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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Swallows a Nail.

Paris, Tex, Sept. 1S-T. F. Justiss,
a prominent citizen of Rowland, swal.
lowed a three-penny nail while at
work on his new dwelling. He was
hanging window shades and had the
nail in his mouth. It slipped down his
throat and lodged about the collar He
at once came to Paris to see a special
list. who decided that it would be i'm.
possible to withdraw the nail without
injury, and it was pushed down into
the stomach.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Negro Shoots TWO white Men

Frankston, Tex, Sept. l8.-Boy
and Joe Quarles, prominent farmers
of Anderson county and young men of
great popularity, had a fight with a
negro. Both of them were wounded.
Boyd was shot in the mouth, the bull
let r angling downward. causing seri
Gus condition. Joe was shot on one
of his knees. The wound, while pain
full one, is not serious A negro who
is named Luther Brown wos arrested
and taken to Rusk, where he was in
carcerated in the county jail, There
was a great deal of indignation Great
ed by the double shooting. Boyd died.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
School Land Lease Opinion.

Austin, Sept. Especial Assistant
Attorney General Dale answered in
the affirmative the question of County
Judge Yellott Of Borden county as to
whether the commissioners court of
that county had the legal right to give
the lessees of the school land of that
county the preference right to buy the
land at the termination of the lease
provided the lessee would give the
county as much as any one else, pro
vided the price suited the county, and
that the county wished to sell the land
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
FaeIonsRFed From Bottle.

Bloomington, H., Sept. I9.-Some
watermelon growers in the county OF
Carroll, the great melon district of the
state, report excellent results from the
feeding of melons from bottle. The
stem of the young melon is cut and
put into bottle of sweetened water. Is
absorbs rapidly, the melon quickly
growing to enormous size, as large as
eighty pounds II one instance, and q
flavor that was truly dslicieus.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Profitable Potato Raising.

Weatherford, Tex. Sept. 1S.-T. o.
Bell, a farmer who lives in the An
meta community, planted seven acres
of his land in sweet potatoes this year
and he is now selling them readily at
Sits per bushel. Mr.. Bell states that
the seven acres will yield about 600
bushels. They are of the pumpkin
yam variety and were raised without
irrigation
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
DEATH OF " GILT.

The death of V H. Gin, which oc-
Cured recently at Mineral Wells, Texas.
Is regretted BIZ i'll who knew him. He
was born ii Czido parish sixty-two
years ago. His home was at Bethany.
3s was engaged in mercantile business
and h farming HE accumulated con-
siderable means. The burial was IN
tie cemetery near Bethany
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Neuro,s corpse Found.

Atlanta. Tex, Sept. IL Section
Foreman A. T. Harris found the re-
mains of a negro man about fifty
yards from the Texas and Pacific
track, three miles south of Atlanta.
The body was too badly decomposed
TO be recognized. nor was there any.
thing about him to identify him The
skull was crushed in and Judge w. F.
Cameron decided that the negro was
killed by unknown parties
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Train iKlls Younn Man.

Ada, Okla, Sept 49, A Frisco pas
senger train ran over and killed Erwin
Shaw a young man ct Boff. Okla, a
small town twenty miles south of here.
It is said that the young man was sub.
ieet to paralysis. and tt is thought
stroke of paralysis struek him while
be was standing on the track.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Served in Philinnines.

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. 1S-Dr. John W.
Coffin, aged forty-three, who served as
major of the Tenth Pennsylvania dur
ing the Spanish-American war and
later had charge of the Bilibid hospi.
tai in Manila, died at his home here.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
TWO Asphyxiated.

81 Reno, Okla, Sept. william
Shugert and John Brooks were asphyx-
lated in a veil on the Chiles farm,
twelve miles southwest of this city A
son of Mr.. Chiles was thought to be
dead, but was resuscitated
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Depot contrset Ansarded.

Cleburne, Tex. Scot 49, Green &
Mccoy Of this city have been award
ed the contract for eTee ting the Santa
Fs's passenger statieH ct BroHnwood.
Tex The total gest IS to be sag 900
The work on tie new building Is TO
begin right away
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
HARMON COMING.
Ohio Governor VIII Attend the
State Fair of Texas.

