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The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

No. 14,5f5-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
The Commercial National Bank
VS.. Silbernagel Company Ltd.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, IN the
above entitled and numbered suit, [
have seized and will offer for sale,
at public auction, for cash without
the benefit of appraisement, at the
principal front door of the court
house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, AUG. 12, 1911,
An undivided one-half interest in
the plantation known as the Gold
Point plantation, situated on both
sides of Red river, about eight miles
north of the city of Shreveport, and
lying partly in the parish of Bossier
and partly in the parish of Caddo,
more particularly described as fol-
lows: The following in Bossier par
ish, fractional section IS, fractional
section IA, fractional southwest
quarter of section IL, southeast
quarter of section IL, fractional sec
tion ii, all in township 19 north,
range IA west, less however 80 acres
in section 13 sold to J. w. Vance
1.-The following in Caddo parish, La,
fractional section IL, fractional
south half of section 2, east half OF
section 10, and about 400 acres in
section IA, described as follows: run
a line east and west entirely across
the southwest quarter and west halt
of southeast quarter at such a dis
tance from Red river On the western
boundary of section as shall make
the desired quantity or about 10(
acres, to lie between said line and
said river, about 100 acres, the lanC
acquired by J. B. Pickett from S
wv. Vance Dec. 4, 1869, as shown by
deed recorded in conveyance book
10" page 867, all of said lands lying
in township 10 north, range Ia west
with like interest in all the build
D ings and improvements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging
Ito above named defendant and to be
sold for cash without the benefit Of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the
sum specified in said writ, say in the
sum of $4,000, with 6 per cent pei
annum interest on $4,000 Thereof
from August 4, 19l1, and a like not'
of interest on $4,000 thereof iron
August 4, 1912, and like note Of in
terest on $4,000 thereof from AuaS25
4, 1913, and all costs of this suit, in
cluding ten per cent attorneys fees
on said principal and interest.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex Of1fcio Auctioneer
| Tauaocion TI11y G 4OIt
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

John Brown worked at G".@.:>@ 'Then
he felt we'll Said he had painters
collie. He was never very strong,
that's true. And one day over at the
stove factory a big knife machine
chopped off one of his hands, and he
couldn't do much but odd jobs.
Mrs. Brown? A smart little wo-
man and ambitious She kept the
kids looking neat-two boys and two
girls. She Just washed herself to death
over her tub. Mary, the oldest, help
I'd her mother.
'fWen. when her mother died Mary
was sixteen. That was fourteen years
ago Yes, Mary is just thirty.
"And in all that fourteen years
Mary Brown scarcely has had the
time to look up from her sewing at the
cloak factory. She sst a dollar day
for several years. She has been fore
woman-and for some time-at 50 a
week
Its simply wonderful what Mary
has done. She kept the other children
about as well dressed as the average.
Her sister was in school, graduating
in the grades. One brother, John
junior, finished last year in the high
school. He helped Mary a good deal.
Worked hard and sold newspapers of
evenings. The other boy is just fin
ishing a course in the business col
lege.
"Yes, for the first time in years Mary
is able to take a long breath.
"The old man? Oh, he earned a
dollar here and there, And he was
handy about the house. Died two
years ago. And he had a very decent
burial. too-Marys money.
"And somehow when you just know
what Mary has done and what she
has been to that family she looks sort
of good to you, if her features are
plain.
"And I'm telling you no secret. One
of the best men in the town Is going
to marry Mary in the fall. He knows
what she is, and he thinks lot of
her
Il really sometimes wonder what
the world would do if there were not
a whole lot Of old maids like Mary
Brown. But, then, they are not all SO
lucky in the outcome as Mary, and
more's the pity"
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
A mere MANS
VIEWPOINT.
When the Ladies Vote Public Al
fairs May Be Administered on a
Higher Moral Plane Than They
Are at Present.
Rv BYRON WILLIAMS.


