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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

zines there was complete novelette,
from the pen of no less a person than
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling--a welcome SUBJ
stitute, it seemed to me, although I,
for one, have never found the adver-
tisements of the magazines at all OBJ
jectionable.
"Good!" said to myself. "At last
we are to have the straight article
without the intrusion of baking pow
ders, quick chocolates and automobiles
upon our literary moods"
And then l sustained my first shock
for as read the opening paragraphs
of the Kipllng tale something of the
method of that future editor and pub
Usher began to dawn upon my mind.
The paragraphs were as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

1.-THE answer was a mere bubble,
which floated like cake of Ebony Soap
beware of imitations-on the surface
of the pool, and Pigeonby turned and
gazed anxiously through the dense
blackness of the forest, which even his
powerful hojack lenses for night pho
Biography, wonderful as they are, were
powerless to penetrate"
And so the story continued for some
eighty-seven pages. The horrid tale
OF revenge, in which with the usual
master strokes the eminent novelist de-
veloped long series of terribly tragic
situations, was interspersed with refer
ences to objects that nowadays find
their brief hour of glory in the ad-
vertising pages only.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

"Pigeonby was startled by the sud-
den intrusion upon the silences of the
jungle of sounds that were unmistak-
able. That an automobile was coming
along the highway to the left there
could be no doubt, for not only was
there a faint odor of gasoline in the
air, but the chug-chug and whirr of
the machinery set his ears a-tingling
with sensations that were far from
pleasant.
BY Allah!' hemuttered, showing the
mangled form of Ben Ali beneath the
waters of the scum-covered pool despite
the groaning remonstrance of the dying
man, 1T is Mortley's car. None but
the easy running high gear of the 1920
Ganhard, for sale by Brown, Virgins
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

& Co., SO Boola Boola ST., Calcutta
and Peterson Brothers, West 39th ST.,
New York, has so musical whirr as
that
"'For Mohammed's sake kill me at
once! gurgled Ben Ali, his white face
emerging from the black waters. You
have no right to torture me thus!' he
screamed.
'Hush!' growled Pigeonby, showing
him under again and covering the spot
where his enemy had gone down with
his ravenette macintosh, a perfectly
fitting combination waterproof and
overcoat. Jigile, Snooper & Co.,
agents. "A word above whisper and,
by heaven, you shall live to suffer!' he
added, with an oath.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
BY JOHN KENDRIck BANGS

V0EliN ~ DTNiNSS
TT was with no little interest that 1
turned the lenses of the Spectre
phone upon the reading room of a
famous public library of the year 1920
in search of the ultimate in magazines.
Gabster had remarked at the club that
we Of 1905 were going through a crisis
in magazine publishing and that the
question paramount of the hour was
not so much whether we had any great
ranks of our writers as the survival
of letters at all against the encroach-
ments of the advertising contingent.
Look at that!" he observed, holding
up the current issue of Tomnoddy's
Monthly and shaking it in my face.
That's a fine specimen of the sort of
thing we are getting these days-sixty-
eight pages of reading matter and two
hundred and forty pages of advertise
nents, and the thing is getting worse
all the time. Literature is bottled up
in Port Arthur of small type, and is
besieged on all sides by legions of
scarehead advertising Japs, with no
sign of relief anywhere in sight. One
by one the reading pages fall in the
trenches, and the fanatic advertiser,
pressing ever on and on is carrying the
outer, inner and innermost defenses,
until in short while we shall be pay
ing ten cents for a 300 hundred page
trade circular, without any literature in
it at ALL
"Oh, don't think it will ever be as
bad as that" I said. And, even if it
is, Gabster, you must admit that in
some of the magazines the advertising
matter is the most interesting feature"
well, I'm going to start magazine
for advertisers myself" said Gabster.
THE main body Of the magazine will
contain ads selected wholly for their
literary merit, printed without charge,
and pages that are now used for adver-
tising 1 shall sell to the novelists and
poets at space rates. Thered he
money in an enterprise of that sort.
I know thirty-eight poets in the state
of New Jersey alone who would pay
a dollar and a half an agate line to
get their stuff published, and as for
novelists, the woods are full of 'em.
You can't throw brick into Broadway
these days without hitting a man who
has written a book of one kind or an
other, and a good ninety per cent of
'em would pay good money to have
their romances put before the public
eye"
Rejecting upon the Colonel's words, I
wended my way to the studio Of Pro-
fessor Forcasta and resumed my inves-
LEGATIONS with the Spectrophone, with
the special object of finding out just
what sort of thing the magazine of
1920 would be-whether it is to be all
literature and no advertising, all ad-
vertisements and no literature, or a
happy combination of the two.
few moments turning of the
screws and adjustment Of the lenses
brought my vision into a 1920 reading
room, where 1 perceived lying upon
center table no less an object than the
current issue of this same Tomnoddy's
Magazine. to which 1 have already re-
ferred. 1t was a bulky looking object,
about the size of the New York direc-
tory OF the present day My heart
sank, for if the increase in bulk was
due to advertising alone, It really
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
BY A. Frederick Collins

