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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

quay and Parsg,ia. recently returned.
to King Haakon of Norway a decora
tion given TO him several years ago
From time to time other Americans
have seen lit to refuse OF. return orders
from foreign countries. some because
they did not want them, some because.
as government officials, they were not
entitled to accept them. Mr.. Morgan
is not on the list of returners. and his
apologists declare that he looks upon
the precious baubles as so many OBJ
jects of art. to be put with his collee-
ton of ctlrios, pictures and vases
If the Americans who are entitled to
wear crosses and collars and sashes
were brought together they would
make big regiment. Their number
is being added to yearly and includes
many business and professional men
whose dealings and influence are large
ly foreign
MIR Morgan's six decorations are as
follows: Grand cross Of the Red Eagle
of Prussia. grind cross of, the Order Of
SIS. Maurice and Lazarus of Italy,
commander OF the Legion of Honor of
France, commander of the Order Of
Osmanieh, Turkey; grand cross of the
Crown of italy and medalist of the
Queen Victoria jubilee. the coronation
Of King Edward VII. and the CORONA
ton of George v
David r. Francis of st. Louis is one
of the most profusely decorated of
plain American citizens. As president
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition
he was honored by many crowned
heads. He received the decorations
of the Red Eagle of Prussia, the Legion
of Honor of France. the Sun and Lion
of Persia. the Crown of Italy. the Or
der of Leopold /. of Belgium. the Dou-
BILE Dragon of China and several 9th
ers.
Among the 1900 Americans who
have been decorated by foreign rulers
and governments are:
Andrew Carnegie-Legio of Honor
France).
Melville e. Stone-order of st. Stan
Islaus, Legion of Honor. Crown of
Prussia. Crown of Italy. Order of the
Sacred Treasurer ands Order of the
Vasa.
General Horace Porter-Legion of
Honor (Franeel
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
ssff'sssst sf'- asssfsia s''s7 49,
the List. OF !.
Americans
Proper to Address Him
as "Yo our Excellency."
1900 Honored

In order to offend none of his col
leagues he must regulate his attire
as he proceeds from court to court
For instance, it would be mighty bad
form to wear the Italian sash and only
a German star when kneeling at the
feet OF Prussian royalty, and to give up
more of his coat front to an Italian
bauble than to the star of Turkey
when at Constantinople would posi-.
lively entail international trouble.
1t is fine thing, by the way, for
recipients of these foreign decorations
to remember that they are entitled to
a certain degree Of protection from the
governments that bestowed these IA
vors upon them. It is matter OF rec
ord that France once threatened to
break off diplomatic relations with
Persia because a native of that coun-
try who wore the order Of the Legion
of Honor, as Mr. Morgan does, was
subjected to indignities by his own
country.
II must, therefore, be pleasant for
Mr.. Morgan and the other decorated
Americans to know that the foreign
order is almost as potent as Masonic
degree or a membership in some other
potent organization.
In investigating the various orders
bestowed upon Mr., Morgan. one is
struck by the many free born Ameri-
cans who share similar honors with
him. A conservative estimate puts
these at 1.5O0, so far as may be gath
cred by authorized lists of the bigger
orders, but the probabilities are that
several hundred more woEld be in
cluded in a complete list comprising
the innumerable smaller "honors" be-
slowed by the various principalities of
Europe and the petty monarchs of the
far east
Nicolav A. Grovstad, Chicago edi-
tor, recently appointed minister to Uru.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
Table Where
Gen. Grant
Wrote Peace

