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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
PROCLAMATION.

Pursuant to a resolution passed by
the Parish Board of School Directors
of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, at
its regular meeting held on the 9Th day
of March 1911, |, Isaac Barron, presi-
dent of the said board, hereby give no
tice that in compliance with said reso-
luton, a special election will be held in
School District No 8 Of said Parish Of
Caddo, Louisiana, on goth day Of April
1911, for the purpose Of submitting to
the property taxpayers, qualified under
the Constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, TO vote at said election, the
following proposition, towit:
To levy a special tax of five mills on
the dollar on all property in said School
District No. 3 Of the Parish of Caddo,
Louisiana, subject to state taxation, an
nua11y for a period Of ten years, for the
purpose Of completing payments on the
public school building already erected in
said School District Nc. ;, in the town
| Of Vivian, to build an addition thereto,
| to equip the same, the title to which
shall vest in the public, and for main
tenance.
For the purpose Of said special cIce-
ton, the polling place will be Vivian,
and the commissioners John HiIE. Will
liam Beddingfc1d, Wiley Jones, and the
clerk D. Grove.
At said special election the polls will
open at 7 o'clock am. and close at 5
o'clock pm, and the election will be
conducted in accordance with the laws
of louisiana applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at 80 pm
Wednesday, May 10, 1911, the boarc
will meet in its office at the court house
and in open session, proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and CONT tiae
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
How NAPOLEON Was Spanked.


When in exile at Elba Napoleon told
a story of how his mother spanked
him.
One day, it appears, his mothers
mother was hobbling, along the street
In Ajaccio when Napoleon and his sis
ter Pauline followed the old lady and
mimicked her Their grandmother
turned and caught them in the act.
She complained to Nine. Letitia b.
naparte. Pauline was at once spanked
and disposed of. Napoleon, who was
out in his regimentals, could not be
handled, since the uniform was sacred
as the flag. But his mother bided her
time.
The next day, when her son was off
his guard, she called out: Napoleon!
Quick! You are invited to dine with
the governor" ...
Whereupon the boy ran to his room
to change his clothes. His mother
quietly followed, and when she judged
that the proper time had come rushed
into the room, seized her undressed
hero before he guessed her purpose,
laid him across her knee and belabored
him earnestly with the fat Of her
d.-Harper's.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
strxchnine For Royal Suicides.

The early remedies of the world were
mainly vegetable simples accompanied
generally by the power of incanta-
tons, amulets and charms. Egyptian
dispensers about B. G. 1900 had pro-
duced strychnine, or nux vomica (hy-
drocyanic or prussic acid, 'the poison
of the peach" with which princes and
other criminals of elevated social po-
sition were allowed to execute them
selves to avoid public scandal and fam
lily disgrace, and numerous lesser
drugs, such as conium, scammony,
elaterium, aconite, aloes, SIENNA. man.
ma, etc. Even the ferocious Scythians
contributed to Grecian medicine the
powerful virtues of Indian hemp and
the still popular licorice. The Per-
sian magi also used vegetable infu-
sions, etc, but declared that the herbs
must be gathered, not only at the time
when their virtues were in perfection,
but with suitable religious ejacula-
tons, and pulled with the left hand
from behind the gatherer-Charles
WinsIow Hall in National Magazine
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
The TEN COMMANDMENTS.

1t is cabled from England that the
authorities of the English church will
attempt to revise the Ten Command,
ments."
Rather startling?
And probably a mistake
1t may only be that the language in
which the Decal0gue is contained is to
be revised so that the meaning is
palmer.
Learned men have made number of
verbal changes in the text Of both the
Old and the New Testaments that are
ceptable-'revised versions" of the
original text. But
Any proposed change of the signifi-
canoe of the Mosaic commandments is
as absurd as a change in the law of
gravity, and all Christendom would
protest against 1t.
Says the old negro melody, and it
voices the sentiment of the religious
world
IT'S the old time religion.
And it's good enough for me.
Note this, however:
The Ten Commandments are not good
because they are old On the contra
ry, they are old because they are good.
And
The commandments are not good be-
cause they are in the Bible They are
in the Bible because they are good,
Some things are basic.
As Daniel Webster pointed out in
his great speech, the Ten Command
ments, together with the Sermon on
the Mount, are the fundamentals upon
which all our laws and all our morals
are based
The Decalogue is organic.
We sometimes call the constitution
of the United States or of the states
organic law" In a sense they are
organic, but they can be changed.
But you cannot change moral laws.
They are fundamental, like the laws
of mathematics
They are primary laws.
Two and two are four, and it must
be so.
If you try to make two and two
three you go into bankruptcy If you
try to make two and two five you go
to the penitentiary.
Just so of the moral commandments.
They are Interchangeable and funda-
mental, immutable, inyariable.
The old time commandments are
good enough for US.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
Seconds and Minutes.