ny ~ TlC0ClINh NSli'bo
CEANGOING forty-foot motor
boats that can travel a thou
~ sand miles at twenty-five-
mile clip without taking on a fresh
supply of liquid fuel may become an
important factor in the next war, and
their value in this respect has recent
ly been the subject of considerable
discussion in England, the outcome
being that the British admiralty has
decided to try them in the approach
ing naval maneuVers.
The boats to be tested, of which
there are two. are the first of the
high-speed cruising launches to be
built and they have vanquished racers
Of much greater length and twice the
horsepower. The builders have stren-
uously advocated their adoption in
naval warfare, while Mr.. Halstead has
intimated that a mosquito fleet of
these boats might be utilized with |
wonderful advantage to protect sea-
coast towns and harbors at a very |
small cost.
S. F. Edge, the designer of the Ma
pier Minor. as his type of boat is
called, contends that there are enorm-
Gus possibilities and supreme advan-
tages to be gained by their use, since
It is practically impossible to hit a |
motor boat with big gun. The smoke |
from an enemy's gun after a shot has
been fired can be seen, and in the in
terval before the projectile can reach |
the boat there would be time to stop
1t or alter its course. The lightness
of the boat and its consequent absence
Of momentum allows 1t to stop prae-
tically when the engine is stopped.
Advantages of the Boats
In motion the boat is almost invisi-
BILE since 1t lies down in the trough
Of the waves of the track. which 1t
cuts as It progresses. Herein lies its
great advantage for scouting or going
out to view the enemy. who can be
seen without the knowledge that they
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
RIVER AND WEATHER.

This morning opened partly cloudy.
River: Arthur City o.2 feet, fall OF
o.3; Fulton "a feet, rise of 90; Spring
Bank 3o.3 feet, rise of o.3; Shreve-
port 222 feet. a rise of o..
At Spring Bank the Ianger line is &c
feet. The river there is I.3 feet above
danger line, and at this stage the low
places not protected by levees must be
flooded
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Partly cloudy weather and
scattered showers and thunder storms
tonight and Wednesday.
Red river forecast: Change will be
slight at Fulton during the next 4s
hours, conditions being favorable for
beginning of fall unless heavy rains in
tervene Change at Spring Bank will be
slight, further rise of few tenths prob
able during next 48 hours. Slow rise
will continue at Shreveport during next
three days.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
TOW ARD MA\CHUR!A.
Interest Is Once More Being Directed
IN That Direction. Is
OYAMA IS ADVANCING
Japanese Field Marshal Apparently
Is Pre- sing the Russians and
the Latter Are Steadily
Fallin" Backt

st. Petersburg M0y 9.-Tntcr"st is
Cnce moro directed to Mnnchuri;t news
from the front inlicntnG that I'i"ll
Marshal OEam1 is pressing Lin"V;tch'$
advance posts east and west of the rail-
road with 4 considerable force. as
though about to undertake. a general
offensive movement. The Russians ire
Offering slight resistance and ere fall
Ing back upon the first line Of defense.
The Russian advance post covers the
front about 100 miles, extending from
Singtmantsu, on til Lao river, in a
southeastcrly direction, across the, rail-
road above Changtu to to the Mandarin
road leading to kirin and to kam"l
Pass, about seventy miles due cast OF
Tie Pass. Russian cavalry to prnt"ct
both wings OF the small bodies is h, in,
probably maSSe Ghrynn,l the Lao river
in Mongolia to guard against the turn
ing movement in that Nirrctinn TX.
pertS believe, however,, that DEama' )
purpose is to thrust in the front cast
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
SHERIFFS SALE.
No. oso7-In First Judicial District
Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana !:
7. G. Roberts vs.. Willie Johnson

