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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

NEW YORK.-There's a grateful
Nv sting In the palm Of Mrs. Margaret
O'Hanlon's good right hand to remind
her that she has at last achieved her
ambition. She has spanked her four
teen-year-old son John-of shameful
neighborhood note as Mrs. O'Han-
Ions bad boy"--and, though two
brawny policemen assisted In the op-
GRAFTON, she it was who struck every
indignant blow.
John, who Is sometimes called "The
Eel" because he has the ability of
the creased redskin of yore to slip
through avenging fingers, has made
himself especially worthy Of his repu-
tation. Some times, so Mrs. O'Han-
Ion says, she just had to stand awe
struck and wonder how such a car.
load Of badness could ever have been
compressed into her bad boys four
feet Of height and seventy pounds OF
bones.
First Of all, he issued a declaration
of independence, in which he stated
his intention Of staying away from
school. Also, he didn't think he would
spend all his nights under the ma
ternal roof, being past ~ Also, he
didn't think he would take care of
h's) younger sisters, while his widowed
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
Man With Pink Neck TickIers Was Very Touchy

HICAGO.-A luxuriant set of bushy
~ pink whiskers doomed in the door
way of Municipal Judge Robinson's
courtroom the other day. Behind them
was concealed a man who later de.
velopments indicated must have been
Republican.
IF that isn't Senator j. Ham Lewis
it certainly looks like him. exclaimed
Judge Robinson softly to his clerk.
The clerk craned his neck to see the
man sporting the rainbow hued alfal-
ia. Instead OF the peaceful junior sena
tor from Illinois he saw a man ad-
vancing with clenched fists toward the
court Judge Robinson believes the
man must have been lip-reader, as
the remark about the whiskers had
been made in whisper.
He was so wrought up he attempted
to attack the Jurist and was expelled
from the courtroom only after lusty
struggle with two bailiffs and a clerk
Where do you get that att" shout.
ed the offended bush wearer. DO you
think / came In here to be insulted
about my whiskers? Judge or no
Judge. there's nobody can accuse me
of locking like any pink whiskered
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

light, with which it was confused by
mariners many years ago.
A year ago the scheme of a local
land company to acquire the light
house was defeated by the hue and cry
that was raised by citizens of Scituate
and patriotic societies all over the
country. In the town meeting last
March the town raised $1,000 for the
purchase of the lighthouse.
The story of the heroic Bates girls
may be found in many of the histories
OF the Bay state. The two young
daughters of Aaron Bates, the light.
keeper, lived with their father on the
shen lonely strip of beach half a mile
from the village of Scituate.
One day when their father was in
his fields a mile from the lighthouse
a British man-o'.war came in and an.
chored half mile off the shore. The
boatloads of sailors started ashore.
The invasion of Scituate was undoubt.
eddy prevented by the two girls, who,
taking from the wall fife and drum
which had been carried by their grand.
father in the revolution and on which
they had frequently practiced, they got
behind a sand hill and struck up
Yankee Doodle" to such good effect
that the sailors returned to the ship,
which sailed away. The girls have
been called the American Army OF
Two"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
Policemen Assist Mother in Spanking Bad Bow

mother was out earning the family's
living, nor would he carry any more
kindling wood In for domestic con.
sumption.
Selling his ear-the only portion Of
his anatomy upon which any one can
get handhold, Mrs. O'Hanlon car.
ried him upstairs. Once there, John
began to vent his Indignation He
took the kitchen lamp and tossed it
out the window. He took dishes out
of the cupboard and smashed them
on the floor. He tried to wrench the
door off the icebox. He slapped his
small sisters. He called his mother
names.
Policeman Herdenreich heard the
racket and came upstairs. When he
was told Mrs. O'Hanlon's bad boy was
at it again, he entered into the pur.
suit with a zest. There was pro-
cession to the police station.
Lieutenant Hickey on the desk at
the house" was astounded when the
villianies Of John O'Hanlon had been
recited. A grin stole over his face.
Take him out In that room," he
said.
Follow, madam" said the lieuten-
ant, bowling toward Mrs. O'Hanlon.
She did, with a great, great joy
yelling up in her heart. Woman's in
tuition, perhaps, told her what was
going to happen.
With Herdenreich holding his feet
and another policeman his head, Mrs.
O'Hanlon's bad boy was disposed
across his parents knee.
And then-and then-but go ask
Mrs. O'Hanlon, who can tell you bet
ter than any one else in the world.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
ISLAND Of CYPRUS
Garden Spot in Mediterranean q
British Possession.
England has Controlled Land for 81
Years and Established Good Gov.
eminent and Turned Barren
Territory Into Fairyland.

