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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-06-24

Another hoy i'm Manhattan tried
less tragical method of escaping
school and succeeded for the whole
afternoon, but his experiment hal
such unexpected results that there s
every reason to believe that he has
been permanently cured of playing
truant. The other DAY, when his dis
inclination to 60 to school was parti-
cularly strong, he betook himself to
the roof of a house in the neighbor-
hood where there is a we'll stocked
pigeon house. 1t was warm on the
roof and the boy became drowsy. He
stretched himself on the fiat roof
behind a chimney, ana promptly fell
asleep. The sun was quite low when
the boy awoke, to find himself stuck
to the roof, the asphalt of which had
become softened by the heat of the
sun. He became frightened and be-
gan to yell at the top of his voice.
A policeman heard him and fastened
to the top of the house. After con-
siderable effort the policeman sue
ceeded in prying the boy off the as
phalt, but he was not able to pull the
boys long locks away from the sticky
substance of the roof. Finally the boy
got away leaving part of his cloth
ing and his beautiful locks, the pri lie
Of his mother, or the roof. What hap
pened when his father came home, dis
erection forbids to divulge.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. Io,3o6-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Oscar Gartner, for use and benefit
of w K. Henderson, VS.. D. C.
Richardson.
By virtue of writ of alias heri facias
10 me issued in the above numbered and
entitled salt, from the Honorable First
judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ISL, Louisiana, l have seized and will
oHer for sale at public auction, for cash.
according to law, during the legal hours
fer sales, at the principal front door OF
the court house of Caddo Parish, Louis
lima, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 80. 1910,
Lots Is, 10, 20 block 2 lots 28, 20, 80 OF
block I lots II, Is, 19, 20 of block 7,
lots IS, 70, 20, I'd, rs of block 9; lots I8
10, 20 of block II; lots I8, TO- 20 OF
block I6, Queensborough subdivision OF
the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish
Louisiana, as per map recorded in con-
veyance book al, page 385, of the re-
corder's office of Caddo Parish, La
Also lots II, block I'D" of the Colonial
Hill Subdivision of Caddo Parish, La,
as per map recorded in conveyance book
al, page 424 of the records of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, together with all
buildings and improvements thereon.
Also the northwest quarter and IA Ia
acres off of north side of southwest
quarter section I, township 10, range 10
Gaddo Parish, La; and fractional south
half of section Fl, township IS, range
IS, Caddo Parish, La.
The above property seized as belong
ing to the said defendant and to be sold
to satisfy the amount specified in the
said writ, say in the sum of two thous-
and six hundred and thirty-eight and
24-Ioo dollars ($2,63824), with FIVE per
cent per annum interest thereon from
January I, 1906, until paid, and all costs
of this suit. P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian March 49, Sheriff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
A nsfaatad cnnsoienca.

George W Martin, secretary of the
Kansas State Historical society. tells a
story about an early day Kansas JUS
tee Of the peace who will be nameIess
here:
This J. r. said Mr. Martin, would
marry couple one day as justice Of
the peace and divorce them the next
as notary public"
One time. as the story ran, man
surrendered himself to this ]. P.
"An' phwat's the matter?' asked the
Judge.
81 killed a man out here on the prai.
RE in fight" was the reply 81 want
to give myself up"
tsYou did kill him. sor? asked the
J. p
Eyes. SIR was the reply.
'tWho saw your asked the ]. P.
Nobody"
An nobody saw you kill 'im?"
''No, sir. Just we two were there"
IAN you're sure nobody saw you? %
reiterated the ]. p
"Of course I'm sure" was the reply.
'Thin you're discharged" said the J
P. bringing his nst down on the table.
You're discharged You can't 'crimi-
nate yourself. Fifty dollars. pIease!"--
Kansas City Journal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. I3,3o7-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis,
lana: J. l. Schumpert VS.. L. L
Campbell
By virtue of writ of feri facias, tc
me issued from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par.
ish, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, | have seized and will
offer for sale, at public auction, fol
cash, with the benefit of appraisement
and according to law, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddc
Parish, Louisiana, during the lega
hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 80, 1910.
One six horse power Weber engine, two
large vises, one air compressor, one
small friction drill, one gasoline pump
one gasoline tank. The above property
seized as belonging to the above defend
ant, 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 23rd day of March 1910, until
paid, at the legal rate per centum pei
annum, together with all costs of this
suit. 7. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer
Caucasian, April ID, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
sHFRIFF,S SALE.
No. Is,37I-1n the First Judicial Dis
triet Court of Caddo Parish, Louis

