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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-19

Lord Durham, for several years tho
senior steward of the English Jockey
Club but who is not now steward,
recently wrote to London paper de-
precating the indiscriminate use of
the whip by young Jockeys when rid
Ing races. The nobcman suggested
regulation whip" which would
serve to wake up the horse while in.
fiicting the minimum pain. Lord
Durham adds that he doubts IL Eng
land will have any brilliant Jockeys
in future unless boys are taught that
windmill performance with whip
is not true horsemanship.
In the course of an elaborate arti-
Gle on the money when is circulated
In England because of the popularity
OF racing, a London paper says that
800 sires are earning $3.50, 900 a year:
5000 horses in training are valued
at S9,0OO.000 and an additional $780,
200 in travelling expenses when sent
from place to place to race; King Ed
wards Persimmon earns as a stallion
$4,000 n year for his royal owner.
who recently refused S25o.OOO for
him; 2,S40,00O persons visit the
courses in year at total expense
of at least s1S,0Co,OOO.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-19
run bus during the Exposition be,
tween Fox Hill and BuGnroc Beach.

MIR. and Mrs. Herbert A. Irving, or
Portsmouth. visited at Nv II. l.. john
sons last Sunday. They have Just
returned from an extended bridal tour
OF several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Il. Evans have
very sick child. DR.. Isley is the
attending physician.
Mrs Walters. who has been almost
bed ridden a number of years is very
low and it is not thought she can not
survive long.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-19

Bob" Fitzimmons has accepted a
of $4,000 to box Tommy"
burns six rounds before the National
Athletic Club of Philadelphia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-19

The famous show horse and sire
Emerald Chief, winner of the Worlds
Fair saddle stallion CHAMPIONSHIPS NJ
~. LOUIS died on Sunday night at
,he nome OF his owner, ]. G. Johnson,
II. montgomery county. Ky. Emerald
Siiel was sired by Bourbon Chief
uam Kate O'Hara, by Beauty, and was
valued at $4,000. 80
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-19

Articles of agreement have been
signed by Harlem Tommy Murphy
ana Kid Sullivan. of Washington
calling for fifteen round bout, 10
take place before the Eureka Athletic
CUB OF Baltimore, on March 2s.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
HERE AND THERE.
White Marabou Neck RufFIes Very
Smart-Gunpe of Gold TISSUE

White Marabou Neck RufFIes Very
Smart-Guimpe of Gold Tissue.
Marabou neck ruffles are immensely
smart. They come in all widths and III
all prices, the handsomeSt being the
white ones to be worn around the
shoulders on dressy occasions. For
luncheon wear they are charming with
gown of pale gray and with a hat
trimmed with marabou scarf.
The up to date girl is wearing her
street skirts very short They clear the
ground by two or three inches, and
there are skirts even shorter. With
these are worn rather conspicuous but
very handsome shoes to match
A gold guimpe is much admired ar
ticle of dress. 1t is not necessarily OK
pensive. The gold tissue can be bought
quite cheaply, and the making is sim
pie. The little necker is worn with any
nice jumper or overblouse, and it has
the great charm of dressing up any
gown. 1t is always elegant, vet not too
fine for informal wear
Satin evening frocks are very much
worn this season. They wear better
than those of more delicate fabrics.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
X \ k

little and white whiskered, had a hard
time of it to guide that rock, almost as
big as himself. But he persevered He
got the rock down where he wanted it
just as the dinner bel, rang.
The younger man said to him Won
deringly at dinner:
"'What were you doing with that
rock this afternoon professor
why the professor answered, the
fact is the darned thing was GOO feet
too high to suit my theory"
Alonzo Barton Hepburn, president OF
the Chase National bank, New York.
who was prominent in the conferences
of the financiers during the recent ex-
citing times in Wall street, is chair
man of the commission appointed by
Governor Hughes Of New York to III
quire into the banking laws of the
state and make recommendations as to
their amendment He was born in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
FORECAST OF THE MODE.
Oressy Hats and Their PecuIiarities
Dainty House Frocks.

