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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

Chinese wall was protection to Chris
tian missionaries, who hid in its re-
cesses as the early Christians OF Rome
hid in the catacombs from the pagan
leaders. With these missionaries
many native Christians took refuge.
The story Of their hardships shows
that heroism is as strong in the hu-
man heart today as it was in the days
of the Roman prosecutions. Many
were found by the Boxers. To the
white missionaries death was the only
end. To the Chinese there was a
chance for life if they would renounce
Christianity and accept any of the
Chinese beliefs.
Reports say many of the Chinese
converts renowned the God OF the
foreign devils and accepted the gods
of the Chinese, but there were many
who refused to renounce their COD
and their heads were stricken on.
First the white Christians were
killed. Then the yellow Christians
were compelled under torture to drink
the blood of their white leaders be-
fore they died.
The Chinese wall is a fitting en-
blem of the endurance of the Chi
nese nation. Built of the finest build.
ing stone in the world it has endured
through II centuries as a mockery
to the seven wonders Of the world
enumerated by the Greeks. The Chi
nese wall was unknown to the Greeks
or it certainly would have been In.
cluded in the list of wonders. 1t was
more wonderful than them all. Fur
thermore, it was built for the service
of man, whereas the pyramids, the
hanging gardens of Babylon and other
wonders were built for the vanity Of
man.
The Chinese wall has done much to
keep back the advance of civilization
in China. Since its construction the
nation has advanced little in the arts
md nd sciences. Only in the last ten
80 nave the young Chinese admit.
ted western civiiizatiop m cI,-.
are a scholarly people. but thet- a,,,''
cation is limited to the study OF the
classics. They are philosophers, but
their philosophy runs in grooves.
They invented gunpowder, but did not
develop 1t.
The Chinese would point to the VOL
of China and say that they should not
20 beyond its bounds. They were
bounded on the north by the Great
Wall, on the east by the sea of the
rising sun, on the south by the land
of tropical diseases and on the west
! by the great interior plateau. The
first Chinese to leave their native
land we're not allowed to return. I'm
til the last decade a Chinaman who
cut of his braid of hair was ostra-
cized.
The Chinese are adopts at cruelty.
They have severe punishments, but
they cannot be said to be bloody.
Few Chinese go armed and murders
are rare. They have had fewer
wars than any other country on earth;
until the Chinese-Japanese war they
had been at peace since the inva.
sion of the Manchus.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

the earth, and allowed gently to rest
OH the Saharan desert. That done, it
would be absurdly simple to avail our.
selves Of the immense mineral re-
sources of our satellite.
AS it happened, however, the thing
was never attempted-probably be-
cause it was discovered that the min,
eral wealth of the moon would BE- a
very poor substitute for the lunar
tides If the ocean, the s,oppage OF
which would tend to p1rslyze the VIA.
ter borne commerce Of the whole
world.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

tom. The magnet used in this case
was three and a half feet in width and
weighed three thousand pounds.
The ease with which the calEr was
brought to the surface gave rise to
the suggestion that, given a sufficient
ly big magnet, sunken submarines
might be similarly salved at short
rotice.
About quarter of century ago
a French enthusiast published details
Of truly ambitious electromagnetic
scheme. BY magnetism, he explained,
the moon could be brought down tc
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
WOULD BRING DOWN MOON
Ambitious Schemes of French Enthu.
siast Fortunately Never Brought
to Conclusion.

The electromagnetic, which is being
necessarily used in French hospitals
ror the extraction of bullets has man.
fold possibilities Recently the Unit.
I'd States Steel company. by means
>. electromagnetic power, recovered
from the bed Of the Mississippi a car
e Of nails which had gone to the bot
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

