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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22
Diamond Dust.
BY r. i.

stalled tue QOuDl0 uulpil0 0yos
for the coming season.
The club standing will be pub
lished as soon as the season starts.
The National League opened April
ID, American League Arpil u and
American Association April IA.
Little Rock, Of the Southern
League, boasts Of having the Oldest
baseball battery in the world. LII
is made up Of Pitcher Bill Hart
aud Catcher Jack 0 Connors, their
ages being ninety years.
Charley Duke Farrell one OF the
greatest left handed catchers the
game ever knew and up to a few
years ago with the Boston Nation
ais will be in the game again this
year. Duke will act as coach. for
the New York Yankees.
"When it comes to all-around
players Frank Isbell is it" re-
marked Scout Ted Sullivan OF the
White Sox. Frank has played and
can play any position on a ball
club and can deliver the goods.
Isbell made his debut in St. Paul
as a pitcher.
Chicago is the latest club to get
a jolt handed to it. Catcher John
King wrote Husk Chance that he
is through with baseball as his
business interests in Kansas City
demand his personal attention.
That with Evers' decision goes a
long way toward helping the Cubs
win the fourth lag-I don't think.
The directors Of the Jersey City
club of the Eastern League have
decided that unless they are al
lowed to play Sunday games in
that city it will be impossible to
continue trying to make it pay and
| will transfer the club elsewhere.
For seven years they have tried to
break even and in only one season
ibid they do SO.
Old Cap Arson was asked who
he thought was the greatest pitcher
the game ever saw. "Amos Rusie,
answered the veteran. Mathew
son, Brown, Walsh or Donovan
couldn't be compared with the
Hoosier Cyclone in his prime
Rusie had more speed than any
pitcher / ever saw and I've seen {
few" Guess the old boy is right
Rusie is piling lumber at Muncie
Ind, for ST. so day now.
| Dove Doings-In Beaumont
Bates, Beck and Becker, Manages
| Bowerman has four of a kind hare
to beat. Stein looks fine at frs
vice Dan McGann. Sweeny look
like another Devlin at third sack
Pitcher Jay Barrett was turned
over to Atlanta. Matteron ant
Tuckey are making good in fas
company. Mccarthy all wool ant
a yard wide. Ritchey and Dahli'
are like good whiskey-the olde
} the better.
5 Quaker Quacks-Earl Moore am
: McQuiilian of the Quakers' pitch
< ing staff are surprising the natives
t Silent John Titus has come bac
. into his own. Hannifan is nurs
:. ing a bad knee. Frank Spark
! wants Manager Bill to add som
8 numbers to his contract. Eddl
t Grant is creased lightning on has
t also there with the willow. Va
Dyke, youthful southpaw, lool
like the candy kid to Murray.
81 Athletic Actions-Mobile b,
n offered everything from lemon
. million for Catcher But Bit
but Connie Mack needs him in h
business. The Athletic slabme
are practicing a new curve Gale
the skidoo, introduced by Car
Harry Davis. Hietmuller. Il
Coast Lacquer, has broken SO mar
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22

