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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

Saybrook-Sixty year old Jonah Pen
dleton vowed never to shave until a
bridge spanned the Connecticut river
here. Now that the town has wit
messed the bridge opening he has shay
al
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26

Washington-$67 a day is the least
a millionaire's wife can live on. ac-
cording to Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutch
ms, who sued for $500 per month
spending money.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
Lust Suited Him

Two elderly gentlemen, both clad in
sober black, were sitting side by side
in a Euclid car Saturday morning.
Each was reading a morning paper.
Suddenly one Of the men gave vent
to joyful ejaculation, and the other
peered at him over his glasses.
II see here" explained the first. with
beaming face. that Mr. B., who
died last week. has left his entire for
tune to various charitable enterprises.
This will be a surprise to his many
relatives 1t is to me-a glad sur
prise. in my case, for 1 am the pastor
of a church to which he has left
$4,000"
The second man looked at the article,
and his face, too. became wreathed in
smiles. God bless himp' he exclaimed
heartily. "All to charitable institutions.
in spite of his relatives! All. sir, like
to see money left like that, do, in
deedp
Are you, also. a Clergyman
"'Ne, sir: am a lawyer."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
A SUCCESSFUL. GIRL

Are you tired reading stories about
successful" men and boys?
! Here is one about a successful girl
Her home is in Aiken. S. c.. and her
name is Marie S. Cramer.
You have heard about the boys corn
clubs of the south-how the govern
ment. through the medium of the
clubs, offering prizes. has opened a
new era in corn culture in the south
ern states and given great stimulus
to the back to the farm movement
Well
Observing all this, bright Miss Cra-
mer said to herself: why not girls
clubs also? And if the boys have a
prior claim on corn why not that fine
vegetable. the tomato. for the girls?''
But the prizes?
Her idea was to offer scholarships
in Winthrop college. and she tried to
interest Rockefeller first and then Car
negie- Being refused, she decided to
offer the prizes herself.
How she got the money is another
story.
girls tomato clubs, each girl cultivat-
ing one-tenth of an acre She studied
and taught and lectured on scientific
tomato culture.
The sequel?
A great success. And when the crop
was ripe each of the clubs had a can
ming picnic One club canned 6,OOO
cans of tomatoes and sold the product
at 10 cents per can-S600
One girl, a prize winner. got $40
cans from her one-tenth acre.
Now, that was what Miss Cramer
did. She interested the farmers girls,
of South Carolina in tomato raising
and proved to them the possibilities
of a healthful. profitable enterprise
And she?
Why, Secretary of Agriculture Will
son at Washington heard about Miss
Cramer's work. She was the sort of
girl he was looking for He hired her
clubs in various lines of agriculture.
She had initiative.
Initiative is the quality of thinking
out things in advance and doing them
before other people think of them.
The world needs girls with initia-
tive-girls who think of something be-
sides dress and parties and boys-g'rls
who are able to contribute something
toward the betterment of the world
in a special way. There are voids in
the worlds industry fairly aching to
be filed by such girls
Hats off to the Miss Cramers!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13

grove" that was 'just around the
bend" found only cornfeld. Below
the town only a few stumps remained
Of what was 1.-The old MILL
| could have cried
Even the big schoolhouse on the hill
which. with its ambitious cupola, was
the pride Of the town, had been RACED
and modern structure was going up.
And on the lot where we played town
BALI and bull pen" and that BALI
stood the new interurban depot.
began to inquire about some of the
boys and girls had known.
Dead" Moved to Nebraska
years ago" . = Lives somewhere in
California" ION a farm eight
miles east of here" MET a man
who broke her heart" Dead"
=" Somewhere in Chicago"
So ran the answers.
| inquired If any one remembered the
son of a certain itinerant preacher.
One old man said this one was a mis-
chievous lad and he opined had turn
ed out bad" had not the heart to
tell him / was the lad.
l felt like one who had looked at a
fair mirage which had lifted In midair
and disappeared. Disillusioned and
strangely saddened. took the first
train out.
remembered what Conan Doyle
told his friend.
Doyle advised his friend never to ''go
back to Heidelberg" He himself had
gone back to the old town where he
had studied and dreamed and loved.
only to find the grand old buildings
shrunken in size and the old streets
that had been SO picturesque and full
of romance dirty and commonplace.
A sweet memory was spoiled.
1t must be so.
Change and decay are written upon
all things. and the picture of memory
is not the picture of present reality.
Besides
We ourselves have changed. We
have outgrown ourselves. We have
lost the angle from which we once
looked 1t requires so much now to
make us happy.
We vainly dream Of the places where
once we were so happy and so free
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
WHAT A WOMAN ED.
Onions!

