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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
Heart toHeart:
Talks.
FOUR FEET ON THE FENDER.
BY EDWIN A. NYR.

CAS- / unused the fire burned"
The poet lacked an essential element
60 his musing-two more feet on the
fender.
When the one man and the one wo-
man sit by the fire and talk of their
family problems there is apt to be hap
piness in the home.
The man has been about his busi-
ness in office or shop or field during
the day. The evening gives opportu-
nifty for conference and fellowship.
When the man and wife sit with
four feet on the fender and talk things
over there are apt to be safety, sue
cess, happiness.
whereas
If the man habitualIy goes down
sEown'' or to his lodge or to loaf with
This fellows or if the wife cares more
for an evening card game than for her
husbands company it is question of
time when there will be misunder-
standing, friction, peril.
A normal woman yearns TO be a
chum of her husband.
What she longs for is that her hus-
band shall treat her as companion and
confdant
In the play "Is Matrimony a Fail
ure?" one incident stands alone as re-
vealing the heart of a real wife.
The habit of going away alone to
the city to have good time has grown
upon the husband. The wife says:
Hereafter you must take me with
you. and YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
A GOOD FELLOW CAN BE-"
That was pathetic, true heart cry.
Many a husband does not know what
a good fellow his wife can be. No
boon ally can be as companionable, as
CHEEKY, as entertaining, as helpful, as
your wife if you win only give her the
chance.
Matrimony is partnership.
Connubial happiness requires that ii
be understood that each is a full part
ner Each partner must have faith
in the other. There must be consulta-
ton and cooperation. There must be
no secrets from the other.
Treat your wife or your husband as
q pal.
You two are like a team of horses
working in double harness. Bach must
keep up your end of the doubletrees.
If one shirks or deceives or balks the
burden of the other is by so much the
heavier.
Cultivate each other.
Your partner is really the best friend
you have in the world
Sit by the fire sometimes with your
feet on the fender aud talk over things
as in the days of your courtship.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
THE WOMAN WHO SWEARS.

The published testimony in several
recent New York divorce cases leads
to the conclusion that profanity is a
common custom with the women of
the higher circles" of society.
Is the woman who habitually swears.
whatever may be her breeding or POI
sition, entitled to the good old name
of "lady?"
There are just two classes in this
category, one Of which is ruled out in
advance-the women of the Four Hun
bred and the unfortunate women Of
the underworld
In the time OF Queen Elizabeth the
court ladies praeticed profanity, the
example being set by the queen her
self, who swore at the slightest prov
oeation. and emphatically.
Catherine. empress of Russia, swore
| round oaths on occasion.
After Charles /. of England the
reforms in the government brought
about purity Of speech unknown to
the court OF the former, but when
Charles IL came to the throne swear
Ing was esteemed by the dissoiute
court ladies' as a fine art. Moreover.
1t was coupled with the lewd. result
Ing in a foulness of speech never ex-
.eeded
History teaches that lowering oi
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
morals accompanies profanity of

the morals accompanies profanity Of
speech.
The woman Of the upper circles may
offer as excuse that the men of her
class habitually use. profane epithets,
which is one count in the Indictment
Of the upper circles.
The fact is the dissipation incident
to the social lives Of these people leads
to n loosening of their morals. which
Is another count in the Indictment
No.
The woman who carelessly uses
oaths or takes upon her lips the name
of her Creator is thereby less a wo-
man.
1t is bad enough that the men of all
classes, because of habit, should en-
ploy profanity for ''emphasis' sake"
But
The woman of the mansion who
Swears links herself with the scarlet
woman of the city slumS.
And is unworthy to be called lady.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
Superb Endurance.

