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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
SHERIEES SALE
No. o,77o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.

No. oz7o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La. ;
A. F. Hearne VS.. c. w. Brown.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me issued in the above numbered
and entitled suit, | have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction, for cash,
according to law, without the benefit of
appraisement, during the legal hours for
sales, at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo parish, La, on
SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1910,
Ten acres Of land in southeast quarter
of section 2, township 20, range 10, Cad
do Parish, La, described as follows
Taking the southeast corner of north
west quarter of said southeast quarter
as a starting point, run thence north
1872 feet to place of beginning; run
thence west $50 feet, thence south 1872
feet, thence west 638 feet, thence north
4o5 feet, thence east o6S feet, thence
south ,363 feet to place of beginning.
Said ten acres being the fifteen acres
tract conveyed by J. w. Holt to A. F.
TIearne, record in conveyance book 80,
page I65, less FIVE acres sold to c. w.
Hardy
The above property seized as belong
ing to the said defendant, and to be sold
to satisfy the debt specified in the said
writ, say in the sum Of $I345.I6, with
interest thereon at the rate of s per cent
per annum from May g. 1905, until paid,
and all costs of suit, including 10 per
cent on said sum and interest as attor-
ney's fees. J. 2. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, Feb. s. Sheriff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

earth. l have not the right and am
violating principle whenever Go so.
1t is my business to carry sunshine,
not shadow"
The spirit of good cheer is conta-
gious. Try it and see. Don't be dis
suaded from your purpose to scatter
sunshine by an unsympathctfc envi-
ronment. There is very small credit
in maintaining checrfulness when ev-
erybody is gay and everything is pre-
cisely as you would wish it to ne. 1t
is when the temptation to give vent
to an outburst of grumpiue2s is al
most Irresistible that you AZ reing
given an opportunity to win VIC
tory.
Do not permit this unlovely haht Of
getting up on the wrong si.n Of the
bed'' to obtain the mastery Greg u.
VIRGINIA ).
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
EARLY MORNING GRUMPs.
Don't "Gst Up on the Wrong Side of
the Bed" So Often.


One thing which never has been ex~
planned satisfactorily by the scientists
or anybody else, for that mltter-tS-
why il is that 81 many persons are III
natured il. lineG t. he grumpy, early
in the Gay. According - the H"cente0
theory Of rest, physical and ns@@tal. 1t
should be exactly otherwise. The early
hours of the day should be That part
of the waking period which is best
calculated to bring out all that IS ami
able in the disposition of him who
has been so recently under the tntu-
ence of tired natures sweet re-
storer;" but. alas, such is all too fire.
quently not the case.
OF course the early morning MOOD
depends very largely on the manner In
which the hours just preceding rettr-
ing were spent. 1t Is evident that one
cannot get up in the morning with a
radiant countenance when sleep mas
not been sufficient or refreshing. The
remedy for such a condition Is easy
to prescribe. 1t is those whose phys
ical state is perfect. who keep excel
lent hours. who have no cause to be-
unamiable. but are habitually cross
after getting up, assuming a less lrr1-
table manner as the day grows older
and becoming positively gracious about
nightfall that furnish problem.
Now, it is highly probable that this
matutinal grumpiness is not so much
a matter Of temperament as of habit
Like any other habit well established,
it may be difficult to eradicate, but 1t
can be conquered by persistent effort.
It is certainly worth trying to secure
emancipation from anything so unlova-
bic 1t is worth remembering also
that whoever begins the day in smil-
ing good humor will get an admirable
start either for work or play and will
have far more profitable results to
show in the late afternoon than would
have been possible had the day been
begun with Il frOWn.
Before you see anybody in the morn
ing pause a moment to consider the
matter. 1t is really of sufficient i'm
nOrtance to demand that attention. Re-
feet thus: Il am now going to meet
certain of my fellow creatures in IA
miliar intercourse. Some of them are
members of my household. and ] am
in duty bound to contribute to their
happiness. Others are not so close to
me. but they are entitled to a good
example from me- | must not add to
the gloom Of anybody living on the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
THE BACK fIsCH,

