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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18


ground up again SIS good as new to make
a fresh set of newspapers. It's a sort of
endless chain business resuTrection-
don't you see?''
My thoughts flew to the closets crammed
with old periodicals collected from year to
year by our thrifty Householder back In
the country; harbors for germs and dust
I have in mind an attic piled to the caves
at the Tar end with copies of the paper
father" has taken for thirty years. His
children will disinter them when he dies.
Then they Will not be eligible for the mills.
Their end is to be burned
.
Pass Good Things" Along.
Keep them going while they and you are
alive-the " reading matter " for which We
publish appeals every week. When you
have read all out of book that you can
get from 1t, pass it over to somebody who
cannot afford to buy It, Hand your daily
paper to the man In the back street to whom
q penny looks as big as dollar to you.
and inquire in what home or hospital the
religious weekly you take as a Sunday
afternoon service will be most acceptable
II your laundress or charwoman can
make use OF the cracked bowl, the Clipped
plate, and handleless cup you would push
out of sight upon the back shelf II you
kept it, reserve the shelf for better pur-
poses and let her have the crockery.
Broken china, wisely kept for show
was a thing of the past. Now it Is clear
rubbish and eyesore.
AS for soiled and out of date cards and
calendars and pictures which have stood
in storeroom, closet, or garnet, well back
In the cubby hole" even II they are por-
traits that whatever their first estate now
resemble nothing upon earth or nobody now
living, stay your resolution upon the name
less essayist's dictum. - Are Is the great
purifier" Turn your eyes away from be-
holding the burnt sacrifice to decency and
order. il sentiment be too strong for you,
but cremate the rubbish! The demolition
is economy, not wastefu1ness. Nothing
that is worthless can be said to be wasted,
no matter when and how destroyed.
= x
Gifts" Often Mere Rubbish.
Another branch of our subject has to do
with the duty toiyour neighbor. at Christ.
mas time and upon birthdays. Don't clut-
ter his premises with rubbish under the
spectous name Of gifts One popular young
woman got twenty-three pairs of vases
most Of them gorgeous in appearance and
impossible as bric-a-Drac-when she was
married She submitted with what grace
she could muster for the occasion and wrote
twenty-three notes of Characterization in
phraseology-to the two dozen but one
donors.
Six months after the wedding day she
packed big box with eighteen pairs Of the
horrors, sent them to her country house and
there
"Darkly. at dead of night"
her husband buried the rubbish In a deep
hole at the foot of the garden.
The millennium is yet a great way Off and
you will have abundance of trumpery Chat
is another dictionary definition Of rubbish)
inflicted upon you-and with the purest in
tentions-at the holidays. Keep the golden
rule In full sight and forbear to thrust
the like upon friend and kindred. In the
general clearance OF your own household
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18

to hold something else. Rags and garments
are poked here. there, and everywhere,
because she intends to make quilts, or
mats, or some OF them may come handy
some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18

IN AY have a word with tia
% M woman who has her own work
to do, sends three or four chill
dren to school. and has then
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE,

In this issue of the Caucasian is
published an article bearing on the
white slave trade" It is from the
editor and business manager of the
Rescue Magazine, published at At
lanta, Ga. The subject is of concern
to all good men and women. We
can escape responsibility individu-
ally, perhaps, because we may take
refuge in the plea Il am not my
brothers keeper" It is in evidence
that the white slave traffic is stead
lily on the increase, and therefore it
becomes a matter of duty to apply
all means that may tend to the sup
preston Of crime filled with hor-
rors and from whcih a few men and
women, in a comparative sense, are
the benefciaries. This vice effects
every state and some communities
more than others, but it should be
and must be suppressed
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

United States Congress are tainted
with Aldrichism? Louisiana is I'M
questiOnably in a political predica-
ment. What has become of the stall
warts Of the party? Have they been
intimidated by Foster, PujO and
BrOussard, rated as good Republic
cans, but Inverted as Democrats.
And there is Sanders and Ransdell,
each with a faint Of protection or
Of income tax opposition. The Louis
lana Democracy, with these old
time servers and long feeders at the
public crib, is 'between the devil
and the deep blue sea-" Are there
no ambitious men, Democrats tried
and true, in Louisiana who would
contest against these so-called Dem
ocrats? IF Louisiana is a Demo-
cratic state, then unquestionably its
congressman and its senators should
be Democrats, not Of the Aldrich-
Payne stripe, but Democrats of the
Jefferson-Jackson type.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Another Defeat for the Rinq.

