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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
January I, 1911:

If its bill heads you are looking for,
or may be supply of letter heads 81
an outfit of envelopes, you can de no
better than let Us fix EN- Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10

ments many smart hats and turbans.
Large white velvet flowers set
against broad band Of skunk trim
~ covered with uncut white velvet
The long evening coat that takes
straight simple lines is among the lat
est and best of the seasons models.
The coat illustrated is exceedingly
smart, and the material used is broad
cloth, with collar and cuffs of brocade
edged with plain velvet, but for coat
of this kind velvets and satins are
used. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
A. ]. MuRFE.

Having resigned as District Judge has
resumed the practice of law with Offices
in Randal1-Filiquier building. SIC Mar
ket street. Old phone 700.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
DIR. z O. ALIEN

Office in the Cooper building. DR..
Allen is graduate of both schools and
carries a full line of homeopathic rene
dies. Special attention given chronic
diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
Whv Streams Ara Polluted.

More than three billion gallons of
waste liquid are poured into the
streams of the United States each year
by the sllphite paper mills.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10

LUZIANNE COFFEE is the sonths
fayorite coffee Six million pounds used
annually. Ask your grocer so5
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
New Test In Gold.

investigation By French chemist
showed that gold boils III an electric
furnace at temperasupe Of 400 de-
srees g.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
INSURANCE.

When you want money, fire insurance,
bonds, life insurance, real estate, acct
dent insurance or building and loan
stock, see w. c. Agurs, in the Cooper
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10

When you want a strong, clear, fresh,
finely favored coffee, call for LUZ1-
ANNE.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
Auto For InvaIIds.

A French engineer has designed q
low automobile especially for the use
Of invalids.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10

This May Manton pattern is cut In
three sizes-sma1l "a or Sc, medium So or
20 and large q or A. Send 10 cents to this
office giving number, 684O, and it will be
promptly forwarded to you by mail. If
In haste Sc d an additional two cent
stamp fer letter postage, which insure5
more prompt delivery.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10

It's good economy to use LUZIANNE
COFFEE for it's twice as strong as or
binary brands-goes twice as far. Call
for it at your groceF's.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-10
SILENT HEALER
AMAzES EUROPE
Ex-MIner Antoine Has Following
Numbering 100000,
CURES WITHOUT PAYMENT.

Ceremony Consists Of Long Periods o
Quiet and a Lifting Of Right Hans
Over ConsreoRtioN-"Good Father
Paoses Hours In Electric Lighter
Garden In Belgium.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
CHAPTER v.-Contlnued.

Back In Dawson. though he remained
true to his word and never touched
hand to pick and shovel. he worked as
hard AZ ever In his life. He had
thousand irons in the fire. and they
Kept him busy. Heavy as were his
expenses. he won more heavily. He
took lays, bought half shares. shared
with the men he grub.staked. and made
personal locations. Day and night his
dogs were ready. and he owned the
fastest teams: so that when STAN.
pede to new discovery was on. 1t was
Burning Daylight to the fore through
the longest. coolest nights till he
blazed his stakes next to Discovery.
In one way or another Ito say nothing
OF the many worthless creeks) he
came into possession of properties on
the good creeks. such as Sulphur. Do.
minion. Excelsis. Siwash, Cristo. Al.
hambra. and Doolittle. The thousands
he poured out flowed back In tens of
thousands.
Dawson grew rapidly that winter Of
1896. Money poured In on Daylight
from the sale Of town lots. He prompt
iy invested 1t where It would gather
more. In fact. he played the danger.
GUS game Of pyramiding. and no more
perilous pyramiding than in a placer
camp could be imagined. But he
played with his eyes wide open.
Corner lots In desirable locations
sold that winter for from ten to thirty
thousand dollars. Daylight sent word
out over the trails and passes f6r the
newcomers to bring down lografts.
and. as n result. the summer OF 1897
saw his saw mills working day and
night. on three shifts. and still he had
logs left over with which to build
cabins. These cabins. land included.
sold at from one to several thousand
dollars. Two-story log buildings. In
the business part Of town. brought him
from forty to fifty thousand dollars
apiece. These fresh accretions of cap.
ital were Immediately invested in 9th.
er ventures. He turned gold over and +
over. until everything that he touched
seemed to turn to gold.
With the summer rush from the Out.
side came special correspondents for
the big newspapers and magazines.
and one and ALL using unlimited space.
they wrote Daylight up: so that. 80 far
a the world was concerned. Daylight
doomed the largest hgure in Alaska. or
course. after several months, the
world became Interested in the Span.
lsh War, and forgot all about him; but
In the Klondike itself Daylight still re.
mained the most prominent figure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
40 " SOMETIMES HAPPENS.


