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The Caucasian., 1910-07-31
SHERIFF'S SALE.

No, I3,84o-In the First Judicial Dis.
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
W. ]. Hughes VS.. M. M. Bellah.
By virtue of a 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, I 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 (Io) and ten feet off of
the east side of lot eleven (I1) 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 4I, page
385, together with all buildings and inn
proFements 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 terms; Said property to be sold for
cash to pay the notes now due amounts
ing to $4,000, less credit of $I7.z5.
with eight per cent per annum interest
and ten per cent as attorneys fees on all
OF said notes, and interest and costs of
this proceeding, and on terms Of credit
to pay the notes to become due amount-
ing to $I'I1283, and all cosgIof this
Suit, including ten per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees.
]. P. FLoURNOY,
Sheriff, exOficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July "a, 1910.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31
Heart ttoHeart
Talks.
PASS 1T ON.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

PASS IT ON.
If a kindness to you is shown
Ills not meant for you alone.
Pass it on.
Let it dry another's tears
Let it travel down the years.
Till in heaven it appears.
Pass it on.
Life is a tremendous length of chain
of which you are one of the inks
Other lives touch yours, and you get
%End give something of evil or of good.
SLf from one of the links you get only
<evil, do not pass it on. Let it die out
in you. But
If you get from any soul to which
you are linked some little grace Of
cheer, a bit Of courage for your task,
"a gleam Of faith. an inspiring hope or
a big boost of helpfuIness in emer-
agency-
Pass it on.
Every boost you get puts upon you
<Ghe obligation to help
Il remember that years ago a kind
Iatherly old printer inducted me into
the mysteries of country newspaper
Fnaking. l have always felt the old
mans wondrous kindness was a debt
owed by me to some struggling young
Fster of newspaperdom
i have tried to pass it on.
l read of a man who was helped by
another TO an education and the bene-
sdciary in turn helped another, so that
10y passing it on three were helped by.
one.
Pass it on.
You may not be able to do as much
as was done for you, but you owe the
debt just the same.
II you cannot pay in money. pay in
good cheer, sympathy, inspiration. In
asmuch as you have freely received,
freely give.
Pass it on.
Somebody gave you faith under dark
sening skies. hope to brave the thick
sening Ills. charity for your ofttime
Failure. Whatever the help
Pass it on.
Even smile passed properly on win
ocneer sometimes awhole neighborhood.
As one dollar quickly paid from hand
TO hand will pay score of debts in a |
day, 50 viii good cheer, happily passed
on, tighten up score of lives-and
come back to bless the original bene-
Factor
Pass it on.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31
SHFRTFFS SALE,

No. I3,8oI-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana. w. ]. Bayersdorffer VS.. Moor.
ingsport Hunting and Fishing Club
By virtue of writ of feri 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 a 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 SO, 3I7
chains, and thence south 6.36 chains, and
thence sly chains, thence north $50
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,
1907, 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 ri, 1905. and
recorded on the same day on conveyance
book al, page 34S, 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 a certain piece of land described
as follows: Beginning at the northwest
corner of 26-acre lot 7, run thence south
8.8 chains to a stake, thence east as
chains to a stake, thence north 8.8
chains to a stake, thence As chains to
the place of beginning, being 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 certain tract of land 2ox32o
feet running from R. T. 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-
yeyance book AZ, page z42, of the re-
corder's office of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana.
Also a tract of land in sections 26 and
IS, township 20 north, range 10 west,
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31
ATTRACTIVE TFiFtEs.
Ribbon Slides and Buckles on GirdIes
and Belts.

A noticeable feature in ribbon acces-
sories is the shirring and simulated
buckle or slides, all made in or of the
ribbon, and also the use of dainty drop
trimmings. rings, disks. etc, as COM
pletions.
Yardage frilling is shown in many
4ew varieties. and each day or week
some manufacturer puts out another
new pattern. Interrupted plaits are
the latest-that is, the plaits are in
clusters with spaces between.
MuSlins are so soft this season that
they can be made full with perfect
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31
JUDIC CHOLLET.

This May Mznton pattern is cut for
girls fourteen. sixteen and eighteen years
Of age. Send 10 cents to this office, Civ
ing number 6701v and it VIII be promptly
forwarded to yoa by maif- If in haste
send an additional two cent stamp for let
ter postage, which insures more prompt
dAIi5yarv
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31
FLoTsAM AND JETsAM.
Smart Touches on Pongee Waists-A
New Linen Collar.

