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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
In THE FOG.

A heavy fog settles down over the
earth and shuts our your vision.
The only clear space is the iNme-
date circle about you. sAs yoa walk
through the haze the clear spot follows
and remains about you.
Everybody except yourself is shut
out by the fog.
Your neighbor has like experience.
enveloped in the fog and he is the
center of the only bright spot
Is it not soI
And thereby hangs moral.
1t is characteristic of average hu-
mainly to self center itself. Each man
thinks he can see clearly enough, but
that those about him are badly be-
logged.
Each man fancies he is wise con
corning the things he presumes to
know, and each fancies his neighbor
is unwise because be cannot see
when. as matter of fact. both may
be In the fog.
For instance
You may think your political party is
the one that must save the country,
while your neighbor may regard you
as blind partisan and think his party
Is the commissioned instrument of ma
tional salvation.
See?
You say your church is the only
church that has the real right of way
up to the pearly gates. The other man
says you are wrong and his roSfe is
the straight and narrow way.
You think he is in a haze. he knows
you are
And there we are.
The whole trouble lies in the fact
that we lack the full sweep of the
dEider horizon. We are all of us more
or less befogged Only a few great
souls struggle out IT the lower earth
mists to the heights that are lit up by
the clear sunshine.
Because of our limited view we are
+ apt to become narrow, provincial, pref
udiced and maybe conceited.
Let US be very sure the fog has
cleared away before we presume too
much. With becoming humility let us
be slow to criticise our fellow travel
ers. Because
Some of US will never get the wider
scope of vision until the earth fogs
shall have been eternally dispeIled.
one sided. Our little arc is small part
Of the great circle. Our luminous lit
tie spot is but speck in the earth fog.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
TEE FACE OF A CHILD.

There is so much of good in the worst Of
us o
And so much of bad in the best of US
That it scarcely behooves any Of us
To talk about the rest of us.
Whoever wrote the above lines, as.
suredly there is in them more of truth
than of poetry.
The other night a burglar, masked
and armed with revolver and "jtm-
my" entered the home of Adolph Hu-
bert of Rogers Park, Gil.
He held up Hubert and his wife in
their bed at the muzzIe OF his weapon
and got S., all the money In sight.
The burglar started to back away
when he caught sight of little Marie
Hubert, aged four years. asleep in her
crib.
What was it?
Did he have children at home, OF
was it some tender resolution?
Anyway, this burglar who few mo-
ments before was a desperate went
over to the crib and looked long time
down in the face of the sweetly sleep
ing chilli.
i-Then he went back to the bedside
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert. handed over
the SIS lie had taken, dug up quarter
besides and said:
This is my change. and | haven't
got whole lot either I'need it, but
I'm going to leave it for the little kid"
His voice grew husky.
uJust hand her this quarter when
she wakes up, will your She's all
right"
Then he went away.
What is there in the old book about
babes @stilling the avenger?" And 1t
says ''a,iittle child shall lead them"
There was good spot in the burglar.
: and the face of the child caused in-
visible fingers to touch that spot.
Dickens, you remember, says there
is way to every heart, though 1t may
be up winding stair.
Who knows what crisis in the life
of that man may nave been made by
the little one there sleeping the breath
less slumber of childhood2
Anyway
1t doesn't behooye the best OF us to
talk about the rest of us.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16

EEe
self: "Thts honor j have won for my
self and by myself. rhe recognition
IL mine, aud the honor is mine"
But he thought first of the sweet
faced little woman be called mother.
In the stir and rush of sudden re-
sponsibility thrust upon him Mr. Go
dell might have filled his mind with
anxious thought for the future.
He thought first of mother.
Surely she must be Il fine old mother
10 have sucn royal hearted boy.
Mother! Your mother
How long since you have written her
d letter or honOred her with dinner?
How many times. do you think, has
your mother thought of you?
Why. child-big child or Iittle-she
thinks of you always, even in her
dreams.
Or maybe your motheS has passed
into the unseen holy. What honOrs
would be hers could you bring her
back from the echoIess shore!
Do not wait to put Sous flowers on
mothers coffiD lid.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
a wOMANS TONGUE.

