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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
"reminiscences
OF MARK twain
Old Comrades Relate Stories
About HuHlOTist's Early Days.
HIS WIT KEEN TO THE LAST.

Asked Friend to Visit Him Before
They Got Too Old to Hear Each
Other Swear--When He Was Taken
For Buffalo Bill-one of His Last
Beautiful Thoughts.
San Franeisco's old timers and 9th
ers have been recalling the days, fifty
years ago. when the late Samuel l..
Clemens, the great humorist, was plain
Sam Clemens and the name Mark
Twain had little significance for any
body except steamboat men ON the
Mississippi river.
Back in the old days." unused Jo-
seph L. Goodman, the pioneer editor of
the west, who gave to Mr.. Clemens his
first job as writer, Sam was the
best company, the drellest entertainer
and the most interesting fellow imag
Unable. His humor was always creep
ing out and stayed with him to the
last.
"A few weeks ago l received letter
from him couehed In characteristic
terms. He wrote, Come on and visit
me once more before we get so old we
can't hear each other swear
ut was my privilege to read many
Of his works in manuscript before they
were sent to the publishers. | recol-
lect his giving me the manuscript of
Roughing It to read one afternoon
when was visiting him in the early
seventies. He made a great hit with
Innocents Abroad and he was afraid
he would not sustain his newly acquir-
ed reputation. When | began to read
Sam sat down at his desk and wrote
nervously.
! For an hour | read along intently.
hardly noticing that Sam was begin
ming to fret and shift about uneasily.
st last he could not stand it any
longer, and, jumping up, he exclaimed;
D. you. you have been reading that
stuff an hour and you haven't cracked
a smile yet. l don't believe I'm keep
ing up my lick
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
PEARY TO GET MEDAL.

London, May 2-Commander Robert
E. Peary came here today to receive the
gold medal from the Royal Geographi-
cal Society and to deliver his lecture on
his trip to the north pole. He will re-
ceive the medal on Monday. The ex-
plorer expects to be in Europe several
weeks.
With the commander are Mrs. Peary
and Capt. Robert Bartlett of the arctic
steamer Roosevelt. The party was met
by Major Leonard bryan, the president,
and Secretary Kettle of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, Commander Edward
Simpson, naval attache at London, and
committee of the Pilgrims Society.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
A visIt to Wan strset.

A white haired man gnawing pen
sively at a large. black cigar passed
slowly along Wall street in New York
one day several years ago. Every
thing about him marked him as one
who did not belong to any branch Of
the family ef clerks. office boys. bro
zers and fnanciers who hurried past
him. AS be came In front Of the sub
treasury bpilding he stopped and
gazed silently 1T the big bronze statue
OF Washington on the treasury steps
George. he drawled slowly taking
Cd his black SLOUGH hat, George
times have changed since you were
here
II was Mark Twain 10 him the
ways of wall street were ever written
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
THE HOME OVER THERE

Ruston Leader: ooh think of the
home over there" is the sweet refrain
of a popular hymn. We do not want to
throw any cold water Don the honest
efforts of the pious poet, but we do
wish he had directed his energies to
the improvement of the home down
here. When a man or woman thinks
of the home over there SO much that
the home below the clouds gets little
attention, we think that kind of piety
is not practical Think of the home
that you occupy, and try to make it bet
ter, happier and purer The home over
there is in beteed hands, and won't need
your exclusive attention until you get
there.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
FISH HATcHERIEs.

Mr.. A. l. Ponder is stufnping the
State IN favor of law establishing fish
hatcheries throughout the State. We
have already number Of laws that have
Matched inntnnerable small fry fish. like
the Game Commission, wardens and
Others, and nothing but harm has been
the result, as yet. However. there can
be no harm in talking, as the people take
the whole business as an amusing joke,
and We don't think our friend Ponder
takes anything seriously but the salary
attached thereto.-Mansfeld Enterprise.
The salary attached thereto is the Sc
rious part Of the Ponder liatcheries
How much would Mr.. Ponder talk Of
the hatcheries without the salary at
tached therefor
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
THE DAY OF SMALL FARMS.

