farmer VINO by this time
sensed that somebody was being made
the Victim Of a Joke. took fer yerself.
sheriff, under the cover there"
The sheriff raised the tarpaulin and
gazed on the melancholy form of a
real white mule which had passed
away following an attack Of collie and
which even then was on its way to a
reduction plant In the nearby city
indianapolis News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Sklllful NaVIQators.

Theworld has never produced great
er navigators than the early Poly
'nesians, who in their big outrigger
canoes traversed the Pacific north and
south. east and west. Without map
or compass. they pushed north to the
equator and south to the Ice pack. The
white explorer came In the tracks Of
their canoes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Substitute for Gold.

what is said to be serytceahle sub
stltnte for gold T. cbtained by combin.
ing ~ parts Of copper with six parts
or antimony and adding little mag.
neslum carbonate TO increase the
weight. 1t Is sad that this alloy can
be drawn, wrought an0 sodered yery
much like gold and thst It also re-.
ce!ves and retains a golden polish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

Trading between this country anil
Australia Is showing a healthy
growth. according TO figures supplied
TO the department Of commerce by A.
w. Ferrin, trade commissioner, who
Is at Melbourne. They co~er imports
and exports for the first quarter OF
the current year, and shONv the I'm
ports during that period to uhave been
about $27,77S,O0O, against exports to
this country of approximately SIC, $50,
O00. February exports nearly equaled
In value the totals for January and
March. and In that month the OutgOing
shipments exceeded the imports. In
the same month, however. the value
OF the imports was less than half Of
the goods brought In during March.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

Long life In not worth while uuIess n
- ecfSve. Merely TO exist In dull. and
yeOavs contemplxtion OF the imme-
emte environment invites the verdict
setter dead" Men and women who
hepe TO live long and retain their fac.
yitses should. IL a Baltimore physician
10 be believed. take q little thought
- advance for tho work OF the "Sei.
surS ysars. ,Ft
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

Ths First cavalry. stationed at No.
BarsA. Aris. hxs abandoued mules In
favor Of motor equipment, but the
ehasgs n not 90 revolutionary at u
seunds. because you can swear, Just
% 6uenuy at q balky carburetor %
you cen ut q stubborn quadruped. And
70 dses Just N much gocd.-Ths Home
Dscter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Steel and Iron.

steel 10 ; kind OF iron which ean
easiiy be hammered out thin without
esackins and can be made extremely
hard BY being heated and then cooled
vusehly. * r. dsRerent from ordinary
1ron because OF the amount OF carbon
nh. Wrought Iron contains less car.
son than steel and 10 % cannot b
neds % hard; cast iron contains more
~ = brittle. a. -,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
ovsreecalna osasaols..

ObstacicA look lurge or small to the
nan In proportion to his strength and
eetefmination 90 master them. II Q
Ne(ie man. they hook inrgc; II a large
nan. difficulties look small In com
'parison with the advantage OF wha,
% longs Tor and what he proposes
Khe harder things 90 the greater the
sostncis. the greater is the perslstency
and grif to ann!hliste thein.-Orisop
tWStt Aartien In Chicago News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Egyptian Pyramlds.

10 took ~ 0Oo.8I5 slsyos. working
~ hours for three centuries TO
complete tn ramlds OF Egypt. and
the mufnnles exported from them
have no, brought. all told. $1,000. .OOQL
New York Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
. 'De'1titions Of Star,

mama .','" "t ,; al babies receive the same
m,'nT ,,.,','1 at birth. This name is Dang
Gastnnot,e ,,ltr ,,ea''s red and it is the oniy
:, "'S.sn"tlon een' for some months Az hIr,b
ii cord blessed by the nr,os,. "a. =, O.,.n .,,
threa hom u,e outside Of the house and
directions" io"h 10 lucky
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

Mari Jane 'was very proud. and nev.
U liked wearing dresses made from
De- mothers old ones; % when she
ssw Der new baby brother for the orst
tine she remarked 70 her father: Il
wonder hsw he'll like wearin' your Of,
eiothesY'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

We bow to the government Of God,
out We turn agahrst the dssi,ot. Ne
Dan likes to share In the, shipwrecS
"a vessel IN whh:h he has been EN-.
oarked by violence. and which has
huea>stsered contrnry TO HIS wish and
oDeuiou.--Amiel
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Many Like Him.

An uswspapers often have advertise.
nents which could be rewritten advan.
iageously. But II took q church paper
10 OFFER the most original one yet (:
sWanted--A minister who has been
unrr1ed q years is very desirous Of
oooUfing q change"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Cannlbal Fish.

Many fr"Fh-water fish copy the sole
and turn c..nnibal. Pike are the worst
I'm this respect but trout have similar
habits. Almost every pcol IN a. brook
has It's cannibal which accounts daily
for half dozen Of It's yOurger breth-
rem
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

-spesk M evil of any man. oaly
good." woaid " practiced ny. sll men
- shs tine. work marvellous rsvolu
t1SN IN social relations. one most need.
- 10 create mutual confidence. now
vesy much needed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
have You1

Have you noticed with any degree of
alarm that there seem 10 he no young
women these days with ambition to
save money To huy sewing machlncs7 ?
New York Evening sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
Favor independent naulry.

