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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30

The funeral Of Lawrence II. Hop
kins one of Washington's oldest resi-
dents. who died yesterday at his home.
S17 street southeast. will take place
at 80 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the home.
Rev. DR.. Il. F. Bittinger. former pas
tor of Westminster Presbyterian
Church. lifelong friend of Mr.. Hop
kins. will officiate. assisted by Rev.
T F.. Davis, present pastor of that
church Interment will be at Glenwood.
Mr. Hopkins was born at Prospect
Hill, near Govanstown, Baltimore coun-
~, Md. September "a. 1886. From 1860
to 1853 he was engaged in business In
Baltimore with his brother. Joseph J.
Hopkins.
In Hardware Business.
He came TO Washington in 1853 and
entered the employ of John r. Elvins.
contractor and hardware merchant, do
ing business at sO4 Pennsylvania ave
nue..
In 1870 he purchased from Mr.. Elvins
the hardware branch of the business. and
continued at the old stand until 1885
when he removed to + street. and later
TO 9th street There he remained until
two years ago. when, owing to illness
he was compelled to retire from active
business.
Mason and Friend.
Mr.. Hopkins was member of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church. He
was member of the Society OF Friends
harmony Lodge, r. A. a. NJ, and tho
fraterual society of knights of Honor
His widow, Mrs. Emily y. Hopkins
two sons, Frank f. and Joseph J. Hop
kins, and two daughters. Mrs. Florence
II. Ridenour and Mrs. r. b. Anderson
survive him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30

the American Academy of Medicine: Prof
William H. Burnham of Clark University.
and DIR. d. p. Mcmillan, director of the
child study department in the Chicago
public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
Important.
An Explanation.

July frst-tomorrOw-be-
gins the Palais Royals new
business half year. $4,000
worth of New Summer Dress
Needs are to go on sale at
fractional prices-by special
arrangement with leading man
ufacturers and importers, OF
whom vast quantities are pur-
chased during the season at
regular prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30

velts during their months stay here.
Otherwise the bridal pair are spending
and riding being their principal recre-
atoms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
Picnic Needs.
Basement Floor.

l6-inch Lunch Cases, leather cor
ners. round handle. brass
catches and good lock. Tsu- R1.
ally 75c. SIC
Fancy Paper Napkins. assorted IL
patterns. Usually Zoe for 100. 80. ~
Wooden Picnic Plates. large kc
size. Usually loo dozen. ......... wv
Tin-plated Tea Spoons. full I'D,
size. Usually 1jc dozen. ....... Il ~
Table Knives and Forks. good
steel. with polished handles. No
Usually &C each. Observation-Disclosures. ~
Crystal Glass Drinking Tum-
blers. two styles. Usually 15c fol NJ
Colonial Berry Saucers. new p
shape. first quality. Usually &c . ON
Jelly Glasses with tin covers: w.
regular size. Usually Be-. ~
White China Cups and Sau-
GERS. low shape. Usually zoe OM-
dozen; = for. Observation-Disclosures. &>S
Proctor & Candles Oleine
e ease. Ivory soaps. sially DC 3zc
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
WOOD sHAVINGs FOR TOBACCO
Alaska Indians Employ Dangerous
Substitute For Pipes.

Alaska Indians Employ Dangerous
Substitute For Pipes.
''How would you enjoy pipeful of
wood shaVings saturated with a strong
solution Of pepper as an after dinner
smoker asked William f. Quinn of
Portland, Ore Strange as this may
seem as a substitute for tobacco, it is
nevertheless used as such by Indians
along the Alaska coast. Their mouths
are often made raw by the practice,
and the eyesight Of many is affected
by the strong fumes
TT Is no uncommon practice among
farmers to smoke the leaves of the
tomato and potato plants. While both
these plants contain narcotic poison,
the smoking Of leaves in moderation
Is harmless Excessive use, though,
produces heavy stupor, from which
the smoker awakes with terrific
headache and a feeling Of utter ex-
haustion. Insanity and suicide have
often been caused by the immoderate
use of these two weeds. Rhubarb
beet and even garden sage leaves are
all smoked by farmers, but are per-
haps the least harmful of substitutes
for tobacco"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
sHERIFFs SALE.