Austin, Sept. 1S.-Governor Camp
bell has received a letter from Cover
nor Judson Harmon Of Ohio, accepting
the invitation to visit the Texas State
Fair and naming Oct Is as the day.
Governor Harmon, who is Demo
crat and who has been mentioned as a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Rroom Corn Rrlnas eood Price.

Davis, Okla, Sept 1S.-The people
of this town witnessed the marketing
and loading on the cars of twenty tons
of broom corn. the first ever sold in
this town The breomcorn was raised
west of here.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Wills All to Midon

New York, Sept 18.-The late e. H
Hartman left all of his possessions
estimated to be worth from $50, 900 600
to s200,000,000, to his widow, who is
also named as exeeutrix.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Lfnhtnina Shocks Lady.

San Angelo, Tex. Sept. 1S.-In North
San Angelo Mrs. J. Bascom was struck
by lightning She was unconscious
the rest Of the day.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
FaIis In Tub. browns.

Tulpa, Tex, Sent. 1s.--In this (Cole.
mani county. tie eighteen-months-old
child of T II Pay fell in tub of wa
ter and rowHad
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21

Published three times week, on Sun
day morning, and Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at 517 Edwards St,
BY The Caucasian & Carney Printing
Company, Limited. proprietors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21

i1-cluding 10 per cent on said sum and
interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, Sept. S. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Thrown From Wagon and expires.

HFoVSh r1otl wagon anu Expires.
Grand Prairie. Tex, Sept. 1S-Zack
Gray of this place while hauling hay
ran over an obstruction on the rail.
way tracks. was thrown from his
wagon and died a short time afterward
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
cream les Biz Blaze.

GreenvfiIe. Tex. Set. 18-Fire in
the business section died SIS 900 dam.
age
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
BANKRUPT's PETITION FOR
DISCHARGE.

In the Matter of Willard N. Longdon,
Bankrupt: In Bankruptcy 664.
To the Honorable A1eck Boarman,
Judge of the United States District
Court of the United States for the
Western District Of Louisiana Willard
N. Longdon, of Shreveport, in the Par
ish Of Caddo, in said district, respect
fully represents that on the 31st day Of
July last past, he was duly adjudged
bankrupt under Acts of Congress relat-
ing to bankruptcy; that he has duly.
surrendered all his property and rights
Of property and has fully compiled with
ali requirements of said acts and of the
orders Of the court touching his bank
ruptcy
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decrced BY the court to have a full dis
charge from all debts provable against
his estate under said bankrupt acts, ex-
eept such as are excepted from such
discharge
WILLARD N. LoNGDoN,
Bankrupt
per Herndon & Herndon Attorneys
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON
Western District Of Louisiana. On
this 10th day Of September A. D. 1909,
on reading the foregoing petition, it IS
ordered by the court that hearing be
had upon the same on the 9TH day of
October A. ID, 1900 before Hon A. D..
Land il, Referee and Special Master,
at Shreveport, IN said district. at 8
o'eock IN the afternoon, and that notice
thereof be published in The Caucasian,
newspaper printed in said district, and
that all known creditors and other per
sons il interest may appear at the same
time and place AMI show cause, if any
they have, why the prayer of the said
petitioner should not be granted.
And II is further ordered BY the court
that the clerk shall send by mail to all
known creditors copies of said petition
ana this order. addressed to them at
their places Of residence as stated
Witness The Honorable AIeck Boar
man, judge Of the said court, and the
seal thereof, At Shreveport, in said dis
trict, on the 10th day of September A.
D 1909 LEROY B. GULOTTA,
Clerk.
81 E G Jackson. Deputy Clerk.
Caucasian, Sept II, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21

Entered as second class matter February
ii, 1904, at the postofice at Shreve-
port La, under the Act of Congress
of March 81. 1879.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
Official Jouraal Of caddo Parish

Subscription Price sa.oo year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
BACKING UP, MODERN STYLE.
With Team Never Backing, But Al
ways Pulling.

