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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
SLEEP.
What is sleep?

w nat IS sleep!
The wisest man in the world does
not know. Although we pass half our
lives in that state, it is as much a
mystery as it was in the days of Mn
eveh.
We only know the body lies inert,
the muscles relaxed and the nerves
quieted for a time. The objects Of the
material world are shut out by the
curtains Of the eyelids, and there is no
activity in the objective mind. But
Only a part of US sleeps.
A part of the mind-the psychol-
ogists call it 'the subjective mind''-is
watchfuI and alert. 1t carefully SUI
peryises the functions that are carried
on during sleep.
The objective mind-or is it the soul
where does it go?
Who knows?
Does it sometimes wander in the gar
den Of Immortality? We can neither
affirm nor deny the statement.
We only know this:
If we go to sleep when the mind is
fretted with the worries of the day we
do not rest SO well as we do when the
mind is composed. We sleep fitfully
and arise unrefreshed.
1t is a fine conception and borne out
by experience that the mind, if prop
erly directed, will go to work during
sleep to restore the body.
= If the mind is distracted and torn
by anxiety it appears to go about the
work of recuperating itself and leaves
the body to take care of itself.
What fountain of recuperation does
it find? And where?
However, when conditions are right
and the mind is directed to the task
before sleep it seems to put forth its
best endeavors to heal and help it's
partner, the body.
If you do not believe this, try it.
You will be convinced if you give the
experiment a trial
It is this sort of sleep that is ma
lures sweet restorer,' that "knits up
the rayeled sleeve of care" and gives
the body the feeling of refreshment.
Therefore the Importance of proper
frame of mind before you enter the
precincts of Sleepland.
Especially should children go to
sleep with happy thoughts. 1t is one
of the crueIest things to send a child
sobbing to it's sleep.
Dispel every form of worry before
you sleep.
Leave the mind-or, sou? free to do
its offices of restoring the body or TO
wander at its will in the universe of
God.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
Trl-WeekIy New York World
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CASIAN and the TRI-WEEKLY NEW
YORK WORLD will go to any address
for one year.
The Caucasian is never sensational but
IS always newsy and reliable.
1t has an opinion on every question
or issue of interest to the people.
1t is never abusive, but it fair and
fearless and is free from all entangle-
ments with individuals or cliQues.
1t is Democratic and is an unswery-
ing advocate of law and good govern
ment.
1t stands for progress in all things.
The Caucasian is appreciative of its
old friends and subscribers, hundreds Of
whom have been regular subscribers
since its foundation over twentv-oae
years ago.
In no boastful spirit it may be said
that the Caucasian rarely loses sub
scriber. It's growth has been steady.
but while well satisfied it is seeking new
subscribers and believes that no better
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15

by and by / heard her voice: you
are just mean and stingy! That cloak
costs only $3.50
He was not the hapIiest person.
Then l looked into the windows OF
a great retail store Arg0sies from
across the seas, rich garments, beaV-
tifuI fabrics, were there. AS | looked
the owner of the establishment stepped
from his automobile and hastily enter
ed. One glance sufficed. There were
dark circles under his eyes. and Il
great frown distorted his face.
He was not the one looked for.
All that day 1 searched in vain.
Late at night l passed the theaters.
From one of them issued an old man
dressed in youthful garments, and he
had on his arm his wife. Her opera
cloak, flung back, displayed gems Of
purest rays. And as they waited for
their limousine 1 overheard her say,
ST forgot to take my headache tablets,
and my head is bursting" And he,
''Well, whose fault is it,"
No, neither of them was the hap
piest.
And little farther along 1 watched
a young man in evening clothes who
staggered as he walked. His white
tie was awry, and his opera hat was
shapeless. The hilarious stage of his
intoxication was past. His eyes roveG
like an idiots. He was white about
the lips.
No, no; he was not the one.
And the next morning 1 renewed my
search. There were so few smiling
faces! Finally as I passed the little
park 1 saw my old acquaintance the
cripple Good morning" he said.
''Isn't this a lovely morning? How
do enjoy the sunshine and the grass
and the flowers! You know, l can't
get around much but l just sit here
and drink in the beauty and the sweet
SMELLS" His face beamed.
l had found the happiest man in
town.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
Heart toflear't
I afxs.
THOUGHT TRANSMISSION.
BY EDWIN a. NYE.