Iheater, restaurant and reception
hats are all large-larger than has been
the fashion for some time In these
hats light colors will predominate, and
as usual. handsome pIumes Of enor-
nous length are the trimming most
employed. Silk and net models are
very popular TuIle borderel with sat
IN or velvet and trimmed with lace.
ribbon, silk and velvet flowers or with
ostrich or goura feathers is seen
among the collection of smart crea-
tons. Lace hats also abound. but most
Of these are adorned with ch4nchilla,
arinine or white fox Probably the
newest effect is a chapeau of !isnt sat
in felt trimmed with pale colored os-
trich plumes.
The humble wrapper is Il back num-
Der. All the feminine world is now
wearing the daintiest of house frocks,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

at the various miltS of the govern
ment In the process of making one
of the dollars of the daddies' the
steps are about as follows: A silver
| brick worth about $1,000 is taken from
the room where bullion Is stored and
| conveyed to the melting room, where
1t becomes short slabs, called ingots
The ingots pass to the cutting room.
where pOnderous steel rollers flatten
them out, and they are then treated by
heat SO as to become pliable, and after
process to make them of the same
degree of thickness they go to the cut
ting machines. out of which the metal
comes in the form of blanks.
These blanks of silver are called
the cutting machines they are inspect
ed, weighed and subjected to the mill
ing process, which consists in putting
a ridge upon their edges to prevent the
design later imprinted from quickly
wearing off. They are then annealed
and cleansed in a solution of sulphuric
acid and fed to the presses, in which
they receive the imprints from the dies
according to the denomination of the
coin to be stamped. In the coinage of
gold the processes are similar, but diff
fer in details. The selecting machine
IN use at the Philadelphia mint works
with what seems like human intelli-
gence. The blanks of metal are fed
into the machine through a vertical
tube the size of the diameter Of the
blank. and the pieces are conveyed into
minute balances finely adjusted to
grains and by a complex and ingen-
1ous arrangement of parts are shunted
into conduits according to their vary
Ing weights-light. heavy, standard or
condemned. Through these conduits
they are delivered to the proper recep-
tacles at the discharge end of the ma
chine The standard and accepted
light pieces are then ready for mill
ing. In the stamping process hydrau-
lie presses are used. which are each
capable of delivering blows of from
300 to LOO tons. After the coins 20
through the various final processes of |
and assortment they are de- |
ltvered in bags containing a certain |
number each and are distributed to the |
several subtreasuries.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

~ WING to the need for more
81 coin and paper money to meet
the demands of trade during
this period Of financial strin-
gency the money factories of Uncle
Sam are working overtime. A night
and day schedule was recently put in
erect by the secretary of the treasury
George 3. Cortelyou. In the effort to
increase the amount of money in cir
culation the government has been put
ting In operation all the agencies that
have to do with supplying the public
with coin or its equivalent in value,
and for months to come there will be
busy times in these places.
Within three months of the time the
financial stringency began to excite
general attention there will have been
delivered into the hands of the people
S6O,OOO,O0O i'll gold double eagles The
machinery of the Philadelphia mint is
capable of grinding out 1000 of the
double eagles an hour. All these coins
in consequence of the recent order CT
the president, which has been so much
discussed, lack the time honored motto
In God We Trust" To keep turning
out such an amount of coin as comes
from the mint at Philadelphia at this
time means constant replenishing of
the stock of jbullion on hand. When
the new Cunard liner Lusitania re-
Gently brought across the Atlantic a
large shipment of the gittering yellow
metal S10,0O0,000 worth was sent to
the Quaker City money factory. III
the vaults of the institution some S24,-
100000 was already reposing, bringing
the quantity available for feeding to
the machines up to $4,000. 900.
Work on the coinage of silver dol
lars and of subsidiary silver money is
also going on at record breaking speed
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by Anthony Jackson about
two miles south OF Forbing and estrayed
before me, the undersigned authority,
one black jennet about IL or 10 hands
high, blind in right eye
The owner viii come forward, prove
property and pay cost, or the same will
be sold at Forbing, La, on Saturday,
December IL 1907, at IL o'clock m.
w. B. DANIEL,
Justice of the Peace Eighth Ward Cad
do Parish, Louisiana.
zoe Caucasian, Nov. IS, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

