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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-13
GENTLEMEN,S LIST.

Alexander Jos. A.; Aills G. w: Ar
kansas and Red River R. R
Blankenship NJ. H; Balling Andrew
J. pkg; Bradley ]. J.. Bryant Walter
Brandon Newt; Brindidge Jimmie; Be-
harmon Joe; Brooks c. J.; Brown Ain
Burnside & Townsend: Blackman Ben
Baeder c. w; Booker Bill.
Gates Malta; Crews Henry; Carrutl1
Wade; Curren Lee: Gatin Lonirgo: Co.
moss Vic; ornett Henry: Carlton Jud
arroll S. P; Cooper Warren: Chaniel
Willie:
DorSett G. l.: Donaldson w. H. E.
Dee Lucky ,; Davenport Prof. F D..
Dyson H E
Edna, Martin
Greeman Ky; Fletcher Joe; Ford
John H. Frazier Dan: Freeman H. G
Graham Angus; Galveston Harris
burg and San Antonio R R. Co.
Hilton Frank; Harris Hilliard: Her
rell Joe s.; Hardy Jim; Hes1eord Ar
thur; Hells c. B.; Hairys Sam; Hous-
ton Elmo
International Agencys; Ingouranti
Benedetto.
Jothison Mr.; Johnes Sam; Jefferson
J. c.; Joice A. W: Jackson Mr..
Kelly w. F.; King Joseph NJ: Ka-
liski J.. L. & Co.
Lack John; Lonhood G. w: Lewis
w. T.
Maple Lonmy Mason Willie: Murff
w. NJ; Mcdaniel B. j.; McDufhe J.
H. Montgomery w. S. Miller R. w;
Marionneaux W. j.: Morgan Jas. R.
Mayleld Joe; Meredit Arta; Marshall
E T.: Norman -.
Nicholson c. c.; National Lbr Co
Ozier E. T.; Ozbo1t Jan.
Petram Liovinia; Pearce Vines: Phil
lips F. A.; Patterson Gleaves.
Reyes Julian; Renka Frenk Rose w
J. F.; Russell Ed; Richardson A B.; Rig
lon Warren; Reid S. H. pkg; Reid
S, H.
Smith Everetta; Sloan ]. w: Seay
Robert; Suggs Wesley; Signor T, H. j;
Stevenson Henry; Smith Don; Smith
Bist; Smith Carries c.; Spann Clark
Sutton P. B.
Thomas Lafayette; Turk Frank
Taylor J. T. Thomas Guiss; Tarts z. :;
Thurmond Sadnev.
West w NJ. Walker T w; Viii
hams Tom; Walker Riley; Williams
N. B. 2; Walters Ebert A. White C.
P; Walker Allen; Williams Andrew
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-13
GEO. ". SIGNOR.
F. FONNILLE.
c. W. BILLEITER.
Attest.
]. {, PUGH,
7. T. STEPHENSON.

]. y THIGPEN.
Notary Public.
State OF Louisiana, Parish OF Caddo
Having examined the above and forego-
ing charter. and finding nothing therein
contained contrary to law. | approve the
same, January 10. 1907.
]. NJ. FOSTER.
District Attorney First Judicial District
OF Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Janu-
airy -, 1907.
S. O. VILLA NJ
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re
corder.
State OF Louisiana. Parish Of Caddo
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy sE the
original act, as the same now appears on
file and of record in my office
Given under my hand and sead of of
fee this, 18th day of January 1907.
S. O. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy Re
corder.
Jan. -.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-13
CHARTER
OF THE G. VI. SIGNOR TIE COM
PANE. LIMITED

