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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
LincoIn,s Much Quoted Words.

Perhaps the most famous address
ever made by President Lincoln is the
one that he delivered at the dedication
Of the soldiers monument on the battle
field of Gettysburg, and the words
most quoted from 1t are "the govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people" This phrase was no
doubt an unconscious quotation, for
the same words were used by Theodore
Parker in an address to the Anti
Slavery society May IS, 1854. Nor was
the phrase original with Parker Dan
lei Webster in 1880 used the words
''the peoples government, made for the
people, made by the people and an
swerable to the people, And even be-
fore Webster Chief Justice Marshall
had expressed the same idea in similar
phraseology.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Emperor's Unconventional Call.


A characteristic story may be related
of Emperor Wilhelm lis pecularities.
One morning he made call on Count
SzOegyeny, then Austrian ambassador
at Berlin. The count was dawdling
over his breakfast when his valet an
nounced, His majesty the emperor"
AS the latter entered and took a chair
he said: Il have come for glass OF
beer and a chat. as l have not seen you
for so long. | will take a cigarette.
And how Is your wife," At that mo-
ment the baroness entered the room,
and the trio held pleasant converse
for some time Suddenly the kaiser
looked at his watch and jumped to his
feet. Good gracious! Have we talked
so long? / must use your telephone at
once to bid the empress goodby, as /
haven't time to return to the palace
before starting for the maneuvers. I
must, however, excuse myself to MY
wife" Thereupon the emperor rang
up the empress, to whom he spoke as
follows: Don't be angry. l have chat
ted so long with Szoegyeny that must
drive to the station from here, so can
not give you my parting kiss. am
very sorry. London P. T. o.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Sunday Theatricals.

Sunday theatricals had rough time
of 1T at one period of England's his
tory. On Sunday, Sept. q, 1851, Shake
speare's Midsummer Nights Dream
was privately performed In the bishop
of Lincolns house in London. The Pur-
itans had the affair inquired into. and
there Is suspicion of humor in the
punishment awarded to the performer
of Bottom, the weaver-"We do order
that Mr.. Wilson, as he was a special
plotter and contriver of this business
and did in such british manner act
the same with an ass head, shall upon
Tuesday next from 6 o'clock in the
morning till 6 o'clock at night sit in
the porter's lodge at my lord bishops
house with his feet in the stocks and
attired with an ass head and a bottle
Of hay before him and this subscription
son his breast:
Good people. 1 have played the beast
And brought ill things to pass
| was man. but thus have made
Myself a silly ass"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
A Cats Boarding House.

A woman who shad engaged board
for two cats at an animal boarding
house stopped at the G.esk on her way
out and said: "Oh, by lie way. forgot
something. What dog you give your
cats for Sunday dinner?" "The regu-
lar fare said the proprietor. Il would
like you to make an exception in the
case of my cats" said the woman.
They have been used to special dishes
at home on Sunday, and l am sure
they would miss them very much.
am willing to pay extra for the care
ana expense" That" grumbled the
animal man after acceding to her re-
quest. SIS one of the peculiar phases of
this business. Half the people patron
izing place of this kind insist upon
our providing a few choice tidbits for
the Sunday dinner of their pets. 1t is
bound to ruin their digestion. but
whenever there is clause in the con-
tract to that effect special Sunday and
holiday fare prevails. "-Philadelphia
Record
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Earthouake Pranks.

Hindustan has had many important
geological changes effected by earth
quakes. In 1852 Chittagong was vio-
iently shaken, the earth opening In
many places and throwing up water
and mud Of .sulphurous smell. Then
sixty square miles of coast suddenly
and permanently subsidized, one of the
Mug mountains entirely disappeared.
and another sank so low that only the
summit remained. At the same time
corresponding rise of ground took
place at Ramree, an island farther
along the coast. Again, at Clutch. In
1918 the fort and village of Sindree
were submerged. and about five miles
distant long elevated mound was
raised, measuring some fifty miles by
sixteen in places, out of what had been
a perfectly level plain.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
She Answered Back

Men and women alike sought seats
In both the coaches. when a brakeman
entered the car, and, after answering
a score of questions in the affirmative
that the head coach was the smoking
car, fat woman, loaded down with
bundles, approached him and asked:
Say, mister, is this the smoking
CARP
"Of course 1t Is the smoking car"
said the brakeman. Does it look like
a parlor carr"
The fat woman pulled her cloak
closer around her shoulders before she
replied:
at looks like a cattle car, and IL
feels like an ice box" she said "Evl-
IDENTIFY you folks think people who ride
on this line are paying for cold storage
and impudence. Providence Journal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
TunneIed the REGISTER.

