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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
A JUDGMENT.

A JUDGMEN 1.
No. 11,441-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana !:
Mrs. Rosa A. Currie VS.. Frank M.
Currie.
In this case default having been
taken and not set aside, the law and the
evidence being in favor Of the plaintiff,
Mrs, Rosa A. Currie, and agains- the
defendant, Frank NJ Currie, it is or
dered, adjudged and decreed that the
said plaintiff do have judgment dissolv-
ing the community of acquets and gains
heretofore existing between them, and
that she be decreed to be separate in
property from her said husband.
Thus done, read and signed in oper
court on this 27th day of July 1907.
T. F. BELL
District Judge
Endorsed: Filed July ~, 1907.
]. H. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk
A true copy.
A. F. HAYNES,
July a8 1907. Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
MATRIOMONIAI. AGENCY
ERAITDC

The public are warned by Uncle Sam
against matrimonial agencies, of which
the Chicago Matrimonial Agency is I'M
der the postoffice ban. 1t is surprising
come the ready victims of these frauds.
The records of the Postoffice Depart
ment Show that advertisements by d
charming lady, fine appearance. loving
disposition. worth 100000" and of a
wealthy gentleman. income $4,000
yearly" who had no objection to poor
working lady" were published by the
so-caled club seeking victims. Upon re
ceipt by the club of letter i'll response
to either advertisement a handsome pho
tograph was promptly mailed. If the
victim was man, letter accompanied
the photograph of 'some Gibson girl
stating this lady has expressed desire
TO become better acquainted with yo''
as soon as possible.
The victim was directed to remit at
once S. to cover all expenses, and was
promised that should the young woman
who is soon to visit his locality, not win
his heart the club has many other female
members among whom without addi
tionaal expense he may find his talc
Letters to women i'll search of husbands
were of the same tenor, the object OF
the concern being to get S. out Of eacf
victim
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 1I,46z-In First District Court OF
Louisiana: Succession OF mrs, L.
A. Perry.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo !:
Notice is hereby given that Ernest n
Bernstein has this day applied td1e al'-
pointed as administrator of said success
sion, and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law
Ernest r. Bernstein will be appointed as
prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell
Judge Of said court, this i2th oay O
August 1907.
A. F. HAYNES,
Aug. IS. i'ep"'s
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
NOTICE.

A meeting of the stockholders OF the
Washburn Lumber Company will be
held at the Office of the company in the
First National Bank building, Shreve
port, La, on Saturday Sept. ID, 1907
at 10 100 am, for the purpose of decid'
ing the question of increasing the capi
tai stock of the company from $z5,ooo.o
to S1oo,ooo.oo. By order of the boare
of directors.
T. E. STEPHENSON,
Julv 2s. 1907 Presiden,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
BEN HOLzMAN'S
MONDAY

We will offer SPECIAL REDUC-
TIONS in LADIES PANAMA,
MOHAIR and VOILE SKIRTS,
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, La
DIES LAWN WRAPPERS, short
and long kIMONOS, LACE CUR
TAINS, MATTINGS and LIMO
LEUMS.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
THE TELEGRAPHERs STRIKE.

The strike is unchanged. The local
situation is as smooth as glass. The
locals are confident of ultimate success
No trouble is anticipated, and there IS
no cause for ii. Quiet and ardor has pre-
vailed and viii continue TO the end.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
RIVER AND WEA THEIR.

This morning opened fair.
River: Fulton IO2; Shreveport Fl.
fall OF OF.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
MATTINGS.

MATTINGS.
Special Prices for this week.
22 I-2c China Mating for. .Ioc
25c China Mating for ............ .2Ic
3oc China Mating for ........23c
35c China Mating for ............28c 28c
~ 1-zc China Mating for .. 3oc
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15

LAWN WRAPPERS.
Entire stock of Lawn Wrappers one
third off this week.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
LADIES SKIRTS

Light weight and Chiffon Panama and
Mol.air Skirts One Third Of
Black, Navy Blue and Gray.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
BLACK WOLFE SKIRTS

We have Just received beautiful line
of Black Noile Skirts in all the new
styles and makes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
LINOLEUMS.

