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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
HER FIRST WISH.

If you marry me you shall have
everything you DESIRE"
Everything?
Everything,
All right. I'll marry you; but re.
member the first thing you must give
me is what my heart is set on.
And what is that. my darling?"
"A divorce and alimony. "-Hous-
ton Post
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
Standard Ralses OIL Price.

Prices of refined petroleum for ex-
port were raised thirty cents per bar
re! In New York by the Standard Oil
Company New York refined petro-
isum had been $8.45 per barrel; now
It is $8.75. No announcement was
made as to the reason for the in
crease, although one cause suggested
vas the increased cost Of barrels.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
no GET BETTER MEM

A Scottish minister was one day
talking to one of his parishioners.
who ventured the opinion that minis
tiers ought to be better paid.
Il am glad to hear you say that, :"
said the minister II am pleased that
you think so much or the clergy. And
SO you think we should have bigger
stipends?"
Ay, said the old man. "then we'd
get a better class o men. London
Spare Moments.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
our ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Secretary Taft opened the Filipino
Assembly at Manila.
The Insular Government OF Porto
Rico has refused to honor United
States Marshal Hubbard's requisition
for funds.
La Discussion, Of Havana, declares
INSCRIPTIONS business men in and
out Of Cuba are promoting bandit
bands and conspiracies in the island.
The son of the acting President of
Panama was sent on his way to Cuba
to present a gold medal to Governor
Magoon.
Attorney General Frank Feuille, of
San Juan, Porto Rico. has presented
his resignation He will become Gen
eral Crowder's assistant in Cuba in
the Department of State and Justice.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
SAFE.

Mrs. Smith" Yes. my little FIVE.
year-old girl is great help in my
housekeeping.
Mrs Randall Why. what can
such a child do to help?"
Mrs Smith-"She goes down and
tells the cook for me whenever we're
going to have company. Harper's
Bazar.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
SUCCESS WANTED.

''That fellow makes a success of
everything he goes into" said the
man at the door
well, get him to go into our show
some night" replied the weary-look-
ing theatrical manager Yonkers
Statesman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
wEIGH-LAID.

The Dealer What's that you
say? That stamp dear at s25? My
dear sir, it's positively worth its
weight in gold. There are only two
more like it in my shop"
William Green-ssWorth its weight
in gold? Let me have the three
Harper's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
Ohio National Bank Fails.

The Controller of tho. Currency an
nounced the failure OF the First Ma
tional Bank at Dresden, Ohio, which
was caused by loans to local wooden
manufacturers who failed Robert
Lyons, bank examiner. has been APP
pointed temporary receiver.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
CONCERNING FAIRY TALES

Il say, mamma" asked little Tom
my, Edo fairy tales always begin
with Once upon timer"
No, dear, not always" replied
mamma; they sometimes begin with
MY love, have been detained at the
Office again tonight. GLASGOW
News
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
THE SEQUEL

Funny thing about Dudley. He
said he needed little whisky be-
cause he was run down.
well, wasn't he run DOWN."
Il don't know about that, but do
know he was run in"--Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
Straw OuRs.

CUFFS specially designed for the use
of woman gardeners have made their
appearance. They are made Of woven
willow, which Is perfectly impervious
to thorns, and yet Is light and not
uncomfortable to wear.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
TINS JOKE.

Did yez notice about TIL joke me
brother Tim played on wan av thin
chauffeurs?"
II heerd a turrible thing happened
to him. Poor Timi"
Poor Tim tn diyvle He had
shtick av Dynamite in his pocket
whin he wor run over. From
Judge.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22

Shocking Is gradually returning ID
favor, although IT Is rot practical fol
washable materials, but for such fab
RIGS as may be dry cleaned satisfac.
torily 1t Is always pretty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
EQUAL 10 THE OCCASION.

Mrs Plenteous fwho has just seen
Patricia Penny arrive in donkey cart)
We motaw'd over in our new six.
ty-horsepower Diehard. Did you mo-
taw?"
Patricia (taking the pose) No,
we moked. Punch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION.