= y /
tarv public in and ;o- sail Parish and
State. George ". >leno-. Frank For-
willie and {. W 8,lleite-. all residents
OF Shreveport. Caddo Parish. louisiana.
| all q i.Il age. who declared thai. avail
| ing themselves Il the law, ri the State
| Of Louisiana relative to he formation
! OF corporations. they have ccveran1ed
and agreed. and do hy these presents
| covenant and agree and lind themselves.
as well a such Other persons a. may
/ hereafter become associated with them.
to form and constitute ! corporation and
/ body polite in law. ior the purpose and
Ioh;ects. and under III >tipuIatic1l~. A.
Iticles and conditions following row:r.
! ARTICLE /
! The name and ,.,le q said corporation
shall be G. N. SIGNOR lie COM
|PANN. LIMITED. and i, f0nrclI- !
/ hereby established n Shreveport. Sac
|of Louisiana: and under IL said cor
Iporate name said corporation shall nave
power 10 contract. ,ue and he sued: T.
make and Use q corporate seal. and tie
same to break and alter at Measure: t.
/ hold. have. purchase. improve. alternate.
convey. sell. borrow. pledge. mortgage
and hyDotleca-e under IL, all corpor-
a-e name property --al. personal and
mixed: - name and appoint >.cll off
GERS. directors. managers and agents or
/ employees a the interest 1r convenience
= the corporation NAV require: 10 make
and establish n--law~. rules and regula-
tons ior the proper nau@gcn7ert and
regulation q i, affairs. d, MAY b
deemed necessary ana proper. and lie
same 10 alter and change - pleasure:
and to do all other ast> and things per
ritted by LAW. or a shall he necessary
and proper to carry OFT The objects and
purposes OF this corporation.
SAID corporation unless sooner dis
solved in accordance with IL charter
shall exi>, and continue for period II
ninety-,il1e wears from and after the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-13
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
Jan. -.

State Of Louisiana, Parish OF Caddo
Office OF the Board OF Supervisors of
Election in and for Caddo Parish, State
of Louisiana
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
OFFERED WORTHY
YOUNG PEOPLE

MO matter how limited
N your means or educa-
ton, ii you wish q
thorough business
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
Race Suicide Again.

A Washington correspondent told
the other night a story that he
claimed to have heard from Presi.
dent Roosevelt at a Gridiron Club
dinner.
Two women he said, were dis
cussing some new neighbors who
had moved into one of the most
sumptuous houses in their city.
They seem to be very rich, said
the first.
"'Oh, they are, said the second.
Shall you call?'
Decidedly.
You are sure, are you, that they
are-er-quite correct, quite-er-
good form
Oh, my dear, I'm positive said
the second woman. They have thir-
ty servants, eighteen horses, twelve
dogs, eleven automobiles and one
child. Washington Star.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
The Tulane University Nv oT ol: "a.

EDWIN B. CRAIGHEAD, Ii. D., President.
The Tulane University of Louisiana, found
cd in 1S45 as the University OF Louisiana, is
the logical head of the entire system of pub
lie educational institutions of the State.
Full courses are offered in Languages,
Sciences, Engineering Architecture, Law,
Medicine, Pharmacy, Art. Splendid depart
ment for Women in Newcomb College. Full
course in Architecture will be offered next
session. Teachers College, recently esta0-
hshed, will open Oct. 1st. Many scholar
ships in Academic Colleges. Expenses low.
Low dormitory rates. Next session of all de-
partments, except the Medical, begins Oct
1st. Medical Department opens Oct. 21st.
Send for CATALOGUES. r. Z. BRUFF, Secretary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
Am an Aitches.

Once in Banbury I dined with an
English farmer. We had ham for
dinner-a most delicious ham, baked.
The farmers son soon finished his
portion and passed his plate again.
more am, father he said.
The farmer frowned. Don't say
am, son; say am"
II did say am the lad protested,
In an injured tone.
You said am" cried the father,
flercely. Ans what it should be.
Am, not am
IN the midst of the controversy
the farmers wife turned to me with
3 little deprecatory smile.
ssThey both think they're saying
ami! she said Baltimore Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
Is Pc-ru-na Useful
for cataFrh?

Should list Of the ingredients Of Pc
runa be submitted to any medical OK.
pert Of whatever school CT nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that each one Of them Yves ofun-
doubted value in chronic catarrhal dis
eases, and had stood the tcst of many
years experience In the treatment Of
such diseases. THERE CAN BE no
DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT.
EVER Peruna is composed ofthe most
eficacious and universally used herbal
remedies for catarTh. Every ingredient
Of Peruna has reputation of its OWN
In the cure ofsome phase Of catarrh.
Peruna brings to the horne the CON-
BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE In the treat
ment of catarrhal diseases; brings to
the home the scientific skill and knowl-
edge ofthe modern pharmacist; and last
butnctleast, brings to the home thevast
and varied experience of DR.. Hartman,
intheuseofcatarrh remedies, and in the
treatment Of catarrhal diseases.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis.
ease which Ii very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited
doctors over and over again, and been
told that their case is one of chronic
catarrh. It may be ofthe nose, throat
lungs stomach or come other internal
organ. There is no doubt as to the ma.
ture of the disease. The only trouble
is the remedy. This doctor has tried to
cure them. That doctor has tried to
prescribe for them.
BUT THEY ALL FAILED TO
BRING ANY RELIEF.
DR.. Hartman's idea is that catarrh
remedy can be mado On large scale,
as he is making it; that it can be made
honestly, of the psrest drugs and of
the striotest uniformity. His idea is
that this remedy can besupplied direct
II to the people, and no more be charged
for it than is necessary for the
handling Of it.
10 other household remedy SO uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal aetive constituents,
showing that peru2a invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
Rich and Prosperous Indians.

