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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
THIS is THE GOLDEN AGE.
watch
out.

|
My neighbor says the world is grow.
Ing worse.
| My neighbor is a pessimist and is
much like the old woman who always
felt bad when she felt good. for fear
she might feel bad!
why" he says
s"Look at the rottenness In politics
md at the outlawry OF predatory
wealth. and the abuses and injustices
Of our time
do you know" he continues, there
Is big graft in business? Why a sales
man can't sell purchasing agent $50
worth of goods without the latter ask
ng, What is there in 1t for me?'
There Is some truth in what my
aeighbor says.
And pity it's. It's true
But 1t is not the whole truth.
On the contrary. corruption IS the
exception of which honesty is the rule.
Rascals are really scarce. And all men
Ire not money mad.
The exposure of evil is evidence of
soundness rather than degeneracy. The
national conscience is keener than 1t
was twenty years ago. The standards
have been raised. that's all.
You know some of us are like the
Did prophets servant who thought all
decent people were dead-except the
prophet and himself We need to have
our eyes opened to see the mighty
host of those who have not bowed the
knee to Baal
Who are they?
The teachers. who. for a meagre
iole sacrifice their vitality to educate
he race.
The preachers, thousands of whom
i've on pittance that they may help
men up spiritually.
The workers in the laboratories who
watch while others sleep and make
discoveries that lessen pain, or save
4 child. or prolong a life.
Artisans and artists, Humanitarian
aud philanthropists who. in every
place, care more for men than they do
for money.
Why, time and space would fail me
to tell of che hospitals and homes for
The friendless and free libraries and
associated charities and free clinics
and Fairgrounds for tenement chill
1ren, and the countless. gracious agen-
eies of this humane age. Never before
IN all history was so much being done
for our race.
And, best of ALL
The mass OF our people are sound
In head and heart. They are no less
honest or brave or true or helpful than
their fathers, but in some respects more
20.
And so say to my neighbor-
Cheer up. This is the best age the
world has seen-and getting better"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
Heart soHeart
I 1ks.
THE BOY WHO PUSHED.
By EDWIN A. NYP.

George NJ. Posey of Indianapolis,
Ind. is Il young man who got up ill
the world by pushing
A few years ago George, aged eight
zen, was almost without education.
being barely able to read and write
de drove a butchers wagon and thus
supported himself and his aged grand.
mother.
An indianapolis minister saw In the
13oy diamond in the rough
Through the minister be got vision
OF better things.
That is the only way we humans are
ever led-by our dreams of what ought
10 be.
The minister advised George to edu.
.2ate himself.
The boy hesitated, but after a time
lied By bis vision glorious, he entered
t5gobuol. Almost a man in size, he sat
{ In the classes with the smaller chill
@dren, humiliation not easy to under.
tgo.
To earn living young Posey sold
newspapers. Before long he organized
81 system of newspaper delivery, EN-
Fploying smaller boys. He was success
&1ul In this.
In three years, at twenty-one, Posey
had prepared himself to enter college.
In the meantime his grandmother,
whom he had tenderly cared for, died.
Then the young man sold his news
paper routes for good price and en-.
tered college, paying his way by out
side work At last reports he was pre-
pairing for the law.
George Posey win succeed.
He has succeeded.
Asked how he had accomplished so
e. much in so little time and under such
"a handicap, he replied:
by pushing all the time"
That's it!
Did you ever try to get up to the
platform through dense crowd Of
Deople2 At first the feat seems impos-
sible. But you push, and you continue
20 push. Using your body as a wedge,
You steadily keep forcing your way
Little by little people In front of you
give way. Holding the vantage ground
you keep on pushing, and by aud by
you get through.
Just so does the world get out of the
way of the boy or man who pushes.
The world is so intent upon its own
amusement or its busy nothings that
when determined individual shout.
ders his way into 1t 1t gives way and
lets him go through.
Push. young man!
For verify of the Pusher is the King.
&s1om of Success.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