-O0lOuS.
Thus exclaimed Mrs. Edward G.
Dodd, widow, when she looked across
waste of chaparral in Texas. 1t had
belonged to her husband and was her
only possession.
There were just 225 acres of this
wild, cactus producing land. But
Mrs. Dodd had the genius which Gre
ates things She saw a vision of long
rows of growing stuff. In her dream
the brown stretch of chaparral
changed into
"Onionsr'
But how make her dream come true?
She had no money. She had what was
better than money-faith.
Somehow she communicated this
faith to a man who agreed to clear
and cultivate seventy acres, taking as
his share one-half the first crop.
1t seems Incredible, but on that yir-
gin soil Mrs. Dodd realized from the
big crop of pungent Bermudas the
sum of $4,000.
Well
The next year heavy rains ruined
the crop and instead of making mon
ey Mrs. Dodd lost $1,000.
Quit?
A lot of people did quit raising on
ions, but not Mrs. Dodd. She spent
about all the money she had made
the first year in building huge ware
houses and packing sheds where the
vegetables could be stored so that
they would not be softened by the
rains.
And then
Next season perverse nature refused
all rains, and the drought ruined the
crop.
The cumuiated woe of those two
disastrous seasons drove many a man
back to his Wife's folks"
But this plucky woman, why
She installed pump to bring the
water from the nearby Rio Grande riv-
er. 1t did not work we'll She substi-
tuted electric power and now is indie
pendent of Texas skies.
Two years ago the crop brought her
$4,000 and last year twice that sum.
giving Mrs. Dodd the title of the ''on-
ion queen of Texas"
Moreover
While other farmers complained Of
the shiftlessness of the ''greasers,"
Mrs. Dodd has 200 of them on her 225
acre ranch-every one a loyal Mexican
Iaborer Mrs. Dodd built them cot
tages instead of shacks. employs a free
physician and maintains a school for
their children.
Occasionally you find sapient in
dividuai who tells you that woman is
deficient in reasoning power
Should you waste time on the mega
tive file this accomplishment of Mrs.
Dodd as Exhibit Al
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
Succession Sale.

NO. f5,368-In the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court of Caddo Parish. La !.
Succession of Will Mahoney.
By virtue of a commission TO sell
TO me DIRECTED from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court in and
for the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana
ID the above succession, 1 will offer
Tor sale at public auction, at Oil
City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. dur
ing the legal hours for sales. On
SATURDAY, SEPT. g. 1914
Lot 20, block B, Oil City, La. with all
buildings and improvements there
on one certain residence on LOT
owned by j. S. Noel; one small bonse
IN OIL City, La, located on land be-
longing to j. S. Noel: and al nor
s?nal property, except cash as
shown by inventory on file and of
record IN the clerks office of said
parish, in the above numbered and
entitled succession. Terms Of colo
cash and according to law to nav
Gebts of said succession.
w. A. MABRY,
Aoo' u Administrator
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
SheriR'S Sale.

No. 15,301-In. the First Judicial Dis
trict Court Of Caddo Parish, La:
Mrs. Sophia Hourregue VS.. ]. F.
Fisher, ct ais.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, La, in the above en-
titled and numbered suit, I have
seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie auction for cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, at the prin-
cipal front door of the courthouse OF
Caddo Parish, La, during the legal
hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, AUG. 26, 1911,
a certain tract or parcel of land
situated in the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter Of section 3,
township II, range IA, and more par
ticularly described as follows: Be
ginning at stake at the northeast
corner of said southeast quarter of
lIOI GIOdoG QudIGCI VI SOOlIOil y, 1OI q
starting point, and running thence
west seventeen and eighty-six one
hundredths (t7.86) chains to stake
on the right of way of the X. c. S.
Ry., thence along said right Of way in
southeasterly direction nineteen and
two one-hundredths 1902 chains
to stake on section line; thence
north six and five hundred and thir-
ty-five thousandths (6.535) chains to
the place of beginning; said tract Of
land containing 5.64 acres, in Caddo
Parish, La, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon. Said
property seized as belonging to the
above defendants, and to be sold for
the debt as specified in said writ, say
in the sum Of S276.50, less S244.45
paid ON June 20, 1910, leaving bal
ance due on principal and Interest
of 1925, and ell costs of this suit,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
Penn's Treaty.

