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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Georaia Invasion.

TITS been the dream OF the old
mans life to see Wash'ton," said
the Billville matron, IAN now he's
a-goin' thar, an I'm a-goin' with him.
4 won't be unknown thar, he says,
fer I've been a member of six Georgia
legislatures, an any one Of 'em could
beat congress a-raisin' Of the place
whar Satan lives at an a.doin' OF
nuthin!' But what we want to see
most is the place whar they make
the money, an find out how come an
why we don't git our share Of it."-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06

signal for him as he struggles with his
necktie to yell down stairs, Maria,
have Bridget pour the coffee. Under
the new order of things the same
sound will be the reveille for him to
jump out Of bed and shed his paja.
mas. And then, too, what about the
card playing contingent How can
the commuter expect to reach his Of.
fee In q proper frame of mind for
business II he has been wasting upon
breakfast the time consecrated to
the regular morning game? Pinocle
and pancakes are plainly incompat-
ible.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Poets Put to Hard Labor.

The sixth grade of a certain school
IN a foreign settlement in South Da-
kots was learning the use Of possess
ives.
The book required the pupils to cor
rect and expand into a complete sen.
tence the following expression: Mil
ton and Shakespeare's works" Joseph
Sikodym handed In this sentence:
Milton and Shakespeare work in q
coal mine."-Youth's Companion.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06

for her, the intensity Of his emotions
rivited her gaze to his face.
Slowly. in spite Of herself. she crept
toward him, fascinated.
Rance! How my arms have ached
for you. How my heart has bled for
you! Rance! Come"
With low cry the girl sprang to
him. In his powerful arms he caught
her. She looked up at him and kissed
her. Her hands caressed his face,
She drew bis head down once more to
her lips.
And thus in the darkness, with po-
tential death all about, love, the con-
Queror, triumphed.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
CHAPTER XVI.

The Day Of Peace.
Ten minutes, perhaps, had elapsed
when Pierre who had thoughtfully
wandered away down the tunnel, reap.
peared with q warning "Ahem!"
Holton, exalted to the seventh
heaven Of happiness, glanced at
Pierre, and then striding to the Cuban,
he seized him by the arm and led him
forcibly into the tunnel again.
Now then, Pierre" he laughed,
you stay here until I call, or I'll set
you down on some Of this dynamite
and press the button"
So saying, he returned to Miss La
Tossa and gave such an account OF
himself as young man very much in
love with beautiful young woman
may be expected to give.
A little later they made their way
out Of the building. Her pony was still
standing where she had hitched 1t, but
Cesnola and his horse were gone. At
least Holton assumed that Cesnoia
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Satisfactory.

80 you want to marry my daugh.
ter. What is your financial standing?
We'll, sir, I've figured out every ex'
emption possible. I've had the best
legal advice that money would secure.
I've done everything l could to dodge
it-and still find that / can't entirely
escape paying an income tax"
She's yours" -Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Mlsappited Force.

The force expended by dissatisfied
persons on efforts to escape their sur
roundings would often pluck the string
out of the incongruities Of their stu.
alton, and track them to whole hives
OF honey.-Samuel Johnson.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
AZ His Face Turned, HoIton oasped.

AZ His Face Turned, Holton Gasped.
both inside, the Cuban closed the door
and locked 1t, withdrawing the key
and placing it in his pocket again.
"she has not arrived yet" remarked
Pierre. 81 am happy. ] feared 1t
would be too late"
"Tco late for what? Who did you
ex, find here?" whispered Hol-
to irritably.
/ swer Pierre squeezed his arm
and silently pointed out into the night,
Following the mans finger, Holton
saw the form of woman alighting
from a pony. AS his eyes strained
he recognized Miss La Tossa.
Ry her side was man and. as his
turned toward the building. Hol-
to. gasped and whispered hoarsely to
his companion:
'tGive me that keyl"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06

Charity begins at home, and Is ofte1
kept right In the family.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
BICYCLE TROOPS
ARE MOST DARING
Their Work in Present War
Has Been of Most Re-
markable Nature.