1.-THE 5000 Indians who occupy
the White Earth Reservation in Mir
nesota are going to celebrate the
thirty-ninth anniversary of their first
settlement next month";" said Chaun-
cey E. Richardson, of White Earth,
Mimi, former secretary to Senator
Clapp and now legal representative
of the tribe.
"These Indians have a good deal
to celebrate, for they are further ad-
vanced in their civilization than any
other tribe in the United States. They
have more money than any other
tribe, except the Osages Of Indian
Territory, who came into lot Of
it when claim was paid to them by
Uncle Sam last year. They are pro-
gressive and are not dying out, as
some people claim many tribes are.
4 am inclined to think that this dy-
ing out business is fiction, for the
Indians of the tribe live with are
prolific. They marry early and have
many children. Most of them are
engaged in professional work or
farming. Some Of the best business
men / ever met in small commun-
ity are to be found among them.
When they have their anntver-
sary they will have great powwow.
All the old chiefs will be there, not
In war paint and feathers. but IN
good, ready made suits and with q
handshake and genial grunt for all
the red skinned brethren Wash
ington Post.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
Writing Backward.

A case of mirror writing has been
brought to light in the Great Bar.
rington public schools which is at.
tracing considerable attention. Vera
Coster, a five-year-old girl who at
tends the primary grade, is the vic
tim, and at first the teacher was
unable to make out just what The
child was doing. When any copy
is given to her to write she starts
at the right hand side Of the paper
and when she finishes one would
think that the work was mere
scrawl. Placing the writing before
mirror. it can be easily read and
the copy is surprisingly plain.
Springneld Republican
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
THE sIMpLIFIED ExrsrENcE.

Everything is ready-nade this progressive dav
The hats and shoes, all that sold in
nat all you need to DO is walk along your pick
IL only takes very little while to do the trick '
Mhen some fond youth would send lass captivating line
And when he fain would leave small impression as wit
lie buys a comic postcard and stamp, and hit
me dealer small need not compute the profits take
Inc trust Will tell him just how much make
Ihe statesman tor opinions need
lie can straight to headquarters
50 what's the of signing this
W,nen all is neatly prearranged and GO amiss
Its very simple and we to with pride
lhere Is not any doubling, life is vastly simplfed.
Washington Star
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01
Wonderful South American Cataract

The falls Of Iguazu, near the meet.
fng-place Of Brazil, Argentina and
Paraguay, seldom visited by foreign.
ers, are among the most wonderful
cataracts in the world. They are
particularly interesting on account
Of their greater extent and far more
varied character than those of Mag.
ara. They are also much higher
than Niagara, their first plunge be.
ing Flo feet, followed by two others
of 100 feet each. while between the
two series of falls there are cata.
racts and rapids covering a vast e.
panse and surrounding picturesqu;
islands. 1t is estimated that t'ss
horsepower represented by the fall
is no less than $4,000, OO0.-yo ut.. !.
Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01

The Department Of Agriculture Of
the Colony Of the Cape Of Good Hope
warns Australia and Canada that too
many diseased apples are being
shipped there.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01

Working women in the fruit fields
of California will henceforward work
only eight. hours day instead of
working from sunrise to sunset, as
they have hitherto done.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-01

training and good position, write today for
Our Great Half-Rate Ofer. Success. indie
pendence and probable FORTUNE guaran-
teed Don't delay-write today.
GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, MACON, GA.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
BOOMERANG INVENTIONS.