LINOLEUMS.
Monday only we will offer our stock
Of Linoleuns at soc per square yard.
Several pretty patterns 8-4 and 1914.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
KIMONOS.

Long and short Kimonos one-third off
this week.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
SHIRT WAISTS.

Special sale of the Marquise Shir
Waists for this week one-third off,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

wise m~r had @@~n n Tire eaM Hs
star they Travelled twelve DAYS q
"a GIVE nights. until on the twe&..4
night they came t. fA~ sanity stAnt"
and u~nloaaed their cArneAs~ / ike a.
one year ends and another year DC
gins. - notify those around me that
stupid Ia Dor. the lifting and totiing
81 daily life. is suspended for = while
and thai for the next year energetic
work. the triumph % the soul oV~
mind anE matter. Is to begin ! hke
10 have d special remembrance OF ,n-
Christmas every day: The children y
celebration on Christmas morning the
service at church rs the day goes by
sorre Christmas party of the ole folks
In the evening. the orntorTo OF the
Mess an al least on both the sundays
the Christmas tree for the SUNDAY
SchooI and one for the settlement
house and one for the union and n
for the association and one for n IN
dus,rial school. and 50 on until you
come To Twelfth Night. with its ring
or is bear In the cake. and perhaps a
good round dance or a Virginia reef
before Twelfth Night is over.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24
OF THE RIGHT HAND
By MRS. lindsay PATTERSON.

don't want and things / want and
don't need. Your family pay their
mOney and take their choice. I'll give
you the Life of Bayard Taylor by
his Wife I've been wanting to read
it q Ions time
she aid, "and I'll give
YOU chocolate candy. You never touch
it, but it's the prop of my declining
years"
Which did you get-things you
needed and didn't want or things you
wanted and didn't need? l "a guess.
A merry Christmas to you anyway.
There is an Irish tradition that
some eOple are born with a wander
ing foot whose destiny it is to wan
der always. yet finding as compensa-
ton, in the uttermost parts of the
earth, friends who take the place of
kith and kin at home. The tradition
is a very familiar one to me, not only
from the fact that l have heard it so
often, but because of the r~eproachful
assertion that always accompanied it
that | was born with that sort of a
foo So l was. And | consider it my
most desirable possession and would
not exchange it for any number of
monotOnOus. stay-at-home feet that
could be offered me. Yet. however far
that desirable possession carries me
during the year, at Christmas tide, [
know my heart would bring me back
to the love feast in the Home Mora
Wan church. You know I was edu-
Gated in the Old Salem Academy and
While al the rest of the year | am
a pillar in the Presbyterian church, at
Christmas and Easter I am a full
fedged Noravian. Their church is al
a 50 elaborately-so beautifully
decorated that each year l think it
surpasses the yea before, and I al
a wonder how Mrs. CleWell can
think of so many perfect ways to do
the same thing. While the evergreen
decorations are never the same. two
features never vary. In the center of
the church always hangs the many
pointed. red and white star, the red
typifying the blood of the atonement;
the white. Christ's righteousness: and
over the pulpit is always the illumi-
mated picture of the Madonna and
child II is a great congregation that
gathers to listen reverently and quietly
as the bishop reads the Bible MARIA
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24
Her Little Prayer.

Former Comptroller Edward NJ
Grout. OF New YORK city. tells A pretty
little Christmas story.
He said that a little girl relative OF
his was visiting her granemother on
Thanksgiving Day. Already the child
had begun to speculate on what Santa
Claus was 10 bring her at Christmas
time, and. as children-especiaIly girls
will do when they are at the home
Of an indulgent friend. she began to
through closets and draw
ers.
In the course OF her investigation
she came upon n brand new white
muf. 1t was the very thing she want
ed. and she knew that Santa Claus
chief purchasing agent-grandma-
had obtained il for her.
Taxed with it. grandma admitted
the truth.
But" she said. you must forget
all about il until Christmas day
That. night as she was being put 10
bed the child astonished her mother
by adding his TO her evening aye
please, God. make me forget all
about the little White mum Santa Claus
is to bring New York Times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

