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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
LONG DISTANCE CRIME.

You can sit in leather cushioned
office chair in New York and kill
man in Lincoln, Neb
You can commit a crime by tele-
graph or by long distance telephone.
And not only is it easier to murder
men In this way, but it is much safer
than if you were on the ground.
What do mean?
Well. say a switchman Is killed In
the railroad yards at Indianapolis be-
cause of lack of proper equipment or
brakeman is crippled at Cheyenne
because of the lack of safety appliances
required by law. Who committed the
crime?
The division superintendent?
Probably he has called the attention
Of the general manager to this very
lack. And probably the manager has
urged the board Of directors to provide
for the equipment. Who then is guilty :?
The men who sit about the mahogany
table In New York.
And the crimes are committed for
| the basest Of all motives-money. The
men in charge must make dividends or
resign. The stockholders must have
their money. though it be wrung from
quivering human flesh.
Or, again:
Here are legal infants sorting coal
over long chute and are being slow
~ choked to death. or for lack of tim
bers in the mine slate falls upon the
head Of family and kills him, or for
lack of ventilation men die Of tuber-
culosis. or FIRE breaks out In mine
room. and there are no cutoff doors.
and miners die in the tunnels.
Who is to blame?
The pit boss or the superintendent?
In all likelihood the owners attention
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
TO A YOUNG NAN.
What are you worth |

.WH6t are you W0rtng
II you should die how much in cash
would the world lose by your death2
Experts have figured it all out Ac-
cording to the figures, the life of la
borer who earns on the average $3.50
per day at the age Of thirty, the period
when his labor is most valuable, is
worth to the world the sum Of
$3,21703.
When this man dies society loses
$3,217.03 of its economic capital.
But the professional man. the spe-
eialist, is most valuable at the age Of
forty. When he dies, according to
these statistics, society sustains loss
of S13.20 .4S.
Moreover
The laborer grows less valuable in
dollars and cents after thirty. while
the economic worth of the professional
man remains at about the same figure
mp to the age of fifty. After fifty his
value grows slightly less
To illustrate:
Take the iaboring man at sixty-fve.
Ills SdioC " Swiftly - oAA01. LIZ SuAA
not render much service. From being
worth S3.217.03 at thirty his value has
decreased until he is worth only S594.67.
But
The specialist is still quite valuable
10 the world at sixty five. He is worth
almost as much as he was at forty or
fifty. There is no such sharp decline
In value as in the case of the laborer.
Mind you
When the specialist is here spoken OF
the term does not necessarily include
men Of college education. The speciality
may be that of an inventor or breed
or as we'll as that of doctor or lawyer
Or preacher.
Nor do undertake to say that NOR
ally considered the work of the special
list should receive larger pay than
: that of the laborer. All honest service
should be well paid for. ! am only
saying that as society is now consti-
suted the specialist draws more pay
and is rated at higher figure.
Plainly, then. the way to make your
self more valuable to the world. to
your family and to yourself Is to edu-
cate yourself to do something better
than the average man can do it.
The world Is asking of you today not
% much
What do you known
It is asking beyond all else the Ques.
tion-
What can you do?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
WHATS THE USE