Clisthenes introduced the custom Of
ostracism and was the first to be BAN
ished thereby.
Matthew Hopkins, the witch finder,
was himself tried by his own tests
and put to death as wizard.
Ludovico Sforza, who invented the
iron shroud, was the first to suffer
death by this horrible torture.
Perlllos, who invented the brazen
bull for Phalaris, tyrant Of Agrigen-
tum, was the first person baked to
death in the horrible monster
The Regent Morton Of Scotland, who
invented the maiden, a sort Of guillo-
tine, was the first to be beheaded there
by. This was in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth.
The bishop of Verdun, who invented
the iron cages, too small to allow the
person confined in them to stand up
right or lie at full length, was the
first to be shut up in one.
The perriere was an instrument for
throwing stones of 5000 pounds in
weight, and the inventor fell a victim
to his own invention by the accidental
discharge of a perriere against wall.
Scrap Book
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Making a Dew Pond,

There Is still in England at least
one wandering gang of men who will
construct for the modern farmer a
pond which in any situation iu a
sufficiently dry soil will always con-
tain water-more In the heat of sum-
mer than during winter rains.
According to an account given by
A. j. and q. Hubbard and published
by Longman's, this water is not de-
rived from springs or rainfall, and is
speedily lost il even the smallest
rivulet is allowed to flow into the
pond.
The gang of dew pond makers CON-
mences operations by following out
the earth for space far in excess of
the apparent requirements of the pro-
posed pond. They then thickly cover
the whole of the hollow with a coat
ing of dry straw. The straw in its
turn is covered by a layer of we'll
chosen, finely puddled clay and the
upper surface of the clay is then
closely strewn with stones.
2 Care has to be taken that the mar
gin of the straw is effectively pro-
tected by clay. The pond Will grad
ually become filled with water, tie
more rapidly the larger it is, even
though no rain may fall. If such a
structure is situated on the summit
of down, during the warmth OF a
summer day the earth will have
stored considerable amount of heat
while the pond, protected from this
heat by the non -co1ductivity of the
straw, Is at the same time chilled by
the process of evaporation from the
puddled clay.
The consequences is that during the
night the moisture of the compare
lively warm air is condensed on the
surface of the cold clay. AS the
condensation during the night is in
excess of the evaporation during the
day, the pond becomes right by night
gradually filled. Theoretically, we
may observe that during the day, the
air being comparatively charged with
moisture, evaporation is necessarily
less than the precipitation during the
night. In practice 1t is found that
the pond will constantly yield a
supply of the purest water.
The dew pond will cease to attract
the dew if the layer of straw should
get wet, as 1t then becomes OF the
same temperature as the surrounding
earth and ceases to act as a nom
conductor of heat. This practically
always occurs if spring is allowed
to flow into the pond or If the layer
of clay, Technically called crust) is
pierced.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
SKEWER LANGUAGE.
Method of Marking Meat In the Great
Beef Markets.

Method of Marking Meat In the Great
Beef Markets.
There are about fifty men in the me-
tropolis, says the New York Sun, who
know how to make meat skewers keep
q record of their business transactions.
These men are the representatives Of
the Chicago packers, who sell thou
sands of quarters of beef every day to
butchers.
The work Of these men is accom-
plished with great rapidity. Frequent
ly they are making sale to q dozen
butchers at the same time, and to re-
cord these sales In book would not
only consume lot of time, but would
be difficult, as all quarters of beef look
alike.
AS soon as sale is made the sales
man sticks skewers into the quarter
selected by the butcher. The skewers
are placed in such a way that each
butchers purchases are easily picked
out when the time comes for deliver
ing them.
AS some Of the statesmen have as
ulsiHy us IL uuuuFeQ CuSlOIuerS III u
lay, it is evident that as many combina-
tons Of the skewers have to be form
ed. In no case are more than three
skewers used on piece Of beef.
In one big icebox there are twenty
rows of quarters, with forty quarters
in each row. In each piece Of beef
were skewers, placed at various angles,
straight up, two of them crossed and
in every conceivable combination.
81 know by these skewers whom each
piece belongs to-" said the salesman.
Every beef house salesman has his
own signs.
'This method of marking the meat
serves several purposes in addition to
that Of saving time. A salesman from
another house could not come in here
and find out what my customers have
bought by looking at the skewers,
which would be easy enough if the
meat had their names on.
Neither can one butcher find out
what quality of beef another is buy
ing. I could make a thousand signs
without using more than three skewers
on any one piece of meat"
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Lonely Pacific Islands.

