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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

Eya - - wv liGJttl II, III
ESS Zatlon, too many ~chaperous
V. aud not enough romance. The
Il u first loads us with useless Gus
toms and Intellectual laws. The
second r0bS us Of "palship'' between
the sexes. The third causes a fever
lsh rushing about after any and every
diversion which momentarily feeds the
soul and senses. But Yukon way. its
Inherent. People live only in the
things that count-courage, work, love.
hannah sympathy. And there is lots
or 1t going begging, especially love.
So declares Mrs. Robert H. Pierson,
wife of a captain in the medical CORDS
or the United States army, who has
lately returned from Alaska to east.
ern civilization. She spent two ear
at Fort Gibbon, a post so near the arc.
TIC circle that you have to wear a
bit of rabbit skin on your nose to
keep it from freezing. And when YOU
put a pan of boiling water on the floor
for the puppy dog to drink, it is
solid ice before he has taken three
laps Of it.
1T sounds frightsome," laughed
Mrs. Pierson. "but Alaska has so
much to recommend it that a trife
like 60 degrees below zero can be
forgiven.
In the two years l was there l met
more real people and learned more Of
the big, fundamental things that make
life worth living than In all the rest
OF my existence put together. o
Opportunity and Romance.
Alaska is a land of opportunity
especially for women. A woman can
90 anywhere alone, whether through
the wilderness driving her dog sledge
or in the sturdy young cities like Fair
banks and Nome.
Women and men pal together out
in the big northwest. They are
friends, not commercial rivals or sex
antagonists, as so often happens in
eastern civilization. Chaperons are
unknown and unneeded. l have new
er seen disrespect shown to a good
woman. and rarely to an unworthy
one.
"As for romance" Mrs. Pierson
closed both eyes and raised her hands
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Boil Button Molds.

A sewing hint worth remembering
Is the necessity for boiling button
molds that are to be covered with
wash materials before they are GOV.
cred. This will prevent the %coloring
in them from coming through and will
save the trouble of recovering every
time the dress Is washed.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

The handle Is made of two strands
Of wire twisted together, and the ends
run through the sides Of the box in the
manner shown In the small sketch on
the right of the illustration. The wire
Is afterwards covered with narrow rib
bon twisted round and round II, and
the handle is further ornamented with
q smart three-looped bow Of soft satin
ribbon, and ends that hang downwards.
The exterior of the holder is trimmed
with a f1ounce of lace of sufficient
length to entirely hide the box, and at
the upper edges 1t is finished off with
a fine silk cord.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
FOR HOLDING THE TRINKETS
Little Receptacle Always Handy to
Preserve the Always AccumuIat.
ing Odds and Ends.

A dainty little receptacle for odds
and ends is shown in the accompany.
ing sketch, and 1t can be easily made
with the aid of a small circular card.
board box and some remnants of soft
silk, lace and ribbon.
Quite a shallow box should be Sc.
lected If possible, but if this should not
be handy then a deeper box may, with.
out trouble, be cut down until the re.
quired shape has been obtained. The
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Platte. Neb., Cheyenne and Green
River, Wyo., and Ogden, Utah:-sclen'
tifc American.
Rattlino Fender Irons.

Rattling fender irons often can Do
silenced by the application OF a SOFT
leather washer between two iron
wasbers below the retaining nut OF
the offending part, the principle be-
Ing the same as is employed in silenc'
ing the rafting of the body when a
felt or webbing strip Is interposed De-
tween the body stills and the frame
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

u asnnNent pfopUu0n. III Cne
proximity he found two others. He grew voluble and everybody quit work.
BUSINESS mel dashed out of their stores and shops and people got off street
cars. mere was much comment. The Old Residenter was among those pres
nj he Sale tn SKULLS were resting on the site of the gateway to old Fort
Pontchartraln. He said no doubt many more skeletons will be found before
the trenches are completed.
A man in shirtseeves said the skulls probably we're once the prooery of
members of the Iroquois tribe of Indians.
You can tell that by the high cheek bones, the inerowing eve and the
diminishing foreheads." he said.
The workmen were digging a sewer and the excavations extend cas- in
'eherson avenue as far Is Mt. Elliott avenue. This serves to bring to light
a collection Of line old ruins, as it includes the ground where the battle of
Bloody Run was staged.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

is trying to be the best parent that an
.imporsonal city government can be.
In addition to supervising the health,
safety, entertainment and general wei
fare of its citizens, the city also as
sumes the parental obligations of the
many nameless little strangers that
are each year found within its limits.
The founding, the orphan, the de-
.linquent, and the child who for some
other reason has been cut off from its
parents are very numerous in the city.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Wireless Telephony for MoyIno rra;r