No. I3,864-Tn the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Louisiana: A. II.
Solly VS.. A. C. Pitts.
By virtue of a writ of ieri faeias, 70
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ISL, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, I have seized and will
offer for sale, at public auction, for cash
according to law, at the principal froat
door of the court house of Caddo Par
ISL, Louisiana, during the legal heurs
for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC. ~, IO1e,
Lots six and seven C and y af-the
Town of Rodessa, Caddo Parish. Lezis-
lana, with all buildings and imprsve-
ments thereon, said sale to be made far
cash according to Law, to pay and sat-
lsfy the debt specified IN said writ. say
IN the sum Of $I5ooO. with 8 per cent
interest from October ?, 1903, less cred
ITS OF $2oeo paid February Q, 1907, aRa
5000 paid February 10, 1908, and ten
per cent attorneys fees on amount sued
tor, together with all costs of this sui&.
and recognition of vendors special lea
ana privilege. J.P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auesioassr.
Caucasian, November 10. 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
HoBBLE TURKEY FOR TAFT
Truly Fashionable Heavyweight For
White House Thanksgiving.

Truly Fashionable Heavyweight For
White House Thanksgiving.
"A hobble turkey is being fattened by
Bentley Wickstrom Of the Big Piece,
near West Caldwell, N. j.. and, like
every turkey that gets mentioned in
the newspapers, he is being fattened
''for President Taft's Thanksgiving
dinner" But the mere fact of being
No. 397 In the Taft table series is not
this turkeys claim to distinction.
Her proud pre- eminence is due to her
amazing resemblance just above the
feet to hobble skirted woman.
Her legs are fastened together with
q sinew about two inches above her
toes and are covered with feathers
clean down to those toes. The fowl
when travelling hops along much as a
bird does, but gets over the ground
very slowly.
This prevents her, says Wickstrom,
from getting much exercise, and con-
sequently she has taken on more flesh
than her companions. She now weighs
twenty-five pounds, and he predicts a
thirty pound weight by the Monday
before Thanksgiving.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
ORIGINAL AMERICANS BUT
oNE-TENTH OF POPULATION
Stock of Nations Settlers overwhelm-
cd by immigration.

The population of the United States
mixed descent, one-tenth; negroes, one
tenth: natives of foreign parentage,
Bne-tenth; natives of naturalized par
entage, six tenths; aliens, one-tenth.
The original American stock was
English, with a smattering of Scotch
French and Scandinavian. The pro-
portion of any of these strains in the
American of today in unbroken descent
from before the war Of the Revolution
will determine his approximation to a
purely blood standard Of American ma
tivity. The preponderance of popula-
ton is of whites having one or more
of these strains in their blood, the ma
jority of such being able to trace
descent by one and the other to origl-
nal settlers.
Since 1920 over $4,000, 900 aliens have
majority of whom never returned to
their native land. But the intermixture
of immigrants with natives and their
descendants was negligible as a factor
in census figures until after the war
of the rebellion. Until that time the
population was counted as natives, col
ored and foreign born. In the ninth
census (1S70) the classification of ma
tive whites gave place to native whites
Of native parentage and included the
descendants of all white persons born
in the United States indiscriminately
OF the 29,000,000 aliens who have
migrated to this country one-fourth
came prior to the war Of 1865, and
Of the q, 100000 who have landed since
that period over one-half arrived dur
ing the last fifteen years. Up to 1895
the major part of the immigration was
from the British isles QreIand princi,
pally), Germany and Scandinavia,
with a small but steady stream from
France and Switzerland and scattering
groups from most other European coun.
tries.
Since that year the arrivals from
those countries, excepting Scandinavia
ave greatly decreased and the bulk
Of immigration has been from Italy
ria-Hungary and Russia and chief.
~ from the least advanced portions
of those domains-the Russian Jew.
the southern italian, Lithuanian, Mag.
var, Pole and Slovak, with many
Greeks and japanese and even Mexi.
cans.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
COAL IN sPITzBERGEN.
Relics Of Cypress swamps Similar TO
Those of Florida.

Swamp expresses, that grow in Flor
ida today, once fourished in spizber-
gen, says Count de Geer. the leader of
Swedish geological expedition which
has just returned from an exploration
trip to that bleak and icebound island
The expedition found geological
strata which are described by Count de
Geer as one colossal herbarium in "a
fossilized state. They are said to jus.
tify the assumption that in early pc
RODS the entire north polar region was
one vast low lying plain covered with
dense forest.
Evidences of the early vegetation now
present themselves In extensive coal
deposits, which a newly formed COM
pany is beginning to work. It is ex-
pected that $1,000 tons of Spitzbergen
coal VIII be shipped in 1911. Today
plant grows on Spitzbergen taller than
an inch or two at the most.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
10 FLY ACROSS THE SAHARA
Asroplane Mall Service Over Desert TO
30 Tried.