When the Quakers came to Penn
sylvania in 1852 the only Indians In
the neighborhood were the Delawares,
who had just been terribly beaten by
the Five Nations and forced into a
treaty by which they submitted to be
called women and to surrender their
tomahawks. 1t was with these de-
feated and Inundated Indians that
William Penn made his famous treaty
under the big elm. But he also had
to treat with the Five Nations in or
der to have his treaty with the Della
wares mean anything, as, having been
declared women" any agreement
they might have made would have
been worthless without the sanction
Of the Iroquois league. It was the
mistaken friendship Of the Iroquois
for the English that caused the Della
wares to so faithfully keep their
treaty with Penn.-New York Ameri-
can.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
DISHONEST YOUNG MEN.

An Iowa dealer in agricultural nipple
ments tells me this:
He has known the sons of wealthy
farmers who, before they are twenty
one years of age. will buy heavily on
the strength of their prospects. Then
before they come Of age they will take
the benefit Of the bankrupt law.
You see
Having wiped the slate clear of In
debtedness. they come into possession
of their share of the estate. To do
this they run the risk of a penitentiary
sentence.
And this man says these young men
regard this sort Of procedure as some
thing peculiarly smart
Let's see.
At the most they have gained few
hundred dollars worth of stuff. They
have lost what is infinitely greater
Put the equation thus:
Won-a few paltry dollars.
L.ost-credit, reputation. character,
self respect.
In purely business sense the loss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
Heart toHeart
Talks.
by EDWIN a. NYE
THE HOMELY GIRL.

The homely girl is a fine girl.
BY homely l mean plain Of feature
TN contrast with the pretty girl
The handsome girl is apt to be ca
pricieus and exacting, demanding
more than she Is willing to give-"un-
certain, coy and hard to please" The
Aouaely girl is apt to be sympathetic
and kindly.
The homely girl knows she cannot
win by the arts OF coquetry and there
fore cuitivates simplicity and gracious
mess She is genuine, congenial,
thoughtful of others. qualities that are
;Hkesy to win over mere prettiness.
Beauty ia only skin Deep" Ora
ecfousness Is soul deep.
Men may admire the handsome girl;
they dote on the handsome ways Of
the homely girl.
More than mere beauty, which
makes its impression for the moment,
is the hemely girls desire to please
or, help or forgive, her sense Of sym
pzf2y. her hearty manner of COM
uasery.
AAC uoLuCAJ GIN lI1dASS nA AOSSA
sweetheart
She uses no special arts to beguile.
She offers herself for what she is.
She does not f1irt She is stanch and
dependable She is not difficult to
please. She is a safe counselor and
will keep your secrets.
The homely girl makes a good wife.
When she is called upon to meet the
test OF wifehood and. motherhood she
VIII take up her task cheerfully. I'm
like the handsome wife, who may in
sdulge in signs for romance situations
or who may complain that she is not
understood" the homely woman
cooks her duties fairly in the face
without fuss and without nonsense.
The homely wife looks out for no
sconquests abroad, but glories In her
IhoGne. She wraps her soul like man.
Gle about her husband and her chill
SIREN.
The handsome wife may have the
weakness of vanity and because Of
lner desire TO be admired may some
times stumble, even fall Danger
goes with beauty.
All hail the homely girl and woman!
S.Ne may not be beautiful in face and
figure, but she grows more beautiful
In mind and heart as the days go by.
The heart of her lover and her hus-
band may safely confide in her.
: The homely girl is a fine girl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13