William Watson, the English poet,
wrote a poem entitled The Woman
With the gerpent's Tongue" vitriolic
diatribe
Richard lie Gallienne. in reply, wrote
poem, The Poet With the Coward's
Tongue" branding Watson's stuff as
ungallant and untrue, whereat there
has been talk of hostile meeting. etc.
A woman's tongue.
Men have jeered and TESTED at it,
but have found no fault with the
tongue of man. because. you know, his
tongue knows naught but gentleness
andsavors always of seraphic sweet
ness
4 woman S tongue.
Whose? Your mothers, or wife's, or
sisters, or daughters. or sweetheart's?
No, no. OF course not! Some other
persons mother or wife or sister or
sweetheart has the serpent's tongue.
woman's tongue.
Whose tongue was it sang the lula
by to you in the days when, helpless
and dependent, some ones loving arms
held you in embrace? Who brushed
| away your tears and with soothing
| tongue hushed your childish troubles?
Whose tongue prayed to God for your
welfare? What tongue was it babe
you "Goodby and God bless you, my
childr' when you went away? And
whose tongue still prays for you?
! A woman's tongue.
/ Some woman's tongue said Yes
when you asked her to marry you and
help you and love you through all the
years. Whose was it? Was it not
the same tongue that sang your babies
to sleep-the same tongue that. when
you went to her respondent and
broken. sweetly said, Never mind,
dear-try it again.
A woman's tongue.
Is it q serpents tongue that calls
you by the endearirg name of broth
er?' What tongue quicker to respond
in defense of you. to intercede for yon
to bless you. than a sisters tongue?
4 A woman's tongue.
i Does Il malignant tongue say dear
Idaddyy'' The little daughters tongue
llisps papa with its earliest accents
and the biz daughter writes that yor
are 'the tiasst father in all the werld.'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
|HearttoHeart
Talks.
STRAYS.
By EDWIN A. NYR

Watch that dog.
Evidently he was not well born, or
f his breeding is good be has been
ruined by mistra atment or bad sur
witch him.
UnkeIfX III slouching, he is as
ugly in disposition as he looks.
Why
Persecution has made a coward, not
martyr, of him. He sinks along
back alleys, showing his teeth, but
turns his tail and runs on the slightest
provocation.
Watch the stray child of the slums.
Like the dog. evidently he was not
well born. His mother was the half
starved and brutalized wife of a
drunken beast.
Like the dog, the child is an Ishmael-
lite.
Why?
Why not? The wretched BOY, man.
gy, like the dog, slouches in the dark
corners and feels that every mans
hand, especially the policeman's hand,
is raised against him.
His lodging is dry goods box or an
ash barrel. and the gutter is his day
school.
He is like the dog.
Like the dog, he is kicked and cuffed
by men. and, like the dog, he fights
with his fellows for bone. Foxy in
mind, furtive in movement, he is both
wary and bold.
And, like the dog, he is what his
blood and the world has made him-a
fugitive and thief
Why?
He has not had his chance.
In Philadelphia a rich man gathers
up the old skates that once were
horses and the stray dogs and sends
them out to his big country place.
There the wrecks and waits are given
a chance.
This man is trying to make up to the
animal strays what society has robbed
them of. The human strays are not
treated so kindly.
In Cleveland, o., they give the stray
kid chance They send him to city
farm to get red blood, self respect,
ambition.
The waits are treated better than
dogs
A hundred years from now folks will
wonder at our neglect and cruelty as
we wonder at Dickens story of the
Yorkshire schools.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16

No. I3,28o-I In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La. :
Meridian Fertilizer Company VS..
A. c. Pitts.
By virtue of writ of feri faclaS to
me issued in the above numbered and
entitled suit, from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, | 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, FEB. s, 1910,
An undivided one-third interest in strip
of land containing IS acres, and more
fully described in deed from ]. w. Nc
Cathron to Louis Hebron, NJ. c. Wade
and A? c. Pitts, in conveyance book 81,
page 6I2, and southwest quarter of
southwest quarter section 8, township
g. range IS; north half of north half
of southeast quarter; north half of the
south half of the south half of south
east quarter section 7, township 70,
range IS, and all buildings and improve
ments thereon, as per deed, conveyance
book 40, page 2I4, and southeast quar-
ter of southwest quarter section IS,
township p, range 10 west Louisiana
meridian, containing 10 acres, as per
deed in conveyance book Sd, page 64S,
and acres out of the northwest cor
ner of the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 2, township
TO- range 10 west, Caddo Parish, La,
as per deed conveyance book SO, page
1856; also lots and I, block 20, Ro-
dessa, La.
The above property seized as belong
ing to the above defendant, and to be
sold to satisfy the amount specified in
the said writ, say in the sum of $342.42,
with interest thereon from May I, A. D.
1909, until paid, at the rate of per cent
per annum, and all costs of suit.
]. P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, Jan. 4. Sheriff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
HIS MOTHER.

