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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26

promptu oratory.
The next call was The Morning Pa
per. to which Mr. Edmonds Of the
Times responded in happy words. Ills
remarks were applauded generously.
Mr.. Helms responded to Our Allies,
the Railroads. His remarks were III
humorous vein and provoked consid-
cradle merriment
The final toast was by State Senator
/. { Barret. toast-master. He congrat-
ulated the Cotton Belt officials and
voiced the appreciation of the guests III
their royal entertainment. He eX-
pressed the hope that the Golden we'd
ding OF the Cotton Belt would be OBJ
,erved under as auspicious occasion as
vas celebrated its crystal wedding
Mr. Ferguson, when called to speak
axcused himself by saying that he was
10 talker but a railroad man, and was
gratihed g. note that the guests of his
company were we'll pleased with the en-
tertainment.
1t is due Toast-master Barret to say
hat he discharged his functions with
ready wit, a pleasing manner, with
words of introduction appropriate to the
subjects calling response. In few
words, we has an admirable toast-mas-
ler ana received from the assemblage the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
SUCCESSION SALE.
No. 8,oo4-In First District Court, Cad
do Parish, La Succession Of Sarah

No. 8,9o4-ln First District Court, Cad
do Parish, La: Succession Of Sarah
Jones, deceased.
By virtue Of a commission TO sell.
dated March I3, IGo7. to me Is
sued in the above numbered and
entitled succession by the Honorable
First Judicial District Court Of Louis
ana, in and for Caddo Parish, | will
proceed to sell at public auction for cash.
according to law, al the principal front
door Of the court house i'll Shreveport.
La, during the legal hours for sale on
SATURDAY, APRIL 20. 1907
The following described property belong
ing to said succession, to wit: Lot No
ten (Io) Of block one % Of tcn-acre
lot No ten Of the City Of Shreveport
La, together with all buildings and i'm
provements thereon. Said sale to BE-
made for cash and according TO law tc
ply debts Of said succession.
A. T. KAHN,
March IL Administrator
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
CHINA MATING

90 yards Coorcd China Mating. reg
ular price 25c yard, special price for
this week, yard -ISc
900 yards Colored China Mating,
regular price soc yard, good grade.
new patterns, special price for this
week, yard ............. 2,c
vi OF our $50 yard China Mating,
white and colored, best grade, go
this week, special price, yard. =. 2zc
900 yards Colored China Mating
worth zoe yard, special prce this
week to clean out this lot, ward IcI-2c
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
COL / NJ. POWELL.

Col. J. NJ Powell of the United States
lrmy was in the city yesterday. He is on
N inspection tour of the louisiana Ma
ional Guard He inspected Company
L" OF Shreveport. His inspection is
borough As a rule the condition OF the
Louisiana National Guard is good
When this State inspection is completed
Colonel Powell will make his report di
rect to the military headquarters of the
United States.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
LOTIS PALMER KILLED.

Louis Palmer, a section hand of the
DeSoto Land and Lumber Companys
was yesterday run down and
killed by box car near Mansfield The
accident occurred whilej making a flying
switch
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
special Mating Sale and House.
furnishing Goods Sale this Week

louise Cleaning Time has come and we
re going to offer you an opportunity
'jla week to put down new mattings as
ieap or cheaper than you can have the
i'd dusty coverings turned
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
IAPANESE MATING

600 yards Colored and White Japan-
ese Mating, best grade, new pat
terms, regular price ,32 I-2c yard, will
60 this week, special price, yd. .2sc
500 yards Ingram Carpet, regular
price 45c yard, special price 10 clean
out thls week, yard .......... ..2ec
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
IHEY WILL COME
ihe Rivers and Harbors gommtte
Will Reach Shreveport Saturday.