- RS. ELIZABETH CUSTER,
I'VE widow of the famous gener-
a n al. has just sent to the war
museum at Washington the
table on which the terms of General
Lees surrender at Appomattox Court
House were signed. This historic piece
Of furniture has been bequeathed in
her viii to the American people.
In an article written for Harper's
Weekly Mrs. Custer tells of the writ
Ing of peace by General Grant and de-
scribes how the table came into her
possession. She says in part:
zone who has not made a study Of
the history of the civil war. but has
read only fragmentary accounts of the
events of 1876, is apt to think that
Lees surrender was the closing scene
OF the great struggle, or. rather, the
fall Of the curtain on the last act Of
the four years tragedy. For some
months, indeed. he had been the gen.
erai in chief of the Confederate ar.
mics. and there is reason to suppose
mat hc SOuSnt W appOhatoA
Court House for a general cessation of
hostilities and would have done so had
not Grant insisted on combining the ne
gotiations to the affairs Immediately
in hand. AS matter of fact, the let
ters signed on April 9, 1866, by the
Federal and Confederate leaders in
volved, so far as their terms expressed
it. nothing but the surrender of the
Army of Northern Virginia 1t was
not till seventeen days later that John
ston yielded to Sherman and the weary
strife was really at an end.
"Yet the popular impression that the
long and sanguinary war came to a
close when the two military leaders
met in the modest little brick house Of
Wilmer Mclean and signed two scraps
of paper is essentially correct. Rich.
mond had fallen a week before. and
President Davis and his cabinet were
in fight with the archives of their
government. and the result OF Sher-
mans march through Georgia was a
foregone conclusion Grant had struck
Off the head of the Confederacy, whose
heart his great lieutenant was soon to
pierce. Though less than $4,000 men
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

historical and philosophical develop
ment of nations. His political econ
omy leaves him unconcerned regard
ing socialism, which undoubtedly will
soon constitute the most stupendous
question everywhere. Mr. Morgan
confessed that he had never been suf-
ficiently interested to study into what
socialism means exactly"
Since that time Morgan and the
kaiser have often met. and in invest
ing the American financier with the
grand cross of the Red Eagle recently
the German ruler bestowed the high
est mark of royal esteem ever CON
ferred upon citizen of this country
Mr.. Morgan is the only American who
holds the first grade of this order. an
honor that entities him to wear
white sash with orange border and
handsomely engraved cross and star
Mr. Morgan in full rega1ia nowadays
is indeed person OF some importance.
His decorations are so numerous that
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06


who will take chance and spend his
money and with no yellow streak down
his spine
Last years failure has not dampen-
ed Mr.. vaniman's enthusiasm, and be
expresses confidence in his ability to
build a dirigible balloon in which he
will be able to make successful trans
atlantic flight The balloon will be
constructed at the Inlet. Atlantic City,
N. j., and Mr. Vaniman expects to
have it completed by the end of Au-
gust Proiting by his former expert
ence, he hopes to avoid many of the
difficulties he encountered at that time.
He has also perfected new device
for steering the balloon and will make
a number of important changes IN the
construction of the airship.
Mr. Vaniman expects 60 start the
trip early in October He said:
"All cur plans have been perfected
The silk and rubber bag for our air
ship is being built at Akron. The. ma
chine viii be assebed at Atlantic
City in August. but we viii not Under
take the fight Until October Power
will be furnished by three motors,
with total Of 400 horsepower"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
Wiley Likes
To Be

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- + there is one thing in the world
which does not worry DR.. Har-
m vey Washington Wiley, pure food
champion. it is an attack from
his adversaries. He has been assaileG
so often and he has made so many
enemies in the course of his crusades,
against noxious foodstuffs and drugs
that he probably views with equanim-
ity each new outburst of criticism
If DR.. Wiley has been guilty CT tech
nical violation of law the, public may
be inclined to overlook his fault and
to remember only the things he has
done and his interesting career since
he taught classics In small Indiana
school. From Latin and Greek he
shifted early to science. Having risen
In pedagogical lines until he was pro-
fessor of chemistry at Purdue univer-
sity, ne became the governments
chief chemist in 1883, and he has been
busy from that time until now COM
batting the purveyors of poisons mas
oueraded under the guise of nourish-
ment.
A series OF onslaughts by manuIac-
turers in the past four years began
with an outburst from the American
Extract Manufacturers association.
Their spokesman said that Wiley had
been destroying credit through his
crusades Late in 1908 there were ru-
mors that the reformer's attacks upon
benzoate of soda as a food preserva-
tive would cause his removal. but he
continued to oppose its use.
The National Molasses Refiners' as"
ISOLATION sent a petition to Washing
ton on Dec. 10, 1908. asking Wiley'S
removal. Nothing came of it. In con-
gress speeches were made in his de-
tense as to benzoate of soda, and
President Roosevelt was attacked for
having named the scientific committee
which approved the preservative over
the chemists head. That was the be-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