or credit is great one. Trere may
come time when the extension of a
credit favor may amount to many
times the sum these young men have
won by their low trickery.
However much money a man may
have or how little. credit must be the
foundation stone upon which he builds
successful business
Credit is more than capital. 1t is the
business mans chief asset.
Nowadays business men know very
well the commercial history Of those
with whom they deal
These young men lose not only credit,
but reputation. The community will
never forget their lapse from honesty.
Half lifetime of uprightness will not
blot out the shameful record of their
boyish crookedness.
But
Most all of these young men lose the
chief asset of their personality-char-
acter. Loss OF self respect will follow
sooner or later. but the great loss is Of
character.
They are modern Esaus.
They have sold their birthright Of
honor for mess of pottage.
What shall it profit a young man If
he gain little money by mean ma
neuvers and lose his own soul?
Young man
To say nothing whatever of morals
or of righteousness, to put the whole
matter on selfish footing
1t pays to be decent!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
as we'll as ten per cent attorneys
fees on said principal and interest.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July 20, 1911.
Judicial Sale.

No. 15,140-In the First Judicial Dis !
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Las
Mrs. Cecile Laenger and Hus-
band vs.. Minors of Gas Laenger4
By virtue of writ of fieri facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
bered and entitled cause, [ have
seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie tauetion for cash and according
to law at the principal front door of
the court house of Caddo Parish,
Ia, during legal hours for sales. on
:. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911.
One lot hand tools, one cornice
brake, one set rollers, one lot rail
load iron, one lot framing tools, one
lot rings, one lot patterns, and four
trunks. Said property seized as be-
longing to the above named defend
ants, and to be sold for cash and ac-
cording to law to pay and satisfy the
debt as specified in said writ, say in
the sum of three hundred and sew
eHty-three and f5-100 dollars. to-
sether with five per cent per annum
interest thereon from the 8th dav of
July 1911 until paid, and all costs of
suit. J.p. FIOTTRNoy
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, August 6, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
DIsILLUSIONED.

Some time ago ] made visit to a
Gown where forty years ago lived as
"a lad for three years-three happy
years.
Almost could wish i had not made
the trip.
wanted to see the river where |
had gone swimming in summer and
sskated In winter, wonderfully big
river, so wide that only Tom Smith
OF al the gang was able to swim across
ST.
A dwfndled stream. thing of pools
and shadows and stretches Of sand
nhat was once the Wabash!
Driving upstream to see the .big
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
SheriR's Sale.

No. 15,347-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
J. NJ. Robertson VS. Mrs. Ella Y
TOmkies.
By virtue of writ Of seizure and
sale directed TO me from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court OF
Caddo Parish, La, in the above en-
titled and numbered suit, | have
seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie auction for cash without the ben
eft of appraisement, at the principal
front door of the court house of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 1911.
Lots IS, 70, so, 81 and 81 of the Moses
Greenwood Subdivision Of the City
of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La,
with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon. Said property seized
as belonging to the above defendants
and to be sold to satisfy the debt as
specified in said writ say in the sun.
OF nine thousand (S9.00000) dollars,
with eight per cent per annum in
terest thereon from May 3, 1910, I'M
til paid, and all costs of the suit, as
well as ten per cent on said sum and
interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oflicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian. july 80. 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
ABUSE OF THE HORSE.

= Do not shout in the ear Of your
horse
A. scientist tells us the ear of the
horse is extremely sensitive. Ii you
yen at him you spoil the animal.
Which is good sense.
III you shout in harsh. loud tone
sat Gfle horse he will come to look for
such an outburst from you, and he
%vIl make an extra effort of strength
only when you make an extra effort
with your voice.
The tow tone, spoken positively but
z1inGiy, is sufficient
You may make of your horse an in
gts9Egent. faithful ally or a sullen.
sensitive brute You can make him
.yUgzr partner or your slave.
Y saw a fine thing last winter.
4 teamster stopped his horses for
Srest at the bottom of long hill. The
dead of coal was heavy one. When
ne got ready to start up the hill the
driver spoke in a low, encouraging
s9uns:
Come. Billy! Now. Tomp
You should have seen those horses
spulll Twice the driver stopped on the
hillside. -'chucking' the hind wheel of
the wagon with piece of wood Once
nc gave each animal a friendly pat, and
they looked at him out of their kind
sIy. gentle eyes as at a friend.
That driver understood his horses
and they him. He had only to sug-
zgest and they responded with every
sgunce of force they could command.
a Kentucky owner Of "big string"
NT Mhoroughbreds permits no unkind
word 10 be spoken to any Of them.
IA harsh utterance by any employee is
Enliowed by instant discharge
The driver who yells at his horse as
81 the latter were deaf confesses
thereby his lack of horsemanship The
man who curses his horses is tyrant.
and the man who beats them is a
BRUTE.
Do you know what I sometimes
wish?
When see violent and cruel own
scr or driver of one of Gods noblest
gifts 1 wish the theory of transmigra-
don OF souls We're true-that the in
human driver might be changed into a
horse compelled to wear an iron bit
In his mouth, his delicate ears assail-
ed by a vile torrent Of abuse, feel the
strain OF the load behind him, upon
: his back know the sting of the cruel
lash.
Treat your horse as you, were you
horse. would want to be treated
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
The Best Did Win.