\ meeting OF the Shreveport Pro
;ressive League and of citizens repre-
cnting various interests met this morn
ing i'll the Leagues headquarters, PA
Milan street.
In attendance was Congressman Wat
sins, who outlined the purpose Of the
committees visit to Shreveport and
lrged on the citizcrs Of this city the
Importance and necessity Of welcoming
he committee with the greatest and
most cordial demonstration possible.
\ committee on finance was named by
he chairman. Dr. G. c. McClouI, as
follows Wholesalers, J. B. Ards and
), &. Hicks Retailers, ] NJ Ruther-
lord and w. c. Agurs-
Entertainment committee: F. r. Bern
tein, ]. Katzenstein, J. NJ. Rutherford,
.f0C. Allen, c. II. AIinge. Peter
ouree, Isaac Barron. ] L. Means,
Ohm Jenkins
The Congressional Committee is ex-
ected to reach Shreveport Saturday aud
ill be entertained at banquet Satur-
.ay night Sunday they will be given a
:urvey Of the town in automobiles. The
ommittce will leave Sunday al 3 pm.
.or Monroe
About thirty people are expected in
he party
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26

ALWAYS MAKING CHARACTER.
ST Helena Echo. 1t would astonish
many Of us sometimes if we could know
What our neighbors think of us. Every
nan has some kind of standing in the
.ommunity in which he lives, and he is
izcd up a great deal closer than he has
ny idea Of You may set it down as a
iact that there isn't I2-year-old boy
Il the neighborhood who hasn't his opin-
ion of you, and he wouldn't be long
bout expressing it either if a stranger
.hould ask him for it. Every man is
lways making character, whether he is
ioing anything else or not
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
THE BANQUET.

1t was about Q 80 o'clock when the
-wo hundred invited guests of the Cot
on Belt were called to be seated, amidst
he strains Of the Grand Opera orchestra
II Sheer's Cafe, adjoining the Inn Hotel.
t was a representative body of men en-
gagged in commercial, industrial, finan-
:ial and professional pursuits in Shreve-
)ort. 1t was happy company of joyful
souls filled with the enthusiasm of the
moment. Having reached the end of
he menu where coffee and cigars ap
5ear, Toastmaster T, c. Barret an
nounced the first number of the intellec
ual programme, "The City" which was
responded to by Mr.. Bernstein, as may
or. Then followed in their turn The
Wholesalers by Mr.. ]. B. Ards.
"The Lumber Industry" by L. c. Al
len
The Manufacturers" by A. Currie.
The Bankers" by l. E, Thomas
The Cotton Belt" by Chief Engineer
Lynch
The Railroads" by f H. Randolph
The Retailers" by ]. Katzenstein,
The Press" by V. Grosjean.
The remarks by these gentlemen were
in keeping with the subjects assigned
hem 1t was ruled at the beginning that
the speeches must be extempore with the
three minute rule, but under the stimu-
lus of the occasion this latitude of speech
was treated with impunity. During the
course of their remarks the telling points
by the speakers were cheered loudly and
repeatedly. Although The Press" was
intended to be the last toast, Conductor
Pat Owens Of the Kansas City Southern
WIS called for a speech, and surprised
his friends agreeably with his inn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
WINDOW SHADES

56NG feet Window Shades in all col
ors, regular price IS, special price
this week, each .......2.c
..6zo feet Window Shades, regular
price SOC each, special price this
week each roc
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
American Gifts

The record year of gifts i'll this
puntry was 1901, when they totaled
up to $122,SSS,OO0. This sum includes
only considerable donations to public
institutions. Last year the total fell TO
s1O6 900. 900. Our charities easily out
run those of any other nation. Eng
land was once regarded as the leader
In large gifts, but her total last vas
but $46.OOO,OOO. While the gifts of her
people exceed those of any other Euro
pean country, yet they are below those
of America, now the richest and the
most charitable country in the world.
The present calendar year has
started out brilliantly in the matter
of gifts Mrs Sage has already given
away $2.250OO and Mr.. Rockefeller's
gift of s32,OOO,OOO to educational pur-
poses points to an uneXampled aggre-
gate at the end of the year.
It is not strange that gifts are in
creasing in this country when the fact
is recalled that the daily addition to
the national wealth is ten millions Of
dollars. On the tithing basis this calls
for gifts of one million dollars a day,
but the nation refuses to give one
tenth of its inrease. 1t gives about
one thirtieth instead. This is, how
ever, very creditable sum, and it IS
fast filing the land with noble insti-
tutlons, literally endowed. The Chi
eago university and the Carnegie
Technical school at Pittsburg are fine
examples of these beneficiaries of pri-
vate benevolence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
To Prolonn Life.

