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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-10
A SOMBER PICTURE.

"Where can l go: No place to work,
no more home. no one to work for.
Christian, my husband, he died two
years ago. Then my kids-six of them
die-croup-of cold. l marry Anil
Jelke. He leave me two months after.
He. way out Il. the country. l don't
believe him working. He never work
for me; just eat bread all the time.
"One day-he bad all the time and
get sent to Lansing-lny girl she go
away, too, and Henslow he ran away
to Ohio, and l work and work and
never go ahead, and then my back
breaks. Oh, it hurts terrible!'
Thus in her broken English did Car
oline Freslau. an almost helpless Ger
man woman, tell her Iliad of woes at
st. Mary's hospital at Detroit.
Several years ago she left the father
land. happy in her young motherhood
and eager for the future of her young
brood in the new land Of plenty.
Indeed. the poor German mater found
bitter hardships, unending toll, sick
ness, sorrow, failure and heartache.
Her husband died. She toiled at the
washtub in tense and tragic struggle
for bread. Six of the eleven children
died. She married again, and the
worthless husband deserted her Her
health entirely failed, and she was
sent to the hospital
This is a picture from real life-al-
most hideously real.
The tints are all somber, and the
background is dark. There is no blue
sky, no CLEAN of sunshine, no horizon.
Pictures of this kind make the lover
of his kind grow sick at heart
AS one thinks of the hopeless little
German mother sitting with lusterless
face and dazed eyes, looking backward
on the utter waste Of the years, one
begins to know the real meaning Of
MISERY and DESPAIR.
And it also makes one ashamed of
his complaining at petty things.
In the allotment of human life this
woman has somehow been cheated out
of her rightful share Of the good
things.
With questioning. almost anger, In
your heart you turn to fate and ques-
ton it:
If the law Of compensation holds, as
we have SO often heard-if each soul
born Of woman must get his portion Of
the good
Where will broken hearted Caroline
Freslau get what is owing her?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-10
TOM JoHNsoN-REAL NAN.

Here Is a man!
His fortune gone. he Is brave-and
happy. Forced to give up a mansion,
he will move into a cottage.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
Il the man. Having lost his wealth,
he must give up his palace on Euclid
avenue. his automobiles. and go into
smaller house.
Is he soured or grabbed or morose?
Not Tom johnson,
He might have saved his fortune II
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-10
WHAT FASHION DEGREES.

4 Forecast Of Spring Fashiens-vvhat
"eusbies'' Are.
A little bird who picks up crumbs Of
knowledge in the most secret recesses
Of the dressmaking establishments
says that next spring fashion will
usher in again low necks and short
sleeves. Ear reaching collars and tight
sleeves to the finger tips will be among
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-10

3 HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
The patterns which have been de-
scribcd in the Caucasian are supplied BY
the New York Newspaper Feature Com
pany, 10Y w. Twenty-6fth street, New
York City. Forward orders to them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14

It could make a round Of the ranch at
far greater speed. 1t wasn't like a
horse. It never tired out, and an au-
tomobile of fair size could take around
four men who could do the work Of
dozen under the primitive conditions
Of the west.
And so the settlement Of new Sec
tions and the application Of modern
methods has had the gradual effect OF
forcing the cowboy further and further
into the west and southwest.
But there are no longer the same
number Of places to go to. The per-
sistency of the advance Of progress
makes it ever on the alert to penetrate
where ii is least expected. Hence, no
matter where he turns, the COWBOY
finds that the agencies that have been
putting him out of business are active
ly at work.
The pacification of the Indians Is an
other of these factors. Formerly the
cowboy alone could protect the rancher
and his family from the redskins. un-
Gle Sans soldiers were all right in the
case of considerable uprising when
there came possibilities OF pitched bat
ties. But during a large part OF the
time the settler could not have troops
at his elbow. To save himself from
marauding bands Of Indians he need
ed to have ever near, in his own en-
ploy, in fact, intrepid men who would
know how to deal with the numbering
robbing aborigines when liquor fired
them into taking the warpath.-Kansas
City Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14