30 Tried.
The French war department is about
to put the aeroplane to the severest
test vet asked OF it and has decided
that the Sahara desert shall be cross
ed as soon as possible from north to
south, from Colomb- Bechar, at the
mouth Of oran, to Timbuktu, by mill
tary asroplanes. The matter has been
under the consideration of the intel
ligence star for some time.
The total distance Is Approximately
1000 miles, and at present dispatches
take four months crossing from Co
lomb-Bechar to Timbuktu. An aero
plane service, efrectualIy arranged
would reduce this time to less than
a day.
With the object OF testing the FEAST
bility Of such service General Brun
has given orders FOR the initial part Of
the program to be begun. A military
aviation center Will be established on
the northern limits of the Sahara, in
southern Algeria, and there number
Of officers who have knowledge Of the
desert win be trained to pilot flying
machines.
When sufficient number of pilots
have received their certificates two
groups viii be formed, one Of them be-
Ing dispatched to Timbuktu The OPP
erations win then begin on both sides
Of the desert.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
JUDICIAL. SALE.

No Is,S3o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court Of caddo Parish, Louis
ianas A f Herndon VS.. Minors Of
Louella and Katie Tyson.
BY virtue Of a commission TO sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana. ID the above numbered and
ensitled suit, I will offer for sale, for
cash and according to law, at public auc-
ton. at the principal front door of the
court house Of Caddo Parish, La, dur
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC, "a. 1910,
The southwest quarter Of section four
teen r4). township twenty-one (2Il,
range fifteen (T5) and the east half of
the southeast quarter of section fifteen
(rs1 township twenty-one (aIl, range
fifteen as, Caddo Parish. Louisiana,
together with all buildings and improve
ments thereon. Said property 10 be sold
as belonging d the parties Iitigant for
cash and according Is law for the pur-
pose 81 affecting partition.
r 0JJRN0y,
Sheriff heio Aaetionesr
Caucasian. Nov ao 1910
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
SUCCESSION NOTICE

NO 14,o72-In First District Court of
louisiana: Succession Of J. E.
Bricksr.
Notice is hereby given that w. D.
Brlcker has this day applied to be ap-
pointed administrator of said success
sion, and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law
ne VIII be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. J. Murff,
Judge OF said court, this grid day of No
FeIilDer 1910. w. M. LEVY,
NOV. 5. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
NEW RAIL WAY BUILT FOR
MILES ON SALT AND GOLD
Prospectors Excited by Wealth Found
Along Western Pacific.

At many points on the line Of the
new Western Pacific railroad from
Salt Lake City to San Francisco there
was not room enough in the canyon
Sor both river and railroad, and solid
walls Of masonry had to be built to
carry the tracks above the stream.
At other points the sharp curves in
the canyon have sent the tracks back
and forth from one side to the other
on steel bridges and high trestles. In
building the line material and work
men frequently had to be let down the
sides Of the canyon by ropes hundreds
Of feet in length to start construction
on new sections.
Wagon roads are everywhere impos-
Bible. At last after endless turnings
and twists in fighting its way through
150 miles of the canyon the tracks
come out into the broad valley at Oro-
vile, over which for countless ages
the Feather river has poured debris
from its mountain Businesses.
So much gold did the river bring
down that the soil down to the solid
bedrock is being dug up by dredges
and washed for it's gold. Large tracts
of land given over to olives, oranges
and other fruits are now being torn
to pieces in the ceaseless hunt for gold,
which is being found In such quaint
ties that the miners are beginning to
rival in their wealth the pioneers in
the gold fields of the state.
In contrast to this long stretch Of
canyon scenery is the great salt desert
through which the new road runs after
leaving Salt Lake City. This desert is
sixty miles long and fifteen miles wide,
composed Of rock salt OF per cent pure.
Right through the center of 1t the
engineers Of the road ran their lines,
and for forty-six miles there is not
a curve in the tracks. The ties are
laid on a bed OF solid salt two or three
feet above the level of the plain. The
salt looks like field of Ice and snow,
and it is difficult for the traveller to
realize that his train is not passing
through a wintry scene of the far
north.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
GOOD INDIANS STILL LIVING.
carIisle's Records Prove Merit of New
Red Man.