New York-The island of Cyprus
IN the eastern Mediterranean cele'
brated it's thirty-fifth anniversary as a
British possession the other day, ana
this fact proves all the more Interest,"
ing because Turkey formally handed
over the island to Great Britain only
q few days ago. The island has been
practically British territory since the
famous Berlin conference Of 1878, but
the sultan was supposed to exercise
a suzerainty there. This action on
the part Of the Turkish government
makes possession absolute.
The annexation of Cyprus by Great
Britain in 1878 caused great stir
throughout Europe, particularly IN
France, where it was thought that
England was outwardly supporting
Turkey against Russia. This acquisi.
ton Of parcel of very rich territory
in the eastern Mediterranean was due
to the cleverness Of Disraeli, who has
kept Europe in a general feverish ex-
element by his diplomatic moves. It
was not the first occupation Of the
island by the British, for as early as
1899 Richard the Lion Hearted on his
way to the third crusade took tho
island from one Isaac Comenus. He
later sold it to Guy de Lusignah, ex-
king Of Jerusalem, and it was not I'M
til seven centuries later that the w.
land again came into possession OF
Great Britain under so-called lease.
The first view Of Cyprus from the
steamer is not an attractive one. The
island seems barren; but as the wish
tor draws nearer he is able to distin-
guish the splendid old Venetian forti.
tications of Famagusta, which are one
of the glories of the island. They are
in splendid preservation despite the
fact that In 1871 they were besieged
for an entire year by the all-conQuer.
ing Mustapha and his Turkish hosts
Cyprus was then under the rule Of
the Venetians, who had acquired 1t
from a Lusignan queen.
At Famagusta is the only harbor
in the island, but it is safe to enter at
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

earth is not exactly spherical but is
somewhat thickened at the equator
and ffattened at the poles, to disturb
her present axis of 23 1-2 degrees in
clination it would be necessary to ap-
ply additional weight at either one
OF the two poles. The additional
weight OF the water for the Sahara
sea, spread out as it would be at the
equator, could not therefore affect the
balance OF the earth's axis.
But it Is said that the climate Of
Europe would be endangered. That
is a more interesting. because more
plausible objection AT present there
Is very little rain over the desert re-
gtons OF North Africa Scientists
agree that this dryness is due not to
the arrangement of neighborlng
mountain ranges, but to various ply
steal causes in the region itself. Per
haps the presence OF so extended a
body Of water might produce rains.
Certainly it would eQualize the tenn
perature so that there would be less
intense heat by day and less intense
chill by night; but comparison with
other regions bordering on seas in
the equatorial zone shows that it
could not reduce the temperature Of
tropical climate to that of any
merely temperate region not infiu-
enced-as Bermuda is, for example
by warm winds or currents. That
eliminates one of the assumed dan
gers.
The warm climate of the British
Isles is due to warm ocean currents
which sweep their shores; it Is most
unlikely that drawing from the Allan
tic ocean the water required to form
Sahara sea would defect, to any
serious degree. if lat all, any OF these
great currents. That eliminates an
other danger. The third and last
danger that has universal import con-
sists in whether or not such sea
would too greatly cool the winds that
blow from Africa across the Mediter-
ranean to southern Europe. But 1t
is safe to predict that while colOnists
living upon the shores of the Sahara
sea would doubtless delight in any
cool zephyrs that might blow from
its surface around their homes, there
would be no appreciable change in
the "Afric breezes" that blow across
the Mediterranean. Why, the Sahara
sea would be merely a big shallow
pond, an unusually large irrigation
reservoir, compared with the natural
seas and great lakes Of the world!
However, II any country under
takes the reclamation Of the Sahara
it is sure to be France, which will do
so In the interests Of her Algerian
possessions. At the same time France
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