his appearirs an angel Of light, but
1t also says he Is ~ Il roaring lion
going about seeking whom he may de
YOUR Possibly he is the sort of lion
who mostly ''roars as gently as any
sucking dove
He is an up to date devil.
No theOlogian has yet successfully
hoE Il the origin of evil of which Sd
tan y be pe:SOnitication. but there is
devil. all right-and hell. You may
easily make the acquaintance of either
Somebody has said. The devil is an
ISIS" He is not. He is a seductive
individual of good address. easily ap-
proa"hed and suave as Il courtier.
He will be hand and glove with YOU
before you are aware. The only safe
was is cut his acquaintance.
1t is written Of this sometime Sc
ducer that if you resist him he viii
flee away from you. He may still
hang around some and try to be u
good fellow. but if he finds that you
mean business he will not stand on the
order of his going. He may make polite
calls. but be will not wear out his
welcome.
Be careful as to his makeup. Don't
ook for him In the guise of bright
red suit
The Prince of Darkness is not the
sort of devil who fronted Faust, or at
whom Martin Luther threw his ink
stand. nor is he the leering reprobate
such as Dore painted.
Milton came nearer TO the right por-
traiture--a fallen angel. cunning, pow
erful enticIng.
Shakespeare said he was a gentle
man. He often is-in appearance.
But depend upon it he never gets
above his business.
And he makes, and leaves, his work
IN whatever social circle he is invited
On the whole, the description of the
Iowa preacher corresponds with the
writer's own more or less acquaint-
anceship with his satanic majestic
How is it with you?
The really important thing to keep
in mind respecting the devil is that,
though he wears no tail and carries no
pitchforks. he may 'ketch" you
don't
out.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
THE COST OF war.

Ever SEE a battleship?
Ihere,it swings at anchor. out In the
narbor. a monster, hard iron fighting
ship.
Cost S10.000.0oo
And in ten years that $10,0oo0o0
war machine viii be ct only for scrap
l1ron.
For lavish waste It is the limit.
Figure the cost of the expensive en-
gines Of destruction aboard. the cost
Of ammunition for mere target prac-
tiee, the cost of the food, drink and
clothing Of the half regiment of the
crew trained to kill men and destroy
property
Figure the cost of the mountains of
coal needed to move the monster. And
Ssf the wages for the men.
Waste.
When you have computed the ire
unendous cost of this war vessel null
tiply the sum by the number Of war
ships maintained by our navy--and
the navies of the world. And then
Supplement your calculation by
visit to one OF our forts. Note the cost
Of the buildings. barracks. stables.
drill halls, etc, etc. Put into your es.
innate the cost OF forage and food and
wages paid the officers and men. Null.
ttply the sum by the number of our
forts. add the cost of our war depart.
ment and then guess at the tremen-
dous millions paid In Europe for land
ornaments.
All this In times of peace!
And why?
Because civilization Is slow In COM
sngsto the world. Because nations are
prizefghters, bruisers rather than
gentlemen!
Do you say the war vessel and the
drilling soldiers thrill you?
Yes. because of the savage that re-
mains In all of us.
But, rightly viewed. all the pomp
and circumstance Of war is pro-
foundly sad spectacle. Soldiers and
cannon are the induces of an immature
and CROPPING world. cropping slowly TO-
ward the day when the war drum
Ffhrobs no longer
war Is waste
1t is waste of great treasure and
precious human life. And as the IA
tions build their Dreadnoughts and
drill their troops they admit they are
ages behind their own citizens, who
get along without killing one another
However
Civilization grows, and the nations
slowly are adopting arbitration. That
white palace of peace at The Hague is
an earnest of the time when the bat I
fIefags shall be furled
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
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ward and pur our the 1ames witt
cat. Driver was borne to the PcSo-
u &C river near by, wht e water wa3
thrown upon him. Bel removed t.
b 1pitaL he 4 ID after a night os in.
tenSI agony.
Ana the reporter he left wiz
and a hEree-weekS-o" ".
He died 10 save Oth''.'S,
Which is the sublimeSt height of her.
oism known to men or angels.
What ask you to note in connection
with the heroism of this motorman
and his sacrifcial death is this:
Such incidents are happening daily.
One might gather from similar stories
recorded in the newspapers during a
single year material for great vol
ume.
The heroism Of everyday life and of
the average man is sufficient to make
one who Contemplates 1t lover of his
kind. Along with its meanness and its
cruelty there is so much in our COM
mon life that is Christlike.
uc ldLtHSl bdIA FVh 50 III ulSiOIy
the less heroism and self sacrifice you
find.
The dying Sidney pushed the cup of
water from his lips and, pointing to a
soldier. said: "Give it to him. His
need is greater than mine" But the
incident was rare in Sidney's day, and
history makes much of it.
But
Today men and women are always
doing deeds as heroic as that Of Sid
ney. Especially is this true of the men
who operate our lines Of transporta-
ton.
The railroads and the electric cars
have not merely one Sidney, but
thousand and oneI
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