No. oso7-In First Judicial District
Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
7. G. Roberts vs.. Willie Johnson.
BY virtue of Z writ Of fieri facias, to
me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ish. Louisiana, I have seized and will
Offer for 1t public auction, for cash,
according to law. at the principal front
door Of the court house of Caddo Par
ish, In the City Of Shreveport, La, dur
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1905,
Lot fourteen 90 Of block four % of
the Pecan Grove subdivision Of the City
u Shreveport, La.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt. ~ specified in the sum of
sixty-six dollars and forty-nine cents,
With 5 per cent interest from March 10,
1885; also the sum Of one hundred dol
lars with 8 per cent interest from o.
tober .. too2, and 10 per cent on said
sum and interest ~ attorneys fees and
al costs Of the suit.
S. J. WARD,
Sheriff OF Caddo Parish, La.
Caucasian, May 2, zoos.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
SUCCESSION SALE.

No. o5o7-In First Judicial District
Court Of Caddo Parish. Louisiana
Succession Of Amanda Jrlks
BY virtue of d commission to sell, to
me issued by the Honorable First Judi
Cial District Court Of Caddo Parish
Louisiana. in the above entitled and
numbered succession, | will offer for
sale at public auction, at the principal
front door Of the court house of Caddc
pafi~h in the City Of Shreveport, La.
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY. JUNE 10, 1905,
the following described property, be
longing to the said succession. tO-wit
An undivided scvcn-tcnths Of lot No. !
and an undivided one-ffth interest in
lot No. Of the Cleveland subdivision
Of the City of Shreveport, with like in
trroSt in the buildings and improvements
thereon.
SAID sale to be made for cash, accord
ing to law, for the purpose of paying the
debts of the said succession
S. J. WARD,
Sheriff and cx-Officio Auctionccr, Cad
10 Parrish Louisiana.
Caucasian. May 4, 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
A JUDGMENT,

No o68I-First District Court, State Of
Louisiana and Parish Of Caddo
Mrs. Carrie M. Taylor VS.. J. T
Taylor.
In this case by reason OF the law and
the evidence being in favor thereof, it il
ordered, aijudged and decreed that Mrs
Carrie NJ. Taylor, plaintiff, do have and
recover Of and against ]. T. Taylor, her
husband, defendant, judgment decreeine
her to be separate in property and au-
thorizing her to conduct and control
her own affairs, as though she were a
femme sole.
It is further ordered, adjudged and
decreed that plaintiff do have and re-
cover Of and against her husband, J. T.
Taylor, the full sum Of four hundred
dollars, with interest at 8 per cent per
annum thereon from December 3, 1908,
and for the further sum Of one thousand
dollars with interest thereon from No
vember II, 1904, until paid.
Done, read and signed in open court
this April 2o, A. D. 1905.
T. F. BELL, District Judge.
Endorsed: Filed April zo, 1905.
]. H. LEVY, Deputy Clerk.
a TRUE copy.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
May 2. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

