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Accidental Inventions.

1t often happens that an ignorant man
win stumble upon an invention which
clever men have been working over for
years. At one time all the gum used
IN England was made from gum arabic
and cost no end of money. It happen
ed one night that a big starch fac
tory on the banks of the Lifey, near
Dublin. took fire and great puddIes Of
starch and water were found outside.
Some calico printers, who had been
making an evening of it came by. and.
being very tipsy, one Of them tumbled
into the sticky mess. Next morning,
when he tried to dress. all his clothes
were stuck tight together as II they
had been dipped in glue, and the
wretched man was obliged to stay in
bed till his wife had soaked them in
clean water.
The man, from his trade. knew how
this gum was. and taking the
rest Of the party into his confidence,
they experimental by scorching starch
on fire shovel They found it made
excellent gum when mixed with water,
and it was this invention which en-
abled postage stamps 20 be produced
in an adhesive form.
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BALLOONING EXPEDITION.

French aeronauts are seriously think
ing OF organizing an expedition with
the object of studying Bfount Pelee. that
notorious mountain. u eruption from
which recently proved so fatal to the
residents of Martinique NJ w. de Fon-
vielle. one of their number. has sug
gested that they do this. and he gives
many reasons why their work is bound
TO prove successful. both from a human
itarian and from a scientific stand
point.
Every one will admit" he says, that
a definite idea Of the exact force Of heat
in the mountain and OF the depth at
which IL is TO be found can be obtained
by placing very sensitive thermometers
at specified distances from the volcano
and by applying 10 the statistics furnish
ed thereby the known laws OF heat. In
this way and by repeating the same
operation several times e will be pos
sible to obtain a thorough knowledge Of
the changes, which are constantly TAX
ing place within the mountain. Thus
we can tell at any time whether the
subterranean fire is assuming alarming
proportions or is diminishing or is extin-
guished. No signal Of alarm need be
given until II becomes really dangerous
and thus those who live near it will
not be troubled with vague fears. When
danger threatens them they will be dis
tinctly told Of IL. and they will neither
be scared without cause nor will they be
lulled into a false security.
II, for example. the wind IS blowing
toward the northwest. there is nothing
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to prevent a steamer approaching to
within three or four miles of the vol
cano. Moreover, experiments, which
were first made at the Observatory Of
Texel few years ago. and which have
been continued since then with marked
success. show that kites and balloons
invariably nrove of great service in an
undertaking of this kind. BY using
kite in connection with a balloon the
registering instruments can be brought
within 5000 or 10000 feet OF the crater
In that position they will prove thor
oughly effective. and interesting photo
graphs may be obtained On the other
hand. If a kite only Is used, height OF
y 900 feet can be attained. and at first
glance this seems to promise better re-
suits. II must be remembered, how
ever. thatit would take a kite three
hours TO attain its greatest altitude,
whereas, IL would take a balloon only
one hour.
THE experiments Of the Count de la
Vaulx have shown that a steamer can
easily tow balloons Of enormous volume
and on various occasions successful as
cents in balloons have been made from
French and German vesses. It is evident.
therefore. that in this way observations
Of the greatest interest could be made
and that photographs of the most inter-
esting points could readily be taken.
Furthermore, II these ascents were made
under favorable conditions Of wind. Il
would be possible to condense the gas
coming out of the crater and to see
whether IT contained any poisonous ele-
ments or not"
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dwelling which is 20 feet in length. 16
feet in width. and contains two rooms
Il is steted that no less than 10000 bot
ties were used in the walls of this
unique structure. AS the photograph
shows. they were placed with the bottom
ends projecting outward and are held
in position by dry mud, which the
builder substituted for mortar. The cor
ners of the walls are formed of wooden
posts, also covered with mud. The rows
Of bottles nearest the corners are set in
the material so tightly as TO make
weatherproof joints. The inside of the
walls are coated sufficiently TO cover the
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|s.lQEW:s If1INGss STRANGE 3 CURIOUS
A BEER BOTTLE HOUSE.