Dunkirk. France, Dec. 26.-That
troops mounted on bicycles may be
used at times for purposes of the
charge, with fully as good results as
cavalry. is said to be proven by the
lighting at Apremont.
The Germans attacked the French
defending Apremont, and compelled
them to abandon one trench after an
other. and finally the town itself. A
desperate struggle was kept up, how
ever, ut the main bridge out of the
town. The German regiments surged
to the attack with fierce shouts. and
1t looked as il the French were to be
completely routed, when unexpected
reinforcements came up in the form
OF Il company of cyclist chasseurs.
The cyclists had lnslung their rifles
and fixed their bayonets. Riding at a
top speed, with their bayonets In front
of them like lances, they swept
through cloud of dust straight into
the crowded masses of the enemy at
the bridge head. There was an inde-
scribable melee of men and machines,
but the cyclists, some mounted and
some dismounted. used their bayonets
with such good effect that in five min
utes the Germans were in retreat. BY
this time the French infantry had re-
formed and swept up at double-quick
to reinforce the cyclists and make tho
rccapturc of the town secure.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
INDIANS found
TO Be FIGHTERS
German Writes That Color
ed Men are Fiends in
the Battle Line.

Amsterdam, Dec. 26.--The Frank
furter Zeitung publishes the following
letter from a German officer, COM
menting on the prowess of .Britain's
Indian troops: y 9.
To-day for the first time we had to
fight against the Indians, and the
devil knows those brown rascals. are
not to be underrated. At first we
spoke with contempt of the Indians
Today we learned to look at them In
IA different light. For three days we
were shelled continuously; the British
thought we were pounded into jelly,
SO they sent up a little surprise in. the
shape of a visit from their brown
allies. ..i.& ~
Satan only knows what the Hng-
lish had put into those fellows! Those
who stormed our: lines were either
drunk or possessed with an evil spirit.
With fearful shouting, in comparison
with which our hurrars were like the
whining Ola baby thousands Of these
brown forms rushed upon us as sud-
denly as II they We're shot out: of a
fog.
I'VE opened a destructive fire at q
hundred yards, 1t moved down. huns
dreds, but in spite Of that the others
advanced, springing forward like cats
and surmounting our obstacles with
'unexampled agility. In no time, they
were in our trenches, and truly these
brown enemies were not to be de-
spised. With .butt-ends. bayonets,
swords and daggers we fought each
other, and we had bitter hard work
until our reinforcements arrived and
we drove them out Of the trenches"
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
.ADENOIDS. :

Adenoids are enlarged masses Of
Lymphoid tissue in the vault Of the
pharynx. They may become large
enough to obstruct nasal respiration
or cause disturbances in the ears by
pressure. The symptoms caused by the
present adenoids are familiar to most
people:-mouth breathing, pinched
expression Of the face. contracted
chest and mental dulness.
The cause Of adenoids is held by all
authors to be hereditary. Adenoids
occur III q characteristic type OF indi-
vidual. Their presence in those whose
state shows a predisposition to tuber-
culosis is marked.
The usual treatment for adenoids is
the removal Of the mass. but when we
consider that they are due to heredi-
ty, we realize the incompletsness Of
such treatment. Although it removes
the, conditions due to the presence Of
the adenoids, it does not remove the
state that made it possible for the
adenoids to develop. ~ -
The removal of the underlying
cause Of adenoids is. accomplished
only by homeopathy. When the the
cause is removed the adenoids disap-
pear. This fact has been demonstrate
ed time after time by those who prac-
tice pure homeopathy. The general
state Of the Individual is at the same
time greatly improved because home
opathy is constructive.
Arthur Peake, M. D. Frances M,
Peake, NJ. D.,
Homeopathicians. Grand Forks. N. d.
Consultations by mail or. in person.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
AERIAL RIGHTS ARE
BASIS Of PROBLEM
, -.
Switzerland Protests Avia-.
tors Have Violated it's
Neutrality.