Is there SUCH a thing as telepathy-
the sending of a mental message from
one mind to another? Who will say?
There are more things than are
dreamed of i'll our philosophy. But
There is such a thing as thought
transmission or transference.
1 write down the words you are now
reading, which are symbols of my
thoughts. l have a definite mental
picture in my mind. How do you get
1t? You look at the symbols and in
vert my action of putting down my
mental picture. You take up the pic
ture into your mind from my words.
And that is as wonderful as wire
less message by the Marconi system.
The transference may be of all sorts
OF oughts-gOod, bad or Indifferent,
useful, vicious or trivial.
Now, have a helpful thought. Per-
from the suggestion of another person
or from book.
/ believe I can make that thought
palmer to you or illumine it in such a
way that it may inspire you on your
rugged road
What is my duty?
My duty is to write down that
thought or idea so that you can get
hold of it and use it in your life.
The teacher or preacher or writer
who has helpful thoughts and is true
TO his kingdom must pass on to others
the best that is in him. And thus is
the world upward drawn to God"
But suppose there is in me unwhole.
1emeness. Suppose 1 have vicious
thoughts, depraved ideas. I know
these impure things will debase and
Gef1e you
What should dot
Manifestly I should let them rot in
any soul, not in yours.
Therefore when you meet a man or
woman who seeks by suggestion or
speech to drag your mind through the
sewer of a filthy mind flee from such
as from a contagion.
When you come across an unclean
Thought In book take up the foul vol
une with the tongs and throw it into
the IRE
40 man or woman or book has any
right to wrong you in that way.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
Certain Americans Abroad.

There are Americans Who live abroad
and speak of their native land in
shameful whispers. Another kind is
an explainer. He becomes fretful and
involved in the attempt to make it
clear to some Englishman with a cold
and fish-like eye that, as a matter of
fact, the lynchfngs are scattered over
a large territory, and Tammany has
nothing whatever to do with the Unit
ed States senate, and the millionaire
does not crawl into the presence of his
wife and daughter, and Morgan never
can be king, and citizens of St Louis
are not in danger of being hooked by
moose. After he gets through the
Englishman says ''Really?" and the
painful incident is closed-George
AIDES Mark Twain as Our Emissary"
In Century.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
THE VANDERBILT TURKEYS.

As the French would say, ''It is to
laugh"
A reputable New York newspaper
tells how one of the Vanderbilts had
two men watching two turkeys which
the vanderbilts We're to discuss on
Thanksgiving day.
One of the men was on the day
watch and the other on the night shift.
And the "deathwatch" of the tur-
keys included their fit feeding and eX-
ercise
A proper occupation, truly, for two
abIebodied citizens who might better
have been blowing a field or digging a
ditch or making shoes or garments
but
What would you?
OF course nobody watched the tUr-
key that you and l helped to eat on
Thanksgiving. were we so lucky. That
gobbler gobbled at his own sweet will
almost to the day of the sacrifice.
But then our stomachs are but pie
beian
And perhaps there is nothing more
foolish in watching two turkeys than
in the employment by the lords of
Europe of their game wardens and for
esters and keepers of the horse and
masters of the hounds and all that ret
inue of retainers that cater to the
pleasure of s'the nobility"
But
Note the fact. The Vanderbilt must
pay good wages to the men who fed
and sat up with his turkeys. And the
European aristoeraey must pay its re-
tanners.
1t was not always so.
In France hundred years ago peas
ants were brutally punished if they did
not stand by the side of the ponds at
night with fails and beat the waters
SO that the croaking of the frogs might
not disturb their masters sleep.
For which cruelty and other unspeak-
able atrocities the French grandees
dearly paid later at the guillotine
Yes, the world grows better.
Doubtless there always will be the
foolish rich, but nevermore will there
be starving slaves of the foolish rich.
Let US hope always provided some
prowler with appreciation failed to get
the turkeys while the hired guard slept
that the Vanderbilts enjoyed their
turkeys.
And certainly, their digestion waited
upon an appetite no keener than that
of the two watchers when they got
theirs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
SMILE

do not retail your woe.
Smile And if you cannot smile grin
and bear it.
The world is not interested in your
troubles 1t has troubles OF. its own
Even though you may feel bad
hold up your chin and present to the
Rorld q smiling face When you can
no longer lie cheerful with your affiic-
-ti0n take it home with you and hide it.
Smile.
5 Etar troubles should teach you to be
more sympathetic with your troubled
brother DO not add your woes to his
a nobleman of ancient times, it is
said. constructed a great aeoIian harp
by stringing wires from one tower of
ais castle to another And then when
She summer zephyrs blew he listened
-sfar the music.
There was not murmur.
But by and by came the chilling
blasts of winter Under the influence
Uf the cold the wires grew taut as the
strings OF keyed violin, and, 10, there
same from the harp the most thrilling
harmonies!
Sc let it be with the harp of your
ssouL
When the chilly blasts of a cold
world strike and the winds of adver-
ss7fy blow let your spirit give out its
ssweetest harmonies of good cheer and
s0f Kindness
Here IS strange thing:
When people say How do you do?''
sag SsHow do you feelg' they do not
want to know the truth If the truth
requires a recital of woes and cat
slIague Of private catastrophe.
It's the way of the world.
III one is not well in body or spirit
3t is well enough to say so and let it
g0 ait that. Make an ending. Prepare
no exhibit of narrowing details. Life
sx TOO short to listen to the andante
measures OF a never ending miserere.
Remember Smiling Joeg'
Sue was poor little consumptive
so frail that he had to be strapped to
a board day and night for years. But
ne was always smiling. They took his
picture md printed his story, and peo-
pie who walled of the trivial ills We're
ashamed.
And the face of Smiling Joe and the
Gale of his patient sufferings brought
In thousands of dollars to be used in
giving poor eonsumptive children
ghanee at the seashore and the sun
shine.
Put the soft pedal on your personal
griefs.
Smile and the world smiles with you.
FroWn and you froWn alone.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
Three Great Danish Clans.

