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s.neral Bates Unlishted Cigars.

General William B. Bate of Tennes-
see after distinguished service in be-
half of the south was governor and
then United States senator. His brav-
ery in battle was attested by dozen
wounds. and in single engagement
three horses were shot from under
him.
at was a habit of the old warrior
said man who knew him well, TO
continually carry an unlighted cigar
in his mouth, but few OF those Wno
noticed it ever knew the reason OF ms
failure to smoke the weed. At tne
battle of Shiloh he and a brother were
standing side by side when the broth
| or asked General Bate for light, al
he had cigar. but no match. En-
| general lit a match and handed 1t t
| his kinsman, who had scarcely appliet
If to the tobacco ere cannon bal
eome hurting through the air AM
severed the smokers head from III
body. The terrible tragedy OF Shilon
bloody field was why in all the year
/ that followed the surviving brotne
VAS never known to light cigar.
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Tia Puxzie Of the Press.


There used to be an aged elevator
man who operated one of the lifts In
the house wing of the capitol. Most
of his passengers were either repre-
sentatives or newspaper correspond
ents The old man got to know all
If the correspondents very well ana
always had a cheerful greeting lot
them 1t was often noticed, too' that
he seemed to be greatly Interested III
their conversation.
One afternoon, as three Of them STEP
ned out of the elevator, Serene Payne
nf New York stepped in. AS the car
went down the old elevator man turn
ed and said:
MIR. Payne, l can't understano
about those newspaper men. Ihey
puzzle me-" =,
whats the trouble with themT
asked Mr.. Payne.
"Well, Mr.. Payne. every day they
ride in this car one feller will turr
to another and say, What do yot
know todayy And the other fellow
will answer, Not a - thing. VIVA
do Won knowY Then the first felle
vii, answer, Nothing And yet, MI
4 Payne. the papers are just full 0
news every day. 1t beats me wher
they get it.
ut beats me too" said MT. Payne.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
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THE BEST OF MUSIC
viii Rs Heard at the State Fair This
Year.

Will es Heard at the State Fair This
Year.
The very best music on the market
will be heard at the Louisiana Fair
this year from Oct. 81 to Nov. 5 1t
will he furnished by the same aggre-
CATION, the Shreveport band, which
pleased the visitors at the State Fair
last year. The contract has already
been signed with Manager Rettig Of
Shreveport.
Those who visited the Fair last year
know wha. this band is capable Of
doing. Rain or shine the members
were on hand. and they were any
thing but stingy with their selections.
They practiced great deal before the
Fair opened simply to please the vis-
itors to the Fair, and the splendid ar
ticle Of music that they gave caused
the Fair association to negotiate early
this year to engage them again.
This year there will be about thirty
members Of the band. Besides the 10
cal members several talented mu
sicians from other cities will be en-
xaged. They promise to furnish
number OF new selections and to gtv'
the visitors 20 the Fair the best on tn
market
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CORE OF THE EARTH.

Il May Be q Mass Of Steel Some e.os0
Miles In Diameter.
Various conjectures have been made
from time to time by geologists AZ to
the possible condition Of the center OF
the earth. One of the most popular
impressions seems to be that the
earth's center, or core. is a daming
furnace. At a meeting Of the Sells
mological association at The Hague
Professor Weichert asserted that his
studies of the varying velocity OF
earthquake tremors passing through
the interior of the globe have led him
to the conclusion that the earth con
sists of a central core of iron or steel.
about $3.50 miles In diameter. sur
rounded with stony sh''ll $50 miles
in thickness. Between the outer soho
rind and the inner layer of rock. cover
ing the metallic core. he thinks there
ia a LAYER Of liquid or plastic material
living little less than twenty miles
below the surface Of the earth.
Men sometimes dream Of enormous
wealth stored deep in the earth below
the reach of miners. but experts nov
| aver that there is little or no grount
to believe that any valuable metallic
deposits lie very deep In the eartnt
crust regardless Of Professor wei
chert's beliefs to the contrary. Suc'
deposits, it is said. are made BY under
ground waters. and owing to the pres
sure on the rocks at great depths th
waters are confined to shell near 10
surface With few exceptions ore dt
posits become too lean to repay wort
ing below 1900 feet. Nine mines
ten, taking the world as whole. al
poorer in the second thousand fet
than in the first thousand. and poore
vet In the third thousand than IN IL
second.-New York World.
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SWITCHED THEIR VOTES.
Tho incident That Won Tom cor>"in's
First Fight For Congress.