turn to Kirin and intorposn himself
between Hardin and Vla,lvostok pre-
paratOry to an investment of the latter
place. Lincvitch's disposition seems
especially taken to meet such plan
He would not give battle along The
present line. but will gradually retire
and draw in his forces. as Oyarlia'. :
strategy develops, to the main Russian
position, which extends due east and
west from Ki1in to Kuanchar ctSu ana
Huaitaihamen.
A considerable force of troops is also
reported to be due east of kirin as Gar
south as Tuner river to contest the
japanese advance northea stWard to-
ward Via divosto, It is not regarded as
certain that the Japanese advance viii
really be serious. Oyamn is known Ca
have received large reinforccmcnts
which have filed up the Japanese
ranks, and he brought up immense
quantities Of supplies and ammunition
after the battle of MulZhden, both by
way Of Sinmintin and over tho recon-
structed Manchurian railroad. But at
the war office there is q different Opin-
ion as to whether Oyama is yet ready,
and. it is added. if he is in earnest prob
ably almost fortnight will elapse be-
fore the issue is decided. Prcliminaricg
of each battle in the present war, in
view Of the fact that the armies cover
such large area, have proved always
to have been long aud tedious. Up to
Sunday tn" Russian advance posts gen
orally had retired about eightee =
miles. If Oyana's offensive is pressed
eli oh ,l.
the time the sea fight between Admir-
ais RojestvenSky and Togo is antici-
pated
General Linevitch's headquarters are
at Gunshu Pass.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
THE CRIME OF A DOCTOR.

There is a doctor in St. Louis who
ought to be in the penitentiary. Upon
his certificate the body of victim OF
black smallpox was allowed to be
shipped to indianapolis for burial, but
the burial permit contained no intima-
ton OF the facts. The result was, the
indianapolis News says, the body was
viewed by many friends and infection
and death followed. The health officer
of indianapolis then exhumed the body
and ascertained that it was the cause of
the terrible eontagion which had strick-
en- those who attended the funeral,
whereupon rigid measures were taken
to prevent spread of the disease, but
already two persons are dead, several
cases OF smallpox have developed and
nearly hundred persons are under
quarantine at very large expense to the
community. There is no doubt that the
St. Louis doctor who permitted the body
to be shipped to Indianapolis without
properly certifying to the cause Of death,
and notifying both the authorities OF his
own city and those Of Indianapolis Of
the facts, is responsible for the death Of
at least two persons. and there should
be some way for the law to reach and
punish him.
Owing to the virulent character Of the
disease the health department Of Indian
apolis has taken every step known to
sanitary science 70 prevent spread Of
the contaeion Every person exposed To-
the disease has been quarantine securely
and more than ave hundred persoas who
were directly interested have been vac
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
GOOD ADVICE
Given by Governor Vardaman to the
Farmers of Mississippi

In his address to the farmers of Mis-.
sissippi, Governor James X. Vardamar
said:
Il believe the plan OF salvation in this
emergency is: First, diversity of your
crops; raise more corn, peas, potatoes
hay and all other foods that you need
and then, all the cotton you can. Ar
abundance of corn, hay and other food
products upon your farm will be fol-
lowed by hogs, horses. COWS, sheep
mules and other liestock, just as nat
urally and as surely as tadpoles and
wiggle-tails will come into a pool OF
stagnant water. 1t is their element. and,
therefore, in the very course of nature
they will come. There is no doubt about
hat The only reason the South is not
the richest agricultural country on earth
today is that it has been impoverished
by spending all that has been made on
our land for meat, corn, horses and
mules. Stop the stream OF gold which
flows continuously to the North for
these things, and within ten years the
people of the South will be the most in
dependent people on the continetn.
Sell more and buy les should be the
farmers motto. In order to reduce the
yield of cotton, l would not have you
idle or permit your land to lie fallow.
Nothing of the kind, assure you. God
hates an idler and the world iespises a
drone. Cultivate your lands in food
crops and fertilize them highly. Raise
Ill that you need and then make every
bale of cotton possible. That is the
solution Let your cotton be the sur
plus crop and you will realize more dol
lars and cents from it than if you plant
ed all your land in cotton and raised a
1900, ooo-bale crop: and then you will
have in addition thereto all the necessi-
ties of life for which you now pay about
Ill you realize from all of your crops"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
CITY MARSHAL'S SALE.