HISTORIC TABLE on WHICH THE .suRIEN-
DER TERMS WIRE WRITTEN AT Apo
MArTox.
surrendered at Appomattox- their sub
mission indirectly involved that of the
10000 who still remained under the
orders Of Lee and bis generalsa
a Significant Event. -
.sssew events. therefore. IN American
history are charged with greater IN
terest ana significance than the meet
fnr of Grant and Lee in an obscure
Virginia village half a century ago.
The incident mas been described by
many pens and from many points of
view. but by no one more fully and
yividly than by General then Colonelf
Horace Porter of Grants staff. subse-
auently ambassadorsfo France. The
firsf account Of the eventfil happen
f1tns that came to me IN Richmond
was borne by my husband. who was
one Of the officers in attendance on
General Sheridan. And, az good luck
would have 1t. be not only brought me
the story ST the signing. butea price
loss nemento of 1.-THE little table on
which the victorious Union commander
drew as and signed the terms of the
surrender.
.tseneral Lee said that he had come
to learn the terms on WHICH the sur
render of his army would he accepted.
These were briefly stated, and at Lees
suggestion Grant proceeded to write
them dSiwII
Calling for his manifold order
book. writes General Porter in his
campaigning With Grant. General
Grant opened it, laid 1t on small
oval wooden table which Colonel Par
her brought to him from the rear Of
the room and proceeded to write the
terms.
Lee read the letter when it was
handed to him.. directed his military
secretary. Colonel Marshail. to draft
n reply and when this had been done
to bis satisfaction signed the docu-
ment on the marble topped table at
which he sat. Grant had signed the
germs on the oval table. which was
moved up to him again for the pur-
&eose
general Porter gives this account
AZ the rush for relics that followed the
departure of the principal actors IN the
surrender: sheridan paid the proprie-
tor $40 In gold for the table on which
General Grant wrote the terms of sur
render for the purpose of presenting 1t
"a Mrs. Custer and handed ii ever TO
l,er dashing husband. who galloped OF
with II upon his shoulder, looking like
Atlas CARRYING the world 49,. =
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

DR. HARVEY W WILEY
ginning of a long fight. though. and
caused many reformse which angdred
manufacturers and dealers quite as
muchs ASA victory against henzoate
of soda would have done. :,
Secretary Wilson, who had been be-
hind Wiley prior to the benzoate Of
soda affair, was bis bitter opponent in
that contest. The secretary was up
held by d national pure food couven-
ton in Denver two summers ago, but
the chemist, though not deserting his
stand, took defeat' like a good sport.
SO often has the chemist appeared in
the role of lecturer and promulgator OF
advice to the public that his utteFances
would ill a whole row of scrap books.
On one occasion he said he believed
that S. per cent of the whisky sold
over bars in This country was adulter-
ated Reports of his denying the as
sertion were circulated. presumably by
makers Of whisky TIE promptly de-
MED the denial. reporting that most OF
the liquor was compound made of
neutral spirit. or alcohol artificially
-colored, often favored with artificial
essences and sometimes mixed with
more or less straight whisky to give q
flavor.
A bit of advice which he handed out
for general consumption few years
ago was that people ought to beware
of cracks In dishes at restaurants.
Germs lurked in the cracks, said he.
DR.. Wiley's opinions on eating have
been usually of the common sense va
riety. He has advocated thorough mas
tication. for example. but made SPORT
of exaggerated Fletcberism. In regard
to this he once said that extreme mas
fication would produce immediate di-
gestion. when the rest of the body was
not ready for quick absorption.
Summarizing the work of the chem
istry bureau in the years previous to
1910, the chief boosted that 1T had
saved the government S10,0O0,900 In
part at least the public believes what
DR.. Wiley says about his work. That
he has done good is believed almost
generally throughout the country.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
WORKING PLANTS OVERTIME.