Times-Democrat June %: The
Board of Fire Commissioners yes
terday elected Louis Pujol chief of
the New Orleans fire department to
succeed O'Gonnor. The new chief
answers the requirements for the
position. He is only forty-five years
of age, yet he has been useful
member of the department for
twenty-four years, and won distinc-
lion and a gold medal some years
ago for his heroic action in saving
the lives of a number Of persons at
the GruneWall hall fire. Mr.. Pujol,
we understand, has taken no active
or offensive part in politics, and his
election can not be regarded as be-
ing made or dictated by the politi-
cal powers. On the contrary, in
view of the defeat of Captain Lee,
the action taken will be regarded as
a distinct defeat of the effort to
make the fire department an active
adjunct to the city ring.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
GeniaIitv.

Edgar A. Brown, the Denver mill
nonaire, who is writing a book about
his two years voluntary experience
as an "out Of work" said the other
day:
Zone trouble about poverty is that
it makes you ridiculous You need
shaving; your trousers are fringed at
the ends; your coat has a hole in the
elbow. Yes, to be poor is ridiculous
as ridiculous as being misquoted in the
press"
Mr.. Brown laughed gently.
"a friend of mine." he said, twas
misquoted in the press last week. My
friend in a sociological address said;
Whisky makes men genial for Il
time..a
But his tavorite paper reported this
remark as:
Whisky makes me genial for
time.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
A Famous Old Pilot Wheel.

The pilot wheel which guided the
steamboat Robert E. Lee In the IA
nous race with the steamer Natchez
in 1870, when the Lee made the rec
ord Oh the Mississippi between New
Orleans and St Louis, is now being
used on the steamer Nashville, plying
the Cumberland. The old nautical
relic was recovered from the City OF
Providence, to which steamer 1t had
been removed from the Lee. The
wheel is over ten feet in diameter.
more than thirty-two In circumference
and is made of walnut and cherry. 1t
is of the double circle type OF wheel.
with two circles Of stays around the
spokes, which are iniaid with two
rows of highly polished Eastwood
The wheel is in an excellent state OF
preservation and apparently is as sound
as when 1t guided the Robert e. Lee
to victory in the famous old steamboat
days on the Mississippi The record
run was made with Captain Cannon
In command Of the Lee and. as the
story goes. "a negro on the safety
Notwithstanding Cor. st. Louis Re-
public.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Sneak the Good Word.

It isn't thinking how grateful we are
For the kindness of friends come to
bless
Our sorrow or loss
Meath the weight Of the cross;
lit is telling our gratefulness.
1T isn't the love that they have in
their hearts
And neglect or forget to reveal,
That brightens the lives
Of husbands and wives;
It is telling the love that they feel
1t isn't the thinking of good to man
kind
That comes as a cooling drink
To the furnishing ones
Of earth's daughters and sons;
It is telling the good that we think.
1T isn't the music asleep in the
strings
OF the lutte, that entrances the ear,
And brings to the breast
The sweet spirit of rest;
It is only the music we hear.
1t isn't the lilies we hide from the
world
Nor the roses we keep as our own,
That are strewn at our feet
By the angels we meet
On our way to the great white
throne.
It isn't the silence of hope uneX-
pressed
That heartens and strengthens the
weak
To triumph through strife
For the great things of life;
It's the words of good cheer that we
speak. VIM. J. Hampton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Bad Citizens United.

The Conflict: The power of cor
ruptionists is obtained through the
Indifference Of good citizens. Bad
citizens are united; good citizens are
divided-that is the trouble. If all
good citizens could be induced to
join hands in patriotic endeavor, the
bad would be shorn of their strength
and be pOwerless to accomplish any
thing. Law-breakers are always or
ganized and work while good people
sleep; but once the latter are reused
they are inVincible.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
THE JUDGES FINE
GIFT OF ELOQUENCE,
Old Time Dentistry Practice a
Keen Spur TO OratOry.

