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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
CRITICISED LINCOLN.
Or. Eliot Declared Some of His APP
pointments Were "Shockine."

DR.. Eliot Declared Some of His APP
pointments Were "Shockine."
At the close of an address on civil
service reform before the Massachu-
sets Federation of Women's Clubs
President Emeritus G. w Eliot of Har-
ward university answered questions
from the floor.
After replying in the negative to the
question whether politics is as corrupt
now as in 1861 Dr. Eliot said:
I'm talking of 1861 we must remem-
Der that these shocking appointments
were made by Lincoln for purely po-
litical reasons. I can't think of any
thing SO shocking done by recent pres
idents. At that time the moral sense
of the community had not been arous-
ed, and it was the custom of the time
to make appointments for political pur-
poses.
President Lincoln's first appointee
as secretary of war, Simon Cameron,
was so corrupt and so incompetent that
he lost his job at the end of three
months"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
A JUDGMENT
No. I4,222-In the First District, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana: Evelyn B. Van

No, 14,222-In the First District, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana: Evelyn B. Van
Cleve vs.. James j. Van Cleve.
In this case, by reason of the law and
the evidence being in favor thereof, If is
ordered, adjudged and decreed that the
plaintiff, Mrs. Evelyn B. Van Cleve. do
have and recover judgment against her
husband, defendant, James ]. Van Cleve,
III the full sum Of fifteen hundred dol
lars, with legal interest from January
4, 1911, until paid, and all costs of this
suit.
1t IS further ordered, adjudged and
decreed that the community of aouets
and gains heretofore existing between
the plaintiff and defendant be and the
same IS hereby dissolved and the plain
tiff herein granted separation of nron-
erty. Thus done, read and signed in
open court this first day of April 1oIr
E. w SUTHERLIN.
Judge First District Court
Endorsed: Filed April I, 1911
A. S. HARDIN,
Deputy Clerk.
4 true copy. D. P. EUBANK,
Aprll 70, 1911. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo,
Office of the Board of Supervisors OF
Election in and for Caddo Parish, State
of Louisiana In accordance with the
election laws of the State of Louisiana,
and pursuant to the proclamation of His
Excellency, Jared Y. Sanders, duly pub
lished, notice is hereby given, and we do
proclaim, that an election will be held
at the precincts now established by law
in the Eighth Ward of the Parish of
Caddo, State of Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, MAY 80, 1911,
for the election of member of the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of Caddo, State
of Louisiana, for said Ward Eight, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
T. B. Moss.
Said election is to be held under the
general election laws of the State of
Louisiana, and at the precincts and I'M
der the supervision of the following
commissioners and clerks, to-wit:
Forbing-J w Daniel, B. R. Jacobs,
y. II. Middleton, commissioners; John
B. Forbing. clerk
Caspiana-D. H. Courtney, C. NJ.
Hutchinson, ]. F. Yearwood, commits
sioners; {. c. Hutchinson, clerk.
And we do hereby require and direct
that the polls shall be open from am.
until pm. on the day of said election,
and the commissioners are hereby in
strueted to count the votes immediately
after the closing of the polls and make
due return to the undersigned supervis-
ors of election, according to law.
Thus done and signed at our office in
the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
La, on this the 18th day of April 1911.
w. H. SCHEEN.
President Board of Supervisors of Elec-
ton for Caddo Parish, La.
w. C. AGURS,
NJ WARD.
Members of Board of Supervisors of
Elections for Caddo Parish, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
A Deep PennsxIvania Shaft.