The man at the corner OF the down
town alley was selling some kind OF
cement
II was worth 25 cents . bottle. a.
he explained to his hearers. but In or.
der to Introduce It he was making .
special price Of one dime. good for this
particular occasion only. and he guar
anteed satisfaction or money 70
funded.
"Wiu II mend broken chinaf" In.
quired a lean. undersized man In the
crowd.
ut will mend anything but broken
promise or a ruined character. Say.
my friend. here's a couple OF sticks OF
wood. fastened together at the ends.
II you break them apart I'll make you
q present OF bottle"
Carelessly the undersized man took
the Joined sticks In bis hands.
Then he gave them a, sudden. vio
lent wrench.
Blu they didn't break apart
It 10 saddening to have to spoil .
story In his manner. but sometimes.
In the interests Of historical accuracy.
II has to be done.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Through All Moved Daylight He'll. Roaring Burning o.yloh,

now when he looked back on Il and
felt again the touch OF her lips on his
hand. She was saying good.by. an
eternal goodby. and he had never
guessed. At that very moment, and
for all the moments of the evening,
coolly and deliberately. as he we'll
knew her way. she had been resolved
to die. II he had only known II! I'm.
touched by the contagious malady
himself. nevertheless he would have
married her II he had had the slight.
est inkling OF what she contemplated.
And yet he knew. furthermore. that
hers was certain stiff-kneed pride
that would not have permitted her to
accept marriage as an act of philan.
thropy. There had really been no saw.
Ing her. after all. The love-disease
had fastened upon her, and she had
been doomed from the first to perish
Of It.
Six thousand spent the winter of
1897 In Dawson. work on the creeks
went on apace. while beyond the pass.
es 1t was reported that one hundred
thousand more were waiting for the
spring Late one brief afternoon. Day
light, on the benches between French
Hill and Shookum Hill. caught q wild.
er vision Of things. Beneath him lay
the richest part of Eldorado Creek.
while up and down Bonanza he could
see for miles. It was a scene OF Q
vast devastation. The hills. to their
tops. had been shorn of trees. and
their naked sides showed signs OF gor.
Ing and perforating that even the
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21

well awaken envy in the lover of the
antique. lies a copy of Christian
Hymns" and by its side an open
Bible, used. doubtless. in the sad rites.
Hung over the back of a mohair.
cushioned chair a shawl of some fine
fabric is fast falling to pieces. On the
table by the side Of the shaded lamp
sits q work-basket. with the spools Of
cotton. its needles and skeins Of yarn.
On wall shelf the dishes are ar.
ranged just as they were left after the
final meal. By a peg on the wall q
sunbonnet had hung, but the strings
have rotted away and 1t has fallen
to the door. A broom stands in the
corner. having swept the now faded
rag carpet the last time when hands
now folded upon q pulseless bosom
were vigorous and strong. And by the
table with its shaded lamp. its work.
basket and q few single books, Is q
child's rush-bottomed rocking chair.
How 1t links the dead past with the
living present! Out with the thresh-
ers in one Of the fields of the 60 odd
acres which James Perry Mugg holds
here. 10 a stalwart young man, sing.
Ing as he thrusts the yellow sheaves
into the greedy nav of the noisy ma
chine. 1t was he who sat in the rush.
hottomed chair and heard the stories
Of the dust-covered books from his
mothers lips.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21

he remember that last night he had
seen her. He had thought nothing of
II at the time: but. looking back, he
was haunted by every little thing that
had happened. In the light OF the
tragic event, he could understand
everything--her quietness, that calm
certitude as II all vexing questions OF
living had been smoothed out and
were gone. and that certain ethereal
sweetness about all that she had said
and done that had been almost mater
nal He remembered the way she had
looked at him. how she had laughed
when he narrated Mickey Dolan's mis-.
take In stalking the fraction on Shook.
nm Gulch. Her laughter had been
lightly joyous. while at the same time
1t had lacked its old.time robustness.
Not that she had been grave or sub.
dued. On the contrary, she had been
SO patiently content, so filed with
peace. She had fooled him. fool that
he was. He had even thought that
night that her feeling for him had
passed. and he had taken delight in
the thought. and caught visions OF the
satisfying future friendship that would
be theirs with this perturbing love
out Of the way.
And then, when he stood at the
door. cap In hand, and said good night.
1t had struck him at the time as
funny and embarrassing thing. her
bending over his hand and kissing It.
He had felt like fool. but he shivered
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21