With regard to seconds and minutes,
It Is notable that worrying about the
measurement of the small change Of
time is comparatively modern. The
Romans spoke indeed occasionally of
d momentum" or of a ''punctum tenn
poris'' Ca point of time), but only in a
loose way. to signify virtual instan-
taneousness. Even hours did not come
into general use until about the mid
dle of the second century B. c., and
then they were twelfth parts of the
actual day, so that they varied at
Rome from forty-four and one-half
minutes in winter to seventy-five and
one-half minutes in summer. The I'M
varying hours of modern reckoning
were not used in the affairs of COM
mon life until toward the end of the
fourth century A. D.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
Dove COLORED
GOWNS POPULAR
All Shades Of Gray Are Now
Fashionable.

The silk and satin finish cloths are
so attractive this year and so well fit
ted for all the present fashions that
they are In great demand, and the silk
cloth gown copied after the latest vel
vet model is sure to be satisfactory.
Embroidery on cloth is quite as eff
fective as on velvet. and braiding
shows to even greater advantage.
There are many different kinds Of
braid, wide, narrow, fiat and round.
that are used, and often two and three
will be combined, while all fancy
braids with touches of color, gold or
silver are most satisfactory For
spring and for the cool days of sum-
mer these cloth gowns are charming.
Gray in all shades Is most popular this
year, and the light silvery or pearl
shades, with embroidery to match,
make most fascinating and becoming
gowns. Fine laces as well as sheer
net are now used for Jokes and
collars in these same cloth gowns in
place of the tucked and heavy lace
yoke fashionable for so long a time.
Flesh colored tulle and net yokes and
collars, which give the same effect as
If no collar were worn and yet which
are more becoming, are to be noted in
some of the more elaborate gowns.
Sleeves require careful consideration,
for the fashion therein changes often
and suddenly. The separate under
sIeava with fts finish or hand of lace Is
so becoming that it is to be hoped the
fashion will endure. It is extremely
popular at the moment. The double
sleeve Is marked feature in the new
gowns, and If the undersIeeve be count
ed there are often three sleeves, each
a little longer than the other. The
tendency is toward a wider, larger
sleeve, and the puffed undersIeeve
showing under the kimono sleeve is
an indication that every effort is being
made to bring back the large sleeve.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
PUBLICITY.

There is fine tradition about Gu
tenberg, the inventor of movable types
and pioneer printer.
One day, the story runs, while the
first printer was at work in his cell
in the monastery of st. Abersgot, he
heard voice bidding him cease his
labors because his invention would be
used by bad men to propagate wick
edness
He took up the hammer to break his
types when
Another voice was heard urging him
to proceed, assuring him that more
good than evil would come from his
invention and that right would tri-
umph
Surely the second voice was right.
Comment has been made concerning
the secrecy of the proceedings in some
of the divorces in high life. It has
been suggested that the evidence in
all divorce cases be heard in private
and a sealed verdict returned.
No!
Gutenberg's second voice was truth
full. There is more good than harm in
publicity
It is common to inyeieb against the
alleged sensationa1ism Of the newspa-
ners and to deny the right of the
press to print divorce proceedings.
Nevertheless be 1t said many man,
many woman, shrinks from divorce
merely because Of the fear Of pub
lefty.
Is ii not so?
Here Isl one, say. who has good
reputation abroad, but who In his
home II cruel or d tyrant. He knows
mis- reputation viii suffer if he gets
| into court. He is thus kept within
| bounds.
Publicity is a deterrent Of all kinds
Of wrongdoing. The dread Of the
limelight keeps many persons straight.
The newspaper is good policeman.
OF course there are individual cases
where wrong is done, where the in
nocent suffer, but it is better that one
should suffer than society. Occasion
ally harm may come, but generally
more good than harm.
Turn on the light!
Let divorces be as public as mar
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
4 gmITE. EI-lrK snEEP-

$50 shines d good deed In a naughty
world,
This plain tale Of the generous doiags
Of Richard Shell IS an unusual happen
ing.
Doubtless son have read something
of the strange career OF Colonel Smell
fhe eccentric Illinois millionaire.
Dick Smell was his only son.
rhe others had died. and his father
called Dick tie black sheep of the FAM
SIS. Re thus wrote 1t down In his will
by which Shell cut Off his son with
rehe pforerbiaf shilling.
Young Smell broke his fathers viii
zand after much litigation was awarded
$4,000.
And then
Dick absolutely refused to accept
more than 100000. The other $3.50, 600
ne said be wanted to divide with the
widow of ibis brother and her three
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
THE WIDER VIEW.

