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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
TIMELY hints
FOR FARMERS
Trees on the Farm.

Every dollar invested in plants. trees
and flowers adds wealth as well as
beauty to the farmstead. Trees in
crease the value Of the farm and make
life more enjoyable for those who live
In the home.
There is no more genuine pleasure
than planting shade, nut and fruit
trees except the comfort of having
them on the place. AS trees grow and
spread their branches and the foliage
unfolds. develops and falls from year
to year the owner of the place feels
proud that he had civic pride enough
to plant trees and aesthetic sentiment
enough to appreciate them after they
were planted Trees make the home
brighter.
A place without shade and fruit trees
is like a desert-exposed to the burn
ing sun of summer and the cutting
blasts of winter and without good
cheer in the spring.-Farm and Ranch.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
Nothinq For Nothing.

1t was said by all the neighbors of
Mr. Squinchley that he had never
been known to give away anything in
his life He either sold it or de-
handed something in exchange. On
one occasion he was making long
railway journey. The seat directly
in front of him was occupied by a
man who had been coughing and
sneezing at frequent intervals for
more than an hour. At last MIR
Squinchley leaned forward and spoke
to him.
That's pretty bad GOLD you seem
to have" he said.
"Worst one ! ever had in my life"
wheezed the other.
"Well, l know of simple and
harmless remedy. absolutely sure, that
will cure it inside of two days
Some patent nostrum?'
mo; you can make it up at home"
81 shall be very grateful if you will
tell me what it is
sI'll do it. SIR said Mr.. Squinchley,
narrowing his eyelids. IF you'll tell
me what'H drive away these warts
I've got on my left hand. youths
Companion.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12

and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the Original Amendment to
above charter, as the same appears
of record and on file in my office
Given under my hand and seal of
office on this the 3Oth day of Oct
ober, 1911. w. NJ. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-OfficiO
Deputy Recorder
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: | hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the original act as the same
now appear on file and of record
in my office:
Given under my hand and seal of
office, this the 30th day of October
1911. w. NJ. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio
Deputy Recorder.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
SheriR's Sale.

No. Is, 283-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Castle Printing Company VS..
Louisiana Petroleum Company.
By virtue of a writ of fferi facias
to me directed from the First Judi
cial District Court of Caddo Parish.
Louisiana. in the above numbered
and entitled suit, 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 Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 1911,
One-acre lots 6, 7 and IS in the south
half Of north half of northwest
quarter section 81, township 81,
range Is, and also one-acre lot 5 in
northwest quarter of southwest
quarter section 81, township d.
range -, Caddo Parish, La. being a
part Of the same property trans
ferred to the Louisiana Petroleum
company OF Arkansas to the Louis
lana Petroleum Company of Louis
lana, as per deed recorded in con-
veyance book &c, page 318, of the re-
corder's office of Caddo Parish. La.
/ together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon. Said prop
erty seized as belonging to the above
defendant company and to be sold
! for cash and according to law. IA
Ipay and satisfy the debt specified in
said writ, say i'll the sum of one
hundred and twenty dollars. with )
per cent per annum interest there
on from the first day of July 1910
unail paid, and all costs of this suit.
| ]. P. FL0URNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, October 10, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
An Easy Answer.

A law case was proceeding in old
Mexico, and a mining expert was on
the stand as a witness.
where were you born, sir?" inquired
the lawyer
''In England, sir"
'tHow many times have you crossed
the Atlantic?'
Twenty times"
The Iawyer.jumped up and addressed
the judge: your honor, | impeach the
veracity of this witness. He says he
was born in England and has crossed
the Atlantic twenty times. 1t would
be impossible for him to have crossed
the Atlamtic that number of times and
be on this side now. His visits to this
side would make odd numbers and his
visits to the other side even numbers
and yet he is here and has the audacity
to swear he has crossed the Atlantic
twenty times. / impeach him, your
honor"
How do you explain this, sirr" ask
ed the judge sternly.
why" said the witness, ''the last
time came to this country l came by
the way of the Pacific ocean."-Satur.
day Evening Post
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.