The incident That Won Tom Cor~in's
First Fight For Congress-
"When | saw the oil painting OF Tom
Corwin In the treasury" said an Onio
man, Il could not but recall the story
told In 1Corwin's old home OF Lebanon
of how he won his drst election to
congress He was young man and
already noted as an orator. but ne
had i hard district and little encour'
nycment for election. He was making
his tour of the counties and one night
stopped at the double cabin Of farm
er known to be q very fervent advo-
cate Of political policies of the oppo-
sitjon Corwin talked politics care
fully with the old man and his sons
before bedtime. but had little hope OF
winning Il single vote in the house
hold. In the morning the old man
took Corwin outside and announced
that every voter in the family would
be for him on election day. This
astonished and delighted Corwin. who
could not help but ask why the sudden
change of heart.
1.-THE old man told how the opposition
candidate had stopped at his house
one night the week before and how
the host and wife had watched ths
candidate 20 to bed. To their disgust
he actually put on nightgown iik'
those worn by woman. This dis
gusted the rugged old pioneer. The'
Corwin was told how the old farme
and his wife had watched him so I
bed. and as he had not bothered abou
nightie they determined he was no
taken to frills. Corwin could see tn
humor of the incident. and IN ever
succeeding speech he told that nigh
shirt story on the other candidate
holding him up to scorn. The resu
was a victory for Corwin. and
owed it all to that story Of shirt"
Washington Post.
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NUMBER Al.
4 GRANITE BOMB.
Jack Frost Hurled It Down Into tie
Yosemite Valley.

Jack Frost Hurled Il Down Into s&o
Yossmits Valley.
Delicate frost trac1ngs on the WIN
dow panes seem to be the work Of fam
ciful and harmless sportiveness, but
the hand that forms them Il capable
Of greater deeds and Of other kinds.
Mr.. J. smeaton Chase. In Yosemite
Trails" describes an experience that
must have been wonderfully impress
sive to the spectator. He had been
spending some weeks in exploring the
Yosemite valley and the great rocks"
like Ell Captain. that wall It In.
Standing one day Of late autumn
about the middle Of the valley, was
startled by report like cannon shot.
which Oiled the whole valley with
echoes that roared and doomed. re-
piled and multiplied. in long contin-
ued, glorious tumult.
As the deafening sound died away In
sullen mutterings under the vizor OF
El Captain was able to distinguish
the point Of attack by the long. clat.
tering descent Of vast quantity OF
rock.
The night had been cold one In the
valley, and on the seven to eight thou
sand foot levels of the upper rim the
temperature must have dropped al
most to zero.
Frost. working quietly with his
Archimedean lever. had just succeed
| ed iu shifting from the shoulder OF
the sentinel a tribe of f1fty tons or SO
of granite. For near q thousand feet
the bowlder fell sheer. swift and 81
lent: then. striking the cliff. 1t burst
like q bomb. shattered into a myriad
dying shards and splinters and dis
lodged a smother Of fragments tha
trickled down to the valley In a stream
that lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck dust began to rise int
the sunny air. slowly building up ant
burgeoning like summer cloud ant
every whit as snowy. 1t was the f1ou
of granite, powdered instantaneous
BY the terrific shock.
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70 Stop Hiccoughs.