No. Is,37I-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana ]. R. Dale VS.. A. c. Pitts.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, te
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish
Louisiana, in the above numbered anc
entitled suit, have seized and will of.
fer for sale at public auction, for cash
and according to law, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddc
Parish, Louisiana, during the legal hour;
for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1910,
A certain promissory note made by J
M. Wynn in favor of A. c. Pitts of date
March 4, 1910, due ninety days after
date, for the sum of one hundred and
eighteen dollars and ninety-six cents
($II8o6) with eight per cent per annum
interest thereon from date unail paid
The above property seized as belonging
to the said defendant, and to be sold to
satisfy the debt specified in said writ,
say for the sum Of $50. so with 6 per cent
interest on 5000 from July 6, 1905, and
S per cent interest on $40 from No
vember 10, 1909, until paid, together
with all costs of this suit.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian. April "a, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28

"Biarritz is on the tuInultuous bay OF
Biscay. and Cambo. where Rostand
lives, is only dozen miles behind
Biarritz. placid village in the Basque
country
The speaker was Philadelphia jour
naiist.
81 tried to interview Rostand in his
Basque home.H he went on. but II
was useless. I did see his sen. though.
The young man talked excellent Eng
lish.
He cracked a lot OF jokes about his
fathers rooster play. pretending that
they we're all jokes from the text.
why, he even declared that the play
opened with Chanteeler. the rooster,
calling one OF his older wives aside
and saying:
Ny dear. you must beware. The
farmer told the cock this morning that
he would have chicken for dejeuner
He's laying for you now
well. love, sighed the hen, I sup
pose I've 40 right to object. I've been
laying tor him. you know, these many
years =
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
ESTRAY NOTICE

Estrayed before me, w. A. Elicit, jus
tice of the peace, Ward Three, Caddo
Parish, La, by T. R. Elicit, one gray
mare about IL years old, blind in left
eye. Shod in front, branded Mo on left
shoulder. The owner is requested to
come forward, prove property and pay
charges or same will be sold at Moor
ingsport on Saturday May II, 1910.
w. A. Elicit,
ALI Justice Peace Ward Three.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
NOTICE.
To Mortgage Creditors Of the Parish of

To Mortgage Creditors of the Parish OF
Caddo, State of Louisiana.
In conformity with section 63, Act No
IS 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 4, 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-
tisenents of tax sales, and they are
warned to take such steps prior to the
sale as may be necessary to protect their
rights. J. p. LOURNOY.
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Tax Collector.
Caucasian, April 28, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by Paxton Miller at Keith.
vile, Caddo Parish, La, and estrayed
before me, the undersigned authority
one brown a-yeaf-old steer, no mark Oh
brands; one white. and black spotted
2-year-old steer, marked split in right
ear, no brand. Owner will come for
ward, prove property, pay charges OF
same will be sold at Keithville, La, on
Wednesday, May II, 1910, at the law
directs. IF. HENDERSON,
4-Io Justice Peace 9TH Ward
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28

WHY DIDN'T YOU MOVE THE FLY, THENT'
nine or ten feet to the left. and It was
from the blacklist shadow that my
friend had to make his best speech.
Naturally. at the end Of the act, he
Indignantly asked the limelight man
why the Deuce the light hadn't been
thrown where 1t belonged.
Fly In the way the limelight man
answered, biting chew from plug
OF tobacco
why didn't you move the fly.
thenf shouted my friend.
The limeHght man rolled his to-
bacco to the other cheek, looked at my
friend dreamlly and drawled as he
turned on his heel,
If ye could act guess ye wouldn't
want no limelight.'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
A Hibsenian Hint.

