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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Notable
Women
Nine. Cartier Wears the
Gross of the Legion
of Honor

The first NAPOLEON established the
decoration Of the cross Cf the Legion
Of Homer. It was to be bestowed on
those who achieved noble AM! her Nc
deeds. Bcn:lNarte scarcely thought I,
lie intended specially for soldiers yet
this coveted decoration was given ',y
the French republic to Nine Emile
earlier for bravery and heroiSnl as con-
spicuouS as We're ever displayed on a
battlefield. Several women have re-
ceived the red ribbon Of the Legion of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

the earl rich. With his title he inher-
tied fortune of s1,5 200, but squan-
dered it and became a bankrupt. Then
he worked as clerk for $40 week,
was a correspondent in South Africa
during the Boer war and at various
times tried acting az a means Of sub
sistence. A few seasons ago he ap-
peared on the stage in New York. His
marriage to Miss Robinson took place
in London short time ago.
The Countess Of Rosslyn, as Miss
Robinson is now known, was born in
Minneapolis. Mimi, where her mother
kept a boarding house. She became an
artists model and later went on the
stage. Her best known role was that
Of Ruth In "A Temperance Town" OF
recent years she has Md IN London
and Paris, winning mon9 On he turf
and entertaining ths Gubse
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

the great actress painted by NJ. Ciarin
In the picture dog was lying at
Nine. Bernhardt's feet. "Ah, I see,"
said N. Dumas, "a picture Of dog
and bone" On another occasion
Partisan paper told a story Of how
Mime. Bernhard was attacked by rob-
bess, but escaped by hiding herself
behind her parasol. Once the actress
was rehearsing piece in a Paris thea
ter when she was suddenly called OF
tho stage to see friend. The man.
asa, turning round quickly and not
SEEING Nine. Bernhardt, looked thought
ftlH at the floor Of the stage for few
ssconds and then said sadly. t"Ah, poor
n00mulsellei She must have slipped
gMu1gh ~ bosudsw
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
COUNTESS OF ROSSLYN.

American Actress Who Has Married
Into English Arist0cracy.
A new "interna tional alliance" is that
between the Earl Of Rosslyn and Miss
Anna Robinson, an American actress.
The earl is peer of Scotland. His
most noted achievement, however, is
method for breaking the bank at
Monte Carlo. So far it has not made
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

1 "4 Ia lie AuUSc
the windows are
wide open"
No actress has
ever had more Jokes
made at her ex-
pense than the d.
vine Sarah had in
her younger days.
when she was pain
fully thin and slen-
der. Dumas the
younger was once
nh - n >a-k~ "a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
A NOBLE IN BUSINESS.

The Duke af Manchester, Who Is Go
iEs te, learn RniIroading.
Tie IH.Ne OF Manchester. William
Angus I:>yo Montagu, has attracted
attention recently by his un-lounce-
nent that he is going to learn the rail-
ROAD l,;lil.ess. lie says he has observ-
Ell t:!,t IN America even scions Of
wealthy families have some business
and do not simply pose as ornaments
of society, and he has made Ep his
mind to settle down to railrou;Eng and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

representations or
old men and takes
such q part In "A
Pair Of Spectacles,"
which Mr.. Glad
stone was very fond
Of seeing. Some
times, says the Sat
urday e venins
Post, the premier Of
England would 60
behind the scenes
to chat awhile with
The artoP The real.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

brought the hot wa
ter. Moreover, the
sandwiches had ell
tirely disappeared,
and so had the
fruit
Sousa helped the
man in his search
about the room for
what they expected
would turn out to
be a hidden tramp,
and it was not very
S@ 9c ALL
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

him they'll work
without trainin',
though maybe a lit
tie toIc!:in' up
doesn't hurt.
Now. there was
re ould f,'i'nl Tom
Sullivan, who med
piles iv money on
horse dealin' in
G.. :. 5 own town
an was magistrate
an all. though he
couldn't tel! his own
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

young l.!Hn Il. u I;l ! :
.;":.r naule| the
child asked. Tie
vrH:Ig man told
him.
- TX you married 2
" No, l an not
was the reply.
The little fellow
paused g moment,
and then. turning
to his mother, in
quired, Mamma,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

.Ju:*t then the prop
erty man of the
company Canlpcau
was with rushed
into the hotel Wild
wit h excitement
and called out to
the actor, :Tige has
chewed up another
pug, and the owner
has had Mr.. Mus
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
3oEs OVER THE LIST OF Her FRIENDS.

