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minutes after her arrival She wa3 pure
ring and uuLbiing contnuledjy, ovi.
IDENTITY approaching to the fun Tho ex-
c]oIIguoo of my pet brand OF the weed,
and utterly obllpl0us Of the fact that
according 90 the ordinary standards
she was a stranger ] fancy that her
unItillng good humor might become
mOn0lonuu8 If enc were to be COM
stantly brought into contact with it,.
but a8 a remedy for the irritation and
worry caused by tho yagarIes of the
arisrocratic Miss Boauchamp Cholmod-
eley, Kitty is absolutely iufailible.
There Is a romance connected with a
bro|n-clay and reed Indian pipe,
which with rare originality, has been
christened "Minnehaha | rescued her
from a disgusting old Pioran brave,
who was continually stuGing her with
"A vile mixture Of "kiHnikinnick' and
"blark-strap' and blowing her up to
no end when her delicate nature re-
helled at such treatment. bought
her for the price of a drink, and. after
carefully eliminating all outward
traces Of her horrible experience, tried
to bring her gradually to a state of
utter forgetfulness Of her past sup
pose you think that her gratitude il
unbounded. and that she seeks to show
it by her works. Far from H. She IL
the most obstinate and sulky member
Of the whole harcm, Her temper is
simply awful and when smoking her
] am never certain that the next in
slant may not witness q hareup which
will be. to say the least. decidedly un-
comfortable for 0Re 50 near More
over am not at all certain that / have
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