A story was recently told Of the
elder Judge Peekham, father Of the su-
preme court justice. In the early days
of dentistry a hickory plug was put
into the cavity to ill the space where
tooth ought to be. This plug had to
be gently pounded into its desired po-
sitfon. The old judge was somewhat
addicted to strong language, and when
the dentist began his work the judge
INDUCED in some classic comment. As
the tapping Of the plug continued he
threw all dignity to the four winds Of
heaven and his language became de-
cidedly more forcible than elegant"
When, however, he arose from the
chair after what seemed to him an in
terminable period Of agony he pulled
out all the stops In his voca buiary for
grand climax. The impression of his
listener seemed to have been deep and
lasting. AS the Judge passed out the
dentist remarked to waiting patient:
Wasn't it beautiful? 1t wasn't real
" necessary to pound half as long, but
did so enjoy his infection that al
most pounded the hickory plug into
splinters. Wonderful command Of Ian
guage the judge hasw-Case and Com
ment.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
SheriR'S Sale

No. 12,566-In the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court of Caddo Parish La. :.
J. w. Peyton Jr. VS.. D. C. Rich
ardson.
By virtue Of a writ of fierf facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, I have seized
and will offer for sale at public auC-
ton for cash and according to law
at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La,
during the. legal hours for sales on.
SATURDAY, JULY 80, 1911,
Lots IL, 10, 20, "a, 25, block 9 of the
Queensborough subdivision of the
City OF Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
louisiana, with the buildings and
improvements thereon. Said props.
.erty seized as belonging to the above
defendant and to be sold for cash
according to law to pay and satisfy
the debt as specified in said writ,
say IN the sum of eighteen hundred
ana seVenty-fiVe dollars 'Si87glQ
with eight per cent per annum w
Iefest thereon from the ith day Of
September 1908 until paid. and ten
per cent interest on said principal
and interest as attorneys fs.s. as
We'll as all costs Of this suit.
j. P. FLOUBN@Y, E
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Aur1anneer.
Caucasian, June 25, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Jupitsr's the Sky Thief.

The planet Jupiter has been found
guilty on both direct and circumstan-
tial evidence of stealing comets. says
Professor D. j. McAdam, writing in
Harper's Weekly. There are some
thirty comets whose orbits lie so close
to Jupiter's that the homage which
they seem TO pay to him cannot be ac-
cidental. But Jupiter has been caught
red handed In 1867 as a certain com
ct was passing Jupiter's orbit on its
forty eight year period Jupiter tried
to steal it and succeeded in reducing
it's period to one of five and half
years But Jupiter cannot catch every
comet which be attacks. In 1910 he
tried again, and his greed spoiled his
work. He pulled out the period of its
orbit from five and a half to twenty
seven years. In 1886 Jupiter pulled
back the orbit to one of seven years
and split 1t into five pieces. His next
chance will arrive in 1921. when he
may capture or destroy it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

Some time ago it was Germany that
possessed a bad eminence In child sui
cides- Perhaps she does still. but she
has q competitor in Russia. Russia
can furnish 125 cases IN three months
and Germany must look to her iaureIs
to meet that record. The youngest sui
eide was three and half years of age,
and the investigators say that it was
planned and premeditated. But Ger
many does not yield without a strug-
gle. In Germany the children play
suicide games, which must be q grim
sight and one that Is doubtless appre-
ciated by Satan. The educational eX-
perts are beginning to think that there
must be something wrong with their
system, which is certainly a sign of
grace in an educational expert. The
rest of the world has been thinking so
for some time There are better ways
to make a flower grow than to hitch
a steam derrick to its stem. -Argonaut
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
THE BOND ISSUE FOR THE FAIR