A bookwOrm or some such creature
has left his mark upon a volume of
the British Annual Register of the
year 1910 in a club library of New
York. The worm ate its way through
seventeen leaves of the volume, and
for much of the way its path has out
lined something very like the crouch
Ing figure of cat, with one ear erect
and short tail. This figure is repeat
ed upon eight or ten leaves and then
gradually becomes less clearly defined
until the progress of the worm is mark.
ed by single small hole.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
By virtue of an order from the Hon
Paul Capdevielle, Auditor of Public Ac'
counts of the State of Louisiana, to me
directed, | will sell at public auction at
the principal front door of the court
house, in Shreveport, La, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1907,
between the legal hours for sales, to the
highest bidder, section 10, township 20
north, range IS west, in Caddo Parish,
Louisiana
Terms: Said sale to be made subject
to appraisement, and III no event for a
less sum than the appraisement, payable
on a credit of ten years, as follows, to-
wit: Ten per cent i'll cash and the bal
ance in nine annual installments, the in
terest to be paid on the whole amount
annually at the rate Of eight per cent
per annuirl. The notes to be made and
secured by special mortgage on the land
sold and personal security in solido as
the law directs.
c. E. PERRONCEL,
Parish Treasurer.
C,rros;ar, Eah > rnn-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Hungary DepopuIated.

According to report of Consul Gen
eral Guenther of Frankfort. German
and Austro Hungarian journals speak
of the gradual depopulation of Hun
gary. Official statistics show that for
1905 in Hungary the excess of births
over deaths was 150.970, but the emf
grafton was 2o4,305. causing a net loss
Of over 100000. OF the 254.303 emf
grants for whom passports were issued
1881 went to the United States.
This depreciation is affecting con
scription' statistics. For example. +,
the Lubloe township the draft calle
for 641 capable recruits to serve in
the ranks and only 131 appeared: thu
SIC absentees had emigrated to Amer
lea. Those appearing were mainly of
poor quality. only 81 of the 131 being
considered fit.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Judaism In France.

In an article on the decadence of III
daism in France DIR. Max Nordau ha,
this to say in the Jewish Chronicl,
london: How many French Jew.
still hold religious beliefs? will no
make any guess. as to the number bu
It is certainly very small. If Judaism
Is only religion, then religious indif
ference will soon put an end to Juda
ISM"
He says that only by the reawakcn
ing of the Jewish national conscious
ness can Judaism be rescued and adds
But should efforts to impress the
Jewish youth In France with the con
scfousness OF their clinical individual
fty. with all its consequences. end in
failure, then French Judaism is doom.
ed with deadly certainty to speedy de
cay"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
sHERIFF.s SALE.

No. Io,oII--In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Q. H. p Sample VS.. ]. c. Beasley.
By virtue of writ of heri facias, to
me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, | have seized and will offer
for sale at public auction, for cash, with
out the benefit of appraisement, at the
principal front door of the. court house
of Caddo Parish, in the City of Shreve-
port La, during the legal hours for
sales. on
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10

No. II,I27-In First District Court Of
Louisiana: Succession of Catherine
Luchini.
State of louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Nortice is hereby given that Ferdinandc
Luchini has this day applied to be APP
pointed administrator of said succession
and unless opposition be made thereto
within the time specified by law, he will
be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. J. Murff
Judge of said court, this end day OF
March 1907
w. NJ. LEVY,
March 3. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
&c 1E -Kea@Ii1aIa
TOWNS BUILT ON CRATERS.
Earth Girdisd ~ Three Hundred Ac-
tive Volcanoes.

Earth Girdisd ~ Three Hundred Ac-
tive Volcanoes.
Some of the wonders of the volcanic
world were graphically described in a
lecture at the London institution re-
Gently by Mr. W. Herbert Garrison,
L. r. G.. s., who has climbed volcanoes
In all parts of the world.
The greatest noise on record" he
said, 'was made by the eruption of
Krakatoa. in the strait of Sunda. be-
tween Java and Sumatra, In 1882.
Here are few striking facts about
the eruption that Mr. Garrison men
toned:
1t caused cloud seventeen miles
high.
1t was heard 5000 miles away.
II it had taken place in Cornwall, 1t
could have been heard in New York,
Constantinople. st. Petersburg, Cairo
and Greenland
The velocity of the explosion was
three times that of an Armstrong gun
1t raised tidal waves 100 feet high
that invaded the land for five miles.
1t created dust finer than any rock
can be ground by man.
This dust was carried round the
earth for three years in the air
1t caused air waves that encircled
the earth seven times.
1t broke windows 100 miles distant.
The volcanoes of TIE world form Il
belt of fire. round the earth and arc
rarely more than 300 miles from the
sea. In the few exceptions to this
rule the volcanoes are near large sheets
of inland water. This tends to prove
that the proximity of water is one of
the main factors in the cause of erup-
tons and that it is the percola ton of
water through the earth's surface that
leads to volcanic activity.
Mr.. Garrison explained what he
meant by the "belt of fire" by showing
large map of the Pacific ocean on
which the volcanic centers were mark
ed, forming rough circle, beginnin.
in South America and following the
coast line to Alaska, then round to
kamchatka. Japan and the Sunda
strait to New Zealand. In the center
of the circle lies the greatest crater in
the world. in the Hawaiian Islands.
which is nine miles wide.
In this belt of fire" are 800 active
volcanoes, which, said Mr.. Garrison,
is very small number compared witt,
the number once active, the uuiescent
or extinct volcanoes numbering tens
of thousands.
Among the towns built on old craters
Mr.. Garrison mentioned Edinburgh
(Arthur's Seat being the remains of a
volcanic ring, Keswick, Alden. Handy
and Auckland
Brentor. in Devonshire. was at one
time, probably within historic times.
as high as iitna, and Etna Is calculat-
ed to have thrown out 1000 cub,.
miles of material in historic times.
Among many remarkable photo.
graphs shown was one of boiling
lake In an icebound crater nearly 900
feet above sea level in New Zealan,
Since the photograph was taken the
volcano has tossed the lake into the
Express.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
sHERIFFs SALE