The mere mar stopped In front Of
shop window. II was fun Of large and
beautiful hats. There" he said to the
girl with him, why don't you get one
Of those and be done with it? See;
they are special, too; only $40"
"What?" cried the girl, Indignantly
Then her tone changed to one of pity.
Come away" she said; you are but
a mere man, after all. Don't you know
that this is probably the most conspic-
uous hat window in town, and thou
sands of woman have already seen
these hats and the prices on them?
Of course they are beautiful. but ]
wouldn't wear one for the world. I'd
be a marked woman. Any other WON
an could tell one as soon as she saw
II, know where got it, and just wha,
paid for it"-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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belt, brought together waist and skirt.
The skirt was a blue-gray chip with a
very tail baudeau at the back lifting II
way over the face; a pink rose lay at the
middle point in front, just over the fore
head, and two gray-blue wings stretched
out either side from it., 1t was ultra.
but the color scheme was 50 charming
ly cool one found the whole good A
large fiat hand bag Of light gray ALI,
gator skin vas carried, and gray sill;
/ gloves me- the elbow sleeves.
What do you think Of a iiye-piece suit?
We used to have the coat and skirt OF
one color; then came the coat, skirt and
silk waist Of same color; the so-cailed
thTee-piece suit. The fiYe-pieCe suit
sounds eXtrayagant. but in a way it is
economical, gives a number of changes
with the single skirt; it consists of skirt.
coat and shirt waist. and a taffeta long
wrap for warm weather, a bolero for
still warmer. OF course. for this cos.
tune, with It's many possibilities, one
must choose the most becoming of the
less conspicuous colors; a novelty worn
so often would grow very tiresome. We
recommend this for anyone that is to
travel and visit a good deal, the five.
piece suit should provide the posseasoT
for any emergency.
SAKE blue, which is favored this sea
son, is a beautiful shade, and harmon
ICES well with that old stand by-navy
blue, SAKE Is neither cornfowernor tur.
Quoise, but a cross Of the two, il is worn
by fair and dark alike, being such a soft
tone ii is not a trying color,
The Charlotte Corday hats have not
lost vogue; most Of the lingerie hats
are of this model and not q few of the
made-up straw braids.
Fichus transform old waists into
newer fashion. The fchu the latest
fancy. 1t is exquisite made Of white silk
muslin for a soft white waist. and very
picturesque Of colored muslin. When
the foundation material il one of the
handsome lowered brocades. With ell
bow sleeves il makes a most picturesque
costume, and the picture gown is the
gown Of the day.
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feet in air, falling back to burst forth
again, higher and higher. Pele, a
great cauldron was, if l remember
Alright. 300 feet below us, but it was
quite near enough. We were afraid to
stay--afraid o GO. ANY moment the
lava in the Halemanman rim might
fall in, any moment the lake might rise
and overwhelm us, 1t was most ter
rifying, a tremendous manifestation OF
natures power.
{Mayhap Pele stands to the Hawaii
ans for nature, "the forces or processes
of the material world, conceived Of as
an agency Intermediary between the
Creator and the world" / wonder,)
Although Kilauea, down on the
mountain side, is more given to VIC
lent eruption than Mokuaweoweo, the
crater in the summit, there have been
magnificent displays on Mauna Loa,s
very top, and very recent ones. In
1896 fires were seer blazing where US
ually the cold SHOWS lie. and two eXpe-
ulJlODS ndSltlISN w 81 SIb9S w" VI
the spectacle Of Mokuaweoweo in &C
ton. 1t is a very difficult climb TO the
summit. one not unfraugbt with dan.
ger; but the ascent was made, close
view obtained Of two fountains OF
fire 300 or 400 feet high, and lava flows
observed. Mokuaweoweo's eruptions
are usually of such short duration par
ties have not time to make the ascent
before the violence subsidies.
Usually, before a new eruption,
either on the side or top Of Mauna
Los, warning is given; an earthquake
shock. as q rule not of great severity.
The lava flows that from time to time
travel down the mountain have heen
Of such sluggish nature as to allow the
people to make an easy escape. The
inhabitants generally have counted Ha-
wall a reasonably safe place OF resi-
derce. hare treasured themselves with
~repeated reference to the numerous
openings whence the internal forces
NAV be set free. But the present
threatenings are looked upon as unus
ually ominous.
KATHERINE POPE
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"Marie Smythe," and my troubles be-
gan. ! found that she required infn.
itely more attention than before, She
insisted upon being smoked calmly and
smoothly, and rebelled at the bare sug-
gesti1n Of filling her with anything but
the choicest brands Of tobacco. II was
extremely annoying; and when one
day she fell from the rack in a vain
attempt 10 assume a naughty manner
towards a humble and iDofiensiye
"eorn-oob" near her. and broke her
poor little imitation-amber heart, | did
not consider it worth repairing,
Fatalism has a deyotee In the per
son Of a Turkish hookah, whose name
as n matter Of course Ia Fatima. All
her inherited tendencies and her early
training fit her fof the station In life
which she now occupies-it is her dee
tiny. Consequently she sees no cause
for worry or ill-temper in the fact that
for weeks at a time she sits In a cor
