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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
In Daddy's Heart.


At Sunday school Dorothy's teacher
attempted to explain to the children
about keeping their hearts clean and
filled with certain desirable qualities.
She urged them to think seriously
about what they had in their hearts.
Dorothy's hand went up. The teacher
gave her permission to speak.
"My daddy has nutpicks IN ms
heart"
Now the teacher was sufficiently IN
terested In the psychology of the thing
to go to. the mother for the explana-
ton. Dorothy had recently attended
a wedding with her parents. When
they were looking at the wedding pres
ents her mother had laughingly turned
to daddy and said:
aJohn, I wish you would open up
your heart and give me a handsome
set of nutpicks like these"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
pou Got the Rabbit.

Exploration cf caves In South Befk-
shire, Conn, resulting in the discovery
of .stalactites and stalagmites, big white
spiders weaving their webs, bats in
crusted in the crystals and a subTna-
rfne brook, made Jack Newboy Of Len
oxda,e recall the day that he went
rabbit hunting in the Patterson, woods.
Newboy's dog chased a rabbit into
cave. Jack waited outside for re-
suits. He waited two hours, called the
dog, and. getting no results, went
home. He found the dog was at home
and had the rabbit. Pat, his brother,
explained:
81 was fishing on lake not far
from the shore when I heard a commo-
ton in the water near. by and was sur
prised to see a rabbit in the water.
AS reached the spot the dog came to
the surface. swan after the rabbit and
captured im.'-New York World.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
shoveIino Out Gas.

Weighing considerably more than
the atmosphere. the poisonous gases
employed in modern warfare always
seek lower levels. Thus the gas clouds
penetrate trenches and deep dugouts,
and in most cases it IS a matter OF
many hours before they become suf1-
cfentiy diluted with the atmosphere to
permit of safe breathing. So the mat
ter resolves itself into problem Of
driving the. poisonous fumes out OF
the trenches and underground shelters,
or at least thinning them out until
the air is again made safe.
For. this reason American soldiers
now In. France literally Shovel pol
sonous fumes out of their trenches.
Attached to a shovel is a sort Of can
vas scoop or '.iapper" which permits
the men to heave the heavy gases over
the parapets and beat the fumes and
dissipate them in the surrounding
air.-Sclentific American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
WORK FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES
French Scientist Suggests Their Use
in the Reclamation Of War.
Devastated Orchards.

The vigorous growth of wild plants
about she'll holes has suggested to N.
Andre Piedallu novel plan for quick
ly restoring war-devastated orchards.
The vigor Of the weeds is attributed
partly to the assuring Of the soil by
the sheil-ire and partly to nitrogenous
substances introduced. and in the pro-
posal to the French Academy 1t is
concluded that an ideal orchard soil
could be produced by breaking up the
rough surface, with dynamite in such
a way that ferti1izing material would
be driven into the soil. The fertilizer
would be compressed in paper or
ceiluleid cases around cylinders OF. the
explosive, which would be; fred by,
Illuminating charge. Holes for the
cartridges about two feet deep would
be bored with a stick or iron rod, and
in the spherical cavity about 80 inches
deep produced by the explosion, the
young tree would be placed and COW
cred with the fertiiizer-charged soil.
Perhaps some of the enormous stores
of high explosives left over from the
war could be utilized in this way. A
suggestion already made is that the
United States could put to use some OF
Its $4,000, 600 or 1Oo,000,000 tons OF
TINT for reclaimlng arid deserts, irri-
eating bitches being dug and roads
graded by firing trains Of the explo-
sive placed along the surface.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
PLAQUES Not Related.

n. De Brun (Bulletin de facade
mie de. Medicine), having had several
years experience in Syria with plague,
including an epidemic of pneumonia
plague, protests against the view that
pneumonia following influenza may be
related to the eastern disease. In
pneumonia plague the cough is charac.
terlzcd by u quiet. spasmodic expra,
ton, repeated continuously for lons
periods every ten to thirty seconds
and might be- termed u whispering
cough
Instead of the optimism frequent.
manifested on the day before death
IN influenza there is. q distressing con
Scio1sr:.ss of Impending death In tn.
pneumonia plague patient. Nearly ~
cases of the latter plague end fatally.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
National Prayer Days.