forth under cover of the darkness and
remove his overcoat and shoes, as
several men of this company had
done
Rain is more serious here In Pr
cardy, where the clay holds water on
the surface. Despite cutters and roofs
rain always gets into the trenches
somehow.
when it rains" said a soldier with
Tnais, !. carelessness. you get wet
learned thasste iis to it."
toI ~nspi-
Death Loses Its Terrors.
The following story illustrates how
little preoccupied with death these
men are:
One day the men in the rear guard
trench decided to send q soldier to
fetch water from a village two kilo.
meters az miles, away. 1t was a
fine, warm day and they wanted to
wash themselves. An hour later the
soldier returned with two pals of wa
ter, which all we're eager to use, but
they lacked towels.
One soldier said he would get some
from the advance trenches, where
there were several. He went ducking
down the zigzag passage which con.
meets the trenches, and which, because
of Its length, is named Rue Lafayette,
after the longest street in Paris. All
the trenches are named. There is a
Rue de la Paix, an Avenue de rOpera
and the grand boulevards.
Killed, But Towels Are Saved.
They waited, but the soldier did not
return and another went to hunt fol
him. Finally he saw the soldier with
the towels in his hand and his head
bent to the earth. A call brought NO
answer. The man had rashly lifted
his head above the ground and was in
stantly shot through both temples
The soldier who told this story took
the towels from his dead comrade and
calmly returned to wash himself.
What would you expect?" he asked
1T might have been my turn half an
hour. later There was no use in wor
rying."
That night two men went and got
the body Of their comrade and buried
| it.
No Word of Rebellion.
During the entire two days l lived
with these men did not hear 2 single
word al is Eagerly for war news, about
what the people we're saying in the
cities and what the opinion was In
the allied and neutral countries. They
expressed the hope that the war would
not last much longer, and some sighed
when thinking of their wives and chill
dren, photographs Of whom they
showed me. But always they were
good humored. 1t was as II new and
simplified souls had formed within
them adapted to the present extraor.
binary circumstances.
From the lieutenant and the captain,
whom the men treated respectfully, as
both were leaders as we'll as com.
rades; from the thoughtful young civil
engineer, now common soldier, who,
one realized, was accustomed to a life
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
drew into their old Asiatic home and
finally set their faces westward.

drew into their old Asiatic home and
finally set their faces westward.
1t Is believed that the invasion Of
the Huns was the direct result OF the
building Of the Chinese wall. The
Huns are believed to be descendants
Of the same people, who fought so
unsuccessfully with China.
The building of the Chinese wall
gave the Chinese a sense of security,
which turned them into an unwarlike
nation. The wall is so broad that in
places six horsemen can ride abreast
along it. 1t can accommodate a great
body OF fighting men. At intervals on
the hilltops guards we're placed and
they remained there for hundreds of
years. When hostile army was seen
approaching the signal would be given
and the people would rush to the wall.
There they would shoot such harmless
explosives down on the invaders as
firecrackers and stink pots. These
pots resembled our bombs. They
were made of brilliant clay. They
burst on striking the ground. When
they burst they would let loose vile
smelling gas, much like hydrogen sui.
phide.
Naturally they learned to fight with.
out endangering their own lives. Even
to this day that Is the way the China.
man fights. The Chinese war with
Japan was an excursion trip for the
Japs.
The Boxer uprising shows the in
feriority of the Chinese as fighters.
Although China has population
greater than all Of Europe, any Euro
pean country could beat her in a
straight fight. The Boxers fought only
when they had superior numbers.
Even when the Chinese are we'll
! aspipped they cannot fight foreign
try from nhkills the wall saved the coun.
ago, yet it made tRsspb H LOO years
resistant people. non
BY enabling the people to go their
way, the wall has made of China the
most populous nation in the world
Probably one-third of the worlds in
habitants live in China. Not less
than one-fourth Of the worlds people
live there. Not until modern times
did China go to war Of any conse
quence after the building Of the wall
That was when the Manchus, who
lived north of the wall, swarmed over
the barricade and captured Picking
The Manchus became the ruling PEG
pie and were reigning in China when
the Europeans entered. The Manchus
continued in power until the estab
lishment of the Chinese republic.
The stupendous work of the Great
Wall of China can be understood when
one considers that at one point II
crossed the peak of a mountain 10000
feet high. The wall followed the
mountain ridges wherever there were
any. The stones were sometimes
picked from the ground near the wall.
When there were no stones there they
were brought great distance if need
be to make the wall strong.
When one looks at the wall he can.
not help but be struck with the curves
in the vast structure. These curves
are due to the theory that devils can.
| not walk in anything but straight
lines.
In the Boxer uprising of 1900 the
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01
Her Lesson.