came head of a bank in 1898. At the
last convention of the American Bank
ers association President Hepburn was
speaking of a certain line of argument.
That argument" said he, fails to
cheer. On the contrary, it fills us with
gloom and foreboding. It is like the
cry, intended to be reassurng. that
came to the farmer across the turnip
field.
"A farmer on 4 frosty autumn after
noon went out into his turnip field and
began to gather turnips The early
sun sank in the west. and as the blu
ish dusk came on the farmer perceived
at. the other end of the field two men
who, laying down bag, began to dig
with frantic haste
The farmer watched the pair in
some perplexity. What could they be
doing? And he was just putting his
hand to his cheek to shout and ask
them their business when one of thea
rose up and yelled loudly and reassur-
ingly:
Don't let us disturb you. We are
only prigging Il few ourselves"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

They can be fitted or draped more sat
isfactorily. An objection to the satin
frock has been that its lustrous sur
face makes woman look stout, but
the new Weaves of this material OBJ
viate all this in their soft and supple
effects
Empire styles are again in fashion.
At the same time, be it understood.
they are by no means obligatory, and
conservative minded women declare
that the style is now too universally
popular.
Marqui5ette is always charming
material, taking graceful lines and
folds, and it is deservedly popular.
Here is gown made of it in one of
the new blue shades combined with
filet net in a deep cream color and
trimmed with tucked silk and lace that
Is dyed to match the blue marquisette
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
MARSHAL'S SALE.

No, 7Sz-In the City Court of Shreve
port, La: kirsch Bros & Co VS.
| Miles Ford.
| By virtue of a writ Of fieri facias, is
sued in the above entitled and mum
bered suit, by the Honorable r. d.
Webb, judge Of the City Court, Shreve-
port, La, and to me directed, | have
seized and will sell at public auction at
the Texas street front door Of the court
house Of Caddo Parish, between the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC. 81, 1907,
That tract of land III section 5 Of town.
ship II north, range Is west, acquired by
Miles Ford in partition with Mitchell
Ford, as per act recorded in conveyance
book 80, page 633, OF Caddo parish, same
being part of the tract assigned to Miles
Ford and Mitchell Ford III act of parti-
ton OF lots 3 and 5 of said section 5, as
per act recorded i'll conveyance book 20,
page IS, less one acre sold to Will Lew
is, as per act III book "a, page 465.
This property having been offered for
sale on November IS, 1907, and no bid
on same being received, said property
will be sold for what it will bring to sat
isfy judgment and costs.
Terms of sale cash without benefit OF
q p OGTTNJE
Nov. II, 1907. City Marshal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

We started out SETON
up the Athabaska river about q
O'clock said Mr. Seton. MI. Preble
and myself III the canoe, with my three
Journals and all our provisions and
outfit. Our two boys, half breed In
dams, were running along the shore
pulling the canoe up the rapid with
ropes, when suddenly the water caught
Us Oh the wrong way, and the next
thing | knew l was under the canoe in
the ice cold water. My journals, which
contained all my maps and over 500
drawings and all the information |
mad collected on the trip We're tied up
IN 4 canvas bag with co~ks around i.
and as soon as l could get my head
ont OF the water l yelled to the bows
10 save it. They ran down the rocky
shore for fourteen miles and finally res
~cned II by plunging into the water time
and Time again and at length tying two
logs together with the sashes they
wore around their waists and polling
out to the bag
The canoe upset about s O'Clock.
-and one OF the boys did not get back
Fantil 4 o Clock i'll the afternoon and the
other not until 6. | was afraid until
the first get back that had lost the
whole fruit of the expedition and that
maybe the boys had lost their lives try
Ing to save the bag
Booker T. Washington. president of
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
institute, has taken much interest in
the efforts of the people of his race to
make a creditab'e showing in the ne
gro department of the jamestown ex-
position aud is gratified that this fea
ture of the exposition proved so sue
cessfu in spite OF the odds against il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
ESTRAY NOTICE