The Danish government recently
found it necessary to grant heads of
families the privilege of changing theil
names If they feel so disposed without
incurring any legal costs. This is
necessary piece of legislation. for the
population of Denmark is divided into
three great clans-the Hansens. the
Petersens and the Soerensens. In one
town of $4,000 inhabitants over four
flfths bore one or the other Of these
names. Many Of these have taken adj
vantage Of the new law and as
suned more distinctive names.-Lon-
don Chronicle
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
TRE cHILDRENs BANK.

When French child is born its
bank account is opened
The parents may be poor and the
savings small, but nevertheless there
must be some money set aside for the.
child's bank account
No sacrifice of the parents is esteem
ed too great if it be for the sake of the
child.
And it is really wonderful how tue
small savings will accumulate through
the years, so that the daughter may
have her marriage dot and the son
his little start in business.
The French people are the most
thrifty of the race. It is the standing
wonder of financiers how France was
able to pay that staggering war debt
imposed by Germany in 1870 in a few
years.
And French money the aggregation
of the peoples savings is today
financing great enterprises the world
over.
The saving habit Of the French is
especially worthy of imitation in this
country.
why not begin when the little for
eigner comes into the family and de-
post regularly a stated sum for its
future education?
The child may develop special tai
ent And you may not be able to help
it unless you begin saving early.
know a farmer who set aside the
proceeds of d certain ten acre field
for series of years in order to send
bis son to college
A friend of mine religiousIy deposits
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
SELECT CULLINGS
Men About Town and Drink.


It is, l think, a common experience
of the man about town that his asSo-
ciates in general drink less than they
did five or ten years ago. Go into any
restaurant in New York where bust
ness men cOngregate at the lunch hour,
and you will note that a large NUM-
Der of tables. often the majority, have
no beverage but water, AS a general
rule the waiter will not thrust the
wine card before you with the old time
insistence, knowing from experience
that you probably do not want i
Even at dinner time in these same
restaurants many tables show no
wineglasses, whereas formerly they
were all but general. Moreover, it is
distinctly the rule, even at private
dinner parties of some formality, to
serve a single wine, following the Eng
lish custom, whereas until recently
New Workers were notorious for mix
ing their drinks.
Of coursL do not mean to imply
that wines re not still served in con-
ventional sequence, from cocktail and
sherry to rort and liquor at formal
banquets a d by many bons yivants,
but I speak of the prevailing custom,
and this asTTredly has altered very de-
cidedly witt in the last decade. Clear
~, then, he temperance spirit is
abroad in metropolitan no less than in
rural districts--Century Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
Ranaoitv Of the Pike

The pike has the reputation Of being
particularly cruel and Voraeious; hence
enc of its appellations, the ''water
wolf" There have been many in
stances of pike being found dead,
choked by their own species, and
these fish not infrequently attack an
other pike which has been hooked by
an angler. The action of pike at
times closely resembles a cat when it
plays with a mouse The pike seizes
the anglers bait and keeps dropping
and allowing it to escape one can
picture its delight in the terror of its
victim-but does not forget to leave
the marks of its teeth behind when it
eventually makes o6f.-London Globe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
JUDICIAL SALE.

No, 13,o26-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Succession of w. R. Nc
Daniel.
By virtue of commission to sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled cause, I 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, FEB. T. 1911,
Lot eighty-threc of the Wimbish Sub
division and lot twenty-one of ten-acre
lot twenty-seven, all in the City of
Shreveport, Louisiana, together with ali
buildings and Improvements thereon.
Said property to be sold for cash and
according to law, to pay debts.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio, Austieneer.
Caucasian, Dec. IS, 1919.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
TIE HAPpIEsT PERSON.