The first time the people Of the Unit.
ed States we're called upon to observe
q day Of national prayer was May 3,
,17ss. by proclamation Of President
John Adams. A controversy had aris-
en- between this country and France
and all Americans were called upon
to pray for a continuation of peace.
In 1915, when the United States was
about to. make war on Algiers, Pres
ident Madison proclaimed a day OF
prayer. During the Civil war three
presidential proclamatiens Were issued
appointing days Of prayer for peace
Ia 1860 the authorities called upon the
people to- pray FOR Lincoln. and in 1881
President Arthur proclaimed day OF
prayer to mark the burial of President
Garfield. In the. autumn of 1914 Pres
ident Wilson issued his proclamation
for prayers on 'Peace Sundays"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
DIDN'T KNOW CURLING IRON
Easy 20 Understand That Youthful
Member Of Chicago Jury Was Not
a Married Man.

Every man knows what q curling
iron is, but does every man know
whether or not a curling iron is a
deadly weapon?
The question was raised in Judge
Gucrin's court in Chicago recently in
the Otto Mathis murder trial. Otto
said he stabbed his brother, Edward.
when. Edward attacked him with a
Arling iron. which he thought dan
gerous weapon. The judge ruled de-
scription Of the implement was unnec-
essary, as everybody knew what it
was.
"Sure, know" one spectator whis-
pered to another. "a curling iron is
one of those hot things that burn your
fingers when you are fumbling around
among the things on your wife's dress
ing table" ......
SIT looks like pair of scissors with
wooden handles said the other.
.And it's deadly, too, woman
whispered. "Mazie got hers too hot
the other night and the way it killed
a lot Of her hair was caution"
fortunately" another woman an
swered, "the curling iron hath no mis-
cries that. peroxide cannot cure.'
Assistant States Attorney Daniel
Ramsay insisted there might be single
men on the jury. The Judge glanced
knowingly at the jurors. The young
est looked bewildered. So Judge
Guerin ordered description of the
weapon supplied. The youngest juror
appeared relieved when. he heard what
il was.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
TAUGHT INSECTS TO THINK.
Remarkable Act Of. Scientist That
Hardly Seems Worth the Time
.I* Must Have Taken.

John ". Coghlin has demonstrated
Whit patience and perseverance, will
accomplish, aad has also exploded the
old.ime theory that it was impossible
to teach insects to understand the hu-.
man rolce. and action. Some time since
he had the good fortune to discover q
hill saf Madagascar .neuroptera, or
marching sants, says the Pittsburgh
Press, They were about the size OF
the common June bug and Of a dirty
brown color, and he says that they
are Numerous Ia India and South At
rica-that he can account for finding
a hill .-sf them. in Maine by being
brought there on some vessel. Mr.
CoghIin invited some OF his friends to-
his camp at. Patten's Pond, where he
amused them by putting the saeurop-
tereans 4as5 he: called them) through q
course of sprouts. The way he caused
the little army to go through their
eyofutions was q marvel to oil pres
ent. Marching by twos and by fours,
over inclines and bridges made OF
toofhpicks,. with the regularity OF
trained troops, he. finally caused them
to break ranks by lighting a match
before the leaders. He=says that arti-
fetal light will confuse them; there
fore. they can be made to perform only
In daylight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
NEED FURNl rURE IN GERMANI
Problem Of It's Supply Has Added ons
More 70 the Troubles Of the Gov.
ernmeft.