The Hon. Joseph Il. Choate. former
~ our ambassador to England. tells
the following story, crediting the same
to 4 political speech made by Sir Hen.
r. Campbell Rannerman:
A head Of q house had complained
to three friends-an Englishman. an
1rishnan and a Seot--that his servant
broke great deal of china
The matter OF fact Englishman gave
the short bit Of practical advice. .DIs-
miss him."
s'Take it out Of mis- wages." spoke
tie thrifty Scot
Objection to the latter course was
made on the ground that the wages
we're less than the amount OF dam
ages. The Irishman at once came to
the rescue with:
.sEhen raise his wages Judge.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
NEW SHORT STORIES
Retort of the LimeIight Man.

Forbes Robertson at dinner in New
York praised the American critical
sense.
"But," be said, signing, isn't your
criticism in its clarity and directness
too cruel sometimes?
So remember brother actor who
played one night in a small western
town. At the climax Of the third act
Of his play the limelight was always
thrown upon him. In this town, how
ever, the llmelight man shot the light
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
DR.. ASHTON BLANCHARD,
nrY1T rem

DR.. Blanchard having completed his
course of special study IN European hos
pitfalls and clinics, has returned and re-
sumed the practice Of liis profession, and
viii 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
to S pm.
Evenings at 8 o'clock by appointment
Cumberland Telephone 38
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
HOW TO ORDER pATTERNs.

The patterns described in the Caucas-
ian are supplied by the May Manton
Pattern Company. 132 West Twenty
seventh street, New York City, and the
Masonic Temple, Chicago, III. Forward
orders with names and address to the
New York or Chicago Office Of the COM
pany with 6 cents for each pattern, and
they will Be mailed direct.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
DIR. Z 6. ALIEN

Office in the Cooper building. DR..
Allen is graduate of both schools and
carries fan line Of homeopathic reme-
dies. Special attention given chrcHic
diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28

When you are Looking for the good
kiad of stationery, remember that we
are still at sI7 Edwards street and viii
csnt that kind for YOU.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
PostofHce Museum PopuIsr.

As a haven to sightseers the post
office department museum is rapidly
becoming one Of the notable points Of
interest 10 the District OF Columbia
The numerous articles Of all sorts that
have been excluded from the mails as
unavailable or failed of delivery to
either addressee or sender make up
the interesting collection that em-
braces almost every conceivable arti-
Gle that one person Is likely to send to
another as gift or curiosity.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
INsuRANeR

When you want money, Are insurance,
bonds, life insurance. real esaate, acct
dent insurance OF building and loan
stock. see w. C. Agurs. in the cooser
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
Lodse's Cav Raiment.

Senator Lodge is furnishing bright
bit Of color in the otherwise drab sen
ate these DAYS. The erudite New Eng
lander has startled his associates with
some wonderful shirts-regular col
lege boy effects One had broad pink
stripes running across the chest, while
another was black and white striped
combination.
In the somber senate these brilliant
hues stood out prominently and I'M
mediately riveted the gaze of the
folks in the galleries. For d man who
gets his keenest pleasure out of the
study of ancient history Senator
Lodge affects many habits of the rah.
rah-rah boys In addition to his
weakness for loud shirts he Is a
steady cigarette smoker.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
Guessina en Adiournment.

