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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-12

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
CHOICE MISCELLANY
liz LiIst.an Abroad.

'PomeG2E Burton, formerly Of Rev
Tork, sad magazine editor, is
covering Himself with glory il Lon
don iIe is showing rna old Times
ana Post what reai, live, husti.ng Ian-
kee journalism is.
"Pomercys latest. feat was to tro:
our in his own person and interview
a royal duchess from Spain.
The duchess had declared she would
see no reporter, but Pomeroy briDeu
the elevator boy at ClariGge's, and
one night on her return frou supper
it was Pomeroy in the elevator boy s
livery who ran her up to her apart
ment. With his smooth shaven, alert
face he passed for an elevator boy
easily.
.'Pomeroy only ran the duchess half
way up. He stopped between the
fourth and fifth floors and said:
MADAM, l represent Lord North
cliffe and all his millions of readers.
and you shan't bulge step till you've
granted me an interview
1.-The duchess submitted. Like ell
foreigners. she was very nervous in
an elevator But after the interview
was ended she said indignantly to
Pomeroy:
What low, mean advantage you
have taken of a helpless woman. and
l thought, forsooth, the English Were
so chivalrousn
'Pomeroy as he replaced in his brass
buttoned coat his pencil and copy pa
per answered, with a smile:
But, madam, l am not English. -
Los Angeles Times.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Isle Of WIGHT WASHING Away.

Is the Isle of Wight doomed to be
come Il lost Atlantis, like poor little
Heligolard whose battered head the
kaiser is now trying to keep above We
ter? The great mass Of cliff which
has just flung itself into the sea had
the example set long before the an
cient Britons began to call the island
names-Guich (the separated one;
among them. "Vectis" tells the sane
tale of a time when the island was Il
happy part of the mainland I1ye.l
Nights familiar names have iCng
since lost their felicity. Who, for il
stance, could suppose that the ROCKS
which now represent the 'Needles.
could have suggested the title TO the
most disordered Imagination? Yet
there was up to 1850 a lofty, pointed
rock, resembling a needle and .iusti-
flying the name. It reared its bea.j
120 feet above low water mark, bat
there came day when it crashed into
the waves and totally disappeared.
And now Shanklin itself is beginning
to tremble.-London Chronicle
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Weary of WilIyum.

Only two months after Chloe's mar
rage she reappeared in the kitchen
and asked for her old place.
What has happened to your hus-
band?' asked her former employer.
''Dey ain nothing happen to Will
lyum, Mis- Franklin"
Isn't he willing to support you?"
ooh, yes'm; he's willin' to support
me, all right"
Have you quarreled with him,
them
Nom; we ain qua'led nome"
rs ne sick -
Nom: he ain sick
What is the matter? Has he left
your"
NO, ma'am: he ain lef' me. I'm
leavin' him."
well, what are you doing it forY'
Chloe paused, searching for the
right phrase, 'Well, tell you. Mis-
Franklin. It seems lax dun soft Of
lost my taste for Willyum." -Cosmo-
politan
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
NOTICE TO LEVEE CON-
TRACTORS.

Office Board of Commissioners Cad
do Levee District, Shreveport, La.
April 2, Ie1o.-Sealed proposals will be
received by the Board of Commissioners
of the Caddo LeveeeDistrict, at its of
fee in Shreveport, La, up to II o'clock
noon, Wednesday, April 10, 1910, for
the construction of the following levee
work in Caddo Parish, on Red River.
right bank, viz
Rafting Slough Levee-Approximate.
length, 1900 feet new levee, 4a2 feet en-
largement; approximate contents 10000
cubic yards; bond required $4,000 :
deposit required $I75oo. u.
Cash or certified check to the amount
named as deposit must accompany each
proposal
Terms of payment: Cash.
The right to reject any or all propos-
ais is reserved.
Information as to location, character
of work, manner of submitting propos-
ais, execution of contract and bond, and
time of beginning and completing work,
as well as blank forms for submitting
proposals, may be had on application to-
the Board of State Engineers, at New
Orleans, La, or to the undersigned
W. V. ROBSON, Pres.
S N. KERLEY, Secretary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
The RaIf Weekers.

a new sect has been formed at
Tiais. The half weekers,' or pol
nedeli." as they call themselves, teach
that only three days and half in ey-
cry week ought to be given to work:
the rest should be devoted to recrea-
ton and the recuperation of the
strength lost in labor Idleness is a
sin, it is maintained. but so is over
much work, and every man ought to
regulate his life so that he may have
an equal share Of activity and of rest.
The founder Of the movement, the
prophet Kusmitch, lives up to his high
ideals, and, although he is cobbIer
and has a wife and children to sup
port, he does not hesitate to leave OF
work every Thursday afternoon and
to repose till Monday.-London Stand
ard.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Rostand Signed.