Sometimes her mother. If the girl
evinces highfalutin tendencies and
seems TO imagine herself older and
maturer han she really is. says to her:
"A1y dear. you're only backjsch.
Now. don't you forget it,
The backfscn goes to ch0ol. She al
ways studies music ard needs must
,;4If.. ti.at .tii 81 Al p-.tccoiio, indi-
eating that she is taking lessons"
was told that some of these girls
when they attain the seventeenth
birthday toss the music roll contemp-
t3louslF into u cJIbbyhoe. and nothing
c0uld induce theu to recover it. They
are emancipared; they are no longer
little backGsches bat young ladies.
1t occurred to me that being back
Gzoh is Just about the best thing that
can happen 10 a girl of that age. It
makes her know her place and strive
hard to become an accomplished young
lady by the time she reaches the
emancipation age. And over in Eng
land, as | learned. they call girl of
about fifteen a "fapper" If were
still but fifteen am sure ! should
prefer being a backfach.
AMANDA RIDDLE.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
No Snob.

Mrs Phelps Stokes in one of her
college settlement addresses in New
York said OF snobbishness:
Il hate the snob so bitterly that
can almest sympathize with the thief
in the tumbril-
During the French revolution, you
know, thief and a marquis jolted in
tumbril side by side through the
wild streets of Paris on the way to the
guillotine, while a venerable priest
tried to console their terrible last ride
with moral reflections
"A has In noblesse! Down with
the aristocratsv shouted the red cap
ped mob.
.'Thereupon the thief rose in the cart
and cried:
"tMy friends. you deceive your
selves. am not an aristocrat. 1 am a
thief
THE priest plucked him by the
sleeve. saying reproachfully:
Sit down. This is no time for van
fty.'r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont at a lunch
con in New York complained that the
Christmas toys of 1909 had been too
elaborate, too perfect-they left moth
ing to the child's imagination.
''Anatole France" said Mrs. Bel
mont, pays fine tribute to the i'm
agination of children in 'L'Isle des
Pingouins' when he tells Of a little
boy plaving by himself who imagines
that he is 1t once a runaway horse,
the crowd pursuing it and the people
scattering in terror before its wild
fight.
THE costly toys of 1909 pay no such
tribute to the child'S imagination. On
the contrary. they ignore it altogether.
Il know woman who gave her
little son a railroad. There were fos-
ty or fifty yards of track. there were
tiny engineers and brakemen, conduct
ors and passengers, tunnels, signal
men. station masters and ticket sellers.
IN word. the toy railroad was quite
complete.
'"Tha little boy studied it very grave
" Christmas morning. Then he turn
ed to his mother and said in discon-
solate voice:
But, mamma, what is there for me
to be%''
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Helps Horses Get ur

Mrs. James Speypr Of Ne ork,
president of the woman's au"t y Of
the Society For the Prevention ,'ru-
city to Animals, has come to tra aid
of horses that slip and fall on sleety
city pavements. She has discovered a
chain device recently invented which
can be put on the shoes of horses that
have fallen and enables them to get
up and keep their feet. Mrs. Speyer
has obtained a supply of these horse
foot chains and put them in the hands
of policemen for use in emergencies.
The horses are very thankful,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
ARE YOU A BACKFISCH?

