The watchman and southron. [volume], May 11, 1912, Image 8

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John Henry s
~J\ PIPE _
By GEORGE V. HOBART
Bunch and I had ipant our flrat day
te disguise at the race track as con?
servators of I'ncln Peter's fortune.
w? had schemed to get him to buy
hit beta with Ikey Schwartz, specially
engaged by us. in order to get hin
money and give it back to htm when
he saw the error of his ways.
Bunch, as a Dago bootblack, had
had a funny aceance with the real
ehlne?. to which I, unknown to Bunch,
bad been a apectator.
When I reached the hotel Hunch
was peeling off the make-up, and ho
was so mad he couldn't tell his own
name
"Damunclepeter!" he spluttered aa
I entered the room.
"Hello, old Cherryrlpe!" I chortled,
pretending not to know anything
about hit throwdown. "Why didn't
you keep your date with me it the
track
"Damunclepeter!" he snorted, and I
had all 1 could do to choke off the
laugh. "He can take his money and
his matches and have a prairie fire,
for all I care?I'm through!"
What. Bunch?" 1 exclaimed with
w 11-slmulated Indignation; "leave me
0at now that we've got our plan cook?
ing fine? Shake me now after letting
Uncle Peter win $300 of our good
aooney<> Pump me to the tanbark
}ast when the wheeze Is ready to
pull" What's the matter with you?
"Matterhell!" y !hd Bunch, and
then he told It all Didn't I land your
gat headed old uncle for a shoe shine
five minutes after 1 strvick the
grounds! Didn't I work like a beaver
to put the sparkle on his ferryboata,
and didn't I tell him there wasn't any
charge so's to get solid with him and
be able to use him later on! And
what then? Why a mob of real Mac
aroals hustled me away from the
the old man how important it was to
break even on the day. All good bet- ,
tora do that.
"Art you tor the Dago make up to?
day. Bun~h?" I asked
"Not on your fresco!" he shouted.
"I looked over enough Italian scenery
yesterday to last me for a life-time.
I'll be Ikey's sheet-writer today and
keep away from the emigrant shii>,
thank you kindly!"
Ikey and Bunch went off to the
merry-go round with all their pockes
empty ig order to facilitate the han?
dling of Uncle Peter's coin when the 1
battle was over, and I followed a lit?
tle later. i
The name of the horse in the first
race which Ikey said waa poisoned in
the running gear was Beans, and I
soon committed that to memory.
It didu't take me long to locate Un?
cle Peter. He was talking earnestly ,
with Barney Sullivan so I waited till
the Tad pulled out and then I hooked
up to the old gentleman and talked
shredded oats to him till I had him
all over the farm. j
"Well, Mr. Dodd," he said at length;
"your aelectlon was very fortunate
yesterday, wasn't it?"
"fright reart!" 1 answered, Otting
into a prop straw I carried be twee I
my teeth; ' I'm some acquainted with
hoss flesh. Bettln' mu^h today?"
"I haven't quite decided yet," Uncle
Peter replied. "Do you know of any?
thing good?" I
"Beans!" I said, and stopped ther
I thought Uncle Peter's eye twin?
kled, bui I wasn't sure. "Beans," be
repeated; then to himself, "I'll do it!
II] do it!"
"I'm layin' a small amount n
Beans," I went on, as a teacer. "Are
you walk In' my way?"
"I believe I will," answered Uncle
?ncl. P.t.r v.ok th# Mon#y ,rom ,k#y jn an 0ff.Hand Jhat ?ro
My Heart.
snaln push and demanded to gag my
uoton card How d I know thaf. all
the Guinea boot blowere belonged to
O eecret socle- y * They wanted to
kaew what m> MUM was and I had
to keep my mouth shut like a beef j
?tew riow could 1 tell what my
name la in Italian?"