gzTH@ HERE was an election IN our
village yesterday, and the Ia
H dies voted for school trustee.
| watched the proceedings
with interest, and, so far as could oD-
serve, the women voted quite as in
telligentIy as the men-that is, they
knew poll room etiquette, knew how TO
mark their ballots and where to take
them to be deposited.
On one point they seemed to be lame
When asked their names almost all
Of them gave their husbands. initials
and had to be asked over again for
their own Christian names. One Wo-
man that | observed, too, did funny
thing. She was a little deaf, and
when the judge asked her name she
thought he wanted to know for whom
she voted, and she reached aBer and
whispered into his ear the name OF her
choice.
For one | believe that women soon
would be quite as intelligent about
politics as men-that is, when they
give civic affairs a bit of attention. |
smile when | hear man say woman
doesn't know anything about public
affairs. for | have been in d position
| to realize that the majority of men are
| in the same predicament. The aver
age man is too busy to keep posted
on his own village affairs. Many take
snap judgment from the politicians
! and vote III school of fish-all suck
ers, like themselves. The women could
| do no worse.
Not long ago I was set upon by a
man whose hair was gray at the tenn
pies. He objected seriously to the fact
| that sidewalk and water had gone
| down the street on which | live and
| had not passed his place. 1t was high
time, he said, that the towns money
| be spent somewhere else.
my dear sir" l replied. 'is it pos
sible that you have lived to be over
| forty-five years of age without know
| ing that sidewalks and water mains
are paid for by the abutting property
owners instead Of by general taxa
| tionY
| And it took me some time to con-
vince this man that / was right and
he was wrong. Could a woman pos
sibIy know less about public affairs?
Not long ago I had occasion to stor
the violation of the liquor law in ny
village. Imagine my surprise when a
deacon of one of the prominent church
es Immediately accused me Of persecu
| ton!
Could a woman possibly be more In
consistent?
Would woman throw aside every
sensible reason to vote certain ticket
and vote the rival ticket because the
first named stood for temperance ano
/ the other for saloon?
Never! The woman knows too much
about the saloon. She has waited toe
long at home through the dreary hours
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
The WASTE OF EEATE.

''How I hate that man!'
"But," said /
/"You cannot afford to hate any one.
Hate is expensive"
Which is true. Hate consumes vital
force. 1t dissipates energy. And it
profits nothing.
If you hate some one you will show
it. And thus you put it into the pow
er of the one you hate to make you
miserable. Why hand over to your
dearest foe a whip which he may use
to scourge you?
The late Paul Morton, president OF
one of the big insurance, companies,
when asked if he did not like to get
even' with persons who had wronged
him replied:
81 haven't time to get even. l am
too busy"
Which is philosophical. AS we say
on the street, the best thing to do in
such a matter is to forget it." Life
is too short to pursue people for the
sake of revenge.
Moreover
In order to "get even" you must
lower yourself to the level, of him you
seek to punish, which means that you
shall add to the bitterness of your
hatred the loss of your self respect.
If you cannet do better you at least
can say:
Scorn to be scorned by one
Whom I scorn-
Is that matter to cause regret?
Is that matter to make me fret?
In other words. If you cannot frame
a better philosophy consider the
source"
Better still
Live on plane where distress can
not come to you because Of the hatred
of any man.
Lincoln was the best abused and
most thoroughly hated man of his gen
Grafton, but Emerson says Of him:
His heart was as large as the
svorld, and yet it had no room in il
for the memory of a wrong"
He lived on the heights.
To thus live high above all petty
grudges and little animosities is te
live in an atmosphere of malice to
ward none and charity for all"
Can't live up there?
Well, it is rather high living fol
most of us. We may get up at times
but the air of that altitude is too rare
fed for our unacclimated souls.
But
We cannot afford to live down or
the swamp level Of passionate dis
likes and personal hatreds. Menta
chills and fever prevail in the miasms
Of that level.
IL we cannot live on the heights le
us at least abide on the hillside
where we may learn to cease to hate
and to forgive.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE.