mounted on 4 nGcliband of satin. Black
over white is the combination most in
vogue.
Large double and single wings and
extremely broad quilts are quite the
newest hat trimmings.
For the schoolroom dress kindergar-
ten cloth. which is very like galatea,
is serviceablc. 1t comes in beautiful!
plain cOorings and in checks and
stripes. 1t is % cents yard.
For play frocks one piece models OF
the kind known rs Russian. though
they retain little Of the Russian char
acter, are enormously popular, and the
designers Contrive to achieve much
variety within the limit of this type.
The boys suit that is made in Rus
sian blouse style is becoming and
fashionable. This model will be found
appropriate for every material adapt
ed to bows wear
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
SHFRIFFS SALE.

No. 13,8o1--Tn the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: w. J. Bayersdorffer VS.. Moor
ingsport Hunting and Fishing Club.
By virtue of writ of fieri facias to
me directed 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, for cash
and according to law, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales. on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1910,
A certain tract of land described as fol-
lows: Beginning at stake on the north
boundary line of section IS, township 20
north, range 10 west, 2-25 chains west
of northeast corner of said section IS,
and running thence east along north
boundary line of sections IS and Sc, 3,17
chains, and thence south 6.36 chains, and
thence 3.I7 chains, thence north 6.36
chains to the place of beginning, and
containing 2 acres of land more or less,
with all buildings and improvements
thereon Also the land described as
one acre of land beginning at the south
east corner of land above described and
running south 70 yards, thence east 70
yards, thence north 70 yards to the
southeast corner Of the tract Just above
described and thence west to the place
of beginning, containing one acre, with
all buildings and improvements thereon.
The said last described being adjacent
to and just south of the first described
two acres, both Of said tracts being of
same depth east and west less, however,
a strip of land off of marginal west side
of both said tracts of land 20 feet wide
east and west and the full depth north
and south of both said tracts of land,
said strip of 20 feet above described be-
ing sold as per deed recorded March 22,
1901, in recorders Office of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, said above described
property being purchased by this mort
gagor from the heirs of Alice Caldwell
by deed Of date October "a, 1906, and
recorded on the same day on conveyance
book 4I, page 348, of the recorders office
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as
shown on the map attached to said deed
embracing within the lines colored yell
low thereon for greater certainty.
Also certain piece of land described
as follows: Beginning at the northwest
corner of 26-acre lot 7, run thence south
SO chains to a stake, thence east as
chains to stake, thence north 88
chains to a stake, thence As chains to
the place of beginning, being a part of
the fractional quarter section of 60,
township 20 north, range 10 west, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, containing four
acres.
Also all rights of this mortgagor in
and to a certain tract of land 2ox32o
feet running from R. 7. Coles land to
Ferry Lake. Said above two tracts of
land bought by this mortgagor from F.
F. Jeter by deed of date December 26,
1906, and recorded on same day in con-
veyance book az, page JAP, of the re-
corder's Office of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana.
Also tract of land in sections 26 and
IS, township 20 north, range 16 west,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
COMMON HEROTsM,