Why is man born with the closed fists?
Because he wants to grasp everything.
And why does he die with palms out
stretched? To show that he takes nothing
along with him.-Talmud.
The quaint, suggestive saying Of the
Talmud is a good one for our day-the
day of grasping commercialism.
This Is the day of money madness"
There Is method in this madness
too. Note the cunning of the trust
magnate who gathers to himself. See
how. like a great spider. the railway
king weaves his converging webs Of
transportation. Watch the grabbers
Of special privilege.
The closed astI
Who is it-Ruskin, think-pictures
the money mad as lunatics grasping
at the straws of their cell mating
and at the notes In the air Of their
dusty prisons. trying to change these
into gold?
Some steal from men.
Some steal from earth and water and
air.
Some sell their souls to the devil.
How the marching chorus Of the
money pirates, the grunting, sweaty
chorus, must vex the ear of Omnipo-
tence. Listen to it ... {
Grab. grab. grab!
Poor fools. Yet a little while and
the closed fists shall be opened by the
strong hand of Death. Whose then
shall these things be?
The lawyers will revel in the loot
of it.
The heirs will quarrel over, it and
hate one another.
Harpies will fatten on the heaped
up funds. and prodigal hands will SOW
the stuff broadcast
Even now lusting hands and watch
full eyes wait for the first symptoms
when the hard closed fists of the lucre
loving lunatics shall relax their itching
palms.
Poor fools! Our sententious Anglo
Saxon phrase puts the lesson of the
Talmud in fewer but striking words.
As the phrase has it
"There are no pockets in shrouds."
Poor fools!
Soon the grabbing hands shall lose
their cunning. and soon the lying
tongues shall cleave to the roof of the
mouth. So.
In the language of the street,
whats the use"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
"AUTUMN."

Titanic's Band Chose Fitting Hymn to
Play Just Before Ship Went Down.
In their accounts Of the sinking OF
the Titanic the survivors told how.
just before the ship went down, the
band on deck was playing Autumn"
Autumn" appears in an Episcopal
Han hymn book. and, as will be read
lily seen, there are many things in it
that would fit appropriately the stu
alton on the Titanic in the last mo-
ments of pain and, darkness there.
One line Hold me up in mighty
WATERS" particularly may have sug-
gested the hymn to some minister
aboard the doomed vessel, who, it has
been suggested. thereupon asked the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
accordance with the sentiment, but

accordance with the sentiment. but
cannot.
Dunbar had an cratic career He
spent three years in the Minnesota pen
itentiary for bigamy and became q
wanderer on the face Of the earth. o
vaga bond.
When be appeared at Confeyvilie he
applied at the city Jail for food and
lodging. He died the same night. and
letters found Oh his person identified
him He was buried in the paupers
graveyard. and recently what was left
of his body was taken to the home of
his childhood.
CreScendO diminuendO.
Such was the theme of Edmund Dun
bars life strain, but as factory boy,
sailor. student, minister, convict and
tramp it was mostly made up of minor
chords
On the stormy night of his death in
common "cala boose" did his spirit rs it
beat its wings on the battered edge of
worn and weary body look for aud
see the light in the window?
Let us hope So
Dunbar was at one time brilliant
minister. an evangelist of unusual pow
er, who stirred whole communities and
always struck the sure note of human
interest.
But there was a bad streak some
where in his makeup.
He was convicted and sent to prison
for miscellaneous marrying and after
ward went to pieces morally and de
generated into a common tramp.
Is genius alteration?
Or Is it true, as Stephenson hints in
his "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE" that
each Of us Is double; that all of us.
genius or otherwise, have within US
two distinct natures?
Is man both brute and angelo
And is 1t only the angel that Is with
in us that sees the light In the win
dow?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
TRIPLES.