London, Dec. 26.-Now that Swift
zerland has raised the point that, III
flying over her territory, British avia-
tors who dropped bombs on the Yep
petin sheds at Ffiedrichshafen Yiolat-
ed Swiss neutrality, British lawyers
have asked the even more novel ques-
tion as to whether the recognition of
air sovereignty logically involves the
prohibition of wireless communication
by nations at war.
In other words, if the passage Of an
airship through the air of Il neutral
country is n violation of neutrality,
now about Il message sent through
the air! The question, as fantastic
as 1t may seem, raises a nice point In
international law-one that may yet
have TO be thrashed out at some fu-
ture conference.
Great Britain expressed regret thar
her aNiators crossed Swiss territory,
but she emphasized at the same time
that she did not concede sovereignty
of the air to any one. On this point
lawyers disagree. English courts have
held III the past that there can be no
trespass where free air is concerned.
In the United States, on the other
hand, the city Of Cleveland, Ohio,
contested in the courts and lost in a
case where it erected bridge, part
Of which projected in the air, over the
property of a taxpayer. For this priv
ilege the city was forced to pay ten
thousand dollars.
British legal opinion thus far voiced
seems to be that the air is private or
state property only in so far as it is
effectively occupied. That is to say,
effective occupation consists at press
ent of dominating the atmosphere to
the limit of modern rifle range-say
seven thousand feet. II can not see, .,
said u lawyer, that country would
be guilty Of breach of neutrality il
an aeroplane passed over it at a
height beyond the range of control
l told that the air space above the
globe is free to the use of the aircraft
Of all nations, and is only subject to
such rights as are required by the
subjacent powers for their respective
protection against attack, espionage,
infection, infringement of. fiscal rights
and danger to the life and property Of
their subjects
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
WOODEN EMBARGO
RAISING PARTIAL
Many Commodities Not Yet
Permitted to Pass With
=. out Molestation.

London, Dec. 2e.-The relaxation of
the embargo. placed upon the exporta-
ton of Woolen cloth, yarn and wear.
ing apparel: is only partial one, and
no prophecy ISL ventyred as to when
the embargo will end kss.a:t T. Es.A
: Hair and ca shnfereR in aiiy form, in
Guiding yarns tops, noils and cloth,
may now be exported without certi-
ftcates. Shoddy containing more than
one-third cotton may also go without
question. Black cloth is free from
the embargo. as is fancy cloth with a
dlstinct pattern, provided the material
Is not suitable for Underwear. Z. Cloth
or outward wear weighing less than
Is ounces per yard 56 inches wide, or
more than 36 ounces, may also be
shipped without q license
Yarns, other than hosiery yarns,
which have not been manufactured
Tor military or naval requirements
ana are of counts not likely to be
used for military purposes may Be
exported under license. Even hosiery
yarns, if made from marine wool, may
be exported under license. Licenses
Will also probably be granted for the
expectation of fannels.
Ladies and childrens' hosiery do
not fall within The restrictions and
may be shipped without license. Car
oisan Jackets, sweaters. Jerseys and
woolen gloves will not be allowed to
leave England unless it can be shown
beyond question that they are clearly
unsuitable for the use of an army.
Cashmere socks may leave England
freely under license If they weigh less
than one pound ten ounces per dozen.
Mems underwear Will not be permitted
to go into foreign trade unless the
goods are finer than .24 gauge Raw
wool, tops. noils, waste and rags Will
not be permitted to leave this country.
except for the uso of. the allies or the
English troops, unless shown to be
wholly unsuitcd to the use of military
and naval establishments.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
ORDER OF MERIT IS
EXTENDED FRENCH

London. Dec 26.-Membership in
the Order of Merit, which King
George conferred on Sir John French
during his recent tIp to France. is
the highest distinction of its kind
which the king can give. Membership
in the order is limited to twenty-four,
but has in fact never exceeded fifteen.
The order was founded in 1902 for the
reward OF men who have rendered
exceptionally meritorious service to-
wards the advancement of art, liter
ature and science"
Lord Roberts was one of the first
to receive the order. which was con-
ferred on him in August, 1902. Since
then only eleven names have been
added to the membership. The list Is
now as follows: Viscount Kitchener,
Lord Rayleigh. Viscount Morley, Ad-
miral Sir E. Seymour, Admiral Lord
Fisher. earl Of Cromer, Viscount
Bryce. Prof. Henry Jackson, Sir Will
lam Crookes, Thomas Hardy, Sir
George Trevelyan, Sir Edward Elgar,
Admiral Sir. Arthur Wilson, Sir Jo-
seph Thomson, Field Marshal Sir John
Trench.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
NAVAL BASE BY
RUSSIANS PLANNED

London, Dec 26.-Berlin reports
say that Russia is planning to estab.
lish q naval base on the Aland islands,
The gulf Of Finland is now frozen ov-
er in parts but the Aland ports re-
main free from ice
While the states bordering the Bal
TIC have objected violently to the con-
ands. it is understood that number
Of Russian warcraft, including some
Of her largest, vessels, have arrived
there, and that provisions and ammu-
milton have been stored In great quaint
The Aland archipelago consists of
eighty Inhabited islands and is1ets at
They were taken over from, Sweden
by Russia in 1909. They are popu,
lated by about $4,000 persons, mostly
Swedes.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
RED TROUSERS ARE
THING OF PAST
Blush Grey Replaces Long
Famous French Pant
aloons.