Flint or Mike Kelly and they look
like bunch of school boys. From
1877 to 1889 Silver Flint caught
835 games out Of 1925 played by
his club without glove, mask,
wind pad or shin guards. How
long would Bresnahan, Sullivan
King or any Of the catchers today
last under such conditions?
Giant Gossip-The recent ill
ness of Mike Donlin sounded taps
to his playing this year, Cy Soy
mour's future is still unknown.
Herzog is booked for regular out
field job. Southpaw Holmes goes
to St. Paul. Muggsy says big
Leon Ames has more steam than
any twirier in the business but ne
lacks control. Jesse Tannebili, the
veteran side wheeler, thinks the
Giants are sure winners. Giants
opened at Philadelphia on the l4th.
Red Sox Ripples-N Niles is show
ing up few in tue dandelion for
the Sox. Harry's arm is all to the
good again. Spencer, the ex-
Brown, has cut the gay bunch and
is delivering the groceries. That
Joe Woods is the second Rube
Waddell says Manager Lake, only
he's more sensible than his Rube-
flets. Speaker and Captain Cess
Ter are showing up like couple
of redheaded Micks at Swede
| ball. Arellanes, Cicotte and Steele
are in midseason form.
| Yankee Yells-Kid Elber6eld in
the role of twirlers laid Reach
against the Stats Of a rah.rah boy
in practice. Rah.rah boy handed
the Kid a Jeffries to the jaw then
Manager Geo. Fl. stopped the
rough stuff. Glade and Chesbro
: workinglike fends. Keller doesn't
think he will play as he finds it
} hard to get into shape. Hemphill
never better. Jack Knight is q
!. wonder. Duke Farrell thinks the
Yanks will be- a warm member
l from start to finish. Ball, Austin
IGardner and La Porte are after the
) second sack job. Yanks opened
+ at Washington.
The death of Pitcher John Clark
son marked the passing OF one o.
4 games brightest stars. Like Rad
bourne, he made record which
. has never been equaled. Johr
y pitched seventy games In one
a championship season, yet he was
:. never called an iron man. Witt
;, Mike King Kelly he gained fame
AS an original ten-thousand dolla
/, beauty. Clarkson made his pro
r fessional debut at Bay City, Mich
d Radbourne, Clarkson, Spaldins
It and Rusie in their prime woult
s make the idols Of today ASHAMED
(. Of themselves.
. The engaging of the inimltabI
q Arlie Latham as coach of the Ney
u York Giants will remind the fan
q of the days when Arlie was 81
d Louis Brown. Chris Won der Alb
II was the owner and Arlle used t
keep the German guessing. On
d Fourth of July Chris was angere'
l. by the joker and said, Il wish some
S. one would chood YOU Acting o.
X the idea Arlie secured canno
g. firecracker and concealed it q
IS third base. After making bone
le head play Won der Abe who wa
lie in the grandstand reared: "Und h
SO calls himself ball player! V
IN don somebody kill him? DC
Ks (1ott! yot a stuff Arlie on til
pretense of tying his shoe lighte
as the firecracker and when it e,
to pIoded fell to the ground. Chr
ne was on the ground in minu
lis saying, Il didn't mean it, Arli
On Och Colt! / vas shust shokir
ed Honest I vas, Arlie.' Whereupo
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22
SIDE LIGHTS * v:

.The martyr Of today becomes
the hero Of tomorrow
AT last! It's spring land the
green grass grows all around"
.sTalk about cheap trip" said
Spellovitchky Is shipped me
over here for five years.
Officer Bloom IS beginning to
expand his waist measure. He
saws fat men are coming into style
again.
A resident philosopher, identity
unknown, furnishes the following:
ga man that never makes a mis-
take never makes anything"
Mr., G. r. II, the tribune OF the
elect says he's patiently waiting
for the Brown October days
minus the Brown October Ale.
.The orchestra is making more
noise than ever" said Guard Gold
smith. EYES," said member.
"Two new recruits have been add.
ed"
Brigham Young, jr., says he
feels a chop suey appetite coming
back on him. "But four months
is a long time to wait to appease
it," he says.
Sinbad retired from the local
fire department sometime ago
"Shiver my timbers! he said
"These landlubbers are too slow
for an old salt-when it comes te
the use of water.
Anglicus says Worcestershire il
where the sauce comes from. Yes
of course. And isn't Anglicus TIT
sauce of this institution? Henc'
the appellation, Duke OF Worcester
shire or Durham-or both-as yo'
please.
Says the rock candy kid: "Wh,
not start a brewery? Why no
utilize the hops of the canaries
They are great hoppers. Bee
made from canary hops would no
be prohibited. Great boy, tn
rock candy kid.
when I leave here said
neighbor, "I'm going out to Seattl
Wash" "And I'm going to see
Natchez Miss" said a Southernet
A third broke in saying, Elm &c
ing to a place where they can sa
Kennebunck Me?"
!. Jo-Jo, the Happy Face says
sTalk about swiping alarm clock
That's nothing. There's felle
here who swaps mattresses-alway
leaving poor one in place OF I'll
good one he annexes. Oh, CUES
I'm too SLOW" he concluded.
''The subscription price OF III
Mirror ought to be doubled sa
a chap in Superintendent WI
liams' Office. eyes, to local su
scribers, at any rate.~ Then tt
present price would be twi
nought. Two noughts are as ea
to paw as one" was the 1ejoindt
Smart fellers around here.
An inmate who was acting
waiter at a dinner recently te
dered to some actors and actress
here was pstted affectlonately
the head by one of the ladies W
asked him what he had done
land him in this institution a
he ungraciously responded that
had been "bad actor
sDon't / smell sweet?' de-
asked a neighbor the other c
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22
BY Avlso.