For many years, F. H. Millener. ex.
perimental engineer of the Union Pa.
citic railroad, has been working IN
wireless telephone apparatus for ii.
rect communication with moving
trains He announces that his plans
have been completed and a sa~tisfac.
tory system has been DEVELOPED.
whereby he is able to talk with a
moving train a hundred miles away
from the wireless transmitting sts.
'tion. Wireless stations are 10 ha
established at Grand Island and Nor.h
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Round Combs for ChlIdren.

Now that vogue DEGREES that the
hair must 60 back Of the face, that
children's interesting foreheads may
show. the o~ld-fashloned round rubber
comb has come into Its own again.
Last winter a young New York mother
made a hunt through the shops trying
to find one Of these combs, but her
search was In vain. Yet now the
combs are with us again.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Plated HANDBAGS.

A blue silk handbag is made with
plaits running across, not up and
down, as they often run. It is a nov.
city, and therefore will probably be
the object of a good deal of attention.
1t Is finished with a strap handle OF
the silk.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

Per and ar healthy and peaceable. Doubtless they could do something with
the cost OF living problem if the took over more nearby farms and truck"
gardens. ut the Chinese farmers raise no more than they and their New
OF oountrymen consume. The art in competition with no one outside their
own people. Mon Foon jung, editor of the Chinese Daily News Odon Jee
Vat BOZ enumerates the vegetables grown, as follows:
GOychoy-a green plant, boiled for eating.
Bakchoy-a white plant, boiled with rice.
Dungwa-a melon, not sweet, weighing from ten to twenty pounds. boiled
for eating.
Tak-wa-a green, bitter squash, used in chopsuey.
Lungabaktu-a sort Of elongated cabbage or Chinese artchoke, used for
soups.
Doog:wa-a bean with a pod one to two feet long.
Chinese cucumber-as large as a squash, used in chopsuey.
American corn-as fodder for the mules O. the farms.
Also a few Of the American vegetables for ingredients of the chonsuev
made for Americans.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

IS a girl OF sixteen years-Miss Agnes
Daley of 4236 st. Lawrence avenue.
She is blonde instead of brunette, and
short and slender instead of tall and
stately.
Five judges selected her at the
annual ball of the Irish Counties So.
cial union as the most beautiful col
leen in Chicago. These are the
charms which led the judges fnani-
mously to declare her beauty supe-
rior to that of 400 other contestants:
Hair, light blonde; eyes, deep
hlun. Iashns io} hIooL. ooup1av;on
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

pum, bayonets, musket locks, horse
shoes, brass buttons and other me-
mentoes of a CORY but historic past.
Merchants along the big thorough
fare are preparing to decorate their
windows with grisly remnants of an
ancient burial ground.
A workman digging in a trench in
Jefferson avenue, near Griswold street,
made the first important find. His
spade struck something hard, and in
a few seconds he unearthed a skull
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

interior of the box is slightly padded
with cotton wool and then loosely lined
with soft silk, and to do this it NAV be
necessary to first pierce holes in the
card for the needle and thread to bass
through
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Philadelphia Has a Great Family of FoundIngs

PHILADELPHIA, PA:-The city 0 Philadelphia is the official father and
i mother of thousands of children, according to Miss Ella F. Harris, chill
drens agent of the department Of public health and charities. The city has
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Chicago Has Produced New Type of Irish Beauty

GHlCAdo|Chlcago has evolved a new type of Irish beauty. 1t tumbles
~ aown III the old traditions of the Irish race and stands forth az the new
ideal of Celtic pulchrhude. Its sole exponent-at least as far as Is oun
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

ing, mostly by means of the tools OF
Marco Polo's time, and cultivating the
very vegetation immemorially cult.
waited along the Sikiang and the levels
of Quangjung. Using their native in
tensive methods, these Cantonese
farmers average in profits about $500
per man per season. When the grow
Ing season is over they come farther
into the city, take Jobs as cooks and
walters in chop-suey restaurants or as
helpers in l%aundries, returning to the
farm lands in the snring They nros.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Many Chinese Farms Within the City Of New York