Former Justice Henry B. Brown re-
iterated his assertion that in certain
conditions divorce is blessing.
There are men and women said
the learned justice, with whom it is
simply impossible to live; hence the
necessity for divorce. We wouldn't
have marriage turned into an endur-
anee feat, you know-like the endur
ance feat Of the Port Nolloth Kaff1r
"A classmate when | was at Yale
told me how his sailor brother once
noticed something suspicious about a
sack of meal that was being swung
by a crane at Port NoIloth on to his
ship. The sailor told the captain there
seemed to be something moving in
that particular sack. and the captain
said:
"'Aha, a stowaway, guess! Keep it
till the last. Then sling it to the yard
and let it hang there
"The sailor kept the sack till the
last. Then he swung it up over the
hold, and as the winchman was going
to lower it he shouted:
NOs uOs lyOu iO"CA 0O" VI. A<CL
her hang?
And there the sack hung in midair.
The ship put out to sea. The sack
swung this way and that with the
rolling of the waves. Now it spun like
top. now it bumped against the
mast. and for nearly three hours this
swaying and banging, this humping
and spinning, went on. but never a
sound came from the sack.
FINALLY the captain winked and
shouted:
"That sacks damp. Drop it over
board
''There was a muffied aerial shrek,
and the sailor lowered the sack with a
great splash into the sea; then be
hauled it up again at once.
'Lemme out! Lemme outp splut-
tered terrified voice, and the sack
was opened. ana out golled a gigantic
Kafir, his superb endurance at last
broken. = Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27

If a. big modern factory. Hundreds
Of thousands of dollars are represent
ed in that tangIe of junk-machine
failures.
Read Jack London's Martin Eden"
In that book, more or less a picture
of Iondon's beginnings, is told the
story of the long, weary, heartbreak-
ing climb upward into authorship.
Note the story of Robert Louis Ste
yenson's failures and trials and long
experiments in writing before he found
his place in the literary world.
]. NJ. Barrie wrote and wrote and
wrote, finding no market. After years
of failure he gave up. Then. remem-
bering Stevenson's hard experience,
he started in again. In the end he
became one of the most popular writ
Prs Of our day.
And years before Barrie there was
poor Keats. the poet, sitting by the
roadside writing description after de-
scription, only to tear up the manu-
scripts.
And all these pIucked victory from
the nettle failure.
Fave you failed?
How many times?
Only once or twice? And you are
discouraged?
Why. man, you are just beginning
to learn HOW NOT TO DO A THING.
And to learn how NOT TO Do is one
of the first steps in learning HOW TO
DO.
In the molding of telescope lenses
dozens of failures are made before
the right piece of glass is selected for
the grinding.
Do not count your failures as any
thing but so much experience.
And from that experience learn wis
dom.
The difference in men largely is this:
One man falls down and lies there
moaning over his lot. The other man
falls down, picks himself up quickly,
looks for the stumbling block, so as
to avoid it,. and goes on.
Have you fallen-once, twice, thrice,
many times?
Then up and at it again!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
THE LURE OF EASY MONEY.

John r. Walsh, two years ago worth
$50, 100000 and one of the leading fin
anciers of Chicago. is row convict
1864 in a city of convicts.
Accustomed to luxury In his Calumet
avenue mansion, this old man Of sew
enty-one is wearing coarse garb, eat
ing coarse food and will stay in Leav-
enworth prison for five yeaTs should
he live that long.
Why?
The immediate cause was the misap-
plication of the funds of the defunct
Chicago National bank.
The real cause was money mania.
In the humble cottage of his boy
hood home, as boy, Walsh dreamed
over the peat fires Of old Ireland and
yearned to be rich. In time he realized
his dreams, only to have them shat
tered in one night
Like Morse and Stensland and other
bankers in federal prisons, he over
reached himself and lost ALL
OF course Walsh would be able to
explain to you that his failure was no
fault of his, that he depended on prom
ises made by eastern financiers and
that had his plans succeeded he would
have been hailed as one of the great
!. promoters Of his age, etc.
But
There he is, with face scanned by
suffering, grandfather, bankrupt
and convict
A strange thing?
Not at all. Smooth business men, ami
mated by greed, are running a like
risk every day. The only difference is
that they have not been detected and
exposed.
When the day of exposure Genes it
is only a short step from wealth, hon
or, place, to humiliation. ruin, prison
stripes.
He who runs may read the lessons
that come out Of such inglorious ca
reers.
Young man
Temptation will come to you. Firm
~ fix it in your mind that under the
seyerest strain you win be absolutely
honest.
1t is your only safety.
And beware of speculation.
The lure of easy money is running
tens Of thousands. Somebody has said
1he wheat pit OF the Chicago board OF
trade Is only few feet across, deer
as hades! The New York Stock Ex
change is just as deep. Stick tc
straight business.
Had John r. Walsh been scrupulous
~ honest and avoided high finance be
would have piled up less money. but
he would not be convict 1854.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27

