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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

TABLE, FOX A VALENTINE SUPPER.
Heart shaped top covered with Grape
paper.l
should be red and gold By each cover
place red rose and red card in the
shape of heart on which is written
in gold some adjective that describes
the most marked characteristic of the
guest for whom the card is intended.
Each guest must find the right place
by studying these cards. Through each
card is tied dainty bow (alternating
red and gold at each place.. onh long
end Of which is laid along towaSd the
center Of the table and then carried up
and placed in the hands Of china
Cupid suspended from above and di-
rectly over the center Of the table.
The menu should be of light and
dainty character and should follow the
color scheme as far as it is possible.
At the close of the dinner the hostess
directs each guest to unite the ribbon
and then follow 1t until the end is
found. Soon all the ribbons are taken
from the Cupid's hands, and the guests,
following each his own, find them cross
Ing and reerossing through many rooms
and around various pieces Of furniture.
Often each one must wait until others
come before the ribbon can be freed
from the loose knot In which it has
been tied with other ribbons Thus
all the guests may meet each other
many times before they stop by chairs
drawn UP at card tables for game Of
progressive hearts. Bostosl Cooking
School Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

members he was not as well known as
he is to most Boston people and. hav-
ing arrived late ct the dinner. had but
q few minutes conversation with the
chairman before being called upon to
speak. Ills Introduction was some
thing like this:
And now. ladies and gentlemen. I
have the pleasure Of presenting to ron
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29


cite coal strike in 1902, which resulted
In arbitration of the difficulties by a
board appointed by President Roose-
velt.
Mr.. Mitchell is apt at story and re-
tort. He was once guest at dinner
Of the Clover club of Philadelphia. It
is the rule OF this organization to call
upon its guests to speak and then to
confuse them with interpolated re-
marks, but Mr.. Mitchell could not be
confused. The only notice he took Of
the Clover clubs gibes was to say:
II guess could get along better with
my speech here II were deaf. It is of
ten good thing to be deaf. There Is a
deaf woman know up In the coal re-
g1ons.
Once went to see this woman, and
she asked me to stay to tea. Il thanked
her and said would. as was not ex-
pected home before dark. She had been
hearing pretty well up to this point, but
now she got very deaf all of a sudden.
She had to ask her daughter what ]
had said.
He said, mother. explained the
daughter, that be thanks you. but he
can't stay. as he is expected home be
fore dark
''At this the old woman looked re-
neved. and departed"
President G. Stanley Hall OF Clark
university. Worcester. Mass. Is man
OF original and sometimes startling
ideas. He gave the educators Of Kan
sas shock recently when in lecturing
at Topeka before the State Teachers
association he not only advocated
dancing and recommended that school
teachers instruct their pupils in Il, but
gave q little exhibition OF his own pro-
ficiency in the art by doing few
waltz steps on the stage. From q dig
nified gentleman Of sixty, graduate
OF theological seminary and an au-
thorfty on education and psychology,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

idea is that France
should act as a sec
ond for Russia and
the United States
should assume such
a position with re-
spect to Japan.
France and the
United States could
then approach each
other and, on con-
sultation with their
principals, attempt
to discover grounds
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

walking one day in
the grounds Of Wind
sor castle when he
CHANGED to meet her
majesty Queen Vic
toria. Recognizing
him. she stopped
and spoke, begin
ming the converse
tfon by a remark
about the gloomi-
ness 0f the weather
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

Madam" said the courtly Rosebery
1T is always fine where you are"
Her majesty had strong liking
for Lord Rosebery, and he always
seemed to make a hit when in her So
ciety. It is said he could have been a
son-in-law to the Prince Of Wales, now
King Edward VII, but his ambition
lay in another direction, to be Liberal
premier of England, and as son-in-law
to the monarch he could not have held
this position. Instead of one of the
daughters OF the royal house he took as
wife daughter of a financial king.
Miss Hannah Rothschild.
Henry White. secretary of the Amer
lean embassy at London, who is said
to be slated for a more important dip
lomatic post, has sometimes been call
ed the most popular foreigner In Eng
land. Born in Baltimore and belong
Ing to family OF wealth, Mr.. White
Copyright, 1904, by received liberal
Purdy. Boston. education in Ameri-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

