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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.

There is a publication of recent issue
entitled THE Negro Problerl-Abra-
ham Lincoln's So1ution-Reform 1t Al
together" There have been many sug-
gestions connected with the negro prob
lem which have enanated from the fan
cies of Northern men having little con-
ception of the negro. These treatises on
the negro may yield pecuniary profits to
their authors and publishers, but the
problem which is the most practical and
desirable may be left to its own settle
ment-''Let the negro alone. From
the days of Lincoln to the present time
the negro has been the unfortunate vic
tim of men who, as so-called friends,
have used him for their own selfish
purposes, politically and otherwise. The
negro who is keeping within the sphere
of his station is solving the problem for
himself. "Let him alone
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
Why We Yawn and Stretch.

During sleep the respiration is shall
low, and the expansion of the lungs
is insufficient for active movement. It
is necessary, therefore to fully expand
the lungs on waking before or as soon
as active movements commence. This
is effected by yawn, which is deep
inspiration assisted by the wide open
ing of the mouth. The depth of the
inspiration is often assisted by raising
the arms above the head and by throw
ing forward the chest, and thus yawn-
ing and stretching are only parts OF
one respiratory effort
Stretching also aids the return Of
the blood to the muscles During sleep
the circulation is feebler. and the skin
seems to be supplied with blood at
the expense of the muscles. ana OH
waking the limbs are stretched to in.
sure their being in working order and
to restore to them their normal wax
ing blood supply. Toward night it is
not uncommon for a similar reduction
in the depth of the respiration and
slowing of fhe circulation to take
place. and this is corrected by a sim
liar yawhing and stretching as on
waking
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
June 8, Iooo.-Notice is hereby given
that Ed Jackson, of Flournoy, La, who
on April 8, 1901, made Homestead En-
try No. 1880, No. o4II, for southeast
quarter of northwest quarter section 10,
township II north of range IS west,
Louisiana meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final hve-year proof
to establish claim to the land above de
scribed, before Register and Receiver,
at Natchitoches, La, on the 10Th day
of July 1900. Claimant names as wit
nesses FL Lawrence, J. Robinson, w.
Allen, E. H. Walker, all of F1ournoy,
La. J. ERNEST BREDA,
Register.
Shreveport Caucasian, June s, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
The Wonderful Dead Sea.

The Dead sea, whose prestige as a
natural wonder has always been height
ened by its association with the story
of Sodom and Gomorrah, is to be sci
entifcally explored by an expedition
under the auspices of Yale university.
Mr.. Ellsworth Huntington Of the geo
logical department, accompanied by an
assistant, has already sailed for this
purpose. In a folding boat they will
explore the shores of the strange lake,
which lies 1900 feet below sea level.
and their principal object will be to
determine whether any of the shore
lines record expansions OF it's area
within historic times. The exploration
is afterward to be extended to the
Syrian desert and Palestine. with par
ticular reference to change of climate.
Youths Companion.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13

tries, WHOSE governments are running
a race III ii:;v,il equipment.
Englst,d has long held he supremacy
of the spas--ever since Nelson's vic
tory at Trafalgar But now Germany
has built 4 navy that rivals England
war fleets. aud John Bull in his right
little. tight little isle is dreaming O.
nights of the invasion Of his coast by
the kaiser
Whew.
There was a great fuss in parlia-
ment. Balfour stood up for the oppo-
sition to charge that the government
was letting Germany get ahead, and
Asquith for the government sadly ad-
mitted it,
Whereupon little less than a panic
seized the newspapers and the people.
I'VE must build more ironclad Dread
noughts, and quiekly-four anyway,
and. if possible, eight"
Pathetic?
1t certainly is. England, with big
national debt. has multitude of I'M
employed and half starving people on
her hands The tax burdened English
must go deeper into their pockets.
And Germany
The people of that empire struggle
under an enormous debt. The up-keep
of an immense military establishment
is added to that of a costly navy.
And now both Germans and English
are under a spell of apprehension lest
one spend more money than the other,
1t would be humorous were it not
pathetic. They are like two boys with
chips on their shoulders-"one is
afraid, and the other dassent.''
The probability of war between those
two peoples, having so many interests
in common, and in these days Of The
Hague tribunals is exceedingly remote.
These are christian powers" that
lay burdens that are hard to be borne
on the backs of their common people,
who toll on short dinners for bare
subsistence and who see their children
doomed to a similar fate, all because
of the war game played by a few
statesmen.
The spectacle causes one to say to
the aerial experimenters of our time
more power to your elbow!
May the time quickly come when a
few torpedoes dropped from an airship
can send to the bottom whole fleet of
Dreadnoughts Then will the enginery
of destruction be the best ally of peace
and bring in the day
When the war drum throbs no longer
And the battleflags are furled.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 12,357-In the First District Court
of Louisiana: Succession of J. b.
Rhodes.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Notice is hereby given that S. J. Har-
man has this day applied to be appointed
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 F. Bell,
judge of said court, this Goth day Of
May 1909. A. S. HARDIN,
May 49,. Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
Teaching Noth;nc.