ner, neglected and almost forgotten,
while some one Of her companions oc-
cupies the position Of favorite, which
was uDquestionably hers for some time
after her advent. She is a member Of
that large class who would be spoiled
by too much attention. II ! we're %
SMOKE her for a week. completely neg
leet.ng the others, she would become
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ter Of too profuse combination OF baby
blue and white.
Girdles Of Powered ribbon are much
seen in the evenings, and also at after
noon affairs, When well shaped they
are very elegant, give to a plain dress a
touch that transforms it into d costume
of fashion.
Washable hats are as much 10 the
fore as was predicted early in the sea-
son, and none are prettier than those
made of embroidery. They are trimmed
simply with soft ribbon. and look
charming OF a summer evening, the rest
Of the costume correspondingly light
and airy. We predict that the summer
girl Of 1905 will be handed down In pic
ture ana photograph because Of this ex-
eremely picturesque head adornment.
II is appropriate for any hour Of the day,
stands the fierce glare of noon, the de-
mands Of afternoon leisure, the require
ments Of evening c0stuming.
Shoes match gowns as they have not
done In years; of course, the average
mortal viii not be expected to buy half
a dozen different colored slippers this
summer, but she can in addition to the
ordinary black or tan have one pair
suitable for party wear; and we advise
she decide on some one color for dressy
wear and let the shoes carry out the
keynote, Suppose gray.bIue be chosen,
and supposing the best dress be a
gray-blue wolfe; then buy a pair of un-
dressed kid slippers this shade primarily
for this gown; select for wash dresses
ribbons Of gray-blue, and 10 the slip
peFs are just the thing for this costume.
ELLEN OsMOEDE.
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plateau wherein Is built a largish
structure, the Volcano House. And
here we halt, not, as we had supposed,
at the top of the mountain. The in
itiatad laugh when we tell them we
thought, back there in the States"
that the hostelry would be way up at
the summit; that going to the vol.
cano' would, of course, mean ascend.
ing Mauna Loa. Hadn't the Biographies
told us Hawaii contained the largest
active volcano in the world, and hadn't
the Biographies spoken of Mauna Loa
as an active volcano on the island of
Hawaii, soutIernmost of the group Of
islands? Kilauea we thought of as a
distinct volcano, something quite apart
from Maunf Loa.
We found, when we reached the bit
of tableland, 1900 feet up Mauna Loa,
that Kilauea was right before us, the
great deep cistern of d place that, a
few rods in front of the inn. dropped
down hundreds Of feet. The ~cistern's
sides were from 800 to 400 feet deep.
its rim about eight miles around. We
went down into its deepness and dark
ness and mysteries. A more eerie
place could not be imagined, We left
a smiling, green-clad earth for what
presently became the bottomiess pit,
A steep, rough descent brought us
to the floor Of the crater c~istern, a
floor Of old lava. walking on which was
like walking on broken states, a sharp,
irregular, gritty, black-gray surface. A
sea of this stretched before us, de.
pressing, sinister, ugly, Here and there
steam rose from the scoria, coming
from cracks that reached down TO
the heart of things. The sky off to the
far point towards which our faces
were set reflected dancing flames. As
we followed the guide over a rough
way, along a path marked by little
piles Of lava, we now and then jumped
wide cracks which yawned abyss
mally, and by and by our feet halted
at hot, red-rimmed mes. Now the
smell of sulphur vas hot and heavy
in the air, and, yes. we heard a great
boiling and seething, heard occasional
reports, felt a tremendous something.
And in a moment we stood on the
brink of Halemannian, Home OF Fire
the bottomless pit, 1t was the very
hell of childish i%maginings; scarlet
pillows battling and leaping and roar.
ing upon other pillows In widest fury,
fountains of fire spouting a hundred
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.F'
quite succeeded IN divorclnq her from
her previous mode Of life. for some
times when she Is consuming the very
best brand Of English tobacco ! fancy
| can detect a faint favor Of the old
mixture which, until | rescued her.
was her sole article Of diet.
But the gem Of the cOllection-tbe
one which ! could least afford TO lose
IL Nan She is a short, st~raigbt-stem
briar, Of the form commonly called
bulldog ana the trueet friend a a
I'VE had She has ne toibles or fan
Cies; she gives no exhibitions Of tenn
per Or petty spite. Changes Of cir
cumstances affect her not in the slight
est d~egree-she is just a. happy out
IN a storm a. before a e~rate-fre, and
does her work equally well Although
she has a decided preference for good
tobacco yet when for any reason that
~ not available, she will take what
ever comes, and do her very best 10
CONSUME it az if It were an expensive
brand She scCrhs pInsh-Iined cases,
and all other marks Of an efete aris-
locracy. Towards Miss Beauchamp-
cholmodeley her attitude Ia n OF
amused contempt. And yet in spite Of
her b0n.hommie the slightest attempt
10 abuse her confidence viii cause a
display Of that quality c~ollOquially
called "spunk, " Of which one would not
have thought her capable. DC you Won
der that II is Nan who is my constant
companioB-my best beloved?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02
Resented IL.