Otto says he is st II anxious to
find out whether the egg or the
hen was created first. Now the
saltwater Gazette man would say
eggs-eckIy or something like it
l.sbut what's no use?' These alb
stract questions are too heavy for
the natives in these parts las they
all say they have no speaking
acquaintance with eggs or hens
hereabouts.
Captain Whelan says: Il am
afraid I'm being starred little
too hard in the great family journal
Not a bit of it. What's the use OF
having thigh priced IT, adver-
Using agent in the ranks without
/ making him work? The shears in
the sanctum are TOO rusty to-be OF
use aud there is no brush for the
mucilage bottle. So something
must be written anyway. Besides,
a good subject is always fresh.
u In the power house Of the insti.
tuition book is kept in which the
employees of that department record
the names of the articles which
are needed in the daily routine of
work. Recently the wiper in the
engine room noticed that the sup
ply of waste was getting pretty
low. So he wrote in the above
mentioned book: "Wanted-a little
waist" Others around here have
, experienced the same longing
just an armful-they say-will do.
: young lady was passing
' through the greenhouse recently
with some other young ladies.
"Those," said Sinbad, "are orange
blossoms. [ presume you have
had experience with them" ooh,
. yes" replied the young lady. Il
have been bride four times and
carried them on each occasion"
:, 1Sinbad nearly tainted at thisEbut
revived when informed that the
young lady had been bride four
y times in an amateur theatrical per.
It Torrance.
r The Iowa legislature started in
II to investigate Warden Sanders oil
10 Fort Madison but finally concluded
to let him have his own way in
conducting the institution over
which he presides. Baseball is
le one of the principal fads of the
Charlsstown penitentiary. Their
r. why not permit it at Fort Madison
D. The Iowa legislature says eff War
y den Sanders finds pleasure in play
ing leapfrog with his wards-that'
:. his business. And SO the matte
rests.
FL Ralph Wheelock who is stirrin,
IS up the animals a bit in quie
IL corner Of the Pioneer Press re
SIS Gently complained of caller boz
ing him. No such calamaties il
the sanctum here. Callers her
II must present their talking ticket
y before opening their talk traps
= speak in monosyllables-be quic
ho about it and git Retiremen
40 evidently has its advantages. n
sv press agent fends around eythe
~ But best of all, no 'come-out-an
have-a- drink oId-chap," sixty time
a day, nuther. Other things migl
as be said on the subject-but Il
IN 'em pass for the moment.
ses
on Mistah Ford says that only IL
no initiated and knowing ones CO
to appreciate the beauty of his favori
md song, which follows:
ha rabbit sweet an good ter eat,
My honey, how you do?
But dey amt no meat lax possum meat.
Ny honey, how you do?
aVy 'Watermillion is hard ter beat,
Law Ham an hog-jowl mighty sweet
But dey amt no meat lax, pOssum meat
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22

A resident philosopher, identity
unknown, furnishes the following;
ga man that never makes a mis-
take never makes anything"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22

Mr., G. r. II, the tribune OF the
elect says he's patiently waiting
for the Brown October days
minns the Brown October Ale.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22

Brigham Young, jr., says he
feels chop suey appetite coming
back on him. "But four months
is long time to wait to appease
it," he says.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-22

.The orchestra is making more
noise than ever" said Guard Gold
smith. EYES," said member.
"Two new recruits have been add,
ed"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
COOP ROADS EXPERIMENT.


The experiment of DeSoto Parish in
the construction of good roads is being
watched with interest, The word ex-
pertinent is used advisedly, for the rea-
son that the material is the natural soil
and its use in the making of permanent
roads must be demonstrated practically.
At a recent date the Police Jury of
DeSoto Parish appropriated and dedi-
Gated $4,000 to the good roads of the
parish. In this experiment convict labor
Is being employed. Practically it is not
so much the question of cheap labor as
the duration of the work which should
be considered.
In Caddo parish convict and free
labor has been tried in road making
and road improvement. There is a
marked improvement in the condition
of some roads, but there is much to be
done. 1t has been declared by some
enthusiasts that Caddo parish should
have followed DeSoto in the appropria-
tion of thousands of dollars There is
already appropriated by the Police Jury
of Caddo Parish nearly eighteen thous-
and dollars for good roads, which is
not considered to be sufficient by those
who would have the roads constructed
on the plan of Governor Sanders.
Fortunately Caddo has acquired some
valuable experience in road making and
in road improvement and its Police
Jury, in hgurative sense, is not to be
swept into extravaganza by the ora
torical efforts of theorists in their adj
yocacy of road making with State con-
yicts
It may be stated as fact that Cadio
Parish is well equipped with the latest
improved machinery for road making,
but the absorbing issue is whether it is
better to lease the roads by contract or
TO operate under system which at best
is costly. Indeed, the Police Jury of
Caddo may be commended for their
wisdom in making haste slowly. Equal
" comforting is the fact that the Po-
lice jury of Caddo Parish is not in
clined to go into a stretch Of miles of
road making from the natural soil
which may be washed away by heavy
rains. In brief. the Police Jury of Cad
do Parish should be commended on be-
ing sufficiently liberal and yet conserv-I
alive in their appropriations for road
improvement where most needed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
THE INTOLERANCE OF INTOL
FRANTS