Paying For Salvation.-The coloreo
parson had just concluded a powerful
sermon on salvation Am Free" and
was announcing that collection woulo
be taken for the benefit Of the parson
and his family. Up jumped an acuteiy
brunette brother in the back OF the
church.
Look a-year, pahson," he interrupt
ed, "yo' amt no sooner done tellin' US
dat salvation am free dan yo' go askin
us fo' money. II salvation am free
what's de use in payin' TO 1t? OATS
what want to know. An I tell yo
p'intedly dat 1 amt goin' to glib you
nothin' until / find out. Now"
Patience, brudder, patience" said
the parson 'Tl 1ucidate: S'pose yo'
was thirsty an come to river. Yo'
could kneel right down an drink yo'
fill, couldn't yo'? An it wouldn't cost
yo' nothin,' would it?"
lob cou'se not. OATS jest what l.
Dat water would be free" continued
the parson. But s'posin' yo' was to
hab dat water piped to yo' house? Yo'
have to pay, wouldn't yo'?"
"Yas, sub, but"
wal, brudder, so it is wild salvation
De salvation am free, but it's de havin'
1t piped to yo' dat yo' got to pay 10
Pass de hat, deacon pass de hat
Everybody Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
BELLS.
Some Facts of the Famous Ones OF the
World.

Some Facts of the Famous Ones of the
World.
Bells were used in India and China
long before they were known In Eu-
rope. Their history is full Of interest.
In civilized times they have not only
been associated with social and reli-
gious affairs but also with a great
many important historical events. In
the year 1882 at the ringing Of the ST.
Gillian Vespers 5000 French were slain
in cold blood by John of Procida, who
thought that he would thus free Sicily
from Charles Of Anjou. Again on st.
Bartholomew Day, 1872, bells gave the
signal for the slaughter of the Hugue-
nots to begin; while, to come to later
years, when the news of Nelson's VIC
tory and death came to England the
bells of Chester rang joyous peal, al
ternated with a single toll Of the pass
ing bell. Bells have rung over both
victorious and defeated cities, and in
deed throughout the whole Of Europe,
to commemorate events as widely apart
from each other as life and death.
There are several old bells in Scot
land, Ireland and Wales; the oldest are
often quadrangular, being made Of thin
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
Evidence Enouah.-The land prt

Evidence Enoush.-The land pro-
prietor purchased carriage horse te
match one he already possessed. A day
or two later he asked his groom wha'
he thought Of the new arrival.
"Weel, SIR" said Sandy, "he's GER
tainly a gran. looking horse, but he's
wee bit touchy l. the temper"
What makes you say that, Sandy?'
"Weel, he disna seem to TAX kindly
to onybody, sir. In fact, he disna like
me a gang intae his box to feed him
even.'
"Oh," lightly responded the horses
owner, "he hasn't settled down yet
that's all. His surroundings are strange
to him. I don't think there's anything
wrong with his temper"
81 didna either at first, SIR" remark
ed Sandy, "but he kicked me clean oot
O. the box twice, an when ye come to
think aboot it that's sort O convincin!
Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
NO TIGERS IN AFRICA.
A Kind Word to Those Who Hunt In
MAGAZINES.

- Ninu VoIu ~ t'SSS w.
Magazines.
Wasn't II William Jennings Bryan
who made the first "bull' about there
being tigers in Africa? Perhaps not
But here Is the word Of Boer hunter,
born on the veldt, who for ten years
went out after ivory as professional
toms Magazine. Says Capt. Duquesne:
and his statement appears In Hamp-
tons Magazine. Says Capt. Duquesne:
Speaking of carnivora and the other
fauna of Africa, let me say for the ben
eft of the American writer's, lecturers
and artists who wish to pretend to a
knowledge of African animal life that
there are no yaks, alligators, kangaroos
turkeys, bears or tigers in Africa out
side Of a circus or a geological garden
There are two species Of rhinoceros
the bocornis or prehensile-lipped, and
the sinus or square -mouthed rhino
The latter, although almost as black as
its relative, is called the white rhinoc-
eros on account Of a blue, slaty tinge
in its skin. To be exact, there Is no
such thing as a white rhinoceros. Both
have two horns. The Asiatic rhinoce-
ros has but one. Crococ lies and alliga-
tors differ greatly in appearance, and
the latter do not live in Africa. The
Asiatic elephant is also different in ap-
pearance from its African relative.
Now about tigers, which have been
treated so freely as African game In
recent American articles. 1t all de-
pends on ones nationality whether or
not there are tigers in Africa. The
leopard is called tiger (tiger) by the
Beers, and so Is the cheetah, just as a
panther Is called a tiger In some parts
Of the United States. The striped ami
NAL which Is zoologically known as a
tiger (tigris regalis) and which Is the
animal referred to in number Of re-
cent stories, does not make its habitat
in Africa, as the writer's seem to think.
So when a traveller speaks Of lions
leopards and tigers seizing passengers
long range with a misinformed imagi-
nation instead Of facts. He makes a
double mistake If he speaks Of tigers
and leopards" in referring to African
fauna, as in Africa they mean the same
animal. have never heard an Eng
lishman or Boer when speaking Eng
lish call leopard tiger
1t is the same with the giraffe.
Among the Beers this animal Is called
a kameel (cameD when using their own
language, but when speaking English
they always say giraffe. This digres-
sion, if not welcome to some writer's,
will be at least corrective and instruc-
tive. To the Africander many Of the
recently published stories have the ear
marks Of what President Roosevelt
calls a nature fake" There is real
danger enough, and real animals
enough, without having to depend on
awkward inventions to make a story.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
NEGRO FARM OWNERS.
Some of the Suecessful-Great Tracts
of Cotton lands.