Gerald said the young wife. no.
ticing how heartily he was eating, do
] cook as well as your mother did,
Gerald put up his monocle and
stared at her through II.
"Onoe for all, Agatha" he said, Il
beg yon will remember that although
] may seem to be in reduced circum.
stances now, ! come Of an old and dis.
tinguished family. My mother was
not a cook "-Ch!cago Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

AA~N- NAAhN ANN ~f"fH
need wear an unbecoming one. Try to
withstand the seductive wiles OF the
girl at the millinery shop, who tells yuu
you look too sweet for anything in the
first queer bit Of headgear mounted or
your locks, and patiently study and Try
on until you achieve something tina.
suits your idea of becomingness, In
the variety offered, We repeat, you can
be suited.
1t cannot be said any style FREEDOM
mates; while there are many small tur.
sensible hats seen; while many are tilt
ed over the forehead to the imminent
danger of sliding downhlll, there are
many worn at a sensible center Of gray
ity. And, by the way, the tip-tilted are
really no more foolish than those mon
strosities of last season that were
poised on the back of the head, set to
catch every passing breeze. Some fash
ion wit refers TO them as the sail boat
m~onstrosity pinned anywhere.
One very pleasing style obtaining
among the best dressed is that of having
the veil exactly match the hat. Yes
terday we saw a medium-sized chip of
pale lilac trimmed with softly-shaded
ribbon, and the veil the tone of the hat.
1t gave to the rather plain tailor cos
tune of light gray a finish that meant
style.
Speaking Of lightweight street
dresses, we noticed a refreshing costume
one hot day last week that seems worth
description; it was a gray and cream
checked wool Of some thin material, as
cool as muslin; the skirt was quite plain
and short enough for comfort; the Elton
coat was lined with gray taffeta and
trimmed with embroidery insertion Of
heavy sort. The waist was a thin white
with little inserts Of real Val, a gray silk
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altogether too dcmonstrat.yy 'eIub-
berry in fact tlI an expressive vulgar
isn't may be Uacd} That Is her nature
Kitty OBrieu is a short. chubby
brlar With % yuluanitc step She is
always In good bumor. 1t must he adj
m.t'gi that Tor a person of her dimen-
sjous her appetite iE somewhat nbuur-
mai but who would hegrudre her all
the tobacco she can consume, when
she rs such a Jolly little soul' No beat
'ng about the bush was necessary in
becoming acquainted with her Ten
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ured net made over thin white silk.
The Cecilia neck is used, but it is be-
coming to only a few, is trying save to
one with a beautiful throat. The
scrawny. for some reason or other. can
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

Bill--Do you have seasonable dishes
at your boarding house,
Jill-Do we? Why, we had snow
pudding nearly every Sunday last win
ter!-Yonkers Statesman
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Dainty Summer Evening Dress

HE design here given will
doubtless be good for occa-
sions next winter. and is
dressy without being fussy.
Above all, it can be cheaply
gotten up.
The material used is fig
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

tourists to journey thither to be in
when the great spectacle was at its
height,
Hawaii, like Switzerland, is Jealous
to make capital of her natural beau.
ties and wonders, and as a rule re-
joices when the volcano puts off slug,
gishness and becomes anew a great
lake Of fire; now, however, the folk
that dwell on the island where is stu
ated the volcano are less interested
in tourists dollars than a~pprehensiye
Of threatening danger, for Madam
Pele is sending forth warnings of great
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

Or some months past Ha-
waii has been sending
forth word TO tourists that
her changeful attraction,
Kilauea, was again show
ing signs of renewal of ac-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

LTHOUGH hats are SO rad
ically different in shape and
manner of trimming than
they have been in the mem
DRY of womankind, yet there
is such a wide variety to
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

No. o41o.-Shreveport Mutual Building
Association VS.. Mrs. Fannie l..
Jacobs ct ais, in First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
By virtue of writ of seizure and sale,
to me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
La, have seized and will offer for sale,
at public auction, for cash according to
law without benefit of appraisiement, 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, FEBRUARY II, 1905,
the following described real property, to-
wit: an undivided one-eleventh interest
in and to lots fifteen I5) and sixteen
s(I6) in block twenty-five (25) in the
city of Shreveport, La, with all buildings
and improvements thereon.
Said property seized to be sold to salts
~ the debt specified in the said writ in
the sum Of sixteen hundred and forty
one (I64I dollars and sixty (6o) cents,
with eight (8) per cert interest from
December 5, 1904, and FIVE go per cent
on said sum and interest as attorneys
fees and Ill costs Of the suit.
S. ]. WARD, {.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
THE STRIKERS CHECKED.

The strong arm of the military has
checked the strikers in St. Petersburg,
but the spirit of discomfort and reyolu-
ton has been intensified by the murder
of women and children The French
revolution which eliminated in the death
of Louis XVI by the guillotine was pre-
coded by outbreaks similar to the lemon
STATIONS progressing in Russia. The
Gar and his bureaucrats may we'll profit
by this terrible CONFUSION of July ID,
1880. The masses, unorganized, must.
yield sullenly for the present, but when'
a leader shall arise to direct them. and
there is always leader for an emer-
gency, then history may repeat itself.
The sop, promised i'll concessions, offered
in conciliatory tone, can have little eff
feet on men and women crying for bread.
and appealing for vengeance against
cruelty, tyranny and oppression.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