NEW YoRK-one who from a skyscraper window looks across the East
~ vel to tn Long island part of Greater New York commands a view of q
patch of rural China thriving there, its farmers using ancient methods of till
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Dig Up Skulls on Site Of Old Fort Pontchartrain

DETROIT, MICH-The annual crop of skeletons is now being harvested on
~ the site of Fort Pontchartran. Souvenir fends re dashng mady up and
down and across Jefferson avenue, carrying skulls, arrow heads, beads. wan.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

D'u0' N"OI Jt UdCh,. CUMVUAoH, pHK du WHIe, nelghL B fet bb
inches; weight, 1913 pounds.
That the new type is unique is shown by the fact that selections Of the
judges for. second and third prize were girls Of the conventional tyne of
Irish heaut.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
alaska (( &aS {eG;

IL" YORK has too much ciyili-
= ~Zation, too many chaperons
E aud not enough romance. The
y first loads us with useless Gus
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
COTTON NO LONGER MATTER
OF INTERNATIONAL WORRY
Adoption of the s1s5.oOO.oOo Loan
Fund Plan May he An
nOunced To-Day.

WASHINGTON. November 6.--Adoi,.
tion of the sls5000,00o cotton loan
FUND plan by banks and others
throughout tho country may he an
nounced tomorrow by the Federal Re-
serve Board, Reports Of contributions
continued to reach the Treasury to-
day.. and 1t was hoped tonight the
fund would be fully subscribed with
in few hours.
The success of the plan has been go
marked that cotton virtually, has
ceased TO be subject OF international
worry.
The reopening OF the Liverpool Cot
ton Exchange is counted on to give
the market bottom, encourage Amer
ican and English buyers. and put cot
ton in the position of becoming a most
important factor in the reduction of
the American balance Of debt to
Europe
1t was announced tonight that cot
ton exports arc increasing. During
the week ending November A. 1e9,0S3
bales were exported, compared to ill.,
05a the preceding week. It was the
best week since the war interfered
with trade.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
NO DANGER OF MEAT FAMINE
Closing of Chicago Yards should Not
Perccptibly Affect Prices.

CHICAGO, November 6.--Dangcr of a
meat famine resulting from the clos
ing tomorrow Of the Union Stock
Yards. tho largest live stock market in
the world. for the purpose of eradicat-
Ing foot ana mouth disease, is remote,
officials of leading packing companies
announced to-day.
Prices of meat will not be pcrceptibly.
affected, they said. Storage houses are
we'll supplied with meat, II was an
nounced, ana many OF the Chicago
packing companies arc operating
plants in other oitics where there has
been no infection among cattle Of foot
and mouth disease--the malady which
caused Federal and State officials to or
der the Chicago yards closed.
There have been no cases of the dis
ease reported In the Vest" \. q.
Leonard, president Of the Union Stock
Yards and Transit Company, said. "and
the West Is the biggest source of sup
ply of meat animals. The packers are
well supplied to handle shipments ut
Omaha, Kansas City and other Western
plants"
Orders closing the Chicago yards will
go into effect Mt the close of business
Tomorrow and continue until the open
ing of business on the second Monday
thereafter The order affects directly
aud indirectly $4,000 employees. 4
great majority OF them will be idle
during the suspension.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
NEGOTIATIONS REACHING
SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION
Definite Announcement Concerning For
ciRn Exchange Situation NIny
He Made To-day,

WASHINGTON, November AL
though there We're no further confer
ences at the Treasury to-day on the
foreign exchange situation. It became
more than ever apparent that negotia-
lions between the representatives of
the English government and the Fed
eral Reserve Board are reaching a sue
cessful conclusion.
Sir George Paish and Basil b..
Blackett, the English representatives,
probably Will see Secretary McAdoo and
the board again tomorrow, and some
definite announcement may follow.
Officials said to-day that reopening
Of tho London and New York Stock
Exchanges was not II purpose of the
conferences, but it became known that
this question is considered OF vital
Importance in connection with the for
cign exchange problem.
1t is fairly we'll established In the
minds Of officials here that the New
York Stock Exchange Will not reopen
until after January !. and II has been
the idea In many quarters that the Lon
don exchange VIII not open much
sooner. There is every prospect that
there will be further understanding
when the exchanges open as TO the
scope OF transactions to be permitted.
1t was pointed out to-day that re-
opening of the exchanges depends to
large degree on q restoration of normal
conditions, both here and in England.
How near normal English finance may
be is hard for officials 5000 miles away
TO determine. but their close watch
OF reports of how the English govern
ment is financing the war and pro-
tecting banks and the whole structure
OF English credit has led some of them
10 believe that nearly the usual sit
uation obtains
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
SIX MEN BURNED TO DEATH
Most of Forty-Four Saved Carried to
street By Firemen.