CarIisle's Records Prove Merit of New
Red Man.
The head of the Indian school at
Carlisle has been locking into the rec
ords made by the graduates since leav-
ing the Institution. He claims that of
514 living graduates only five have
been $50 called failures
1.-THE rest" he says in the Red Man,
Hhave made a marked success in their
various spheres of activity. Three
hundred of them are successfully ell
gagged In vocational activities away
from the reservation and have been
forever severed from federal super
vision No longer content to be wards,
they have speedily become citizens.
The 200 engaged at work on the reser
walton are leaders among their people
and examples of probity and industry.
"Of the women graduates it will be
noted that 142 are housekeepers. 1t
will thus be seen that their education
has not Weaned them away from mar
ried life. They are the mistresses of
modern homes. nicely furnished, and
their children are being well cared for
and carefully educated These are not
so called squaws who live in tepees or
hogans, amid the squalor of the reser-
walton, but thrifty, industrious wives
and mothers whose homes compare
we'll with the homes of good white
women in similar circumstances.
Careful records are being gathered
of the more than 1900 students who
have stayed at Carlisle only long
enough to complete partial terms. It
has been found from returns which
have already been received that out Of
2,189 approximately 81 per cent are
successfully earning their living and
evidence by the uprightness of their
lives that even the short term spent at
this school has been vital influence
for good"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
TURKEY SUED FOR APPENDIX.
Woman Who Satisfied suItan's Curl
osity Wants RESPIRATION.

osfty Wants Reparation.
Miss Josefa Scareider, a Turkish
subject, resident in Censtantinople,
has brought suit for damages against
the state which throws a vivid light
on conditions in Turkey under Abdul
Hamid H. According to the Paris
EcIair, one of Abdufs daughters fell
seriously i'll in the days when he was
still padishah, and the court physi-
clans recommended an operation for
appendicitis.
Abdul refused to give his consent
until the operation had been performed
on some one else to prove that it was
not dangerous to life. Miss Schneider,
who had recently spent some time in
Constantinople hospital, was handy,
so she was forcibly taken from her
house and deprived of her appendix.
Abdul Hamid was convinced, his
daughter was cured, and now Miss
Schneider's suit is part of his sue
cessors troubles.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
y AN ORDINANCE.

Repeating an ordinance creating Drain
age District No. One Cd passed
April IL, 1906.
Section I. Be it ordained BY the Po-
nee Jury Of the Parish of Caddo. in le-
gal session convened, that the ordinance
ADOPTED April II, 1906, entitled "An Or
oinance creating Drainage District No.
one' and appointing FIVE commissioners
tneretor, fixing the limits thereof and
nxlng its domicile, time and place for
the meeting of the commissioners and
organization of its board, and conform
ing to Act 81 of the General Assembly
OF the State of Louisiana 1904 and All
9ener laws on the same subject matter"
Oe ana the same is hereby repealed.
ayes: Wynn, Miller, Mahlen Pole
man Scott, Winter, Smith, Maggie, Moss,
Crawford. 'Ao'''
Nays: None.
VT. CRAWFORD. Pre-,
2. I. DuRINGER. Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
PROCLAMATION.

Pursuant to a resolution passed by
the Parish Board of School Directors
of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, at
its regular meeting held on the 18th day
of October 1901, I, Isaac Barron, presi-
dent of said board, hereby give notice
that, in compliance with said resolution,
a special election will be held in School
District Number One, consisting and
composed of the whole of Ward Four
of said Parish of Caddo, State of
Louisiana, on the 2oth day of November
1910, for the purpose of submitting to
the property taxpayers, qualified under
the Constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, to vote at said election,
the following proposition, to-wit:
To levy special tax of one mill on
the dollar on all property in School Dis
trict No. of the Parish of Caddo,
Louisiana, subject to taxation, annually,
for period of ten years, for the pur-
pose of purchasing sites, constructing
public school buildings, and of equip
ping and maintaining the same, the title
to which shall vest in the public.
For the purpose of said special cleo
ton, the polling places will be:
Precinct in Ward 4-Chatuin Brss.,
corner Market and Travis. Commission
ers, H. R. Strube. DR.. G. C. Chandler,
Henry Dillenberger Sr. Clerk, Noise
Levy.
Precinct in Ward court house.
Commissioners, John S. Young, Henry
Basch Jr, Edgar N Florsheim. Clerk.
Morris M. Benson.
Precinct 8 in Ward 4-Ferris Hotel.
Louisiana avenue. Commissioners. Gahe
Leadman, Edward F. Neiid, w. H.
Werner. Clerk, James H. Ross.
Precinct 4 in Ward Bob Hughes
store, Jordan street. Commissioners
R. L. Her. B. H. Bickham, H. c. String
fellow. Clerk, J. H. Marshall Sr
Precinct in Ward 4-Chas. Steers
old stand, Texas avenue. Commission
ers, W. w. Smith, Michael Bernstein
A. A. LeRosen. Clerk, David C. He;ne
Precinct in Ward 4-Metcalf's store
Texas avenue Commissioners. E. B
Herndon Jr., Roland Williamson, T.
Leslie Pennington. Clerk, T. Fletcher
Bell.
Precinct 7 in Ward 4-Zwally's SIN
do, Common street near head of Texas
street. Commissioners, John F. Wise
D. H. Deas, ]. w. Jones. Clerk. 7 n
Bodenheimer.
Precinct 8 in Ward 4-Alfred,s store
Western avenue. Commissioners Ren
Bernstein, John D. Murray, S. R. FL
liott. Clerk, w. C. Agurs.
Precinct 9 in Ward 4-West Fad
Bank. Texas avenue. Commissioners 7
W. Peyton, L. E. Stokes, T. M. Han
Clerk, G. w. Marshall.
Jewella Precinct in Ward 4-Mont
houses store. Commissioners Tobr
Monkhoase, R. ]. Porter, C. a For
Clerk, R. E. Rogers.
At said special election the polls will
open at 7 o'clock am. and close a. :
O'Clock pm, and the election will be
conducted in accordance with the l.ws
OF Louisiana applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at o,cIoct
pm, December I. 1870 on the Goth dav
q November 1910, the said Parish
Board Of School Directors of the par-
ISL Of caddo. Louisiana, viii mae : :
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
ENGLAND AGAIN
ALARMS WORLD
New Thirteen Inch Gun Stops
All Naval Construction.
ALTERS ARMAMENT PLANS.