mantle OF snow could not hide. BE
meath him. in every direction. we're
the cabins OF men. But not many
men we're visible. A blanket OF smoke
filled the valleys and turned the gray
day to melancholy twilight Smoke
arose from a thousand holes in the
snow. where, deep down on bedrock,
In the frozen muck and gravel. men
crept and scratched and dug, and ever
built more fires to break the grip OF
the frost.
Organization was what was needed,
he decided; and his quick Imagination
sketched Eldorado Creek. from mouth
to source. and from mountain top to
mountain top. In the hands OF one ca.
pable management. Even steam.thaw.
Ing, as yet untried. but bound to come,
he saw would be a makeshift. What
should be done was to hydraulic the
valley sides and benches. and then, on
the creek bottom, to use gold.dredges.
There was the very chance for another
big killing. He had wondered Just
what was precisely the reason for the
Guggenhammers and the big English
concerns sending in their high .salaried
experts. That was their scheme. That
was why they had approached him for
the sale OF worked-out claims and tail.
ings. They were content to let the
small mine-owners gopher out what
they could, for there would be mil.
lions In the leavings
And, gazing down on the smoky in.
ferno Of crude effort. Daylight outlined
the new game he would play. a game
In which the Guggenhammers and the
rest would have to reckon with him.
But along with the delight in the new
conception came a weariness. He was
tired Of the long Arctic years. and he
was curious about the Outside-the
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21

great world OF which he had heard
other men talk and Of which he was
as ignorant as child. There were
games out there to play. It was a
larger table. and there was no reason
why he with his millions should not
sit In and take a hand. So It was,
that afternoon on Sk0okum Hill, that
ne resolved to play this last best Kion.
dixie hand and pull for the Outside. II
took time. however. He put trusted
agents to work on the heels OF great
experts. and on the creeks where they
began to buy he likewise bought.
Wherever they tried to corner q
worked-out creek. they found him
standing In the way. owning blocks OF
claims or artfully scattered claims
that put all their plans to naught.
Followed wars. truces. compromises,
victories. and defeats. BY 1898, sixty
thousand men we're on the Klondike,
and all their fortunes and affairs
rocked back and forth and were at.
fected by the battles Daylight fought.
And more and more the taste for the
larger game urged In Daylight's mouth.
Here he was already locked In grap-
pies with the great GugGenhammers.
and winning. fiercely winning. Pos.
sibly the severest struggle was waged
on Ophir. the veriest of moose-pas.
lures. whose low-grade dirt was valu.
ahie only because OF its vastness. The
ownership OF block of seven claims
in the heart OF It gave Daylight his
grip. and they could not come to terms.
The Guggenhammer experts conclud.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
CHAPTER vi.

Il was held by the thousands of
hero. worshipping chechaquos that Day.
light was a man absolutely without
fear But BEETLES and Dan Macdonald
and other sourdoughs shook their
heads and laughed as they mentioned
women. And they were right. He had
always been afraid Of them from the
time. himself lad of seventeen, when
Queen Anne. Of Juneau. made open
and ridiculous love to him. For that
matter. he never had known women.
Born In a mining-camp where they
were rare and mysterious. having no
sisters. his mother dying while he was
an infant. he had never been In con.
tact with them.
But II was left to the Virgin to give
him his fnal fright, She was found
one morning dead in her cabin. A
shot through the head had done II.
and she had left no message. no ex.
PLANTATION. Then came the talk. Some
wit. voicing public opinion. called It a
case Of too much Daylight. She had
killed herself because of him. Every.
body knew this. and said so. The cor
respondents wrote It up. and once
more Burning Daylight. King OF the
Klondike. was sensationally featured
in the Sunday supplements OF the
United States. Tho Virgin had
Strengthened up. SO tue feature stories
ran. and correctly so. Never had she
entered Dawson City dance.haIl.
When she first arrived from Circle
City. she had earned her living by
washing clothes. Next. she had bought
. sewing.machine and made mems
drill parkas. fur caps. and moosehide
mittens. Then she had gone as clerk
into the First Yukon Bank. All this,
and more. was known and told. though
one and all were agreed that Day.
light. while the cause. had been the
innocent cause Of her untimely end.
And the worst Of It was that Day.
light knew It was true. Always would
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
SYNOPSIS.