Out in the mining camp of Tonopah,
New. William f. Peck, a miner, has
built himself perhaps the most remark
able house In which a family ever lived
II is an actual fact that not a tree can
be found within sixty miles of the town,
and lumber for building commands such
high price that the people have resort
ed to various substitutes for material
for their dwellings. Tonopah is not a
temperance town. and such quantity
OF beer is consumed that empty bottles
are abundant. Peck hit upon the idea of
making himself house out of these bot
ties, and collected enough to make a
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lance of thirty-five feet Of course,
Joker does not land on the hard as
phalt pavement, for a blanket Is held
out by his admiring friends TO catch
him as he makes the jump.
AS soon as the little dog sees the
firemen make for the street. blanket in
hand. he begins to bark and grow so
excited that it is hard to keep him
from bounding to the roof and leaping
off before the men are prepared for the
circus feat. He runs back and forth
across the top of the building until
the signal is given below. when up in
the air he goes. and down straight into
the outstretched blanket
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enough in his representation. for to
this day. on the plains of Tartary is
found a wild horse of just this kind.
and belonging. as we know. to the old
est type existing.
From under the floor of cavern in
the chalk was this picture dug up.
and near it were human bones. doubt
less those of the artist and his family.
Above were the skeletons OF huge
cave bears. and among these more hu-
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necSs Of the bottles, so that the walls
of the house are almost as solid as if
constructed of stone. being fully foot
in thickness.
The miner has a sense of the artistic.
and constructed two of the walls of his
home of light green bottles and the othe..
walls E = dark green, which produces
quite a pleasing effect. This novel resi-
dence has been finished about year,
and Peck has lived in it since that time
with, his wife and two children. Al
though last winter was unusually cold
in Tonopah, the family had no difficulty
in keeping warm.
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Colombian Stamp.

Though they are priced by collectors.
it is safe to say that no artist would
find anything beautiful in the stamps,
which are shown in the accompanying
picture.
Indeed. they are shockingly crude,
and for an obvious reason. They were
issued in Colombia during the recent
revolution, and. as the government had
other things to think about. the various
postoffices printed stamps whenever
they needed them, and took little or no
pains to maintain any uniformity of de-
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man bones 1t is hard to fix the date
with pre- ision, but we can come near
it. Aboi these remains are traces of
the last great ice age which ground
all Europe for thousands OF years. And
the duration of the ice age we do. to
some extent, understand Taking one
consideration with another. it would
appear that 2Ss.OOO years must have
rolled by since this little picture was
engraved.
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OLDEST PICTURE IN THE WORLD

1t is hard to realize that relic of
some artists work should be still dis
cernibie after period of $4,000 years.
as nearly as the time can be reckoned.
But such is the case. It is a small bas-
relief of two horses carved on a piece
Of reindeer horn. They are big-head-
ed brutes. with mule-like tails and
points which would make the judges
at the horse show shudder. Yet there
is 40 doubt the artist was accurate
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terest and excitement for him. He
wants to be in everything that goes on
He and TOodles are not exactly friends.
merely acquaintance. and would not
trust them alone together very long tor
fear that one or the other would insist
upon settling the question of which
was the better fighter TOodles is we'll
on IN years. dignified. fat and inatf-
ferent; Binlde young. slim and always
ready for play. They are both very self
contained and vain
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USEFUL DOG TRACTION.

Toodles is the horse. Binbie the pas
senger. ToodIes doesn't like being horse
much. though; it is so hurliliating TO be
tied up to a cart. and especially so #
you have to pull about another dog YOU
know you can whip If you can only get
the chance Toodles looks peaceful
enough. and he is gentle and affectionate
with his human friends. The dogs are
the playmates of a little New York
boy. Binkie is a very lively youngster
and most things in life are fun of in
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Where Nelson Fell.

