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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

eye-strain and they very seldom land
anywhere. Mr.. Farsite has been
crouching for spring so long that
his trousers are bagging at the knees.
But he'll jump"
"Oh. you think he will, do your
said Aunt Jane.
"Just as soon as he's satisfied him.
self that I'm all right" replied Mrs.
Merriwid, with a confident little nod.
"All he wants to be assured Of is that
I have an amiable disposition, that
I'm economical and Industrious and
domesticated and unselfish and SEN
sible and robust and fairly accom-
plished: and I'm doing my little best
to assure him. He knows that age
will dim the brightest eye and spoil
the most elegant figure, while we'll
cooked dinner never withers or loses
its charm. He knows also and full
we'll that IL man would prosper, he
must ask his 'wife's consent, and that
true happiness lies in a well-ordered
household with the sweet companion
ship Of a wife who never mentions
her own aches and pains, but who has
a sympathizing heart and soothing
hand for her husbands. He doesn't
mind me being beautiful, as long as it
doesn't make me vain, but he wants to
be mighty sure that l have the more
solid and lasting qualities that have
mentioned"
well, / suppose We all want the
best we can get" observed Aunt Jane.
TRUE. dearie." agreed Mrs. Merri.
wild; "but we haven't, all Of US, got
the nerve to ask for very large
quantity Of sugar for a cent. Yet
you'll notice the more worthless
man is. the more exacting he'll be
when he goes after wife. and the
very sad part of 1t is that ne gener.
ally gets what he asks for. 1t does
me good though to look Mr.. Farsite in
his watchful, calculating, observing
and appraising eye and tell him
things"
81 hope you don't tell him anything
tia. Isn't strictly true" said Aunt
Jane.
Il wouldn't for worlds" her niece
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
JAPS HONOR A. MISSIONARY
Emperor of Japan confers Third Or
der Of Rising Sun on Rev. Or.
Daniel Crosby Greene.

Boston.-The American board OF
commissioners of foreign missions has
received word that the emperor OF
Japan has conferred to Rev. Dr. Daniel
Crosby Greene of Tokyo, the boards
senior missionary in the empire, the
decoration of the Third Order OF the
Rising Sun, the highest order con-
ferred on civilians resident in Japan
The official notice accompanying the
decoration mentions DR.. Greene's val
liable services in promoting interena-
.ional relations between Japan and
America and in introducing knowl'
dye of Japan to other countries while
1e has been engaged In the propaga'
If Christianity.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

which serve the function Of projecting
light in definite directions.
These light-emitting organs are
thought to be Of vital Importance to
the life of the animal for the purpose
Of Illuminating the surrounding water
to avoid foes, to recognize their own
kind or to capture prey.
At 1900 .fathoms animal life is
quite abundant. The greatest depths
found by sounding was until lately
$3.50 fathoms, or 1854 feet-nearly
six miles. This is a point in the Pa
cific ocean off the coast of Guam.
about 100 miles or so. But a survey.
ing ship of the German navy has re-
Gently discovered a deeper spot in the
ocean. near the Philippines, about 40
sea miles off the north coast of
Mindanao.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
CURIOUS DEEP SEA FISHES
Captured In Depths of One to Two
Thousand Fathoms in At
Iantic Ocean.

New York-These fish were cap
tured in depths of from one to two
thousand fathoms in the Atlantic, and
brought to the surface by means of a
brawl. To preserve the extraordinary
shapes of these strange dwellers of
the ocean floor, g corps of artists
quickly made casts of their bodies
and copied the colors. The majority
OF those living at great depths we're
Jet black.
Their luminous organs, which light
up the dark regions which they in.
habit, are marvellous. These fish plow
through the dark waters like flaming
torches. Some have elongated
shouts. on the tips Of which are
luminous organs emitting great vol
umes OF light. Others have rows of
luminous cells on top and below their
bodies. with reflectors and lenses
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