Simple cases of hiccough are OFTEN
relieved by such measures as sucking
ice or taking salt and vinegar. says the
New York Medical Journal Fuiiing
the tongue forward and holding II TOT
some time Is an effective procedure
Sometimes obstinate hiccOugh Is re-
l;oved when the patient is strong by
having him hang with the arms eA
,onded and crashing some beam Ol
pole. so that his feet do not 'oucl
the floor With all the abdom'na
n,nec,es tense have him hold hi!
breath as long as possible. Sneezinl
is very efficient in certain cases. sinc'
It is the exact opposite 10 htccougn
being sudden exploratory act
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The best plaster. A piece OF flannel
dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment
and bound on over the affected parts is
superior to plaster and costs only one
tenth as much. For sale by all dealers.
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ciation.l
~ OULTIl keeping more per
FL haps than any other industry
Is engaged in for the double
purpose of profit and pleasure.
Ihe farmer is rarely conscious OF
the fact that he is keeping poultry for
pleasure. yet the farm without it's GUS
,omary flock of chickens would seem
rather dreary. and the farmers table
without its customary supply of fresh
eggs and fried chicken would he sadly
deficient
The object of pleasure enters more
largely in the case of those who keep
poultry in towns and villages Not
only does the flock OF chickens give
the village or suburban resident an Oc-
cupation which is Il pleasure after con,
lining indoor work and supply his Ia
ble with quality OF food he cannot
purchase in the market, but in the ma,
jority of cases villagers as we'll as
many farmers find great pleasure III
| poultry breeding and exhibition rs Il
| hobby. The extent to which this
|
phase OF poultry keeping has been dc
veloped is readily seen from the multi
tude o. poultry shows held throuShou
the country during the fall and wintc
months.
In attempting the study of Il serie
of lessons in poultry keeping the po''i
tryman or would be poultryman shouts
form a clear conception in his mind +"
the relation in his own case of ihes
various objects or ends for which tn
poll:try business is commonly enSage
in.
The Farm Flock.
The prime object for which the farm
er keeps chickens is for his own 4;
BILE. and in order that he may hav
sufficient poultry products to suppl
his table throughout the year ther
will of necessity be at certain season
a surplus for the market; hence tn
farmer who starts out to furnish HI
own table soon finds himself in I'll
market end of the poultry busines
and as flock of 100 hens require b,
little more labor in their care tha
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Mesw;ney's Gun.

Near Horn Head. County Donegal.
ireland. there Is a hole In the rocks
called McSwiney's gun. 1t IS on the
seacoast and Is said to have connec
tion with a cavern. When the north
wind blows and the sea Is at half
food the wind and the waves enter
the cavern and send up jets OF wafer
from the "gun" to height OF more
Than 100 feet. The Jets Of water are
accompanied by explosions which may
be heard for miles.
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twenty-five or thirty we find that the
most prosperous and intelligent farm
ers keep a flock Of about the former
size
Now. if the farmers quota OF mems
goes much beyond this figure it Will be-
come necessary to divide the flock into
smaller units and go to other troubles
that are rather irksome for the general
farmer who considers poultry as an
about the house job rather than as
mart of his regular farm operations
| For the farmer who looks at 1t IN
| This way simplicity in methods Is ad
| visabie. for general utility nocK OF
This size will not yield sufficiently
| large, income to warrant more eXpen
siye methods of housing and care that
would be perfectly proper IN the case
of n breeder Of fancy fowls or poul,
try farmer who kept several tmndree'
hens
rhe farm is an excellent place foi
breeding standard bred poultry. ana
have nothing but encouragement Io'
,ha former who is Interested in tine
show bird end of it. In this case N
will require separate houses and yaro'
and building wherein he may cool
single fowls during the show season
and vii, in general find it necessar.
10 mn more time and expense on III
nnultry work if he expects to max
\ success of the breeding stock par
: of the business
The Village Poultryman.
!. The villager would by all mean
, adyise to keep standard bred pouitr
/ and ia take in interest in poultr
/ breeding and poultry shows tsrol
the nature of his surroundings ne
J obliged to keep his fowls yarded. ant
! ms the time he spends with his cb:cl
J pns is recreation. the more indly.du
r rare. which he will find it desirable
give fancy fowls. will not he D
grudged.
81 The production OF poultry produc
It TO sell al ordinary market prices
Is always profitable for the farmer
on the free range plan OF his po'iit
keepiny labor and food costs are DO
much reduced Poultry keepih. g
also be made profitable when ensag
: in on large scale, in which case.
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s or s doses 1886" will cure any case
Of Chills and Fever. Price, g cents.
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More Worry.

y didn't know you admired thas Of
0ciaL"
u don't" replied the political man.
ager.
.sThen why do you insist on credifine
him with a presidential BOOM:
-Nerely to make bis life harder os
giving him something more I" worry
about Exchange.
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BE Slow to lndorss.

"a man should think before be
sDeaks." said the prudent youth.
.Yes." replied Dustin Stax. And ne
should think still harder before ne
writes his name on the back of any
sort Of document Washington Star
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GOWNS AND oMENs.