The Vaudeville Wave declares that the
new mayor of New Orleans is unioubt-
eddy in peck of trouble, and finds it
really difficult to pull himself out. To
deny the bosses the full benefit of the
victory they helped to achieve will meas.t
his political finish. To lend deaf ear
to the cries of the patriotic populace for
honest and efficient municipal govern
nent will be a violation OF ante election
pledges made to catch votes for the ring
ticket. This test is timely. coming at the
very incipiency Of his administration, and
upon its outcome will depend the future
Of the city Democracy, We fear that the
bosses will. with their usual good luck,
win out. The local Democracy will then
have to select new leaders of lose out
four years hence
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
AIITTLE FIGURING
An Interesting calculation From Which
Practical Results May Be Reached. IL


Rodessa La, January 90. Ioo4--ru''oi
Carc, sian Please give space IN your val
,,,h,e n,,er for few calculations on the
COTTON croo OF 1904. We are il1formea
that the cotton belt Of the oo dilei11
States haI ,1,7oo, 900 acres planted IN tne
wear 1901 Now, it seems that we nave We
produced 100000 Or 100000 ba'e ss
and that we have made, an ovefprodue-
ton of cotton and the price has gone
down below the cost of production. Let
a1,v practical farmer figure on the acre.
age AMI see how many acres 1t has aVeISkk
aged to the bale, and we will tlndff1at''
our estimate is too large. xviii here
with append the acreage Of several cali
culations. First we will calculate for. 5
acres TO the bale, which is Ios66666
bales next 81 acres to the bale, which
is 1I,527,272; next 2 I-2 acres to the bale,
which IS 1268oooo bales; next 2 I'd
acres 10 the bale, which isI4,III,III
bales Thus you see that an average OF
- acres to the bale over the entire
cotton belt is n1onstrous which results
in 0e,6Soooo Sales of cotton. We are
fully persuaded that bale to ga acres
over the entire belt would be bumper
crop, which is Ss.527,272 bales. Conservas
tive men figure.
&. G. SPEARMAN.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
THE BOI,D UNKNOWN.

Cplonel Albert a. Pope was talking
shout man who, at ar automobile race,
hid reioiced greatly thinking his car had
won. when, as matter Of fact, the victor
had been another mans car, Of similar
construction, which be had mistaken for
his own.
Poor fellow. said Colonel Pope he
tell, fancy, Ike young friend of uline
who took his pretty wisse to the theater
the other night
After the play was over, and my
friend ana his pretty bride had gotten
into their carriage and were On the way
ht,snr she leaned towards him affection
stely and said 9
4 Dear you shouldn't have squeezed
ny hard while We were css1ling out 81
tie fheater hen squeezed back &
meant for yot to stop
s e nv, stan1neped The husband
q never touched your hand q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
THE COTTON CONVENTION.


The temper Of the Cotton Interstate
Convention held in New Orleans is as
gratifying to the great masses of the peo-
pie as it is disappointing to the class who
had anticipated complications which
would have checked, if not destroyed, the
purpose it is desired to attain Instead
of chickering's and dissensions, the con-
vention has been harmonious an serious.
The situation which confronts the pro-
ducers of cotton and all the interests
which are ramiei through this great in
dustry of the South has not been min
imized and is faced intelligently, con-
servatively and firmly.
Why should not the growers of cotton
and all interests concerned, harmonic
and organize as other combinations
The convention has pledged a reduc-
ton of twenty-five per cent of the acre
age and the holding of cotton for better
prices, which has the support of South
ern bankers who are in full sympat u I
with this movement. 1t is not possil
for the growers of cotton to be self-suss
tanning if they shall continue to grow
cotton for sale at prices which may bare
ly cover the costs of production. The
same law which applies to the necessary
percentage of profits in mercantile pur-
suits must govern the tillers of the SOIL
Without profits, bankruptcy and ruin are
inevitable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
TOO WISE.

Miss He1en Gould recently entertained
at luncheon at her residence number
of little girls from charitable institu-
ton.
At the end of the luncheon Miss Gould
showed to the children some of the beau-
tifrl contents of her house.
She showed them books, carved Ital-s
ian furniture, tapestries and marbles.
Here" she said, us beautiful statue,
a statue of Minerva
WAS she married. asked little gish
No, my child said Miss Gould smif-
ingly, she was the goddess of wisdom.