The story of pretty compliment to
Senator Root was repeated the other
day at the Union League club in New
York
when Root was a mooted candidate
for the presidency Of the club" said
the narrator, ''he met one day here a
rival candidate. The two men con-
versed cordially for awhile, and then.
as they were separating. the subject of
the forthcoming election came up"
"'Well. said Root. may the best man
winr
But his rival answered with great
politeness and sincerity:
'"T hope not, Mr.. Root"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
Estray Notice.

taken up by Nathan Bell and es
tFayed before me, the undersienod
ANIMAL one sorrel mare, years old
star on forehead, white scratch on
nose The owner will please come
forward, prove property and o na
or the animal win be sold
at Moorlngsport, La, On satnrdon o
August 26, 1914, as provided Inv Low.
July 81. Justice 80 ~ =
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
HOW CHAMP CLARK
TRIED TO ENLIST
Boys Blood Fired by a Charge
Of Cavalry.

When Clark was child his mother
died. and his father. an itinerant den
fist, who rode the Kentucky hill coun-
try with one end of his saddle bags
filed with the instruments Of torture
of his profession. while the other was
balanced across the mares back by
a copy of the Bible, put the boy
out to work for John Call. a farmer
John could not read. but he took a
great interest In politics and agreed
with the boy that he would subscribe
for Prentiss' paper. the old Louisville
Journal. provided young Clark would
read it to him.
While Clark was working for Call
Morgan and his men came through
that region. and Call put the boy on
the back of a magnificent chestnut
mare and told him to take the horses
to the woods, for Morgan had a fine
eye for a good horse. He started, but
just then the vanguard of that daring
body of cavalry burst into view at a
turn in the road. the evening sun shin
ing on their equipment The boy
paused. At that moment seven home
guards dashed out of the village and
charged the Morgan men. It was all
over in few minutes. The incident
of the charge fired the fighting blood
Of the boy, and he stole away the next
day to enlist in company being raised
in the country. He stood on his tip
toes and swelled out bis chest. but they
would not take him. Later he tried
to get into regiment that came
through the region where he lived. but
he was still too young.-Columbian
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
Refined Renartee.

Booth Harrington was talking in In
dianapolis about the stage.
There were two actresses in an
early play Of mine," he said. both
very beautiful but the leading actress
was thin She quarreled one day at
rehearsal with the other lady, and she
ended the quarrel by saying haughtily
Remember. please. that | am the
star
Yes, know you're the STAR the
other retorted, eying with an amused
smile the leading actress long, slim
figure. but you'd look better, my dear.
IL Won were little meteor"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
new TALES
THAT ARE TOLD
The First Conner.

Prof. W. Lawson Tail. apropos of
the new serum cure for hay fever,
said at medical banquet in Denver:
This cure is the result of patience.
the result of much patient toll. In
deed. when l think of the patient
waiting involved in the perfecting Of
this cure am reminded of DR.. Bob
Sawyer's anteroom.
"Dr. Bob Sawyer stepped proudly
into his anteroom one day. There
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13

were quite eight or nine persons there.
And DR.. Bob, looking from one face
to another with complacence, said:
We'll, who comes first? Who's
been waiting the longest?
Here. doc-that's me- said Snip,
the tailor. rising and fourishing his
unpaid bill. I've been waiting over
eighteen months "-Pittsburg Ga
Zette- Times.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13

No. 15,140-In the First Judicial Dis-I
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Las
Mrs. Cecile Laenger and Hus-