81 shall retire from business when
am fifty years of age" said friend
Of mine.
"Why?"
Because IL my plans do not fail 1
shall have enough money by that time,
and | shall be entitled to the enjoy
ment Of the leisure which l shall have
earned"
Now
Most likely when my friend is fifty
he will postpone his retirement. He
will find no place where he may let
so. Or
IL he should retire at that time he
will learn a lot of things.
He will find that he is like a fish
out Of water. He will be out Of his
natural element. He is so built that
he is adapted to an atmosphere of ac-
tivity. In that atmosphere he finds
satisfaction. When he quits his sphere
of activity he goes against nature.
Moreover
One who is able to work and whose
product is useful contributes to the
worlds output. When such a one
loafs he adds to the worlds waste
and subtracts from the worlds happi-
ness. Instead of being an asset, he
becomes a liability.
Besides
He who quits his labors while he is
yet liable to do his task runs per
sonal risk His machinery, physical
and mental, is set to the grinding of a
grist.. When the hopper becomes emp
ty the machinery is apt to wear itself
out in the grinding Of the parts one
upon another.
When a man who has labored long
has nothing to do he is apt to go to
work digging his grave.
Work is not the primeyal curse.
1t is mans greatest blessing
The peoples that do most of the
worlds work are the strongest. the
longest lived and the happiest.
My friend who wants to retire at
fifty has been a hard worker. If he
quits his labors arbitrarily he is likely
to die prematurely.
Remember what Robert Louis Ste
venson, himself a worker to the last
said about dying?
He said, in effect, that instead OF
dribbIing away ones life one should
go over the precipice of eternity in
full stream like roaring Niagara.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
Rotation For Hay Crops.

Wheat. corn and other crops are no
more improved by rotation than hay.
The Minnesota experiment station
shows that plot continuously cut for
hay the past fifteen years has given an
average yield of 1.73 tons per acre.
while on a plot under three year rota-
ton of wheat, clover and corn hay has
yielded the past ten years an average
of 20 tons per acre. In five year ro-
tation of wheat, timothy and clover.
pasture, oats and corn the hay has
yielded an average of SO tons per acre
since 1900. Eight tons Of manure per
acre were applied once in FIVE years on
the five year plots. There is money in
manure
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
Force of a Comma.

The changing or omission of COM
ma can make a grotesque difference
in the meaning of an impressive SEN
tence One of the famous proverbs of
Solomon runs: THE wicked flee when
no man pursueth, but the righteous
is as bold as lion." A theological
student once entirely married the
beauty OF the text by reading it as
follows: THE wicked flea, when no
man pursueth but the righteous. is as
bold as a lion.'
An English sehoolboy once intended
to write the following sentence in a
history examination: King Charles l..
took a sorrowful farewell of his wife
and children: half an hour after his
head was cut Off" By emitting the
semicolon he made that unfortunate
monarch take ghostly adieu of his
family thirty minutes after he had
been decapitated.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
CHARTER AMENDMENT
OF the Cayce Oil Company

Shreveport, La, October 26, 1911.
A meeting of the stockholders OF
Cayce Oil Company was held this
day at the office of the company IN
Shreveport, La, with the following
named stockholders, holding and
owning all the stock Of the company
at present, to-wit: B. B. Terry, hold
ing and owning 104 shares; J. w. OIL
liver holding and owning i04 shares;
A. H. Stephens holding and owning
2 shares; Donham Oil Company by
j. w. Oliver holding and owning 80
shares.
Notice of this meeting, as provid-
ed by charter, being waived by all
of the stockholders of the company.
Mr.. J. w. Oliver, stakeholder,
was elected chairman of the meet
ing; and b. B. Terry, stakeholder,
was elected secretary. On motion
duly made and seconded, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved: That Article One of the
charter Of this Company be amend
led so as to change the name OF this
Company from the Cayce Oil Com
pany to the Oliver Terry Company
There being no further business,
the meeting adjourned.
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Cad
do: Before me, the undersigned au-
thority, personally came and ap-
lpeared J. w. Oliver and B. B. Ter
ry. who being duly sworn, says on
oath, that they were the chairman
and secretary respectively, OF
stockholders meeting of Cayce on
Company, held on the goth day Of
October, 1914, and that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct
copy Of the minutes of said meet
ing.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this the Goth day Of October
1911. J. A. THIGPEN,
J. w. OLIVER, Notary Public
B. B. TERRY.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: [ approve the above and fore
going amendment to the charter o
the Cayce Oil Company.
October %, 1911.
J. M. FOSTER,
District Atty, 1st Judicial, Dist, La
Endorsed: Filed and recorded
| October %, 1911. w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-OffIcn
| Deputy Recorder.
| State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
| do: hereby certify that the aboy
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
SCHLEY.