Do you sometimes envy the wives of
the very rich?
Permit me to suggest that, as a rule,
these women whom you envy are rest
less, dissatisfied and unhappy.
They unhappy?
How else can they be, depending
upon the shells rather than upon the
kernels of life? Great houses, sump-
tuous furnishings, costly gowns, jew
els, limousines, retinues of dependents
these often are mere limitations of a
happy state.
And you. madam
You live in a cozy cottage, do your
own houseworE, aided, it may be, by a
single domestic or none. You are busy
about the thousand and one chores OF
a wife and mother You are not idle
nor merely drudge.
Now consider:
Do you fancy that when a rich wo'
man buys a new gown the possession
brings her any special thrill? Expen-
sive garments are no novelty. She
feels little more Joy than II she were
a well dressed wooden doll.
But you
When out of your savings or from
the slender purse Of good husband
you achieve your new cloak or gown,
what a triumph of good management!
To you the garment stands for some
thing earned, joy no rich woman can
know.
And so of the overcoat for the hus
band, and the new suit for the boy, and
the girls hat-all of which must be
planned in advance.
Trifes2 To the rich, yes; to you
epochs In the family life, occasions OF
satisfaction. There is a profusion that
becomes commonplace, and there Is 8
scarcity that makes for variety and
contentment.
Envy not the rich wife.
Home is little more to her than q
hotel, place Of transient lodging, 9
point of departure Her husband Is
merely the man who signs checks fol
the bills Her children, if there be any
are turned over to the tender mercies
of nurse and tutor.
Idle, but tired Of the dissipations OF
| society, free to enjoy all things, but
| unsatisfed with the trappings of use
less luxury, longing for the bread OF
| life and given stone-these womer
| are rather to be pitied than envied.
But you, madam-yours Is the pleas
ure of doing things worth while, the
satisfaction of duty done, the rewards
OF self sacrifice, the joys Of realization
and, above all. the love Of those whom
you love.
| Would you trade places?
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
@F z EFEF
Heart tof1eart
Talks.
..KEEPrNG UP WITH LIZZIE" I"
BY EDWIN 4. NYR.


In his new book, keeping Up With
lizzie" Irving Bachelor has put his
Singer on the national weakness,
which in a word is
Extravaganza.
He tells the story of the young girl
who comes home from a fashionable
boarding school and by her extrava-
giant ways ruins not only her own fam
dIy, but a lot of the neighbors.
Lizzie must have this and that-fur
nishings, service, servants, dress-all
an a scale of lavishness hitherto un-
known. In order to keep up with
Lizzie" the neighbor girls must have
as much, and the community is al
znost bankrupt.
Keeping up with Lizzie!
That is the bane of the well to do
people Of our day. Each one vfes with
his neighbor in prodigality of expendi-
ture, and the merry race while it lasts
Is TO the swift.
Keeping up with Lizzie.
Iizzie's folks buy an automobile, and
che children and often the wife say
80 the struggling head of the family,
"sFFhy, If LizZie's folks can have an
auto I don't see why we can't have
one5'
And mortgag ges are fled on homes
and money is borrowed and capital is
absorbed in the purchase and costly
maintenance Of the machines. Mr..
Bacheller says the automobile craze is
sTThe joyful death march of a race"
OF course no part of this profuse
spending of money is. INDUCED in by
&he toiling millions, who can never
aope TO afford expensive follies They
eannot, if they would, attempt the feat
wsf-
Keeping up with Lizzie.
B6t with US all what the neighbors
do and what the neighbors spend have
altogether too much effect upon what
we do and spend.
II is interesting to note what Mr..
BacheIler believes to be the way out of
our maze Of extravaganza. He finds
xhat the professions are literally
crowded to the death. Business is
31verdone. What then?
Back to the land'
Society must quit its feverish race
gor display supremacy, and more peo-
pie must go to the land, do scientific
garIning and live the simple life
VIII they go?
It is bound to be by the great law
OF must" says Mr.. Bachelor.
If so, If our era of wastefu1 expend-
ztnre must give way to the producing
instead OF the consuming of wealth,
@T1en the keeping up with Lizzie
epoch may not have been In vain.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

nave SelZed ana VIII 0H&r t0r sale at
public auction, for cash and without
the Snefit of appraisement, at the
principal front door of the court
house of Caddo Parish, La, during
the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY 80, 1911,
All of lot ii of the Beaird lands ia
sections 81 and SO, township Is
north, range IL west, in Caddo Par
lsh, La, excepting portion of said
lot containing 80 acres more or less,
previously sold by Mrs. Mary A.
Beard to Mrs. Allison; also except
ing certain 40 acres more or less
previously sold by said Mrs. Beaird
to R. A. Calhoun; also excepting q
certain 60.35 acres in southeast cor
ner of said lot IL, retained by the
said Mrs. Beaird, said 6035 acres be-
ing described as follows: Beginning
at point where the Texas and Pa
cific Railway Company enters said
lot at its southern boundary for
starting point, run thence 1850
chains along southern boundary of
said lot II in an easterly direction;
thence northeast along the boundary
line of said lot II in an easterly di-
rection, thence northeast along the
boundary line of said lot II, 1874
chains to Red River; thence along
the bank of said Red River to q GER
tain pdAt; thence west to point ON
bank Of said lake; thence west 1912
chains to the levee; thence west 36
chains to I. & P. Ry.; thence south
erly along the said railway 1926
chains to point of beginning, con-
tanning 60.35 acres. The above de-
scribed property of Mrs. Zadia Doty
being that identical property por-
chased by her with her own sepa-
rate and paraphernal funds from
Mrs. Mary A. Beaird on June 90, 1905,
,,and recorded in conveyance book 42,
page t53, of recorders Office of Cad
do Parish, La, with the buildings
and Improvements thereon; the said
property seized as belonging to the
above defendants, and to be sold to
pay and satisfy the debt as specified
in said writ, say in the sum of three
thousand dollars, with 8 per cent
per annum interest thereon from
December 1, 1907, until paid, and all
costs of this suit, as we'll as ten per
cent on said principal and interest
as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-OfIicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June %, 1911.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