It's a strange fart 'hat en, h?.H to
hand almost double Ig Pf de I to un?
tere a pair of Hook I? N Bunt b
couldn't s?'(. ii j i i , which was ju.;t
aa well
"They kept me t! ere, a husky bunch
Of them, fof gfOf mi bOOf OfOMflng
vp Italian eogipllfgeoti in garlic and
hitting bm on tbe Booe *ith fhem,M
Bunch gJOfri gg In iOOg llggugt ' Then
e fr??*h Cog rolhaf up .md threw me
off the farm DOOiUOOlopetOf!"
Uy itot of mu' i. patteoee, pofooav
aftoo. talk, and no laughter at all. 1
finally sm i at dad In getting Hunch
down on the earth i<hii, and he
agreed to go to Humidem- uith me
to begin that week's visit.
The trip to the V/OOdlandl cured
blm. and by the time we reached
Dove * ffoot Villa Hunch was as i h
gear as or vore and rather inclined to
?ee a laugh geojtfsjg 11 rough the Mren
uo.is c\?nts of the d.iy.
U n< I peter cano home that even
Ing ?pr> as a i r:< n. I but 00*01 a
word ahoOl IM "- k or the hoi so*
passed his lips or OUrO
Neit morning we dnlnt even m
gash of the old feho v loot Hartal
aald he had left haj Iowa Bgfl] Ohl
tend to nome vry importgnl bUllnOM
At Zurberg s hotel later on l unch
and I met Ujoy and W4 BrePOTOd a
plan to mak* (,'ncle Peter sick and
ttrsd of horses, thereafter and foiever
Ihey gave me * lUt of skates, one
la each race, and not one of them, he
waa certain, had any more chance
than a bundle of feathers In a hot air
factory
la my cspsrlty as Mr Dodd front
srwasnpacott. 1 all I had to do was to
tout Uncle Pa er on ?o those cold po
tsvioss. sad try to pry him loose from
o btgger wad em h succeedlog raca.
fkey aald I could do this by showing
Olva ue your Job work.
i
Peter, and he appeared to be in deep
thought.
I led the way to Ikey's kiosk tl 1
noted Hunch with his back to us bent
I double over the ?bent
I ' T? n iawbttckl ?ui this here Hean*.
Mi Bookmaker/' i said in my u- -
Pwampacott and 1 could see Hum .1
shaking Iroin pit to dome.
Ikey was getting Utod to me now,
and he didn't ihj :it the dialect.
what is Beam quoted at0" i:?
quired Uncle Peter, with his sla kes:
\\ ail street accent
"For you, 9 to 1." replied Ikey as
though conferring a favor ten feet
bmg.
' I m aa!" btaltated Uncle Pete:.
Tbl n be Bashed his wad, peeled I f!
two yellow hacks and said, "A thou- ?
i fand on Beam ;tt *.? to 1, please!"
Ikey t uned a trlfli pale and Hunch '
began tO tnt a It ad pencil, but 1 te.
' Utting i p g <>n wing
It's a pipe." 1 i it saying to I y
keif; "it's a hlp?'' II Wi cuti DOS* him
tO drop tW6 Of three Ol those bl| Mill
In the gilt frame hi U be ready to
quit foi ket pj It's a pipe!"
I ncli Petei took his ticket and
turned I greet hike Lawrence n y
? >i<t friend hike the booac killer,
Dtke'i permanent addreei is No ~s
i am up; gain itreet, corner of
Thirst avenue, near the tank factory.
Dtke'i principal occupation conlati
of leading his frltndi tip to the \,a - i
he ?an maid them with mixed drillkl
|*bej strolled off together and tl
I heard BllBCh saying hoarsely to
lk< f, Yen. 1 ktiou . hut what If It
w ins!"
Ikev only shrugged his shoulders
and sild. "HOSM ain't wanted today.
I cant hear from hi in at all If every
other plug drops dead. Henna may
bite the wir" firat, in that event you'll
have to dig. dat'a all, aee!"
You don't think there's any chance
for Beans, do you. Ikey*" I asked,
inable to atand the strain longer with
out a word of encouragement
Cut it out. Reub!" Ikey came back;
the old Qneobi Will get wise and It's
us to de woodlauda. lie on your trip
Send us your Job work.