Paris. Dec: 2s.-The success Of the
new BLUSH gray infantry uniform.
supplied to men who become eligible
to service this year, sounds the death
knell Of the red pantaloon.
The red pantaloons were long in
passing. The heroic associations of
their 85 years reign made change
seem sort Of sacri1ege, and in spite
of the lessons of the Transvall, the
army chung fondly to the old red; Inn
mortalized on SO many fields Of battle
and familiarized to the world by De-
taille and other military painters.
Napoleon the First was opposed to
red for the infantry. The adoption of
this color must be credited to Vicomte
de Vaux, minister of war in 1929, and
It was his sole contribution to military
history.
During the second empire a pro.
posed change to blue was defeated by
the minister Of agriculture, who OBJ.
jected that the change would ruin
thriving industry in the department of
Vaucluse. which furnished the mad.
der" with which the cloth was dyed.
After the Transvaal campaign the
question came up again and the min
lister of war appointed q commission
to examine it. Nothing developed and
the Japanese Russian war broke out
and the question being agitated again.
the minister of war appointed another
commission.
After the Balkan war, during which
the Bulgarian nofficers found it ex-
pedient to tear off the red trimming
of their cloaks, a third commission
was appointed.
In 1903 the Boer colors were most
favored. In 1905 a sort Of violet blue
had more partisans. In 1910 grayish
green was preferred and specimen
uniforms Of this color, designed by
Detaille, were worn by. selected COM
panies at the maneuvers.
In the meantime commercial war
had l,ested the industry of the depart
rnent of Vaucluse and the coloring
matter for the French infantry :panta-
looms was made in Germany. No COM
mercial obstacle remained, but official
routine had tangled the question in
SO much red tape that the outbreak
Of the war found the army still in the
conspicuous red trousers.
Millerand abolished all commissions
and dressed the class of 1914 in the
shade he preferred
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26

00o) Of gold bars, this being the first
transaction Of its kind since the first
of August.
No. official notification was given
regarding the destination of the gold,
but it was believed in the city that
the foreign coin represents French
coin which, with the bar gold, is go
ing to France presumably for pay
ment to the troops and for other de-
London, Dec. 26.-ChristInas did
not bring rest to the fighting Euro-
pean armies. 1t found the Russians
still fighting desperately in the SHOWS
of Poland against the fierce attacks
of the German and Austrian armies:
Przemysl still in the grip of the in
vading army; the French taking spas
rnodic thrusts against the long Ger
man lines Of trenches in northern
and northeastern France, and the
British and Belgians engaged in an
almost hand-to-hand warfare against
the German trenches in Belgium.
TX In Flanders yesterday. things were
generally quiet, says q German bulle.
tin. a. French report speaks OF In
termittent artillery firing there. The
French claim several successes along
the center and eastern lines; the Ger
mans declare tney nave SaheA sno
second British trenches in Belgium.
Both sides assert they repulsed at
.acks at various points, which indi-
Gates q feeling of process under way
all along the lines.
Use Hand Grenades.
So close are the trenches of the al
lies and the Germans at many points
that almost the only weapons used are
hand grenades. since it is impossible
for men to expose themselves to a
small degree, even as much as neces-
sary for the use of rifles.
There have been informal truces
between the British and Germans for
the burial of dead between the lines.
According to the British eve witness
es,; for many weeks along the line the
dead have lain as they fell. Grue-
some tales of bodies held erect by
barbed wires and scouts crawling over
hem at night, are tolG. German av-
iators made another attempt to drop
bombs on British ports. Like the at
tempt against Dover, it was unsuc-
cessful, according to an official state
ment. <ma.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26

London, Dec. as.-Lord Ragian,
governor OF the Isle Of Man. is placed
In curious position. by the present
war: Although he is q British peer,
nnrt ms island va 81 Is regarded g. n9t forming
when war broke out It announced its
neutrality. Neverthsiess,. the Isle of
Man territorials are q portion Of one
Of the Liverpool regiments, and as
such have gone away as o part OF
Meanwhile. notwithstanding the
neutrality declaration. there are Brit
ish troops on the island, and a deten-
ton camp, for prisoners has been .es-
tablished there. al "a: b.. :.~..,:,
The Isle Of Man ID, admins &C.
cording to its own laws and 10 not
bound by any acts of the, imperial par
Lament unless specially mentioned IN
them. The island is not represented
In the house OF commons.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
HOW N0NARCHS
OBSERVED XMAS
King Albert Spends Christ
mas in England-Kaiser
Visits Troops at Front