Stirred By the speculation as to the
date when congress will adjourn. M.
w. Pickering. a house attache. has Of
fered prize TO the representative or
employee Of the house making the
closest guess TO the correct date. Many
OF them have written their guesses on
a big placard posted In Pickering's
elevator and above the signatures is
this Inscription: Season pass In this
car for the best guesser Among the
representatives guessing are: Kahn Of
California, May 10: Englebright of Cal
ffornia. May 70: Lee of Georgia. May
%; Hayes of California, June /: Lloyd
Of Missouri. June 4; Burleson Of Texas
and Hamline Of Missouri. June 10;
Woods of New Jersey. June Is. Ruck-
er Of Missouri. June 20; Barchfield OF
Pennsylvania. July /.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
Secret of Cannon's Power.

'In accounting for the great power
of Speaker Cannon" said an old timer
10 the house. most people overlook
an important factor That is the In
nuence gained by Cannon as member
of the house twenty-seven or twenty
eight years before he was made speak
err. For a part Of that time he was
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations. He was real power In
that role. Many a time he would head
a revolt. and through the influence OF
his personality he would beat the reg
uIar organization on important legis-
lation. He was a sort Of overload in
the house de carried all that influ-
ence into the speakership. In this
way he had tighter grip on the ma
chinery of the house than any of his
predecessors.
THE men who followed Cannon as
the head of the appropriations commit
tee never gained the prestige he held
there. Tawney has been driven of the
floor time AID again when he attempt
ed to override the organization. Uncle
Joe as speaker has had far greater
authority than that conferred by the
rules"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
Washington LETTER

BY CARL sCHOfIELD. Special Core
spondent.
The house committee on reform In
the civil service has favorably report
ed bill. in accordance with the KeeI
commission. to reclassify civil service
employees Of the government. The
bill recIassilies the civil service as fol
lows:
Pay of Department Clerks.
Supervisory Grade.-Chief clerks OF
division and other employees who per.
form supervisory. executive and ad'
minislrative duties to be specifically
estimated fc"; salaries. 81 900 and over
Clerical Grades.-1. Senior clerks
Employees who are assigned to work
largely supervisory or requiring the
highest order of clerical ability, iDvoiv'
ing much original thought, considera.
ton and investigation; salaries, $500
1880. $3.50.
2. Clerks Employees who are as
signed to work more or less routine,
involving responsibility, special ability
and original thought, consideration and
investigation; salaries. $1,740. $1,620
$1,000.
g. Junior clerks-Employees who are
assigned to work of routine charac-
ter. requiring but little original thought
or consideration. but requiring judg-
ment. responsibility and special skill
salaries, $3.50. $500. 1920. 1920.
4. Underclerks-E Employees who are
assigned to work of a simple or routine
character, requiring care, accuracy and
skill; salaries. $1,000, $1,O20. $500, $500
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-28
A TabIet From ItaIy

A beautiful bronze tablet presented
by the Naples section of the Italian
Naval league TO the officers and enlist
ed men of the United States warships
which rendered aid III Calabria and
Sicily after the earthquake Of Dec. Is.
1908. has arrived at the navy depart
ment. It will be placed In 4 con-
spicnol,s position on the battleship
Connecticut. flagship Of the Atlantic
feet Similar tablets have been pre-
scented to the navies of Great Britain
Germany. France. Spain and Russia.
The tablet contains bas-relief female
figures SylnboIizing the six countries
named. With Il fleet of batfIeships In
the background rapidly approaching
representation OF the ruined city Of
Messina
Marine Band Concerts.
The United States Marine band has
begun tile selniweekiy promenade con-
certx IN Potomac park. The band
stand Is located on the lawn near
Riverside drive. Just west Of the new
Inlet hridSe. The concerts viii be
given every Wednesday and Saturday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-18
"DONTLET HIM!
DON'TLET HIM.