sudden and unexpected that Wilson
lost all control of the machine and was
thrown head foremost to the curb.
A crowd Of a hundred persons
quickly gathered and Wilson was car
ried to the hospital, which was but
a short distance from the scene of
the accident.
Augmented by numerous Sunday
strollerss the crowd had assumed pro-
portions that threatened to block
traffic, however, in the excitement,
overlooking the basket Of crabs which
had escaped and were scrambling
through the throng. Their presence
became known when one Of them
fastened onto the ankle of a pretty
girl. Her screams started stampede
that cleared the thoroughfare in rec.
ord time.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

senator. won't stand for It."
A baillff grappled with the infuriat.
ed man as he strobe toward the bench.
Let go of me. Take your hand out
of my beard" he shouted as the bailiff
twined his fingers in the patch Of hair.
The bailiff struggle manfully, but
realizing he was no match for the
gentleman with the Sampsonian
adornment he gasped for help. 1t
came in the person OF another hailiff
and a clerk.
The combined efforts of Judge Rob-
inson's' clerk and his bailiff and the
bailiff who patrols the hall of the
ninth floor of the city hall were nee
essary to subdue the man. Finally hs
was thrust out. cursins loudly.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

G. EATTLE, Wash.-She was just
~ plain, mi6dle-aged little woman, I'M
pretentious in dress and bearing-the
kind that is met with by the hundred
every day in the stores, on the side
walks and in the street cars, usually
carrying bundles.
She was on the witness stand and
the lawyer had asked her what she
did after looking out of a window at
ten o'clock in the evening and seeing
policeman arrest man.
Il didn't do anything to speak Of"
she said. 81 just set some bread to
rise and mended hole in one of my
children's stockings, and put some
clothes wanted to wash the next day
to soak. and chopped up some po-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

any time of the day or night. A great
part of Cyprus is under cultivation,
and as the train carries the traveller
to Nicosia, the capital, he sees grow.
ing fields on each side. There is,
however, a great scarcity of water,
and during the summer months the
vegetation dies down. 1t is recorded
that in the time of Constantine the
Great Cyprus was abandoned because
1t did not rain for thirty-six years rum
ming.
A little Of what England has done
for Cyprus can be seen from the fol.
lowing:
There is legislature consisting OF
eighteen members, six being Office
holders and twelve elected, three of
the latter chosen by the Mohamme-
dan voters and nine by non.Moham-
medan voters. The British high COM
missioner, who represents the British
authority, is assisted by an executive
council of three.
There are elementary schools, five
Greek high schools for boys, one for
girls. There are also eight weekly
newspapers in Greek and one in Turk
ish. Native judges decide all cases
in the law courts with the exception
OF the supreme court. These courts
consist of six magisterial courts with
summary jurisdiction and ten village
judges courts. In addition there Is
the supreme court Of civil and Grim.
inal appeal
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
BRIGHT CHILD IS A DANGER
Every Community Should Have the
Right to Direct Education, an
Educator Says.

Observation-Disclosures of exception
al mental blilliancy are even greater
dangers to society than those defec.
tive or abnormally stupid. This is the
conclusion of DR.. Macmillan P. E.
Groszmann of the United States bu.
reau Of education in a report made
public here. The educational expert
based his statement on the compre-
hensive study made in the schools OF
the United States.
AS a remedy for the uplift Of mis-
guided juveniles the scientist advo.
Gates legislation giving the community
the right to direct the educational
training Of every child.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
mainly for having altered the axis
Of the globe

mainly for having altered the axis
Of the globe.
However, in any discussion Of this
interesting question, it must be borne
in mind that, since by far the greater
part of the Sahara is from seventy
feet to more than mile in elevation
above ocean level and that those
tracts that lie below ocean level are
chiefly valleys between the hills and
mountains or the basins Of ancient
lakes never very extensive in area,
a Sahara sea would consist only Of an
exceedingly irregular body Of water
containing many islands and extend
ing into the unflooded districts in a
multitude of bays and coves. 1t would
be considerably less than one-third
the size Of the Mediterranean. And
now there recurs the question of the
possible physical influences of such a
sea.
Area Of 25ooco Square Miles.
II the Sahara sea should have an
entire area Of 100000 square miles.
with a mean depth of 200 feet--and
both estimates are generous-it would
contain about thirty-five billion tons
OF water. Whether the canal were
cut to the north coast of Africa or to
the west, the flooding would be grad.
nF} ho 10
would be speedily re-established. OF
course thirty-hve billion tOls seems
a great deal of water, but in proper.
ton to the bulk of the earth it is
utterly infinitesimal, and compared
with the volume Of the ocean it Is as
a drop out Of pailful. A little rea.
soring, or experimenting with globes
or balls will show that, since the
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08