GOES OVER THE LIST OF HER FRIENDS.
him more than the ordinary amount Of
respect and all that sort Of thing in
order to exalt him in her own eyes and
In those OF her friends.
But the really strong man doesn't
care for that sort of slavishness on his
wife's part, and he doesn't need it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Tales Told
BY the
TE,espians

RACLA EDIT-ACDES, The bright
49, particular s,ar Of ~ in*o:le
E Nin;lie.' tr.i:> Il StoIy i.lustrat
ing the acu.:l, ! and enterprise
of the ..-tl.t,> willow.
Il Was sitting OH tie veranda Il .
sui,1:::cr |: .eI.' s;yi -NiSs E>;wa.' %.
"wIc:l cnspcTt';i It little by, w: ,S.:
mother was ciyse I., cI!:.1t.ilg Wit. q
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-28
MOTHER LOVE OF LOON.
Hunter Who Caught Young North.
ern Diver Felt Compelled
to Set It Free.

Once, and only once, I caught young
Northern diver, says Graham West, in
Recreation. 1t was in July in the Lau-
rentians in little lake far back in the
forest-covered hills-loons always nest
on small islands in lakes, never wher9
foxes can get at the eggs or young. The
birds at first are coal black. The one
took was the size of pigeon and it
took me 20 minutes to get it. When pur-
sued the little fellows make for the open
deep water, never Skulk among the
weeds and rely entirely upon their Won
derful diving powers. You can only
catch them when they are very young
and on perfectly calm day when you
can see them the instant they come up.
followed the bird UP SO quickly that
was always near when it rose and by
shouting and brandishing the paddle
frightened it into rediving before it had
regained its wind. At length it could
not dive more than foot or two below
the surface and then I caught it in my
hand. 1t was savage and seasick in the
canoe. The mother kept near it from
first to last, swan round the canoe, call
ing most plaintively the while, re note
being "Whe-ou-ou-ou;" quite distinct
from the usual hooking laugh. "Ha-ha-
ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!" I padded the
little loon about mile and then put it
overheard very gently and the mother
led 1t off in triumph.
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| to five dollars, though he would accept
one dollar, but nothing less. Occasion
ally he made sale at five dollars, but
two dollars was the popular price.
He further explained that he car
ried in his right hand, upper vest
pocket pair of lenses of the right
retroactive power for a person of about
40 years of age, in his left hand upper
vest pocket pair for a person of
about so years of age, and in one coat
pocket pair for a person of so, and
SO on.
Should his spectacle transaction
take place in the house where the
woman would be likely to pick up a
newspaper, he would thus be able to
give her magnifying glass. Should
she remark that they were not just
right, he would say that he was sorry
and would place them back in his
pocket. Then suddenly reaching to an
other pocket, he would bring forth an
other pair, either weaker or stronger,
and say:
"See here, believe these glasses are
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Mole and His Habits.