HiaIC mas Deen Dank
president, railroad
president and for a
quarter of a cen
fury the head Of the
United States Ex-
press company.
About four years
ago the senate COM
mittee on finance
was discussing the
question of abolish
s-, - -~-~~,,~ +,x-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

Sd anu EUROPE ana
began the study of
law, but determined
that he was not cut
out for practice be-
fore the bar and
therefore devoted
himself to interna-
tional law with the
view Of a d diplomatic
career.
In 1879 he married
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

|
er waistcoats, collars and cuffs repre-
sent the latest smart innovation in
garniture on tailor garments in tweeds
and similar materials.
One Of the interesting variations ii
the leather fad is the painting and
stamping OF leather by hand. The girl
artist and Photographer may make her
own gown trimmings and buttons.
Chamois and numerous feathers whose
origin is less apparent are employed.
Shaped leather belts, widening at the
back and colored in dull green's and
blues, with just a suggestion OF vel
low and burnt sienna. make an ideal
finish to a tweed skirt.
AMY vARNuM
Those Sweet Hearted Doughnuts.
Inside the heart of hakeshop raised
doughnuts yon often find a delicious
bite of jam, raisins or marmaIade. /
tried to initiate them once or twice
with the most IamentabIe results. Tie
doughnnt always burst. no matter how
carefully It was pinched together. and
the filling fried ont to spoil the fat.
Then professional baker told me the
secret IT is simply TO wet the edges
Of the dough after the jam has been
put In and close 1t tightly. Set the
doughnuts 70 rise to nearly double
their size ii q warm place before fry
Ing. g - Good Housekeeping.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

lOt ,pSdSC Japan 90
victor, DR.. White thinks, could afford
to make the first move in the direction
of peace.
While President White was minister
to Germany he received many queer
letters. One day letter came from an
old woman who resided in the western
part of the United States. In it she in
closed some small pieces of linen. with
this novel comment:
1--WE are going to give fair in cur
church, and am making an autograph
quilt. / want you to get me the auto
graphs of the emperor, the empress and
the crown prince and tell them all to be
very careful not to write too near the
edge of the squares. as seam has to
be allowed for putting them together
John Mitchell, the labor leader, be-
came interested in economic questions
at a very early age. He was born at
Braidwood, ILL.,, in 1863. His mother
died when he was, two years Of age,
and his father, who was miner, was
killed in a shaft when John was four.
The orphaned boy was sent to school
until he was ten and then put to work
on a farm. At thirteen he went to
work in coal mine. He has been
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

connected with Or
ganized labor since
he was sixteen. He
was elected presi-
dent of the United
Mine Workers In
1899 and has been
several times re-
elected. One Of his
greatest achieve
ments as a labor
leader was the con-
~ - AH.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
5. B. SIMON'S
REAL ESTATE
And Collection Agency

THE MAN WHO SELLS THE ;
EARTH" -
On Which You Can Build a Home in
Any Part of the City to Suit Your Own
Taste. Also Rents Your Houses and
Stores, Collects Your Rents, Buy or
Sell Your Farms or City Property and
Negotiate Loans on Same--New Phone
I4o2 Simon Building. Shreveport, La.
Invest your surplus in good piece of
Shreveport real estate and have reg
ular monthly income, or if you desire
home in thriving city where. your
children can get the benefit of public
education we have some excellent
building lots selling for $500 cash, bal
ance only lac day. Acquire the saw
ing habit Write for particulars.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
DRESS AND FASHION.
FUR AND LEATHER VERY PROMINENT
FEATURES or THE SEASON..
Velvet Costumes Trimmed With Fur.
Fur Jackets Worn With Velvet or
Cloth Skfrts-The Tip Tilted Hats.
Novel Leather GarnitEres.