West! Be on your tr'p West!"
I moved off to watca the race,
which was Just abojt to start, and a
few minutes later Ikey and Bunch,
hotn too nervous to s:ay In the back?
ground, had cuddled up to the fence
near me. None of us said a word.
The horses got a way like a scram
hied egg. I wasn't taking very much
interest in the mix-up, till suddenly
Iksy yelled. "Pipe! it's Beans in the
Itad! But wnit a minute, one of deni i
other b' gs will uptat the plate and
spill Beans all over the place! What!
lieuns is pu'.lin' away from the bunch!
Oh!"
But, no; it's too pair ful to relate
In detail.
Beam win by a week and when
that sad eyed skate did a camel-b; clt
up to the wire poor Bunch was on tbi
way to the undertakers,
"Dig!" yelled Ikey, hoarsely. "De
old Oaaabe gets his $9,000; dig or
I'll be pitchin' pennies with the wel
chers!"
With a groan Bunch flashed the
balance of our capital stock, and as
key grabbed the wad and rushed
Hs Was Talking Earnestly With
Barney Sullivan.
back to his pie counter the firm of
life-savers known as John Henry and
Bunch Jefferson went out of business*
?down and out.
Bunch looked at me and I looked at
Bunch us we amh'.ed sadly over o
take a last peck at ou* good mom y
before Ikey threw It at Uncle Peter,
And the old gentleman was Chat"a
On-the-cars, all r'gat. and with him
was the delighted Dike Lawrence.
Uncle Peter took the money from
Ikey in an off hand w r y that broke my
heart and 1 could hear Bunch's mind
give way with a crash.
Then the old fellow got a flash of
me and he chuckled, "Why, Mr. Doddl
you're certainly the best horse picker
I ever met! Won't you let me buy
you a dinner or something to show
my appreciation?"
"No. thank you." I groaned, we k
and taint all over.
"Suppose we crack a magnum of
Green s#:il In honor of this victory!"
si:?.: ? d !>".'?: and if looks w i ?
short ; rm jabl Dike's noddle would
have hit the Moor.
"Well Mr Dodd," said Uncle Pe?
ter, I do hope to have the pier911 re
of meeting you soon again. Perha] 1
some dav i may be able to return tl I
favor" Then he waddled off to the
hose cart with the thirsty Dike.
Bunch and I went silently to our
room in the hot#] and after I had shed
my tteub mg^ for the last time, v, 3
sat in brooding silence and looked out
the window,
"Damunclepeter!" s;iid Bunch after
a l< ng, long pause.
(Copyright by Q W, Dilllngham Co.)
Wasu.in"ton p.''d His Card Debits.
Willlan Lanier Washington, who Is
a Tim ai descendant <n "T? orge TV \?*;?
ington's brother has the best co!
Mon of Washingtonia in this country,
and is constantly adding to it. ' ??
went o Boston the 01 her day and
nb ked up for a la:1'"}' price at an n c?
lion aale one of Lund Washington's
account books, which run-- through a
period of twent) years,
Bund W'asblngto 1 was manager or
rrerscer for the father of his (?. a
try The first account with the lm?
nortal George begins in 17GI and is
leaded, "Colonel George Was! ?:?
fon' ; later the account is in th
of Major General <; lorge Wai h
'on
Under the latter is an item < f
Lund's as follows: "Dr. to play!' ;
whist at Mount Vernon, 7 shilling
while on the oppordte page, tint I
three da\s later, is the following;
"Cr. to won at whist a! Mount V. r
non, T shillings 8." thus Indicating
thai Washington was prompt In pay
lug in ??? uibllng debts, New Yori
Teleg-aph
Spider Web Prophecy.
Some spiders are weather prophets,
Perhupa some of you have notice'! 1
the fields In a summer morning *
grass covered ai h little cobweba.
\ nder each web there is a spider that
comes out rV a hole In the ground, and
all the pplders are alike When these
\\ehH are on the mass if i*. quite sure
not to rain
Once Was Enough.