Some of the SueeessfuI-Great Tracts
of Cotton Lands.
The biggest negro farmer in South
Carolina is in Marion county, says the
Columbia Sun. 1t used to be Tracy AL
ford, but Tracy has invested in town
property and cut his farm down. Ma
rion yet holds the belt, regardless Of
the claims of Sumter and Orangeburg
counties, and even Of William Murry
of Wedgfeld, who has 1S0 acres in cot
ton and will make far over hundred
bales, and even our friend, Bob Babb
of Cross Hill, who makes 100 bales a
year.
Butler General, a quiet, unassuming
looking negro, who lives about five
miles from Marion courthouse. Is truly
the biggest negro farmer in South Car
olina. General has 200 acres in cotton
in one level field without flow or a
washout, and 100 acres in another lot,
300 acres in cotton as fine as any mans,
from which General says he will gath
er at least 2S0 bales and he expects
more. This is his own land, for which
he would not take SIS an acre.
It is one unbroken field Of as fine farm
land, level and all stumped, as Aycock
or any white farmer owns, and It's PAID
for, costing him years ago $25 and $50
an acre. He has 200 acres of valuable
timber land and several hundred acres
on his other places, about 1000 acres
in all. He runs eighteen plows on his
plantation and used 140 tons of guano,
costing him about $4,000. His farm
supplies cost $4,000, making his outlay
IS, 700. General is an open hearted,
progressive negro. He has a church
and a school house on his place and
gets all the labor he wants to work his
farm. Anderson General, brother,
works one Of the plantations, keeping
1t up to the acre mark Both the Cen
erals are good, Christian hearted men,
lovers of the acre and loyal citizens.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
FARMER AND THE WOLF.
This Animal Costly In Some Parts Of
the Country.

tnC SOuHtTJs
Vernon Bailey Of the United States
bureau of biological survey, declares
wolves and coyotes cost the farmers
and stock raisers Of this country sew
eral million dollars year, and in some
Of the northern states threaten the
determination Of deer. Wolves, 1t ap-
pears, are especially numerous and
destructive in Wyoming, although
many are there killed and their scalps
presented for bounty.
It has been learned in California
however, that the presentation Of coy
ote scalps is not conclusive evidence
that the animals from which they
were taken lived, moved and had theiI
being within the confines Of the state
An interesting statement made by
Mr.. Bailey is that elk are great natur.
al enemies Of wolves, and he dwells
on this as Of great practical signif-
icance" for it's bearing on the protec-
ton of stock from the ravenous beasts
He quotes with unqualified approval
these words from George w. Russ OF
Eureka Springs, Ark:
"An elk is the natural enemy of dogs
and wolves. We suffered great losses
TO our flock until we learned this fact
Since then we have had no losses from
this cause. A few elk to a thousand
acre pasture will absolutely protect
ha re
so well aware Of the danger in our
elk park that they connot be induced
to enter it."
So, Mr.. Bailey suggests IAN import
ant use for this noblest of our game
animals" meaning the breeding and
domestication of elk to do police duty
on pastures and ranges. And he says
elk breeding is IAN assured success
and promises profitable returns"
Apparently anxious to save himself
from the charge Of nature taking and
also to show familiarity with the high
est authorities on the life history OF
the coyote and elk, the same official
remarks that it seems doubtful If the
enmity of the elk for coyotes extends
outside of pastures, as he had found
coyotes tracks common among elk
herds in the Wind River Mountains
And he quotes from one Of President
Roosevelts books a statement credit
ed to IAN American hunter" who said
he had seen a coyote walk unnoticed
among a band of elk in the Yellow
stone Park.
Whatever the truth of the matter
may be regarding the enmity of elk
for wolves and coyotes. the sugges-
tion regarding the breeding Of elk
may be worth needing by California
stockmen, if it be, Indeed, an "as-
sured success"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14