New Orleans States: In Georgia, we
ARE told, the great plantations have dis
appeared in 8 number of counties, be-
cause this is day of small farms. and
where a planter in ante-belfum times
cultivated vast country estate with
hundreds of slaves the land is now occu-
pied by dozens of busy farmers. From
Cordele, Ga, comes the news that one
|of the largest and most notable planta-
tions in the South will soon be only a
memory. because it is to be turned into
1900 small farms.
It is known as the Hugenin plantation
consisting of 1900 acres of land, locat-
ed across the Flint river, in Sumpter
county, about eight miles from Cordele.
This great estate, which during the civil
war was called the Egypt of the Con-
federacy,' because many CT the supplies
used by the soldiers were raised by the
slaves of the Hugenin family, is to be
divided into small farms of 100 acres
each for the purpose Of selling them to
the farmers of northern Georgia. who
have for years been.living on poor lands.
1t will be great day for Louisiana
when she follows the example of Geor-
gia and divides her vast sugar estates
into small farms to be settled by thrifty
farmers from the West and other sec
tons, because it will mark the beginning
of new era Of marvellous progress and
prosperity for the State which will de-
velop many manufacturing enterprises
to supply the needs of a largely in
creased population.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03

in an Unknown tongriA. On this par
ticular occasion he had just passed
through stormy session In bankers
office, in the course Of which his
knowledge Of things financial had
been sorely tested. An Investment in
which he saw nothing but rosy pros
poets had been painted in its true col
ors by men whose advice he felt to be
more trustworthy than his own in
such matters.
This sort of thing happened over
and over again. Twain was forever
thinking up new schemes for investing
his earnings, schemes which fell
through when the .humorist brought
them to Wall street. Once he came
to the office of a banker with bundle
Of excelsior under his arm and Il
spiral hatpin in his pocket and, finding
that the banker was in Europe, spent
the entire morning demonstrating to
the Office force the advantage of the
spiral pin over other kinds.
He used the excelsior as Il head of
hair, plunging the corkscrew shaped
pin into 1t and showing that 1t stayed
put"-that it didn't fall out like or
binary hatpins The Office force was
convulsed. 1t did not know whether
to take him in earnest or not Yet he
seemed to be in deadly earnest. He
thought that pin would be 4 great
thing if 1t could be placed on the mar
ket. The manager of the office, who
to this day is not sure whether Twain
was joking or not. believes that he
wanted the banking house to float
bonds on the strength of the spiral
hatpin. Wall street, in fact, under
stood Mark Twain about as well as
he understood Wall street.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
NOTICE.
To Mortgage Creditors of the Parish of

Caddo, State of Louisiana.
In conformity with section 90, Act No.
s. of 1888, and the laws in such cases,
as provided, notice is hereby given TO all
parties holding mortgages upon real
estate located in the Parish Of Caddo
and State of Louisiana, on which taxes
for the year 1909 have not been paid,
that | will begin the sale of same at the
court house door on
SATURDAY, JUNE d, 1910,
at II am, that number of pieces of
property so delinquent are now being
advertised in this newspaper in conform
ity with the law, preparatory to such
sale. The attention of mortgage cred
itors is especially called to those adver-
tisements of tax sales, and they are
warned to take such steps prior to the
sale as may be necessary to protect their
rights. ]. P. LOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Tax Collector.
Caucasian, April 2e, 1910
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
RIVER AND WEATHER.
his morning opened cloudy.

This morning opened cloudy.
River: Denison o.s, fall of OF; Ar
thur City 70; Lewis eFrry 6.5, fall of
o.5; White Cliffs rs, fall of o3; Full
ton S.5, fall of o.4; Ringo Crossing
Oh, fall of OF; Finley 10; Spring
Bank II, a fall of o.8; Shreveport 80
a fall of o.5.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Probably local showers tonight
or Wednesday; colder.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
CHARLES WHEELER IMPROV-
ING.

1t is pleasing to note that Charles
Wheeler, bookkeeper of the Glen Lum-
Der Company, is improving and conva
lescing rapidly. His recovery seems
providential 1t will be recalled that he
was assaulted by negro who attempted
to murder him. He received three
wounds from the Negroes pistol, each
being serious The negro escaped. The
negro resented his being driven from
the company's ground for bringing whis-
key into thee ompany's camp. The Glen
lumber Company is situated near JEFF
ferson, Texas.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
SPORTING NEWS
Crowley Wins First Place in Track
Meet, New Orleans Second-Buckley
of Crowley Scores Highest Number
Of Points-Shreveport Did Well.