There was certain man named Go
dell who began at the bottom and
made good in the railroad world
The proof of his efficiency Is fine,
sumptnous private car presented to
Superintendent Godell by James j..
Hill, owner of the big northern system
of railroads,
Godell got his new car just before
Thanksgiving.
And where do you suppose he made
his frst trip?
Down to Des Moines, Ia, to give bis
mother a Thanksgiving dinner.
So the first big dinner served in the
beautiful car was served for the little
old mother in the Hawkeye capital.
A little thing? But
Man! Think of IFS significance!
IN the first fine tlpsh Of high promo
eAon most men would center their
thoughts upon them selves.
Mr. Godell might have said to him
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
SHERIFF'S SALE.
No. 3,25S-In the Third District Cow
of Claiborne Parish, Louisi-

No. 3,258-In the Third District Couh.
of Claiborne Parish, Louisi-
P. c. Morley VS.. A. G. Worbey r
By virtue of a writ of feri faciaa t.
me directed from the Honorable Third
Judicial District Court of Claiborne
Parish, Louisiana, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, l have seized
and will offer for sale for cash accord
ing to law, during the legal hours for
salesq at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La, on
SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1910,
Lots and S of block 4 of the town Of
Gillian, as per map of same in convey
anee book 22, page 598, of the records
of Caddo Parish, La.
The above property seized as belong
ing to the said defendant and to be sold
to satsfy dtthe debt specified in the said
writ, say in the sum of $4,000 with s
per cent interest from July I, 1908 and
the further stun of $3o4.oo with 8 per
cent interest from March Is, 1908, and
the further sum of $4,000 with 8 per
cent interest from November 28, 1906,
less credits of $4,000 paid March Io,
1000, $4,000 paid May IS, 1900, and
$66.25 paid July 10, 1900, and the fur
Their sum of $4,000 with per cent in
terest from November 28, 1906, togeth-
er with 10 per cent attorneys fees on
the last two named sums, and all costs
of suit ]. P. FLOURNOY
Caucasian, Gan. a. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
SHERIFF'S SALE.
CauCasi.

No I34I5-In the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court of Caddo Parish La:
Marx Bluestein vs. Willis Bradford.
BY virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me issued from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, in the above nunl-
bered and entitled suit, l have seized
and will offer for sale at public auction,
for cash, according to law, at the prin-
clpal front door of the court house of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
. SATURDAY, JAN. 70, 1910,
His undivided 2-15 interest in and tot
the tract of land acquired by WASH.
Bradford as per act and plat in conVey
ance book I, page 338-34o of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana. The above PIN \
seized as belonging to the above ~
ants and to be sold to satisfy the dtat
specified in the said writ, say $360d,
with 8 per cent interest thereon from
January II, 1905 and all costs Of suit
including 10 per cent on said sum and
interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY, 2
Caucasian, Dec. 20. Sheriff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16

Are the serpeHts I";.sut's or your ueSn
and blood:
Womhn'S tongue.
Is there guile nnder the tongue Of
the dearest girl of them al"-your
sweet heart: Is hers the Serpents
tongue.
What wOrTan's tongue?
OccasiluaI sharpness there may be;
bGl. OH. the tender. soothng4 loving
accents Of II wolGnn's tongue! Only the
poet with towards tongue could
fault ito
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16

.Lg to the said defendant, and to be sold
to satisfy the amount specified in the
SAIL writ, say in the sum of $II2oo with
7 per cent interest thereon from Tanr-
airy II, 1907, until paid, and all costs
Of suit, including 10 per cent on said
sum end interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY.
Caucasian, Jan. 4. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
opposed to Serials.

"See here grumbled The condemned
man, faint there a law against cruel
nm unusual punishment
eyes" answered the warder.
"An' amt TO be hanged next
week.
I'm afraid you are"
Then what dyer mean by sendfn'
ne bunch-of papers to read that
sin't got nothin' but serial stories In
en-. Tit Bits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16

II it's bill heads you are looking feg
or may be a supply of letter heads >
an outfit of envelopes. you can do y
better than let us Ak 'eR. Phone 1895
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
- - -. = -
HAPPY Art OF
LOOKING YOUNG
Shirley Breese Tells How Some
Middle Aged Women Keep
Youthful Charm-,k1ints as %
Retaining Attractiveness.