THE average age of human life is
longer now than it was two or three hun
dred years ago." said a doctor of medi-
cine, land in spite of our high pressure
urban activities, naturally wearing on the
nervous system, the age limit of man IN
enlightened communities will be extended
in the present century. The athletic habit
is sometimes regarded as a fad, but
field sports and athletic exercise have
much value and contribute no little to
longevity. Most men and women could
live to the age of four score, with their
mental faculties unimpaired If they would
take sufficient outdoor exercise and OBJ
serve the ordinary rules OF health.
81 recall a conversation with the late
Gen. Albert Pike, Il veteran of two wars,
a great lawyer and brilliant man of
letters. The distinguished scholar was
in his eighty-third year whom | met him
in Washington knowing that he seldom
set foot outside of his room during the
last ten years of his life, but that he
worked in his library, studying or writ
ing, nearly twelve hours every day,
asked him how he accounted for his Wig
orous health. He replied that In lieu of
hours in every twenty-four. lie said that
he slept only six hours, but that the
rest he got by staying in bed twelve hours
ena bled him to put In full day at his
desk without fatigue. But General Pike
might have added that the open air eN-
ercise he took during forty years of his
life gave him the robust health that last
ed after he became a house body. In
his early days Pike spent the greater
part of his time with the Indians. He
learned their dialects and hunted With
the red man. He had been a daring horse
man and also had been tireless
pedestrian. Among other feats he per-
formed was in walking 800 miles To dis
cover the source of the Brazos river.
IF our young men could only spend
half as much time in the forest as Pike
did, they would prolong their lives. The
next best thing to roughing 1t is intelllgen;
practice in a gymnasium.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
NOT A HoBsoN.

From the Baltimore News.
1.-THE good sense of the United States
will settle the question. 1t is such a
silly thing to fight over Cthe San Fran
cisco school question:. The little diff
Guilty will be adjus; T." This is the talk
of distinguished Englishman who landed
on our shores day or two ago. 1t Is very
undressing. Anybody could say it. 1t
is quite unlike the recent talk of our own
Hobson 1--WE must fight Japan unless
Japan backs down." says the hero of the
Merrimac. "It is inevitable, Japan wants
to fight, and is being egged on by Great
Britain, which wants to destroy our
commerce In the east" That's the way
man thinks and speaks who knows
something about ships and navies-who
has been In 'em himself. Probably the
Englishman who dsposes Of the situa-
ton with a smile of amusement and the
remark that the little difficulty will be
adjusted" is nothing but one OF those
damned literary fellers.' Blu: II hap
pens that, as a mater of fact, the Eng
lshman was Lord Charles Beresford.
Admiral of the British navy, Well we
can't all be Hobsons, however great our
opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
Chicaqo's Ep Idemic

The epidemic of scarlet fever and
diphtheria in Chicago was not care
fully considered or treated until it be-
gan TO hurt trade. When 1t began to
keep people away and to lessen bust
ness, then indeed the pound of cure
was applied, it being too late to test
the efficacy of an ounce of prevention.
The city and its suburbs have about
10000 cases of the two diseases, and,
strangely enough, neither spreads TO
other sections of the state. Both cling
to Chicago as their favorite habitat
A big lot of doctors and psychologists
are at work investigating the milk
supply, but thus far they have not as
certained anything. They have not
broken the backbone of either disease.
They stand powerless before both.
The lesson is plain, but no other city
will take 1t to heart seriously. Water
supplies should be constantly inspect
ed, and so should the milk and other
food articles offered for sale Cleanli-
ness and the manner of living should
also be studied, and health officer or
health board that does not attend TO
all these things is simply jeopardizing
the health. if not the lives, of those
he has been given the care of. Chi
cago began late. The germs of the
two diseases were widely scattered
when It began to face the problem,
and now it is compelled to await the
course of the epidemic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
More Than One Salome