Arthur L. Morris, of Vivian, La, who,
on March I, 1906, made homestead en-
try No. 1882, No. o86o, for south half
of southeast quarter of section 2, town
ship Fl north, range 10 west, Louisiana
meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make final Communication proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before F. A Leonard, clerk of
court, at Shreveport, La, on the 18th
day of February 1910. Claimant names
as witnesses r. H. Horrell, G. W. Hur-
die, J. NJ. Hefin, B. "A Hinton, all of
Vivian, La ]. ERNEST BREDA,
Register.
Caucasian, Shreveport, La, Is.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
sARToRIAL NEWS.

Charming Materials For the Summer
Frocks.
The dimities this season are charm
ing and unusually varied in coloring
and design. There are lovely dimities
In buff and brownish yellow and gold,
and these colors in combination with
white are bewitchingly cool and pretty
In the striped effects. Other colors be-
sides yellow are exploited in dot and
striped designs, the dots being of the
wafer kind set closely upon back
ground of white or color.
Copper, the newest of the metallic
ribbons, with heavy MORE stripe
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
SUCCESSION NOTICE

No. I3,3I8-First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana
Succession of E. w. Jackson.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Re-
becca M. Jackson, administrators, has
this day filed tableau of debts in said
succession, and unless opposition be
made thereto within the time specified
b ylaw, the same will be duly h6rnole-
gated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. J. Nurf
judge of said court, this 21st dav If
January 1910. s. o. WILLIAMS
JAN 23. Deputy glsrl.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
CHARTER AMENDMENT
Of the Black Bayou Oil Company.

The State of Louisiana, Parish of
Caddo: Before me, the undersigned au-
thority, on this day came and appeared
L. E. Etchison and H. L. Heilperin,
we'll known to me, who being by me
duly sworn, declared that they are
president and secretary ,espectively, of
the Black Bayou Oil Company, a cor
poration under the laws of the State of
Louisiana; and that a general meeting
of the stockholders of the said corpora
ton wa shield on Monday, January II,
1910, of which the following is true
and correct extract from the minutes
thereof:
Shreveport, La, Jan. II, IoIo,-A
general meeting of the stockholders of
the Black Bayou Oil Company, con-
vened for the purpose of considering
the amendment of the charter thereof,
for the purpose hereinafter set forth,
was this day held at the Office of the
company, all of the stockholders being
present in person or by proxy.
On motion, duly seconded, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That clause two of the
charter of the Black Bayou Oil Com
pany be and the same is hereby amend
ed SO as to add the following paragraph ::
This company shall also have the right,
power and authority to hold, acquire,
own and sell stock and bonds in other
corporations organized for purposes
similar to that for which this company
| is organized"
Whereupon the meeting adjourned.
L. E. ETCHISON, Pres.
H. L. fHEILPERIN, Sec.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
on this the 10th day of January 1910.
S. L. HERLD, Notary Public.
The State of Louisiana, Parish OF
Caddo: I, J. NJ Foster, district attor-
ney of the First Judicial District, in and
for the Parish of Caddo anda State OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that l have
examined the above and foregoing
amendment to the charter of the Black
Bayou Oil Company, and finding moth
ing therein contained contrary to law
l hereby approve the same. This 2Ist
day of January A. D. 1910.
J. NJ. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial Dis
| trict, Caddo Parish, La.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Janu,
AIRY Fl A. D. 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
l hereby certify that the above and fore,
going is true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my Office. Given
under my hand and seal of Office this
2Ist day Of January 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-OHicio Deputy Re-
csrder. I-23.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
Environment.
vandyke