amanda Riddle Asks a Puzziing Cues
ton of American Misses.
Dear Zirl. are you backdsch?
\ wat:
4 buckfsch.
Now. isn't that awful?
But let ne explain to you before you
get unified. If YOU are anywhere be-
tween fifteen and seventeen years Of
age you would be backfsch if you
lived in Germany. Since you live in
America you needn't worry.
On a recent trip to Germany | saw
and discovered many things Of curl
Gus interest, some Of them truly anus
ing. The backfsch was the most
amusing of all: not that the backhsch
ia distinctly comic-some backfscheS
I found were most charming, the sort
that would make an American young
man strive manfully to write SON.
nets. In fact, | saw one black eyed
backfisch who made me, woman that
am and somewhat beyond the back
uSCA age Hill, 4ICCiS NOAAS0'b N~A"
a pale sea green with envy.
She had lips like the rose petal.
cheeks like the bloom of the peach, a
neck of more than sWanlike softness
and a form suggesting a Psyche on
a pedestal Of course she wore short
skirts-backfsch brevity, which isn't
very short, after all-and she carried
her music roll, without which no girl
in Germany can be and remain d
backfsch. | saw this delightful girl
tripping along the magnificent Inter
den Linden in Berlin and asked a ma
tive friend who she was.
"She's nobody" replied this German
matrCn. with infinite scorn; merely
a backfsch."
"a wh-what?" I almost screeched.
Then my friend explained to me
what a backfsch is, and why she is,
and Just how she manages to over
come it. She is a typical German girl
of the well to do class between the
ages of fifteen and seventeen. Before
she gets to be fifteen she is simply a
kid" as we say in this country. But
for those two years she is a backfsch
pure and simple The petite fraulein
is called that because it means baked
fish" literally. though just why she
suggests a baked dSh is outside the
pale Of my comprehension.
Most of the back6sches saw looked
to ne rather unnooked and raw, being
In their formative period. In our
country the pert misses Of that age
! too often begin 20 adopt long skirts
and the airs Of young womanhoOd.
| These German frauleins dare not dc
| so, because they know they are mere
backfsches. They can't get out of the
! backfsch class by any hook or crook
until their seventeenth birthday save
| ne-matrimony. Of course matron
even though only sweet sixteen, is not
q backfsch. She has outgrown it by
the aid of Cupid
But unless the girl marries she is
| homeland it isn't such a bad doom
either-to backfischiness for those two
years. Behind her back the servants
| in the house call her that Her big
brothers coll her that to her lace
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
UnIucky Beast.

The passenger inside the cab sud
denly put his head out Of the window
and exclaimed to the driver: Get on:
man. Get on. Wake up your nag!"
'Shure, sor l 'aven't the heart to
bate i'm"
whats the matter with him? Is he
sick?"
No, sor 'e's not sick, but it's I'D
lucky e is, sor-unlucky! You see, sor,
every morning afore l put i'm in the
cab l losses i'm whether ell ave a
feed of oats or I'll ave a dhrink Of
whisky. an the poor haste has lost five
mornings neutrality-suspicious..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

night and also the meetings of the Lay
mems National Convention to be held
on "Wednesday and Thursday in First
Baptist church. Eminent speakers OF
the Episcopal as well as OF all the
churches, will deliver addresses. Pro-
gramme will be published in daily pa
.pers.
Lenten services daily at 80 pm. ex-
cept Friday when the hour is s pm.
St. Marks Guild Monday at 4 100 pm.
Everybody cordially invited to all serv-
ices. All seats free.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

He knew none of his ancestors, or had
he any means Of tracing them.
"'Oh. we'll arrive at something yet,
the undiscouraged herald said. Tel
me, now. if you have ever performed
any signal or heroic feat on your own
account
well said the millionaire, I was
once in Jail, ard l escaped by saving
the bars Of a fourth story window
And how did you get down from
that great height? the herald asked.
We'll, there was a lofty statue Of
George Washington in front of the
window, and l tied a rope to that and
slid down
Good cried the herald. 'Lineally
descended from George Washington.
Well give you Washington's arms, of
course >"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
THE TALK OF THE TOWN."

The New York Tribune, Republican,
prints this touching poem:
The cost of living's gone so high
We can not live and so much die.
And say,
We've got to do it right away,
Because unless we're p. d. q.
In what's it's up to us to do,
The undertakers will combine
Along the whole darn funeral line
And make that cost prohibitive
As now we find it is to live.
Thus we can neither five nor die,
No matter by what means we try,
And this condition being true,
Say, what in thunder shall we do?
Is the answer vote the Republican
ticket and get four years more of the
full dinner pail?"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
WATERWORKS FOR HOMER.