assured her. Still, he might put .
wrong construction on some Of the
things I've said. For instance, you
know that sweet, simple. little lingerie
dress that Mercedes charged me q
sweet, simple, little seventy.eight dol
lars for? Well. you know wore that
one night he was here, and | asked
him if it wasn't doing pretty we'll to
make that in a couple of days at q
cost of less than FIVE dollars for ma.
terial?"
ANY fool would know better than
that" commented Aunt Jane.
amy female fool. dearie." Mrs. Mer-
riwid amended. ''Mr. Farsite said he
really preferred little simple gown
like that to the more elaborate and
expensive creations. | could see that
Id made a hit with him right there.
Another thing. | seriously chided him
for his extravaganza. buying parquet
seats when We could have seen just
as we'll from the balcony. He liked
that. ! could see the gleam of ap-
prevail in his eye -On the occasion
of his last visit, | entertained him
with few innocent little anecdotes
illustrative of my invincible good ma
ture. and | recited a recipe for York.
shire pudding that I'd learned out Of
the cook book before he came. was
extremely solicitous about cold he'd
taken, too"
Il really cannot imagine how you
can lend yourself to such deceit, Me-
lissa,' declared Aunt Jane.
I'm just playing his game. dearie."
said Mrs Merriwid. He's conducting
a careful investigation and I'm pro-
viding him with things to find out.
AS l said, he's preparing for a leap
that will give him foothold in my
affections. When he makes 1t, he'll
simply find he's put his foot in it."
"'Mr Farsite,' l shall say. You
have fair-seeming aspect and an
agreeable and insinuating maner and
a good tailor, but before l commit
myself to anything definite. l would
like to satisfy myself on the follow.
ing points: Are you liberal In your
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

| could have borne to look at lt-and
still eaten.
Smile Charms Him.
Il learned she was the daughter Of
| the sentry up above. And the damp
ness of the dungeon made him cough,
80 that was why he sent her down in
his stead And one little thing led to
another, and-you know how 1t is
with a girl, even when you're in
prison and wondering If you're to be
led up to be shot that day or the next
morning.
Il shall never forget how 1t hap
pened. Lord, 1t was hot that day.
She brought In the pan of food and
she opened the grill in the door, and
then she forgot to slide back the
bar and giggled. Tomorrow she
said in Spanish, the rats will eat your
dinner And then, before could
speak. she was gone.
We'll, all that day | waited. The
old keeper had let her come down
with the food because he thought the
grill was too small for a man to go
through. If it hadn't been he would
have not dared, fearing might dash
through as she opened it to admit
the pan And he wasn't far wrong.
When night came, hot and sitting and
black as those southern nights can
be, | started through the grill sad
stuck half way. For an hour | worked
back and forth. twisting and turning,
and then, With the flesh rubbed off
in places and the blood running down
inside my clothes and my head burst
ing in the heat, slipped through with
jerk and was clear.
Il went up the incline on hands
and knees. knew the night sentry
would be on duty. The girl had told
me he was young man. | had
thought she had turned crimson, but
l wasn't sure In the darkness outside
the dungeon door. II it had been the
old fellow, her father, l would not
have worried. 1t would have been
easy to shut off his wind. butt was
young man.
Helps Him to Freedom.
y came level with the surface of
the earth. There he was, not five feet
distant, looking at me. He moved
swiftly toward me and gathered my.
self for desperate leap for his throat.
And-my heart stopped. Through the
darkness low and muffled came the
sound of musical little laugh.
1T came to me in an instant then.
And | knew that that blush of hers
had been real. She had lured him
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

news to me. Once or twice he told
me that prisoners had been taken up
to be shot by the dictator's order,
and | wondered when it would come
my turn.
Il had lost track of the exact num-
Der of days I had been in prison
one does sometimes-when one morn
ing the old keeper did not come down
with my pan of food. In his place
came a native girl. tried to crack a
Spanish joke with her and got mixed,
and finally fell down on 1t and she
laughed. Man alive! You don't know
what there was in that laugh. 1t was
low and ripping. and-and-" And
George Smith broke off In confusion
and shifted his feet awkwardly on the
brand new red and white rug In the
living room of the George Smith hat
You see," he explained, 1T had
been the first laugh | had heard IN
Venezuela. They didn't laugh in the
revolutionist army, and in the prison
nobody laughed-as long as they
stayed sane. I'm not counting that
other kind Of laughter.
so it sounded pretty good and
cheering to me to hear that girl gig
Cling at my bum Spanish. And when
she came the next day tried pretty
hard for that laugh again, and got 1t.
After that she always brought my
food down mornings. And In time |
began to think by the taste that |
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

soon as l heard Mr.. Smith get through
the hole in the dungeon door.
Why did help him to get free?
loved him: why should not?"
She shrugged her shoulders. II came
to America" she said, and l went to
work. See, l have learned much Of
English in the two years have been
here. And now" she glanced with
dark eyes at her husband-'I am very
happy"
And as she laughed that low, whis-
perlng little laugh, it was not hard for
the reporter to see in the thick dark
OF a tropical night a tall man emery
ing from an underground passageway
and bending swiftly over a sentry In
skirts who held up a mouth to meet
him.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
Moving Pictures Of Aurora eo...,;.