From the New York Sun.
II note said the town traveller. IAN
improved method of backing up heavily
loaded wagons and trucks-a method by
which. In fact. the truck is brought with
its tail to the curb in exactly the place
desired without any backing at all.
by the old method when the driver
had come to the spot where he wanted
to back up he swung his team out, bring
Ing his outfit crosswise of the street, with
the tail of the truck three or four feet,
more or less. from the curb, and then he
backed his horses up to it.
Now, TO do this with certainty and &C.
curacy was nice operation. There were
truckmen who could do 1t, but horses
don't back well as they pull, and they
may back unevenly. and SO with this
manner of backing there was more or less
uncertainty. You might hit the curb just
where you wanted to and you might not.
and If you did not, why then you had to
haul out and try again. Now just note
the improved modern method. which you
may see practiced by, for instance. drivers
OF big misunderstanding coal wagons, who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
NO SMOKE AT GARY.
Lean Gas One of the New Towns
Many Marvels.

From the System.
Gary is a misnomer. The new steel
capital on the southern lip OF Lake Micht-
gan whose first blast furnaces spouted
golden metal the other day should nave
been christened Economy, Ind. for econ
omy is the inspiration and the genius
OF the place.
1t is a convention of the short cuts
which have slashed steel costs year by
year in the face Of rising fuel. ore and
labor The courage and imagination
which have spent $40, 100000 to clip few
vital seconds from the birth throes of a
steel rail are linked with cool-braned
conservatism. The best, the record-break-
ing features Of all other mills have been
assembled, magnified. The result evolved
is the most perfect big industrial plant
the sun shines on.
The sun shines at Gary That Is the
primary miracle. The pillar of cloud
which marks other creative towns is' lack
ing Smoke spells waste, and here they
have cut down it's prodigal blackness to
a thrifty mist which hardly duils the
blue of the sky.
Lean gas was the pioneer effort to-
ward .economy-analysis of ore, coke,
limestone and patient experiments in fur
mace management contributing to that
result Followed browning OF the fur
mace stacks and capture Of enough gas
to fire the enormous stoves applying
the hot blast finally retrieving of all the
gas and after cleansing, burning under
boilers to get steam for power-nOt power
sufficient to beat the product pig iron into
steel rails and gars.
That was reserved fer the self-cOn-
tanned efficiency of Gary, whose gas en-
CIV from its furnace wastes as would
boilers and steam turbines and where no
coal is burned for power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Our ShrilI Voices.

FROM the fOfttAnu OreYon1an.
The elegant Harry ChatfieId TAYLOR.
besides writing a life of MoIiere which
nobody could read. has recently con-
ferred another favor upon the Ameri-
can people He has permitted George
Riddle Of Boston to expound his views
of the American voice in the sumptu-
Gus Taylor parlors not so very many
miles from Mr.. Armour's stockyards Our
voices, Mr.. Riddle contends, are too shrill
and too screechy. All of u.s. men and
women, are evolving into high sopranos
much to our physical and moral loss
BESIDES that. the process is wreeking
what minds We originally had Mr. Rid
die sagely and truly says that high pitch
does not necessarily mean force A man
may shrek insistently without convincing
his hearers. In fact. his shrill tone will
weary them. while If he had pitched his
voice lower he might have converted
them.
Everybody has listened to orators who
thought they were laying great emphasis
on what they said. but were i'm fact
merely rasping upon the sensibilites of
the audience. 1t is a weakness to scream
when low tone could be heard as well
and would be more agreeable. We all
know the fascination of a smooth, gentle
and yet powerful voice. 1t is one Of tie
greatest as well as one of the rarest
charms the orators can possess. Women
| Shrek more than men do among U.S. yet
we all do 1T. Henry James had series
of articles I'm the Delineator not long ago
| in which he set forth our vocal faults
convincingly. and gave excellent counsel
to the young which apparently none Of
them needed. Perhaps there Is sonnet hing
in the climate of the United States which
| causes us all to speak shrilly and CRATE
In screams. What can it be?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
NORTHWEST CORNER 10TH AND STREETS NORTHWEST

