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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
NEW PROOF or THE FLOOD.
Semitic Relic Found In Ruins at Nip
pur Vsrifies Bible Story.

Semitic Relic Found In Ruins at Nip.
pur Verifies Bible Story.
The discovery of fragment OF a
cuneiform tablet believed to date back
to 21O0 B. c., bearing an account OF
the deluge described in the Bible and
agreeing with the narrative in Genesis,
was reported at Philadelphia by Pro-
lessor II. V. Hilprecht at a gathering
Of friends of the University of Penn
sylvania at the home Of Provost Har-
rison.
This fragment, which has just been
deciphered, was one of several exea-
waited from the lowest stratum of the
Oldest part Of the ruins Of the temple
library of Nippur and was removed
to Philadelphia by the fourth expedi-
ton sent out by the University Of
Pennsylvania In 1885, 1t Is of I'M
baked clay and measures two and
three-quarter inches at its greatest
width and two and hree-eighths inches
at its greatest length.
AS translated by Professor Hill
precht the narrative contained on the
tablet is as follows:
q declare unto) thee that the confines
Of heaven I will loosen, deluge will
make, and it shall sweep away ali men
together But thou (the Babylonian Noah)
seek life before the deluge cometh forth,
for to all living beings, as many as there
are, I will bring overthrow, destruction,
humiliation. . Build a great ship and
total height shall be its structure.
It shall be a houseboat, carrying what
has been saved Of life. =" With strong
deck cover 1t. The ship which thou shalt
make, into 1t bring the beasts Of the
fields, the birds OF heaven and the creep
ing things, two Of everything instead of a
number ," and the family -
The Semitic dialect In the inscrip-
ton and certain grammatical peculiar
tiles OF the text show, according to
Professor Hilprecht, that it was writ
ten some time between 2137 and zoos
B. G. The oldest tablet heretofore
known containing an account of the
flood was the ''Layard deluge tablet"
In the British museum, but the latter
dated from only $50 B. G.
The Layard tablet agreed with the
details Of the Biblical narrative in only
few particulars. It was pagan
story of deluge brought about at a
council of the gods, who decided to
destroy mankind. One Of the gods
was moved to save his protege-the
Noah OF the story-and sent dream
of warning, on which this Noah acted.
This god excused his betrayal of the
secret to the other deities by the ex-
PLANTATION that, he had not told; he had
only whispered through the mat
that is, through the wall Of the house.
on the other side of which his protege
slept and to whom this dream was
thus conveyed.
The writing was traced on the sur
face Of the tablet in characters which
greatly resemble the Chinese method
of writing Of the present day.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Hosston Mercan-
tile Company will be held at the office
of the company at Hosston, La, on
Monday. April II, 1910, at II o'clock m.
for the purpose of electing board of
directors and officers. and for the trans
action Of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
c. R. KEITH, President.
]. B. NEWLY, Secretary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
PLANTING TREES.

Mansfield Journal: More than 1000
fruit an dshade trees have been planted
in and around Mansfield this season
Mansfield needs many more ornamental
trees than she has, and the planting Of
them will add great attraetiveness to the
homes and streets. It is a good indiea-
ton Of the Improvement Of diversified
agriculture to find the people augment
ing with fruits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29

Shreveport. la, March II. IoIo.-Bids
are hereby invited for building steel
bridge about % feet long on HadIey and
JewelEa road over. Brushy bayou in
Ward Seven Of Caddo Parish, La. Bids
to be opened at meeting Of the Police
Jury At court house. the second Thurs
day ii April. at 10 am. the jury reserv-
ing the right toareiect any and all bids.
wv. 7. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L DuRINGER. Clerk.
MARCH, IS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
SHIP AS EMMET MEMORIAL
Session Woman Plans "All Irish" Trans
atlantic Liner.

A memorial to Robert Einmet. to be
created by the subscriptions OF Amer
leans Of Irish birth or descent, is pro-
posed by Miss Anna Gallagher of Bos-
ton, to take the form Of ship to bear
the name of the Irish patriot and to
ply between ports in lreIand and
America
Miss Gallagher and those who are
associated with her intend that the
Robert Emmett shall be distinctly Irish
built in an Irish shipyard by Irish
workmen and the materials used in
the vessels construction shall be of
Irish production or manufacture. The
furnishings of the vessel are also to
be OF Irish make.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
RIVER AND WEATHER.