London, Dec. 26.--Nith the king
and queen and other members Of the
royal family at Sandringham for their
Joined in cndeavoring to keep up the
old Christmas spirit.
There was little apparent change In
London's Christmas Of yesterday and
that Of year ago. Tons Of gifts have
been sent to the soldiers at the front.
and though thousands Of homes in
England are saddened by the loss OF
fathers or brothers killed in action,
the country in general gave itself
over to the usual celebrations. In the
hotels were to be seen many officers
in khaki home on leave for the holi.
days. Great quantities Of gifts were
distributed to the various hospitals
where wounded are being cared for.
Belgian King in England.
Thousands of Belgian refugees re.
ceived gifts from the English people.
and a Christmas dinner was provided
for every man, woman and child from
the stricken country.
The king Of the Belgians spent his
Christmas In England. King Albert
arrived at Folkestone incognito and
whose guest he was. The queen and
the three royal children were already
there. The children have been the
guests of Lord Curzon since Septem-
ber.
Kaiser Spends Day at Front.
OF other heads of the warring ma
tions, Kaiser Wilhelm spent the day
with his troops at the front. Presi-
dent Poincare Of France remained in
Paris. Emperor Francis Joseph was
in Vienna. King Peter Of Servia was
able to hold real Christmas celebra-
ton in Nish as a result Of the recent
overwhelming defeat administered to
the Austrian army, which practically
cleared his domain of the enemy
Car Nicholas spent the day With his
family $50
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-26
NEWSPAPERS ARE
HAVING TROUBLE
Real Difficulties Confront
Paris Publications Dur
ing the War.

Paris, Dec. 26.-As the war in Eu-
rope progresses, the difficulties that
beset newspaper publishers in France,
particularly in Paris, have greatly in
creased. With the outbreak of the
war, many newspapermen went to the
front, and their places had to be fill
ed. Then provision mad to be made
for paper, in event the city should be
besieged. The various journals re-
duced their circulation to the fewest
number possible, and in their desire
to economize. cut down their pages
from six to eight sheets, and in some
cases as low as two pages. Advertis-
ing dwindled down to nothing, and the
proceeds from subscription and sales
were made ON every hand, and cur
tailment practfced whenever possible.
From the editor-in-chief to office boy,
salary reductions from 10 to SO or
even 60 per cent We're made, and
these were accepted without a mur-
muir. The entire system, of corre-
spondence from the provinces was dis:
rupted by the call to arms and coi,se!
quently incoming news service was
most unsatisfactory.
But soon these unfavorable condi-
tions were overcome and in their
place arose the task Of competing
with a stringent censorship. Today
the censorship in France is fully as
rigid as that in England. In the be-
ginning military alone. the censorship
has now become administrative as
well,
A double censorship exists, one in
Paris and the other in Bordeaux. The
newspapers complain that the CENSOR
ship concerns. itself with everything.
including many things that ere none
OF it's business. and also allege that 1t
Is arbitrary and capricious A certain
news story might receive the ratifica-
tion of the censorship in Paris, while
Bordeaux would condemn the same
conditions the Partisan newspaper
editor has been at u loss to know what
he can do or what he can expect.
Papers have to go to press an hour
and half earlier than usual. in or
der to send three copies Of each sheet
to the censor's Office. Then they have
to wait until each sheet is examined
and permission telephoned to use 1t,
or not to use certain indicated por-
tions. Only after every sheet has thus
passed, can the paper go to press. If
the regulations Of the censorshin are
ignored, all copies are confiscated and
publication suspended, very severe
punishment. Protest against these
conditions Is constantly being made
and 1t is known in Paris that Great
Britain has found it cxpedient to in
tervene in this matter.
The French newspapers admit that
the movement Of troops obviously
should not be published for patriotic
reasons, but they find it most difficult
to understand why the glorious deeds
of their armies and the men compos-
ing them should not pe recorded for
the perusal Of not only the French
public. but for the people Of non-bei-
ligerent countries as well. -;