Velvet walks in the vanguard Of
fashion this season and in it's most
luxurious aspect is fur trimmed. as in
the very desirable visiting gown Of the
cut-a silver gray adorned with Irish
lace and the cape trimmed with chin
chilIa. Velvet skirts. plain to the hem.
gain weight and finish by means of a
band of fur around the bottom.
Fur coats surmount cloth or velvet
skirts, with accessories of fur tie. muff
and hat that may be a combination
of one variety of fur with tails of an
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
Famous Folk
| Who Are
7 In the News

a NDREW D. WHITE has had a
"a remarkable career as an edu
"a Gator and diplomat, and now
be is rounding out his active
and useful lire as a member of The
Hague arbitration tribunal. He was
chairman Of the American delegation
to the peace conference at The Hague
and in the course of his many years of
diplomatic service has often eXerted
his influence in behalf of international
peace. Mr.. White says that the time
is ripe for peace negotiations between
Japan and Russia and urges that the
principle Of ''seconding nations" as
adopted by the peace conference, could
be used with advantage in an effort to
end the war. His
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

the borough of Brooklyn he was promf
nent in reform movements in Greater
New York. 1T takes nerve" he said
recently, ito stand on the floor Of the
house of representatives and know that
while you are obJectsng to proposed leg
islation as the result of deep conyie-
ton visitors in the galleries are nudg-
ing one another. saying, That's Baker,
the Brooklyn crank I've been called q
crank. and I know what It means.
know the ms and outs of crankism. !"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29

THE MAN WHO SELLS THE
EARTH"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
CHOOSING A DRAG SAW.

In choosing a saw, hold it up clear
of everything with one hand, and
ring the blade with the other. 1t will
hum where your knuckles hit it, &C
cording to the temper and quality OF
carbon in the blade. The longer 1t
huns or vibrates the better the quail
ity of the steel. Then look down
the teeth from end TO end and see
that the blade is straight, and look
along on the at of both sides to
see that it is not ''bumpy is,
hollow in some places and full in
others. This is a great drawback to
a saw, as it pulls hard through the
full spots or bumps, knocking against
the cut ends as it runs through the
log. 1t is fault very hard to de-
tect in a new saw, in an old one very
easy. as the bumps show bright and
polished from knocking, and the hol-
lows dull from escaping the friction.
See that the saw is not too thick,
or it wastes too much strength to
saw with it.-American Cultivator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
STRADDlING A DIFFICULTY.

S~~o~~S~~~~~~~N~(
1t seemed as if the oaks on the acres
that Uncle Levi Larkins had cultivated
for lifetime had lent to the old man
all their finest qualities of strength ana
straightforward nobility. His most sa-
lient trait was an absolute honesty in
every attitude OF life His uncompro-
missing candor cropped out in most I'M
expected places.
Visiting in the city, Uncle Levi seem
ed rather out of place; there were no
trees nor fields of grain in the fiat But
he was still Uncle Levi in any environ
ment.
Seated at the deck, writing a postal
card, he appeare . be troubled.
lust come he, q minute, will you,
Fanny" he ap called to grandniece.
Fanny hurried to his side.
I'm writing postal to Lil--that's
Hrs. Peterson, my wife's niece's daugh-
ter, who lives just across the road
from us. l want her to know we'll
be home Wednesday. so she'll start
fire in the furnace. l can't say, Dear
Mrs Peterson'-it wouldn't seem right,
coming from me. 1 want to say, Dear
Lii but someway it don't seem just
right to put Dear Lii on a postal card,
now does it,"
He smiled a deprecating little smile,
and with suspended pen awaited Fan
ny's suggestion.
Deep down, Fanny was conscious of
her amusement over this dilemma Of
the dear old man; but being a girl of
quick pathies, she saw his desire
to find some way of conforming to his
notion of what was due to the formal
ity of correspondence, and she bent
her mind to the problem.
Couldn't you say Dear Lilian?"
No. Uncle Levi was conclusive
there. "She's been Lii ever since she
was so high. l won't write any Lii
fam"
"Oh, I'll tell you" Fanny's mission
in life was to smooth over things for
people, and she beamed now in the
agreeable consciousness Of performing
her customary graceful function. Just
begin your card Dear L. for that
stands either for ILL., or for Lillian /"
"Umr' Uncle Levi turned sharply
in his chair and resumed his pen.
Fanny, feeling his withdrawal and
knowing that she was for some reason
summarily dismissed, started bewilder-
ed at his forbidding shoulder. Then it
dawned upon her that she had advised
the sturdy cid man to what he regard
ed as a double course. She fed into
the next room laughing, but conscience
stricken. 20 mother" she cried, after
| telling her story, you've all told me
that have so much tact, and I've been
proud of it, but what is tact, anyway,
and am 1 really untruthful? He's made
me feel like Ananias and Sapphirav'
Meantime Uncle Levi, having seen
the deceitfuiness of hoping for outside
help, was manfully graphing with his
problem-how to combine decent re-
respect for the formality of postal-card
correspondence with an honorable adj
herence to the wholesome facts of ev-
ery-day life.
And he solved his problem in what
Fanny called truly Leviticar' fashion.
The postal card began thus: Dear Lii
Peterson. "-Youth's Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
WITHOUT A BRAIN.
Famed Frog that Lived Five Years
Without His and Died of Old Age