When Edmond Rostand is in Paris
one of the things he loves to do is to
spend an hour or two In the old print
shops on and near the left bank of the
Seine The other morning he was
turning over a portfolio of pictures
when a pretty American girl burst
into the shop. She chose her picture,
paid for it and asked the shopkeeper
to give her receipt as she was buy
ing the picture for friend The man
was rather embarrassed
Ell am afraid / can't he said.
.'Yeu see, am not the owner Of the
shop. He has gone out to luncheon.
1 am only looking after it for him,
and-and | don't know how to write"
Then the man had an Inspiration.
But this gentleman is an old Gus
toner" he said Hell give you
receipt for me, am sure"
1t was not until her return home
that the American knew what prize
she had secured for her autograph al
bum.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
The Lazy Panamanian.

a French traveller on the isthmus
observed that the chief industry of the
Panamanian is lovemaking. It is his
only industry in the sense that it is
the only vocation which he plrsues
industriously. He never works on the
canal. He is addicted to no form of
agriculture or manufacturing. How
he manages to keep alive is a mys-
terry which is not wholly solved by the
reflection that it is never cold III Pam
anna. that one can buy clothes enough
TO keep him out of the clutches Of the
police for $40 a year, that there are
plenty of fish in the sea panama, be-
ing interpreted, means plenty fish,,
and that a banana tree will grow any
where Everybody
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03

at big political meeting i'll Chicago
had as much bearing upon his future
career as anything he ever did or saiG.
It was at the closing meeting of The
campaign. the so called flag rally,
presided over by Mark Hanna, tia ,
Mr. Calhoun sprung this:
q was recently campaigning doWB
in that part of the state we cal
Egypt > said he. land was just get
ting started GA my speech when a man
who was the worse for several drink
broke in.
4 can lick any man in Egypt liz
remarked loudly.
Nobody paid any attention.
Il can lick any man in the county,
he volunteered again.
Nobody accepted the challenge.
81 can Lick the stuffin' out OF sll.F
man in the state of Illinois, declared
the scrappy member.
NO takers.
/" / can lick any kind of a man in the
whole United States, and l can lick
him to DEATH was the last chalienge.
"A little stubby railroad brakeman
walked slowly over to him, planted a
FIST on the would be champioa's jaw.
and the latter passed down and out.
Ten minutes later he came to.
The mistake made, he remark
ed, was that tried to bite off toe
much territory
The story made the hit of the meet
ing, caught Mr. Hanna's fancy and.
according to report, drew Mr.. McTSin-
ley's attention again to Mr.. Caiaa5t2.
At any rate, President Mckinley ap-
pointed him to the interstate com
nierce commission, and a career III
public life followed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
What We're Coming To.

Senator Depew at the recent bache-
lor's cotillon in washington praised
the growth of advertisement.
Advertisement" he said, "has made
many a man, many book, many g
commodity. But how much further
will it go?
Verify" said Senator Depew. 81 can
imagine a stormy night in the near
future. with March winds bowling
across foaming seas and with the cap
tain of hard pressed ship shouting to
his mate from the bridge:
Is that Punk's pills.?
Aye, aye, sir, with Gibraltar pants
shining to le'ward. the mate win re-
ply,
Well weather Peerless Typewriter
rock. then. after ALL the captain cries.
That we win. sir. heaven be prais-
ed SAYS the mate cheerily, for already
CAMS Cod Liver oil light is beginning
60 show up on our lee
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Chinese strannle Woman soIdier.


An account eff a kidnapping case tried
by the Suchau district magistrate Is
given in Chinese paper. The ;Iuthor
tiles arrested a kidnaper at Yuenwo
and brought him to the district mag
istrate fer trial. He stated that he
was native OF Hupeh and was for
merly a soldier. As the prisoner did
not admit the kidnapping. the nlagis-
trate ordered that the bamboo be adj
n1illistared
The accused was found to be wo-
man. and the magistrate ordered his
men to give her several hundred
Iashes on her bare back. The woman
said her husband had died several
years ago. and, being unable to sup
port herself. she dressed in mans
clothes and Joined the army. She was
sentenced to strangulation for dress
ing in mans clothes and thereby low
ering the public morality"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
HUMOR OF The HOUR
Settling a DISPUTE.