The deepest shaft in the bituminous
coal field in Pennsylvania. according
to the report Of Colonel Henry @.
Demming, consulting geologist, miner
alogist and chemist. is operated by
the Maryland Coal company at st.
Michael, about two and one-half miles
south of South Fork. on the Dunlo
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The hoist shaft is 697 feet deep, and
the air shaft is 671 feet Within ten
miles east of this point is the highest
mountain peak in the state, Blue
Knob
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25

Nos. 1879, 1908, I2,55o-In the First
Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana: Threefoot Bros
& Co. VS.. D. c. Richardson.
By virtue of the three writS of fer1
facias, to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the above
numbered and entitled suits, l 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, dur
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1911,
Lots 10 and 20 block 2; lots 20, 20, 80
block I ;lots IS. I6, II, 10, 10, 20, block 7,
lots IS, 10, 20 block I2; lots Is, 10, 20
block 10, of the Queensborough Subdi
vision of the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana, with all buildings and improve
ments thereon; and also lots II of block
I'D" of the Colonial Hill Subdivision of
the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, with
the buildings and improvements there
on; and also the northwest quarter OF
section I, township 49, range 10, west,
and 1912 acres of land off of the north
side of southwest quarter of section I,
township 70, range 10, Caddo Parish
La; also fractional south half of section
FL, township IS north, range IS west,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Said property
seized in all of the above numbered and
entitled suits as belonging to the above
defendant, and to be sold for cash and
according to law, to pay and satisfy the
debts as specified in said writs, say in
the sums as follows, to-wit: In suit No.
1879, one thousand dollars with eight
lper cent per annum interest thereon
from January I, 1900, until paid, and ten
per cent on said principal and interest as
attorneys fees; and in the further sum
of $4,000 with FIVE per cent per annum
interest thereon from January 10, 1000
and III the further sum of 100000 with
January IS, 1907 with ten per cent at
itorney's fees, and i'll the further sum OF
$I458yoo with eight per cent per annum
interest from February I, 1909, with ten
Iper cent attorneys fees, and in further
sum of $I4oo to cover protest fees, and
all costs of this suit And in suit No.
I2,6IS in the sum of $1,000 with per
icent per annun interest thereon from
December I, 1908, until paid, together
with ten per cent interest on said pril-
c1pal and interest as attorneys fees; and
in the further sum of $I854.eo with eight
per cent per annum interest thereon
from December IS, 1908, until paid, to-
getfer with ten per cent on said amount
iof principal and interest as attorneys
fees; and in the further sum of $500 oc
with FIVE per cent per annum interest
! thereon from December IS, 1908, unit
paid, and the further sum of So. 80 costs
as protest fees, and all costs of this suit
And IN suit No. 1850 in the following
amount, 100000 with 8 per cent per an
mum interest from November Il. 1908
until paid, with ten per cent as attor-
Iney's fees, on said principal and inter
est; and in the further sum of $3.50 for
costs to cover protest fees, and all costs
| of this suit. ]. P. FLOURNOY
Sheriff exc ficio Auctioneer
April IS, 1911
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
FOR CHAMPAGNE
RIOTS N FRANCE
Small Vine Dressers Are
the Chief Factors
:. of the Up
q =
rising

end of March showed determination
to be stopped by nothing. They dis
carded their moderate leaders and put
themselves under the orders of the
Unified Socialists and revolutionaries.
On March 90 NJ. Lefevre, a Radical
Socialist deputy, introduced bill in
the chamber of deputies suppressing
all wine delimitations, but increasing
the facilities of the authorities for
proceeding against those who handled
or manufactured fraudulent wine.
A fresh outbreak of rioting occurred
on April s, when the committee on ag-
riculture of the chamber of deputies,
to which the government had referred
the champagne question, recommend
ed that the delimitation be arranged
so as to include all the departments
belonging to the old province of Cham
payne This proposal failed to satisfy
every party. The departments already
included in the champagne district re-
sentedS an extension of the limits,
while those which were being brought
in objected to a condition which was
attached to the report of the commit
tee making it compulsory that the
place of origin Of the products be in
dicated on the bottles. This. they said,
would mean the creation of five kinds
of champagne-Mar Aise, Aube,
Seine ct Marine and Haute Marine.
Recent Outbreaks.
On April II there were fresh mani
festations in the department of the
Marine against the restoration of the
department of the Aube to the delim-
tied district. The rioting was due to
the action of the senate on the previ-
Gus day in adopting a resolution ask
ing the cabinet to restore Aube as part
of the champagne district. The other
departments regard the action Of the
senate as deadly blow to their inter
ests and as concession to their dead
~ rival
The-maj ority in the chamber of dep
uties, as in the senate. probably OPP
poses the system of delimitation. The
chamber, however, is proceeding eau
tiously, as it does not desire a minis
terial crisis at time when the budget,
now four months belated, seems with
in few days of conclusion.
The administration is continuing to
oppose the suppression of the delimi-
tation because it hopes to have the
system recognized internationally The
Madrid convention has already assur-
ed such recognition between France
and Spain, Great Britain. Switzerland.
Portugal and Brazil. An international
conference on the subject will meet at
Washington on May Is. at which the
French government hopes that all
countries will reach an understanding
even Germany, which is the most fear
ed rival of France as a champagne
manufacturer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
LINCOLN FUNERAL
CAR DESTROYED
Historic Relic Of Latter Days Of
Civil War Burned.
ITS INTERESTING HISTORY.