This morning opened partly cloudy.
River Denison OF; Arthur City 90
Lewis Ferry 81; White Cliffs I'd, a fall
of OF; Fulton Go, fall of o.5; Ringo
Crossing II, fall of OF; Finley ID, a
fall of OF; Spring Bank 40, fall OF
o.; Shreveport 10, fall of %.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Unsettled, probably local
thunder storms tonight or Wednesday,
colder.
Red river forecast: The change will
be unimportant at and above Shreveport
during the next 48 hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
RECEIVERsHIP NOTICE.

No. 13,o56-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana: Re.
ownership of Williams Hardware
Company, Limited.
Notice is hereby given that H. B. Vii
liams, receiver, has this day filed his
final account in said receivership, and
unless opposition be made thereto with
in the time specified by law the same
will be duly homologated as prayed for
Witness the Honorables T. F. Bel
and A. J. Murff, judges of said court
this the 18th day of March 1910.
F. A. LEONARD,
March 20. Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
Ole Antlers
EUROPEAN HOTEL
First Class in Every Respect
Clean and WeIIsKept
RATES REASONABLE
NoTIcE FoR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior. United
States Land ORce at Natchitoches, La,
February Is. IoIo.-Ntice is hereby
given that Philip Stewart of Mira, La,
who on December ID. 1896, made home
stead entry No. Ir,os1, No oO65, for
northwest quarter Of southeast quarter,
southwest quarter of northeast quarter,
southeast quarter Of northwest quarter,
and northeast quarter Of southwest
quarter section S, township z2 north,
range IS west, Louisiana meridian. has
fled notice of intention to make final
Communication proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Regis
ter and Receiver, at Natchitoches, La,
on the and day Of April 1910. Claimant
narnes as witnesses w. D. Wynn, of
Mira, Ia. w Larry Of Rodessa, La. !;
i. Aaron. Of Rodessa, La; ]. Gillion,
Of Rodessa, La
J. ERNEST BREDA,
Register.
Caucasian, Shreveport, La, Feb u.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
RECEIVERsHIP NOTICE.

No. I3,3oI-First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana
ReceiversFiip of Hiram J. Allen
Lumber Company.
Notice is hereby given that L. N.
snlythe, receiver, his this day filed pro-
visional account in said receivership, and
unless opposition be made thereto with
in the time specified by law, the same
will be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
Judge of said court, this 10th day of
March 1910. S. o. WILLIAMS,
March Fl. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
A Ra,..ra ReII

Gorhana, Ne, recently discovered In
the belfry OF the First Parish church
q genuine Revere bell. It's Inscription
reads, Revere Boston-1e22. Old rec
oris show that It cost $500 and was
first hung June Z, 1922. This bell.
which has done such excellent service
during the last Lightweight years, IS
now apparently Ia perfect condition
and rings cut e. true and clear as III
days Of yore.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
LOUIS BERGMAN
IS to Be Returned to Shreveport from
Fort Worth.

Deputy Sheriff Cawthon left on to-
days train for Fort Worth, Texas,
where Louis Bergman is held in Gus
otdy as being a fugitive from justice.
Bergman was convicted of selling liquor
without license, but skipped from the
good roads camp with A. Schulsinger,
who is evading arrest.
On his return to Shreveport he will
be required to complete the full term of
his sentence.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. I3,585-First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana
Succession of A. Luchini, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that C. Lu-
chini, executor, has this day filed list OF
debts in said succession, and unless OPP
position be made thereto within the time
specified by law, the same will be duly
homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
Judge of said court, this the Goth day
of March 1910. S. O. WILLIAMS,
March II. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
Anti.matrlmonx Club.

A Bachelors and Spinsters' club has
been organized by the members of the
Neighborhood club Of the Bergen Point
Baptist church. Bayonne, n. j. The
object Of the twenty-five members is
to discourage matrimony. The rules
are few and simple No. / prohibits
the marriage Of members, No. 2 pro-
yides that members under twenty-five
years who marry shall be fined $25
and No 8 that members over twenty
FIVE years who marry shall be fined
$50. Suspension In such cases is auto
matte.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
MISCEGENATION
How 1t Is Practiced in the Northern
States.