In burrowing his tunnels the mole
seems to swim through the earth rath-
er than to dig his way. Although much
of the earth is never removed from the
runs, but is beaten hard into the walls
and floor of the tunnel, the creature finds
it more expeditions in busy times to
clear the runs of loose earth. This he
does at a point where the run comes to
the surface by pushing the earth before
him with his fat forehead and face.
Sometimes, where the earth binds easily,
he pushes out the mold in solid round
plugs, showing the exact dimensions of
the orifice through which they have been
thrust. When the mole is hunting or
travelling underground he has no need
to throw up the earth. This is subse-
ouent operation for the purpose of clean
ing the runs for regular use.
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whole business in one day. He gaG a
rowboat and went out in the hasbor
to where the backbone of the Maine
acts as a monument to the fellows who
yet sleep in the mud of the bottom,
and after tying little American flag
on the rigging that sticks above the
water, and damning> the villains who
blew up the good ship, we went back
to town and drove out to the cemetery
where several hundred of our boys are
buried, where we left flowers on the
graves and a cuss in the balmy air
for the guilty wretches who fired the
bomb, and then we went back to the
city and walked the beautiful streets
until dad began to have cramps from
trying to eat all the fruit he could
hold. Then it was all off, and
was going to call a carriage to take
him to the hotel, when dad saw a ne
gro astride single OK, hitched to a
cart, who had come in from the coun-
try, and dad said he wanted to ride in
that cart, if it was the last act of his
life, and as dad was beginning to swell
up from the fruit he had eaten
thought he better ride in an open cart,
cause in carriage he might swell up
so we couldn't get him out of the door
when we got to the hotel.
So I hired the negro, got dad in the
cart, and we started, but the OK walked
so slow I was afraid we would never
get dad there alive, so told the negro
dad had the cholera and that settled
it, for he kicked the OK with his heels,
and the OK beloved and run away, and
the negro turned pale from fright, and
l guess the runaway ride on the cob
blestone pavement was what saved
dads life, for the swelling in dads in
side began to go down, and when we
got to the hotel he got out of the cart
alone, and | knew he was better, for
he shook himself, gulluped and said,
"You think you are smart, don't your
So I will close. Yours,
TIENNERY
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MANS SMALL ANNoYANCEs.