moving Pictures Of Aurora sorealis.
A new camera for photographing the
aurora borealis has just been con,
structed for Prof. Carl Stormer Of thu
Christiania university. The apparatus
will be used to measure the relative
brightness of the northern lights n
different periods, and to enable Gina.
matograph reproduction of the pbs.
nomenon to be made afterwards. Tn.
pictures are to be taken at night ana
Will consequently require q LONE az.
posture. which will extend from to.
and a half to eight minutes each. -
Is II, expected that the results will prove
OF the greatest scientific value
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11


Of the Caracas Prison.
might be chance for some fun. The
revolutionists were raising rough
house and Castro seemed to be on
his last legs. Some of us made a mis-
take about Castro. though; you could
never tell when he was on his last
legs.
I made up my mind to that after l
had Joined the rebels a little while
and had been captured outside of
Caracas.
With a batch Of Spanish-talking
Venezuelans, they hustled me into the
city and threw US into prison.
think they picked out the deepest,
dirtiest pen they had for me. 1t was
single affair, with no windows, and
the entrance through an iron grated
door. Luckily 1t was too dark to see
the food l was eating, and in time a
fellows taste gets dulled, so l man
aged to live.
The hole they kept me in was
reached by long, slanting hall that
ran to the upper ground outside the
city prison, in which were confined
most Of the prisoners taken by the
government. At the top of the run.
way there was sentry, but there was
none at the door, They couldn't
stand 1t down there.
After while found out that the
sentry above was one of the regular
prison keepers, and not one of Cas-
tro's paid soldiers. He used to bring
my food and water to me once a day
and shove 1t through a sort of grill
In the bottom Of the cell door, which
was battened on the outside with a
bar. The grill was about IA inches
square, and spent a long time trying
to get at the outside bar to slide It
back. Could I do that. often thought.
could work myself through the open
ing and have q chance to get free.
But 1t wasn't any use.
captor leases Prisoner.
Sometimes when the man came
down with my food Id ask him In
Spanish. Of which I'd picked up lit.
tie. what was the news above ground,
and he'd tell me how many rebels had
been killed that day by the govern
ment troops. 1t seemed to please him
q lot. for the reason. guess, that he
believed 1t would be disheartenins
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

away, sent him on some fools errapd
herself promising to hold his watch
until he returned. And with the way
of men when women speak, he had
taken the risk. Then I bent down.
and-and-" again Mr.. Smith stumbled
in embarrassment, but Mrs. Smith
with that quaint accent of her race
shouldered the burden for him
Kissed me-" said Mrs. Smith, simply,
Yes" Mr.. Smith admitted, and m
never forget 1t, with another redden.
Ing of the temples. "and then l started
to get clear of the rest Of the prison
The section where I had been con.
lined was separate from The main
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
New Source Of Electric Energy.

" GIcctr1c Energy
An English electrical experimenter,
.. "A. harker, has made the announce.
.aent .nat when two highly heated car
Oon electrodes are placed in the fur
. n"ce AT points of relatively different
.empeiature a flow Of electric energy
may be detected.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

George Morrow Smith, white. thirty
one, prospector, New York city, etc.
Maria Riolda, white. twenty-seven,
sales girl, Venezuela, etc.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11