Odd Superstitions That 0ars<sn the
orsssmaksr's Shop.
"Women who wear 6ne dresses are
az superstitious as the girls who make
them.'' said dressmaker. If the lit
tie accidents that happen in the work.
room were not mercifully concealed
from the owners of rich gowns they
would be sick with apprehension half
the time. | had one customer who re-
fused to accept a very expensive dress
because a girl who assisted with the
fitting dropped a pair of scissors.
which fell point down and stuck IN
the door. That meant an order FOR
mourning within SIX months. The Gus.
toner hoped that by refusing the hoo
doc dress she could avert the calamity.
but the precnution was useless IN
less than three months her father was
dead.
Girls are especially particular IN
their work on wedding dresses. TOT II
q tiny drop of blood from prieked
finger should fall on the gown the
bride would surely die before the end
of the year. Then there is green
thread. Whether the customer Is there
/ 10 see It or not. NO dressmlker viii
keen green thread near spOols OF an
| other color. Green thread used Tor
busting means the return Of dress
for alterations. and there Is enough
trouble Of that kind IN dressmaking
establishment without Deliberately Did
ding for it.
"women who are themselves super
stitious are never surprised or offend
ed ut q sewing girls untidy coiffure
The girls tumble their hair about on
purpose when working on large or.
der. for It Is a sacred belief among
dressmakers that hair inadvertently
worked into the garment shows that
more work Is coming soon from the
: same customer New York Sun.
A Hospital Nurses Hands.
As an example of trademarks have
you ever noticed the hands OF the nos
pital nursel The soft white hano
which in fiction In occupied in cooling
feyered brows does not exist and coult
= not. II Is a skilled hand. but Its wors
y makes It rough and chapped. TT!
. bathing your hands In disinfeetant
twenty times a day and you will int
:" that, look after them as sou may. the!
will soon be scanned with cracks
which an east wind often turns
- bleeding cuts. And as they are worn
= ed hard for some twelve or thirtee
i, hours q day the nurse takes q som'
what larger size IN gloves than mos
women. II you ever see the phot'
graph Of q hospital nurse you may OF
serve that she prefers TO keep ihos
hands behind her back London Chrol
10 ,o,.
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N C. CHANDLER, M. D
Specialist

In diseases OF the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Spectac,es and Artificial Eyes always on hand
Office, Rooms 1924, Levy building, Shreveport.
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All Must Help.

a wise man who does not assist with
his counsels. rich man with MS
charity and poor man with his labor
are perfect nuisances IN . common
wealth. swift.
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lenasst Family Tree.

Tho biggest family tree In the world
n believed to he the one which traces
the genenlogy Of Queen Elizabeth back
to King David and thence to Adam.
or nj least as near to Adam as one
couid get The coat Of arms + given
In almost every case. with full par
ticulars Of the dates Of births ana
DEATHS The ial,or Of providing coats
- arms n abandoned before MethnSe
iaf's time. but the chart measures
forty-0ve feet and certainly does take
one through a maze Of nobility
| An Aftsrthousht.
| sYe-eA" remarked young husband
1 AZ breakfast. '.these biscuits are pretty
GOOD. but don't you think there ougnt
| to be q little more
"Your mother made them." interrupt
ed the wife quickly.
-.of themr ended the husband
with q dash Of inspiration
Man II his own star, and that soul
that can be honest d the only perfect
man.-Fletchef.
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Home Course
in Poultry
Keeping
l.-What Branch of the
Poultry business.
By MILO M. HASTINGS.
Formerly pouitryman at Kansas Experi
ment Station. Commercial Poultry Ex-
peri Of tine United States epart-
ment of Agriculture. Author
Of The Dollar Hen"

lCopyright 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
The evening world., 1911-03-28
referee UPROLDS
STOCK EXCHANGE
IN MARQUAND CASE
Proceeds of Sale of Seat Are
Turned Over to Creditors
Who Are Members.