1ON that the Panama canal Is
nearing completion. scientists
are directing attention to an
L other gigantic and fascinating
engineering proposal, the rec
lamation OF the great Sahara desert
In North Africa.
AS far back as the time of De Les
seps. who designed the Suez canal,
French engineer. Colonel Roudaire,
preached the project of letting the
waters Of the Mediterranean into the
desert OF Sahara and forming two
lakes In central and southern Alge-
ria. The protector OF the Suez canal
approved that design, and now comes
Professor Etchegoyen of Paris with
striking scheme. that of converting
the whole vast desert into an inland
sea. The work would present no
great mechanical difficulties, he says,
because the coast land is composed OF
sand and soft rock formations. The
consequences Of this piece Of engi-
neering would be gigantic.
The first result would be to add
great new colony to the possessions
OF France. Millions of human beings
could support themselves therein in
comfort. since, with the lack of water
supplied, the desert shores would be-
come as fertile as those Of Europe.
Fleets Of steamships would navigate
the Sea OF Sahara, sea varying in
depth from ten to sixty fathoms, and
build up a tlOurishing trade between
Algeria and French West Africa. And
the most remarkable result OF all
would be the alteration of the climate
Of all northern Africa from equatorial
extremes of heat to the pleasing tenn.
perature Of Natal.
Might Transform Climate.
Professor Etchegoyen's scheme has
provoked much comment, and objec-
tions have not been wanting. Certain
meteorological experts cry out in hor.
ror that any tampering with weather
conditions In Africa would transform
the climate of Europe; that, if tro-
pical Africa should become temperate,
Europe would become Arctic, and an
alarming picture is drawn of England,
Belgium and Denmark lying under sew.
eral feet Of perpetual snow and their
inha bitants either emigrating in haste
TO milder countries or leading thence
forth the lives of Eskimos. A still
more striking reason for leaving the
great desert alone Is presented in the
Argument that, by the displacing of
50 many billions Of tons Of water, the
equilibrium of the earth would actu.
ally be affected, and the engineer who
had undertaken the task of adding a
new sea to the map Of the world
would forever after be cursed by hu.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
TOWN TO BUY LIGHTHOUSE
>c'tuate 10 Acquire Tower From
Which Two Girls Scared OF
British Invaders.

boston, Mass.-The old Scituate
hght' located on the Sand Hills, Scitu-
ate, scene of the exploit of Rebecca
and Abigail Bates. who. during the
war or 1872, scared off British ship
py playing the fife and drum, will be-
come the property of the town of
scltuate when the town purchases it
from the government.
The old stone tower, from which the
lantern has long been removed, has
IAN Idle on the end of the Sand Hills
since the establishment of Minot's
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
Model Farm In New York City.

A model farm in Central park, New
York city, is planned. The purpose is.
by the beauty and Joy Of the little
scene, to incite people back to the
soil, and also to give them an idea
of what little farm should be. There
will be on it small farm cottage, &C.
commodations for two cows. a pigsty
for the young porkers, a chicken
coop, an old-fashioned flower garden.
a patch of corn, beds of garden stuff
and all the needs and attractions OF
good farm.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
Auction Room Curiosities.

Everything, It Is said, comes into
the auction room sooner or later, and
the list OF curiosities that have been
sold in the past is curious. Among
them have been locks of Nelson's and
Wellington's hair, the head of Pc
ruvian Indian, a human skull no big
ger than walnut-that OF a dwarf
found in the interior of Mexico-"Oom
Paul's" hat, curious greasy, battered
headgear that fetched SIPS, and tho
blue silk rest which Charles |. wore at
his execution, which was purchased
for $1,000.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
IL TWINS IN ONE SCHOOL
English Teacher Has Difficulty Dis.
tinsuishing Pupils From One
Another.