Taken up by Nathan Bell and es-
trayed before me, the undersigned
animal, one bay horse about five
years old; no marks or brands. The
owner will please come forward,
prove property and pay charges. or
the animal will be sold at Moorings-.
port, La, on Saturday, August 8.
1911, as provided by law.
w. A. ELLETT.
July4. Justice of the pnoca
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
a CROWN OF THORNs.

Pity the sorrows OF Consuelo VAN
derbllt, 1.-THE American duchessT'
Surely. But
Beyond pity for the woman must
scone the feeling that, discarding the
experience of the race that marriage
without love is perilous. she brought
aser trouble upon herself.
She sold herself for title.
Following the brilliant marriage with
the Duke of Marlborough fifteen years
zagD, the duchess was made much of
ny King Edward and Queen Alexan-
zara At the coronation of King Ed
ward she was one of the canopy car
sEfsrs FOR the queen
A silly ambition?
HI may seem to you that to hold a
sEaTsapy over a good woman is but a
small business. On the contrary, to
szhE socially demented set such an office
Ms beyond all price.
The Duchess of Marlborough helped
sgD Garry no canopy over Queen Mary.
Sine was not even conspicuous among
sEhe peeresses at the coronation.
What has the woman done? Moth
zng.
She was ostracized from the royal
scircles some time ago because her hus-
Eand, the duke. neglected and abused
zser and consorted with other women.
And the duke himself? He was not
aR5ured thereby.
Eonsuelo Vanderbilt made bad
9ral1e when she sold her flesh and
2slood for a coroEet. It Is the Wander
hit family tradition to drive a good
bargain. Not to mention the "hus-
band she leaves behind In England,
Gonsuelo gave up
Much OF her money.
The hope Of her girlhood.
Her faith In mankind.
Her happiness
What shall it profit a woman IL she
gain the title of duchess, be canopy
carrier to a queen and lose all these2
There is the warning, old as the race:
Pity her who sells herself for coro-
met to find it changed into crown of
4horns Happier than she the poor I'M
5eci1e who weaves the straw Of his
mattress into fancied crowns and Is
pleased thereby.
And
So shall it be in the end with all
those who, forgetting that love is ev-
Rry thing. hawk their souls and bodies
Tor money or for place or for-power.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
What Started Il.

Politely the serpent offered Eve an
apple.
"Try that, madam. he said. you
can raise 400 barrels of them to the
Rcre on one of our irrigated orchard
farms in the Bezfngo valley. Your
husband can purchase a forty acre
tract on easy payments"
Shortly afterward the family moved
from Eden to seek the new home
Chicago Post.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

No. 14,5i3-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Commercial National Bank VS.,
Mrs. Zodie Doty and Husband.
By virtue Of writ of seizurt9and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled suit, l
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
A NARY BRoWN noNoLocuE.
"a IS that yon(ler ?''

Who Is that yonderT
'sNrhy, don't you remember her?
Thafss Mary Brown. You remember
John Brown, her father, sort of ne'er.
f1o-welI.
..Looks a little old, doesn't she, even
when she's fixed up? But she has a
good face. and she is as good as she
auogs.
SsTf you remember, the Brown fam
31y lived over a store on Main street.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
Take Notice.

Take Notice.
| am applying for a pardon.
s. J. DUGAN.
Shreveport, La, July 4, 1911.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

have seized and will off&r for sale at
PUBLIC auction, for cash and without
the Anefit of appraisement, at the
principal front door of the court
house of Caddo Parish, La, during
the legal hours for sales, on
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23

No. 14,515-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
The Commercial National Bank
10 Ssilhnnn q no1 EnnnnnnU I'd
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
SI,eriR's Sale.