Last month. when Rear Admiral
Winfield Scott SchIey crossed over t"
the other side, his countrymen, in
spired by sentiments Of grief and
gratitude, gave him the full measure
of honor that was denied him living.
The laurels that should have crown
ed his brow were hung upon his tomb.
There is no parallel case in all our
history.
Note this:
When Dewey sunk the Spanish feet
in the harbor of Manila he was re-
ceived upon his return as if he were
Roman conqueror. He was loaded
with gifts and honors. He was placed
upon a pedestal as an exalted patriot.
But Schiey-
Scarcely had the echo of the Brook
lyn's guns died along the shores of
southern Cuba. where was strewn the
shattered remnants of Ceryera's feet.
than the voice Of detraction and SIAN
der was raised to cheat the gallant
Schley of the credit for his famous
victory
And why?
The malign influences that sought to
give Commander Sampson more than
was his due tried to accomplish their
purpose by slandering Schley-an in
famous attempt.
In this cabal of defamers were some
of the servile. If not hired, agents of
the public press.
But
How splendidly in that time of I'M
fust attack did the great American
sailor deport himself. Self restrained
as in the stress of battle. the heroic
Schley met the charges with a manly
dignity that would not stoop to mean
ness and that carried its own answer.
One of the greatest sea lighters the
world has seen and one Of the noblest
characters patiently bided the true
verdict OF history.
And the American navy
The navy was always proud Of
| 5chleyl And In its great display Of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
a MOTHERS DREAM.

Poor mother.
She lies on hospital cot in Chiea-
go. She went mad because her dream
sof her boy did not come true and tried
TO kill herself.
This is the story
Five years ago in Austria her peas
ant husband died and left her with a
fourteen year-old son.
Like every faithful mother. she had
ambitions, not for herself. but for her
boy. But how could she. poor wild
ow. help her son? She heard that IN
America money was easy to get.
Having enough funds to bring her
to this country, she left the boy in the
eare Of relatives,
THE little neither soon learned that
money in America does not come so
easy 10 Immigrant working women
After much deprivation she finally
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
SPITE WALLS.

Ever see spite wall" or "spite
aence?"
Sometimes the thing comes about in
Ehis way:
The Jones dog loafs on the Smith
lawn and entertains Himself by dig
sging perfectly good holes for imagin-
airy gophers.
Neighborly comfy is strained.
Mrs. Smith suggests to Mrs. Jones
that the dog be tied. and moreover,
would they kindly fix it so the Jones
chickens would not care to scratch up
the Smith garden?
And Mrs. Jones?
She is willing to admit the dog is a
,9rial and that the chickens show an
sStinerant habit not easily to be con-
froIled. But she suggests in this con
nection that the Smith children are all
too apt to confuse the things of thine
and mine and that the Smith tomcat
is disreputable character and prone
TO wander
Sc, there, now.
Watch will be about all until one
day Smith is discovered red handed in
the act of wringing the neck Of Jones'
predatory rooster.
And the plot begins to thicken.
jones. coming home the same night
OF the ROSTERS assassination, protests
Go Smith concerning the foul manner
sof the disposal of his fowl
Whereat Smith retorts concerning
-etdirty children There may or may
not be at this juncture a clash of
lists. but anyway
Fup gees the spite fence.
Now. most of us are much like Jones
and Smith. and though we may not
build spite fences Of boards, we build
them of acts and words
sSome-ihe exclusive build the fences
so high the neighbors are shut out by
mo fault of the latter
Some Of us. put up the high fences
because of our grouchy dispositions or
of misunderstanding or of sheer in
difference
Walls Of Grass selfshness!
Walls of narrow prejudice!
Walls of cold uneharita bleness.
are we building them, perhaps IN,
consciously. perhaps Intentionally?
Down with them. Down with the
spite walls.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
CAUSES OF BAD
FLAvORs IN MILK
Improper Feeding and Lack Of
Cleanliness to Blame.