Charles II. Brown. as referee IN the
case OF Frank Sullivan Smith. assignee
OF Henry Marquand against Rudolph
Keppier. former President OF the New
York Stock Exchange. filed his report
in the Supreme Court to-day.
The report upheld the action OF the
Stock Exchange In taking the S65 900
realized. by the sale of Marquand's
seat on the exchange and applying all
the money hut g. 2s7.ol to the exchange
creditors Of Marauand. The repor, up
held the rule of tho exchange providing
that when a member sells his seat or
retires. that the proceeds received
thersfrom shall be applied In the FIRST
instance TO the payment of Indebtedness
due TO members. or 10 firms who have
among their members a Stock Eek
change member.
Among the largest claims approved by
h committee Of the Stock Exchange
we're those OF Simon Borg & Co. Sill.
1878. Kountze Bros, s2.o2S.79, and
Spencer Trask. $40. 223. IS. these repre-
scented call loans and were the only
claims objected to by the assignee.
Referee Brown held the claims were
proper and directed that the remaining
81. 2a7 OF OF the $3.50 100. with Sl.252.7 ~ OF In
terest. be paid for the benefit of cred.
itors.
The evening world., 1911-03-28
WIFE REFUSES TO DIE.
so is CUT OFF IN WILL.

ST. LOUIS. March S.-The win OF
William Busch. m eccentric attorney
who died a few days ago, has been hled
for probate. He leaves a large estate
10 his children. but cuts off his wife In
the following provision:
~ have made no provision herein for
my second wife. Ella Busch. as there Is
a compac between us that We die to-
gether when the time arrives. Should
she, however. not comply with her
agreement. then she can avail herself
Of the ample provisions made by the
statutes OF Missouri In such cases"
Mrs. Busch Is still alive. n said to-
day that she has decided not only not
10 die. bu, she says she will fight the
provision Of her husbands will cutting
her off from a share In tho estate.
The evening world., 1911-03-28
SHELDON CAUGHT
IN RTTSBURG FOR
100000 FRAUD
Get Rich Quick" Operator
Wanted in Montreal on
Swindling Charge.

PrTTSBURG. March 2.-Chaie~ d.
Sheldon, Alias Charles r. washbu-n.
who Vas driven out Of the United States
two years ago by an expose printed In
the New York World. and who 10 now
wanted IN Montreal Tor an investment
swindle involving $4,000. 900. was ar
rested here late yesterday. Sheldon
posed here a. &c. w. Ross" He was
nabbed by . Pinkerton detective as he
stood on . street corner in the financial
district.
A Montrea, Newspaper offered Q re-
ward OF $4,000 tor his capture. and
since last October the police Of many
American NC Canadian cities have been
hunting for him. ~ one time he was
reported IN have bean sean In Bermuda.
but II appears now that he came direct
to PittsburT from Montreal.
in y cen q Tolice Headquarters to-
AAy Sheldon. said
sWe,l. I am the man wanted. and !
guess the best thing ] q do 10 to waive
IN extraditien rights"
Operated At RIchmoa- Hi.
I. was The New York World that nrst
got on the trail Of Sheldon. In tho fall
Of 1903 ne was Charles r. washburn"
OF Richmond Hill. L. l.. and there he
opened an investment agency" alona
modest lines. He admitted that he
played his cilentT money In the stock
market, but he assured them that hs
knew how 20 ''bea, the game" Neigh
bo1s hrs, began. leaving their money WIFI
hun. A % per cen. profit In a day will
washburn WA nothing. and frequently
u rssnhed a. nigh ~ 100 per cent. III
denied thst he was 'utng money In
vest~d 10 psg clisntA.
He ND operated similarly in 1907 n
ing about Geoco
When his Scheme vas erp~sd Wash
burn suddsniy kfa Rohmcnd MI ant
Ills Newark once also wNs closed. n
vent right 10 Ntoutresl and again openet
en- Investment" oh1oN He seemed e
~ well supplied with money. and $40
vas the smallest amount ne would IN
49,.
Fled In an Automobile.
A Montreal newspaper on Oct. II
asked to examine his books. He re
piled that II they would call two day.
later, or Oct. IL, he would have biz
records ali up to date. and he would b.
pleased 10 show everything. " day,
were all no needed.
We quickly packed his personal be
Ions1nGs. HIS wife took the importe'
lace curtains and q tiger rug from thei
mansion. and they ned In an automo
~ Il WA said At the time he dAap
psAred thai hA tAd 0.boo.0o IN his pos
session.
Since osnhng here sheldon has bee
playing the stock market seGulariy. bu
he maintained no ONCE