without HIS ana Died OF Old Age.
Cornells decerebrized frog is dead.
The animal lived for more than five
years after the removal of its cerebral
hemispheres, and the professors at
Cornell say that it died from the eff
fects of ripe old age rather than from
the effects of the operation performed
upon it.
In man the cerebrum constitutes the
chief bulk of the brain and is thought
to be the seat Of thought and will. DR..
WILDER, head of the physiological de-
partment at Cornell, contended that in
animals the cerebrum was correspond
ingly the seat Of consciousness and vo-
lition.
To prove his theory in 1899 he chose
a green frog and by a delicate opera
ton removed both its cerebral hemis-
pheres. The operation was successful
and the wound healed rapidly. The
decerebrized frog was put into a large
open jar, where it remained for FIVE
years, until its death few days ago.
During all this period the animal
never once showed signs of any initia-
tive, its only movements being very
slight and attributed to muscular en-
nui, like that of persons asleep.
The eyes, optic nerves and optic
lobes Of the brain were uninjured. and
the animal could evidently see. but
without understanding. The most at
tractive frog food put before it was
absolutely unnoticed, and it has been
fed every day for five years by an at
tendant who would open its mouth
and with forceps push a bit Of fresh
meat or fish far enough back into its
throat to arouse the reflex mechanism
of swallowing.
If touched, it would move or leap:
If placed in water it would swim until
some support was reached; if turned
upon its back it would promptly and
vigorously right itself-but it would
never move of its own accord.
The decerebrized frog has served to
impress upon many successive classes
in physiology the functions Of the
cerebrum, Of which it was deprived,
as well as the functions of the other
parts Of the brain which it retained.
The animal was exhibited at the meet
ing of the American Physiological AS
ISOLATION in Washington, and has long
attracted attention among physiolo-
gists.-New York Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18

If were woman, seeking a complex
ion, as many women are, 1 would in
vest in barrel Of crude petroleum and
battle in it regularly.
Years ago, when petroleum was
something new in Pennsylvania, it
cropped out in the bed of dry creek.
and the first use for it, somehow. was
that Of an emollient. 1t was heralded
as Seneca OIL good for rheumatism,
and a dozen ailments of the throat and
chest. This might have been the pio-
neer exploiting of petroleum for its
medicinal value This value has been
attested in later years in some Of the
byproducts Of the OIL But l am salts
fed that the best value in petroleum
comes from its use in it's entirety.
"Take petroleum bath if you don't
believe it"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
OIL MAKES ONE FAIR.
Beautiful Comp1exions Made by Cruz
Petroleum from Wells.

Beautiful Com plexions Made by Crude
Petroleum from Wells.
III you want to see compilations,
come to the oil wells" remarked the
experienced operator in crude petrole-
um, smiling.
mot women's complexions-no; they
are not enough in touch with the real
atmosphere that creates the peaches
and cream cheeks and brow and chin
and neck and ear. These compilations
belong to the hairy, bristled men who
work day after day under the pumps
that draw the black or green or amber
fluid, as the case may be, from the
depths.
81 don't know whether the skin spe-
cialist has any explanation of the phe-
nomenon, but it is true, nevertheless,
that a man who works under the
grimy conditions that are Inevitable
around the petroleum wells takes on a
skin that the society women might
envy. Where the work is the grimiest
and greasiest, the complexivns OF the
men ara the fairest. l have seen men,
smooth shaven. who at evening recep-
tons could make a fortune posing as
living proofs Of Soandso's complexion
ointments, If the fake could be main
tained and the opportunity made pos
sible.
ITO some extent it is the grease it.
self that does the smoothing for the
skin; where the color comes from Is
Is guess with mel could hardly lay II
to the dyes that are in the basic ma.
terial in some Of these oils. But ]
know this much about crude petroleum
IA steady application Of it to the skin
will make a complexion FOR any one
who wiz take the corzse in earnest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
A FEW INCUBATOR HINTS.