New Linen Collar.
Shirt waists of pongee are much IN
demand rs accompaniments for the
two piece suits of shaptung and linen
A charming note of color was impart-
ed to. enc waist of this sort by strip
down the front of cherry tone and
big wooden buttous that looked like
luscious red cherries.
For women who can wear gray there
are pew high linen collars of the turn
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31

If it's bill heads you are looking for.
or may be supply of letter heads sr
an outft of envelopes, you can do no
better than let Us FIX 'em. Phone 1859.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31

down sort that are most attractive.
Around the edge is a brier stitch in
black and white. A gray bow tie or
four-in-hand with ribbon ball pendants
is worn with such a collar. A similar
combination of collar and tie may be
mad in blue and white.
a child cannot have too many romp-
er suits in the summer. The ones illus
trated are quite new and pretty. They
give the shapely form of a dress while
being perfectly protective The bloom
er portions are circular. but draw up
closely at the knees.
JUDO CHoLLET.
This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes
for children from two to eight years OF
age. Send 10 cents TO this Office, giving
number, 642S. and it will be promptly for
warded to you by mail. If in haste send
an additional two cent stamp for lette,
postage, which insures more prompt de-
livery. -
The Caucasian., 1910-07-31

No, I3,84o-In the First Judicial Dis.
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
wv. / HUGHES VS. NJ M RnMaL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
Rules for Alfalfa.

DR.. Beal, of the Michigan Expert
ment station, in an address not long
ago, laid down the following ten rules
as necessary to make a growth of
alfalfa for period of ten years or
more: 1. Select land that is deeply
drained Swampy land or soils in
which the hard pan comes very close
to the surface will not make a proper
place for alfalfa. 2. Prepare the land
as for a crop of wheat. 3. II the soil
is not alkaline, apply air-slaked lime.
A. Sow about four pounds of good,
clean seed to the acre at the time of
corn planting, or else early in August,
II the soil is moist then. s. With
alfalfa seed SOW orchard grass or tall
oat grass, about peck each to the
acre. Excellent results may also be
obtained by adding two pounds of
timothy seed. 6. Under NO circum-
stances should so-called nurse crop
be sown. Z. II nodules are not pro-
duced on the roots, innoculate with
soil containing them. 8. Clip young
growth from one to three times 8.
Cut when few plants of alfalfa are
first in bloom. 10. Leave a moder-
ate growth in the fall as a mulch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
Stratu Hats and Autos

"You might scarcely think" said Mr.. Mao
Blink, "that there was anything in common be-
tween straw hats and automobiles, but by that
way of thinking you'd be surely forgetting
their cost of upkeep in which respect they are
strikingly alike.
"They say 1t costs more to keep an automo-
bile than 1t does to buy one; precisely the
same Is true of the straw hat You take my
own experience for an illustration.
early in the season l bought straw hat
for which paid 81. I know place where you
can get very good straw hat for that money,
and If it hadn't ratned all summer I should
have been on the straw hat account under no
additional expense.
But it always does rain more or less,
just as it has done this summer, and as is very
well known If drop Of rain gets on straw
hat It is Ill up Raindrops on straw hat
will accumulate dust, and then you have to
have the hat clesned and that costs money; in
some places Is cents; in some Is.
II find by reference to my books that
have paid out this summer in straw hat
count for upkeep only $780, which Is good
DEAL While the automobile man has been
spending his money for gasoline and things
l have been blowing mine for hat cleaning, and
it has cost me more to keep that hat going
than 1t cost me originally.
But in this find some slight satisfaction.
In this respect at least l find myself on the
same footing with the man who at the begin.
ming of the season bought instead of a straw
hat an automobile"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15

crushed the creatures and SO creased the rails
that progress was impossible for some time.
The passengers said that they could have
stood the situation more philosophically II the
blockaders had been frogs, for then the ques-
ton of the food supply would have been
settled for lot Of hungry people. Frogs legs
make good eating.
It is not generally known, perhaps, to the
layman that toads, like frogs, lay their eggs
in the water Countless millions of eggs will
be deposited in some morass. They hatch out,
the young get big enough and migrate in
body to the dry land, sometimes going long
distances as an entity. These, it is said, are
the marching armies of toads which astonish
people and accounts of which are spread
broadcast over the earth
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
y by EDWARD DO CLARK