DR.. Howe. president of Case school,
Cleveland, never fails to express his
vexation when he has student cali
the zero of mathemat tics nothing One
of the students. Morgenthaler by
name. would almost Invariably read
an equation like this. %, as
follows: * plus y equals nothing"
One day DR., Howe lost his long en-
during patience. See here. Morgrn-
thaler. let me show you the difference
between zero and nothing"
With this. Dr. Howe wrote :, big O
on the blackboard This" he said,
sis zero" Then. erasing the 0, he add
ed, "And this is nothing" -I.ippin-
colts.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
RECEIVERsHIP NOTICE.

No. I2,54S-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana: Re-
ownership of w. F. Taylor Com
pany.
Notice is hereby given that z. R. Law
hon and D. B. Hamilton, receivers,
have this day filed their quarterly state
ment and proposed payment of privi-
legged debts in said receivership, and I'M
less opposition be made thereto within
the time specified by law the same will
be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable I. F. Bell and
A. ]. Murf, judges of said court, this
end day of June 1909.
S. O.. WILLIAMS,
June 8. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
Laurier's Genial Retort.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who has for
twelve years been in continuous power
in Canada, is the thinnest of prime
ministers. And yet a big. burly Con-
sentative NJ. P. was once maladroit
enough to charge him with ''fattening
at the expense Of the poor. deluded
people Of this country"
Sir Wilfrid genially retorted. 81 ask
the house to look at the honorable gen
tleman opposite and then look at me
and say which of US is more exposed
to the charge of getting fat"
The contrast between the aldermanic
proportions of the assailant and the
slim figure of the assaulted was too
much for the gravity Of the house. aud
there was general and genial ~roar.-
Parsons Weekly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
The Typhus Problem.

The Mexican Academy of Medicine
has appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
pose Of discovering the cause of ty-
plus and to develop a cure for the
fever. OF the amount $4,000 will be
awarded to the person or persons dis
covering the cure. A like amount will
be given to the person discovering the
serum which will kill the typhus germ
in the blood. In the event Of any one
person solving both problems an effort
will be made to have the government
give proper reward. Five thousand
dollars will be distributed among the
persons who have most efficiently
helped in solving the problem.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
a MoDEREN ROMANCE.

'sAn the world loves loyer'-and
bis story.
Here is one of the prettiest tales in
the annals of romance, and it is a
real love story too.
1t is the romance of Arthur For
tesque, nephew of the Duke of Port
land. and Olga Forinhoff, a Doukhobol
maid of Canada
Ten years ago Fortesque was hand
some. dashing graduate of Oxford. Ii
his bones WAS the Nanderlust. IN
stead OF settling down he went away
to Canada. seeing adventures.
In Quebec he heard much about thes.
strange people. he neakhobors Thu
story of tha:r queer religious beliefs
Of persecution in isf9ssi; and of how
the.5 re II Canada this appealed T
lsnrspsque
He determined q 60 on Il visit ii
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
ADJUSTMENT.