The person with the vandyke
beard and the artistic temperament
had died and gone to the abode of the
blest.
well, what do you think of it,"
they asked him
"The scenery is not bad" he an
swered. "but the music Is hopelessly
or,lde and archaic &c Chicago Tribune
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
ExcELSIoRl

Do you know how many failures
Thomas A. Edison has made trying
to find a perfect storage battery?
Literally scores.
But he keeps on. He profits by his
failures, rejects what is faulty, and
some day he will succeed,
Note the scrap pile in the back ward
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27

dart. The sleeves are narrow, the
revers run to the waist, and there is a
pocket just above the hem.
Cool and delightful for hot summer
nights is the nightgown pictured. The
sleeves and body portion are in one.
and the gathers about the neck are
regulated by means of beading thread
ed with ribbon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
THE FASHION PACE.
Short Coats the Mode For the Coming
Season.

1t is decided that short coats will be
in vogue this spring and summer, and
there is rumor that the old Elton
shape will again be worn.
There are three models in short
coats for the spring. One is narrow,
with almost straight under arm seams.
single breasted. fastened with three
straight bands of braid and buttons
placed we'll toward a plat that runs
from shoulder to hem instead of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
JUDO CHOLLET

This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes,
small 80 or "a, medium SO or 50. large 40
or A. Send 10 cents to this office, giving
number, 6557. and it will be promptly for
warded to you by mall If in haste send
an additional two cent stamp for letter
postage, which insures more prompt de-
livery
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land OAaee at Natchitochss, La,
Jan. 4, IsTs-NsGce is hereby given that
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
SHERIFFS SALE

No. I3,4o3-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
]. K. Herold VS.. Mitchell Alexander.
By virtue of writ of fieri facias to
me issued from the Honorable First Ju-
dicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled suit, have seized ard viii offer
for sale at public auction, for cash, ac-
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 II, 1910,
The north half of the northwest quarter
section II, township TO- range IS ,Caddo
Parish, La. The above property seized
as the property of the above defendant
and to be sold to satisfy the amount
specified in the said writ, say in the SUM
of $4,000 from January 6, 1902, and all
costs of suit, including $1,000 for cur
ator ad hoe
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, Feb. 3. Sheriff
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
o6I2.
Department of the Interior. United
States Land Office at Natchitoches, La.
January 10, IoIo.-Notice is hereby
given that Robert NJ Ogburn, of Mira.
La, who, on January 27, 1904, made
Homestead Entry No. 1880, No. o612,
for south half of the northwest quarter.
section 20, township 20 north, range X
west, Louisiana meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to make final five-vear
proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before F. A. Leonard,
clerk of the court, at Shreveport, La.
on the 5th day of March 1910. Claim
ant names as witnesses B. H. Norton of
Ida, La; w. H. Wisinger of Ida. La.
L. S. Ogburn of Mira, La; DR. w. B.
Lawton of Mira, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA.
jan. 20, 1909. Register.
Caucasian, Shreveport, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27

running through the center and Dor
dering the edges. is a smart trimming
for the new hats.
Little girls frocks that are made
with slightly long waists in French
style are pretty and in the height of
fashion. The dress in the cut is of
embroidered marquisette with trim
mings of baby Irish lace.
JUDO CHOLLET.
This May Manton pattern comes in sizes
from six to twelve years of age. Send 10
cents to this office, giving number, G573
and it will be promptly forwarded to you
by mail. II in haste send an additional
:wo cent stamp for letter postage. which
nsures more prompt delivery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-30
QrisIn O. Coal.