THE young idea, unused the substi-
tute teacher, doesn't have to be
taught to shoot paper wads."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-01

)ME seventeen hundred
years ago when not one OF
the present powers of Eu.
rope was in existence,
when the few who dared
say they were Christians
were being prosecuted IN
Rome, when the Germans
were still a crowd of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
HELP FOR The NEEDY
Topeka Victim of the Money Lenders
il Rescued by Legal
Advisers

Loan sharks will continue - be
prosperous and find victims in Topeka
a. long as no governmental ai+ 3
offered TO the poor along money lend
ing lines, according to Louis Lloyd,
SO rotary of the Prov ident association
A case came to light this week where
man borrowed 500 for six months
and after five had elapsed, gave the
lender $3.50 He had borrowed
again $50 for four months, agreeing to
return s42, when legal advisers got
hold of his case
Two bills providing for fund tc
lerd to poor people without financ' al
rating have been defeated in the legs
lature- says Mr. Floyd, and At present
there is no relief for the poor r.>an as
there Is in Kansas City. where small
sums can be borrowed with the house,
hold furniture given as security and al
a low rate of interest.
There is no need of mans falling
into the clutches of a Topeka loan
shark, says Mr.. Floyd A legal aid
committee. consisting of E l. O'Neu
T. F. Carver and w. F. Schoch. is al
ways ready TO help the victim out
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school and he has asked me TO wait
until he is through school and old
enough to go with me. and I promised
Did 1 do right?
This boy works all through his va
cations and pays his board TO his par
ents, and with money he has over he
gets his clothes and books / wanted
him to have a ring very badly. be-
cause he is SO careful of his hands
and keeps them SO nice. I knew he
would be proud of one and SO I bought
him a nice ring for his birthday. 7
have a good position and make good
money 1 pay my beard. have some
money in the bank and didn': scrimp
myself by getting It I had no other
reason but that 1 wanted him TO nave
one, as L knew nearly all the Toys
in high school had one. Vow his
mother won't let him wear it She
says that it is a sign of engagement
Please tell me if it is and IL his
mother is doing right.
Grille FRIEND
Conventions go contrary TO some
Of the finest, sweetest impulses we
have and say that we must not do
what we want to do 50 much You
should not have given the boy the
ring. because neither boys nor girls
accept jeweIry from each other an
less they are engaged The ring was
not a sign Of engagement. however,
because men do not wear enga cement
rings. His mother has z right to in
sist that he accept nothing that would
put him under obligation to sou- A
boy of seventeen is not old enough to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10

Deer Mrs Thompson; ~ L am
eighteen years old and for the last
half year 7 have been going with a
number or different fellows Ny
mother and father think I should go
with only one fellow at a time, and
they say | will lose my repu tatfou II
/ go with more Is that SO I don't
want to go with a steady fellow yet.
I want you to give me your advice.
90 What is good to make the nair
grow thicker Mine is long, but very
thin, and il falls out
~ Does a good face powder put On
over cold cream nurt the face any
DARCIA-
C1D I believe that girls of your age
should go with several boys. Times
have changed and what would Iaake
a girls reputation look questionable
in your mothers girlhood would not
now. If a girl goes with fine. re-
spectacle boys and does not accept
any others as friends her reputation
will not be ndaDgered-that is. IL she
does not cheaper herself by spo0ning.
~ Get a rubber-cushioned brush
with rather stiff bristles and brush
the hair a hundred strokes twice a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
EXAMS NEXT week
Pupils of the Rural Schools VIII Pass
Through the Ordeal Before
Christmas.