Taken up by A, II, Riley at Fiournoy
La, one dark bay mare, gray - left
jaw, white i'll forehead, white spot on
under lip, scar and white spot On root
of tail, about II hands high and about
IL or II years old, no brand. The owner
will come forward, prove property and
pay charges or the animal will be sold
as directed by law at Greenwood, La,
on the nth day Of January 1903.
5. J. PHILLIPS,
Justice OF the Peace Ward Five, Cad
do Parish, La.
Dec. TO- 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
BANkRUPT'S PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGE

In the Matter of ]! II. Cobb, Bankrups
| In Bankruptcy
10 the Honorable Aleck Boarman.
Judge Of the United States District
! Court of the United States for the Yves
tern District OF Louisiana: J. H. Cobb,
OF Shreveport, in the Parish of Caddo.
said district, respectfully represents that
on the 9TH day of October last past, he
was duly adjudged bankrupt under the
Acts of Congress relating to bankrupt
cy; that he has duly surrendered all his
property and rights of property, and has
fully complied with all requirements of
said Acts and OF the orders OF the Court
touching his bankruptcy
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decrced by the Court to have a full dis
charge from all debts provablc against
his estate under said Bankrupt ACTS. ex-
cept such as are excepted from such dis
charge.
Dated this 9th day Of December A.
d. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15


about theories for the solution of race
questions.
But it is work we want, not theo-
Eies," said he. There are enough theo
Eists, in all conscience, but of workers,
On the other hand, there is always a
rtiearth'
The eloquent colored man paused and
drowned.
when / hear of new theory" he
sSaid, II am reminded Of two geolo-
gists- At New Hampshire autumn
resort o:le brilliant afternoon the youn-
ger geoiogist from his bedroom window
saw the older man rolling a great rock
down Tire side of mountain
"He watched the work for nearly
three hours. The old geologist. thin and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

for these garments have taken on a
coquetry unknown to their kind a few
years ago. For these practical frocks
nothing is prettier than some of the
sheer silky stutfs that are quite mex
pensive and make up splendidly
The shirt waist pictured is made Of
washable flannel III this instance the
waist is distinctly novel one. with a
little revers at the front that is very
well liked, It can be made with or
without yoke in the back.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

Cotton. y. Y. i'll 1916.
graduated from Mid
diebury college in
1871 and has taught
mathematics, been
a school principal.
served in the New
York lie gisla ture,
been superintendent
of the New York
state banking de-
partment and comp
troller of the cur
rency of the United
Ctn t1r IT. aX -
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

seven months trip
IN the Canadian
northwest. During
this trip he went
far into the arctic
regions, and in the
entire period he
slept indoors only
two nights. He had
an exciting expert
ence one day in De-
soher. :
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
+. G. THATCHER,
Attorney for ]. II. Cobb, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

| Western District of Louisiana: On
this 10th day Of December 4. ID. 1907,
on reading the foregoing petition, it is
ordered by the Court that hearing be
had upon the same on the 9Th day of
January y. ID. 1907, before Hon. A. d.
Land Jr., referee and special master. at
his office at Shreveport, in sail district,
at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon, and that
notice thereof be published in The
Shreveport Caucasian, a newspaper
printed in said district and that all
known creditors and other persons in
interest may appear at the same time
and place and show cause, if any they
have, why the prayer Of the SAID petit
toner should not be granted.
And it Is further ondered by the Court
that the clerk shall send by mail to all
known creditors copies OF said petition
and this order, addressed to them at
their places Of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Aleck Boar
man, Judge Of the said Court, and the
seal thereof al Shreveport in said dis
trict, on the 10Th day Of December A.
D. 1907.
Z. c JACKSON,
Dec, 10, Deputy Clerk. q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15