No. II,Ioo-ln First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish. Louisiana
W, A. Troegel VS.. J. T. Holmes.
By virtue of writ of seizure and sale
to me issued by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, | have seized and will offer
for sale at public auction, for cash, with
out the benefit of appraisement. at the
front door of the court house
of Caddo Parish, in the City of Shreve-
port, La, during the legal hours for
sales, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907,
Lots twenty-one and thirty-fve (2I and
$50 Of the Foster & Long subdivision of
the City of Shreveport, together witt, all
buildings and improvements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in the said writ in the
sum of one thousand dollars, with eight
per cent per annum interest thereon
from February IS. 1904. and all cost of
SUIT, including FIVE per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees.
]. P FLOURNOY.
Sheriff of Caddo Parish. La.
Caucasian March 2, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. S,oo4-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana: Sue
cession of Sarah Jones, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Arthur T
Kahn, administrator, has this day flee
tableau of debts in said succession, and
unless opposition be made thereto within
the time specified by law, the same viii
be duly homologated as prayed for
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell
Judge of said court, this the 18th day OF
February 1907.
ALLEN V. WILSON,
FEB. Il. Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
IN THE LOUVRE.
Artists Who Copy Masterpieces Are
Becoming . Nuisance.


| The Paris correspondent of a Lon
don paper reports that agitation is
rife among the frequenters of The
Louvre whose profession it is to sup
ply American mlllionaires and other
foreign art amateurs with more or
less perfect copies of celebrated pic
lures. Every Wednesday afternoon for
some weeks exciting scenes have been
witnessed In the otherwise quiet gal
leries OF the worlds greatest museum
The authorities have decided that copy
moons; hence the row
"Allons' says a polite keeper to
bohemian looking artist as the clock
strikes II. Things have to be put
aside. monsieur" Monsieur grumbies
and scarcely deigns to look down from
the top of his ladder on which he is
perched. The keeper lightly shakes it
or pulls the easel aside Under such
conditions it Is impossible to work.
There is no longer any liberty in
France, the artist grumbles. I'VE are
prevented from earning our living"
1T Is Wednesday today the official
politely answers
The Frenchman exclaims Mon
Dieu1' and thinks the government is
not satisfied with prosecuting the cler-
gy; it must also modest artists The
Englishman or American says. What
a nuisance!' The German exclaims,
"Das list schandlich!' and so on. Gen
eral discomfort is manifested i'm
dozen languages.
The most obstinate and last to yield
Is said to have been an English lady.
She was copying a Murillo and held
her ground, as the clergy did during
the recent explosions. To all the en-
treaties of the keepers she replied
blandly yes" but continued working.
1t was only when her half finished pie
ture and she herself were carried out of
the room that she understood.
The new regulation continues to be
denounced as Il violation of the rights
of man." One old professional said
that orders for copies were growing
scarce because amateurs could not get
them done in time. Copying is now
forbidden on Sundays, Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, leaving
only three days in the week for work
To copy certain famous pictures one
has to wait for his or her turn. A
number is given to the copyist, and
sometimes he has TO wait months and
years. AS an example he gave his
own case. He said: Il have an order
for copy of "A picture. and my num-
Der is eighteen. This means that there
are seventeen before me- Az each has
right to take three months for Il
copy, 1t will be five or six years before
can execute my order"
On the other hand the authorities
state that the copyists are becoming so
numerous, especially before certain ia
nous pictures, that they are an in
cumbrance The public scarcely gets
an opportunity to look at these pic
lures, and 1t is in its interest that the
new regulations have been made.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Two Definitions.