Five thousand. seven hundred and
twenty-five school children in Shaw
nee county, Topeka city schools ex-
Guided, will knit their brows and bat
tie with the most dreaded jinx of a
school child's life next Friday and
saturday. when the bi-monthly grade
and common school examinations will
be given
The examinations are to be given a
week early on account of the Christ
mas programs which the schools will
give The examination questions were
mailed from the office of John F.
Ely. county superintendent. today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10

Dear Mrs. Thompson: % Will
you please give me a remedy for
freckles?
CD If a married man who is driv-
ing five-passenger automobile
passes a young married woman and
invites her to ride as far as he is
going. should she sit in the front
seat with him or ride in the back
seat There are no other passengers.
These two are neighbOrs and have
known each other for quite a few
years. cit is a chance meeting.)
90 The Young Housewife who
wishes a remedy for heat spots on
table viii try rub bling fresh. lard on
the white spots caused by hot dishes
she will find the spots will disappear.
The lard should be rubbed in lightly
with the finger tips If the spots
do not vanish in a few minutes, or
if they are very bad the lard should
day and over night if necessary. The
ia BILE and l have never Yet seen the
heat spot it would not remove. It is
wiped off with a soft cloth after
wards MARGARET.
Cd Two drains oxide of zinc. one
quarter dram subiodide of bisrnuth.
one and three quarters drains of
dexterin, one and a half drains of
glycerine. Spread the paste upon the
freckIes at night before going to bed.
In the morning remove what remains
with a little powdered borax and
almond oil
90 She should sit in the front seat.
90 Thank you for the answer to
Young Housewife.
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Heart and Beauty Problems
Written for the State Journal
By Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.

love him and 7 don't know whether
he Loves me or not Please tell me if
it is right for me TO love him
BLUE-EYED GIRL
If the man loved you he would
come to you regardless of your
agreement never to see each other
again. The sensible thing for you to
do is to forget him. Force him out
of your thoughts In time if your
mind is open to new opportunities
you will meet someone else you can
love.
Dear Mrs Thompson: There is a
very beautiful girl that lives in this
town She is also wealthy and so nice
that she makes every fellow wildly in
love with her. If she only looks at
you under those dark Iashes of hers
you feel like getting down on your
knees. She is twenty and ever since
she was sixteen she has been asked
many times to marry and has always
refused I want to ask her now and 1
try every way I can to have her love
me and as 1 have considerable money
myself she ought to be very happy
to have yes for my answer?
A LOVER
Don't be so sentimental The girl
will not love you as long as you con-
slider her as such Popular girls like
the men who are Indifferent to them
Let her show marked signs of want
ing you before you dare TO propose.
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Dear Mrs. Thompson: % Ny
face. VIXEN I got over the measles.
was left with a humor. II has a scaly
breaking out. I have tried using car
bohc soap but found it does no good
Can you tell me what to do?
90 Last winter I went to some silly
kissing parties. At the first one I
had a good time. but after that the
boys did not notice me and becam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10