Caucasian, July 6, 1911.
The Caucasian., 1911-07-23
Estray Notice.
SATURDAY, JULY 90, 1911,

Caucasian, June %, 1911.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19
Triumph Of COURAGE,

Courage and the power of the hu.
mar eye" saved Walter Sargent. a
prosperous rancher, in the Redwood
district, San Jose, when he was con
fronted by a hungry mountain lion
the other evening. Sargent was driv.
ing a herd of COWS to his home in the
foothills when he noticed the big cat
stalking him. AS it crouched for a
spring Sargent turned and fixed the
beast with his eye. Man and lion
remained as immovable as statues
for a few seconds and then the ami
NAL turned and trotted away.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19
Minnesota LEGISLATORS Scrap.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 19.-Tonight
Will witness the adjournment of the
Minnesota legislature, m if the rec
ord of the last tWenty-four hours is
maintained it will be one of the most
turbulent final sessions in years. The
senate was in session nearly all night
because of a quarrel on account of the
manner in which measures prescribing
the constitutional amendment for linn
lting representation from cities in re-
ipportioning the state was brought
over from the house.
The senators slept on tho floor
touches and in their seats, because
Senator Duxbury, one of the authors
OF the measure, obstructed action, AT
:; o'clock a temporary postponement
was secured until 8 "a. M, when the
battle was resumed and at noon the
bill was forced through to final pass
age.
In the house a similar struggle was
going on over the same bill. There the
fight was over reconsideration of the
bill. Speaker Dunn stood solidly with
the majority and prevented reconsid-
Grafton.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT PROM
ISES A Definite RESTRiC-
TIVE BATTLE AREA,
TENSION IS NOW RELIEVED
Rebels Quit Aqua Prieta-FederaIs
Advanced Slowly and Found a :.
Deserted City-Rebels Fled
in Detached Bodies.

Washington, April 19.-POsitive as
surance that the Mexican government
will adopt a definite restrictive policy
along the border and the news from
Douglas that the rebel forces evacu-
ated Aqua Prieta did much to relieve
the high tension under which Presi-
dent Taft and the members of his cabi-
net have" labored for thelast few days.
The assurances from Mexico followed
the demands of the state department
that the fighting which endangered
American lives in border towns must
be stopped.
That the situation is regarded as
acute is evidenced by the fact that the
leaders of both the house and the SEN
ate, with whom the president conferr-
cd prior to assembling Of the cabinet
declared that action is contemplated
by congress at this time.
Aqua Prieta, April 19.-The rebel
army, after eighteen hours of incessant
fighting yesterday in defense of Aqua
Prieta, quietly evacuated the town
during the night. 1t move out silent
ly and when daybroak came was no
where t" be seen. The Mexican fed
eral troops entered the city at dawn,
cncountcrlng no resistance.
The federals approached the town
from the South east during the
early hours, coming in slowly and eau
tIously lest they encounter an am
bush Great was the surprise of the
commanders of the government troops
on finding when they reached the out
er works of the rebel entertainments
that the trenches had been abandoned
and no insurrectos We're in sight.
The federals continued to come in
still more slowly, presumably expect
ing at every to encounter a
surprise, but they found no rebels
anywhere. The latter had vanished
AS completely as the night.
Later Developments showed the rebel
army to be badly disrupted. It's lead
ers gave up the fight and the men in
the ranks appear to have fled in di-
rections Of their own individual choos-
ing.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19
&Sti& &YeSaGM Is S! SS$ q s S;SS
HIS '"'o'A5f1A SUCCESS
Actor Finally CD sias Mar Awake
ened and ,g to His
ear aSO.I'

Years ago! ce- Eates Post.
the actor, Il Aredtn an amateur
performance ( a play that had a dis
tinct religious favor. The leading
player had ,htudied for the ministry
and had a deep and so.,orous voice. In
one of the scenes the Nights were sup
posed to be turned down and a raging
storm simulated. II accompanying
lines we're:
"'Oh, Lord, deliver us from the pow,
ers of Darkness
The leading man spoke the lines.
but darkness didn't follow. He spoke
them again, and still the stage was
distrossingly light. Finally he reared:
ooh, Lord, deliver us from the pow
er of darkness. and give that fool
gas man sense enough to turn down
the lights
The gas lights went down and the
audience roared."-Pittsburg Chroni'
cle-Tclegraph.