Webster Signal; At a meeting of the
Town Council of Homer, La, last week
an election was ordered to the held on
March IS for the issuance of water
worksk bonds amounting to $4,000.
Several bids were submitted to the
council by street paving contractors. A
number of Homer's leading citizens and
large property owners have already
CONSTRUCTED paved sidewalks at their
own expense
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Ore Reason,

I'm so glad we live in the suburbs
dear" said the sweet young wife as
she surveyed her new millinery.
Because Of the blue skies and the
flowers and good suburban train serv-
ice?" asked her husband without look"
ing up from his paper.
"Oh. no." said the sweet young wife
measuring the height and width OF her
winter hats Only l never, never
could get all my hats into city apart
nt."-Suburbanite.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Noted Woman Educator,

Tor three terms Mrs. Helen L. Gren-
Eel has been state superintendent Of
public instruction in Colorado. She
iraws one of the best salaries paid to
state officials. She has served also on
the penitentiary and reformatory com
n1ittees in her state. Mrs Grenfel Is
said to be q quiet. home loving wo-
man. but firm in the belief that the
ballot. which all women may enjoy ID
Colorado, is uplifting 70 her sex.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS

Webster Signal: A Conference of
Governors was held at Washington on
January 1920 at which the governors
of thirty-one States pere present, The
object of the conference was to consider
the possible uniformity of State laws
upon matters of common concern, such
as divorce, labor problems and the con-
servation of natural resources. No &C
ton was taken upon any of these ques-
tons, but it was voted to hold similar
conferences annually at State capitals.
The next conference will be held be-
tween Thanksgiving and Christmas of
the present year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
NEW SHORT STORIES
Arms and the Trust President.

Richard Harding Davis at play
wright's dinner in New York ridiculed
the pretensions of certain snObbish
American families to be descended
from Charlemagne, William the Con
queror, Richard Occur de Lion, etc.
You see" said Mr.. Davis. proofs
of such descent are very easily obtain
ed. A herald, suitably remunerated,
will trace a man back to the pre-Ad-
amite kings, just leaving a slight gap
to indicate, you know, the food.
"Once millionaire trust president
went to a herald for a coat of arms.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
SHFRTFFS SALE

No. 12,2o8-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La :
Louisiana and Texas Oil and Pipe
Line Company VS. Atlanta Oil and
Gas Company.
By virtue of a. writ of feri facias to
me issued in the above numbered and
entitled suit, from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, l have seized and will offer
for sale at public auction, for cash, &C
cording to law, at the principal front
door of the court house Of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, MARCH IL, 1910,
One and one-half acres in southeast cor
ner of southwest quarter section 2I-2;
one-third undivided interest in 10 acres
in northeast corner of northeast quar-
ter of northeast quarter section 10; 2
acres in southwest corner of southeast
quarter section II, acres in northeast
corner of north half of southwest quar-
ter section :, all in township 20, range
70. The above property seized as the
property of the above plaintiffs, and to
be sold to satisfy the debt specified in
the said writ, say in the sum Of $4,000,
with interest thereon from the 24th day
of May 1000, less a credit of $4,000,
and all costs of suit
]. P. FLoURNoY,
Caucasian, Feb. 8. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Mo Place For Ce!estials.

George Richmond Hayes, the noted
San Francisco ethnologist. said at a
recent dinner:
THE yellow races arc held il be. +
esteem than used to he the case
west.
Il once visited a very rrueh f
town in Oregon, near Cat."e Ge
In the leading saloon Il aa
red shirt said to me:
'Ye wanter carry er
straight in these part
wroag tde least mite 3aG
re rs qgli k rs look at 7-a
81 smiled.
Would You lynch
killed i dog|
III Ncw lie
..ss.@i we i:.~
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Amono the Debris.

Junior Partner-What's the trouble.
Did an auto run amuck in the store?
Senior Partner-Worse than that
The manager hired an ex-prizefghter
last night and told him to be sure To
punch the time clock when he came In
this morning.-Puck.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Where VIII Il Stop?