Charles Driver, a street car motor.
man of Washington, died TO save his
passengers.
More than 1000 volts Of electricity
charged through his body when he
Aeroiea1ly dragged live wire away
from passengers who were threatened
It happened in this way:
Drivers car had been stopped where
overhead repairs on bridge were in
progress. The passengers had left the
ears and were walking about. \ cou-
pie Of young women approached too
near the suffering wire.
Driver saw the danger He leaped
forward. brushed the girls aside and
with a newspaper in his hands seized
the wire. The current hurled him
backward against his car and his cloth
ing burst INTO flames.
The scores Of people were horl'ifiet
Il the spectacle Some one spran0 -
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
SHERIFF'S SALE.
No. 13,84o-In the First Judicial Dis.
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
w. !. Hughes VS. NJ M Rn1dnh

NO. I3,84o-In the First Judicial Dis.
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
W. J. Hughes VS.. NJ M. Bel1ah.
By virtue of writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honorable
First judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, ! have seized
and will offer for sale at public auction
at the principal front door Of the court
house Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, dur
ing the legal hours for sales on
SATURDAY, AUGUST -, 1910,
Lot No. ten (1o) and ten feet off Of
the east side of lot eleven (II) living
adjacent to lot ten of block twenty
eight (28) of Queensborough addition
OF the City of Shreveport, Louisiana.
as per map in conveyance book III. mage
1885, together with all buildings and inn
provements thereon, said property seized
as belonging to the above defendant
and to be sold for cash and according
to law, to pay and satisfy the debt as
specified in said writ, upon the follow
Ing 'eIniS' oald property to be sold for
cash to pay the notes now due amount
ing to $4,000 less a credit of stzzs
Will eight per cent per annum interest
anu zen per cent as attorneys tees on all
u Said notes. ana interest and costs of
'i'iS proceeding and on terms of credit
to pay the notes to become due amount. Z
ing 10 %l'!!2'o3' and all costs of this
suit, including ten per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLoURNOY,
oheriff' exOthcio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July "a, 1910
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
VANITY'S VISIONS.

Embroider Your Own Lace Wells and
Save Money-Sofa Pillows.
Nowadays when wells are so heavily
embroidered, the woman who is exact
and delicate in her needle work can
save herself pretty penny by embroid-
ering her plain net wells. The work
must be done in the finest silk in
loose outline stitch.
Scallops-large shallow scallops.
done in coarse buttonhole stitch with
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
JUDO CHOLLET.

This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes
for boys of two four and six years of
age. Send 10 cents. to this Office, giving
No Gilt, and it will be promptly forward
ed to you by mail If in haste send an
additional two cent stamp for letter post
age, which insures more prompt delivery.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
AIS MAJESTY TEE nEvIL.

An Iowa preacher believes In giving
the devil his due.
He says Satan has been greatly ma
saigDed-that be is beautiful and Sc.
s1uctive parsonage with subtle quail
ies that attract rather than repel He
has neither horns. hoofs nor TAIL
Well
The Bible does saw sometime ai.,--t
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

II us Dill heads you are looking for,
or may be supply of letter heads ar
an outfit of envelopes, you can do No
better than let us Elk 'em. Phone yooa
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
Nerve.

She with an idea Of choking him
ON There are only two men in the
world could love. He Indeed. And
who II tha nth-- -
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

linen floss or heavy cotton-form the
attractive edge of cretonne sofa pill
low. 1t is advisable to use the natur-
al linen color for the background, as 1t
will be found more effective for the
brilliant color of the flowers.
a dainty summer frock is of eyelet
embroidery fiounces. The skirt Is
made with two deep hounces of the
embroidery held together with wide
band of valenciennes lace. Just under
the insertion, on the slip, is band of
old rose satin the width of the inser-
ton, and at one side on the outer skirt
is a bow of the same colored satin.
A girdle of old rose gives the modish
touch of color.
The blouse that is made with a pref
tily shaped yoke is most attractive.
Here is waist treated In that way,
but which can be tucked to the neck
and shoulder edges, with the yoke
omitted. If preferred
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
JUDO CHOLLET.