until liz was nearly pulled out By the
roots. old Nose acted as major dorno
and the grace and ease with which he
filled the place would have made a
cosmopolitan h~ead~aiter auou
Johns VISIT had resulted after long
and serious conferences In his deter
miuation To come home for good. he
had Iong medttased this step. but now
he was resolved TO take II once FOR
all.
Tn dessert and nuts at last finished
q dinner that passed into history with
its Hiust-ious pred-< essorx D1nah
always claimed that her biscuits had
brought Mas John" back and no
doubt they helped in their way. for
such things belong To 4 highe order
OF civilization than the rude word
knows.
But whatever brought him he
came back 10 stay and little John
never left his fairyland so long As
its living walls remained Nor vii.
he leave IT now. for as a man he car
ries il in his heart of hearts.
As the Christmas fire burned low
and little John sat between the colo
nei's knees, the old man was contcnt.
He had thought that southern ctvflt-
cation received its death blow at Ap-
pomattox. He knew now that the men
who yielded at Appomattox to ever
whelming odds. and To grim starva-
ton, left successors. in whose he2rfs
the civilization he cherished would be
kept alive for unnumbered gener&-
tiops.
The mode of doing business md
much Of the manner of life miGu- be
changed. but all hat was best 11d
sweetest in the old would revive II. the
new. Now there is Clara. what q
fine youTg mother she makes: and
there is John. a grand man, so nelp
me, and there is this grand little nan,
God bless him"-and the colonel look
ed down 10 find that little John has
slipped away to the land of dreams
and was lying with his head on I'D
Ponto, who was gazing with half-Shut
eve at his Young charge
The ~col@nel's wife came for John
and he lovingly kissed her lips as she
bOre away the sleeping boy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

war said Mrs Zebulon u. Vance.
wife OF the late United States senator
from North Carolina THAT OF 1901
was different from any that a pre-
coded il. because we were In arms
against the Federal government ana
many of the male guests al southern
homes that day wore Confederate unt-
forms. Much OF the talk at the
Christmas dinner tab e was or slege%
and battles and marches, but We were
all full OF hope and confidence
Christmas. 1862, found rs but
poorly prepared 10 celebrate II cur
supplies were few. and Confederate
came the bitter year OF 1863. with the
fall of Vicksburg. and the defeat at
Gettysburg. With sad faces. har-
monizing well with their dresses OF
coarse black stuff. the women OF the
South devoted themselves TO picking
lint and spinning and weaving Tor
husbands. fathers. brothers and
s~weethearts in the field.
Christmas. 1S64-the last christ
mas of the war-daw ned. and what a
gloomy festival il was for the people
of the South. or manufactured pro-
ducts we had practically none. our
hairpins were made OF long black
thorns. with a ball OF sealing wax on
the end. We had made into dresses
our feet were encased in home
made cloth shoes. The slaves. having
heard of de Emancipation proclama-
ton knew that they were free and
had all scattered away. Desolatton
seemed to reign over everything OF
the Christmas lays | have known
that last Christmas in the South IN
war time is the one OF all others that
/ am most certain never TO forget
Pittsburs Dispatch.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

from thel, hiding PIECES mysterious
bags with bennie and pop corn
supply that the world could net e1-
| hauxt. little John thought He was
| also entertained a great deal b. q
string OF dried rabbits. which he had
discovered hanging in the fire place
at Dinah's house. and the chippea
meat had a wonderful taste to nlFl-
He had strayed into fairyiand. about
which he had dreamed and on which
theme his story books had much Z"
say. but nothing one-half as delight
full as what he found here In this new
world.
John father was panied AZ the
changes time had wrought and he
could not help noticing that his par
ents we're faring far toward the end
Of the journey. How empty the world
seemed row with its lying promises 10
pay that We're never redeemed
Tha DAY the colonel and ne struck
a new bargain. and t~henceforth were
to travel the journey together The
Christmas dinner caTne in due season
and little Johns mother had arrived
for it. TAX ing her place as a loyal n
loving daughter OF the house
The colonel had his soup and fish,
the after always caught for the day
by one 81 Moses boys and the crisp
celery that Ranked il came from the
colonel's own garden. The wines. II
may be remarked, came from the col
OneI : cellars Like every True Ai1tT-
lean of refined taste, he did not take
kindly to champagne. but loved d win
with fuller body and richer bouquet
something in which the aroma ltnger-
ed and made glad an honest mans
heart, Lhen left him at peace with
himself and the world instead of
turning himself end ways for a week.
The ham was carved as only the
truly great can carve it, in those wide,
thin slices that Lucullus held to be
the classic shape of ham, when served
on a gentleman's plate.
The colonel likewise carved the tur-
key, never once moving his fork while
the carving knife slid through it like
the sword of Saladin through the
feather pillow for King Richards en-
tertainment.
The colonel had his grace before
meat, as did his ancestors, and as lit
tie John right there resolved he would
always have it at his own table When
he grew UP.
Between the colonel and little John
had at once sprung up an intense mu-
tual administration. There never was
such a boy and there was never such
a grandfather since the beginning of
the world. had been speedily conclud-
ed on their respective sides.
With hair brushed back and carded
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