When new family moves into a
pelghbOrhood Its head ought to give a
Biographical sketch Of each member to
the neishbors. so tile latter won't have
to worry about rumOrs. - Toledo
Plodp ....-.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27
New Scale Appe ,rs

Balance scales are accurate only
when leyel. Scales OF new design
are built on new principle which
never vary on this account.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

Table eIsas.s.. Not Tor Them.
tSa. wsh fruit In summer and
hsese In Ninter. constitutes the nour.
ehwent Of the poorer classes In Per-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

II hear thst the auth rules took
Nrs 10 waIlette's child away from
her" "Fsct They said she had too
mach money to raise II properly
Ina
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

FOX SALE-Dort touring car eouip-
ped with bumpers. shock absorbers
"''" extra TIRE. Run only three thou
sand miles. VIII take midaline
cotton at l5c. III. l.. Witherspoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-27

" ANIED--Position a as overseer OF q
Iarm' Thoroughly competent. and
experienced in all kinds of farming.
thcludlng stock, truck, poultry and
power farming. 3S years of ase:
married and can furnish the best
OF references. w. p. Arnold.
Mayesville, S. c., r No. 8.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-12
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it,
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or Bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one 50. ~
But hundreds Of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. BY enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. z, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium ana
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-12
UMPIRES DO NOT USE
NEEDFUL DISCRETION
Plastering Fines for Kicking Is
M Not Well Done.
Some ArbiSers Stand for Murder From
One Team and Won't Permit Play
ers From Another to Make
Slightest Complaint.

The umpires are plastering fines on
players for kicking. This is all very
well If it is done impaItially, but
there are times when some of the ar.
biters seem to stand for murder from
one team while another cannot even
say EXCUSE me" without being chased
in a body to the showers and have
something subtracted from the next
bit of stipend, writes w. O. Mcclellan
in New York Tribune.
OF course, as a lot of magnates de-
clare, we must have discipline in the
great national pastime and, the umpire
lis the representative of law and order
and all that sort of thing. But some
times some of the umpiring Is more or
less rotten and calculated to draw as
loud a squawl from the player as ii
does from the innocent bystander. Mr.
Il. Bipling has said something about
the American inclination to flount the
law he makes or something like this
and this national trait very naturally
creeps into the national pastime, or
else it wouldn't be a national pastime.
II would be an international one like
tennis, where umpire never yet has
been forced to duck pop bottle even
in st. Louis.
1t may be that am an outlaw at
heart, because / am entertained by a
healthy squawk. And If am an out
law for this there are lot Of others
with me. Umpiring requires a J. lot
of discretion. That's why umpires.:are
scarce
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-12
NOTES OF SPORT

Bud Saunders, Haskell football
coach, has resigned TO go to Grinnell
college, Iowa.
S. Y. Hord, '21, of Terre Haute, Ind,
has been elected captain of the Yale
varsity eight for next year.
Elbridge Adams, 81. has been named
captain of the Williams college golf
team for next season.
All of the other countries are busy
telling what fine lot of athletes they
will have at the Olympic games.
1t is said that of the 80 prominent
preparatory school athletes entering
Yale next fall. 10 of them are major
sports captains.
By defeating Johnny Eastman, tie
British champion, Ted (Kid) Lewis
has won the right to call himself vel,
terweight champion of Europe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-12

the temperate species are here repre-
scented by varieties or subspecies which
take the place of the northern types.
The Everglades owe their charac-
teristic features of marsh, sloughs, and
shallow ponds, to. their recent origin
and their slight elevation above the
sea level Their general surface is
not high enough to permit the forma-
ton of deep valleys by eroding
streams; and the water appears to
ooze slowly seward, on the west side
toward the southwest and on the east
side toward the southeast.
Royal Palm State park of course
takes its name from the royal palms
(Roystonia, regia) which possibly form
its chief ornament These splendid
palms often rise to height of 1OO
feet, dwarfing most of their competi-
tors of the palm family. A worthy
rival is the magnificent live oak (Quer-
Gus Virginiana), which sometimes
spreads it's moss-covered branches over
an area 200 feet in diameter. In the
way of curious forest growths is the
poison tree (Metopium taxiferum), a
giant sumach with smooth spotted
trunk; its sap acts very much on the
human skin like the poison ivy of the
north. Another tree to be cata1ogued
among the curiosities is the strangling
fig (Ficus aurea). 1t begins life some
what like a mistletoe, sprouting from
no -
tree. 1t soon sends down threads
which take root when they reach the
ground, and which grow together wher-
ever they touch one another, forming
a meshwork about the trunk of the
host which is strangled to death. The
photographs reproduced herewith
shows strangling fig embracing a
cabbage palm.
The list of beautiful and interesting
trees is long. Some of the more strik-
ing are the gumbolimbo (Elaphrium
simaruba), called West Indian birch
in the Antilles; satinleaf. which takes
its name from the golden brown, satin
like lining of its leaves; the laurel
cherry of the West Indies; a beauti-
full mimosalike Lysolima, usually call
ed wild tamarind, with fernlike foil
age and smooth white trunk the mas
tic tree, or wild olive; the ,bois-fidele
Gncorrectly translated fiddle woody,
and the pigeon plum.
OF course, it Is impossible here to
catalogue the fauna and flora of Royal
~ 70 ,.1y
very interesting specimens some are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-12
Banana Fallacy

1t is the popular idea that bananas
are far richer in nutriment than any
other sort of fruit, and 1t has even
been said that one could maintain life
on bananas alone. Now, as a matter
of fact, bananas are not SO very much
more nourishing than any other fruit
AT the present price we have to pay
they are less valuable as food. Ac-
cording to table on the comparative
cost of total nutrients and energy in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-12

guist, who lived from 1910 to 1879.
He began his career as blacksmith
about 1927, and worked at that trade
for many years, during which time he
made himself proficient in numerous
ancient and modern languages. Ac-
cording to Mathews Getting On in
the World" Elihu Burritt acquired a
mastery of Is languages and % dia-
lects, mot by rare genius, which he
disclaimed, but by improving the bits
and fragments of time which he could
steal from his occupation as black
smith,"