Elan Harnish. known all through Alas
kn as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
J0th birthday with a crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoii Tho dance leads
10 heavy gambling. In which over 100000
r. staked liarnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge. telling his friends that he will be
IN the big Yukon gold strike at the start
burning Daylight makes n sensationally
rapid run across country with the mall
appears at the Tivoli and Is now ready
to Join his friends In a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold Will be
found In the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons Of flour. which he declares
will be worth It's weight In gold. but
~ neh nc arrves % wth ms d m0mT he e,.cnvs mnvs
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
HOUSE OF SILENCE
Kept As a Memorial to Dead
Wife.
Hoosfer Homo In Which Nothing Has
Been Touched Since the Death
Angelic Visit Three
Decades Aoo.

Center, Ind.-The story, however
strange. is now 80 old that the people
In and about this village have long
ceased to discuss It. Occasionally an
elder Of the neighborhood, in driving
with stranger along the narrow
highway. will point out the House of
Silence" and in matter.of-fact way
relate It's half forgotten history--the
home that for 30 years or more to all
the world, save alone its master, who
lives elsewhere. has been as close
locked as the tomb that for as many
years has held its one-time mistress.
And 80 1t will remain they say until
James Perry Mugg is laid beside the
wife Of his youth, whose simplest
thing touched by her vanquished hand
he treasures as never miser treasured
boarded gold.
Without the old house Is not unlike
scores Of the humble structures one
will see In a days drive in the coun.
try, with weatherboarded front and
window lighting either cramped room,
the paint rain-washed and sun burned
from every board these many years.
But about all is the scar OF decay. The
plank step at the doorway crumbles
under the lightest football. The time.
stained blinds tre close-drawn, shut.
ting out every ray of light. The
swallows and the wasps have nested
In the caves and in the window lodges
and spiders draw their feathery films
over the unwashed panes. Nearer the
highway the bluegrass lawn has been
close cropped by the grazing cattle,
but about the house the weeds grow
rank and wild. At the rear Is a de.
tached shed, mounted by a dinner bell
In which the sparrows have found a
home.
Within not one thing has been
changed since the call of the death
angel three decades ago. On an old
fashioned dressing case such as might
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Dire Necessity.

"Yes. cir. In a year from now. this
Amalgamated Balloon stock will be
worth $4,000 and III sell It to you for
80 cents"
III itIl be worth $4,000 in a year
from now. why don't you keep It your
self"
well. you see. ! need a shave and
q hair cut. and I'd be holy show II
waited that long."SJudge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Gays Crows Are Good to Eat.

Topeka. Kan.--Prof. l.. L. Dyche has
eaten crow, but unlike few OF our
politicians he considers 1t "tirst-class
eating" The professor AYERS that
the flesh OF the young crow is as good
as that OF the guinea hen. 1t is lit
tie dark. but 1t has good flavor and
Is fine of texture" He Is also fond,
OF the young red-tailed hawk which.
cooked right. he declares, could not
be distinguished from chicken.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Man oeeapItated hx a car.

Spokane, Wash.-Robert Cool. a re-
tired Illinois farmer aged seventy-four.
slipped on the snow In crossing a
Great Northern track and was decapi-
tated by an empty mail car which was
being switched. His body was crushed
beneath the wheels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Sounds Plausible.

why do people speak OF 'coor
million?"
u don't know. unless it's because a
nan with million dollars can keen
cool. no matter how high the cost or
living scars"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Stuno.

Stuno.
"You call this cake angel food" said
the harsh husband.
"Yes. dear" said the timid wife. "but
II the diet doesn't seem exactly what
you want, here are some dcyilled
crabs. ."-Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
Hoo In Well Lives SO pax..

Henryetta, Okla.--A hog that had
bene at the bottom OF dry we'll for
50 days was found alive by John B.
Jordan. farmer. When the animal was
pulled out by Jordan and four neigh
bors 1t was only a skeleton. 1t walked
q quarter of mile to the barn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-21
~~e- -ss~ -
Waiting.