NEW YORK, November Six men
were burned to death in a fire which
swept through four-story lodging
house at 362 Eighth Avenue this morn
ing. Fifty men were sleeping In the
structure when the fire was discovered.
Firemen made many thrilling rcscues.
Most OF the forty-four men who
werc saved were carried TO the street
by tremen.
score OF sleepcrs were overcome
in he'd. The bodies OF the six men
who perished were found on the bed
sprinBs-the mattresses had been
burned--so chRrred that they could
not be recognized. More than n dozen
unconscious men were carried down
the fire escape and extension ladders.
Fifteen pantcky mon on tho top floor
We're quieted by hrcmen. and they
erawled perilously plong narrow
ledge to window Of n building ad :
Joining.
Within thirty minutes tho fire was
out The origin was traced to q store
room on the second floor, which con-
tanned benaine, used for cleaning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
MAJOR COURTNEY TO BE
BURIED THIS AFTERNOON
Prominent Masons VIII Hear Rody To
hollywood where Masonic Ccrc-
mOny Wi lhe Held.

The funeral of Major Alfred r. Court
ney, whose death occurred mt 11:15
O'Clock Wednesday night at Virginia
Hospital, Will be conducted at s O'Clock
;his afternoon from Grove Avenue Bap-
tist Church. The burial will be In Hol-
lywood Cemetery. Prominent Mnsons
who loved and esteemed Major Court
hcy viii bear the body TO the Gene
terry, where IL will be Inferred with
solemn and impressive Masonic rites.
Major Courtney was eighty-one years
OLD, and was stricken with paralysis
Tuesday night at his home, 221 South
Fourth street. Members Of his family
were at the bedside when tho end
came He was born in King and
Queen County. November II. 1885, and
was educated in the schools and col
t leges OF this State. He was the young
tst'of a family of nine children. all of
whom preceded him to the grave.
He was among tho first TO offer his
services to the Confederacy at the out
break of the War between the States,
dcn's Artillery. He was later made cap
tain and was finally commissioned ma
Jor. The battery which he commanded
was named for him.
He was made Mason during the
war; At Dalton, Ga, in 1868. and was
raised In tho Army Lodge, which met
in camp from time TO time. When he
returned to Richmond he became n
member of Dove Lodge and of Amity
! Lodge. lie was one Of the most dis
tinsuished and wIdely-known chanccry
| lawyers in Virginia. lie was n son Of
Robert CourtPey, of IIenrico County,
and his mother was Miss Sara Camp
bell. of King and Queen County. He
was twice married. His first wife was
Miss Lucy Shelton. OF Henrico County,
and Mrs. Newton Wade Courtney, widow
of Major Courtney.s nephew, was his
second wife.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
SLIGHT. GAINS BY ALLIES
ON RIGHT BANK OF USER
German Attacks Renewed, but at
Number OF Points With
Lessened Energy.
FKANCo-BRITIsH LINES HOLD
Enemy Repulsed at Various Places
on Front, In Some Instances After
an Engagement Which Continues
All Day.