The abnormal or injurious davors in
milk are Of two kinds-frst. those due
to feed eaten by the cow; second, those
due to contamination.
The first kind is scientifically spoken
of as feed f1avors and is due to the COW
eating large quantities of turnips. on
ions, ensilage, beets, ragweed, etc.
This i'll flavor is due to volatile oils
contained in the strongly favored
feeds. Such flavors leave the animal
through the different secretions and
excretions of the body.
When feeding is done Immediately
after milking. these feed f1avors large
~ pass off through other channels or
secretions than the milk and are not
noticeable. It is also maintained that
if some rough forage be fed along
with such feeds that produce Ill tastes
in milk it assists in obviating such
fiavorS.
1t is within the power of the dairy
man to obviate the second favor of
contamination This class of i'll flavor
is largely due to communicating bac-
terra. OF these there are many, each
giving its peculiar flavor Another con-
terminating flavor is due to the absorb
ton of certain strong odors.
The cause of the contamination of
milk is largely due to lack of perfect
| cleanliness with the milking utensils,
surroundings, methods of delivery and
personal cleanliness.
The udder and adjacent parts should
be washed with clean water and wiped
dry with a clean, dry towel The
hands and clothing of the milkman
should be clean. Bottles, buckets, etc,
should be sterilized with live steam
and turned upside down so as to pre-
vent the collection of dust, which al
ways contains germs and mold spores.
Small top pals should be compulsory
by law.-B. f. Kaupp, Colorado.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
Heart toHeart
Talks.
LIVING WITH PEOPLE.


1t is quite an art successfully to live
with people.
Living with people Is ife's great
school. in which we learn our best
lessons
1t is not good to live alone.
He who withdraws himself from his
fellows in order to do as he pleases
does himself a great injury. He makes
himself selfish. conceited and there
fore unhappy being,
But
To live with people requires adjust
ment If you cannot bring people
around to your point of view adjust
yourself to theirs. IL the mountain
will not come to the prophet, the
prophet, perforce. must go to the
mountain.
Nor need you give up your way Of
thinking. Keep your own opinions,
but try to adjust your tastes to those
with whom you must live.
1t is not easy.
heartache. and it requires a big lot Of
patience and self restraint.
Adjust yourself.
Lay your emphasis upon the things
you have in common with other peo-
pie Avoid sharp differences. Mani
fest disposition to harmonic things.
Cowardly?
~ lot ct oil nrn moi fna
donated and will take the time to look
for them, you will find that every liy-
ing soul even the crookedest or most
grabbed. has somewhere concealed
qualities that are worth while.
Above all. don't be sensitive.
Look for Sights and wounds and
you will find them. Do not take of
tense easily. Life is foo short to get
mad at every turn of the road.
You need the discipline.
Ef you are to live with people and
get along with them you must have
your sharp corners rubbed off by con-
tact and impact. Don't expect to roll
along without some time having your
tire, even the inner tubes. punctured.
Finally, if, after fair trial of
courtesy and patience and endurance,
you cannot get along with certain peo-
pie, let them alone. This is a fine
big world, with plenty Of elbow room.
But do not be in hurry to cut peo-
pie off your list
Remember that you yourself are not
entirely perfect.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
BLAMING THE WOMAN.
gave me of the tree"