TVHAT'S the way it appears on the
marriage license record at city
hail. New York And at first
glance. you would have hard
time imagining a real, dyed in the
wool, soldier-of-fortune, heroic-maiden
romance behind the wedlock of George
Smith, prospector, and Maria Riolea,
salesgirl But, have patience.
The George Smiths-yes, Maria's
Mrs. George now-liye in four-room
fiat on the lower west side, happy,
contented, comfortable, quite settled
after two weeks of matrimony.
George, though he still gives his &C.
cupation as prOspector, Is just now
working as a draughtsman in an en-
gineer's office. But it's not with the
domestic affairs of the George Smiths
that this story deals. It's with the
pre.nuptials, decidedly speaking. and
those began in Caracas, Venezuela,
just before the overthrow Of Cipriano
Castro by the revolutionists almost
i've years ago.
George Smith told clerk in the
marriage license bureau something
about 1t two weeks ago when he and
Maria filled in their application blank,
which was the first step toward be-
coming Mr.. and Mrs George Smith,
and the clerk had a good memssy.
And here 1t is as George Smith toS
1t, with the help of Mrs. George.
Captured and Jailed.
1 sailed for South America from
New York because | thought there
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
4 Mechanical Defect

Asen.-Here. you've had that typ..
writer for six months and Won 49,. 80
paid me . cent for It.
student-Well, you said II ~,.,.
pay Tor itself In six montha
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
ROMANCE BEGINS
IN CARACAS; ENDS
IN OLD NEW YORK
Metropolis Has Real Soldier of
Fortune, and He Married
the Girl to Whom He
Owes His Life.
HERE is ONE OF FEW
WHO ESCAPED CASTRO

Recent Wedding Of Prospector and
Pretty Spanish saIesgirl Revealed
Charming Love Story That Had Its
inception In Venezuela and Ends in
Four-room Flat on the West Side
Of the Big Eastern City.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-07-11
Smile Charms Him.

could have borne to look at it-and
still eaten.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15
EX-SENATOR DAVIS
10 YEARS OLD.

Although still u triflc weak from
his recent illness, Henry Gassaway
Davis. former United States Senator,
and in 1904 nominee for Vice Prcsl-
lent of the United States on the
Democratic ticket, will celebrate to-
morrow the Goth anniversary Of his
birth with a fair prospect OF being
uble to enjoy life for some years to
come. His days of strenuous actlvi-
" have passed, it is true, hut the
venerable ex-senator is too active aud
energetic a man to allow himself to
give up aft work He has retired
from active political life ard trans
rcrred the greater part OF tic work
connected with the management Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15

libel suits, to promote fair play, ane
stamp out fakes and takers.
The public sometimes laughs at the
smaller newspapers as collections OF
curostone gossip, and looks with a
certain awe at great metropolitan
journals of a hundred thousand circu-
|lation,. as institutions dealing with
great national issues on which
high standard of accuracy and truth
telling is required.
In actual practice the situation Is
reversed. The smaller papers, those
that are close to small city or vii
lage constituency, are held down very
irigidly to high STANDARDS of accurate
reporting. If some ones initial Is
printed wrong, they will hear about
it next day. The most offhan@ re-
mark is often accepted as containing
deep and poisonous innucndo.
On the other hand, even the best
of tho big metropolitan papers print
news on mere hcarsay, affecting the
most important and delicate inter-
ests of business and government. The
next day the whole thing is riddied
by the people who know about 1t,
error is admitted , and every one
Sorgcts about the incident except
those who arc injuret.
The smaller city and daily and the
country weekly realize fully the folly
of all this. 1t sells papers for the
moment, markets a pot boiler for to-
day. In the long run it hurts news
paper circulation and disgusts the
public. 1t places irritations ard OBJ
stacles in the way Of the true news
paper man who is working every
minute to fird the truth and give II
70 the public. The World has taken
an advance step Of the first import
ancc. and Sne that could 60 much, il
inflated elsewhere, to elevate jour.
nalism into a high degree Of protes'
sional dignity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15
Aiexandria's Shade Trees.