Ever walk in dense fog?
The, mists shut out your vision, and
the only clear space is that about you.
As you walk the spot goes with you,
But
Your neighbor has ike experience.
1t appears to him that he is walking in
Che midst Of the only bright spot
And thereby hangs moral.
We are apt to self center ourselves,
Zach of us thinks he sees clearly
enough. while those about him are be-
logged.
Now, for Instance
You think your particular political
Fparty is the one best ct to serve the
country. while your neighbor thinks
your party unfit and you blinded par
f,tisan
See7
You think your particular church
GOWNS the real right of way up to the
oearly gates. The other man thinks
yOu are Il religious bigot and that his
spiritual route is along the straight
and narrow way.
You think he is walking in haze.
Tie knows you are.
What IS the matter?
It is because of the fog that sur
rounds US We do not get up high
enough 10 sweep the wide horizon
above the mists.
Or, as some one says
t'Men live in a barrel, and they look
<sut through the five auger holes they
e@aTl their FIVE senses and think they
egee the universe"
Therefore, my brethren
Since we ''see through glass dark
W." let us be slow to say of another
that he travels in the dark. We, too,
ssre apt to be befogged.
Because
Flew are the souls that are able to
Give always above the haze. Eternal
sunshine settles on their heads
Ard we?
Why, most of us will not be able to
sget the wider view until the earth
Gogs shall have cleared away.
The one luminous spot that is about
ras, LET us remember. is but a small
eane inside the greater circle. Our
bright spot is only a speck in the fog.
gAnd 1t may be-
we shall know each other better
When the naists have cleared away.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

tons as well as the tried and true
navy blue One could employ deep
red for the gown and have the striped
material in red and blue or black.
Tan, with tan and seal brown stripes,
would be smart. An extremely attrac-
tive idea is a frock of cream serge,
with blue and white or red and white
striped silk for collar, cuffs and band.
The body could also be of a plain ma
terial and the trimming in bright
plaid or plain tint of a contrasting
color. There are really endless com
binations that may be developed with
a little thought, and if there is a
clever home dressmaker the expense
would prove extremely slight.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
Heart toHeart
I alks.
THE DRUNKARD.
by EDWIN A. NYE.

There he goes
A hideous thing, and in the shape of
"a man.
His soiled clothes speak Of the place
where he has fallen and waIlOwcd. A
staggering gait, a bruised face, glazed
eyes and slayering mouth--it is not
a pretty picture.
Anon he tries to save the shreds of
his personal dignity by a prepostcrous
effort to stand erect, and anon he re
8axcs his face into the smear of a stu
gid smile,
Poor, reeIing sot!
His body reels and his mind reels.
Both have lost their equilibrium.
The boys Of the street taunt him and
ahrow things at him, and he rails back
at them in his drunken rage.
lie says he is going home.
Home--home to the wife who trem-
t0les at his coming; home to his chill
dren who flee in fear Of him!
Can there be a more horrid spectacle
than this one-a man in ruins?
And yet
Grown men and women find in this
exhibition Of Il man. lowered to Il
plane that is lower than that Of Il
brute. something funny.
They nudge one another and smile at
Che pathetic trials of the poor drunk
ard to keep his feet. They laugh as If
the liquor craZcd creature were char
tered clown posturing for their special
amusement
Surely it is duh imagination that
can find aught in such a display save
pity.
If to your child such a scene appears
80 be amusing disabuse his mind.
Tell him the truth.
Tell him this dips0maniac is suffer
Eng from a terrible disease and needs
n physician. Tell him that instead of
.jeers and laughter the unfortunate inc
briate needs care and medical treat
gnent.
Think of it! ...r.
Is sick man, staggering and weak
and fevered. a figure to provoke laugh
teri
Said the Christian commander Of the
Texas at the battle of Santiago:
Don't cheer. boys. The poor devils
are dyingr'
So the same fine spirit OF chivaIry
should say to the unthinking:
Don't laugh at the poor devil. He
rs going home TO make miserable the
Ewes of those who love him."
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

boys, all IF whom were barely provid-
cd for in the terms Of the will. To
the widow was left $1,000 a year dur
ing her lifetime
That did not suit young SHELLS con-
ccptiOns of equity.
Therefore he called his sistCr-in-law
and her boys to the lawyers office and
with a map of Colonel Smells farms
before him indicated what real estate
he wanted set over to them,
The widow refused at first to share
the sons patrimOny.
At Il second meeting. however, it was
finally arranged and the $450,OO0 worth
of the estate was decided. This LETT
Dick Smell with only 100000 when he
might have had $4,000.
1t was magnanimOus
And 1t stamps Dick Smell as n high
minded man with an unusual sense of
Justice,
He refused to consider his action as
in any way extraordinary, remarking
simply when pressed for an eXplana-
ton:
"Why, that leaves me more than l
need"
Which is doubtless true, but
In these money grabbing days, when
the newspapers arc filled with nau-
scous stories of sordld heirs who fight
one another in court for money they
do not need, the young mans action
is withal heroic.
Black sheep?
Dick Smell needs no whitcwash to
prove him an unusually white sheep.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