Built In Military Car Shops at Old
Alexandria, Va, For Special Use Of
President and cabinet-Later Be-
came Official Car of the Union Pacific
Abraham Lincoln's funeral car was
recently destroyed at Columbia
Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Prior to its use as a funeral car it
was the private carriage of the mar
tyred president. 1t carried his body
from Washington to Springfield, ILL.,,
for burial in 1865. Fragments of the
ruins will be given away as relics.
The car had been exhibited in all
parts of the United States and had be-
come well known everywhere. It's
most notable exhibit was in the Lin
coin museum at the st. Louis worlds
fair in 1904. 1t was considered one
of the country's most sacred relics
outside the Liberty bell
The car was built in the military
car shops at old Alexandria, Va, in
1868 for the special use of President
Lincoln and his cabinet He loved the
car and used it much, and it therefore
was used to carry his body to Spring
field. Lincoln was shot April IA, 1865,
and the trip to Springfield began early
on the morning of April 20. Lines of
people stood with barred heads as it
passed through the many towns and
cities along the way. Three years be-
fore the car had made similar trip
with the body of the presidents son.
William.
The Cars History.
The car was then returned to the
shops where it was built and left IN
til June Of the same year, when it
was used to convey the body of Mrs
W. H. Seward wife of the secretary
of state under Lincoln, to her former
home in Auburn, N Y. The car was
sold in 1866 to T. G. Durant, who was
then building the Union Pacific road
1t was used as the official car of the
line for many years, or until its stand
ard of luxury had been surpassed by
later models
Next it was found in common use
on the mountain lines in Colorado and
then sidetracked to rot away, it's days
of usefulness being over In 1890 it
was exhibited at the Omaha worlds
fair, Vandals at that time splintered
one of it's sides. Franklin B. Snow
bought it from the Union Pacific in
1903, and it was placed in museum
constructed especially for it at'the ST.
Louis exposition. After that the late
Thomas Lowry bought it and brought
it to Minneapolis An iron fence had
been built around it. and thousands of
visitors viewed it, A crate was built
over 1t in winter months.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
Hoo Ate 5000.

Jeremiah Quinn, a farmer residing
near Coffeyville, Kan, has brought to
Washington a mass that one might
mistake for a handful of breakfast
food, for which he wants $2,700 in
money. Quinn says he can prove that
his hog pounced upon and devoured
his $2,700 bank roll when he dropped
it in the pen while feeding the animal
If he can do this to the satisfaction
of the treasury department he will be
reimbursed
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
MEXICO, ITS RESOURCES AND HISTORY.
MATERIAL POSSESSIONS.


Area, square miles ..".". $4,000
liver
~ $1,000. .......
srchn In LEI
in
HISTORY
Republic Of Mckee eclaredin depande
by n
cons
Present constiu ado 8,
Independent established
proclaimed republic
formulated
ished annexation Of Texas to the United States
Intervention 1851
establishing
n
0 xico Ind
In
1887
September
a But
OF rebellion sumbed Guerrilla followed
territory and one
federal district The national capital is the City Mexico
eiseted by the people Judiciary
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
HONEYMOON WITH GHOSTS.
Bridal Pair Will Live In Haunted
House, In Wisconsin,