' IHd you ever." said one preschcr to
another, stand at the door after your
sermon, and listen to what people
aald about It as they passed out?' Re?
plied he I did once," a pause and a
algh "Bui I II never do It again."?
Mouon Eloquence,
Bend us your Job work.
PORTABLE COLONY HEN HOUSE
Structure Is Suitable for Brooding
Early Chicks and May Be Ucee
on Range In Summer.
(By H. L. KEMPSTER, Michigan Experi?
ment Station.)
The illustrations show a portable
colony house which has a universal
use. being suited for brooding early
chicks, when fitted up with indoor
brooders. It may be used as a colony
house on the range for growing cli cks
during the summer, or as a special
Side View of Colony House.
pen for breeding hens in the early
spring. The house is 7V2 feet by 12
feet. It is built on runners four inches
6quare, extending lengthwise of the
building. Pieces of 2 by 4 inch ma?
terial are placed on edge for joists
4 feet apart, and the floor is then laid
before the frame work is constructed.
The studding is then toenailed to the
floor, being 6 feet long In front and
4 feet in the back, and placed three
feet apart. Two by four inch pieces
are used as plates. The door in the
center is 2 feet 6 inches by 6 feet.
On each side of the door is a nine
light 8 by 10 inch glaai window, hinged
at the top to swing out and fitted in
a way to permit its removal in sum?
mer. The house can be easily hauled
from one location to another, largely
eliminating the question of yarding
young chicks, and making the summer
care of growing chicks comparatively
' easy.
Simplicity of construction, economy
of building material, efficiency of ven?
tilation and lighting, with due regard
to location and dryness are the essen?
tial points to be considered in build?
ing a poultry plant. All fixtures
should be movable and simple in con?
struction, being so placed as to utilize
Front View.
the least possible amount of floor
space. F? ed boxes, hoppers, nests,
etc., should have sloping tops and win?
dows should be arranged in a way to
prevent birds from roosting in objec?
tionable places. A little forethought
In planning will make the house much
more satisfactory and convenient.
I -
Peed lime and charcoal liberally.
Do not breed from fowls that are
too old.
Millet Beed la an excellent egg pro?
ducing grain.
Many poultrynien ralso lettuce just
for hen feed.
An incubator will not trample on
and break the eggs.
A few undesirable eggs will lower
the juice of a whole crate.
Cut clover hay has helped revolu?
tionize the poultry business.
Feeds rich In protein should make
up a large part of the ration.
A male bird is past his best si ago
after be has seen two breeding sea
eons.
?\ lousy hen never thrives and daily
atentlon should be given to keep lice
and mites down.
Alfalfa, gri en or the dry leaves, pro?
duces ail ideal color In the yolk when
the hens have an abundance of it.
All eggs used for eating should bo
from hens that have no male birds
running with them. Such eggs are
Infertile.
It will pay the poultr) grower to
make a careful study of the color and
quality of y-ik thai is demanded by
the high class trade, and then learn
bow to produce it.
The poultryman should endeavor to
feed all that the hens will consume
and return a profit for It, and skill
and experience are necessary to de?
termine this amount.
Kggs aio bought by tho dozen, but
tho poultryman who always markets
large, heavy eggs soon gets a premi?
um of 5 cents or more a dozen above
tho price for ordinary eggs.
The wisdom of giving the fowls a
well balanced ration may not appeal
to many, but a practical demonstra?
tion of what the well balanced ration
will do will convince the most skep?
tical
Ssnd us your job work.
WIFE'S PLAN DID NOT FAIL
Hubby Shelled Out Promptly When
He Realized Who Wrote the
Letter to Her.
Here is a little scheme which a wife
tried on a good?but rather tight?bus
band when the wanted a particular
something for Christmas, which Is
commended to wives of a like mind.