Tourist And you say that this
ruin dates back to the fourth CEN
fury? cannot find It mentioned in
my 'Baedeker.
Guide Perhaps you have an old
edition. -Meggendorfer Dlaetter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
k5aAeO sYs8eN,
SS = NN6ElJHEN 50
e:& WIFI Va lRlhNa @S

New York CitysThe very latest
development Of the big armhoie idea
lakes the form Of trimming, and here
ID q new and attractive waist that
shows It to advantage, In the illus-
tration 1t Is made OF yelling with the
bends Of taffeta and The yoke of all
aver lace, but everything that Is used
for indoor gowns and that Is soft and
tbin enough to be tucked successfully
Is appropriate Wolfe, maruuisette
and the like are to have great vogue,
chlfEon taffeta, crepe de Chine and ali
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
KEYED UP.

Prue-eD Do you think motoring has
improved your health2"
DollyaIt has made my lungs
stronger Charlie can now under
stand what I say to him without re-
ducing the speed "-Puck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
Ohio Potato Cron short.

Some of the potato reports from
Ohio give returns as low as fifty to
seventy-five bushels per acre, which
would be less than half the usual
crop.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
Soft Light GRAY.

One Of the most beautiful linen
costumes seen this season is OF a soft,
light gray worn over guimpe OF ex-
quisltely embroidered white muslin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
Lower Bids Refused.

At the Standard Oil hearing in New
York 1t was terrified that railroads
refuse the lower bids or independents
and buy lubricants Of the Trust.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
CONSCIENTIOUS.

Mrs. Goodheart-- So you won't
chop the wood?"
The Hobo No, lady. I'm klep-
tomaniac I'm afraid might steal
some of it. Harper's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
OhiId Labor Denounced.

Child labor was denounced in
resolution adopted by the House of
Bishops of the Episcopal General
Convention, in Richmond, Va.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22

Oh, why is che young wife weeping?
rs she weary Of washing and sweeping?
Oh, moi It's not that,
But Just that her fiat
Is too dark for light housekeeping.
- Adair Strawson, in Harper's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
STUCK UP ALREADY.

@My wife. began Hicks, dropped
In to see me at the Office to-day
and"
Sorry, old man" interrupted
Wicks. @but my wife held me up be-
fore. left home; can't lend you a
cent. Catholic Standard and Times,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22

the soft silks are much worn and ths
Trimming can be of silk Of the same
color, as in this case, or Of contrast
lag color, or the trimming portions
can be braided with soutache or en-
riched with lace applique, SO that
either simple or an elaborate waist
can be evolved as one treatment or
another Is decided upon.
The waist is made over fitted lin
Jag. and is closed inyisibly at the
back. The yoke of chemisette por-
lions are faced onto this lining, and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
now TO LOCATE AN ALARM.

II the alarm is sounded from box rs, the fire
bell viii strike two then pause and strike fve.
which will indicate that the fire is in the vicin-
ity of No. rs box. Every alarm is repeated
four times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
WHEN rHn rIRE BELL nINes.
Look at This and You WIN Be Able
to Locate the Blaze.


To send in an alarm, open box and pull down
the lever on the inside. When an alarm 10
sent in. the fire bell will sound the number Of
the box and repeat the alarm four times
There are several keys to each box, which are
held by persons living nearby-a card attached
TO each box gives the names Of such holders
Policemen also have keys.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22

KEEP IT DARK.

N9as sSs88s Ye99RSs 5 , 50 4
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
The Race Question.

Mirabile dictu. The race question
has come to head in the treasury de
partment at Washington right under
the august noses of Hon. George Bruce
Cortelyou, secretary, and Colonel The
odore Roosevelt, president Of the Unit
ed States and wielder in chief of the
big stick. The ruction came about in
the most natural way imaginable The
supervising architect needed a drafts
man and made a requisition on the
civil service commission. They sent
him Il negro who had passed the re
quired examination AS soon as he ap
peared at the treasury department the
white craftsmen kicked and demanded
that the colored man be removed. This
not being done. three of the white ones
resigned, anti others are threatening #
do likewise. The proof of the pudding
is in chewing the string. When fed
eral official resigns a good fat job OIL
account Of racial prejudice the race
problem may be said to have become
acute, decidedly so.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
Lining Up.