one Swiss canton there used to be a
herd of cattle which either by accident
or design possessed a set Of bells which
when rung all at the same time made
perfect harmony.
Although a few Of the old uses to
which the bell was put have gone out
a great many new ones have come in.
The old way Of exercising an evil spir-
it-that Is, by cursing 1t with bell,
book and candle-no longer survives,
or at any rate Is never heard of. The
bell of the dustman Is a thing Of the
past; even the town crier with his
"Oyez, oyez, oyez," has all but left US,
although he still survives in a few
places. On the other hand, the tele-
phone bell, the bicycle bell, the subma-
rine bell and the electric bell In all its
various forms were things undreamed
Of by our ancestors. In fact, it is only
a little over 100 years ago that house
bells worked by means Of wires came
into use. In some shape or form the
day life. So much so that we cannot
imagine bell-less world.
The inscriptions on church bells are
often quaint and interesting and fire.
quently relate to historical events.
They are more often than not in Latin,
sometimes bad, but nearly always terse
and vigorous. The IL o'clock bell TAX
en- down in the French Revolution bore
the inscription. Ego sum vox vito,
oco-orate-venite." The Holy Ghost
bell at Strasburg bears the motto, 20
Rex Gloriae Christie, veni cum pace"
and is only rung when two fires are
seen in the town at the same time. The
following Is. quaint and fairly COM
mon inscriptions: "Funera plango. Full
gura frango, Sabbato pango, Excite
lentos, Dissipo ventos, Paco cruentos."
London Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
What the Whistle Was for.-"I

What the Whistle Was for.-"1 was
counsel for a railway company in the
west" says a prominent New York
lawyer to Harpers Weekly, ''in whose
employ a section hand had been killed
by an express train. His widow, OF
course, sued for damages. The princi-
pal witness swore positively that the
locomotive whistle had not sounded
until after the entire train had passed
over his departed friend.
You admit that the whistle blew?
I sternly demanded Of the witness.
"Oh, yes, it blew
Now added, impressively, If thai
whistle sounded in time to give Morgan
warning the fact would be in favor Of
the company, wouldn't it?'
81 suppose so,' said the witness.
Very we'll. Now, for what earthly
purpose would the engineer blow hi:
whistle after the man had been struck
"I presume replied the witness witt
great deliberation, that the whistle
was for the next man on the track"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
Aau1oruas department
IL Was In Arkansaw.

tt was IN HTNdHsd"'
Opie Read told this one not long ago:
"Old Lem Harkins Of Possum Trot
had come into the county judges office
The judge said:
why, hello, Lem.
"Howdy, Jedge?'
Anything going on over at Possum
Trot?'
"'Nuthin' wuth dividin'.'
THAT so?'
"'Yeh; nuthin' wuth dividin. Then
after a pause: Me an them Hightow-
chs amt been gittin' along right gooo
for a SPELL"
mo?
".Nah, not right good After another
long ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pause
the old man leisurely continued: 10th
or night about chicken roostin' time
was a-settin' in tn house a-readin Wv
nv Bible when I heahs some shootin
outside. TIL Of woman was out than
a-feedin' tn chickens. I amt paid nc
,tention T. that thah shootin'. Putty
soon tn Of woman comes in' iookih
kind O. pale an nahvous.
"'"what's tn match, old woman
1 says.
"'"A LOT O. them Hightowehs Is out
thah a-shootin' at me-" she says.
"Now, don't like that, jedge, shoot-
in round about my house an skeerin
ND all them chickens when they orto be
a'goin' t roost, an maybe KILN a
calf critteh or somethin'. So l lays
down my Bible an I goes ovah to TN
cohneh an picks up my winchester an
I looks out tn windeh. Thah STANDS
five o. them Hightowehs outside my
fence with theh guns. 1 jes' draps a
few bullets amongst 'em an goes back
t. my readin.'
Mex mohnin' l goes out an looks
whah them five Hightowehs had been
astandin' an they was all gone but
fo'."-Chicago News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14