Coal is of vegetable origin. When vegetable matter aecumulatss under water it uHAsrGess . slow process of deconapssitisa. giving sr its nitrogen, hydrogen. s1ygsn and some carbon, the result of which if carried far enough i> the formation of mass of carbsn. Peat, found often iA swxmpy tracts, s the ksst stass in the csal forming pBsssW, and the further stages are formed by the burial of these vegetable deposits under great loads of sediment. where they become subject to pressure and sometimes to heat. This effects . series of changes. consolidation and loss Of oxygen and gives series of products whose na- ture depends on the degree to which the original vegetable matter has been changed The products are known as Ignite, bituminous coal and anthracite coal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-30
APPRENICE CLUB
 LATEST HERE
Organized Last Night at Y. NJ. C. A. For Purpose of Furthering Acti- yities Outlined Few
 MOnths Age.

Last evening an enthusiastic meet ing of the Cotton Belt apprentices was held at the Y M c. A., building which resulted in the organization of an Apprentice Club.
 The objects of the club $ for the mental social and physical benefit of the members. The activ ties will include short papers and discussions on vital topics, reading, games and light athletics.
 The club members are limited to Cotton Belt apprentices of which there are twenty-six at this point at pres ent. The following officers were elected: J. S. Evans, president; R. Ro- b;sch, vice president; R. k. Smith, secretary; R. D. Watson recording secretary; G, F. Zsrell, treasurer. The organ zation of such club is a climax of the work of the past year. | The classes in mechanical drawing and shop mathematics which were in augurated in November 1909, in this city for the Cotton Belt apprentices. Similar classes begun n November 1910, at Tyler. Texas, and the above mentioned club goes to show both the value placed by the company on the welfare of its apprentices and "a re- suit of such activities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-30

drama, where the rancher's dadgh- ter marries the heroic cowboy who
 foils the traditional gun fighter" of the frontier. the dwellers of the range country have only contempt They declare these productions are even worse than the usual cowboy play on the stage.
 As far as this State B concerned, however. the moving picture film will soon cease to claim the cowboy for its own, The big ranches are being cut up and settled and the cattle business is becom ng of less import ance. Wheat Is growing on the old ranges and n2ilroads now building in- to the heart of the, old cattle sections are bringing in an ever increasing flood of homesteaders.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-30
KILLS HIS ENEMY
 AND SURRENDERS
l. $. Porter Said He Tried to Dodge Thomas Dixon, But Finally Had to
 Kill Him in Self Defense.
International News Special

International News Special
 Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 29.-I. s. Por. ter surrendered to the Davidson coun- ty officers this morning at the jail admitting that he had killed Thomas Dixon late yesterday afternoon neat Pegram station just over the Davidson county line. He briefly stated that there had been hard feelings between them for some time on account Of a'l old grudge; that he had for a lonY time been lodging Dixon and finally had to kill him in self defense. Dix on was found lying in the road with three pistol wounds and with his head almost severed from his body. \ little negro discovered the body and spread the report of the killing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-30
lMCJna2LE.
Some Interference Wireless Operators
 Cannot Overcome.

5oms Interference Wireless Operators
 Cannot Overcome.
 Few are the steamer passengers who fail to visit the wireless office aboard ship te watch ths operation of the in- struments and to question the oper- atorJ Needless to say, the technical understanding of the we'll meaning visitors is a variable quantity. The operator must listen te wondering eX- clamations. original suggestions for the improvement of the service. dis, courses on the relations between wire less telearaphy and spiritualism and other doubtful topics with uniform courtesy. At times. however. the strain h too great. It was q lady pas seager with an eye fer details who game te the wirsless room and locke! wondesi20iy h.
 "Oh, hsron the wireless! May come in. Isn't it wonderful to think of sending thoss-those waves-you call them wavsa, don't you! How fas- cinating to work at this! Are those jars filled with watsr?' "rrho.s are condenser jars. madam, quite empty"
 "Really? don't believe I could ever understand it. That coil of wire looks like |, birdcage.'
 'That is the inductance helix"
 w nat are those things over youy ears?"
 "The receiving telephones"
 "Then you have telephone connec' ! tion too. One can hardly keep ur with the times these days. What does l that coil do?''
 .sThat is the receiving tuner and in | reference preventer.' "WoIdersul. Does it keep out all in ter.erence:"
 :'Not all.'. replied the, operator wea rily. Some kinds of interference cant be tuned out: we just have to stand ."-Youth's Companion.