No. 277S-I'rcd Dennis VS.. Mrs
Goldberg.
By virtue Of writ of ficri facias
issued in the above entitled and Num-
bered suit, by Hon. c. D. Hicks, judge
Of City Court, Shreveport. La, and to
me directed, I have seized and will sell
at public auction at the Texas street
front door Of the courthouse of Caddo
parish, between the legal hours for
such sales, on
THURSDAY, MAY II, 1905,
I sewing machine. table. irons, I
basin and stand. 2 tables, I lot clothes,
I dresser, 1 Washstand. iron bed and
spring. 4 chairs. Terms of sale cash,
subject to appralScment.
O. P. OGILVIE,
City Mar shall
April 20, 1908,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
CHARTER AMENDMENT

Office of the Smith Furniture Com
pany, Limited. Shreveport, La. May 2
Ico5.-At a meeting of the stakeholder:
Of the Smith Furniture Company, Lin
tied, held i'll pursuance of a notice duly
published, at its office in the city OF
Shreveport this day. the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That Article III of the
Charter Of this corporation be so amend
cd as to increase the capital stock Of this
corporation from thirty thousand dollars
t. one hundred thousand dollars.
Resolved further, That Article " of
said Charter be so amended as to in
crease the number of the Board of Di-
rcctors Of this corporation from three
stockholders to FIVE stockholders.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Personally came and appeared before
me, the undersigned notary public in and
for the said parish and State, Luther ]
Smith. president of said Smith Furni-
ture Company, Limited, who being duly
sworn, deposcs and says that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct copy
Of the minutes of the meeting of the
stockholders of the Smith Furniture
Company. Limited and that said reso-
buttons were actually adopted by the
unanimous vote of the stockholders Of
said corporation. at stockholders meet
ing dull y called and held in accordance
with published legal notice thereof.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this ,3rd day of May, 1905. at and in the
parish and state aforesaid.
(Signcd) L. J. SMITH,
(Signed) J. d. WILKINSON,
Notary Public
Having examined the foregoing
amendments to the Charter of the Smith
Furniture Company, Limited, and find
ing nothing therein contrary to law, |
hereby approve the same.
Done and signed officially, on this the
.3r1 day of May 1905.
J. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney.
State of Louisiana. Parish Of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears on
file and Of record in my office
Given under my hand and seal of Of
fec this 4tl1 day of May, 1905.
w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Recorder.
Nav d. /
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
CHARTER AMENDMENT
Amendments to the Charter of the Kan.
sas City, Shreveport and Gulf
Railway Company.

Adopted at meeting of the stock
holders held at the Office of the COM
oany in the city of Shreveport, La,
on April 7, 1905:
Resolved, That Article | of the
Charter of the Kansas City, Shreveport
and Gulf Railway Company be amended
so as to read as follows:
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and found
ed, and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are declared to be the
construction, establishment, operation
and maintenance of a railway from a
point on the Arkansas State line, on the
north boundary of Caddo Parish, La,
by way of Shreveport, or its vicinity, in
a seatherly direction, to a point at or
near Sabine Pass, in the State Of Louis
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

cinated There is no doubt that inter
state commerce regulations were grossly
violated in the shipment of the body to
indianapolis, and the authorities Of the
latter city has called the attention of the
St. Louis authorities to the mater, and
there is some reason to hope that the
guilty physician will be subjected to Sc
we're punishment.-New Orleans States.
Who is the doctor? Why not publish
his name?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
SHERIFFs SALE

No. o537--In First Judicial Distrie
Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Albert Barnett VS.. w. E. Scriber.
BY virtue Of writ Of 6eri facias, 4
me issued in the above entitled and mum.
bered suit, ] have seized and will oife,
for sale, at public auction, at the prin.
cipai front door Of the court house Of
Caddo Parish, in the City Of Shreveport
!. Louisiana, during the legal hours fol-
sales. on
SATURDAY. MAY I3, 1905,
Lots three, four and Ave G., q and 81
Of the Patzman Subdivision in the City
q Shreveport La, as per map record
ed in conveyance book Is, page 78s. 81
the records Of Caddo Parish, La, to-
gether with all buildings and improve
ments thereon
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold, without
benefit 81 appraisement, to satisfy the
judgment IS specified in the said writ in
the sum oil two hundred dollars, with
per cert interest from January IS. 1904.
and also 10 per cent attorneys fees on
$4,000. and same interest from said
date, and all costs OF the suit. The
purchaser to assume the payment Of
mortgage note for two hundred collars
and interest. due January "a, ROOD.
S. j. WARD,
Sheriff Of Caddo Parish, La.