One of the most fashionable things
that will be worn this year is Irish
crochet. Everything that can be made
in this lace-jabots, ties, stock collars,
Peter Pan collars, bags, blouses, coats,
dresses and so on-will be fashionable.
The bags have removable lace covers.
They are just the things to use with
wash dresses and evening gowns.
Irish crochet is very economical
lace 20 buy; it is easily washed and
IL 1t should wear at all is easily
and invisfbly mended by the amateur.
New wells of Irish crochet are great
feature. Happy is the woman who can
crochet her own lace.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
SHERTFFS SALE.

No. 14,422-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, EsAas-
lana: Mrs. Jane c. Ingersoll VS. An
thony Peterson.
By virtue Of a writ of seizure and sale
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, MAY 6, 1911,
Lot sixty-three (63) of the Mount Zion
subdivision of the City of Shreveport,
Louisiana, as per map in conveyance
book 80, page 80, of the clerks office Of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, together with
all the buildings and Improvements
thereon, said property seized as beloag-
ing 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, say in the sum of one hen
dred and fifty dollars, together witt :
per cent per annum interest theraoa
from January If, 1907. and all costs of
this suit, and ten per cent on said prin-
cipaf and interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, exc ficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, March 28, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
IN The REALM
OF FASHION
A SprinQ Costume.

The sailor suit, always so smart and
comfortable as we'll as serviccablc, is
the model one would advise for early
spring wear. rs ginghams are so soon
required. and the sailor suit may do
duty later in the summer for sea
shore or outing wear. A model quite
different from the regulation idea is
shown in the illustration and would
develop in a number Of color combina-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. I4,423-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs Jane c. Ingcrsoll VS.. An
thony Peterson.
BY virtue of writ of seizure and sale
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, for cash and according to
law, at public auction, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, during the legal
hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911,
Lots scventy-one and scvcnty-two or
and ~ of the Mount Zion Subdivision
of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, as
per map recorded in conveyance book
81, page 80, of the recorders Office of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, together with
all buildings and improvements 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 say in
the sum of two hundred and fifty dol
lars, with 8 per cent per annum interest
from September ~, 1907, and 10 per
cent attorneys fees on said amount and
interest, less a credit of seventy-three
dollars paid in 1900, and all costs Of this
suit J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ext hicio Auctioneer
Caucasian, March 28, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

rage. Let the press continue to light
up the dark places.
Screening the adult wrongdoer bene-
fits neither the individual nor society,
The Master put the whole matter
into single sentence when he said:
"Men love darkness rather than
light because their deeds are evil"
Turn on the light.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
SUCCESSION NOTICE.
No. IAIo8-First District Court. Pa.

No I4To8-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana. Sue
resslon of Jeff Henderson:
Notice is hereby given that Anna
Henderson, administrative, has this dav
filed her final account in said success
sion, and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law
She will be duly homoIogated as prayed
for.
Witness the Honorable f. w. sutl,er-
lin, Judge of said court, this the ao.b
day Of March 1911.
F. A. LEONARD
1'I"' :" 80 Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09
SUCCESSION NOTICE

NO, I4o85-First District Court, Parish
Of Caddo, State Of Louisiana sac
cession Of Columbus Orr.
Notice is hereby given that Maggie
Orr administrators, has this day Sied
, .,.,T. maj account in said succession, and
unless opposition be made thereto with
IN the time specified by law, the sans
VIII be duly homloogated as praved e.
=. Witness the Honorable f. w. sntber.
i,n' Judge of said court, this the . 10Th,
day of March 1911. -
March 80. >''<ALSD'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

ballots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns, and declare
the result of said special election
This 18th day of March 1911.
ISAAC BARRON,
March 29, 1911. President.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

w. mhen you are looking for the yood
kind OF stationery, remember tb.e sOOa
are stu at sT7 Edwards street and md .' ss
'Fant that kind for you. ' "'A
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-09

1t is cabled from England that the
authorities of the English church will
attempt to ''revise the Ten Command
ments"