The High School Meet which took
place at Baton Rouge last Friday and
Saturday was highly successful There
were pupils from all over the State and
the rivalry was intense Over six hun
drel children participated. Crowley cap
tured first place with 80 points, New
Orleans second with ~, Anite third
with Is, and Winfield fourth with I6.
Shreveport made points. A large
Louisiana banner of old gold and pur-
pie, donated by the Y. M. C. A. of the
Louisiana State University, will be
awarded to Crowley as the winner of
the meet
In addition to capturing the meet,
Crowley also furnished the athlete who
made the highest number of points, For
est Buckley, who made total of 10.
Close behinw him came Tom Huffman
of Winfield, who scored IS points,
and A. Sanders of Amite who rolled up
IA points.
In the track events New Orleans cap
tured the mile relay race, and along with
it the cup awarded to the winning team
in this contest. The cup was won last
year by Baton Rouge This school was
not represented in this race this year.
Crowley was second in the race and
Amite third The time was minutes,
6 I-2 seconds.
The athletic events of the day started
out with a base ball game between Ev-
ergreen and WINFIELD. The game was
hot and prtty one throughout, the
final score being to 0 in Evergreen's
favor.
In the tennis contests Bastrop was
victorious
Shreveport was very successful and
won in the following events Exhibit of
work in history, Shreveport first, Baton
Rouge second, Alexandria third Prize,
set of Woodrow Wilson's History of
the United States. Ernest Sipe of
Shreveport won the mile race in S min
utes, 10 seconds, Huges of of Washing
ton was second and Brown of Minden
was third. Culberson of Shreveport won
the 100 yard hurdles in ~ AS seconds.
Forest Buckley of Crowley was second
and S. Morris of New Orleans third.
This makes the third mile race that
Ernest Sipe has won in less than two
months, record to be proud of when
one thinks of how many contestants
there were in the meets. He has proven
that he is one of the>best runners in
Louisiana. He wen the mile race over
at Princess Park, also the one over at
the North Louisiana High School meet
at Minden. J Culberson has-also shown
that he is some kind of hurdle runner,
as he has won over all contestants in
the last races he has run, at Princess
Park, Minden and Baton Rouge.
Minden also did well in the meet,
Tom Dutton won second place in the
hammer throw and third place in the
shot put. Leland Longino was third in
the so yard dash and Herbert Brown
was third in half mile race, Brown was.
also third in mile race.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
DIR. ASHTON RI.ANcHARn.
OcULIST.

Pr. Blanchard having completed his
course Of special study in European hos
pitals and clinics, has retained and re-
surned the practice of his profession, and
will hereafter limit same to diseases OF
the eye an dthe correction Of defective
eyesight with glasses.
Office, Continental Bank Building.
Hours, 10 am. to pm, and 5 pm.
70 pm.
Evenings al 8 o'clock by appointment
.,ssdtsbasElauA Telephone s68.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
His Serious Jests.

Spontaneity. playful extravaganza,
the ignoring Of the conventional and
the staid, even at the risk of shocking
limited and literal beings. were char
acteristics of Mark Twain. His scrawl
on card to a sick man on whom he
called. "God and are sorry that you
are so ILL.," was an expression that
came to him without the slightest hesl-
fancy over its incongruity.
His calm remark thatShe thought
that the report was somewhat exag-
gerated when 1t was bruited that he
was dead is on par with his philo-
sophical outlook on the game of des-
tiny.
Il hear" he wrote to the press last
Christmas eve. that the newspapers
say am dying. ] would not do such
a thing at my time of life. l am be-
having as well as can. Merry Christ
mas to everybodyl''
One Of the last of those beautiful
and reverent thoughts which Alr.
Clemens so often uttered was spoken
only a few days before his last de-
parture for BERMUDA. He and Mr.
Frederick A. Duneka were playing
billiards late in the night In one Of the
great rooms La Storm6eld.
'sThe shades were drawn aside. said
Mr.. Duneka. "and from the windows
we could look out into the clear night
] remarked that the moonlight was
heavenly.
One of my IDEAS Of heaven, said
Mr.. Clemens slowly. is q place full of
friends.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
Electric Lights on RoIIira Chairs.