Germany Suspends Preparations For
Four More Dreadnoughts Until
Larger Bores Can Be Arranged.
Great Britain Far Ahead In Strength
For Much Feared "crisis."
Just as England created worldwide
surprise in 1905 by laying down
Dreadnought embodying all the big
gun principles and caused practically
all the naval shipyards in the world
to stand idle while their plans were
amended, so now again the British ma
val constructors get ahead OF their
rivals with the new thirteen inch gun
which is being amended in the newest
Dreadnoughts.
This gun throws 1,25o pound shell,
whereas the twelve inch weapon with
which original Dreadnoughts We're
armed takes only an $50 pound shell.
Naval Outlook 10 Changed.
The whole naval outlook may be
changed by the secrecy which the Brit
ish admiralty has preserved regard
Ing the new weapons. It was not I'M
til recently that 1t became known the
admiralty had placed orders for
number Of thirteen inch guns and
mountings for all the new vessels of
the Dreadnought type under construc-
ton.
This development had surprising re-
suits In Germany. AS soon as news
Of the change In the British policy was
received there the preparations for the
construction Of four Dreadnoughts
which were to carry twelve inch guns
were suspended with view to re
consideration of their armament Con-
Eequently the relative naval strength
OF Great Britain and Germany was
seriously affected.
Today England possesses ten Dread
noughts completed and will have
twelve by April, 1911, when Germany
will have five in commission. Mr.. As
quith's computation that April, 1913,
would see Great Britain with twenty
FIVE and Germany with twenty-one
Dreadnoughts will not turn out cor
rect.
Critical Period Postponed.
This critical period Of which so much
dread has been expressed In England
cannot be In 1918. By accelerating
work Germany may complete twenty
one Dreadnoughts by April, 1914, at
which date the British feet viii pos
sess twenty-five vessels plus those In
next years naval program.
The London Telegraph's naval cor
respondent remarks:
I'VE have the benefit Of temporary
iull, but It is only temporary. The cri-
sis is postponed, but the crisis will
come"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
PROFIT IN SEA WORN PEBBLE
England Seeks to Rob Fraacs of Trade
Monopoly.

A new industry is being started in
seaton, England, which win provide
employment for people in the winter.
At present large business is trans
acted in sea worn pebbles which are
imported from the French coast. and
it is hoped to capture part of this
trade.
Trial orders from several large users
of the pebbles are on hand, and gangs
Of men are engaged In selecting the
pebbles from the beach at Seaton and
the neighboring villages.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
BIDS INVITED
For the Coastruction of Pile Driven
Bridge.

Bids are hereby invited 81 ding 2
pile bridge Is or so feet loHg out $50
feet west Of the east bank Of the dump
near the Jolly place on Black bayou, to
Sc built according to parish speci6ca-
lions Bids to be opened at next meet
ing Of the jury, jury reserving right to
reject any and ali bids.
w T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
4. e DJRINGER. Clerk.
November rs, 1910.