Have you named your baby yet?"
NO"
Hes getting pretty old to be with.
out a name. isn't he?"
"Yes; but my wife wishes to call
him Percival, and we're waiting to
and out whether he's going to have
lisp"
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

STATE OF MICHIGAN--xn the Cir
cult Court for the County OF Wayne, In
Chancery. Agnes Delill. complainant.
VS.. Nelson Delill. defendant. No. $4,000.
Suit pending In the Circuit Court for
the County OF Wayne, in Chancery, at
Detroit, on the 18th day Of July, A. ID.
1911 In this cause IL appearing from
affidavit on file, that the last known
place of residence OF the defendant.
Nelson Delill was In the City of De-
troit, and that he has departed from
his said last known place of residence.
and that his present place OF residence
ascertained where said defendant now
resides; on motion OF Frank G. Mori-
arty, solicitor for complainant, IL II
ordered that the said defendant cause
mis- appearance to be entered herein,
within Ave months from the date OF
this order, and that In default thereof
complainant's bill of complaint in this
cause be taken as confessed by said
defendant. And II Is further ordered,
that within twenty days the said COM
plainant cause a notice OF this order
TO be published In The Detroit Times,
newspaper printed. published and
such publication be continued therein
at least once in each week for six
weeks In succession,
GEORGE p. CoDD.
Circuit Judge.
solicitor for Complainant.
5i-52 McGraw Bldg,
Detroit. Michigan.
a true copy
THEO. J. RICHTER.
Deputy Register.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
SUPERFLUITY OF CONDIMENTS;
MIXED PICKLES AND CATSUP
Victims Of Runaway Had 20 Be
Washed or With Hose Before
Medical Examination.

NEW YORK, July PA horse.
drawing a wagon containing barrels
Of mixed pickles, catsup, and chow
chow, was frightened by an automc-
bile ON the Williamsburg bridge and
ran away, Albert Wilk, OF "a Ludlow
ST., Manhattan, was driving the horse.
and on the seat with him was Jacob
Pearson OF 9S Grafton-st.
Warning was sent ahead and the
runaway gate closed by Policeman
Sheehan. The horse crashed into the
gate with great force and was knock
ed down. The wagon was wrecked.
Wilk and Pearson were hurled into
the roadway, where they fioundered
in a swamp of PICKLES, mustard, chow
chow, and catsup.
DR.. Levine of the Eastern District
hospital, said he could not tell what
had happened to the men unless a
hose were used. After catsup and
mustard had been washed and scrap
ed from the men the surgeon found
that they were unhurt.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
POLICE PICK UP
NEGRO SUSPECT
Believe Elmer BOwlin Responsible
For Many Burglaries on the
East Side.

BY the arrest of Elmer Bowlin, a
Kalamazoo Negro. by Patrolman Wal
lace Williams. early Monday morning.
the police believe that numerous east
side burgiaries will be stopped.
For week. officers have been on
the trail of Negro housebreaker and.
Sunday. a good description of Bowlin
was obtained.
Negro was peering into a window
OF the home OF M. ]. Brown, No. 212
Coiumbia-st. east, about s O'Clock
Sunday morning. Brown caught Bow.
LIN and accused him OF being the
prowler. Bowlin Immediately drew
a knife and Brown fed. He gave a
description of Bowlin, whom Patrol
man Williams picked up early Mon
day morning.
Brown came to police headquarters
Monday, and identified Bowlin. De
tectives also identify him as a man
VINO already has served three terms in
prison.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
GOES TO SLEEP IN A BATH TUB
II Results In His Being Nearly Drown.
ed-Was IS and Fat.

NEW YORK, July 24.-Edward
Loebl, 45 and fat, announced at his
home. 313 East Fifty-ffth street, that
never again would be sleep in bath
tub with the shower turned on.
My mother saved me from drown
ing," said Loebl. IF there's a fat
man who can sleep in this weather
then that fat man dopes. don't
dope. and decided the only place for
a good sleep was in the bathtub. |
bought three rubber cushions for a
head rest and then turned on the
shower. The pad under my feet got
disarranged and stopped up the waste
pipe. Then the bathtub began to I'LL.
II was fast asleep and enjoying my.
self immensely. didn't know when
the water came over my head and
never would have known II II my
mother hadn't come in to see how
was getting along. Then they had to
pump me out. swallowed about a
barrel of water and I'm not fond OF
SO much water even In this weather"