manage to get exactly where they want
to at the curb with the team pulling all
the time.
"Such driver. when he approaches the
sidewalk coal hole. drives In close to and
along the curb until that one of his rear
hind wheels that is nearest the curb has
overlapped the coal hole for distance
half the width of the tall of the wagon,
and then he swings his team around to d
right angle with the body of the wagon
and then starts it ahead, swinging the
team around more and more all the time
as he drives.
so driven, and with that rear wheel
which originally had been close to the
curb now set against it and serving as
pivot for the wagon to swing on. the team
haus the forward end out away from the
curb and, of course, at the same time
the rear end Of the wagon swings around
toward it, and in minute that other
rear wheel is resting against the curb,
and there stands the wagon backed up
exactly where they want it, and all this
done without any backing, with the least
possible trouble and in the briefest pos
sible time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Grape Fruit and Kumquat.

From the New York Press.
If an orange and lemon were married
and should have offspring it would be
grapefruit. The other day an old friend
in Florida sent me grapefruit that
weighed seven pounds That is the rec
ord. he said. Grapefruit, we are told. de-
rived its name from its fancied resem-
blance to the taste of the grape! 1t more
than likely was an Usage orange in a
wild state brought down to domestic cul-
tivation, crossed with the orange or lemon
by natures methods. 1t is grown In all
tropical countries and is now especially
fine in Florida and along the lower Cali
fornia coast The acid is better than that
of the lime for awakening the liver and
thinning the blood.
The kumquat (cumquat or cumquot)
like the grapefruit. is misunderstood by
many, who go into the market for ripe
fruit Names for grapefruit better known
than that by which this big lemon orange
Is sold here are pomelos and shaddocks.
The kumquat IS exactly like a plum to-
mato in size and shape. but has a sort OF
sharp acid pulp and a sweet rind. 1t came
to us from Japan and China, and is fine
for preserving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Men as Churchgoers.

From the London Chronicle.
Denying that this Is an irreligious age,
the Archbishop of Canterbury has been
suggesting that religion manifests itself
in different ways now from those in which
it used to be expressed. Agreeing with
him. the Pail Mall Gazette admits the
falling off in attendance at church, par
ticulariy on the part of one sex. But this
male detection Is not altogether new
thing. When Sydney Smith preached in
Edinburgh he took his text from the
Psalms "Oh. that men would therefore
praise the Lord''-and. looking round
upon the almost exclusively feminine con-
gregation. he put deliberate stress upon
the third word of the sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06

principle of which it acts. The upper
end has an elongated eye, over which
the guy rope slips. All that is needed
in putting one of these pins in place is
to screw it into the ground you would
bore hole with gimlet. Instead of re-
bounding from stones and roots of trees,
it worms it's way around them and the
rougher the ground the harder it is to
pull the pin out. Indeed, 1t cannot be
pulled out like an ordinary stake, but
must be. unsrrewed in order to be re-
moved. making it unusually firm. AS
will be observed, no mallut IS required
to drive this sort of pin into The earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Female Feet Grow Bigger.

So do dainty hands. IL We are to be-
lieve a German scientist who has been
securing measurements. But beauty must
not worry. After all. the very small foot
or hand was not I'm accord with the
tenets of the form perfect.
The larger foot and hand merely in
Gicate that the girl Of today is stronger.
healthier and more nearly the ideal crea-
ture than the languorous, lazy girl of fiji
teen years ago. who screamed at the sight
of mouse. tainted at a cut finger, and
promptly became hysterical at the men,
ton of stockings.
So go ahead, girls. Keep up Your golf
and tennis. rowing and trampng. Good
health improves your complexion and
temper, and We don't care bit II your
gloves and shoes do grow u size or two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06