One night when h? was comfortably
seated alter dinner smoking his pipe,
she brought out a bundle of papers
and said she had hesitated tor a long
time whether or not to read him some
letters she had received. He pricked
up his ears, seemed interested and
she took the rubber band from the
package, telling him he must promise
not to ask who the writer was until
she had finished, and then not to go
gunning for her correspondent. He
promised, with curiosity at boiling
point, and she began to read:
"My own darling," she began, "I
think of you all day and dream of you
by night. Wherever 1 go you are with
me, and I live for you alone. The
other night when I discovered that
you loved me?" ut this point hus?
band's pipe went out and he sat up
very straight.
"What?" he said, rising with a red
face, "who vhe?"
"Now." said his wife, "you promised
to wait until the end, to be quiet until
I had finished." "But?" said her hus?
band. She continued to read, "your
eyes are my sun, your mouth Is the
mouth of dreams, your lips?"
"Well, I'll be?" said her husband,
furiously.
"I dream of a day when you'll be
mine and mine alone," read on his
wife calmly, "and I long for the day
?when I can call you?"
"Stop that!" shrieked the irate hus
I band. "Who wrote that rot? Just let
me get my hands on him?"
1 "You've got your hands on him now,
dear," said his wife, sweetly, "you
wrote these letters when we were en?
gaged." He sat down and lighted his
pipe.
"What did you say you wanted for
Christmas?" he asked?St. Paul Dis?
patch.
- PROVIDING GRIT IN WINTER
Hens Should Be Allowed to Take as
Much as They Require?Don't
Feed It In Their Mash.
v (By W. P. PARRISH.)
When winter comes and the ground
freezes, or is covered with snow a good
deal of the time, grit must be sup
plied. Gravel or grit should be sharp,
so as to both cut and grind. Smooth
pieces of gravel will not answer the
purpose. Gravel dug from a pit will
make one of the best grits.
When pounded into small pieces,
broken crockery will make excellent
grit, also. A little sand mixed with
the other grit is helpful, but it will not
answer for exclusive use, not being
sharp nor coarse enough.
i If you prefer, you can buy prepared
grit from the dealers in poultry sup?
plies. A good many people do this
and a good many other people buy
oyster shells with the belief that they
are obtaining grit. The hens need
some of the oyster shells, as they sup?
ply the system with lime and car?
bonates, but they will not take the
place of grit. They are too soft, and
digest rather than grind.
Keep well filled grit boxes where
the hens can run to them at will dur?
ing the winter months and you will
I find that they consume quite a lot of
I the material in a month's time. Pro?
viding tho grit In boxes and allowing
I the hens to help themselves is the best
way of feeding it. They will then uso
I as much as is necessary for their
health, as they are tho best Judges of
this matter and consequently will not
consume more than they require.
I If we always knew how much would
be needed for tho health of tho birds.
It would be all right to mix the grit
with the feed. But since we do not
know this, we would best not force
grit upon them as we would be dcJng
if we mixed it with the feed
Books With Uncut Leaves.
In tliis country and Germany tho
practice of publishing books and
magazines with uncut leaves has
largely fallen into disuse, but it Is
still common in France, where its
prevalence provides a dissatisfied au?
thor with a cause for grumbling. In
"l>a Grande Revue" among other
hindrances to the reading habit which
is so much In need of encouragement,
at any rnte from the author's point of
view, he instances the practice of
publishing books with uncut edges.
Time, ho says, la growing more
valuable every year and yet the read?
er of a French volume of average
proportions hag to spend about twenty
minutes in the pettifogging work of
cutting the leaves In order to get at
the contents, Some people of course
who take their reading in leisurely
fashion rather like being checked by
the need for using a | nper knife, but
the ordinary reader does riot want
to be bothered In this way. He likes
to go straight ahead without being
compelled to cut his way through the
book aa he proceeds?Westminster
UaztVte.
Safe.
"Have you a hair tonic that you can
safely recommend.'" asked the man
who was growing bald.
"Yes," replied tho druggist, as he
got a bottle down from a shelf "This
Is thoroughly safe. My baby drank
nearly half a pint of It the other night
and wasn't harmed in the least."