A Prize Surprise.-At party COM
posed of adults in Hutchinson recently
1t was proposed that the entertainment
consist of the games that prevailed in
the good old days of childhood-"Post-
office" "Tin-tin," London Bridge,
etc. Finally a prize was offered for
the person who could make the "ugli-
est face" The judge witnessed the
contortion of faces for while and then
awarded the prize to an old maid. You
win" they said, handing her box of
bonbons. Il will thank you," she re-
piled Indignantly. Ito understand that
l was not playing. City Star
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
Unreliable Evidence-Patrick arrl

Unreliable Evidence-Patrick arriv-
ed home much the worse for wear. One
eye was closed, his nose was broken,
and his face looked as though it had
been stung by bees. GLORY be-" ex-
claimed his wife. "Thot Dutchman
Schwartzheimer-'tw him." explain
ed Patrick. Shame on ye!" exploded
his wife without sympathy. "a big
shpalpeen the loikes of you to get bate
up by a little omadhaum of Dootch-
man the size Of him! Why Whist
Nora" said Patrick, don't spake dis
respectfully of the dead!'-The Bell
man.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14

His Answer.-Pat, who was noted
for a quick tongue. was digging pota-
toes when the parish priests came by.
BY way of a pleasant salutation the
priest said:
Good mornin' to we, Pat, and what
kind of p'rtatoes are ye diggin'?"
Raw ones, you riv-rince."
"Och, ye're so smart. I'll just give ye
a question on the catechism. What is
baptism?"
1T used to be four shillin's afore ye
came, but now it's twenty shillins. y
The Circle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
A UNIQUE FEATURE---

NIutua Endowment Policies Are Absolutely
Thereon Exceeds $40 $1,000
that practically all policies have
annual premium and In
semiannua quarterly
premium other old line companies
operative Of premiums for two and
in many three
this first nonforfeiture clause was
strikingy Of Mr. Joseph A.
Okla. July 1908 Mr. Friend insured
Benefit 10000 When the policy dely-
semannual premium $2420O semi
H. 1909 paid and the pol
Ill
the claim promptly paid by the Company Under ms
paid he tied to extend
following acknowledgment from Mrs Friend Is selfex-
panatory
Tusla, Osla- March 16, 1902
Mr.. A D.. Young
Life Ins. Co.,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
sincere thanks for companys
which received just ten after the
policy being
July premiums payable semi annually He
Of this told that
policy lapsed died suddenly March 1s and
provisions policy in force sixty after the
and that he had died within this time
fortunate that Mr.
hadt Benefit the company
anything about which would have paid anything
'he'e " JULIA A.
Not only but nobody Company would
paid
by the cheerfuly had
yided for Just
don't anything about
Of getting square deal from this company
SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-12
THAW EXPECTS TO BE
FREE AND HAPPY SOON

White Plains, N. Y, July 12.-"In
py." declared Harry X. Thaw from
his cell in the jail here last night
The slayer of Stanford White is
very confident he will be declared
sane by Justice Mills and ordered re-
leased from the hospital for the GRIM
inal insane at Matteawan. If JUS
tice Mills decides Thaw is sane there
will be no alternative but to set him
free. -
Justice Bowling, who heard the
case, went farther than the jury and
declared the evidence showed that
Thaw was still insane" whereupon
he was ordered to Matteawan.
Thaw was brought to White Plains
several days ago to await the outcome
of the proceedings instituted by his
mother. The deputy attorney gener-
al who argued the case for the state
sought to have the case sent to New
York county, so that District Attor-
ney Jerome might represent the state.
The application was denied.
Thaw declared he was glad Jerome
was to have no hand in the case,
which will be argued by the deputy
attorney general.
Justice Mills has announced his in,
tention of pushing the case as rapidly
as possible.