New Orleans States: An article con-
tributed by Mrs. Annie Riley Hale to
the current number of Pearsons' Maya
zine shows that miscegenatiin is -four
ishing in New England and other States
north of Mason and Dixon's line at a.
rate that should crafty the "Cosmopoli-
tan Society of America" whose avowed
object is the removal of all social and
racial lines. After calling attention to-
the Boston Herald's declaration that ne
gro men are marrying white women in
Massachusetts, to the number of about
fifty every year, Mrs. Hale presents
some figures from Bulletin No. 8 of the
Twelfth Census, showing an astonishing
number of ,nulattoes in the Northern
States, where the increase is greater
than in the groups of Southern States.
The figure which stands against New
England in the computation for 1890 is
32.7 per cent against the North Allan
tic division 1872 per cent; against the
most northern group in the South At
lantic division, including Delaware,
Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, 1872 per cent
while for the southern group, compris-
ing the Carolinas, Georgia and lorida, it
is only II per cent. Opposite the North
Central Division, embracing Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska
and Kansas, stands 81 per cent mu1atto
in the total negro population; whereas
the South Central group, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas,
shows only IA per cent of its large ne
gro contingent with an infusion of
white blood
But a comparison of States, instead
of by groups or divisions of States,
based on the figures of the census bull
letin, shows an even greater con-
trast. For instance, Maine, whose negro
population in 1890 was only Is of 4 per
cent of the total, shows 57.4 per cent of
those negroes to be mulattoes, while
South Carolina, having 80 per cent of
her population negroes, in the same
decade, showed only 81 per cent of them
to be mulattoes. Massachusetts,, with I
per cent of her population negroes,
showed 363 per cent of them had
Caucasian strain, while mississippi with
more than one-half of her people ne
groes, showed only rs per cent of
them to be mulattoes.
Mrs. Hale argues that these statistics
establish the fact shat as one passes
from the great cotton growing States
between South Carolina and Texas to-
ward the, North there is marked in
crease of racial fusion" This seems to
be the truth, and no doubt it is due to
the fact that the Southern States have
enacted laws prohibiting marriage and
miscegenation between whites and
blacks. Laws against miscegenation
have been passed also by some of the
States above Mason and Dixon's line,
namely, Delaware, Indiana, Idaho, Ne
braska and Oregon, but the Eastern
States have no statutes prohibiting it,
hence the racial mixture is increasing in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. I3,36o-First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana
Succession of E Longuipie.
Notice is hereby given that Anatele
Hebert, executor, has this day filed his
final account in said succession, and ua-
less opposition be made thereto within
the time specified by law, the same will
be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
judge of said court, this 18th day OF
February 1910. A. S. HARDIN,
March 8. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
CAPITAL,
HILLS ADVICE
The Nations Great Need, Says
Railroad Magnate.
SCORES OUR WASTEFULNESS.

Declares We Live In an Age of Finan-
ciaI DeIiriun-5lames Extravaeance
For High Prices and Urges Economy.
Every Dollar Unproftably Spent
Marks a Crime Against Posterity.
James j. Hill, the venerable railroad
builder and magnate, who delivered an
address at the Minnesota conservation
convention in ST. Paul the other day
in which he advocated the conserYa-
ton of capital. condemned extrava-
gance as one of the causes of the in
crease in prices and told how the stu
alton described by him might be rem
edied. Mr.. Hill declared that "we are
living in an age of worldwide fnan-
cial delirium" and that ''next after the
conservation of the land, its area, use
and fertility must come the conserva-
ton of national capital in the form OF
cash and credit" Mr.. Hill said in part:
I'm our cities modern extravaganza
finds its most untrammeled expression.
The total debt of the states, including
all minor civil divisions, increased $751;
921, 443, or 1.25 per cent, between 1880
and 1880. Between 1890 and 1902 it
increased $727, 7Ts,393, or Ga per cent.
debt figures. howeverI do not begin
to tell the story of our national ex-
travagance. Only a small part of our
expenditure is represented by debt ta-
bles. The rest is raised by increased
taxation.
How National Expenses Have Grown.
Although. the great business expan-
sion of this country began right after
the civil war, the expenses for 1890
were but 100000 greater than those
Of twenty years before. Since 1890
these expenditures have grown $780,
100000 a year, until now they are
1914 per cent more than they We're
eighteen years ago. The answer to
the charge of billion dollar session
of congress is that this has become a
billion dollar country. The apology is
neither relevant nor true. 1t is not
necessary that expense should increase
In the same ratio as growth.
.sThe following little table, exhibit
ing the whole situation, might be
printed at the top of every letterhead
used by any man III public Office any
where in the United States:
TArCpE AcIro
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
DR.. ASHTON BLANCHARD.
OCULISR