Recently MY lecture tour took me in
to and through Illinois and Iowa Ev-
erywhere | found Democrats in a
cheerful frame of mind, lining up and
furnishing their arms for the great
battle of 1907. They are pluckin%s up
courage from the fractional fights inside
the Republican party-such factional
fights as those between Roosevelt and
Foraker and Roosevelt and Hartmann
for let it not be forgotten that Harri
man is just as much of a Republicans
as Roosevelt, was delegate to the ma
tional convention, is cheek and jowl
with Ex-Governor Benjamin B. Odell
and aspired to Chauncey Mitchell De
pew's seat in the senate of the United
States. So, whatever else may be said
about Hartman pro and con-, it cannot
be denied that he is an orthodox Re
publican as orthodox as Roosevelt
himself. In fact, great many Re
publican big wigs if called on to pass
upon the relative Republican orthodoxy
ofjNoosevelt and Hartman would not
hes2eate to pin the blue ribbon on to
Hartman. Why, bless you souls. a
man who contributes 100000 cash.
earned in the sweat of other peoples
faces, to the Republican campaign
fund is not only an orthodox Republic
an-he is the ideal Republican. There
are a big lot of eminent Republicans
who would rather have Hartman for
president thansto have four years more
Of Roosevelt or four years of any of
Roosevelt's UNDERSTANDS. The ques-
ton is being asked in view of. these
Republican feuds, "Will the Republic
ans have two presidential nominees in
1893 or only oneT' If Hartman should
be nominated for president by the Re-
publicans, what campaign fund they
would have: 1t really beggars the i'm
agination. The very thought of it
must make the mouths of Harry S.
New, national Republican chairman,
and of James S. Sherman, chairman of
the Republican congressional campaign
committee, water.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
Punctures a Bladder,

Recently the Chicago Examiner pune
tured a protection bladder in the fol-
lowing vigorous editorial:
Friends of the tariff have begun to cir
culate among the newspapers of the
country misleading figures representing
that the exports of manufactures from
America now exceed 500, 100000 per an
mum.
This beguiling fallacy could be passed
by as merely ministering to American
pride were 1T not that unchallenged, it
serves to Justify the unnecessary tax
which the tariff imposes upon the people.
The official record of the exports of
American manufactures ready for con-
sumption for the calendar year 1906
shows value of $470,OS5, 393 That sum
was only 1851 per cent of the total values
of outgoing shipments. The figures which
the high tariff advocates are distributing
set forth that manufactures formed 40
per cent of our total experts last year
Our exports are divided officially into
the following classes: Crude foodstuffs
and food animals" "foodstuffs partly or
wholly prepared" "crude materials for
use in manufacturing. manufactures
Tor further use in manufacturing and
manufactures ready for consumption
by statistical ingenuity figures from
one of these columns are frequently lift
~ aAtlo oitltttE u support some SDGClal
argument. The plain official fact is that
the crude materials form 1851 per cent
crude foodstuffs 10 per cent and manu-
features needed abroad for further use
In factories 14.04 per cent, making a total
OF 53.65 per cent of our total exports in
dispensable to the Industrial success of
foreign nations.
These countries already eclipsing Amer
lea In the contest for many coveted mar
kets. are in absolute need of the raw or
semifnished commodities the expectation
or which from this country is used as a
basis of elation by the defenders of our
high tariff.
While these disingenuous pamphlets
are going into print throughout the Unit
ed States. serving to make the people
exuft over trirmphs we have failed TO
win abroad and. what is more serious.
aiiaying the popular protest, which in
ume would inevitably lead to necessary
tarir revision, the tclltale records O;
world trade reveal American fiasco ir
many fields where we should be supreme
Asia today has en- import trade valued
at more than I0ao, o0001o According to
the latest statistics available for inter
nalionat comparison America controlled
out paltry share of that America has
NOT even secured the commerce of our
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS.
April 9, 1907.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
By virtue Of an order from the Honor
able Paul Capdevielle, Auditor of Public
accounts 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, MAY II, 1907,
between the legal hours for sales, to the
highest bidder, section 10, township 81,
north, range IS west, in Caddo Parish,
Louisiana
Terms: Said sale to be ma lie subject
to apprasement and i'll no event for a
less sum than the appraisement, payable
on a credit of ten years, as follows, to-
wit: Zen per cent in cash and the bal
ance i'll nine annual installments, the in
terest to be paid on the whole amount
annually at the rate of eight per cent per
annum. The notes to be made and Sc
cured by special mortgage on the land
sold and personal security in solido as
the law directs.
c. +. PERRONCEL.
Parish Treasurer
Caucasian, April O. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
April 9, 1907,
CANCELLATION OF BONDS.
Justice Of the Peace