of the world. The church doors open,
men enter through one, and women
through the other, bearing trays OF
lighted tapers, one for every child in
the house. and if [ am the biggest
child there and am given a taper. I
am not 9 bit ashamed Of it. You can
not imagine anything more beautiful.
more in keeping with the holy Christ
mas tide than that great c~ongregatIc1
with lighted taDers scattered from one
end of it to the other.
Youth Is such a blaze of glory, il
lumined as it is by the light that never
was on land or sea, hat while it lasts
the tiny tapers of the Christmas eve
love feast are apt to shine u~nheeded.
The years go by. and light after light
is eXtiLsuished by death, until dark
ness IF the soul hangs over one like a
pail. Then little by little. the light of
the world whose blessed ~dawning we
saw typified at the Christmas eve love
feast, becomes SO clear, so warm, in
a world grown dark and cold, that we
turn to it humbly and trustfully know
ing that Light will shine brighter and
brighter when the sur and the moon
and the stars are darkened, when the
dust shall return to the earth as it
was, and the spirit shall return to God,
who gave it.
Then the next day and the day af-
ter, and in fact all the week l go to
see every Christmas Putt IN town.
tive of the birth of Christ and then.
still quietly and reverently, for it is
a religious service, all partake of the
love feast of coffee and buns. In a
few simple words the bishop tells Of
the Child who came to be the light
Now don't tell me you've lived all these
years and haven't had the good fortune
to see a Putt. Instead of finding
fault with my wandering foot you'd
better borrow it and TAX home a 1.-THE
of my happy memories.
One of the many beautiful customs
brought to this country one hundred
and fifty years ago by the Mora"ifrs.
and still flourishing in its pristine
beauty. is that of the Christmas
Putt" 1t is fairy and made real
a child's dream world come true, an
enchanted country into which older
people may enter and become, in heart,
at least. children once more.
OF all the little American children
who revel and frolic over the coming
of Christmas. / think the purest re-
ioicing must be done by the small
Moravians for whom church and home
combine in loving rivalry to give he
real spirit of that holy time
The Putt begins in strictly orthodox
fashion with a Christmas tree, which
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24
Charlotte Observer

ma OpStl VEIL
What die you get for Christmas =?
OF course it's more blessed to give
than to receive and all that, but re-
ceiving isn't half bad. is it? l just
love packages all wrapped up in It's
sue paper and tied with red ribbon
really makes very little difference
what's inside. The pleasure is in the
excitement of guessing and untying.
There's one gift | want, but I'm afraid
l won't get and that is a set of cups
and saucers 50 treated chemically that
when a maid drops one on the floor,
instead of it's breaking into. harmless
bits it Will explode, blowing he dish
smasher up through the chimney or
out of the window. and not blow her
so fast that it would be a catastrophe
pure and simple, but blow her slowly
so she would be an awful warning as
we'll. If people will persist in being
scientists, why in the name of pa
tience don't hey invent some
thing worth while; something to add
to the JOY of life, and the better pres
ervation of ones cherished belong
ings.
If l weren't so bowed down with
the cares of housekeeping, I'd turn
scientist myself, and invent automatic
cooks and drop-a-nickel-in-the slot
and get a scrub lady, IND things like
that. Science has been an
olIS IlouSl" tlItIS II It's
true position, that of first aid to the
Injured.
The Philadelphia Girl settled the
Christmas present problem once in a
way that l have never seen equaled.
Early in December she handed me
two lists. People will ask you what
| want and here's a list SO you'll
know what to say she remarked.
But here are two lists and you're
only one person.; you're no orphan
asylum | said reprOving1y. You
just read the list" she said. So
l did.
List No. 1. Things l need but don't
want"
List No. 2. Things 1 want but
don't need
"Philly," 1 said. you're a genius.
Your equal hasn't lived since Shakes
peare- Never has the situation been
SO summed UP. Things I need and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24
HOW OLD is SANTA CLAUSE
John 7. McCutcheon in Appleton's
MagaZine.)