I was looking for the happiest per-
son in town.
As / walked down to my Office a
glass cage on wheels, drawn BY two
me horses, drove by. The driver on
che seat outside looked contented. but
the man inside, whom knew by sight
SIS the traction magnate, looked tired
and Worn and pallid.
He was not happy.
That day I was in the outer Office
sOf a great lawyer who had many
trlerkg had often heard him in the
seeurts and admired his great ability.
aHe was not only prosperous but
wealthy. While ] was there the law
eE's daughter swept into her fathers
Naanefnm. The door was some ajar. and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
The Constitution
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
SATURDAY, FEB. d, 1oEI,

Lots IS, 70 and 20, block 2; lots 28, 20,
80, block I; lots Y, IS, 70, 90 block T.;
lots Is, I9, 20, "a, rs, block 9; lots Is, 70,
20, block II; lots IS, ~, 20, block TO, of
the Queensborough Subdivision of the
City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La,
as per map recorded i'll conveyance book
al, page 395, of the Recorders office of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana; also lot II,
block Cd" Colonial Hill Subdivision,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, as per map
recorded in conveyance book 4I, page
424, recorders Office of Caddo Parish,
La, together with all buildings and
Improvements thereon; also the north
west quarter and twelve and one-half
acres (I2 I-21 off north side OF south
west quarter, section one, township nine
teen, range sixteen, Caddo Parish, La,
and also fractional south half of section
twenty-one, township eighteen, range
fifteen, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Said property seized as belonging to
the above defendant and to be sold for
cash according to law to pay and satisfy
the debt specified in said writ, say in the
sum of three thousand and ninety and
2I-roo dollars ($3,ooo2I) with legal in
terest thereon from January 80, 1906,
until paid, together with all costs of this
suit ]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Dec. ~, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. Io,3o6-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Oscar Gartner for use and
benefit of w. K Henderson Iron
Works and Supply Company, VS.. D.
C. Richardson.
By virtue of writ of alias heri facias
to me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, I 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 Par
ish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, on
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-05-18
REVOLUTION is
NEARING AN END
General MaderO and Judge Gar
bajsl Again Confer.
SOME OPTIMISTIC FEATURES
Mexican Envoy Brings Definite Propo-
sitions and Has Been Given
PIenary Powers.

Juarez, Mex, May 16.-Provisional
President Francisco ]. Madero, Jr., at
the conclusion of conference with
Judge Carbajal, the federal peace en-
voy, ANNOUNCED that there was a
strong probability that peace would
be restored in Mexico within short
time.
Francisco |. Madero, Sr., and Rafael
Hernandez, sole survivor of the numer-
Gus go betweens who have endeavored
to bring about peace, were present.
Senior Carbajal brought definite
propositions which the government is
disposed to consider.
The most optimistic feature OF the
days developments is the fact that
Senior Carbaial has been invested with
plenary powers and is authorized to
sign the peace agreement on certain
conditions.
What the terms are has been mat.
ter of secrecy, but it is known that
the original demand OF the insurrec-
tos that they be allowed to name four
teen governors of the twenty-seven
states and that they be represented
in new cabinet by four members of
their party has not been received with
enthusiasm by the federal govern
ment. although the question of the
resignation of President Diaz has been
shelved as a result of Minister Liman-
tours explanation.
What the federal government is
disposed to offer the insurrectos is
only ten governorships and but one
member In the cabinet to succeed, 1t
is believed. Vice President Corral. IL
was rumored that DR.. Vasquez Gomez
is the man upon whom the govern.
ment looks favorably for the post.
This proposition may be the final
basis under which Senior Madero may
consent to conclude peace, but there
are breakers ahead when it reaches
his cabinet. Other insurrecto leaders
desire big slice of governmental ad-
ministration or they will prosecute the
rebellion .aaaa4esssn~asa4asssssa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-05-18
From waubay Advocate

A. r. Ferguson, of Webster, was in
town Saturday.
George Weller autoed down from
Webster Friday evening.
Ole Korstad was in Webster Mon
day.
Roy Lainson was in Webster Mon
day evening.
Miss Anna Horst visited in Webster
yesterday.
Jas. Rathbun, of Webster. was a BUSH
ness visitor in town Tuesday.
d. O. Herington, r. G. Maynard
and Sydney Chaddock were Webster
visitors Monday.
Delbert Englehart and Gerald
Staehle were visitors in Webster Mon
day evening.
The Misses Lulu Zaft and Beth Mar
shall spent Tuesday evening in Web
ster.
Mrs. Beatrice Guernsey returned
yesterday from short visit with Web
ster friends
Mrs. A. b. Meyer and Miss Murphy,
Of Webster, were in town Monday hav-
ing some dental work done.
Mrs. Jessie Larson, Mrs. Roy Lain
son and the Misses Gertrude Davis and
Ida johnson formed party that
visited Webster Monday evening.
Miss Stella Chamin returned to Web
ster Thursday evening after few
days visit with Waubay friends. Miss
Della Smith accompanied her.
Walter Magnus was visiting school
in the Dilley district Thursday and
Friday. Some have been wondering if
there wasn't some special attraction.