NNCE upon a time it would have
"a "a been considered foolish to ask
question like this: whats
the use of looking ODD
Nowadays it is query which is en-
hently proper. OF course if one ran
sacks the mental apparatus certain
reasons for wanting to look older than
one really IS may be brought to light
For instance, it may seem desirable to
one deprived of some of the good
things whichoage brings to be some
what older, but most of us are wide
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16
SHERIFF'S SALE.

No. 1920 D In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish. La. :
Meridian Fertilizer Company VS..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-16

Watch that dog.
Evidently he was not well born, or
af his breeding is good be has been
ruined by mistra atment or bad sur
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28

rhe entnralled forest wanderers save
the rustling of the leaves above them
as the evening breezes rocked to sleep
in their nests the song birds that had
made glad the day.
Gilbert. Gilbert"-her voice rested
fondly on his name-'T am getting so
very tired. You must take care of
me-"
The young soldier noticed that the
girls steps had become slower; that
she dragged heavily on his arm and
her cheeks had begun to pale. The
daughter of the house Of De Valette
he knew, was unused to continued
physical exertioI, and the roughness
Of the path added to her burden. In
the first flush Of his joy at Medicines
confession of her love for him and her
determination which followed to ac
company him he had not stopped TO
consider just what complications might
arise from her action. She had said
that she must go with him, which
seemed to settle the entire matter. SO
far as were concerned these two young
people, untutored in the ways Of q
suspicious, formality bound world.
Now Gilbert Steele saw that some
thing must be done. Madeleine must
have rest. she must have food. and
she must have a place to sleep.
She began to falter
Madeleine" he said tenderly. He
stopped in the tree fringed path and
supported her with his arm around her
waist. He pointed upward toward the
heavens with his other hand. There
in a patch of sky cleaned brightly the
glorious orb of Venus.
"See. my dear" he whispered. The
girl rested her head against his shout
der. and her gaze followed the line Of
his pointing hand. "See, that is the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association

20 think that If it hadn't been for this
you'd have gone off to the war"
1t broke his dream. Swiftly he start
ed TO his feet She rose, too. fright
ened.
Madeleine" he cried. 1--WE must be
married without any delay! The priest
here
"Father O'Maray' she exclaimed
'But be wouldn't do it! He'd take me
home. He thinks he has to marry me
to Raoul"
But" he said in despair, what
can we do? If have to leave you
here
Leave mep She chung to his sleeve
'I've got to go with the company.
I've enlisted. I've promised"
She cried piteously:
You could leave me-now"
They'd call me coward If didn't!
It's a question Of honor. Listen. Mad
eleine. I'm running away to join them
gave them my word. and must keep
It, You mustn't speak Of my going
when you get back homer
"Home" she cried brokenly. aghast.
You want me to go homer
You mustw he cried IT'S growing
late, And we were to meet at sunset,
and | don't know where. l haven't
even found Wolf"
There had come the sound of fife
and drum.
And | haven't even my riflep' cried
Gilbert despairingly. They are CON-
Ing now. If they think I've broken my
Word"-
She had been standing silent, eyes
vide. She had not known. but she
Lad been learning many things. At
length she said. with a pronounced eff
fort:
They are to meet here Your rifle
Is there" She pointed to the hollow
tee. He leaped to it. He took there
from gun and powderhorn, singing
Tie latter across mis- snoaiuer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28

There" he cried exutantly. that
makes a soldier of mew He turned TO
her. And youll be a soldiers wife
yet. sweetheart"
mo-" she cried, fingers ntwined
"No.'
"say goodby to me- he besoueht.
"Say goodby, like a brave girl. There's
no other way"
Her face was buried in her hands
81 can't, she moaned. Gilbert I
can't"
He placed his arm about her in alfec.
nonate manner.
They mustn't see you" be said
you must so quicklyw
But even then it was too late Men
were coming from all sides Gilbert
looked about him.
They came. rugged backwoodsmen
bronzed and gaunt callow recruits.
awkward red faced-all manner Of
men in all manner of garb. And with
them was Wolf He marshaled them
with confident manner and boasting
words He arrayed them in semblance
Of order. LAcadlenne had come with
them She, suspecting that Madeleine
was still there, made that suspicion a
certainty, and during all the confu-
sion that had come to the silent glade
found time TO say TO the crouching lit
tie figure I'm white:
HE cannot stay But you could go
with him"
Game the voice OF Wolf,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28