The German government has 80 Tar
been unable, to find any substitute for
furniture, and has not get had the
te,nerity to ask It's subjects to, follow
the example &C their Turkish allies
and sit on the floor. The result is
scarcity that has caused secondhand
dealers to reap enormous profits.
A secondhand kitchen chair that
formerly cost about so cents now sells
for SIS. An old bedstead that used to
sell for S. now brings $50. Second
hand dealers have secured the country
and old tables and chairs have been
brought from cellars and garrets, but
the demand still outruns the supply
and prices already 1000 per cent above
normal, threaten to go higher.
The problem is likely to become
more acute as soon as the war ends.
Thousands Of couples that married
when the men were called into the
army will wish to establish homes Of
their own. The government has pro-
v1ded many houses IN advance. but
these will be of little use without
furniture.
Some urge that the government
make the same rule regarding second
hand furniture as is now in force in
the old clothes trade; put the. private
dealers out Of business, fix lower prices
and make it a crime for anyone-to sell
the secondhand articles except to the
state.
A number Of capitalists and furni-
ture manufacturers have formed an
association to make new furniture and
sell it at -four per cent above cost on
the Sanstallment plan, requiring one
third Of The purchase price as first pay
ment. The cost OF new furniture, even.
under this arrangement, IS almost pro-
hibihye, because of the scarcity Of ma
teriafs and the high wages. .of labor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Get READY
FOR "Flv'
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
System Purified AID free 'n
Colds by Taking Calotabs,
the Nausea1ess Calemel
Tablets, that are De-
1ightfu1,s Safe and
Sure.

Physicians and Druggists arr advls-
ing their friends to keep their systems
purified and their organs in perfect
working order as a protection against
the return of Influenza. They know
that clogged up system and lazy
liver favor colds, influenza and serious
complications.
10 cut. short cold overnight. and to
prevent serious complications take one
Galotab. at bedtime with a swallow OF
Nater-that s all. No salts: mo nausea
mo gripping, no sicScning afterseffee
Next morning your cold has vanished,
your livcr.i active, your system is pari- {: :.
fed and refreshed and you are feeling
.6ne with a hearty appetite for. break
fast. Eat. what you pleasez-no danger;
Caloeabs are sold only IN erlg1nai
sealed packages. price thirty-fve cents;
Every druggist is authorized to round 'ea1
your money if you are not perfectly
delighted With Calotabs.-lA ADV
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
ONLY Live sokapi In Captivity.

The only live okapi in captivity has
been brought to Antwerp from the
Congo. The okapl is the survivor of
distant ancestor Of the giraffe. An
adult stands about fSe feet high, and
although it has the general shape OF
the. giraffe, its neck is relatively
shorter. and its forelegs are not so high
in proportion to the bindquarters.
The sides Of the animals head are
light fawn color and the general color
alton of. the body is a darl p,.Iple.
The most striking Characteristic is
that the rump, and the upper part OF
the legs are transversely striped with
black and white. 1t was first known
in. 19oa, having been found in the
Semliki forest, haunting low under
growth and swamps.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
American Buys Franklin Portrait

American ssuys Franklin Portrait.
a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
painted ia Paris in 177S By Joseph ST.
fretle Duplessis, and showing him as
fhe American ambassador whom
Parisans .ef that period knew, has ar.
rived in this country, the property OF
Michael Friedsam, the New York Eve
ming Post states. Franklin presented.
the portrait to the Freres Perier, en-
gineers and owners Of the .Chaillot fire
engine. when he left France, and it
was from the Perier family that Mr.
Friedsam purchased 1t this year.
The portrait, whose gorgeous frame
of the periods is carved in: the form OF
serpent, is said to be typical OF the
best work OF Duplessis, who was made
4 member of the academy in 1114, and
was later appointed conservator OF the
museum OF Versailles. In Versailles is
street. called Duplessis, and statue
Of him stands in a public square Of the
city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Whsa Bitter, by a Mad, Dog.

8 When bitten By an animal that is
s1'spectedsss mad, thesbest. thing TO; do,
laccelalng, to- DIS. J.. G. sReEan> and. "A.
ssiEIpan sef4 New York, Nho descrihe1a
yseent;e&xs in Archives OF Diagnosis. ..is
10, ssaeeze:a the wound to encourage
bleeding, wash 1t with q solution %of
.n1escuac, chloride q in 1890 eauter-
size it with fuininE. nitric acid, and APP
ply vet dressing OF the mercurie
chloride solution.
Ihs wound should never be sewn up !;
ne deep punetured wound, it should
be cut epen with 4 sealpel. ese,s
The sooner this treatment is applied
tias slnpre likely it is to be- successful.
Attsrwsrd the. routine Pastear treat
nlent sAeuld be taken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Not Dangerous.