Dr.. Blanchard having completed his
course Of special study in European hos
pitfalls and clinics, has returned and re-
sumed the practice of his profession, and
viii hereafter limit same to diseases OF
the eye an dthe correction of defective
szssight with glasses.
Continental Bank Building.
Hours, 10 am. TO I pm, and pm
to S pm.
Evenings at s O'Clock by appointment
Cumberland Telephone 900.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
DIR. a. uInn

Office ID the Cooper bufding. DR..
Alien is graduate Of BOTH schools and
carries fall line 81 homeopathic rene
dies. Special attention given chronic
diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29
INSURANCE.

When You want money, FIRE insurance.
bonds, life insurance. real estate, acct
dent insurance Or building and lean
stock, see W. c. Agurs. in the cooser
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29

1.-THE phenomenal increase of public
expenditure has already produced
plentiful crop of public Ills 1t is one
of the causes of the increases In prices
now disturbing the people. This in
crease follows in d suggestive way the
imitation of national and local budgets.
The average cost of the supplies that
must be bought for practically every
household increased about so per cent
between 1896 and 1900. During the
past year there has been marked
lifting of the price level Foodstuffs
cost from 10 to 20 per cent more than.
ten years ago.
Something is due to enormous cur
rency imitation The tariff is anoth-
er contributing cause. Combinations
which are actually in restraint of
trade. which have monopolized their
field and are either controlled by
common secret management or a Sc
cret agreement TO maintain exorbitant
charges, are partly responsible.
Extravaaance National Trait.
still more of the rise Of prices is
due to the decline Of agricultural prod
ucts as compared with the increase Of
population Yet with due allowance
for the effect of these forces that make
for dearer living there still remains
large unexplained balance which must
be credited to the lavish expenditure
which has now grown to be national
trait.
Waste, idIeness and rising wages.
all interrelated to one another. now as
cause and now as effect. are, next to
an overissue of irredeemable paper.
the three most powerful forces in the
world to raise prices.
Remedy Not Obscure.
perhaps the greatest factor of all
In the price problem is the wage rate.
Everybody knows that labor cost Is
the principal item in all forms of in
dustry. The wage rate has been ris
ing steadily in this country. Powerful
forces are back Of this movement. It
has public sympathy. To resist is diff
cult and may be dangerous. AS cost
Of production is chiefly labor cost. the
price of the finished article must go
up IL the price of labor is raised This
Is just as true OF the farm as Of the
factory.
The saving feature Of our situation
Is that it is not complex and that the
remedy is not obscure Let the rule
be that every dollar unprofitably spent
marks crime against posterity just
Is much as does the dissipation Of
material resources. Expenditures must
as cut down all along the line
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-29

Declares We Live In an Age of Finan-
ciaI DeIirium-Blames Extravaeanee
For High Prices and Urges Economy.
Every Dollar Unprofitably Spent
Marks a Crime Against Posterity.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27
DRINKING AT MEALS.