On the deck of H. NJ. S. Victory. the
old ship which. did gallant work at
Trafalgar, is a small tablet marking the
spot where Nelson fell. On Trafalgar
day many hero-worshipers visit the
various places where relics of the great
admiral are kept. No spot receives more
majesty the Queen went there once with
Prince Albert, on Trafalgar day, and
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Oldest Modern Man.

According to the intermediate des
Chercheurs." the oldest man of mod
ern times was a labOrer of Brest. in
France, named Jean Causens. He was
born in PluOmogour, on the coast. and
died at St. Matthew, near Brest, at the
age of 137 years. The Italian painter
Caffieri painted a portrait of the cen
tenarian in the year 17a, ten years be-
fore he died
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sign or color. Naturally, the craftsmen
employed at this work were not special
~ skilled in the art of engraving;
hence. though they doubtless did their
best. the stamps manufactured by most
OF them are in many respects the most
unsightly that have ever appeared. For
tunately. their duration of life was
short. and in future they will only pos
sess interest for collectors who may
not find it very easy to procure a com
plete set of them
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Champion Jumping Dog.

Champion high diver OF the West is
Joker small fox terrier dog belonging
to truck No ?, of Portland. Ore. The
favorite pastime of this remarkable
canine consists in Ieaping from the roof
of the fire house to the street. dis
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CedarS of Lebanon.

This is the largest cedar Of Lebanon
in the United States. 1t was sent TO
Mr.. Wickham in an envelope from a
friend in the Holy Land He planted
it opposite his home between BaysIde
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Balloon Collision.

An actual collision OF balloons in mid
air occurred recently near London. Sew
eral large Balloons had been liberated
at the Crystal Palace when a chance
gust OF wind brought two OF the bal
looms together. The sound of the i'm
pact. a curious scraping noise, was
heard for q considerable distance The
elasticity of the balloons caused them
to bound apart Instantly without either
suffering any d,-mage-
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The metal lithium is little more than
half the weight of water. A cubic foot
of it weighs so ounces. Mercury is
twenty-three times heavier.
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sions. The man who is responsible for
the scheme has taken out a patent for
1t on the ground that it is an institu-
ton for the fresh air cure.
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ROYAL OAK AT EPPELBARN.

This remarkable tree is so large that
a hail has been built in it which VIII
hold more than 400 people at one time
It's age, too, is very great, scientists
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Dorsetshire and Hertfordshire are the
poorest counties in England. Each has
to support forty paupers per 1.o0O in
habitants.
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after silently reading the small tablet,
while all around stood with uncovered
heads, she stopped and gathered two
leaves from a wreath placed there in
honor of the day, and carried them
away as mementos of the occasion. On
the steering wheel OF this same ship is
inscribed the immortal signal: Eng
land expects every man to do his duty"
The demand for gutta-percha is sixty
times that of the supply.
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Tourists visiting the West Indies and
looking for curious sights should not
fail to visit a small town about seven
miles north Of San Juan. Porto Rico.
Ask any native where the bone yard
is and for a few pennies he win conduct
you to a cemetery. situated on a hill
In one corner Of the cemetery Is a place
surrounded by a stone wall, gray with
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07
It costs no more to have good station
cry for your business than the poor kind.
The good kind is, the kind We do.
LET US TRY IT.

The Caucasian is pleased to endorse
the article following, which is clipped
from the Homer Guardian Journal:
The ballot is the best method of
electing public officers, and why should
it not also be the best method Of noml-
mating them? The ballot places every
voter upan an equality and the voice OF
one is as potent as that Of any other.
1t gives every candidate fair chance
and every voter fair chance. All cam
didates could be chosen by direct vote
OF the members of the party as well as
elected by direct vote of the people in
the general election. Primaries are I'M
der the protection Of the law. And in
this State the nominations of the Demo-
cratic party are equivalent to election,
and therefore should be made by direct
vote of the rank and file of the party.
There are no objections to primaries
which will not apply with equal or great
er force to. other methods of making
nominations. Persons not members of
the party may not participate in the prl-
1naries to some extent, but such persons
can also participate in mass meetings and
even as delegates to nominating con-
ventions +<- ri
Primaries can be safeguarded just
as well as any other method, and, on the
whole If Is decidedly the best and fair
est method. There will be no population
basis of representation in a primary, and
any Democrat in the State will be equal
to any other Democrat in the State, no
matter in how large negro parish he
may reside. This method has been adopt
ed in South Carolina, Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Mississippi and other Southern
States, and has worked well and given
satisfaction It brings the candidates out
in the open on their merits, and destroys
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07