Life is made up mostly of what we
term trfes. ~
Crises seldom confront US.
When critical turning does come
10 us we bring to bear upon it all the
force that we can summon. We rise
to the challenge. We put the best foot
forward. Win or lose, we do our best
But
The little things are different. They
wear us out We call them trifies, but
are they?
You know, for instance, that slight
dip in the axis of the earth would
wipe out every vestige Of man and his
works off the globe.
Or
A nail near the compass box may de-
feet the needle and run the ship Oh
the shoals.
Trifes7
A little too much or too little vibra
ton Of the violin string in the tuners
hand mars the tone. 1t is the little
rift in the lutte that makes the music
mute.
1t is so in our lives.
Nerves are rasped and put on edge.
tempers are rufled, patience is ex
haustd by ''trifes light as air" Be
cause
These small things come upon rs
frequently and unawares. We have
no time to gather together our forces
to meet the ''trifes." We do not put
them down and tn consequence they
put US down.
Little things become big.
Take it In married life. Irritated at
some trife. the husband loses bis pa
tience. He voices the complaint. The
wife loses her grip on discretion and
retorts in kind The thing develops
into a dispute, a quarrel-sometmes
worse.
Or
The husband comes home to dnd the
nerves Of his wife are tangled BY
some extra household cares. She for.
gets that be may be worn by the wor-
ries Of his day. She complains Of
some trife Of omission or commission.
The husband flames up. There Is a
dispute. misunderstanding. discord.
wretchedness. -
Trifes make tragedies. Z "<5-
Had the wife been seriously Ill the
husband would bear the little com
plainings without thought of resent
ment. Had some misfortune befallen
the husband the wife would stand by
him to the end.
Ware the trifes!
They cause us to lose our proper
sense of proportion Looming large
in fancy. they create havoc. In the
lexicon Of human living there is 10
such word as trivial.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
Judicial Sale.

No. i5,894-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Mrs. Amelia Metcalf and Husband
VS.. S H. Boazman, ct al.
By virtue of a commission to sell
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, in the above
numbered and entitled suit, l will
offer for sale at public auction for
cash and according to law, at the
principal front door of the court
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
A LIGHT IN the WINDOW.

In the potter's field Of the Coffeyville
Eanl cemetery lies the dust Of the
man who wrote the popular song
There's a Light In the Window For
Thee"
His name was Edmund Dunbar.
When Dunbar was a lad working In
= factory late at night his mother al
ways kept light in the window for
him. When he went on long cruise
rs sailor she kept the light burning.
and when she died her last words were:
Tell my boy viii keep light burn
ing IN heaven for him."
Therefore the song.
! should like to finish the story IN
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26


has been called to the needs. and hs
has replied that more economies must
be used in operation of the plant"
Or, again:
Here are hundreds of children under
legal age working in big cotton fac
tory. There is a law on the statute
books against child labor, but it is not
enforced
Who is guilty7
Somebody miles away who is send
ing his family to Newport or to Eu-
rope for the summer,
Criminals?
Think You they are the only thieves
and murdererS who SLOUGH through
back alleys or who. fill the benches of
the police court or who scowl through
lattiCed steel windows?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26

mouse of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales on
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1912,
south nall OF northwest quarter and
north half of southwest quarter of
section one, township fifteen reTth
range sixteen west, with all build
lngs and improvements thereon.
SAID property to be sold as belong
ing to the parties litigant, for cash.
according to law, to effect a parti-
'loh' ]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
caucasian, April %, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
Heart toHeart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
WHO KILLED HIM 7
My friend killed himself"

He was coward?
Yes and no. When he was at him
self he was brave enough and strong
enough. but he brooded over bis sor-
rows until he was not at himself.
This is his story:
For many years he had given his
life to an institution. In the early
days when the business could i'll af-
ford sufficient clerical help be often
men.
He stood by the stuff
The business grew large and pros
porous. and the men who labored with
him in it's establishment had died.
The younger generation. when it came
Into the management. forgot. if it ever
knew, the labors and sacrifices of my
friend Besides. the younger men want
ed place for friend.
The old man was let out
Which broke his heart
He was NOS Of the sort to wear his
heart on his sleeve. He tried to keep a
stiff upper lip. At the same time it
was apparent to those who knew him
well that his dismissal from the old
place-sugar coated under the specious
guise of observation-disclosures a mortal
blow.
He tried another line Of business,
but it is not easy to learn a new bust
ness when you are old.
He did not succeed in his new ven
ture because he was mortaIly wound
ed. The jolt was too heavy. He could
not right himself His mind became
warped. In fit of insane morbidness
he ended it all.
Now, there is more than one way to
kill a man.
From the day when he was turned
out like an old horse to die or to Hnger
superfuous he was smitten in the
heart.
When those directors squeezed him
ont they did not realize Corporations
have small gratitude for the past Ia
bors of faithful worker who has
borne the heat and burden Of the day.
Flesh and blood are cheap.
And dollars are dear.
You say corporation has no soul7
1t should have-a soul made up Of the
composite souls Of those who direct it.
Should it satisfy the individual soul
Of director that. as q director, he
may have helped to push fellow NOR
- over the vefses ssss,ssN
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
VI HYMN wellington KOO.
Chinese Columbia Student Who Is to
Be President Yuan's Secretary.