Which Is the loneliest, most DESC
late and most inaccessible island on
the face of the globey Many people
would doubtless plump for one of the
Crozets. which we're recently brought
into notice owing to the wreck
thereon of the Norwegian exploring
ship Catherine, and the subsequent
rescue of the castaway crew by the
Turakina, a British steamer dispatch
ed from Cape Town for that express
purpose.
But Hog island. the westernmost OF
the group, and the one whereon the
wrecked men spent most of their
time, is by no means an undesirable
place of residence, Astounding as it
does, in hares and rabbits, penguins,
albatrosses and sea elephants.
Heard island, on the same seas, is
far more isolated, as we'll as more
barren; but it possesses, as does Hog,
shelter hut for castaways, and it is
NAoAsOo Ny WhulCAo OO,
too, is South Georgia, but it is out OF
the track of shipping, anyone unlucky
enough to be cast away thereon would
stand a very poor chance of ever gett-
ing off alive.
Bouvet island, in the same seas, Is
visited even more rarely, and on the
last occasion when a ship touched
there five corpses we're found frozen
on the beach, grim mementos of some
unrecorded tragedy of the sea. Poss-
ession island, in its turn, is still
loplier and more inhospitabla than
Bouvet.
But probably the palm in this
direction, says the Baltimore Sun,
must be ascribed to Dougherty island,
on which, so far as is known, no land
ing has ever yet been effected. 1t has
only been sighted twice in a century
and is officially described IN the
British admiralty sailing directions
as ''the most remote and isolated spot
on earth.''
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Old Time Bank sineeurss.

In the old days the Bank of England
was paternal in its treatment of its
clerks. One young fellow was dis
tinguished only for his zeal as q men,
Der of the volunteer corps which now
is defunct. His clerkly services were
negligible and neglected, but when it
was brought to the notice Of the d.
rectors they remembered his martial
ardor and gave him a nice little sine
cure. Another clerk was reported to
them as a really clever amateur paint
er. They saw his pictures. sit is a
pity that such talent should be wasted
over ledgeFs," was the kindly verdict
So they gave him a room at the bank
for use as a studio and appointed him
to the post Of experimenting the burn
ing of Cancelled bank notes every Fri
day afternoon.-London Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
THE SKULL BANJO.
Probably the Most Grewsome Musical
instrument Known.

Probably the Most Grewsome Musical
instrument Known.
1t Is we'll known fact that through
developed remarkable skilA The old
stories Of how these Indians made
pottery and earthenware by the aid of
only the most crude instruments and
of their methods of burning and cary
ing out the insides of the trunks of
known.
But even with all their skill the fact
that they were barbarous, uncivilized
race cannot be evaded, as is shown by
this grewsome instrument. In the time
Of the early settlers of this hemisphere
their acts of cruelty were without prec-
edent in the history Of the world.
With these facts in view we can
easily understand how the Skull BAN
10" came to light. 1t is known that in
the small country of Paraguay, in the
east central part of South America,
the Indians who inhabited that place
were more than ordinarily cruel. They
were constantly engaged in warfare,
and their primary aim when thus en-
gagged was to capture the chief Of the
opposing side. When captured, this
parsonage was carried to their camp
and there cruelty murdered, and it
was from his body that this awe inspir-
ing musical instrument was made
The instrument is made as follows:
The body is decapitated, and the skull
is then thoroughly dried. The one who
is to perform the feat of making the
instrument then cuts the top entirely
off. Over the opening thus made
piece of skin taken from the body and
also thoroughly dried is tightly stretch
ed in the manner of drum. From the
back of the skull the two femurs or the
two bones Of the leg which extend
from the knee to the hip project These
bones have been so trimmed that they
are Of uniform thickness throughout
their entire length. The upper ends of
these bones are Joined together with
one Of the ribs, also taken from that
body.
Then from the forehead of the skull
to the rib which connects the two fe-
murs number of strings are tightly
stretched. These strings are likewise
made from the skin of the victim, hay
ing been thoroughly dried, stretched
and rubbed with rosin.
But this even is not the full extent
of the grewsomeness of this instru-
ment for the skull is left so that the
jaws are movable. Therefore with
each shake of the instrument the jaws
wag, and with sharp jolt of the in
strument the teeth come together with
snap.-New York Herald.