what are known as gum shoe methods.
The campaign now in progress in Mis-
sissippi is an illustration of this fact.
The candidates for governor and other
State offices and for the Senate in that
State are now on the stump, discussing
the issues of the day before the people.
and appealing to the masses for support
on their merits and because of the
soundness of their political principles.
What a contrast this presents to the
methods which prevail in this State.
Here a State convention assemblies, COM
posed of delegates appointed by little
mass meetings in some parishes. selected
by parish committees in others and
chosen by primaries in still other par
ishes, and the trading and dickering
commences and candidate for governor
is finally nominated, whom nobody out
side of a few politicians had ever
thought of III connection with the high
and important Office.
":The people are tired of and disguised
with such Methods The direct primary
is a better and fairer way. Let US try
it in Louisiana"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07
THE NEGRO AS A SUBJECT.

And the negro is the ubject which
affords space writers for newspapers I'M
limited possibilities and it may be said
in all seriousness that not more than ten
per cent of the negro population in the
South ever peruse these essays, these
erratic and glittering generalltles of
space filters who, as a rule, are ignorant
of the negro except in the sense that he
is black or dark skinned, and that the
white man is white or light skinned.
Much is being said of the negro, bit how
much more could be written Of the Chi
nese; who are swarning into the United
States in numbers, and who if not
checked must, in a few years, aggravate
the social and the labor problem, which
is. now so prolific a field for space writ
erS. knowing the negro as we do, hav-
ing had the practical experience with
the negro on the farm, working with
him side by side in the field with hoe
or at the pillow handle. and through all
the various functions Of life in which
the negro is called into play, we have
long since realized that the best solution
of the negro problem is to let the negro
alone. We should give him every chance
and opportunity to grow up, and on this
we may reproduce the words of critic
in the Medical Brief in a terse and
interesting article on 'Oil and Water
Will not Mix" in which he says:
The Anericanism of the negro is
only skin deep, He is a good imitator,
but Ang1o-Saxon manhood is something
he knows nothing about. The kindest
thing we can do for the negro is to let
him alone Give him chance, to grow
up. Let him acquire the fundamental
virtues Let him learn to be steady,
honest, sober, thrifty, self-controlled.
Let him become a skilled worker, a
property owner Let him set himself to
climb the old, old ladder to advance
ment and he will cease to be a problem.
Nothing can be done for the race, every
thing is possible to the individual black
man. .s=. = ., r .-..
THE, doctor, from. the standpoint of
scientist and biologist, can endorse the
truth of this. He knows. if no one else
does, that the negro is likely to suffer
more from his so-called friends than he
ever can from the hands of those who
understand him" r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07
D. c. RICHARDSON.
W. Fl. HE.ARNE,
!. e. NEW BERRY.
Witnesses
F. H. RANDOLPH.
H. W. LEHMAN.

ALLEN Kendall,
Notary Public Caddo Parish, Ia
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
I, Tohn R. Land, district attorney OF, the
First Judicial District, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, do'hereby certify that hive
examined the above and foregoing char
ter and articles of incorn9 alton. and,
finding nothing therein contrary to law;
l hereby approve the same.
JOHN R LAMB
District Attorney First Judicial Dis
trict of Louisiana, Caddo Parish.
April T. 1903.
(Endorsed) Filed and recorded April
April II, 1903.
J. H. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and Ex-Oficio Deputy
Recorder.
l hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of
the driginaIsact as the same now appears
on file and of record in my Office.
Given under my hand and seal of office
on this 18th day of April, 1903.
J. II. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and Ex-Oficio Deputy
Recorder.
April Io, 1903.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07
CAS- SIM CALLED,