One of the secrets of successful liv-
ing is the art of adjusting oneself to
changed conditions.
Make up your mind once for all that
the world will not adapt itself to you;
you must adapt yourself to the world
Cultivate adaptability.
In nature everything fits adjusts it
self to surroundings Animal plant
environment
Man alone tries to fight natural law
and fails.
The North American Indians defied
this law. They would not conform to
their surroundings. As consequence
the Indians are a disappearing race
Mound builders, cliff jewellers, forest
ers. plains people-aA disappeared or
are disappearing.
Also
New England tried to raise Indian
corn on its rocky soil and failed. Semi
arid western Kansas made like exper-
iment and failed When western Kan
sas finally adjusted itself and began to
raise wheat she began to feed the
world.
1t was so in dry farming"
When the pioneers of eastern Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, eastern Oregon and
Idaho failed in their early experiments
it was because they did not know how
to conserve the scanty rainfall by
proper culture. By adapting and adj
justing methods they have made the
desert to blossom as the rose
It is all a matter of adjustment-find-
ing what you can do and doing it.
This is particularly true of men.
Grant failed in business. but won
deathless fame III war. Goldsmith
wrote like an angel and talked like
poor POLL
The round man gets into the square
hole. and vice versa. because of in
ability to adapt himself.
Unadiusted life is a failure because
it is a misfit.
Adaptability to circumstances marks
successful men, They do not try to
alter the unalterable They realize
how small they are and how big is the
universe They see they must join the
logical procession Of affairs If they are
to get anywhere.
You can only develop yourself as you
subscribe to things as they are.
He is the fortunate man who can be
at the right place and say the right
word and do the right thing at the
right time.
Adjustment of his life to surround
ings is the secret of that ability.
No man can get On in this world If
he is a misit.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

Nc. IL, JOIN the First Judicial Dis
trict Court, Parish of Caddo, State
of Louisiana: Succession of R. D.
Meade.
Notice is hereby given that R. H.
Meade has this day filed his final &C
count in said succession, and unless OPP
position be made thereto within the
time specified by law, the same will be
duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
judge of said court, this the 27th day of
May 1900. A. S. HARDIN,
May II. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
RECEIVERsHIP NOTICE
May Is.

No, I2,445-First District Court, Parish.
of Caddo, State of Louisiana Keith
Sons Company Limited vs.. Keith
vile Lumber Company.
Notice is hereby given that P. p.
Keith has this day filed his final account
in said receivership, and unless opposi-
ton be made thereto within the time
specified by law, the same will be duly
honologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
judge of said court, this 9Th day of
June 1900. A. S. HARDIN,
June s. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
Sveaboru.

Rome was built upon seven hills.
Sveaborg, the new Russian naval base,
is built upon seven islands and ever
since its foundation in 1749 has been
renowned as strong fortress. The
single narrow entrance to the harbor
lies between two of the islands, which
are connected by means OF bridges.
In 1908 and again in 1875 the fortress
successfully resisted Il bombardment
from the French and English f1eers
and thus gained its occasional title Of
the Gibraltar Of the north.-L London
Chronicle.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
lie people a
Writt. Il buck DDS. .letl.
ti'ht. ilnuI NhS never written.

lis. ,....tlatI..t, tie people a
write Il booh aJ9i.. .nriil.
The book was never written.
One day in his travels through the
COLONY ForteSque came across Il band
of women dressed in strange attire.
They were drawing plow and chant
ing ia a minor key as they toiled at the
ropes When they passed the young
man his eyes rested for Il moment OH
the sweet face of a girl in her teens.
The girl looked at him shyly. and he
thought her face the most winsome he
had ever seen.
The incident passed from his mind.
Then one day in little camp cabin
far away the face of the girl flushed
on his memory. He could not forget
it, ImpulsiyeIy he started back to find
her. After a long search he succeeded.
The young nobleman discovered that
this girl, Olga Vorinhoff, unaffected
and simple, was surprisingly sweet and
womanly He could not rid himself
of her charm.
And one day. after weeks of self ex
animation and hesitancy, he took the
little woman into his arms and kissed
her
Hearing of Fortesque's approaching
marriage to Olga. his old friends tried
to dissaude him. They told him his
fancy for the maid would soon fade.
But the nobleman and the girl were
married.
The news went back to England and
Fortesque was disinherited. Long be-
fore he had adopted the simple creed
of the Doukhobors and entered the
communal life. The announcement of
the birth OF a second child to the cou-
pie caused the resurrection of this
story.
The young man by reason of his edu-
cation became a leader among the
pious people. He seems perfectly con-
tented with the simple life and very
much in love with his pretty wife
And here endeth the true tale of the
romance of Arthur Fortesque. noble
man, and Olga Vorinhoff, maid
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13