The chair is shaped like piece of mis-
sion furniture, and the rockers, which are
short. serve curved arms when it is
stationary. They are protected when
down by a metallic sheath. which also
figures as an ornament when they are
up. The back is so made that it slides
up and down in groove and can be
adjusted i'm whichever position is re-
quired. Withal, the chair is sturdy
and attractive piece of furniture and Is
likely to be popular on its merits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
The Crinoliue.
the London Chronicl,

From the London Chronicle.
1t is surely inconceiyable that the crlno-
line can ever be revived. Yet the moth
ers Of Il good many of us wore that
enormity, and one always likes to think
of ones mother as looking pretty. Milais
certainly made his crnolined ladies of the
sixties look charming In his inimitable
black and white illustrations. The pres
ent writer has under his eyes Il copy or
the 1863 Christmas number of All the
Year Round, which contains full page
advertisement of these amazing articles.
IT is headed Designed for the Home
Circle What vast home circle IL
must have been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
TWO CHAIRS IN ONE.
A Rocker in One Position and Sta
tionarY When Inverted.

From the humber and variety of col
lapsible, convertible and combination
chairs of all sorts that are on the mar
ket, the designers would seem to have
reached the end of their rope. Here comes
a Californian. however, with an invertihle
chairs Of all sorts that are on the mar
of the lot. This is combination rocker
and standard chair and all that is needed
to transform it from one to the other
is to turn 1t upside down, or right side
up. which ever way you like to regard it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Not Such h Fool.
erybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine
1t was said Of a certain village limo
cent or fool in Scotland that IL he were
offered a silver sixpence or copper penny
ne would invariably choose the larger coin
of smaller value. One day a stranger
asked him:
why do you always take the penny"
Don't YOU know the difference in valued?
Ave" answered the foo, Il ken the
difference in value. But II L took the
saxpence they would never Try me again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Belated Appreciation of Genius.

From lie GaulOls.
Centenaries. bicentenaries and tereen-
tenaries are quite the rage. Every week
we do homage to the memory of some
great man whose genius the world has
taken one, two or three centuries to rec
ognize 1t is somewhat late and often
ridiculous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
NEW RESIDENCES ON LAN1ER PLACE NEAR STREET
STATE OF MARYLAND ADOPTS
THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
National Capital and Other Adjacent Territory Ex-
Influence of Such Policy in Land Values.

fall with that OF the degree of the public
improvements. which means mainly IN
this connection the accessibility OF the
property to its nearest center.
There are. Of course, many elements
which enter into such valuations, and
there are instances where another cause
or causes may have d preponderating
influence, but. speaking generally, land
values follow the course of the public
improvements. and localities where there
are no good roads and schools and other
evidences that the taxpayer Is getting
! from his local government some reason
able return for his money are where
cheap lands abound:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
USEFUL TENT PIN.
Goes Through Any Kind of Soil and
Holds Firm.

Any person who has ever camped out
and experienced the. difficulty of pitching
a tent on stony or wooded ground will
appreciate the value of the tent pin in
vented by Virginan. This new pin
will not only penetrate any kind of soil
with ease but will stand firm under
great pressure. The pin is of heavy WIRE
and formed like corkscrew, on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06

It matters little what it is that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
a want ad. in The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Dwellings as an Investment.

The investment movement was brought
out by the transaction closed during the
week by Stone & Fairfax. They sold to
William Murphy for the Edwards estate
"a row of seven three-story houses on
East Capitol street between 18th and 14th
streets. The price paid for each was
abou, 5000 about &}s 500 deed
was placed on record yesterday by which
Mr.. Murphy transferred the. property to
Cardinal Gibbons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Sale of Residence.

Willise, Gibbs & Daniel, real estate
brokers. have sold for James r. Ellerson
the two-story brick dwelling numbered
132 18th street, between f and + streets
southeast. The house has six rooms and
occupies lot eighteen by ninety feet
Fit is understood that $3.50 was paid for
the property 1t is the intention of the
purchaser. Melvin III. Belts to hold the
dwelling an investment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-06
Convenience Of Access.

Study a map Of the District showing
also something of the adjacent sections of
MARYLAND and Virginia and it will be
found that the scale of values or prices
of land, if it is preferred, will rise and