Richard lie Caffeine, the poet, said
81 a dinner:
Literary disputes are interesting IL
properly conducted Too many of
thssa, however, are suggestive of the
ShAkespearean dispute in Tin Can.
professor Bill Billus of the Tin Can
Dancing academy delivered lecture
in the Lone Hand saloon and in the
course of his argument recited The
boy stood on the burning deck gem,
he declared, from shakespeare's
Uthello.'
'Rut an interrupter rose and strobe
forward
- am a Boston gent said the in
terrupter. and certify that no Shake
speare never wrote that piece
Friend, said Professor Billus
done so.'
"'Convfnce away said the Boston,
an skeptically.
$50 Professor Billus led off with his
right foot and followed up the argu-
ment with brass cuspidor, falling in
the subsequent clinch on top.
"'Who writ the piece? he shouted
as he pummeled his opponent steadily.
:. Shakespeare, the Bostonian an
swered in smothered tones from be-
meath.
Are you sureY' asked the pro-
fessor.
Dead sure was the reply. L seen
him do it. w Washington Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Nothina In Naucht.

''The ARREST approach to nothing set
in the midst Of naught," was the de
scription siren the tail of Halley's
comet by Professor PerciyaI Lowell.
astronomer and director of the Flag
staff (Ariz.l observatory in a recent
address at Boston. @On account of its
vacuity it could have no injurious eff
feet on humanity, even if it were the
leadliest Of cases. said Professor
Lowell in disputing the theory that
danger to the earth's inhabitants from
the comet is possible.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
AN ABLE REPRESENTATIVES

The novelty of hearing a woman dis
cuss the merits of the split log drag on,
public roads is presented in the pro-.
gramme of the Stonewall meeting Mon.
day. Mrs. Kimball of the Mothers Con-
gress, Shreveport, will discuss the sub
ject and practical demonstration will
be made on the grounds by Prof Car
penter-Mansfield Journal.
Assurance may be given that Mrs.
Kimball will not only present the sub
ject intelligently, but she will acquit
herself creditab1y In Mrs. Kinbal1 the.
Mothers Congress of Shreveport have.
an able representative
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by F. J. Reisor at Reisor,
La, and estrayed before me, ]. F. Hen
derson, justice of the peace Seventh
Ward of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, one
red cow about years old with white.
under belly, marked crop and hole in
right ear, no brand, with one calf about
one month old, with red sides. Owner
will come forward, prove ownership,
pay charges, or same will be sold at
Reisor, La, on Saturday, May 8, 1910,
as the law directs.
]. F. HENDERSON,
April 8. Justice of the Peace.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Unfamiliar Ground.

The tourist who had secured a guide
within a few moments after his ar
rival in Rome spoke crisply to the
,man 1--WE only got an hour or SO
Ito spare for Rome" he said. and I
want to see just two things one's ST.
Peters. and the other is the Forum.
Take me to them both as quick as you
can
The guide engaged a carriage, into
which the tourist jumped, and after
a few words from the guide to the
driver the equipage started Off at a
brisk rate. Suddenly it stopped, and
the tourist ceased his fire Of questions
abruptly.
Hop out" he said to his guide,
urging him by a slight push. Now,
which is thistle Forum or ST. Pc
ter's. Youths Companion.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Al the Opera.

Have a look at the chorus girl on
the extreme left. Doctor remarked
Mr.. Herlock Sholmes, the great detec-
tive, to his friend s'She was former
" a domestic
sThen you know herr" queried Dr.
Hotkins. training his spectacles on the
girl.
Never saw her before, replied the
g d., but her actions betray her. See.
she is fidgety and can't stay in one
place for five minutes"
Once more the human watchdog has
called the turn Chicago News.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
-
new SHORT STORIES
Story That HeIned Calhoun.

William J Calhoun, the new minis,
ter to China. was a Chicago lawyer
with little more than local reputa.
ton in 1886 when he fought for Nc
Kinley's nomination and for his cleo
ton against Bryan On the stump he
attracted lot Of attention, and some
of his friends say that story he told
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
A Bible Name.