shriekins at the top Of her
voice, Don't let him. don't let
him." Mrs. Kate Rodenhaver Gre
ated a lot Of excitement at the
auditors office today noon in her
efforts to keep from being record
ed a mortgage for $500 given by
her to her former husband, J. e.
Rodenhaver, brakeman on the
Northern Pacific.
Mrs. Rodenhaver charged that
the mortgage was secured without
consideration and by fraud, and
that It was the result of mesmeric
power possessed over her by Ro-
deEhaVer.
The woman's appeals had no pow
er In deterring the actions of the
man. He tried to reason with her,
and finding that she would not be
convinced, he handed the instru.
ment In for recrod.
The clerks at the receiving win.
dow in the auditors office were
dumbfounded. They had never
seen case of the kind before and
for a time knew not what to do.
After a brief consultation between
Deputy Auditor Stewart and War
rant Clerk Bishop, it was agreed
that they could do nothing but &C.
cept the instrument. and the mort
gage was accordingly taken from
the trembling hands of Roden-
haver.
Seeing this, Mrs. Rodenhaver al
most went into Mysteries. She
threw herself on a bench and
screamed and yelled at the top Of
voice. The ex-husband and mort
gagee then quietly slipped out of
the building and left the weeping
woman and the large crowd that
gathered to settle the controversy
as best they could.
The episode in the auditors Of
flee is the outcome of long thought
divorce proceedings, In which, af-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-18

Councilman Andy Cartwright,
after an inspection of the work on
the new reservoir at Lincoln
Heights. says that the only evil
dence that is as yet in sight Of a
reservoir is a hole in the ground,
and not a very large one at that.
The reservoir was ordered for
water relief for this summer, but
at the present status Of affairs it
will not be ready before Christ
mas.
Assistant Superintendent Lind
say of the water department said
today that the reservoir would be
of an immense help were it COM
pleted, but he has given up all
hope Of getting any help from that
quarter this summer.
Mr.. Lindsay say that another
unit of two pumps will be put into
commission the last of the present
week and the third unit some time
soon thereafter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-18
THREE HOUSES
ARE RA|DEO

At n O'Clock this morning.
which. by the way, il an unusual
hour for = raid on q disorderly
house. several plain clothesmen,
with the assistance OF the police
patrol wagon, descended on three
resorts on East Front street. in the
one and two hundred blocks, and
gathered In five women.
Those who took part in the raid
were Detectives Hogan, Thompson
and Mcdonald. and the women ar
rested gave the names of Marie
Overton. Mary Butler, Mrs. H.
Daugherty, Aldashia Myers and
Dixie Lawrence. They are held in
Jail pending the arrival of some
one who will put up 500 bond
apiece for them.
A large crowd watched the oper-
ations of the police and several
comments were made on the fact
that these resorts were pulled" at
such q peculiar time of day, while
last night revelry ran riot at five
or six white" resorts on Front,
less than a block from the police
station.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-18
G Q NTINU T. d
F r o -
p a G F. O N F.
THE FOREST FIRES

leave here To-Day. 1t is recognized
that unless the fire is prevented
from spreading that there is a pos
sibility of this part of the Occur
d'Alene mining district being de,
nuded of it's forests.
Settlers who lost their homes
have congregated at Kellogg, with
such belongings MS they were able
to carry when compelled to flee
1t was reported that seven fire
fighters were hemmed in by the
flames. No confirmation of the re-
port has been received here.
The fire started yesterday morn
ing. presumably from camp fire
carelessly left burning. This is
the second fire which has swept
through the Pine creek district this
year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-18
THIRTY DOLLARS
BIG SUCCESS

The presentation at the Wash
ington by Miss Dorothy DeSchell
and a company of selected players
of Thirty Dollars" comedy
dramatic playlet by Sewell Collins,
seems to have awakened consider
able interest among local theater
goers, who well and favorably re-
member this talented little actress
in "The Thief. THE Lily" ETC., in
which plays she won high ap-
proval. Miss DeSchelle's offering
is a drama of absorbing interest of
the race track, in which a world
Of stirring incident is condensed
into 20 minutes Of soul stirring &C.
ton. 1t is by far the best one-act
play seen upon the stage at the
Washington. There are six other
interesting numbers upon the bill.