Scotch HorticuIturist Uses Electricity
For This Purpose.
Working plants overtime by the aid
of artificial light is not a new idea,
but has hitherto proved too expensive
for the results attained 1t has re
NAMED for Scotch hoFticulturIst--
and woman at that-to discover an
efficient method OF using electricity
for this purpose. In her greenhouse
at. Dumfries. Scotland. Miss e. G.
Dudgeon has placed up among the
rafters a mercury vapor lamp whose
weird blue light has been the means
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

good looking. However. You may Judge
for yourself from the incIosed postcard.
It is not a very good likeness, but 1t will
give you some idea of what look like.
or course / would prefer q rich hus-
bapd--ali women debut one In comforta-
BILE circumstances would do.
Hoping this letter will escape the waste
basket and that will hear from It real
soon, remain respectfully.
MRS. J. ALICE PITTS.
III Abbott avenue, Selma. Ala.
Colonel John s. Irby. the mayors pri-
vate secretary. Immediately wrote the
auburn haired one in Selma compli-
menting her in behalf of the mayor On
her good taste. but bidding her to cast
Al hope aside. There are no more in
Denver ike the mavar. he WROTE
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
WoMAR's ODD REQUEST.

Wants Husband Who Resembles the
Mayor of Denver. ri,
Perhaps it is well that Mrs Speer.
wife of Mayor Robert Speer of Denver,
has her husband safe across the ocean
for the summer The following letter,
which came in the mayors mil re-
Gently. win explain why:
Dear Sir Well il you were a single
man this letter would be intended for you
personally gass #
However. as you are not much TO my
regret. won't you assist me in finding a
suitable husband as near like yourself as
possible. both in appearance and age?
I've seen your picture.
am widow. forty years old brown
eyes and auburn hair Some people have,
been kind enough TO say that I'm right
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
HONOR FOR, DR..-SHAWr-
First Woman 10 Preach In Church
AlnA. ~. In Sweden. j ,,sa ~

First Woman 10 Preach In q Church
kAaa In Sweden. ..sa, 3
'.The Lord giveth the word; the
women that publish the tidings are
great host Psalm 81. eleventh verse.
Version. -H
Using this text, the Rev. DR.. Anna
FL. Shaw, president of the Womans
Suffrage league in America. preached
a sermon in the State church in Stock
holm. Sweden. recently. She was the
first woman to preach in church In
Sweden. DIR. Shaw attended the con-
ference of the International Alliance
of Women Suffragists in Sweden. She
declared the meeting was great sue
cess.
1T was an honor to be the first wo-
man to preach in public in Sweden,
said DR.. Shaw, land my friends had
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
vaNlMan 70 TRY AGAIN.

viii Attempt Balloon Trip Aeresa
Ocean In October.
Melville vaniman is planning anoth-
er transatlantic flight With dirigible
balloon. Mr.. Vaniman. who was en-
gineer and second in command Of the
wellman balloon expedition from At
nntic City last year. returned recently
nfter long trip abroad. While in
London Vaniman made certain plans
for another long fight and is very en-
thusiastic over the project. His back
er, he said. is F. s. Stribling. president
of the Akron (O.) chamber of COM
merce. a wealthy inventor, and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Vaniman, "a man
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
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Morgan Heads
Decorated
Financier Looks on Marks
Of Kingly Favor as
Pieces of Art

~ PIERPONT MORGAN. who re-
"a Gently received from Kaiser
A Wilhelm the Grand Cross of
the Red Eagle. thereby be.
came the leader of the list of 1900
Americans who have been decorated
by royalty. Mr.. Morgan now Is the
wearer of sashes, of collars. of crosses
and of stars.
To be strictly au fait one must nd
dress Mr.. Morgan (when one gets to
HIM as "your excellency" because that
honor goes with the decoration bestow-
ed by Turkey. You may vary the title
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

THE POT ON THE RIGHT BEING GROWN
NATURALLY IN THE SAME TIME.
Of causing several varieties of seed to
terminate in one-half of the usual time
or less and to increase the growth of
the plants in an extraordinary man
ner, besides producing greater depth
bf color in the vegetation.
One curious result was the tendency
of the plants to lean over in the di-
rection Of the light; but. more wonder
full still, the plants quite near to the
lamp had not single hair on them.
while those farther away developed
hairs only on the side away from the
light.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

= f there is one thing in the world
M which does not worry DR.. Har-
81 vey Washington Wiley. pure food
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06

III RS. ELIZABETH CUSTER,
I'VE widow of the famous gener-
a al, has just sent to the war
The oasis., 1911-12-16
Publication.
serlal No. Ol6O61.