The following hints as to the care
of incubators we find in the Farmers
Voice:
The first week the great danger
lies in letting the heat run above 1903;
the last week in running below 100-
In the early stages the eggs will not
stand too much heat. A rise of sew
eral degrees above regulation temper
ature will kill the delicate germ. A
fall in temperature at this time is not
as serious as rise. But during the
last week the embryo chick needs the
heat to help it to mature and reach
the point of exclusion. The going
out of the lamps at Matching time is
well known to be ruinOuS to the
hatch.
If the room in which the incubator
is run is quite cool be careful about
leaving the eggs out Of the machine
long at turning time. If possible,
take the tray into a warm room. If
this cannot be done, great care and
quickness are necessary, particularly
during the first week. After the
chicks are considerable developed, so
that animal heat is strong, the dan
ger IL not SO great, but even then
the eggs should not be allowed to
cool too much.
Do not open the incubator except
when it is necessary to do SO, and
then keep it open the shortest posi-
BILE time. Each opening involves a
rapid change OF temperature within
it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
The Best Governed Town.

Judge j. w. Written, chief Of the
law division of the general land Office
in Washington, has completed trip
of 5000 miles through Alaska, cover
ing four months. In an address the
other night On his tour the judge de-
clared that, while Dawson. which is
under Canadian rule is, in his opinion,
one of the best governed towns in the
world, all places of business there
closing from early Saturday evening
until sunrise Monday morning, on the
other hand, at Nome, the first Ameri-
can city across the boundary, the sa-
looms and gambling houses are running
in full blast on Sunday, and, though
he was told that the place possessed q
church, he saw no evidence of it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18
HIS TRIUMPH WAS SWEET.
Man Who Was Refused Stamp Returnl
to Boast of Success.

Man Who Was Refused Stamp Returns
to Boast of Success.
do you remember" said a middle
aged man, as he entered a stationery
store and was asked what could be
done for him-"do you remember of
my being in here about four weeks
agoY
Il can't say that do" was the re-
ply.
to give me a postage stamp to put on
letter, and you refused to do SO
without the cash?"
Postage stamps cost money"
Eyes, know, but explained to you
that / was In love with a widow and
had written to ask her hand. You said
it didn't make a burned bit of differ
ence to you who was writing to and
ycu didn't care copper whether got
the widow or not. You ought to re-
member that"
Eyes, l think do. Well, what is it
to-day? Still after postage stampw
mo, sir, I'm not. came in here to
tell you that in spite of your meanness
the widow is mine. When went out
Of here l found a cent on the sidewalk
and bought a postal card with it, and
she accepted my love the same as if
had sent letter"
"Then you are happy, no doubt?"
81 am, sir. TIE widow is worth
'leven hundred dollars, fat as butter
and as good-natured as goose, and
1 am walking around on eggs. Yes, sir,
/ am a happy man, sir, and you be
hanged, and so to grass, sir, and I
wouldn't patronize you If penholders
were selling for cent That's all.
Good-day, sir"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-18

"Before / wrote to you, telling you low 7
felt, I had doctored f5- over two years Neady
and spent lots of money on medicines besides,
but it all failed to help me- Ny monChly De
RODS had ceased and / suffered much pain
with fainting spells, headache, backache and
bearing-down pains, and / was SO weak l
could hardly keep around. AS last resort
decided to write you and try Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and / am so
thankful that did, for after following your
instructions, which you sent me free of all
charge, my monthly periods started am
regular and in perfect health. Had il not
been for you I would be in my grave to-day
''I sincerely trust that this letter may lead
every suffering woman in the country TO
write you for help as did,
When women are troubled with ir-
regular or painful menstruation, weak
ness, leucorrhea, displacement or ul-
ceration of the womb, that bearing
down feeling, Inflammation of the ova-
ries, backache, fiatulence, general de-
bility, indigestion and nervous prostra-
ton, they should remember there is
one tried and true remedy. Lydia E,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once
removes such troubles.
No other female medicine in the world
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. Refuse all sub
stitutes.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Address, Lynn,
Mass.