The latest fad on the beard walk Mt
Atlantic City. \. J.. is a rolling chair
brilliantly lighted by electric itg It is
a private chair. and Installed beneath
the seat are eight dry batteries In con-
nection with fonr ineant.esstllt llgllts
projecting from the roof. It Is ar-
ranged for gentleman vho does not
wish to forego his fayurite neNspa per
or magazine when riding on the board
walk at night.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
SUPPOSE

Atlanta Constitution: The goat Mr.
Bryan captured in South America is a
poor substitute for the trick mule he
gave away, And suppose it should get
hungry, and devour a barrel of his
speeches, or one of his new platforms?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
THE posToFFIrF

The postofice will not be moved to-
night as scheduled, nor can any date be
fixed for the removal to the Slattery
building, but the transfer from the pres
ent building to Slatterys will be effected
during this week.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
DR. r n ALIEN

Office in the Cooper building. DIR.
Allen is graduate Of both schools and
carries full line Of homeopathic RENE
dies. Special attention given chronic
diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
DISTRICT COURT

The session of the District Court,
Judge Murff, was limited this morning.
At the session this evening the cases
fixed for trial are for larceny.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03

When you are looking for the good
kind Of stationery, remember that we
are still at 5Iz Edwards street and wifi
.sins that kind for you!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
one Room l.ioass Ecr hs poor.

Single room dwelling e. tsse use Of
tie poor ire being ri be sd with
by tie city Of NessS .sssls. England
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-03
THE CAUCASIAN
TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1910
INSURANCE..

When you want money. fire insurance,
bonds. life insurance. real estate. acct
dent insurance or building and loan
stock, see ". c. Agurs. in the Cooper
building
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-30

bio, los salaries no han variado desde ha-
Ice seis amos.
Ell hecho citado por ell consul lngles
es exacto: el costo de la vida, no solo en-
Marsella sino en- toda Francia, ha ad-
ouirido proporciones verdaderamente
alarmantes. hasta ell extreme de que la
Asistencia P1blica, en- Paris, gasta hoy
tres millones mas que hace sels amos en-
Ia adouisici6n de generos allmentlclos
en- las mismas cantidades y de calldades
lidenticas las de aquella epoca.
No todas las sustancias han aumenta-
do de precio en- la misma proportion.
la leche ha subido un Is por 100; la
manteca. ) por 100; los huevos, 10 por
100: la carne de vaca, 30 por 100; el
arroz. 100 por 100, Y los vestidos 40.
Hasta la carne de caballOs ha subido
un % por 100. Hay generos que CONT
niian subiendo, sin que por ahora pueda
decirse hasta d0nde llegara ell alza; tai
Isucede con el vino, las patatas y todas
las legumbres. V. 10 que es mas dolorOso,
el pan Ell proximo invierno Sc presen-
ia amenazador para los hogares pobres,
en- la mayoria de los cuales ell problema
de n vida resultara insolublc.
Y mas todavla que el precio de los Vi
veres. aumenta el de las viviendas, a pc
sar DE- que 10 mismo en- Paris que sus
arrabains las construcciones Sc multlpl-
can Sc eXtienden cada vez mas. En-
menOS 1e Sesenta amos casi Sc ha cuadru-
plicado el precio de los alquilerse.
En- ist9 Ia renta de una vivienda
obrera era t3rmiro medic. de III fran
cos; hoy esa vivienda, produce al pro
pietario mas de 400 La diferencia, CO.
mo So We es enorme.
Turante los diez aras, los locales obre-
ros han ;.lr tr tado IN - por 100 Y
este aumento Sc ha dejado sentlr eSpe-
cialmente en- los i,arrioS mas pobres. Las
| habitaciCns de $50 de 400 frances en-
los barrios populCsoS, son Oscuras, SUI
cias ruinoSas, negandose los propieta-
rios d hacer en- elias las reparaciones mas
indisper>ables, porque esperan el mo-
n'cnt0 oportuno de derribarlas y susti-
tuirla> por editicios nucvos de alquileres
mas eleyadoS.
En- rr>umen: la vida en- Paris, para
los obreroS Y la clase media, Sc hace an
gu>ti0si~ima
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-30
GSta de pas4jjeIOS