0V |'SS'S0TFs Ha'' 0oS' WATT
VI Kynin Wellington koo. who has
been appointed secretary to President
Yuan .Shih Kai of China, entered Co.
lumbia university, New York. in the
fall of 1905 after preliminary training
in st. Johns college. He was grad
uated with the degree of A. B. in 1905
one year before the rest of his class,
ard in 1909 received his master Of arts
He was prominent at Columbia in I'M
dergradUate life, having been editor in
chief of the Spectator and Il member
Of debating teams He WIS also a
member of the student board of repre-
sentatives and took part in track ath-
letics. For the last three years he has
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-26
AUTUMN"

passengers to join in sing
ing the hymn. In a last service ABOARD
the sinking ship. soon to be ended By
death itself.
Following is the hymn:
God Of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity on my pain;
Hear mournful, broken spirit
PROSTATE at thy feet complain.
Many are my foes and mighty:
Strength to conquer have none:
Nothing can uphold my goings
But thy blessed self alone.
Saviour, look on thy beloved.
Triumph over all my foes;
Turn to heavenly joy my mourning,
Turn to gladness all my woes.
Live or die or work or suffer.
Let my weary soul abide
In all changes whatsoever
Sure and steadfast by thy side.
When temptations fierce assault me-.
Whsn my enemies / find.
Sin and guilt and death and Satan.
All against my soul combined.
Hold me up in mighty waters,
Keep my eyes on things above.
Righteousness. divine atonement.
Peace and everlasting love.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

Miss |. s. Thursby, federal teach CT Of haudicraft at the native schools of Juneau and Douglas. is in the city for few days, on her way south for the summer vacation. Miss Thursby has spent three years teaching in native schools of South eastern Alaska, and is or the opin- ion that the Indians Of the North outstrip whites in their desire to learn and their skill at applying what they learn. "The one differ ence, said Miss Thursby yesterday, ''is that the Alaskan native doesn't t get in so many school days because he has other things to do hunting, fishing and various opportunities to earn money. I also taught cooking to the women. The first. thing they wanted to learn was to make cakes and pies. To them sweet things are irresistible. ."--Seat-
 tie Post-Intelligencer.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

The News-Miner Of Fairbanks sizes up the democratic candidate for congress as follows:
 The good Democrats Of Alaska must be pleased with the platform ot the Democratic party this year, for the work done by Bryan at Baltimore in building that platform is a work of which every Democrat may we'll be proud. In that plat form Alaska..has place which she has never before had in any plat form, and fl the Democracy is triumphant this year there is a strong probability that next year Alaska win come into her own.
 However, as all good Democrats stand sQuarely upon the platform of the Democracy of the nation, they are restricted to but one choice among their two candidates, and Go but one alternative. The Democratic National platform de- clsres that all political offices in Alaska must be given to bona-fide Alaskans. That shuts Bob Jen-
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

nings out. His home Is in victoria, for there Mrs. Jennings resides and IShe children attend school, while his name is In the city directory of Seattle us a member es law firin of that city, He came Co Juneau. to open branch law office there, and he brought with him from Sc attle sign painted in seattle, ac- cording to the story of the people of Juneau. Unless Seattle Is a part of Aalsks. Mir. Jennings would not seem to be bona fide Alas kan.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