Since the progress Of the prohibition
movement, which seemingly is irresist-
ible, the intolerance of the intolerants
has been manifested in the unfair criti-
cism of the opponents of the saloon and
the liquor traffic.
In their intolerance, the intolerants
holding the jug by the handle with both
hands. illuminate with indignation over
the legal enactments devised in the in
terest of prohibition.
Strange as it may seem, these intoler-
ants can not be made to realize that they
are responsible for prohibition as it is
today Had they been less intolerant
and more conservative, and especially
more considerate, they would not have
Haunted their defiance of the law and
of decency in the face of the people
who have been opposed to the saloon
and the liquor traffic.
In brief, if the laws which these in
tolerants condemn as being oppressive
and subversive of their liberty which
they should name license, have been en-
acted and are being enforced, il is to
check their intolerant disregard of the
feeling and the opinions of others who
they dencunce as being bigoted, intoi-
Grant and fanatical.
In Alabama for instance, these intol-
Grants have forced the enactment of
laws which, if drastic, must be obeyed,
or the violator must pay the penalty
The result in Alabama may be accepted
as the forerunner of the action which
will follow in the States where the in
tolerance of the intolerants have a con-
tempt for the law Of prohibition which
they manifest openly and defantly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Record of Realty Transactions in the
City and Parish.

Furnished by the Caddo Abstrac
Company Sam w. Mason, president
F. A. Leonard, vice president; D. P.
Eubank, secretary-treasurer. Office 5E
Marshall street.
]. D. Wilkinson to M. Bluestein, lot:
z, 3 and 10 block Fairfield Heights
subdivision; $500.
A. E. Pardue to r. C. Bickham
lots I to IL inclusive block 7, Blan'
chard; $3.50.
Walter Marburg to DR.. L. H. Pirkle
lots u and 10 block Tuxedo Park
subdivision; $Io25.
Mrs. E. B. Foster ct al to Percy N
Browne, lots 8 and 4 block I, Thorn,
hill; $11oo.
Mrs Sallie E. Lancaster to Edgar
B. Hands, lots 80 and 81 block D, oi
Highland Park; $1,000.
Homer Wynn to Phelps Investment
Co. lot Is Mt Zion subdivision; $500.
w, H. Morefeld to c. V. Swigar, lot
IL block rs Mooringsport; 500.
]. B. Smith to c. S. Steere, lots IL,
10 and "a, book c, Thornhill; $I4oo.
]. G. Hester to w. A. Adams, lot
70 block S Allendale Heights; $1,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
Caucasian, August IL, 1909.
AN ORDINANCE

Ordering a special election to be held
in School District No. 9 of Ward
Three of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
for the purpose of levying a three
mill per annum tax to erect and
furnish public school building in
said school district.
Whereas, one fifth of the property
taxpayers of School District No. 9 of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, have petit
toned the Police Jury of said Parish to
levy special tax of FIVE mills on the
assessed valuation of ali property in
said School District No. 9 of said par
ish for period of FIVE years beginning
with the year 1870 for the purpose of
erecting and furnishing a public school
building in said school district; there
fore,
1. Be it ordained by the Police jury
of Caddo Parish, State of Louisiana,
in legal assembly convened, that spe-
cial election be held without expense to
the parish, under the general election
laws of the State of Louisiana, at the
usual polling place at the town Iof
Mooringsport, in said School District
No. 9 in Ward Three, for the purpose
of obtaining the wishes of the property
taxpayers in regard to said assessment
and levy The form of ballot shall be
as follows:
For the special tax of three mills
per annum on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of the property in Public
School District No. 9 in Ward Three
of the Parish of Caddo, for the pur-
poses expressed in the petition of the
property taxpayers for the period of
FIVE years Or,
Against the special tax of three
mills per annum on the dollar of the
assessed valuation of the property in
Public School District No. in Ward
Three of the Parish of Caddo, for the
purposes expressed in the petition of
the property taxpayers for the period
of FIVE years.
Sec z. Be it ordained, ETC., That the
name of the voter with the assessed
value of his property shall be written
on the ballot, and that all taxpayers
voting at said election shall be regis
tered voters, except women taxpayers,
who shall vote without registration Ali
taxpayers entitled to vote shall do so in
person, except women taxpayers, who
shall either vote in person or by their
agents authorized in writing.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc,
That said special election shall be held
on the 9th day of October 1909. with
the following commissioners and clerk
for said School District No 9 of Ward
Three of said Parish and State:
Commissioners: F. F. Jeter, w. A.
Elicit, ]. NJ. Fly; clerk, w. H. B.
Groom.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc,
That said polling place shall be open
between the hours. of am. and E pm,
and said election shall close on said day.
GEO. A. POLICEMAN,
Pres. Pro Tenn,
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
PARDoNs GRANTED.