"While you were out west did you
meet with any typical bad menT
II should say so! spent week In
q camp full of the toughest customers
you ever saw-real cowboys who spent
most of their time firing pistols and
careering on their bronchos at break
neck speed"
Didn't you tremble for your life?"
II was q. trifie uneasy at first, but
when saw how a motion picture d.
rector bullied those fellows I plucked
up considerable courage"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
WHERE MOLE BEATS MONKEY
simlan ls csmparatlveIy Helpless In
the Mater, 40 Arc Many ss
- the Land Birds. R

Have you ever noticed a sgull drop
ping on the sea-how It spreads IT'D
wings high 80 that the feathers shall
not be wetted? II a gull's wing feath-
ers get wet 1t cannot rise until they
dry, says writer. in London Tit-Bits.
Throw q mouse into the water. 1t
can swim q litle,>but as soon as its
fur Is soaked dawn it goes, and
browns. So. too, In The. case OF a rab-
bit. As soon as its fur is wet It is
done FOR.
A mole swim like anything, but
\ monkey is very helpless in the water.
Almost al land birds drown very rap
idly Il unIpcky enough to fall into the
water. They strike out with their legs,
mpYe reund and round ia a circle, but
cannot get OF the water.
Lions and tigers sre very good swim
mers, and do not xhare the common
cats' :hatrvdyfor the water. But Of all
the eat tribe, the South American
5sguar is the aaest peEformer in the
water. It seems often to plunge in for
mete JOY y,of a swim.
A rabbit, IS we have said, browns
a. soon as IFS fur Is soaked through,
yet curieusly. enough it's near relative,
the hare, sHims quite. well, and will
often erQas : riysrg when hunted. .:.... {
Bears are good swffnmezs even those
that usually i've Ear from Large sheets
of water, and the common rat is no
mean performer. ees.
One Of fs1e best pf animal swimmers
>. tlse horse. Horses have been known
to swim a river nearly a mile wide
stspIv TO get. back to their old stables.
Deer, too, car all swim well. There
are aases ,nf caribou having -swum
across lakes ten miles, wide when.
escaping from forest fres.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
ALCOHOL GROWS ON TREES
.4lqaia fls4ared ts Bs PIentifu! In
slesms Witch Flourish in Prs-
fusien in india.

Alcohel ip .thsse da5s hss attention
from EpFsr1fnepts in diverse HaJs.
EnElznd &has shxd. q committee study.
IN. he possibilities ef increasing the
production Of alcohol to be used In
generating power.
The opportunities discussed BY the
committee are inteFesttng 0f course,
potatoes, artichokes and cereals came
q Tor astsntton. But it seems there
Ire fess known sources Of alcohol. For
example,s there is the. heWer Of the
Mahua tree, which 4nur1shes In Hy-
degahed 4end the ceasEal part OF India.
This flower, when sun dried, contains
6 per cent OF its weight in ferment-
able sugar, aud apparently is to be
gathered blythe ten. Then there are
the fertile gases of the coke ovens.
They ares rich in surprises to the
everyday man that it is not very start
ling to learn 4hey contain ..eth5lene,
which hy,~synthetie processes some
what ueyeoped under the stress OF
war may be converted into ethyl al
3ceho1- 1.s.,.
With the coal beds about to pro
duee alcohol, and the trees Of India
fairly blossomi1g with it. the man
with motor car may quiet the fears
aroused by the I. scientists figures
whichsho that We are ln sight OF the
end OF petroleum and gasoline. There
is nothing like being easy in ones
mind.-The Nations Bulletin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
croeodiie,s Record SWIM.

How far can a crocodile swim Per
haps it would be; more practical e.
ask how far. erocodiles do swim? d.
Stanley Gardiner claims the record
FOR q crocodile {Crocoailus porosls;
that recently landed in the Eli IS.
lands, where he took it's photograph.
Ne rocodiles of this species inhabit
the Fiji islands, and the nearest spot
where they are known to live is the
New 1Hebrides, 6s3 miles distant
Therefora. this crocodile must hays
iwam 6S3 miles in the open sea
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12

To Dry sNarroMtNeeked, Bottle.
In order to-. remove the last few
drops OF water which remain after
washing and draining q narrow:neeke1
bottle, dry the rim on the mouth and
then hold the bottle upside down un-
de1 cold water running from the tap.
In about half q minute dry the ont.
side OF the bottle and examine she
inside, when It win be found perfectly
dry, 49,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
ia the Future.