This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes
from "a to 42 inches bust measure Send
10 cents to this office. giving No 6719, and
It will be promptly forwarded to you by
mail. If in haste send an additional two
rent stamp for letter postage. which in.
sures more promet delivery.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-12-16
ACME CHANGES ITS PLAY.

The Acme management has decided
on a change of bill next week. In
place of "The Celebrated Case" as al
vertised, it will produce Lady Audley'
Secret" preceded by a one-act SKETCH
entitled "The Cowboy and the Noble
man." LADY Audley's Secret has
won approval wherever produced, and
with Miss Phillips again playing a star
part there will be no change of dis
appointed audience. The change has
been made because it is found necessary
to devote the company's energies to the
mammoth production of "Unele Toms
Cabin" during Christmas week. In
this play great scenic effects are neees-
sary and two scenic artists are busy
preparing the sets.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-12-16

whelming majority on both the repub-
lican and socialist tickets and having
lacked but four votes of being nominal
ed on the democratic ticket, he might
well have remained quietly on his farm,
assured of his election. On the contrary
he demonstrated that he places patrio-
tism above party by coming to the city
and conducting a vigorous campaign to
secure the defeat of d. n Mcmillan, an
employe and representative of special
privilege (being trap superintendent of
the Pacific American Fisheries Co..;
a fellow candidate on the republican
ticket, whose record i'll the last legi5-
lature was all to the bad, he having
voted against direct legislation; against
the direct primary; against short
work day for women, and against Il
semi monthly pay day, and having
voted for the Booth anti-pledge bill
and for the bill taking the nomination
of supreme court judges out of the di
rect primary, and putting it back into
the convention.
Mr.. Kaufman's attack on so promi
nent a representative of special privi
lege naturally aroused the bitter hos
tility of the plunderbund and of their
flunkeys, the machine politicians. Mr..
E. NJ. Deming of the fish interest, and
Mr.. j. j. Donovan, of the timber in
terest, attacked Mr.. Kaufman in the
papers, and his defeat was freely pre-
dicted by many and feared even by
some of his friends, for never before
had any candidate so fearlessly attack
ed special privilege or openly sought to
defeat a fellow candidate, and there was
no way of foretelling what the voters
would think of such a course.
Just prior to the election, in order
to offset the opposition of the special
privilege corporations leading members
of the Bellingham Central Labor Coun-
ell called a mass meeting of wage-work
ers, and a large and representative as
sembly unanimously adopted resolu.
tions heartily indorsing Mr.. Kaufman
and opposing Mr.. Mcmillan. When the
ballots were counted Mr.. Kaufman was
found to be "high man." having a larger
majority than any other candidate on
the entire ticket, having received 1059
more votes than were cast for Poin-
dexter at the primaries, and having
carried all but seven of the seventy
precincts of the county.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-12-16
WHO ARE THE SLUGGERS.

We often read through the daily pa
pers and hear from the lips of paid de
tectives and mion-haters of the crimes
that are committed by the union men
when on a strike. The Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor, however, is now
showing to the people OF that city that
the real criminals during labor dis
putes are the hired detectives and as
sassins employed by the interests The
chauffeurs of Chicago have been on
strike for some time, and throughout
the trouble union men have been
slugged time and again. A few days
ago the cause of this slugging was dis
covered. The Interstate Detective
Agency has been paying the sluggers
for each assault on the striking union
chauffeurs.
During the five months of the strike
at least fifteen men have been sent to
the hospital. The secret came ont
through a union man. who represented
he was out of work and applied at the
office of the detective agency for a job.
When he found out what the duties
were, he took the job, and then showed
up the game to the strikers. Up 20
that time the striking had been done SO
SUCCESSFULLY that the unionists had been
unable to get any trace Of the hired as
sassins.-Rocheste Labor Journal.