How old? Let's see. ] used Ia
know-almost TO a day. | reckon
about a thousan' years, more or less
L first heerd o. him when was about
three years old-that makes him at
least sixty-nine years old. You heerd
Of him when YOU was three. an you're
six now. That three years more 90
atWeen US two he's seventy-two years
at least. Your brother heerd o. him
when he was three. an he's ten nov
So there's seven years more It's
kinda hard 10 calculate off hand You
see. you got to low 'er tn difference
in time. as the Teller said Pr in
stance, when it's ten o'clock out there
IN Chiny. it's yistiddy or tomorrow
here. All them things has got To he
TOOK IN consideration when you fgger
out how old Sanity is. c Pm
SAFE In sayin' he's purity well past
Il.udle age anyhow. eff the truth be
known But TIE funny part Is hes en-,
a neart like a little child. jest as young
an happy as a chipmunk. He's more
run a box of monkeys. He apava
dresses In red clothes with a little rod
cap all trimmed with white wool +
reckon his wool was gathered Nv
oniiureh friends OF him Wool-gath-
erers- Hi Jimmy, that's runny
never o that before.
ven, as was sayin'. old SANITY 10
pretty busy man, in season an. ont
You might think that President Roc
SeIt was busy. but he hain't a natoh
o Sanity. Why. I recLo
ne mas TO keep tab on nearly a ~
urea million thousand children. from
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

with it's candles and tinsel and orna-
ments and packages, stands like a
great mysterious, glittering sentinel to
guard the ~nchanted land beyond. 1t
is a wonderful make-believe world
with its beautiful valleys OF green
moss anO ichens and mirror lakes,
towering mountain peaks of brown
ape powdered thickly with glisten-
ing alum snow: dense forests Of ferns
and pine boughs where Turk fierce
china tigers and wooden bears and
canton flannel elephants n cats.
There is a mill with an old fashioned
Wheel run by the tremendously impos-
ing waterfall, connected with the wat
e~r-cooler by concealed pipes. There is
a tin basin pond, full of tin ducks and
fish, carefully guarded by Noah and
his family who have placed their ark
under ar extra big fern tree. Only
Ham is missing, but if you look care
fully he can be seen ear the toy piano
listening to the wax doll whose elab-
orately furnished villa is on tor of
the mountain. Down in the valley you
can see Bopeep whose sheep are kept
in order by a china dog and some tin
soldiers.
Cabins nestle in mountain coves and
the meadows are the homes of all the
known and unknown domestic animals
and birds, though it would puzzle
Seton Thompson himself to name them
correctly.
But { Putt must be scent car
never be described, and | hope some
day you may have the great good for
tune to enter this wonderful country.
that appeers only on Christmas eve,
lasts a week, and then disappears.
And when entering this strange land
you must eat of ordinary food. You
must have christmas cakes which
at this season Salem people have by
the bushel. They are thin and crisp
and spicy and cut into all sorts OF
fancy shapes-rabbits, elephants,
hearts and rings; and you don't stop
when. you've eaten one or two. You
begin before because it's
cold and snowy outside and you need
something to cheer you Then after
fast you eat some more because
you weren't hungry for breakfast.
Then as the neighbors run in to see
the Putt. you pass around the Christ
mas cakes and eat some yourself to be
sociable- After dinner more n~eighbors
come, and after supper still more. and
you continue to pass around and eat
cakes Then of course you mustn't go
to bed hungry-and you eat two little
cakes the last thing before you put out
the light That brings you pleasant
dreams and you see such q wonderful
Putt that you are quite sorry to wake