In the heading of an article in the
Minden Democrat is told the whole
story of the four days session of the
State Board OF Pardons held a few
days since: @Pardons Granted to Muir
derers. Embezzlers, Thieves, etc, at
Last Meeting Of Board. No Use for
Prisons. The Session Lasted Four
Days and Many Applications Were
Considered but Few Acted Upon. Ben
Lee Of Caddo Provided For
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
com;na Hora

They have calmly chewed their cuds
Through the burning summer day.
Now they turn into the lane
In the twilight soft and gray
We can hear their tinkling bells
AS the duslSy path they roam,
And a sen. Of peace deseends
When the cows come home.
They have tehewed the rag for months
Through the torrid summer heat,
And our business has stood back
While they made their joo complete.
When we hear the engine bells
AS they quincy il the gloaTn,
What a Pea &c viii fan on US
When the congress comes home!
'-McI.andburgh .lson in New York
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
AVERY BLouNT HOPEFUL.

1t is stated in telegram from New
Orleans that Avery Blount, who is to
hang on October IS, takes the signing
of his warrant with outward fortitude.
Blount is hopeful and regards the sign
ing an unnecessary formality and places
his main dependence on the Pardon
Board, which he expects, at least, to
commute his sentence to life imprison-
ment IF the board will only hear my
witnesses it must decide in my favor"
said Blount.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The weather yesterday was fair.
River: Denison OF; Arthur City So
Lewis Ferry Go, a fall of OF; White
Cliffs Is; Fulton Is; Spring Bank
IL; Shreveport TT, fall of o.3.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Partly cloudy weather Sunday.
Red river forecast: The change has
been unirnportant at and above Shreve-
port during the past "a hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Po-
lice jury of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
has authorized and ordered a COMPETE
tive examination to be held under the
direction and supervision of the Board
of School Directors at the high school
building at 9 am. August rs, ~ and
28, 1900, for the purpose of selecting a
beneficiary TO the State Normal School
at Natchitoches, La
GEO. A. POLICEMAN,
Pres. Pro TEN.
A. E DURINGER. Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15

Two 4 inch 2 sheaves wooden blocks.
Four :, inch sheaves wooden blocks.
200 feet 1 inch rope, good.
ZOO feet 1 inch rope, good.
100 feet I Ia inch rope, good.
One ship capstan.
Nine pay out reels.
One take up reel.
Two crow bars.
Two manhole guards.
Two tool boxes.
Two mules.
One wagon.
One pair shafts.
One set single harness.
One set double harness.
One Is feet skiff.
Two roll top desks.
One fiat top standing desk.
One typewriter.
One typewriter desk.
One Office table.
One safe.
One letter press and table.
One hall rack.
Eight Office chairs.
Twelve operators high chairs.
Two telephone booths.
Three ceiling fans.
Three stoves, coal burners connected
for gas.
The above property seized as belong
ing to the said defendar@ and to be sold
to satisfy the deb9speci6ed in the said
writ, say in the sum of $2I3,ooo.oo with
per cent per annum interest thereon,
payable from February I, 1909, until
paid, and the further sum of $3I,o5ooO,
and all costs of this suit.
]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
One Redeennino Feature.

'"Tney tell Inc the play hasn't one re-
deeming feature
Il wouldn't so so far as TO say that.
The star was taken ill suddenly last
night. and the management redeemed
all the tickets that had been sold
Cleeyland Plain Dealer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
SUCCESSION NOTICE

No. 1913 InFirst District Court of
Louisiana: Succession of Mrs.
Nora M Chase.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Notice IS hereby given that C. D. Kahn
back has this day applied to be appoint
ed administrator of said succession. and
unless opposition be made thereto with
in the time specified by law, he will be
appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell.
Judge of said court, this 18th day Al
August 1909. w. M, LEVY
Aug. IS. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-15
COOP ROADS CONVENTION.

It has been reported that the Good
Roads Convention held in Baton Rouge
was a magnificent success. All good
citizens will be pleased to know that
it was success. Governor Sanders de-
iiYered an address on Good Roads
which was received with great enthu-
siasm.