"Now then Boys 0il we ro Youte
got a fifteen mile march ahead Of YOU
but you can sleep in the boat as we
drop down the river Form upl Get
yourselves in fours or skies or some
thing!
It was then that Gilbert ste9ged for.
ward He said quickly and very ear
nestly;
Wolf. you know me. / want little
time. Let me follow I'll be with You
when you reach the river give you
my word"
Wolf. looking at him. rejoined
Mr. steele. your words good with
me. You'll be there Catch us if YOU
can. We move fast" He turned away
Came from his lips a shout. "Well,
boys, It's mp and off for Andrew Jack.
sons army"
Fife and drum broke into the shrlll
jqueai and piercing rattle. and with
tlem were the voices of men, throaty,
husky, loud:
Then it's up and Off for Andy Jacirsons
armyl
I'd ike to see the Briton that can scar
me-
Andyn drive 'em out o. Zion,
And he'll skin their NANCY lion,
SO it's up and off for Andy jackson S
Gr:nyl"
They had gone. Gilbert turned to
Madeleine. His voice was choking.
Madeleine" he whispered broken
ly, "Madeleinew
she did not move. Only she was
looking at him.
He murmured softly:
"Goodby."
NO she breathed.
You must go, he said. you must
go while i have the strength to let
you"
She whispered
Il can't. 1t came all at once. |
can'tr
But
she moved a little toward him. Her
face was near TO his
II am going with you," she whis-
pered. and again, 81 am going with
you"
They were both very young. Many,
many things they did not know. Yet
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28
DURUM WHEAT.
A Grain That Is Steadily Increasing In
Popularity.

Popularity.
There is a steadily increasing pro
duction of durum wheat in northern
Minnesota and North Dakota and in
the arid or semiarid sections of other
states.
The big Touring mills have not as yet
adapted their machinery to the proper
grinding Of durum wheat, says an ex-
pert They find the grain too rich in
gluten and too hard for their present
installment of rollers. The elevator
men don't handle it freely because it
necessitates special bins. But the ex-
porters take it eagerly
Durum is sometimes called macaroni
wheat because is main use up to this
time has been for the manufacture of
macaroni The French, however, W..
are accounted the best cooks in -
world, have employed it quite extenV
sively in breadmaking, and it is as-S
serted that the bread made from it is
most nutritious as well as light and
appetizng There is no reason why it
SnOulu uyL ne.
Gluten is a muscle former. In 100
ounces Of lean beefsteak there are
eighteen parts of muscle formers. In
100 ounces If ordinary bread there are
seven to eight ounces of muscle form
ers. in 100 ounces OF potatoes two
ounces. in 100 ounces Of milk four but
in 100 ounces Of macaroni or bread
made from durum wheat there are
said to be from eighteen to twentyJ
ounces. of muscle forming material
Admitting the food value Of this va
riety of wheat, the temptation to the
farmer to whose land it is adapted
is almost irresistible when a wheat to
plant is chosen 1t is a plant that
stands drought much better than other
wheat. 1t is so hardy and thrifty
that it is usually exempt from rust
and smut and bugs.
The average yield is high, often from
30 to 100 per cent greater than that of
the old varieties Of wheat grown in
the same district 1t seems certain
that durum is destined to prove
blessing to the farmers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28

One of the most enthusiastic cherry
growers in Pennsylvania is A. ]. Freed
Of Mercer county. He cultivates seven
or eight acres, mainly Early Rich
mond, with some Morello and May
Duke The crop is usually sold at 50
bushel. and gross receipts runs from
$500 to 5000 per acre. He also has
about twenty-five acres in apples,
mainly Baldwin, which he considers
his most profitable variety. but also
values the Spy, Roman Beauty, North
western Greening and Fallwater. The
crop last year was sold out Of the
orchard at SO and 1925 per barrel.
Thorough spraying is practiced to con-
troll insects and diseases. The orchard
IS managed by the sod mulch method.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-05-28


Side by side, through the darkllng
woods they went. following the shril
squeak Of fife the rumble of drum and
the sound Of the singing men. And
then the little glade was empty.