The common council has decided to begin it's annual crusade against dogs next Monday morning An of-
 icial dog catcher has been select cd and duly commissioned, and it will be his duty to make short work of all dogs found running at large. upon which the license has not been paid. So 1T you love your
 'Towser," see that his tag reads 1912, or he may be only a memory. Douglas is we'll supplied with dogs this year, and if each one brings in S2, there will be enough money in the treasury to paint the school house. Some of these dogs are real useful and have earned their license money many times during the past year pulling grocery and laundry carts. Many are only good to bark all day and howl all night. to chase cats and mingle with other dogs in unseemly frolic How eJer, as they are great revenue pro ducers for the city, We must bear with them and treat them kindly, for really it costs more to be a dog than 1t does to be a voter Douglas News.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31
JAMES WCKERSHAM

Our NeNscan War correspondent IS suu Of ru1Quc Any cw7gsrou5- vn, ubo vas uos fau os rrJque would rorair rron sending ou, ths s0comprchg-sble ssur- tha, tb.s reUov dos Age- seaajog and printing h5s ~armrs Go- the rast rov weeks 1nss nans- does nc, kuou whether Nazj~o is a country or dish o5 ereanadas His gen erals have mo-e lives than a Tom cat They have been killed on the front parc and rejastarei on the 9iuk sncct Their Ughts have been terrible and tse chile con carnage aqpalUuc. Geue-aI Tamale had his 0rar guard shot suU Of holes and ghc next 6Ay Ne was offered 8 Seat ou thc throne R-Eaa5e- General Aol5riau T-ewo2s. 1agNei V the tjstu1e-y trust Es fo-uentirE an .uSu-vortou iu the interior. Then romrs a long list cg NeNoan besus aud -rd pe70s-s who have died Tor rhcjr country. only Co come up sullisg again in 1he EUise Of soup.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

Next Saturday the rrogressives %, the United States will meet in Chicago. to put new party fn the Ge)d For a aumAe- Of years the majority oS the voters have se], Jha, ,Seir wishes have not becu consulted in tne e,eydou or president or i0 tee forming or a political platform. That feeling has growu until jt Necane consolidated into d general belief and found ex- NceSsiou in Theodore Roosevelt The breaking away Crou the old repub- licap party was not a moweataTv impulse ot passion, It vas the birth Of a new political sentiment
 A discArdiue or worn out belies and systems which eNpevteace has shown to De Usesess or harmful. People ot all political faiths are joining the Progressive party and through that party Vfl grow bet ter conditions. They may ultimate Gy become corrupt, most parties do after being too long in control; and when jt does, the people will break away from them, and rom those that sncceea then. until civiliEa- ton arrives at perfection. That will
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31
PERHAPS A GER STRING
 WOULD HELP SOME

By an order of the war depart. rnent which is Co go into effect soon, the soldiers of the regular army win hereafter wear nothing hut tan shoes.-Daily Alaskan,
 Someone who signs himself VoN Popuh has returned the above clip ping to this office with the sugges- ton among other things that such an attire would "be rather risque tor dress parade" He then says: However. we must hope that tho order will at least be modified and ihe uniform increased to modest breech clout at least
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

A postal savings bank has been assigned to the Fairbanks office and the necessary papers and stamps are on the way. A petition for a postal savings depository was made last year by number of residents.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31
wOORE'S WHERE co.
Terminus W. F

w. F. r. Arrive and Depart From This Dock
 REGULATIONS 1910 Warehouses delivery merchandise PcrshSbles ONLY delivered Sunday or night freight destined southbound SHIPPERS MANIFEST (pape-s obtained toms Offee) wn the BAGGAE-Tons will collected CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY No charge for bags and grips when unchecked. The wharf will the public when nearing dock passengers dsembarked. Wharfage Tariff on application st office p O. ]. SHAW, General Manager
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

ce a long time, but it is only through the evolutionary process that all reforms come.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-07-31

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