Editor Alexandria Gazette:
1t is quite great pleasure TO
me- 10 spend a few moments Of my
time in concentrating the people
of Alexandria for possessing sue
nice shade trees and trying to I'M
press the necessity OF real ''lr&c
Surgery. scientific trcatmen. >
trees. such as pruning. cenlent'I2'
claiming and boiling.
Strangers are always delighted
when they visit city whose streets
lrr lined with fine shade trees. True,
many trees here have been sadly
neglected, but By proper care ana
scientific treatment the neglected.
,rees. sick. de!ormed. slCrm-dama%-
ed ana diseased can be put in good
condition and their years OF useful
mass prolonged indefinitely.
II is a good thing TO plant pieni%
cr young ,recs to bcautily %our
,trecis in lie years 10 come.
| notice some trees have Hccn
9uine by topping. a1r. Tree Owner
rover allow any one TO cut The TOP
of Of a TIE on your property. That
IS true butchcry. Il kills many trees,
as is evident by numerous, fidcouS
examples ou the public thoroGEh!ar-
les of alexandria. where topping ialG
n kill Il invariably rims the simln"-
~ and graccfulncss Of Tie i;c''
Scientific trimming on the clh"f
Inland MOI only proves Dcnchc'&i ~
ithc health OF the trees but Greatly
Improves their appearance without
Hrtracting their ability to give Ae:-
| ssary shade 10 surrounding :rcni@-
| shall DC glad 10 hear OF INC al
option Of Your suggestion ana ! Ian'
;noking to the preparation q IoH
iCity's splendid accumulation o. : au''
trees. but by al! means let pro; "rty
owners or the City care for III" {; ami
frees that now exist in AlcNan ria.
Neglect OF your present trees can
not be made up by planting Now mes.
DO both. Care for the old and pant
Few trees. then YOU will have a 'li}
tina, will he far famed for ii s.ade
trees.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15

his numerous and important business
interests to younger shoulders, but
his mind is still active and clear and
he still continues to superintend the
various enterprises in which ne Is
financially intereste@.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15
NEWSPAPER. II
TAXING.

Much interest will be felt among
newspaper men in the announcement
Of the New York Worlds new "bu-
rcau of accuracy and fair play" The
purpose Of this department is TO
check carelesSness, avoid needless
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
PUBLISHED DAILY.

The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
Gazette Building King Street
xOBERT s. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
HOWARD W, SMITH, Secretary ant
Treasurer.
TERMS:-Daily, year, $50
Six Months, $3.50. Three Months
SIPS. One month; 48 cents. One wseI
% cents.
Entered at the Postofice Of Alex
.ndria, Virginia as second-class mat
ter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15

Ore of the last Things that Com
modores do before sailing on the eX-
petition is 10 Purchase
GiBSON'S PURE OLD RYE.
Gould YOU IMAGINE u stronger tcSti-
nlonia. We have all kinds OF Liquors
carefully packed in neat cartons
rcadf for shipment to all sections Of
Virginia from :. :. :. -. ....
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15
50 oo to $500 PER GALLON.

Have on hard GibSon's Xxx, AAA,
:SiXXX and Pure Old Rye; Old Cabin.
ct and Monogram also Bakers and
rnompsoa's WhiSkeys, 10 which we IN
lite your attention.
Should you feel disposed to send US
AZ order we know you will be salts
lied with results. Soliciting your trade,
sc are, yours respectfully,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15

Tours very !ruly.
lie TEANT! NC TREE ENi'.,Iti
~ f. b. Putnam. Crew Ma.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-09
Can Y6B AFFORD no
Hiss Hl THE GREAT
COTTON RALLY.
DALLAS, July 1911.

The mast vital and important tsvss.
fien that concerns the people & he
sozth to6Ay L the marketing and sale
o. cost0n b. ard through q system tkas
VIII bring 70 them the pro1t O. their
toll which K deserves.
The opportunity which the South
has been awaiting for ffty wears nov
lies within ita grasp In the plan q.
she Southern States Cotton Corpora.
ti0a- Cooperation with this plan bv
the planters Of the South simply means
FIFTEEN CENT COTTON-nothins
less i removes, largely, the element
Of experiment. because il IL fully work.
ed out ard already Ia action tn mora
than 300 cotton growing counties
VIII the farmers give the Co-pora.
ticn sufficient cotton 70 enable them
20 become 8 big factor IN the market :
Indications shew they win because IN
the big territory being covered by thu
organization the work Of eontractinr
cotton is progressing at a remarkable
rate.
The progress OF this work VIII
doubtless be revealed at the great con.
vention 70 be held IN Dallas. July ls.
II, and from this should emerge =
solid South. ready to prevent ! fup
ther loss n marketing cotton. DE.
eide TO-DAY TO attend this conven
tion. and become one Of the Southern
States Cotton Corporation. not onIy Ii
sympathy, but in work
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-09
Soldiers Suffer When
Car Jumps Track

Telegram by United Press
Manila, July While detachment
Of coast artillery was enroute to the
Corregidor drill grounds, flat car on
which the men were being transport
ed jump the track, killing OF iniuring
30 members OF the company.