WIND UP EHE CkVAA.
\ Get plenty of sleep.
He who gets less than eight hours OF
sleep in tr-entyfour gets less than is
Necessary for health and long life.
Napoleon tried to prove otherwise.
He affirmed that six hours in twenty
four were sufficient. More than that
he put in the six hours at any time he
got chance.
Napoleon died at fifty-two.
Moreover. good historians say he lost
the battle of Waterloo because of loss
of sleep.
On the other hand. Victor Hugo
lived to be eighty-three. He allowed
nothing to get in the way of his eight
hours of sleep. And in his advanced
years he Invariably took a nap in the
middle of the day.
Balzac. another great Frenchman,
Systematically robbed himself of sleep
In order to write his novels. He re-
garded every hour stolen from sleep as
$50 much gained
Balzac died at fifty-one, a year
younger than Napoleon, physical
wreck.
George Washington believed in
plenty of sleep. He invariably with
drew from company at 10 o'clock,
some member Of the family coming in
at that time to say:
Ladies and gentlemen. the general
bids you all very good night"
Early hardships and suffering like
that at Valley Forge shortened his
life, yet he lived to be sixty-seyen, dy-
ing of an acute attack.
The fact is we human clocks are so
made we must be thoroughly wound
: up once in each twenty-four hours.
Shakespeare said that sleep "knits
up the raveled sleeve of care" and
that is natures kind restorer"
One cannot burn the candle of life at
both ends and expect it to last. Yet
THAT is precisely what is done when
one filches from nature what is com
ing, whether by habit or by force of
will or by stimulants.
Physicians tell us that loss of sleep
is the source Of many ills usually at
'tributed to other causes.
Poor Richard was right when ne
said:
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes man healthy. wealthy and wise.
Victor Hugo put the same truth in
couplet which, being translated.
reads:
Dinner at six. bed at ten,
Life to last ten times ten.
Do not be reckless of your physical
and mental resources. Conserve them
by following the reasonable dictates
of kind nature.
Wind up your clock.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
RECEIVERsHOP NOTICE.

RECEIVERSHOP NOTICE.
No. I2,7oI-In the First District Court,
Parish of Caddo. State Of Louis
lana: Gus Solomon VS.. Oil City
Mercantile Company.
Notice is hereby given that Sam Vii
Ter, receiver, has this day filed his final
account in said receivership, and unless
opposition be made thereto within the
time specified by law, the same will be.
duly henlologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorables T. +. Bell
and A. J. Murf, judges of said court,
this 18th day of May 1909.
F. A. LEONARD,
May IS. Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
WHY

"A school board in Maine has en-
forced the rule that a female teacher
must quit the schools when she gets
married.
Sapient school board!
The rule is an unjust and unreason-
able discrimination against women.
About the only pertinent excuse that
is made for such rule is this: When
a woman teacher marries she then
has husband to support her, and she
ought to give up her position to the
unmarried teacher, who has to make
her living.
In other words we should make the
schools a life asylum for spinsters.
The only test that should be applied
to any teacher, male or female, mar
ried or unmarried, is the test of eff
cheney. Does she do her work sue
cessfully? is the only question that
should be asked.
Is married woman less efficient be-
cause of her marriage?
In every other occupation woman
is permitted to marry and continue in
her place so long as she renders eff
cient service. Why should the mar
rage barrier be raised against the
teacher?
A young woman spends money and
years of study in preparation for her
work, all Of which goes for naught if
she happens to fall in love, like any
other woman. and marry.
Why not make the man quit teaching
when he marries?
Why deprive the state of the valu
able services Of man or woman by
such an absurd objection?
Marriage does not unfit a teacher
1t improves her. The real teacher, the
born instructress, she who does her
school work with love and enthusiasm.
usually desires to continue in her place
for awhile. at least, after marriage.
The silly rule excludes her.
The writer knows an ideal teacher
who is married and is mother And
no one better knows the way, to the
heart Of child than does this gra-
cious, capable woman There would
be a public riot in her community
should any school board presume to
discharge her.
Is it not humiliating that such a
teacher should sometimes be compelled
to keep her marriage secret in order
to hold her position? Instances are
known.
The discrimination is purely one Of
sex and born of narrow prejudice.
One is amazed that such ruling
should be made by any intelligent
board of education in this the TWEEN
tieth century.
Why doom female teachers to celib-
acy?
Why deprive the state of its best
teachers?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
PETER FENELON COLLIER.