In illustrating point lecturer told
of some woman who spoke of her
worse half as "a model husband y
Yes" commented an old Irishman
who knew the husband better than she
did. "he is all of that But look at the
dictionary and see what a model
means. 1t is defined as a miniature
imitation of the real thing" The lee
turer also told of the same Irishman's
definition of the world repartee. Said
he, "It Is the saying right Off of what
you think of the next day."
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
The continaent Eee.

The following pointed note was writ
ten by Daniel Webster In answer to a
request that he take certain case for
contingent fee. II do not desire EN-
ployment in professional matters. al
though do sometimes engage In them.
But | never engage on contingencies
merely, for that would make me a
mere party to lawsuit
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Risky.

Doctor, my wife says she is getting
deaf
Tell her it's because she is getting
old"
do you believe she is deaf enough
for that to be safe g,-Houston Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Johnnv,s Plot Eoiied

Johnny Jones-My sister has been
took with the measles. teacher Teach
er-Then you'd better go home at once.
Johnny, and stay there till she gets
well. Freddy Brown-Please, teacher.
Johnny's sister is stopping with his
aunt in Chieago.-Boston Transcript
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
The Strain of Society,

There should be an eight hour day
for fashionable" women. We cannot
talk scandal continuously for twelve.
as we do now The excitement and the
strain upon the Imagination are ter
rific.-London Truth.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
At Dinner.

.'Who Is the taciturn man opposite,
next to Miss Smith,"
"That Is Louis the Fourteenth"
Louis the Fourteenth
We'll, you see, his name is Louis,
and he is called the Fourteenth be-
cause he's only asked to keep us from
being thirteen at table. "-Fliegende
Batter.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Leadership.

PA, what's political leader?"
"A man who is able to see which
way the crowd Is going and follows
with loud whoops in that direction
Chicago Record Herald.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
Better Than Some.

Managing Direetor-Well. and what
are your qualifications for the post of
night Waterman? Applicant = Well.
sir. for one thing. the least noise wakes
me up Bystan6er
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10

The power of fortune is confessed
only by the miserable. for the happy
impute all their success to prudence
and merit Swift.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907,
That portion OF the Wildwood plantation

NAT portion OF the WILDWOOD PLANTATION
situated in Caddo Parish, La. and
(which plantation is particularly describ-
ed as: All that portion of section thirty
tree (33), township twenty-one (2I)
north, range fourteen Graz west. lying
south and east Of the main channel or
prong of Cowhide bayou, including one
half Of the channel of said bayou, and
also that portion of section four ca,
township twenty (2o) north range four
teen (I4) west, lying north of Rooring
slough. including the channel of same
down to the point of the island formed
by said slough and Cowhide bayou: also
all that portion of land in section thirty
four (34), township twenty-one (2I)
north, range fourteen (I4) west, lying
west of the center of the bayou which
formed the dividing line between Rush
Point and Wildwood plantation, as
fixed by judicial decree in suit Of w. l..
Dickson VS.. Mrs. NJ S. Cleveland and
her husband in the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Louisiana, except that por-
ton of the said land owned by J. H..
Nattin, being about SO acres in section
IS, township twenty -one (2I), and sec
tion four (4) township twenty (2o),
range fourteen (I4l, being in all 400
acres, more or less, which lying north
of the following described lines estab-
lished by this naortgagor and c. B..
Walters as the dividing line between the
north and south half of said plantation
as shown by act of partition recorded in
the recorders office, Cadde Parish, La J,
IN conveyance book 28. page OH. to~wit:
beginning at point or stake in the CEN
Ter of the bayou which forms the divid-
ing line between Rush Point and Wild
wood plantation as per judicial decree
above referred to, 80 chains and IS links
due north from township line between
townships twenty and twenty-one, from
which point or stake a forked willow
sixteen inches in diameter bears south
So sd degrees east IS links, a cypress
10 inches in diameter bears south 81 de-
grees 81 minutes east So links willow
10 inches in diameter bears south SO de-
grees, west az chains thence running
from said stake or point of beginning
due west forty-nine (4o) chains and
sixty-nine (6o) links to point on the
west boundary line OF said land. which
IS the division line. between said tract
and the J. Fl. Nattin Percy Island place
from which paint cottonwood tree 7
inches in diameter bears east 90 links a
locust tree south SO IL west 81 links
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in the said writ in the
sum of six thousand dollars with inter
est thereon from the 5th day of Deem
Der 1906 until paid at the rate of eight
per centum per annum and 10 per cent
on said sum and interest as attorneys
fees and all cost of suit.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, March 5. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10

We are now located in tie Rosen-
bath building, No. 5I7 Edwards street.
and are ready to serve our customers in
the line of first class stationery.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-10
c. E. PERRONCEL.,
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

Caucasian, Feb. 7. 1907,