Ell vapor Philadelphia lIegado
aver tarde a nuestro puerto, han Hega
10 los sigllientes pasajeros:
Mr. Hazeltar Avery.
Mr.. Lewis n. Aver
Mr. Chas E. Brevedge.
Mr.. Chas A. Barraese.
Mr. Frand Bouwe.
Mr.. Pablo Besga.
Mr.. Robert E. Cullen.
Mr. Juan Colon.
Mr.. Savador Cuetara.
Mr. John G. Dentor.
Mr.. Jacinto n. Figueroa.
Mr.. .Judga Mastris E. GilS.
Mr.. Fred L. Hunter.
Mrs Alice NJ Hunter.
Mr.. Jose Antonio JimeneZ.
Mr.. Miller JOyer.
Rev Bta G. Josdan.
Mr.. Ethel Josdan
MISS tenllNefd JOfttFd0-
Miss Mescreden Josdan.
Mr.. Ray l.. Loeshwod
MRS Mattel Loeslwood.
Mr.. Luis OI'ieda
Mrs Maria Ortiz.
Mr.. Robert H. Munoz.
Mrs Anna Pastor.
Mr.. AlSaham Schwartz.
Mr. Asuelo Soegaasd.
Mr.. Lawrence Squire.
Doctor Mathaw 2. Gyker.
MIR. IInos. NJ. VilvaSo.
Mrs Luisa EillavaSO.
Miss Clairs V. Bthittader.
Mr.. E. La Verue Wood.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-30
VENTA DE vACAS DE LECHE

Sc desea vender algunas vacas pro-
pias para lecheria y Sc toma ganado a
Guido. en- buenas condiciones.
Para infcrmes dirijase a su dueno
JOSE ARGUELLES JOGLAR, Apar-
tado No. %. Rio Piedras.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-30

Contra los recbos de dep6sito que expden obia1
6dico por ell pazo que dure ell dep6sito.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-15
BEvER|DGE PRAISED
BY PROH|BlT|Oh|STS
Senator Tries to Represent
His Constituency, Minis
ter Candidate Says.

Prohibitionists of indianapolis see
good in Senator Beveridge where they
fail to find 1t in the republican or
democratic parties in general and May
or Shank in particular.
That Senator Beveridge is trying to
represent his constituency is point on
which the prohibitionists agree unani-
mously and propose not to criticise.
The attitude of the prohibition club
of Indianapolis was made clear at the
Tuesday night meeting in Morrison
hail. Rev. Milo l. Smith, pastor of the
Sixth Christian church. and a nominee
for the Legislature, said the senator
was doing his best and was not to be a
subject of criticism from the club.
Rev. Charles NJ. Fillmore, pastor OF
the Hillside Christian church, and a
nominee for state senator. said the
trouble with the party is its lack OF
faith In it's politics. Edward Clark
presided at the meeting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-15
ST. SW|TR|NS
DAY AND WILL
It RAIN?

This Is st. Swithin's Day, a day Sec
ond only to Grounding Day in the
calendar of the superstitious. Accord
ing TO the ancient legend:
St Swithin's day, If thou dost rain.
For forty days xviii remain;
St Swithin's day, if thou be fair.
For forty days twill rain mai rnair
Before he became a saint Swithfn
was bishop of Winchester and chancel-
Tor of the realm. 1t was in Winchester
that he was reared, educated in the
monastery which in due time received
his vows and over which he was made
provost after his ordination by BishoD
Helfnstand. He was so famed as a
wise and prudent man that King Egg
bert appointed him tutor to his son
Ethelwold. In S38 Ethe1wold succeed
ed his father and returned to secular
life, for he had already been ordained
subdeacon. In $50 he secured the
conservation of his old tutor to the
see of Winchester. made him chancel-
lor and through his urgency set aside
1.-THE Of all the lands of the ingdom
for the church.
Bishop Swithin accompanied Alfred
the Great to Rome for his confirmation,
ruled his see for ten years and died
July 2, $50. Such was his humility that
he requested that he might be buried
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-15

other direction-one that cannot but
bring the impending strike. Why.
asked the interested. should the rail-
road want more detectives II under
any condition the railroad intended to
retract its agreement ultimatum ex-
pected to make, to the laborers, con-
cession in the face of that document.
Although not one word was received
from Pittsburg. where lies the storm
center amid the counting committees
and the ballot boxes, it was generally
noised about that but three men on
the Logansport division had voted no
strike" The official count on eastern
lines shows the eastern men have voted
to strike and they now await the &C
ton of the western lines.
1t is expected that from twelve to
fifty hours will elapse before definite
returns from Pittsburg are at hand.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-15
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS,
No Need to Take ANY Further Risks

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headaches, languor, why allow them
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Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
TO use because it gives to the kidneys
the help they need to perform their
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If you have any. even one, of the
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Remember the name -Doan's-and
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