On high blur overlooking the Chip
pewa river in Wisconsin is big resi-
dence that In the nine years it has
been vacant has been given a wide
berth by superstitious ramps.
The .'haunted house. is to be occu-
pied when renovated by a. E. Wal
ruth, who at the age of fifty-seven has
become a benedict. His bride was for
merly Miss Alice Wilson. and Mr. Wal
ruth declares she fully shares his be-
lief that there is no foundation for the
ghost stories.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
WORLDS DEMAND /
CAUSE OF TBE
Manufacturers Offered
Other Wine as Fa-
nous Laughing !
-=z=zA -zSREEZ
Water
vTHE worlds demand for more

ME worlds demand for more
champagne than the cham
payne district can produce is
at the bottom Of the serious
rioting that is now taking place in
Frances most famous wine growing
departments. The present agitation
is q recrudescence of an ancient war
between the departments of Marine and
Aube as to which of them should be
alone entitled to label as champagne
the wine they produce.
To have the origin of the trouble
understood it is necessary to go back
thirty years, when every vine dresser
owned his own strip of land. In those
days there were 200 vineyard owners
In Venteuil alone against only forty
today Thirty years ago the big deal
ers of Rheims and Epernay paid high
prices TO the growers. In 1891 many
of these large concerns commenced to
buy up vineyards themselves, and, as
many of the small holders refused to
ed which induced some of them to
yield.
Two years later many new cham
payne houses started business. These
firms imported wine from other parts
of France, gave it the same treatment
as the real article and sold it as gen
uine champagne. These houses were
wise enough to buy up recognized vine
yards. They produced on the spot only
10000 gallons of wine, but sold 1900,
900 gallons under the name of the par
ticular vineyard in which they made
their headquarters.
Germany Completes.
Then Germany began to compete
with fake champagne, and the lot of
the old vine dresser became steadily
worse and worse. There was also a
succession of bad haryests, and the dis
content increased. In January. 1909,
a decree delimiting the wine country
went into force. but did not prove eff
fective
The immediate cause of the blood
shed and sacISing that have been going
on started with the act of the govern
ment in excluding the sparkling wine
Of Aube from the champagne class, to
which it had always been assigned
heretofore.
On March 10 last the inhabitants of
the department of the Aube joined in
q demonstration Of protest at Bar-sur
Aube. Thousands of vineyard owners
and workers went on a rampage. They
made bonfires of tax demand notes
stuffed in grape baskets. few the red
flag over their municipal buildings and
burned efRgies Of their so called enc
mics. The municipal councils of more
than sixty towns and villages resigned
collectively, and a procession of over
1900 workers marched through the
streets of Bar-sur- Aube
The Aube wine growers before the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
Popeorn q supnort Band.

Leon. a town of 400 persons in KAN
sas, claims the distinction Of support
ing band in more unusual way
than any other town In Kansas The
wives and sweethearts of the musi.
clans Pop corn. and the bandmaster.
Mort Marshall. superlntends the sale
EVERY cent necessary to maintain the
ol.ean ton Is made this was.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
Hard Wnnd Ear Tomb.

Philippine hard woods are TO be used
Ia constructing the tomb of the late
emperor Of China For the pillars
giant trees Will be taken from the
Alindanao forests. some of them al
ready cut being sixty feet high ana
four feet In dlanegef.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
EARS TOO BIG FOR NAVY.
Would Be Recruit Barred Because
Sailors Would Kid Him.

0attuFS FEuU!u .FNIu FITEtI.
Charles r. Phillips. aged eighteen,
of Carmi. Ill, applied TO the naval re-
rruiting officer to enlist him. saying
the one ambition of his life was to be
a sailor His measure was taken, and
he was found TO be in almost perfect
condition, but the recruiting officer
told him his ears would bar him.
Why. your ears are so big ana at
tract SO much attention that all the
sailors in the navy would kid you so
that You would find life miserable"
said the officer 1--WE cannot accept
YOU
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
Official Journal Of cacdO Parish

Published three times a week, on Sua-
day morning, and Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at sI7 Edwards ST.,
by The Caucasian & Carney Printing
Company, Limited, proprietors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25

Entered as second class matter February
IL 1905, at the postofice at Shreve-
port. La. under the Act of Congress
of March 81, 1879.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-25
SHFRTFF'S SALE.

los. 1879. 1908, I2,55o-In the First
Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana: Threefoot Bros.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-25
ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN WHEAT
Best Hard Variety Is Produced With
Limited misunderstanding
Character Of Grain.