United States Land Office, Phoenix. Arizona, November IS, 1911 Notice is hereby given MaricOpa, Territory oi ArizOna, assignee of the heirs of Peter Torix, deceased has filed in this office his application to enter under the prov sions of Sections the United States, the following described land, viz Lots , and 1, Section ', Township 24.South, Range l7-E., c. < SIR Meridian. Any and al persons claiming adversely the lands described or esirlng to object be- cause Of the mineral character of the land, or for any other reason, to the disposal to appli- cant. should file their affidayits of protest in this office on or before the 27th day of December, l9it FRANK II. PARKER. Register.
 First publication Nov. 18th, last publication December 23rd, 1911.
The oasis., 1911-12-16
Notice of Deferred Annual Meeting.
MORALES, ARIz0NA, DEC. 2 1911.

NOGALES, ARIZONA, DEC. 2 1911. The Deferred Annual Meeting of the stuck holders 'i The Barlste Copper Company W II be held in the office Of the Company at the office of the Statutory Agent, Allen r Bird. NOgales Arizona, Thursday, Dec. 28th. 1911, at one o'clock in the afternoon for the pnr pose of electng as directors F. L. McClintie, J. w McCrea. H. V. Perkins, J. c. Barber, Urias. k. A. and A. w Davis which board of directors shall have full control of the affairs of the cor poration as provided in the bylaws, with authority to acquire properties and dispose of properties, by sale or otherwise, owned Joy the corporation.
 A. W. DAVIS Secretary First publication December I'd, 1911; last publi- cation December 23d 1911.
The oasis., 1911-12-16
MINING NEWS.
{ Collection Of Short Newsy Items
 From Among the Mines of Arizona.

who Is operating a group of mining claims on the c. O. D. vein, ex tending from the east end of tbe co. D. group to the foot of the hill, is reported to have opened splendid showing of ore. Recent assays from small streak in the vein gave results of nearly 800 ounces silver and A per cents leid. The vein is four feet wide and the main ore slreak Is eight 10 ten inches. A drift Is now being driven on the vein toward the west, where considerable depth is being gained. Some of the ore is very heavy in lead and gives indication nf soon filling the area between the walls.
 Yuma Examiner: O. F. Town. send, U. G. Wilder and the crowd from the North end, just returned, bring the welcome news that the old Harqua Hala mine in northern Yuma county is tn be made to pro duce about $500,000 in addition to the millions already produced. Johnny Martin, well known all over Yuma county, and at one time member of the legislature from Yuma county, together with group of associates, have taken over the Harqua Hala property and will work over the tallings of the old mine. In the first place the ore from the old mine was very rich, but it was wol ked over by the old cyanide process, and average loss in the tallings was about $4 % to $500 per ton while many hundreds of tons of the tailings ran much more than this in loss. Mir. Martin, and his as- sOciates are now installing ten of the latest cyanide tanks of the most approved method and within a few weeks will be ready to start to work over about 100000 tons of tailings. The mine itself will not be touched, and Mir. Townsend says that the clean up for the parties interested should be in the neighborhood of $500,000.
 Mohave Miner: The largest and heaviest shipment of electric ma chinery ever consigned to King man is in the yards and on the way to this place from Milwaukee and Is to become part of the better ment at the plant of the Desert Power x Water Company. The consignment consists of eleven carloads weighing more than 550,- GOO pounds, Some idea of the size of the new equipment may be gained when 1t Is known that the fywheel for the new engine weighs over 4,000 pounds The freight charges on the shipment exceed 9,000$ The new machinery is to be installed in the recently con. structed addition to the big plant and compries the new engines and electrical equipment. The boilers for that part of the plant were re. gently installed. giving the plant more than 5000 additional horse. power. This betterment was made necessary to reduce the overload now being carried by the older part of the plant. With the additional betterments the plant will have d capacity of more than 6,000 horse power under ordinary load and about 10000 under forced load. During the installation of this new