Olvo us your Job work.
(Ol KT JITM.KS CANNOT CONE.
From the Dally Item, Itey I.
SlIRltCf had expected to h.i\. the
pleasure tomorrow of bavins h?-r.; ail
of Uta mambari of the Btata Hu promt
Court, bul the Invitation <>f tha Sum*
tor liar Association to this effect, was
declined, the mem bore, othtr than
Justices Frsssr and Woods, being un?
able to coma* The Bar A enactstlon
had expected to have a lag plenl and
Rah fry (or the learned men of the
State, but owing to their inability to
accept the invitation, the dit |ng will
not be held, Justice Woods, however,
will be the guest <d' Judge T, B.
Kruser while here.
i
Friday afternoon Judge Woods will
be the orator of the occasion ;.t the
I Memorial services to be held a! tin
cemetery in commemoration el the
Confederate dead, lie was chosen by
tin- members <?t Dick Anderson Chap?
ter, i*. D. <'.. s<nne time ego to
make the address and kindly SO
cepted their Invitation,
Will He Do It :
Manning Times,
The Mayor of Charleston has put
the ban on the slot machines in thai
city, and he proposes to make chose
who will violate the law less hold and
more decent. The blind tiger ele
ment will have to get off King street
and so Will the gambling houses.
Mayor Grace has a problem to solve
j which his predecessors felled at. The
gambling houses and the blind tigers
came down to him from the Rhett
administration, if Grace succeeds In
c urtailing the vice he will do wonders.
The concrete foundation for the
Claremont Hotel Is being laid and it
won t be lone: now before that build?
ing will be above ground.
Candidates' Cards.
Announcements of candidates will
l ? printed in this column until the
' io>e of the campaign tor $0. No
aids accepted on credit.
Tor Sheriff. ^
('apt. E. S. Carson is hereby an?
nounced as a candidate for Sheriff at
the ensuing election, havirg before
discharged the duties of that office
with promptness and efficiency, we
' ike pleasure in recommending hi-m
for said office, subject to the rules of I
the Democratic primary.
MANY VOTERS.
I hereby offer myself as a candidate
for the office of Sheriff of Sumtcr
County, subject to the rules of thei
Democratic party.
J. K. BRADFORD.
I hereby announce myself a ca:i
i didate for the office of Sheriff of
-?unter County, subject to the rules
governing Democratic primaries.
W. H. SHADE
Ca.pt. Geo. C. Warren is hereby
announced as a candidate for the of
lice of sheriff of Bumter county, sub?
ject to the rubs of the Democratic
primary.
VOTERS.
Foe House of Representative:..
I hereby announce myself a c .ndi
date for the House of Representatives
from Bumter County, pledging myself
to abide by the result of the Bemo*
cratlc Primary. 4
R. D. EPPS.
Dr. F. If. Dwlght is hereby unani?
mously nominated, as a candidate for
the House of Representatives, subject
to the rules governing the Primary.
We bespeak for him the suffrage of 1
ins fellow countrymen.
The WedgelioM Democratic Club.
For Suitcrvfoor.
l hereby announce myself a can?
didate for re-election to the office yo?
Supervisor of Bumter County, subj.' ? \
to the rules of the Democratic pri?
mary.
P. If. PITTS
For Clerk of Court.
l hereby announce myself a candi?
date for re-el ? n to the office "f^
Clerk ot Court for Bumter County,
(subject to the tub s of the Demo*
i ratio party.
D. 1 PARROTT.
The name ol H. D. Scarborough
presented as a candidate for Clerk >>?
Court for Bumter County in the com*
lag Democratic primary election.
i hereby announce myself a candl
date for Clerk of Court of Sumter
county, subject to the action of t
Democratic primary.
JOHN R SUMTP1K.
For Solicitor.
T hereby announce myself a can?
didate for re-election to the office et
solicitor of the Third Judicial Circuit^
subject to the rub s of the Democretl?
Frlnmry.
PHILIP H. STOLT^