Russian Ambassador and Secretary Ha,
Discuss Asanchuria Matters.
Washington, May 1-Count Cassinl
the Russian ambassador, called at the
state department and had a long in
terview with Secretary Hay, in which
the whole Manchurian matter is under
stood to have been frankly discussed
The discussion throughout was Of the
mosct amicable and and satisfactory
character. The Japanese minister, Mr.
Takihari. called later and he also dis
cussed Manchuria. The Japanese are
finding much comfort in Ambassador
McCormick's dispatch from St. Peters.
burg conveying Russia's disclaimer OF
improper purposes as to Manchuria
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07
MEET AT TOPEKA.
Railroad Young Mems Christian AssoclA
ton in Session.

Railroad Young Mems Christian Assocla
ton in Session
Topeka. Kan, May 1-More than
1900 delegates to the International con-
vention of the Railroad Young Mems
Christian association gathered in the
Auditorium to attend the opening of
the eleventh meeting Of the assOcia-
ton. Address Of welcome was given
by Chief Justice w. A Johnston.
Kansas Edward Wilder. treasurer,
Santa Fee railroad, and John E. Frost.
president Of the Commercial club Re-
sponses were made by Col John J
McCook OF New York, president of the
International association. Following
this was an address on locomotive re-
ligion by Rev. p. S. Henson Of Brook
Ign.
At the evening service the Young
Mems Christian Association Glee club
of Cleburne, Tex, sang.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07

Hollidaysburg, Pa, May 1.-The ex-
tensive plant of the Crescent Powder
company of Canister was wrecked by
a series of four explosions
OF the thirty employees, nine were
killed outright and all the others were
severely injured.
The first explosion occurred among
the material in the mixing house.
blowing that building to atoms and
also destroying the two punching
houses and the Office
Nothing was left of these struc-
lures. Fire arose in other buildings
The force of the explosion was felt
in towns five miles away and all houses
in the locality were damaged.
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CHARTER
OF THE w. H. HEARNE COMPANY,
LIMITED.

United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Caddo: Be it
known that on this the 18TH day of April,
A. d. 1903, before me, Allen Kendall,
Notary Public in and for the parish OF
Caddo and State Of Louisiana, duly COM
missioned and qualified, and in presence
of the witnesses hereinafter undersigned,
personally came and appeared the sew
eral persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who severally declared that
awaiting themselves of the provisions Of
the laws of this State relative to the
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SHERIEFS SAFE
No. 8I45-1n First Judicial District
Court of Caddn Parish La Mack

No. 8145-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La: Mack
49, Well1nan VS.. Eva Rowland.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me issued in the above entitled
and numbered suit by the Honorable
First District Court of Caddo Parish,
La, | have seized. and will offer for
sale at public auction, according to law,
without the benefit Of appraisenent, at
the principal front door of the court
house of Caddo parish, in the city of
Shreveport, La, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1908.
the following described property, to-
wit: Lots sixteen and seventeen (I6
and ~ of block o. of tile Texarkana
Annex subdivision, in 5he city of
Shreveport, La, as per map in convey
ance book 22, page y, cf tie recorders
Office of Caddo parish, La
The said sale to be II nv on the fol-
lowing terms For cad to make the
sum Of $4,000 with 8 ferl rent interest
thereon from February A. 1909, and 5
per cent attorneys fees in said sum
and interest, and all costss Of the suit !;
and on terms of credit 10 pay one note
of $4,000 due February 4, 1904; and
one note for $4,000 due February 4,
1905; and one note for $500 due Febru-
airy i, 1906; and. one note for $4,000
due February 4, 1907; each note bear
ing per cent interest per annum from
February 4, Ieo2.
S. J. WARD.
Sheriff Of Caddo Parish, ] a.
Caucasian April s. 1908.