Some men only need one match Ia
light their pipes. unless it happens to
be the last match
Isn't it exasperating to have the bill
collector drop into your Office just
as friend is paying back the ten dol
lars you loaned him six months ago?
Doesn't it make you mad after walt
ing 20 minutes for your favorite bar
Der to get through shaving a man 10
have the customer sit up in the chair
and order hair cut and a shampoo?
No sooner does a man swear or
smoking than his friends present him
with cigars of every description; be .
fore swearing off he had hard time
borrowing the markings" OF a cigar
ette."
Isn't it annoying to keep your seat
in a street car while some woman
stands, and when you get to the end
oE your journey discover that the
standing female is an old friend or
the family?
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carried in one hand two or three large
potatoes. Stepping up to me, he eX-
tended his right hand and said:
How are you, ]. p? Glad to see
you; don't know me, do you?"
At first didn't recognize him, bit
when he introduced himself as Mr.
-, l instantly remembered him
He was former Chicago acquaintance
who for several years had held a re-
sponsible position with one of the larg-
est wholesale dry goods houses i'll the
city. He was Yale college graduate
of an excellent family. OF course
was Gstounded to see him in such a
garb.
What in the world are you doing?''
asked.
Making $25 per day." he replied
"How. selling potatoes?" I inquired
Grating" he went on; 'jusI graft
ing"
Taking me to the front door, he
pointed out a rickety old peddlers
wagon, loaded with choice potatoes
and drawn by bony old horse with
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all right for you; suppose you try them
again. Perhaps you were little nerv-
Gus when you tried them before" And
he would continue to make these shifts
from one pocket to the other until the
woman imagined, at least, that she
could see all right, and then, if pos
sible, he would close a deal.
On the other hand, should the trans
action take place in the street, he
would introduce a pair of what are
known as plano lenses, which are meth
ing more than ordinary window glass.
With these no matter what her age a
woman could see off into the distance.
and often bought them on the spur OF
the moment, believing they would also
enable her to do close work.
All was fish that came to this graft
er's net. The spectacles cost him SITS
per dozen. The material was Roman
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dishonest man or woman in Holland
except one. There was one woman
that played it on dad in Amsterdam,
but think she only played him for a
joke, for she laughed all the time Dad
was much struck at seeing the women
selling milk from little carts, hauled
by teams of big dogs, and he negotiated
with woman for dog team and cart,
and all one day dad and put on wooden
shoes and Dutch clothes and drove the
dog team around town, and so we had
the time of our lives, more fun than
shoes skinned our feet, and when the
dogs laid down to rest and dad couldn't
talk dog language to make them get up
and go ahead, he kicked the off dog with
his wooden shoe, and the dog got up and
grabbed mouthful of dads ample
pants and shook dad till his teeth were
loose, and woman driving another
mess of dogs had to come and choke the
off dog so he wouldn't swallow dad,
pants and all. Dad gave her dollar for
rescuing him, and what do you think?
Say, she pulled an old stocking of money
out of her bosom and counted out 90
cents in change and gave it back to dad
and only charged four cents for saving
his life, and that couldn't occur in any
other country, cause in most places
they would take the dollar and strike
him for more.
Dad wanted to take the dog team
and cart to Milwaukee to give it to a
friend who sells red hot weiners, and
so we arranged to have the team load
ed on the boat, but just before the boat
sailed the dog team was lying down
on the dock, sleeping and scratching
fieas. when the woman dad bought the
team of came along and spoke to the
dogs in Dutch, and, say, those dogs
woke up and started on a regular run
away down the dock, after the laugh
ing woman, and disappeared up the
street, just as the boat whistled to pull
in the gang planks. Dad and | stood
on deck and saw the team disappear,
and dad said "Buncoed again, and it
is all your fault Why didn't you
hang on to that off dog?"
Well, we lost our dog team, but we
got the worth of our money, for we
saw people who do not eat much be-
side cabbage and milk, and they are
the strongest in the world, and there
never was a case of dyspepsia in their
country. We saw people with stone
bruises on their heels and corns on
their toes. smiling and laughing all
the time. We met a people that work
all the time, and never take any recre-
alton except churning and rocking Da-
bies. and yet never have to call doc
tor, because there are no doctors eX-
cept veterinary surgeons. who care Ior
dogs and cattle.
The people we met in Holland wear
wooden shoes to teach them patience
and humility. With wooden shoes no
frenzied financier of Holland Will ever
travel the fast road of speculation, sup
on bucket shop banana peel, and ran
on the Innocent Eystandcr who mas
cnughed I'D his savings and given
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trouble In persuading them to make
purchases. This much accomplished
he had gained at least one point, and
often two. In the first place he had
broken the ice, and in many instances
ne had an opportunity to size up the
woman's financial standing. Should
he have occasion to change a five or
even two-dollar bill, the prospects
were good.
bring forth pair of glittering riding
bow spectacles from his pocket and
say:
"See what I found over on the boule-
ward few minutes ago. Aren't they
beauties?"
my! N.Y." the woman would ex-
claim, and would Immediately try
them on AS they were but ordinary
window glass. she would look around
a moment and declare that she could
see ''just fine
"Are they gold?" she would invaria-
bly, ask.
Cant you see what they are? I'll
bet they never cost less than $12 or
$15,' he would answer.
Then, as if about to take his de-
parture, he would casually remark tina.
he had no earthly use for them and
would sell them cheap.
"How cheap" would usually come
the query.
In setting a price, of course the
CRATER would be governed by the gen
era1 appearance of the woman and
often by his knowledge of how much
cash she had on hand.
His price was all the way from two
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q piayed-out harness. There was a
colored boy on the front seat.
That's my layout; what do you
think of ST." he said.
But ! asked. how can you do
any grating in the potato business
Reaching in his pockets, he produced
several pairs of spectacles, and pro-
ceeded to explain his system of graft.
The colored boy drove the old horse,
while he made house to house calls;
always among the middle and lower
classes of people.
He would rap at the rear door, and
there the lady of the house would find
him with both hands full of those very
choice potatoes. He would offer to sell
her a peck or half bushel at one-half
or two-tnirds the regular market price.
AS this class of women are invaria-
bly, looking for bargains, he had no
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CHRONIC ERYSIPELAS
Cured by Or. Williams Pink Pills,
Although Whole Body was
Affected