The words of Oscar Wilde and the
music of Strauss should not be con-
demned as suggestive, immoral or
gruesome unless like condemnation is
melted out to many another produc-
ton of the operate stage. Salome is
depraved wanton who tries to seduce
John the Baptist This is pretty bad,
but what does Kundry attempt to ex-
cite in Parsifal's mind? How about
that scene between Venus and Tam
hauser? Is the dance in "LalIme"
any better? Is Lohengrins wooing of
Elsa above criticism?
There are plenty of operas that are
neither immoral nor physically revolt
ing-plenty of them-but managers
have swung away from Martha" and
.Mignon," "The Barber of Seville"
"Seigfreid" and scores of other good,
honest works, and they are putting on
the stage the gloomy, the CHASTITY and
the suggestive Love making on the
modern stage takes on revolving
form, and Salome is by no means ex-
ceptional.
But, after ALL the managers are not
at fault They are but agents of the
box office. 1t is the box Office that Sc
lects and stages the revolving, and we
need not stop to say who constitute
the box Office. Let no one cry out
against Salome who goes to the box
office when other equally reprehensi-
BILE operas or plays are presented.
What We must have before the stage
can be reformed is a reform in public
taste and public sentiment, and no
one need to try TO elevate the stage
until the former task is entered upon,
To say the least. 1t is putting the
cart before the horse TO begin a cru
SADIE against the stage without first
making raid upon those who cram
the box office with dollars ON the days
when suggestive plays or operas are
presented.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
GREAT ALMANACS OFWORLD

world, the rest entitled THE Diplomatic
Year" being a concise and extremely ac-
ourate synopsis OF the governments Of
the world, their budgets and their trade.
For reference on such matters It is in
valuable. but for consultations on gen,
eral subjects it is useless.
The Daily Mail Year Book is sort
of compendium of the burning questions
OF the day, but these are treated in a
semi-editorial way, and their value is
often destroyed by the partisan bias
that sticks out all over them.
Hachette is remarkable for the extra
ordinary range of subjects it treats Of
For instance, there are Al pages of die
tionary containing 10000 Words; 20 pages
on law; g. including maps, on geography;
4 on geometery; 10 on history; there are
maps of all the railways in France; chap
ters on the steamship lines of the world
with full information about rates. bag
gage sleeping cars. meals, hotels, etc.
There are Il pages devoted to sports;
TO donkeys and 3-to bees 4 to diamonds
and to the marriages Of American girls
and European noblemen
The World treats of many more SUBJ
jects than Whitaker, and all those of
general interest more fully. whitaker is
largely taken up with lists of the British
and colonial civil service and the army
and nanny. 1t gives only 1877 pages to
the statistics of the world at large.
against 81 to banks and banking, to
insurance companies. 16 to astronomy
and 20 to sports. Its shipping list is a
directory of the world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
jamestown Exposition.

1T is believed there will be as large a
number of visitors at the jamestown ex-
position at Norfolk as attended the st.
Louis fair said Lee r. Rogers of Vir-
ginia. In the first place, Norfolk is
nearer the center of the eountry's densest
population, and in the second place. the
attractions will be such as cannot be seen
anywhere except on the coast. The naval
review will be the most imposing in
the history of America, and this alone
Will draw thousands of people from va
rious parts Of the United States.
Next in interest will be the historic
landmarks in and near Norfolk. I find that
many persons have got IT into their minds
that the exposition Is to be held at James,
town. All well informed persons know that
nothing remains of jamestown except a
lew stones of the church tower: and of
course, no exposition could be held apart
from city with adequate hotel aeeommo-
dations. The site of jamestown is on
James river, forty miles from the sea.
and seven or eight miles from williams
burg, on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road. The visitors will go to jamestown
either by boat or overland from Will
liamsburg. The exposition grounds are sit
uated on Hampton Roads, just outside
of Norfolk, and are in view of Old Point
Few cities in America contain SO much
of historic interest as Williamsburg. For
many years 1t was the capital of Vlr-
ginia, and all the landmarks of revolu-
tlonary days have been preserved. 1t will
well repay every exposition visitor to
spend a day In that quaint old town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
THE GAMBLERS HANDS.

From the Philadelphia Record.
THAT man is night worker proba
bly, a faro dealer said detective to a
friend as the two stood on a street cor.
ner the other afternoon. while the person
alluded to by the detective passed by.
Know him." asked the friend. Not
yet" replied the detective, but 1 may
later" How do you know he's faro
dealer. then?" II don't know IT, was the
reply, but that he is In some such bust
ness is evident from the peculiar pallor
of his face, which you may have noticed.
You wouldn't get that particular shade
If you worked in a bank or at desk all
day long. It's the artificial light and the
bad ventilation that does ii, guess
Keeping In the noise of the rafting chips
keeps out the air in most cases, and those
dealers work as steadily an das regu-
larry as anybody else. Perhaps you
noticed. too that his hands were smooth
and clean in far better condition than
yours or mine or the average business
mans. The professional gambler may not
like his pallor, but he takes great pride
Dhis hands,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.