The controlling factor In the pro-
duction of wheat is moisture. West
ern Kansas and the plains country in
general produces the best hard winter
wheat because the rainfall in this
region is limited. The soil is rich in
mineral matter, producing wheat that
ripens quickly and makes a strong
-four.
In Minnesota and the Dakotas sim
liar conditions as to moisture and a
shorter summer produce the hard
spring wheats used in making flour
famous the world over for it's high
loaf yield and we'll favored bread.
The best hard wheat is produced
with limited rainfall, but there are
seasons when the supply Of moisture
Is too short.
II either the hard winter or spring
wheat belt experienced heavy rainfall
for single season the character OF
the wheat would change. 1t would
gain in starch and lose in gluten con.
tent Occasionally there is season
In the hard wheat section In which
the rainfall is far above normal, while
| the wheat is filling out, resulting In
slow ripening. This produces vel
low berry, starchy, yellow kernel
that reduces the bread producing quail
tiles at the rate Of IL or more one
pound loaves to the barrel
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-25
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF SALT
Production 10 One of Oldest Industries
Of Worid-Louisiana ExceIs
In Purity.

Salt production is about the oldest
industry in the world. In Italy, the
cradle of the salt industry, 1t has been
manufactured commercially for $500
years. Salt is SO necessary to exist
ence that in some parts Of the world
tribes will sell the members of their
families in exchange for salt. Salt
has been the cause of wars, and SO
important has it always been consid-
cred that in some places the passing
of salt is established as token of
friendship, and women throw salt on
a visitor as a friendly greeting. In
some countries salt is so scarce that II
is obtained through the ashes OF
grasses and species Of palm and other
plants. While salt is produced in al
most every country Of the world, II
is stated that nowhere can salt OF
such purity be obtained at anything
like the cost for mining as in Louis
lana.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-25

describe the illustration, says writ
err in the Magical Experiments. Take
worn-out broom. Saw off about ten
or fifteen inches of the handle and
plunge it into a deep vase of water,
with the lower end weighted in such
a way that about three-quarters OF II
is under water. At the top of this
stick nail a stout square of card
board ON which to rest the letters
Borrow an ounce, two-ounce and 9
half-ounce weight from friendly
druggist and, placing them one at 9
time upon your balance, carefully
mark the exact water level
All is ready now to weigh your let
ter. II the bromstick goes just be
low the ounce, you will know at onct
that you must pay a double postage
and so on. For all ordinary purposes
If accurately gagged, your homemade
balance will give satisfaction.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-11-25
PHYSICIAN ADVISES
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

-Four years ago had places break
out on my wrist and on my shin which
would itch and burn by spells, and
scratching them would not seem to
give any relief. When the trouble first
began, my wrist and shin itched like
poison. l would scratch those places
until they would bleed before l could
get any relief. Afterwards the places
would scale over, and the flesh I'M
derneath would look red and feverish.
Sometimes 1t would begin to itch until
1t would waken me from my sleep,
and / would have to go through the
scratching ordeal again.
Our physician pronounced it dry
eczema" / used an ointment which
the doctor gave me, but it did no good.
Then he advised me to try the Cuti-
cura Remedies. As this trouble has
been in our family for years, and is
considered hereditary, felt anxious
to try to head it off. l got the Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment and Pills, and
they seemed to be just what needed.
1.-THE disease was making great
Roadway on my system until | got
the Cuticura Remedies which have
cleared my skin Of the great pest.
From the time the eczema healed four
years ago, until now, have never felt
any of its pest. and am thankful to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment which
certainly cured me. always use the
Cuticura Soap for toilet, and l hope
other sufferers from skin diseases will
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
tSignedD Irven Hutchinson, Three Riv
ers, Mich, Mar. 16, 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sole
by druggists and dealers everywhere
a sample Of each, with 32-page book
will be mailed free on application t
"Cuticura," Dept. IL K, Boston