Dear Mrs Thompson: I am six
teen and wish to have your advice. 1
met a fellow one afternoon. He was
walking past our house and played
joke on me by asking where a certain
number was Then afterward he said
he wanted to know the names of the
people and he also said he came down
on purpose to know me- I have found
out that this fellow is very well
known He has asked me for a great
many dates. but I have refused him.
as 1 am not allowed to accept. 1 think
great deal of him Please tell me
how I c4n go places with him and how
to get him back again. as he has
dropped me since I cannot go with
him. INQUISITINE
The young man took a very uncon-
ventional way of getting acquainted.
and because of this I cannot blame
your parents for not letting you go
with him He may, however. be
very fine boy. Have your father in
vestigate his character, since he is 50
well known. and If he is all right and
your parents consent. have d littIe
party of four or eight some night and
invite him
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Dear Irs. Thompson: I am a girl
thirteen years old. I am in my last
year At grammar school 1 have sis
tiers. one of whom is one year my
junior Every morning after break
fast or any time during the day she
makes some excuse to get outdoors SO
that she will not have to help me.
It makes me very cross at my mother
and then she says things that she
ought not to say 1 feel as though
I don't want to do anything. I know
my sister is younger than I am. but
il makes me angry just the same
when she does not try to help. When
my mother tells me TO do things I feel
like answering her back. 1 do not go
out nights and have no boy friends.
Please tell me what you think of this.
BROWN EYES
If you refuse to let conditions ruin
your disposition you will turn out a
happier and more capable woman
than YOUR sisters While they are
playing you are learning to do things
that will be of ues to YOU all your
life Work cheerfulIy and without
complaint for selfish reason If no
other. Hard thoughts make hard
disc grees BILE face. while sunny. toll
Grant thoughts make the face sweet
and lovabIo. II YOU are kind and gem
tie TO your mother she may not ask
you to do so much work
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day. Let the bristles touch the scalp
while you brush. You Will Iose a lot
OF mar 70 begin with. bat when the
unhealthy hair il gone new viii come
in and grow rapidly.
90 No
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Dear Mrs Thompson: 1 have a
canoe which is painted gray. Kindly
give me a few appropriate names for
il. CONSTANT READER
Lady Gray. The Nancy Lee. The
Gray Owl. and The Albatross.
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show attention to a special girl, te-
cause he is sure to change his mind.
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a wall-flower. From some I came
home alone. This winter I am not
going to any parties. Do you blame
me? Would you go and overcome
thiS2
go What can I do to make my
self more attractive in company?
60 Are girls fourteen too young
to so to evening parties and suppers
when boys come home with them?
BIRCH BARK BABY.
Cd See a doctor at once.
90 kissing parties are decidedly
cheap. 1 think it will be wise to
stay away
CD I certainly would not try to
make myself liked by people who play
kissing games. Aim higher
"a Enter into the spirit of things.
have as good a time as you can your
self and help others to have a good
time. Look your best too That
means keep your clothes neat, your
hair well combed and your skin clean
looking.
60 Yes. they are too young
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Dear Mrs. Thompson 1 met a boy
here in This city two years ago This
boy showed great interest in me and
did in him also. Before the boy left
the next morning he came UP to my
house TO see me When he left he
wrote me letters every week Last
year he came down to see me and We
had 4 good time When this boy left
he did not write until two weeks later
IN his letter he excused himself by
saying that he was busy In return
1 did not answer until about three
weeks later and made no excuse He
dill not answer this letter and I did
not write any more. Later 1 wrote
MIN a card and said only-''Are you
q good guesser He wrote back and
asked If he was right Then I denied
sending the card. Later he sent me
g New Years card and I answered it.
Since then I've heard nothing. I want
TO correspond with this boy gain be-
cause 1 like him better than any one
else. Can you tell me how 1 can get
him to correspond with me2
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The boy will write if he wants TO-
There is nothing you can do TO make
him
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Your loyalty to your husband in
the time of his disgrace will proba bly,
do more to reform him than the pris-
on life will do. Your mother has lived
her life in her own way. probably.
Tell her that you must be allowed to
live your own life in your own way
and that this way includes faith in
your husbands better nature. and
that you intend to give him another
chance to be the right kind of faith
er to his little children.
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Dear Mrs. Thompson I am a girl
of 9 and kept company with young
man of % a long time ago we part
ed. never to see each other again. al
though we live in the same city 1
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Dear Mrs Thompson: 7 work in
a private office where there are two
men one is quite jolly and very
humorous, and is always saying
things that make me laugh Vow I
think it is a fine thing to be able to
laugh and quit, but when I get start
ed l just can't stop and I feel 50 fool
ish At times that l don't knew what
to do If I am in a crowd and there
is a bunch of jolly though sensible
girls in it, sometimes I can stop with
the rest, but if one of the girls IS
kind of silly, just giggle until feel
SO ashamed of myself Now won't
you please tell me OF a way 70 learn
TO be sensible and learn to laugh with
the others. and quit. for it's 50 EN-
barrs ssiHg when in d public place 1
certainly will thank you for the adj
vice. and will do the best 7 can 10
90 by it. GIGCiLES
Some people are emotional and
they laugh or cry at the least provo
cation. They should not be criticized
because they can't help il If you
try not to be silly when you laugh
you are doing all you can
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