BY Samuel Woodwork.
How dear to my heart are the scenes of
my childhood,
When fond recollection recalls them to
view; 8iI
The orchard. the meadow, the deep-tan-
gled wildwood
And every loved spot which my infancy
knew:
The widespreading pond and the mill
which stood by 1t.
The bridge and the rock where the cata-
ract fell,
The cot of my father, the dairy-house
nigh 1t,
And cen the rude bucket which hung
in the well.
The old oaken bucket-the iron-bound
The moss-coverd bucket which hung in
the well.
The moss coverd vessel hailed as a
treasure.
For often at noon, when returned from
the field
I found it the source or an exquisite
pleasure,
The purest and sweetest which nature
can yield;
How ardent I seized it, with hands that
were glowing,
And quick to the white-pebbled bottom
it fell,
Then soon, with the emblem of truth
overfiowing,
And dripping with GOODNESS, it rose from
the we'll
The old oaken bucket-the iron-bound
bucket
The moss-coverd bucket arose from the
we'll
How sweet from the green messy brim to
receive it,
As poised on the curb, It inclined to my
lips;
Not a full-blushing goblet could tempt
me to leave it,
Though filled with the nectar which
Jupiter sips.
And now far removed from the loved
situation,
The tear of regret will intrusvely swell
As fancy revisits my fathers plantation,
And signs for the bucket which hangs
in the we'll
The old oaken bucket-the iron-bound
bucket
The moss-cover'd bucket which hang'
in the well
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
TALE OF TARPoN QUEEN.
More Novelty In Experience Than
Young Woman Anticipated.

Victor Smith in New York Press
One of the prettiest and. of course
most dashing young women of New York.
had rare experience in Florida two
weeks ago. and I am very much sur
prised that the society journals have not
jumped on to the story They pretend
to know so much. A ball was due. The
date was announced, and the women in
sisted it should be novel, though not ex-
actly to the degree of extreme fancy
dress. Our fair friend had visited a fish
house and impressed the owner with her
beauty and tact. She saw a frame ten
by seven feet hanging on the wall of the
waiting room. 1t was chocIful of tarpon
scales. Twill you lend me those?" she
murmured. great thought had melted
her He could not; he wouldn't take
$4,000 for the collection. To part with
it would cost him his entire business
why miss, that's a record of all the
biggest tarpon caugh, mere In forty
years. he said. MY friends come from
all parts of the north and look for their
names on the scales as soon as they enter
the door. an eff they don't find EN- I'm
a dead TN
"J'he entire collection is f no value to
me-" said the angel angelically, but I
should like to borrow it for one night
win deposit $1,000 as a guarantee that
not one shall be injured, and that all shall
be hoe within twenty-four hours after
the contract is signed" Well,qyou know
what a pretty girl could do with salt
water fisherman. He lent her the col
lection, and she appeared at the ball in
the - hotel in a coat of mail CON-
structed of tarpon scales, which had been
sewn to her bodice and skirt. The sobri-
quet f'Tarpon Queen" was bestowed upon
her. Those of you who have seen a live
tarpon can imagine the beauty of the
costume.
The consequences are humorous. A
slashng, strapping young fellow from
Minnesota, his father a millionaire lum-
herman, asked for waltz with the tar
pom queen. by Jovel' he exclaimed sud-
denly, gazing hard at a certain scale, L
caught you!' what DO you mean, sir?''
the queen demanded, feiging lese ma
1este. "Why, Miss -, there are MY own
initials on that scale''-pointing to one
Just over her heart-"and a description of
the tarpon l killed two years ago Read
it, | will verify it. Oh, that l might be
so happy as to have killed you-that-er-
that is, that / may be so happy as to
llill-O-er" He had to break down in
some confusion, but everything passed
off all right; explanations were made,
and now the cards are being mailed to
personal friends, and the affair will be
styled the tarpon wedding