She gave me of the tree.
That was Adams excuse for dis
ooeying the law.
And ever since Adam. whatever may
happen, it has been man-iike to put
the onus of the thing. lay the blame
for it, on the woman.
Eve is still the scapegoat
Adam, you remember. was the first
man who was put under moral law.
He had a fine chance He was made
sole proprietor of big garden; also
he was given to be his helpmate the
only woman in all the world.
Adam could not stand so much pros
perity.
He fell.
Nor did he fall upward. as some
would have it. He fell down-way
down, low down.
Brought to book. he pleaded guilty.
And then-did | not say he fell low
down?-he locked about for somebody
upon whom he could lay the blame.
And in that ungallant hour he said:
THE woman whom thou gavest to be
with me she gave me of the tree"
And the implication of this first lord
of creation seems to have been that
had it not been for the woman he
would yet remain a bright and shining
light in Eden.
In his plea of confession and avoid
10
Adam cautiously admits that he did
participate with the woman in his
own disobedience.
1.-THE woman tempted me-"
Coward
Adam, however was not quite so
bad as that Chicago doctor who re-
Gently confessed that he was married
TO two wives and killed one of them.
His excuse for the crime was the
statement that
'.She had nagged him."
! Comparatively few pen kill their
wives and then blame the weaker YES
sci for the crime But ever since the
sirst man made a fool of himself and
tried to hedge the average husband
manifests disposition or predisposi-
ton to put the blame for his own
misdoings upon the woman whom the
Lord has given to be with him.
1t is the exceptional man-if. O wo-
man, you have such one cherish and
keep him!-it is the rare man WHO
will fairly and squarely own up mis-
fault and leave the woman out OF it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12

A lousy pig is a sure sign of poor
farmer. Once thoroughly infested the
only way to get rid of the vermin is
to dip the pig with some good disin-
fectant.
When a pig trough is constructed
upright boards should be inserted oc-
casionally to keep the pigs from
crowding and chasing one another
from the feed.
The hoofs of old hogs, unless trim
med, will sometimes become 50 long
that filth is liable to accumulate and
the animal not be able to stand
straight on its feet. This is some
thing that always wants to be looked
out for.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12

found employment at the pitiful wage
of 81 per week.
Nevertheless she had high hopes be-
cause she saw that for the right sort
Of boy America spelled opportunity.
She would save sufficient money and
send for her son.
Faithfully she saved and earnestly
she drea med.
The saving was OF pennies. The
dreams came to her in the poor quar-
ters where she slept at night-sweet
dreams Of the boys bright future.
How she managed to save anything
at her factory wage of 81 week
passes comprehension. but she did. Ii
required five long years of pinching
poverty to make up, penny by penny,
the necessary sum.
Now her dream would be realized.
She sent the money, and there was
a long wait. Finally came a brief.
formal letter from her son. now nine
teen years Of age, saying he preferred
to stay in Austria and that he was
capable Of mapping out his own
future.
There was not hint of apprecia-
ton of the mothers long labor Of love
and awful sacrifice.
Then she went mad.
And this story, from the short and
simple annals of an immigrant moth
er, is a type of the everyday tragedies
of motherhood.
The mother goes down to the gates
of death to give birth to her son, and
again and again she goes to the verge
for him. She slaves and scrimps and
dreams for him.
And he?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
The aest Winter Mixers.

It has been proved that the cow
coming fresh in the fall and giving
her largest flow of milk through the
winter will produce during the year
of lactation from one-fourth to one
half more than the cow coming fresh
in the spring. To make her do this,
however, she must be we'll fed and
sheltered during the winter to main
tain a heavy flow till new pasture
grass comes in the spring, when she
will again increase in fow-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12

grief at the formal obsequies 1t sought
to make up to him what civilians had
denied.
Hail and farewell.
He will forever stand heroic figure
in our naval history-a history whose
ilustrious annals hold the record Of
many a brave and noble fighter Of the
sea
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
) Arrange For Early Hatcnes.

Broilers bring good prices early in
the spring and for that reason arrange
ments should be made to hatch early.
The early winter layers may hatch the
little chicks for spring broilers But
DO not overlook the advantages Of the
incubator.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-16
SAVED FROM A HORRIBLE DEATH.


A little seven-year-old child, Mary
Vines, who resides at SIS Mobile
street, was saved by the merest acct
dent from a life of torture and pain
and possibly death. She had blind,
dizzy spells; would get sick at the
stomach at times; would have raven
GUS appetite, and again the very sight
of food would nauseate her. She was
so pale and delicate that her parents
could only send her to school part OF
the time. They knew that their little
child had this monster parasite sap
ping the very life-blood from her body
they could see the very life of their
dear little child slowly but surely
ebbing away. They tried every known
remedy and treatment that they could
| hear of, but the child slowly but surely