Windham who did not thoroughly accept the III
depreciation were Coonels Dyer and Elderk1n. IN
few minutes the light of the torches showed an
immense concourse of toads or frogs, whichever
they were, bearing down the main street OF the
town, croaking and "glucking' like myriad OF
night demons 1t suddenly struck the people that
if Judgment day was at hand, notwithstanding
the fact that Colones Dyer and Elderkin seemed
to have been singled out by the visitors, the day
of accounting according to the Bible was an all
embracing affair, and thereat all the Windham
people started trembling violently.
There are living today good many persons
who are direct descendants of the Colonel Elder
kin whom the batrachians called to judgment that
night. In Chicago until recently there lived
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Norris, direct descend
ant of Colonel Elderkn. Mrs. Norris had heard
the story of the invasion of the village score of
times from the lips of her grandmother who as
a child was taken time after time to see the place
from which the night disturbers came. To the
days of their deaths Colonies Dyer and Ederkin
were called Frog Dyer and Frog Elderkin, and
if local Connecticut authorities to be believed,
there has not been seen from that day to this
either a toad frog in the meadow and pond
from which started that midnight migration
To get away, for a moment from frogs and
toads, and in order to lead back to them again,
let it be said that out in Utah the gull is care
fully protected bird. Olive Thorne Miller speaks
of them as great, beautiful, snowy creatures who
look strangely out of place SO far from the sea
shore" have been told that these gulls are
sacredy protected by the law and the people of
the western state, and have also been told that
the early settlers, the Mormons believed that the
Lord has sent the birds to his chosen people.
1t is no wonder that it believed the guls
were specially sent. Clouds of grasshoppers had
destroyed the crops in that early day in many
of the western territories. They attacked Utah
by the million millions. Then it tina. the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
Raising Ducks.

Ducks are much easier to raise than
chickens, guineas or turkeys. It Is
not necessary to have nearly as ex-
pensive houses to raise ducklings as
chickens, says writer in Baltimore
American. We will admit that ducks
are grass eaters, but at Alton farm It
costs only little more than half as
much to produce pound of duck
flesh as a pound of chicken.
A man can go into the duck busi-
ness on much larger scale than he
can any other branch of the poultry
business, l. e.. he can depend more on
hired help. There is not nearly the
amount Of fine labor in duck raising
as In chickens, guinea or turkey grow
Ing. Freedom from disease also makes
1t possible to have larger duck farms
than chicken farms.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
Cycle Of Tick.

known anything of them and will con-
tinue to do SO indefinitely unless man
steps in to break the cycle.
In the illustration is shown the
length of the various stages in the life
cycle of the seed ticks Matching from
eggs laid by engorged ticks dropping
from the host animal on April Is.
After the ticks drop to the ground ten
days will elapse before egg laying be-
gins,
The ticks will continue laying until
May 20, or 80 days, the eggs will be-
gin Matching on June Is, an incuba-
ton period of 60 days, and the seed
ticks will not all be dead until Novem-
Der 49, period of four months and
10 days Gal days.. This tells us why
1t is absolutely necessary to keep all
horses, mules and cattle off a pasture
In which an attempt is being made to
starve out the ticks.
Pastures from which live stock is
removed for a sufficient time become
free of ticks by a process Of starva-
ton, as the ticks cannot live to ma
turity If they are unable to get upon
animals. The time required for all
ticks to die after the stock has been
removed from infested fields and pos
lures varies considerably, depending
on climate, season and weather con-
ditions. Experience has shown, how
ever, that the period from September
/ to July 1 is sufficient, and this ap-
pears to be the most convenient time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15

Intention SO to dc, they have inaugurated yeri-
table reigns Of terror.
Years ago, in the little Puritan settlement
of Windham Conn, out of which sprang as
many notable American families, perhaps, as
+ have come from any other colonial hamlet, a
migration of toads led the people to believe
that the tocsin of the last day had been sound
ed and they were all summoned, sinners and
sinless to answer at the bar of judgment Ira
dftion says that the migration which brought
this fear upon the people was one Of the frogs
Scientists of today lean rather to the toad
theory, but it made little difference to the
frightened populace which species of batra
chan brother it was that brought horror into
their midst.
Now Il happened that there lived in Wind
ham two colonial colonels, big men and digni-
a.a nv names Dyer and Ederkin. 1t may do
q harm at this late day to say that both these
,,,,I;tary titled gentlemen were more fond OF
good living, SO the story goes, than was per-
Sans exactly consistent with the strictest Pur-
,tan thoughts Some Of the elders OF the place,
a. a. said, looked bit askance at some OF the
flaws of Colonels Dyer and Elderkin. There
we're slaves in that day IN connecticut and
Windham held its share.
Ono peaceful night in May the Windham
,amiIies retired at their usual hour, not long
us.ar .candle light" At midnight they were
49, however sound could Withstand the roar
.hst broke upon that peaceful hamlet in the
watches Of the night. There were blended the
,o,aas Of million throats 1t was cultural,
hsrsh and horrible, and 1t came out OF the
sa.ty hlackness of midnight. The people OF
y.r,.abam Jumped from their beds panic strick-
~ - threw on what clothes they could. and
. 80 outdoors, many bearing pine torches,
ls.oh ate little light holes in the inky black
ness. ..... WITH eoor .,a
:, +be knees OF their masters. The noise
Sa.sed not for an instant, but on the contrary
.Ns-aased with every moment, and then, to
. nv added horror of all, the noise found shape
:. .ne words which one quick-eared. imaginative
woman interpreted into this, all out two 90. OF
az. az. ssudgment day; Judgment day; Colonel
I nv. and Elderkin too and catch Niger too"
- r Is perhaps needless to say that the only
.wo people among the white inhabitants of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
Work for the Bull.