The late Bishop Caller was once
asked to baptize negro baby boy.
Name this Child he said, address
ing Mrs. Jackson. the mother of the
black mite.
"Hallnd .
That's a strange name, Mrs. jack
SON." remarked the bishop hesitating-
~
"Scripter name rejoined the happy
mother, with a confident grin.
II never saw it in the Bible"
.'Why, bishop, how kin yuh ssan' up
dar kiddin' ole ignorant niggah laill
/ is? Yuh says dat name whenevah
yuh says de Lawd's Prayer Hallud
be thy manner Success Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
Pretty had.

A young lawyer in southern town
was appointed by the court to defend
a negro culprit who was too poor to
employ counsel. The darky, on being
interviewed at the jail by the attorney,
insisted sullenly that he had not done
anything deserving arrest.
"Oh. you know you've been up to
some meanness, Sam. Speak out now
and let's have the facts,'' urged the
lawyer.
Boss said the prisoner. Il tell yer
amt done nuthin' They just put
me in here for fragrancy. -Harper's
Monthly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
NJ Wonder.

The Boss What did the fellow sar
when ron told him we were wiling b
take the bill out in trade?
Collector He said. The sooner tn
better, and offered to extend the cra.a
Il to any member Of your family
The Boss Finel BY the way. wha,
business is he ins
Collector He's an uHderta sss
Illustrated Sunday M8@azine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
WITNESSES:
F. G. THATCHER.
A. P. BATCHELOR.

witnesses:
F. G. THATCHER.
A. P. BACHELOR.
P. NJ. WEIGH,
Notary public in and for Caddo Parish,
State of Louisiana.
Having examined the foregoing char
ter and finding nothing therein contrary
to law, I hereby approve the same this
end day of April 1910.
J. NJ. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana
Endorsed: Filed and recorded April
2, 1910. w M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Ohicio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a 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
the End day of April 1910
w NJ. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder. 4-3,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03

pose, after the giving of such notice OF.
such meeting as the bylaws may re-
quire; a majority in amount of the cap
ital stock represented at such meeting
shall be requisite to elect. Said COM
missioners shall remain in Office until
the affairs of the corporation shall be
fully lqt1idated. Vacancies in the of
flee of commissioner may be filled by.
the stockholders by election held in the
same manner as in the case of election
of original commissioners.
ARTICLE TX.
Messrs. F. ]. Looney ]. F. Slattery,-
A D. Keeney, E. c. Barnett and James
Furlong have been chosen and elected
as the first board of directors of this
corporation, to serve until the annual
meeting in the year 1911, and until their
successors shall have been elected and
qualified, remaining members to have
power to fill all vanacies howsoever oc-
curing. The subscribers have respect
INSIJ "llllSl OppOoIlS tliS4l IIdlilSo lin
amount of capital stock in this corpora
ton by each of them subscribed, SO that
this act of incorporation may also serve
as the original stock subscription list of
said corporation.
Tins done and passed at my office in
the City of Shreveport, Parish of Cad
do, State of Louisiana, in the presence.
of F. G. Thatcher and A P Batche1or,-
competent witnesses, of lawful age, both
of this city, who hereunto sign their
names with said appearers and me, the
said notary, on the day and date afore-
said, after due reading of the whole
FRANK J. LOONEY-
A. D. KEENEY.
J. o. CAREY.
E. C. BARNETT.
JAMES FURLONG.
by Frank ]. Looneya
]. F. SLATTERY.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
ARTICLE VIII.

When, if ever, this corporation is
dissolved, either by expiration or from
other cause, its affairs shall be 1iquidat-
ed by two commissioners to be desig-
mated and elected by the stockholders at
meeting of such convened for the pur-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03

No stakeholder shall ever be held LA
bic for the contracts or defaults of said
corporation in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due the corporation on
the shares of stock owned by him, if
any, nor shall any informally of organ
lzation have the effect of rendering this
charter null, or of exposing any stock
holder to any liability beyond the I'M
paid balance, if any, remaining due on
his stock.
The sun., 1910-03-28
NINE SETTLEMENT NEAR.
Sman DInereOcrs only Now Separate
OperaIarS and WoFkmen.