NJ.
PARIS. November 5.-The French of
fetal announcement given out In Paris
this afternoon says that the allies have
made slight progress to the east of
Newport on the right bank OF tho User.
The text OF the communication fol-
lowe:
On our west wing the allied forces
have made slight progress to the east
of Newport on the right bank OF tho
User. From Dixmude to the ,Lys the
German attacks were renewed yester-
day. but at number OF points with
lessened energy. particularly with re-
gard to tho actions OF their Infantry
Tho Franco British lines have at no
point drawn back, and our troops, un-
rertaking the offensive. have made
notable progress in several directions
Between the region OF Labassee and
the Somme the day was notable parti-
cularly for an artillery contest.
I'm the region OF Roye we have main
tnined our occupation of LeQuesnoy-
En-Santerrs and advanced perceptibly
In the direction OF ARdechey.
On the centre, between the Disc and
the Moselle. there has been recrudes-
cence of the activity Of the Germans
manifested particularly by their artil-
lery fire.
Summing up. II may BIO said that tho
attacks OF the enemy at various points
on our front have been repuised, IN
some Instances. after an engagement
which lasted all day long.
''On our right wing there is nothing
rev to report
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
ATTACKS
REPULsED BY ALLIES
President 'poincare Writes OF Success.
to Minister Of War
MilIerand.
CoNGRATULATEs MEN OF ARMY
Declares France Is Inyincible, He.
cause Sure of Righteousness of
Position and Because Of Faith In
Her Immortality.

PARIS. November : $3.50 2. MI
President Poincare has sent letter
to War Minister ATillerand, In which
he declares that after long
series of violent engagements, the
allies have rcpulsod the desperate at
tacks of the enemy.
Tho text OF the letter follows:
My Dear Minister.-After long
series of violent combats our arIniea
together with the allied troops, have
succeeded In repulsing the desperate
attacks OF the enemy. They have given
proof, IN this new phase of the wal,
OF qualities as admirable AS those
shown by them in tho victorious battle
of the AIarne.
LAS the hostilitics progress. the
French soldier. without losing anything
of his ardor and his courage, is ac-
curing greater experience and adapt
ing to better advantage his inherent
virtues TO meet the eXigencies of mill
tary operations. He is showing an in
comparable reserve force for tho Of
fcnsive. and at the same time he is
being trained In patience and in
tenacity under the iire of the enemy.
There is being established between
the commanding officers and the men
undermining discipline, ennobles it
further by an enlightened conscious
ness of solidarity in devotion and in
sacrifice.
Every time that one returns among
our troops, one is astonnded by the
absolute elimination of all personal
interest; by the glorious impersonnlity
of tho courage displayed. and by the
greatness of this collective soul, in
which all the hopes Of the race are
mingled.
And when, under the fire of pro-
Jectiles. and before horizon which
bursting shrapnel fills with smoke or
tears With flashes of light, one sees
tranquil peasants pushing their carts
| and seeding their ground. one under
ineXhaustiblc arc the qualities of
energy and of vitality in this old land
OF France.
- beg you, MY dear general, kindly
Nto transmit my further congratulations
/ TO the general-in chief, to the COM
handing officers OF armies; to the COM
handing officers Of army corps, and to
, all the officers, undcr-ofllccrs and SOL
diers. hold them all i'll the same adj
miration The army is worthy OF the
, country, as the country ia worthy OF
tho army. France is invinciblc. because
shc Is sure of the righteousness OF her
position. and because she has faith In
her Immortality.
Il express to you. my dear minister,
my devoted sentiments.
(SigneD "R. POISGARD"
Minister of War Millerand, In trans
hitting to General Joffro the letter re-
ceived by HIM from the President of the
republic, wrote to the comma ndar i'm
chief of the French forces as follows:
MY Dear General,-It Is with real
joy that I transmit to you n letter I
have just received from the President
of the republic In communicating
this letter to your armies and to their
commanding officers, / beg you to add
to It the expression OF my admira-
ton.
Relieve, my dear general, IN my
best sentiments.
tSigned) "A. MILLER.iND."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
CANCEL ALL ENGAGEMENTS
President Wilson Plans TO Secure Few
Days of Rest.

WASHINGTON, November 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson, to secure q few days OF
rest, to-day Cancelled all engagements
until next Tuesday. The regular Cabi-
net meeting for Tomorrow was called
OF. and the President planned to spend
AS much time az possible playing COLT
and taking automobile rides.
1t was generally expected that the
President would leave Washington for
a short vacation after the election. but
no vacation plans have yet been made.
Mr.. Wilson believes he should remain
here because OF unsettled conditions
In Europe and Mexico.
The President soon will begin con-
sideration Of the five appointments he
is to make in December to tho new
trade commission. Several Democratic
congressman who failed for election
want positions on tho commission.
Representative Palmer, defeated for
election to the Senate from Pennsyi-
vania, and Commissioners of Corpora
tions Davies are being mentioned as
possible members.