At the Springfield (Ill.) state fair
last year we asked woman who was
watching the work in the dairy sec
ton what power she used to run her
separator. 1--WE make the bull do the
work." she replied 1--WE have tread
mill and as our bull is. gentle and kind
we have him step along till the work
is done. It is good for him because II
gives him good exercise. The power
is even because he Is as steady "a
an engine. We hand him a bite Of
something to eat occasionally and I'D
is satisfied. We milk 20 cows and
the separator takes care of all the
milk in about half an hour, but II
would be long and hard Job with
small hand separator"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
FEVER CATTLE TICK
Pest in Southern States Costs
Government Much Money.
Reason Why 1t Is Necessary to Keep
All Animals Off Pasture Where
Attempt Is Being Made to
Eradicate Little Pest.

tBy PROF. E. c. COTTON, TENNESSEE
The presence of the fever tick in
the states south of the federal quar-
that region the enormous sum of
$100,000,000 per year. In this day OF
modern agriculture and increased in
telligence among the farmers this is
too high tax, even If it is a volun-
tary one, to pay for the privilege of
harboring nuisance.
The fever tick and nearly all other
ticks in their development pass
through four states: Egg, seed tick,
nymph and adult.
The eggs are laid by the engorged
adult tick
By seed tick is meant the little tick
from Matching up to the first moult
By nymph is meant the young tick
between the first moult and the Sec
ond moult.
The term adult is applied to the
tick after the second moult and in
cludes the so-called "yearling tick
and the fully engorged tick. The en-
gorged tick lays from $500 to 1000
eggs in from 9 to IS days, depending
upon the season Of the year, requiring
the longer period in cold weather and
the shorter In summer.
The six-legged seed ticks hatch
from the eggs in from 26 to 20 days,
again depending upon the tempera-
ture.
The seed ticks crawl upon grass,
weeds and shrubs and await the COM
ing of animals. from one day to sew
eral weeks.
After getting on an animal the seed
ticks feed seven to twelve days, when
they shed their skin, emerging as
eight-Iegged nymphs.
The nymphs feed upon the host ami
NAL five to ten days, then moult.
emerging as adults.
The adults mate and feed four to
fourteen days, when they drop to the
ground and lay eggs.
The fever tick completes this cycle
twice and in favorable seasons three
times year in Tennessee. They have
been doing this as long as we have
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15

large "tangle-legged' grasshoppers. Master
toad took kindly to this species of food but
owing to to the nature of the Insects legs and
their extreme length he found difficulty in
swallowing. In order to aid In the process, as
soon as he would get firm grip on the grass
hopper he would look for a stick or stone by
means Of pushing against which he could force
his prey down his throat. Now in order to see
what the toad would do if no stone or stick
were at hand, all of those articles were re-
moved from his vicinity, and then he was fed
another big grasshopper with great knotted
legs.
Now it must be remembered that the pres
ent writer is not vouching for this toad story;
he is simply setting it down as it has been
told by observer, and If 1t is nature
fake" the blame must go elsewhere. The toad,
finding he could not swallow the big grasshop-
per, looked about usual for stone and
finding none, he attempted to use the ground
as pusher. He was unable to get the right
angle to secure sufficient force, and so as
last and perfectly effective means, he stood on
his head and without the least difficulty forced
his food down his throat
This toad unquestionably was a wonder.
One day, we are told, he happened to find an
angleworm of great length He took hold of
one end and succeeded in swallowing about
an inch and half of the worm, which then
realizing its danger apparently, wound the rest
of its body boalike around the neck of the
toad. This gave the worm leverage enough
to enable it to tug away at that part which the
toad already had swallowed The result was
that although by mighty effort the toad
could swallow about half an inch, the worm,
when the relaxation came, succeeded In with
drawing three-quarters of inch. The toad
saw his breakfast slipping away from him, but
his infinite wit came to his rescue. It Is said
that he sat up like squirrel took one mighty
swallow, and then before the worm could get
in its withdrawing work, he pressed his fore
feet against his throat and held the swallowed
part of the breakfast in place; then, SO the
story gees, by a series of quick successive
swallowing and throat squeezing. the toad soon
had the worm in the dark interior where he
was needed for breakfast.
Toad migrations are not extraordinarily I'M
common events. They have taken place In
many parts of the country, and once the toads
In travelling succeeded in stalling a railroad
train on the Canadian Pacific line. The story
of this runs to the effect that the wheels