One by one old and cherished Ideas
are giving way before the simple mp
plication Of practical tests. Perhaps
no other idea with reference to eat.
ing habits has been more widespread
and more persistent than that It is In
furious to drink waters at meals, The
old medical rule against eating before
going to bed has been discountenanc-
ed by the medical profession itself
for n long time now, and 1t has been
repeatedly shown that reasonable
amount of food taken before retiring
is beneficial to many netvous people
and is not infrequontly cure for
Insomnia The rule against drink
ing at meals has been more persist
ent, but it appears to be doomed, now
that the professors in the physologic-
al chemistry department OF the Uni
yersity of Illinois have set about MAX
ing experiments TO prove the dlges-
tive value of copious draughts of wa
ter taken while eating one quart
of water at each meal was the pre-
scriptlon followed and it was found
that tho subject actually throye on it.
The theory is that the water dllut-
ing the saliva. causes the digestive
fluid to assume greater digestive ac'
tivity."
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27

"Old Politician" of the Dallas
Times-Herald is right when he ad-
monishes the vets to arm themselves
with poll tax receipts for there is
fight ahead. and a fight to the death.
Cone Johnson has entered the area
with the declaration to the saloon of
Texas, 1t is my life or yours" He
gives battle in the open. He is not
trying to capture their fortress by
stategies. HIS position is, against
the legal existence of the saloon he
stakes his political life. He IS
dreadfully in earnest There is no
compromise, no truce, no armistice.
So they OF the wet camp should arm
themselves with poll tax receipts and
do their best at the polls If they
fail there, the white flag of prohibit
ton will wave over every inch OF
Texas before Cone Johnson ceases
to be governor of Texas.-Tyler Cour-
Ter,
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27
A THOUGHT ON CHILD NATURE.

Every child should be kept at work
or play. Hence the school, the farm
and the play ground are the places
for children. There is reason for
this. Life habits are formed in child
hood. Work and play exclude loaf
ing, An hour spent at loafing in
childhood by the law of habit null
tiplies itself in geometrical progress
sion by other hours all through life.
The child is not wise enough to know
this, but the parent and the teacher
do and they can do nothing better
for the child than 10 keep it at either
work or play Out of this truth has
grown the use Of play grounds Every
community. whether urban or rural,
needs its Industries and its play
grounds for children. We owe more
to the coming generation than the
mere providing of schools, books
and teachers for the children.-Ex,
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27

San Antonio is terrorlzed by a
reign of lawlessness and the law OF
ficers of the city are being scored
for their failure to protect life and
property in the town. A municipality
that would arrest and fine a minister
of the gospel for preaching ON the
street during the meeting of great
DonNantion, town where saloons
multiply and where gambling is per-
mitted unless suppressed by state ran
gers. is not expected to be espec.
tally free from crime As town
sows so shall it reap.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27

The south figures largely in the
commercial and Industrial news Of
the day. 1t is estimated that at pre-.
yailIng prices the cotton crop this
year will be worth from 5000, 900 900
to $1,000. 100000, and that vast sum
goes directly into southern pockets.
The southern corn yield for 1909 is
over G79,00OOOO bushels, and this viii
add several hundred millions of dol.
lars to the wealth of that section
Arkansas expects TO make S95O,O0O
our of rice this year. and other states
will gain In the same way Louisiana
hasa good sugar yield Alabama is
selling steel rails to other portions
OF the cou try and to foreign pur.
chasers, West Virginia is going into
the apple business on great scale
ana with improved methods. and
Berkeley county alone this year re-
celyes about 100000 for it's fruit. and
half that sum is said to be clear pro.
fit to the growers. SO It goes in
many directions The agricultural
and manufacturing opportunities in
the south are just beginning to be
appreciated.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27

The Hillsboro correspondent OF the
Dallas News reports that a straw
vote on the gubernatorial question
taken among twenty.one locomotive
engineers from various portions OF
the State who were attending District
Court at that place as Witnesses in
suit, resulting in "A for Cone John
son, l for Colquitt. 4 for Davidson
and 2 for Poindexter If straw votes
show the way the political wind
blows, quite a breeze is setting in for
johnson
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27

The slight decline in the price OF
eggs should not discourage the fowl
industry. 1t is still safe to plant
eggs. The home demand far exceeds
the supply. They are being shipped
into Texas from Nebraska in car lots
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-01-27

Greenyille's mattress factory will
soon be operated by stock company
New machinery will be added and the
plant enlarged. Tall trees from lit
tie acorns grow The way to secure
large Industries is to help along the
small ones.