ENeeutlFe departments STATE OF LOUIS
ial'a.-W 'ereaS, Lee Emmett lhoIllas'
VI oduuo FaiiSi'' La mas appiied TO me
ior TIE eailcel'a''on OF MS bonds drawn
ana subscribed by L, i. honlas as
pilnclp'l' WIN L. l. AlIeh' /. b. ilern-
oon' J. M roster ana James NJ smith
as Sure'leS' dated December 3D. 1902
and recorded January 20 1908 book H.
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Now, therefore, |, Newton c Blan-
chard, Governor of the State OF Louis
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
Caucasian, April 9, 1907.
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by w. H. Harrison about
northeast of Rodessa, Caddo Parish, La,
one dark bay horse pony, about 5 years
old, about IA hands high, roam tail, white
face extending down over the nose. both
hind feet. partly white: branded on left
shoulder with Q, and on left thigh with
Spanish brand not legible, and strayed
before w. O. Owens, a Justice of the
Peace, Ward One, Caddo Parish, La
The owner will come forward, prove
the property and pay charges or the ami
anal will be sold at Rodessa in Ward
One. Caddo Parish, La, on tie nth day
of May 1907, as the law directs
w. O. OWENS,
Justice OF the Peace
!, -oo-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21

rope. Our trade with South. America IL
advancing, but our total exports to the
southern continent in 1906 were valued at
less than s79,Oo0,000. Argentina alone buys
from the world more than 500 000, COZ
worth.
Il is mistaken patriotism to torture
the statistics Of our export trade in graft
Ling totals. for all propaganda along
that line delays the tariff l2gisla ion that
would he in the interest of the masses.
The insincerity in the circulation Of the
joyous account of manufactures exported
in 1906 is apparent If we compare the pres
ent pamphlet with similar one issued
by the same protected interests in jana
airy. 1t was given out then that America
had a right to rejoice because we were
importing manufacturers materials. In
the present instance, by adding the value
of such materials exported to that of aC-
tual manufactures. the total is swelled
to the misleading figure of 800, 100000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21

- toIiC niue Guy Oh FetIGit 4.
H., rendered historic by III"
Lincoln Douglas debate IL
1905, when they were running for the
United States senate so far as the pull
lie knew, bat really running for both
the senatorship and the presidency 0.
the United States, for the chances are
that from the time their boards wen"
sprouted neither of those wondrously
able men ever spent tWepty-four hour
consecutiyeiy without dreaming Of the
presidency with his eyes wide open.
No matter what others thought, each
of them believed he would reach the
White House, and that matter was
settled in the Freeport debate, which
was the crucial performance in that
historic canvass and in that series of
historic debates. 1t was at Freeport
that Lincoln propounded to Douglas
the far resounding question, Can the
people of territory prior to admission
as state exclude slavery therefrom? Z"
Lincoln's friends tried to dissuade him
from propOunding the question, but he
persisted. He believed that If Douglas
answered mo" 1t would make Lincoln
senator, but If he answered Eyes" 1t
would make Douglas senator, but beat
him for the presidency. 1.-THE Little
Giant" answered "Yes" and thereby
won the senatorship and lost the presi-
dency. That days work made Lincoln
president. The chances are that no
one question and answer on the stump
were ever productive of such far reach
ing consequences. That Lincoln that
day at Freeport deliberately threw
away the splendid prize of the senator
ship for the more splendid prize of the
presidency is now believed by all intel
Hgent persons. A large granite bowlder
marks the spot where those two mighty
men tussled with each other, and it is
well
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
SUCCESSION NOTICE