Shipley, England.-The Woodend
infants school here can lay claim to
q record In having six sets of tiny
twins attending the school.
The members of these twins take
a great delight in dressing their little
ones so as to resemble each other
and as in three cases the girls are al
so very much alike in build there is
naturally much confusion at times.
1T is often impossible to tell who
Is who" said the head mistress.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
Wildcats Kill Fancy Sheep.

Great harrington, Mass-Wildcats
got into a flock of fine imported sheep
on the country estate of Howard VIII
Its Of New York at New Marlboro and
killed 35 Of them. Each sheep had its
throat chewed open and its tongue
eaten out. The rest of the carcass was
unmolested. The sheep were of G
valuable breed of fancy imported stock
and were killed in a hill wood lot
where Wildcats often have been shot
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-08
Charged.

Charged.
No longer is al the world a stage.
A big part of 1t is now an automo.
bile.-Drownings MAGAZINE.
The broad ax., 1913-05-10
SIREs AND SONS.

Major W. n. McKelvey, Chicago, now
owns the sword Of Balboa
Dr.. G. L. Hogan of Los Angeles has
autographs Of every president Of the
United States
John Dennis Lewis, aged seventy
two. Of Philadelphia, believes himself
to be the only surviving son Of Revo-
Iutionary soldier In the United States.
Ralph O. Watrous, formerly heuten-
ant governor Of Rhode Island, has been
made the first president Of the new
National Association Of Allied Inter
estS Pertaining to the Horse.
Joseph Steinhart, known az the apple
king, having handled As high a. q
million doIlarS worth Of fruit In one
deal, trundled q pushcart In New York
and sold apples at two for Q cent not
% many years ago.
Matthew Wellington, one Of the dir
Mask boys" who carried the body Of
David Livingstone from the heart Of
Africa to the coast. ID Still living Gi
Nombasa, British East Africa, and 4
IN the government service.
Charles Teller, dlscoVerH Of TIE
secret Of cold storage, has recently
been decorated IN Paris with The Legion
CT Honor. His discovery was made IN
1Sf6, but be had to endure jean Of
hardship and comparative poverty b
fore he could convince the Accidents
6es Sciences that cold storage wa
practical
The broad ax., 1913-05-10

A hint for the man who likes % WORK
about the house: 10 avoid splitting q
board when driving q nah, sayB q me
ehanieal magazine cut OF the point Of
tie na1 with pliers Such q naH win
punch rather than wedge tn way
through and may b driven almost on
thS edge Of TIE board without split
ting f.
The broad ax., 1913-05-10

/" HWoAD Ak GAN m POUND
o1 aAx8 ~ !" RoLx0WUG
EIW8 Islands:
FFom Oa and aftsR this data Ths
Bread Az, can b found on sale g TIE
following neWs stands:
A. =. TeFval0n, cigar store and nsvI
Stand, 5000 State street.
George Z Martin, maker Of Ans Gig
sES and nsWS stand, Is W. s1st ST.
near State.
r. II. HarYey's barber shop and
news stand, 1924 State street.
Ms. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions
and news stand, Is W. 51st st, near
Dearborn.
". 8. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, "a ". s1st ST. near Dearborn.
7. B. Hall, laundry Office and nsWS
Stand, IL W. 2oth St, near State.
B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, $3.50 State st.
". n. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to-
baeeo, eoufeetions and news stand, 5244
State st.
Edward Felix, notions, cigars and
news stand, 50 W. s0th st.
?. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and nsWS
stand, s W. 9th St., near State.
Sylvester MeGlofin, news stand and
laundry ofiee, 4122 State st.
william Gaughan, laundry ONCE,
cigars, tobacco and news stand, 1855
State st.
Mrs. L B. Taylor, notions, cigars
and news stand, Is W. seth Street,
near State.
A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions,
stationery and news stand, Se4o s.
State st.
]. h. Roberts, barber shop and news
stand, s3os1L s. State st.
Abram Aplin, cigars, tobacco, gents
furnishings and news stand, 473o 8.
State st.
A Il. Harris, cigars, tobacco and
news stand, 2s25 8. State st.
White 3 Bell, toilet articles, cigars,
tobacco and nswS stand, 2042 8. State
st.
Fred II. watsrAeld, cigars, tobacco
and news stand. 1s4s W. 61St street,
near Ada