He was a leading
figure at the confer
ence on the future
Of the negro which
marked the close Of
the display. A few
weeks ago at the
congress of religious
liberals in Boston
Professor Washing
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15


&he fifth Duke of Portland, be success
full in establishing his claim the man
who holds the title now will lose not
only Welbeck abbey and nearly 100000
acres of British soil, but Il very lengthy
list OF distinctions. The sixth duke, to
give him all his names and titles
should be addressed as William John
Arthur Charles James Cavendish- Ben
dnck, X. G., L. c.. G.. c. V. O., ID. l.,
j. z, earl. Of Portland, viscount of
Woodstock, baron of Cirencester. mar
,1uis of Titchfieid, baron Bolsover, mas
Ter OF the horse, lord lieutenant of
%JaithnesS and lord lieutenant of Not
Ingham. Pooh Bah would certainly
Laare enyied his lordship the possession
az .s-c.A a string of dignities.
The first Duke of Portland accompa-
MED William of Orange to England
and was lieutenant general at the
battle of the Boyne in 1890. The fifth
duke, who is said to have lived dou-
Die life and been married twice instead
Of being bachelor, as supposed, died
in 1879. bruce, the bazaar keeper, was
believed to have died in 1864 but it is
claimed there was a mock burial at
'@sse time instead of a real one.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

THE bruce mys-
terry, which for
some time has
absorbed the atten-
ton of the British
public, brings to spe-
cial notice the pres
ent Duke of Port
land, who is in dan
ger of losing his
rank and titles.
Should George Hol-
lamby bruce, who
claim S that his
grandfather, Thorn
as Charles bruce, q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
AN EMPEROR IN COSTUME.
How Kaiser Wilhelm Looks In tie
Dress of Frederick the Great.

Emperor William of Germany, who
has been paying visit to his uncle.
King Edward of England. and seelzir.y
the benefit of his health in the Brisish
isles. is Il great admirer of the charac-
ter of Frederick the Great He posed
for photograph not long ago in 4
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
A Miss Coaortunity.

He-Why did 30" get so angry whnn
l kissed you only once under the mis-
tietoe?
Shelf seemed to me you were a
man who would never take full aG
vantage of your opportunities. Judge
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

There has been some debate about
whether Ernest Thompson Seton is Il
BONA fide naturalist or only nature
Fakirs but the controversy does not al
ter the fact that he has had many in
teresting adventures, and some Of the
most exciting Of these he experienced
the past summer and fall during a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
lnfantile Punishment.

Freddy-Hey. does your mother evc~
whip you?
J1mmie-Worse'n that. She washes
my face.-Woman's Home Companion
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15
Money! Making

Uncle Sans MINIS at Work Night
and Day Turning Gold and Silver
Into Coin - Philadelphia Greas
Money Factory -- How a Dollar Is
Ma nufactured. - - ~
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

No. 787-In the City Court of Shreve-
port, La: kirsch Bros. & Co. VS..
Miles Ford.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

! WING to the need for more
coin and paper money to meet
the demands of trade during
this DpriOI of financial Grin
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-09-20
SPORTING NEWS.
BY LEON.
A Word to the Wise.

The advertisements are out announ.
cling the initial Horse Show Of Nash
Vile, which should be heralded with
delight, as this will be the greatest
social event ever pulled off by and
among Negroes of this city.
Now. ladies, you have chance to
show your voiles and panamas, while
the men can have their Tuxedos and
silk hats. 1t is learned from the man.
agement that horses from several
neighbOring villages have been en-
tered, therefore local horses will have
to go some to capture the prizes.
A visiting band will be in attendance
to render the latest airs of the day.
Tuesday night has been set aside as
school children's night The park
will be lighted as bright as day. The
date is about two weeks of. Every
body has ample time to get ready. II
there is not rain, no doubt the Park
will be crowded to its utmost Note
the ad in this issue.