No. Io,IS6-First District Court, Parish
Of Caddo, State Of Louisiana: Sue
cesSion Of \. A. Erickson.
Notice Is hereby given that Auguste
Erickson, Administrator, has this day
filed his final account in said succession,
and unless opposition be made thereto
within the time specified bl law, the same
will be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
judge OF said court, this the 23rd day OF
March 1907.
=. A. LEONARD,
March "a Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
Hot Buckeyes.

When Senator Joseph Benton For.
aker defied the world, the flesh and the
devil by proposing a Republican Ohio
primary for president and United
States senator he probably never
dreamed that his proposition would be
snapped up greedily by the Taftites.
But such is the truth of history. Hon.
Charles p Taft, brother to the secre-
fary-also a Cincinnati editor and his
brothers political manager-accepted
the challenge very much In the spirit
in which Macbeth said to Macduff:
Lay on, MacdufY.
And damned be he who first cries: Hold
Enough
So it may be concluded that we are
to witness the first presidential primary
ever held ip america. Perhaps the
idea may prove contagious, so conta
gious In fact that both of the great par
ties ss;u hold presidential primaries all
0ve.S United States. Let us hope
that this will happen. Then there will
be rushing to and fro and mounting In
hot haste. Then the thecry-so often
proclaimed, but never practiced-that
the presidency is an Office toe high ard
exalted TO be either sought CT declined
will be exploded, which viii at least
be good radiance of one preposterous
humbug. Then the presidential can
didates will crisscross the continent
showing themselves to me people and
making known their views. Incidental
~ e. will rap,ox,a frop, tho no1,f;ool ora
ma another stupendous fraud-the pres
idential dark horse. Voters will no
longer be buying pigs In pokes, but will
be nble to form some conception as to
what manner of man they are voting
for.
OF course everybody knows that Ger
tain nominees for the presidency have
canvassed the country My recollec-
ton is that stephen A. Douglas in 1860
Initiated that plan of campaign Be
ing masterful parsonage on the
stump, he had everything to gain and
nothing to lose. All three of his COM
petitors thai year were celebrated
stumpers- Abraham Lincoln. John Bell
and John Cabell Breckinriige Rreck-
inridge was not only popular orator
OF the first rank, but the handsomest
man of his time. But, while they
might have made much Roadway on
the stump. they did not follow the
Douglas example to any considerable
extent. The next presidential nominee
to canvass the country was Horace
Greeley. who delivered series of Won
derful short speeches. Since his day
presidential nominees have. as Il rule,
not deemed it beneath their dignity to
make stump speeches to further their
own interests, some over the country
generally, others from their front
porches. 1t goes without saying that
William Jennings Bryan set the high
water mark for that species of cam
paigning in 1896 and 1900.
Notwithstanding all this, however, it
has never yet come to pass that candi-
dates for presidential nominations
nave openly stumped the country In
their own behalf They have done so
IN several ways-at banquets, church
conventions. county fairs, etc. If the
Foraker-Taft primary is pulled off, we
will have an honest showdown for
presidential nominations in the face of
the public.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21

State it has not been possible to trace
the defaulter and, seemingly, he has dis
appeared as ii he had dropped into an
extinguished gas geyser and has pulled
the excavation or open chasm over him
and reached Honduras By the under
ground routeo
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21
A FREAK.

A four-legged chicken was exhibited
yesterday by Me Horace Rutherford to
The Caucasian and many Of his friends
in this city. The chick died in its effort
to pick itself from its egg shell. This
is remarkable freak. 1t will be pref
served in alcohol by Mr.. Rutherford
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-21

And still the query is unanswered:
Where is Dudenhefer?" 1t is singular
that with all the detective ability in the