Keeesltly. several airpl&nes were
moving over the Circle. and the usual
crowd ilaa stepped to watch them. An
old Ko4Ban IN the crowd began count
iax ' .spne, two, three. four, fiye," she
eounte1 ..s': s:::isiye OF thoss, things
Tlien she turned to the man. nearest
hst.4x ss5ld gaa ever see the Ike . she
askAa. give ,sf those. thifsxs.-. Why.
pestts & s. seen the st,aesphere Will he
suss1 s asisy With thssa. a."-Iad dsAnApolfs
ssss.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
,Mountains Of the Moon.

The Mountains Of the Noon was
Il na,ne given by ancient writer's tossa
range in the interior Of Africa: Con.
ta,n'ng the source of the River Nile.
Tley were conceived afterwards. as
traversing Africa from east to west.
These sncients knew next 20 nothing
ibour he interior Of Africa. and their
noun1ains Of the moon have dlsap.
peared from modern maps.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Brute.

Popperton-"The wife has gone
shopping and left me in charge ofsthe
baby. and I'm :blest i'll know howsie
keep the beggar quiet" Grimshaw
tafter critically regarding the howing
;urenile)-'I should think yeu conaA
easily keep him quiet, beth ina vocal
and physical way, By gagging Mm care
fully, tying Ills hands behind his back
binding his feet together, mailing his
clothes to thesAoor, and then admins
tering chloroform to him."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Had origin In America.

There has been much controversy
aver the song, "The Red, White and
elue." but the logical conclusion Is.
that the English adapted their words.
from the american song, which Mas
written by Thomas A. Beckett, an Eng
ttshRan, after he had made America
his home. Before this song was writ
zen. in 1850. no similar version way
3newn In England,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Gettins On.

'How did that actress ever secure an
engagement, wonder?"
..::Why, didn't. you read about it? She
applied to. a manager who refused to
listen to her and she shot him. Then
she had several offers"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
The Industrious Bee.

The bee has Two distinct stomachs.
In the first it stores away the honey
from the flowers until such time as It.
IS ready to Yield it up, while the other
stomach is used simply and solely
Tor digestion purposes. When the bee
Is ready to. deposit the honey It con-.
tracts the muscles of the stomach and
the honey is elected through the
mouth. 49, ss..ist
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Beginning Of Great I:7dustry.

Plymouth was the, first perna nent
white settlement In New England and m
dates its founding from the landing
.of the Pilgrims, December e21 5162o.
The. iron works on the banks: Of -the
Saugus river. established in 1643, were
the first iron werks In America. a
small iron pot cast there in the first
forge In America is now the property
Of the city Of Lynn and is In q glass
case In the Lynn public library.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
Green Always fiarmonious..

!. The professional mixer or paint,
knows that fierce color t.iscorl ca,
easily be created by "a misplacing 3,
green. But nature never misnlaces t
Even blue stands without tying, cheel
BY cheek with natures greens. Lark.
spurs and lobelias. go quietly arm II
arm with their respective falage-sAAn
rose Of any tiats;or color is best se,
off by green rose leaf. Every sprina.
or fall color. pale or florid. viii shade
pleasantly into green on the very samf
leaf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
REMARKABLE REMARKS

The earth is good enough for, me-
John r. Rockefeller.
It is a mistake to marry, great
man.-F,lsie Ferguson.
The professional politician is a liv-
ing lie.--Henry Watterson.
What most women need is a hus-
band and not vote.-Mrs. Francis e.
Day.
NV idea OF successful business is
TO have it we'll heeled with cash.
Henry Ford.
Dishwashing is not drudgery if your
mental attitude is right-Mrs. Ida G.
Allen.
Kings are not born; they are made
by universal hallucination.-George
Bernard Shaw.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
She Refuses to. Go Dry.

'I1l say this for the wife,"
"WhatT
"NsWsdays she's the only thing left
in theaheuse that stifl has the same Old
kilt."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12

We have just printed a card for a
local hotel which reads: you can
help save fuel by turning OF your gas. !"
Yes, and you can also help save food
by shutting off your meals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12
II Does, and Jumps!

The fame OF acrotats ought TO In.
crease by leaps and bounds. Carteens
Magazine. ~,