"Our feet of torpedo destroyers
seems to have stirred up our friend
the enemy" remarked the naval CHER
of one great power.
YES" replied his assistant, sit is
said they will build a feet of torpedo
destroyer destroyers now"
let 'em. Well build a feet of tor
pedo destroyer destroyer destroyers'
Catholic StaEdard ard Times.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Even Up.

81 suppose you heard what Mc&nIcy
did in church last Sunday when The
plate came around to him"
Dropped a button in it. suppose
Worse than that. He leaCed Ger
and whispered: I paid the pastors car
fare yesterday. Wen call it square. y
-Pittsburg Press.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Good Sendoff,

Officer ito recruit who has missed
every shoe = Coed heavens, man!
Where are your shots going?
!ecrdit tgnarfulIyJ - / don't know
sir The. left here all right!-NeT
York Journal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Ground Down.

81 wish you didn't have such a fiat
and plebeian nose, papa" said tlA
aristocratic young daughter OF tna
plain old merchant
That's the mark of the grinGstoHe
my dear" replied the plo,:din@ o!G
man.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Rev. Jos H Spearing, rector-Serv-
ices today as follows: Holy communion
at $50 am; morning prayer II m.
No evening service but in place there
viii be layrnen's mass meeting at the
First Baptist church at $50 pm 1t IS
hoped the laymen of St. Marks church
win attend the mass meeting Sunday
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

Minnie-I hear she's been engaged
ten times.
Esther-I hate to see a girl get in 20
ut like that. = Milwaukee Evanl2a
Wisconsin.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Professional Pride.

You're the worst liar l ever saw
'J'll Ii k rou fer that
''lThs ANT yen Il !tlr?'
Sure, suit everybody says I'm the
best oEe they ever saw.''-Cleyelaun
Leader.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
Quite So.

Mrs. Comeup,$ conversation is per
fectly kiIling
in whit vay?"
''Phe wa She murders the king
English Baltimore 'r1erioan.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13
RTDc INVITED

Bids are hereby invited for building
bent bridge about 60 OF 65 feet long
in Ward Seven on Canning Factory
road over Brushy bayou according to
parish specifications. Bids to be opened
at Police Jury room on March |, 1910,
at II m.
w. T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

Enazn1a Riddle Asks a Puzziing Cues
ton ct American Misses.
Dear 2irl. are you backdSch?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-22
EITzHueH is SATISFIED
Confident Grand Trunk Will Win
Fight With the New Haven

Montreal. Dec. 22.-Considerable
satisfaction is expressed by T. II.
Fitzhugh vice president of the Grand
Trunk and Central Vermont railways,
as a result of his visit to Montpelier
when he and other officials visited
the Vermont capital 10 discuss with
the legislative railway committee the
demand made by the New Haven,
says the Gazette. II was shown by
the Grand Trunk forces that the Cen
trail Vermont was more interested in
the traffic through that section of
Vermont than any other line, and the
argument was set up that the whole
application of the Boston and Maine
to parallel the Central Vermont from
Brattleboro, and condemn parts of
its property to the use Of the New
Haven, was merely part of the cam
paign inaugurated by the New Haven
to prevent the Central Vermont ex-
tending its system through to Prov
idence While the hearing was only
partly finished, and Will be concluded
next month, the Grand Trunk men
were confident that their represents
lions would be successful
Mi Fitzhugh expressed his conf
dence that the outcome OF the fight
In Vermont would be as IL has been
in Rhode Island and in Massachusetts
entirely satisfactory 10 the interests
he represented. Mr. Fitzhugh also
said that the Central Vermont extern
sion was practically completed from
Palmer to Providence and that the
Central Vermont was going ahead
with certain improvements which had
been arranged for along the system,
at Brattleboro and other points. He
remarked that he did not believe the
Vermont Legislature would give any
other railway the right to take over
any part OF the Central Vermont sys-
TEN, which was giving good service
through that part Of the New England
States.