On July Is next a special election
is to be held at which the property
taxpayers are to vote on the pro-
posed bond issue of a hundred
thousand dollars with which to
make permanent improvements.
Of the improvements planned are:
A band and grandstand $4,000; a
coliseum and auditorium $4,000; an
art museum $4,000; pavilions
$4,000; an administration building
and entrance $4,000; ladies rest
rooms, ETC., $4,000.
These betterments are necessary
and it is believed that the majority
of the taxpayers in number and in
amount will vote for this issue of
bonds.
It has been we'll said that the Fair
grounds is one Of the most import
ant and valuable of the assets of the
city and it has been the medium
through which Shreveport and this
State have been given the widest
and the most favorable publicity.
In brief it may be asserted that
the annual fairs have been profit
able in many ways and not alto
gether commercially.
From an agricultural view the
fairs of the years past have been
the great stimulators in active COM
petition towards the betterment of
the diversified resources of the
State.
It is not possible to estimate the
advantages of the annual fairs to
Shreveport and this State, and
there should be offered no check or
to the greater develop
ment Of the Fair.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
The Apple Way.

Rome's most famous road was the
Appian way. A proposed road in the
northwest, which may become famous
and will certainly be novel. is to be
known as the Apple way. 1t will con
nect Occur d'Aiene, prosperous Ium
Der town In northern Idaho. with the
city of Spokane. in eastern Washing
ton, a distance of twenty six miles 1t
will be a highway constructed accord
ing to approved methods and lined
with rows of shade and apple trees.
planted at proper distances. The apple
trees will be of the kinds that are the
boast of that section. and the fruit will
be for the refreshment of the travelling
public SO far as they may choose to
avail themselves of it. Idaho has al
ready made her appropriation for this
purpose. and Washington is expected
shortly to follow suit, For new ideas
in these days we must more and more
look to the west Boston Transcript
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
WHICH WILL THEY Dor

Democrats and Republicans ali
over the United States understand
that the senators and most of the
representatives in Congress from
Louisiana have taken our State into
the Republican ranks. It remains
for the Democratic voters Of the
Slate at the next primary to pull it
out Of this position, and thus prove
their Democracy or lease it where
it is. Which will they do?- RHston
Leader
Which will they do2 Or what can
they do when the candidates for the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
We Are a Nation of Man Killers.

Statistics show that 1900 murders
and homicides are committed annually
in the United States. Less than per
cent of these criminals pay the pen
atty fixed by law. We have already
gained the stigma Of nation of man
killers. We have surpassed the noto-
rious record Of Italy. Today we have
in the United States lis homicides per
million Inhabitants; Italy has 105 per
million, Germany 10, France 10 and
Great Britain and Ireland q per mil
lion.-Herbert Bruce Fuller in Worlds
Work For June.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
And So IL Goea-

81. G. Wells, the novelist, tells a
story Of gentleman next to whom he
once sat at public DINER. The con-
versation had turned upon one of his
own books, and Mr.. Wells had said
something to the effect that were
there no self seekers the world would
be very Utopia" .. 80
This neighbor promptly observed, Il
maintain that all water used for drink
ing and culinary purposes should be
boiled at least an hour"
''You are physician. presumeT'
suggested the novelist.
mo, SIR" was the unexpected reply.
Il am In the coal line,"-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Women Are Needed on Public
Boards.

Women are needed On public
boards, such as school boards, Ii
brary boards, asylum boards, etc.
Under Article 210 of the State Con-
stitution women can not serve in
any official capacity. Sign the petit
ton to be presented to the Legisla-
ture of 1912 for the amendment of
this article, and ask your senator's
and representatives to vote for the
measure.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Joseph First. Simon Second.

In commenting on the possibility of
the appointment of Sir Mathew Ma
than to succeed Sir Eldon Gorst as
the representative Of Great Britain In
Egypt a London dispatch says that
should the report be correct it will be
the second time In 1000 years that
Jew will have occupied so prominent
place in that country. Simon Wolf. for
many years recorder of Washington.
likes to tell the story that when he
made his official call In 1881 to pre-
sent his credentials as minister from
the United States to Egypt the khe-
dive said to him. "Mr. Wolf. unless
greatly mistake. the last Jew who
came to this court in diplomatic ca
pacity was Joseph"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

old gal of mine. VIII be late. Don't
wall for me-
when the business man reached
home at midnight his wife met him in
the hall.
"'Wail for your she sneered. why,
wouldn't vail for the best man that
ever lived, let alone your
"'Why, my dear he stammered.
'Then. bursting into tears. she hand
ed him the telegram. and in jiffy he
explained that what he had really
wired was:
"'Shan dine with Billy Brown, an
old pal Of mine. VIII be late. Don't
wait for me-"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
A Loss That Was EAI+