CfSCINNATI. March % Tn" one point
which kept IA" members of tn" joint
scs!cs committee of tn" United Min"
Workers - America and tn" Operators
from s'verRl States from agreeing h. re
to-day wss IA" inEster of explosives IN
the miros in P.nr sylvan Ia Had it not
l--.n for that ore thing they could have
ayr. III on plans for p~ac"able settle
in-Tt of th"ir difficulties. However.
they are Ia hold Enoth. ? short session
tO-mOrrOW morning. IEt D@fore the
regular - ssiOn ~ To h.' called, when u
~ declared by Roth -idC = that the matter r
will probably h.. solved
Pr,-sld.ut Fs.-hap nf tn, west. rn Penn
syivsuia "a miners told IN. opeTatoTs that
his nsn would demand THAT & th.- oIs-r-
ptorz Ia 'hgt Stst- substitute a new eN-
plUs,vv they will wart 10 b" paid for every
ounce of coal tr--y prnd';ce.
In Operators tn-r re to install -
safety NpiOslvc which Will Is't ont mOT'
COS! than th. I.Owi' uF.,i ~ Vrvb.ut
SIcaAlug fDr ir' urtr, tor, George W
SGT '"tli, T's ~. F-T' r.' inJ"ag ? of thu
P!Jtsburg toT DIupcuy. s-ti II this plan
must h" - smaller Invr' a-'- 1T TsIy for IN"
workman
Miners and Operators from Indiana
saw 'h-rr will - littl, trouble z. ting
70 au agreement II ~ known that th'
opcr.tors m. re Ar" to CIV" ga IncT,as'
oi : ccnts ton And that II oh, r matt, -
asked FOR hy a." workmsu nrr 80 rest over
for fh.. o.. VI mo,ting us'tv,s.u The OpeT-
atoTs aud workm.D. N - l"?rn'd her.
to-aiglt that those plans have practically
bcen agr'~ q gpun.
The sun., 1910-03-28
0rITS MrrHODIST CHURCH.
Veil known clergyman does over 60 the
I.piscapaIiaus

NEw HAvF~. March - The Rev
FrAnc- 7. Brown, pastor of the First
Methodist Church ia this ci'v. who has
stirred the State ty hls recent war on
SUNDAY liquor la~ vio,ators. announced
Tonight that he had decided to ieaVe the
Methodist Church and ION tho Episcopal
Church.
He gave as his reason that he believed
in a universal church and that he felt that
the first step in this direction was for all
Prote-tants To unite as one church. and he
believed this should be- the Episcopal
Church.
The Rev Mr.. Brown is one Of the best
known younger clerRymen IN this STATE.
having been pastor OF the Leading Meth
odist church here for the last five wear.
Recently he attacked from the pulpit
the police Of this city for their failure
TO arrest sunday liquor law vioIa'ors
He also scored the Judges Of the police
court for permitting these violators TO
escape punishment
He has been the leading spirit in the
Pastors Union here. an organization
composed Of the leading Protestant
clergymen of this city. and he was largely
responsible for the action taken by
these clergynien in opposing the
granting OF new licenses by the County
Commissioners TO sunday Violatoru. He
~ about ~ years of age
The sun., 1910-03-28
LOCIL OPTION 4 STATE TSN o..
ladtana Republicans 20 Fight Out inSior-e-
mSnt Question In ConVentIOn.

INDIANAPOLIS. March - Conn sete re-
ports from the Republican corr'y Conven-
tons held Yesterday TO select delegates TO
the state convention indicate that the
Republicans ot the dry counties will in
s!st ON the Endorsement Of the local
option law by tho state convention and
thus make that question an isS,ie in the
nampaig
In several counties which have voted
dry within she last year the option aud
ant'-Option forces made tee; ~ strength
and in every instance the option men won.
George Lockwood editor of the Marion
ChrORtcig. ant once DTIVGie secretary to
Vice President FAIRBANKS led the option
forces ~ Grant county ana was himself
made "A delegate He is plssiKed o. Oner
a resolution ~ the State conveniion next
week committing the PARTY Ia sustain
the law
la shelby county the progT~~sivee
captured the convention and refused To
indorrs Congressman Barnard Of the
SiNth district who recently allied himself
with the insurgents in the HVh' a@ainst
cannon.
Di-trict Chairman Bas ~ett tried 10 force
through a resolution indor-inR barnard
and inst-,ICting the delegates for him hut
" was defeated and the delegates werc
left free
The Republican leaders a- a rule are
opposed 10 a local option issue. Olt many
u rho conventions instructed their dele
gates 60 vote tor "A resolution indOrSIng
the law. and 't.e 'ItIrssliOn Siii be "A pTunIl-
uent and NAV 10 an sn. larrassInR one ~
the convention