4 brave soldier on the battlefield of
life was wounded to the death when
Peter Fenelon Collier died in New
York
OF the self made captains of indus
try Collier was one Of the best made.
Born in a humble home, he early
made friends Of good books. Loving
these books. he came to find his earli-
est enjoyment as a canvasser for the
sale of them.
And here he got his life's inspiration.
Mr.. Collier sold Bibles The good
book was then an expensive volume.
One day. having tramped in vain, he
finally came upon scrubWoman, who
said to him:
No, ne boy. have not that much
money. | will give you dollar now
and so cents livery week till it is paid.
Young Collier had no authority to
make that sort Of sale, but he went
home and slept over the IrishWoman's
suggestion. The next morning he ex-
planned to his employer his idea. His
eloquence prevailed. and he was per
mitted to make time sales
The next day he sold fifty Bibles.
The idea was the origin Of his pub
fishing business. the selling of books
on installments.
Successful in his business. Collier
rendered service TO the people.
He eheapened the price not only of
Bibles, but of all books. He knew the
dynamic power resident in a good book
in q humble home, and it was his
ambition to put standard literature
into the homes of the common people.
It should be put down to the credit
OF Mr.. Collier that his publishing i'm
print never appeared on trashy
book. Standard history. real poetry,
high fiction-this sort Of books he is
sued from his presses and sold by the
million.
It is a great thing to be able to
choose the reading Of the masses Of
the people
One who knew Collier intima tely
says it was one of the sorrows of the
mans life that the price of books
should be advanced because Of the in
creased cost of production
This brief article is not intended as
"a eulogy. but sketch Nevertheless it
confidently may be stated that Peter
Iollier lived life that was well worth
while
He made money, but it is Of record
that he made it honestly. serving his
generation
II is pleasure to subjoin to what Is
here written that when he was rich he
bought a home for the Irish widnw
who gave him his suggestion and sup
aalorted her while she lived
CUPS ON TEEsR ssas.zz-ss.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
SUCCESSION SALE.

No. II,476-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession of Mollie Johnson.
By virtue of commission to sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish.
Louisiana, in the above entitled and
numbered succession, I viii Sffer for
sale at public auction, for CAST, accord
ing to law, between the legal hours for
sales, at the principal front door Of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La, OF,
SATURDAY, JUNE 70, 1900.
One-half of lot IS next and adjoining
lot ri, and half of lot "a next and adj
joining lot rs of block 70, 1o-acre lot
of the City of Shreveport, La, the said
property being 4oxI3o feet, together
with all buildings and improvements
thereon. The said property to De sold
for cash, according to law, to pay debts.
J. P. FLOuRNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer
Caucasian, May 10, 1901.
APPLICATION FOR PARDON.
Notice is hereby given that I am ap-.
plying for pardon.
MADDEN BUSH.
Shreveport, La, June 5, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13

CLIPS ON TEEEaR sssoss.n-s5.
saThe COLLINS Il git " if We don't
watch ont.
THIS ne iin:tnes If Ez.s:ra.tss ~
Germany Il peoples & nose coun-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-13
Heart toHeart
[ a1ks.
WIND. UP THE CLOCK.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.

ACopyrisht, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l