Captain Hardess Lloyd, the famous
polo player, was talking in New York
about the cessation of fiogging at the
great English public school of Elton.
Il am glad" he said, that fogging
is now done away with. Elton boys
used to suffer a good deal from the
birch. There was one Elton master in
the seventies who logged so severely
that his death, when he came to die,
was announced in the papers among
the shipping news. They announced it
under the head:
Loss of a whaler.'''
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
In Virginia.
Gee WhiZ? Indeed.

The Commoner: 1t is reported
that some of the Democratic politi-
Clans are trying to arrange things SO
that Republicans can vote at the
primaries. Why should Republicans
help select Democratic candidate
for the Senate? If Democratic
candidate for senator in Virginia
seeks Republican votes in the pri-
mary it looks like he was scared
and he does not deserve Democratic
votes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
4 Poor POSTS Cav Clothes.

From the inventory of Signor dan
nunZio's wardrobe. which has been
seized with his other effects under an
execution at his country house, it
seems that the author has been cloth
ing himself as magnifcently as any of
his heroes. In addition to large guam
titles of jewelry, such as rings, studs
and tie pins, the goods seized include
II silk shirts. A pairs Of silk socks,
Sc pairs Of gloves, 240 handkerchiefs,
15O ties, 8 umbrellas and 10 parasols.
London Chronicle.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
The Lazy Farmer.

COushatta Citizen: These are the
days when the lazy farmer finds all
manner of fault with the weather
and other things while his industri-
Gus neighbor goes right merrily on
cultivating his crops and in prepar-
ing to gather a bountiful harvest.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Convicted on Six Counts.

Monden Signal Democrat: Boil
Frazier, a white man who has been
engaged in business near the depot
was convicted in the district court
last Friday on six counts of SELLING
Intoxicating liquors. He was already
serving out sentences imposed by
the town. Sentence will be passed on
at. Frazier the latter part Of next
week.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Queer, Isn't 1t?

Col. John NJ. Parker, head front
and tail of the G. G. L., says that he
will hold any newspaper personally
responsible who attacks him. Queer
creature to be in politics, isn't he?
And gracious what a lot of scraps he
has laid up for HIMSELF
Times.
Gee WhiZ? Indeed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
A Poetic Prosecutor.

John Burns. city prosecutor, was try
ing to show Judge Finehout the other
day why some young men ought to be
fined for tearing pickets off the fence
OF Mrs. Joe Goesik. MIR. Burns said:
II know Mike Chicket tore off that
picket. and the lady took offense."
mo lady is charged with taking a
fence" replied Judge Finehout, land,
besides, this is no place for poetry
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Parachutes For Avlatora.

An inventor has brought out an avi-
ator's parachute which folds into a
small space and, in the event of the
aeroplane capsizing or plungfng to
earth, opens and jerks him out of the
machine. A dummy weighing $50
pounds was recently launched off the
Eifel tower seated In a Bleriot mono
plane body and equipped with one of
these parachutes. Both figure and
aeroplane descended gently to the
ground
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
A $4,000 Hoo.

Red River Democrat: Ten thous-
and dollars is the value placed on a
hog at Atlanta, Ga, by a jury. The
hog, a pedigreed porker, was killed
in a wreck on the V. IS. & P. railroad
The animal, which was valued at
$4,000 by its owner, was nine feet
long, 3 feet high and weighed more
than 1000 pounds.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
A Woman of MANY Anulss.

Here is Nine. Jeanne Jomellrs
breezy view about opera in English:
Il was born in Holland and educated
IN Germany. l studied in Italy, was
naturalized in America, and then |
married Frenchman. am equally
at ease In Dutch, English, Italian
German and French, and therefore |
am very partial to opera in the YER
nacular, When in New York sing as
New Workers. do"