Erysipelas or st. Anthony's fire is q
most uncomfortable disease ON account
of the burning, the pain and the dis
figurement it is also very grave dis
order, attended always by the danger of
involving vital organs IN it's spread.
The case which follows will be read
with great interest by all sufferers as it
affected the whole body, and refused to
yield to the remedies prescribed by the
physician employed. Mrs. Ida A. Col
bath, who was the victim Of the attack,
residing at No. 10 Winter street, New
buryport, Mass, says:
elm June of 1908 was taken i'll with
what at first appeared to be fever.
sent for physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erysipelas and said it
would be long time before got well.
inflammation began OH my face and
spread all over my body. My eyes were
swollen and seemed bu!ging out Of their
sockets. was in terrible plight and
suffered the most intense pain through
out my body. The doctor said my
case was a very severe one. Under
his treatment, however, the infiamma-
ton did not diminish and the pains
which shot through my body increased
in severity. After being two months UNI
Ter his care, without any Improvement, l
dismissed him.
"Shortly after this, on the advice of a
friend, L began to take DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, two at dose
three times a day. After the second box
had been used was surprised to notice
that the inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
me SO much agony had disappeared. AT
ter using six boxes of the pills was up
and around the house attending to my
household duties, as well as ever"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers in medicine or may be OBJ
tanned direct from the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
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lunch, and you go to a doctor, who
does not do thing to you, but scare
you out of your boots by talking chol-
era, and giving you the card of his
partner. the undertaken, telling you
never to think of dying in a tropical
country without being embalmed, be-
cause you look SO much better when
you are delivered at your home by the
express company, and then he gives
you pills and bill. and an alarm clock
that goes OFF every hour to take pill
by, and furnishes you an officer to go
home to your hotel with you to collect
his bill, and you pawn your watch and
sleeve buttons for steerage ticket to
New York.
Dad has not been much good in Ha-
vana, cause he wanted to see the
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Mrs. Lena Smith, N. Cherry street,
cor. Line, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
1T have had poor health for the past
four years, pains in the back and groins,
and dull, sick headache, with bearing
down pains.
"a friend, who was veryenthnsiasffc
about Peruna insisted that try it.
81 took it for ten days and was sur
prised to find that had so little pain.
81 therefore continued to use it and
at the end of two months my pains had
totally disappeared.
al have been in the beSt of health
since and feel ten years younger.
am very grateful 10 yOu."
Catarrh of the internal organs gradu
ally saps away the strength, under
mines the vitality and causes nervous
ness Peruna is the remedy.
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BY HON GEORGE w. PECK.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin. Former Ed
itor of Pecks Sun, Author of "Peck's
Bad Boy" etc.)
Copyright 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Havana, Cuba.-My Dear Old Greas-
er: We stopped in Holland for couple
of days after we left Belgium, and it
was the most disappointing country we
visited on our whole trip. We expected
to be walked on with wooden shoes, and
from what we had heard of that duke
that married Queen Wilhelmina we
thought we were going to a country
where men were cruel to their wives,
and swatted them over the head when
things didn't go right, but when we saw
the queen riding with her husband, as
free from ostentation as department
store clerk would ride out with his cash
girl wife, and saw happiness beaming on
the face of the queen and her husband,
and saw them squeeze hands and look
lovingly into each others eyes, we made
up our minds that you couldn't believe
these newspaper scandals.
And when we saw the broad-shoul
dered, broad-chested and broad-every-
where women of Holland, we concluded
that it would be brave or reckless nus
band who would be unkind to one of
them, and mighty dangerous, because
the women are stronger than the men.
and any woman could whip four men at
the drop of the hat, because she could
take off her wooden shoes and strike out
and man would think he had been hit
by railroad tie.
do not know what makes Hollanders
wear wooden shoes, unless they are SEN
fenced to do it, or that they are unruly
and have to be hobbled to keep them
from jumping fences, but the people are
SO good and honest that after you have
met them you forget the vaudeville
feature of their costumes, and love
them, and wish the people of other
countries were as honest as they.
For two or three days we were not
robbed. and do not believe there is a
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0Rrntatt
4ay- 8nx Unnkrry
By CAPT. MURRAY,
Of commissary Department. U. s. A., Fort Scott KAN

from choice but from necessity? Now what's the
Hay happens to be good non-conducor of heat cold
Take crock fill with and heat a Then pack
in hay within will be boiling point The
heat has been additional generated crock
fill with the ingredients let for about
FIVE minutes Then place wooden box and securely about
with hay and within say hours your stew will
be cooked perfectly
may boiled vegetables same manner
have cooked the eatabes above mentioned this quantities
sufficient for of Is and with encourao
results
The plan ought be noneaver working and women
civil life The meal be prepared before going work in the
morning. and upon it will be ready for serving should
down coal and wood bills to minimum