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The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR ALDERMAN.

eErhe Sentinel Record is authorized to announce H. A. Spaulding as caudi- date for alderman from the Third ward subject to the will of the voters in the regular April election.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

The sentinel Record is authorized to announce Nj. S. Cobb as a candidate for prosecuting attorney in the district com posed of Garland and Montgomery coun- ties, subject to the action of the demo- cratic primaries.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
soa TREASURER

The Sentinel Record is authorized 10 shnounoe Allen Hotchkiss as cahul 2 aate for county tressliror sunlect 70 eho action of the democratic primaries.
 The Sentinel Record is authorized 70 Fnnounce Jesse Murphy as candiua.e iaF ia county treasurer subject to the ae- Sion of the democratic primaries.
 The esrt!sea-Reccrd is authorised te announce Fred Cray as candidate TOT
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28

The Sentinel Record is authorized to announce Hamp Williams as a candidate Tor reelection to second term as state senator from this senatorial district, sub Ject tC'the action of the democratic prlmarIes.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
nlifck RELIEF FOR RhEuMATlsM

George w Rooms. Lawton, Mich, says: aDr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism has given my wife wonderful benefit for rheumatism She could not lift hand or foot. had to be lifted for two months: She began the use of the remedy ane lrnnroved rapidly. On MondaNfshe could not move and on Wednesday she got m dressed herself ard walked out for breakfast" Sold by Eisele X Hunt Drug ~n.L
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28

The Sentinel Record is authorized to announce Ali Wilmington as a candi- date for reelection to the office of clr- euit and ehancery clerk of Garland eoun- v, subject to the action of the demo- cratic pripiarics.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
Announcements
FOR CoNGREssMAN

The Sentinel Record Is authorized to announce Hon. W. H. Martin as a candls uatc Tor congress, subject to the action or the democratic primaries,
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR STATE SENATE.

The sentinel-Record Is authorized to announce J. N Wasson of Caddo Gan Ark. as candidate for state senator, subject to the action of the democratic nartv in Montgomery and Garland counties.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28

The Sentinel Record Is authorized to tt,t,vu,ic- ss.vi, ,. WI, ,,,,....,,,,sr.,, ....,,,,sr.,, candidate for prosecuting attorney of the district composed Of Garland and Mont gomery counties. subject to the action of the democratic primaries
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR SHERIFF

Tho Sentinel Record is authorized to announce Charles C. Webb as candi- date for sheriff of Garland county, sub jcet to the action of the democratic primaries.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR CITY ATTORNEY.

The Sentinel Record is authorized Co announce James s. Mcconnell as a canui date for city attorney Of Hot Springs his candidacy subject to the votes of the people in the April election.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE

The Sentinel Record is authorized to announce Judge Calvin T. Gotham as candidate for circuit judge in the new Judicial district composed of the coun- ties of Garland and Montgomery, his candidacy subject to the action of the democratic primaries.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK

The SentineI- Record is authorized to announce Abe SulIenberger as candl- date for circuit and chancery clerk, subject to the action of the democratic primaries.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-28
FOR COUNTY COLLECTOR

The Sentinel Record Is authorized to announce Frank McCann as candt- date for the office of collector for Gar land county subject to the acton oi the democratic primaries.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
80

among your fellows with no glorious
morning face" or word of cheer or you
can speak the words that smart ANA
scorch and sting the heart of, friend
like tie cru i blow of ID whipIash.
Or
You can "ite message of mean.
ness to one Tho should be dear to you
and fill his hours with bitterness or
With sadness J. or you can withhold the
EnIile you ve to your own and cloud
die skies you should try to clear.
Or
You can slight the sunlight and
breeze and flowers and birds and live
like a stran er in your own world, o.
you can live without rest or reia Ration
from incess mt labors and strain to the
swapping pc 1t the delicate threads OF
life.
Or
Yvu can r III that which is only for
tie momen and fill your mind with
E>ental tras or that which is vicious
and fill you hours with moral filth. or
you can J. sh some fellow mortal
whose feet ave missed the way far
Their down . road to ruin.
The half ,Er is yours.
What will II do?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
Hea Il toHeart
/ Talks.
Ev FCXIN A. NYE.
by FCHu% A.. NYE.
IN ONE YEAR.

This * Il true story with moral.
He owned fine little farm improved
with good house and barns and
sheds, near railroad station. There
were COWS MI pigs and chickens a
plenty.
But be Ct w discontinued.
He wanted to go to the city, where
the wheels ~ round and where the
bright light. same 1t was slow out
there. Th,. white clouds drifted
through the blue sky and the days
were long ~ : the chores seemed never
done
And she?
Secretly s. longed to look into the
big windows rG the stores and go shop
ping like cit folk and to the theater
And the eli 1:en needed better ad
vantage:.
SO tie sold e little farm for less than
it was wort. ma mad" a public sale
of the stock 1nd implements,
They went 20 the city He had moth
Ing particula in view but fancied his
little capital would buy small bust
ness that W aid afford them q living,
the means # education Of the chill
dren and Ell 'rtainment
The money tWindied rapidly
Rents weI high. new clothes cost
money and ~ cost of living was be
yond all ca ulation. Hitherto their
living expen IS had not been consid-
cred as part If the farms revenues.
Living "ou If basket" was differ
ent.
After a gt q third of the purchase
money was one he fell into the tolls
of broker, 'lo sold him a small bust
ness that las j but three months.
He had experience in business.
and it was 'ftain he would fail
They NOV Il into cheaper quarters
and he beg; i a weary search for a
job. The ia lily clothes grew shabby.
He was disc ragged and she was fret
ful. There IS friction In, short
Poverty me in at the door and
love few out It the window"
He finally found a job as driver of
a delivery ron and the wages bare
~ provided food and shelter. The
wife took washing in order to
clothe the CT dren so they might stay
In school 49,.
All this in he year!
The last ii g saw him I was amaz-
ed AS pr porous young farmer he
was in robu health and looked the
world squar in the face Now he
had the me er look of one who is
poorly fed lives in squalid tene-
nent and fiji air of one who, hopeless,
tdrags himseI % his task
| did not s the wife. III
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

hair and dressed him in Little Lord
Fauntleroy style. Not being that SOFT
of boy. he revolted and ran away.
He turned up in day or two minuA
the curls.
H. mother knows more now
There are many ways by which you
can make miserable the life Of a real
boy
One of them, which is to treat him
as if he were d baby, Is the refinement
of cruelty
To dress ~ manly little fellow in
a manner H rkedly different from that
of his fe,iG IS and turn him loose
among then, il to subject tie Isso' boy
to a mercila- lot of critics,
He become Il target.
Other boy, ask no better fun than
to iibe at Il in the street vernacu-
lar; call hin sissy boy" pull the
curls. h.a' h his eyes and rub his
nose in the It.
Poor Kill
1t is hard .ough for youngster in
the republic : HOyville to adapt him
self to the 'H0cratic treatment ac
corded its zens without suffering
the hanUiraD 1T upon him by the fad
of q fond an foolish mother.
And the J. who willingly submits
to be fused yer and made to pose as
sprig Of "i9tocracy probably has
something Il matter with him.
Better see - doctor.
If he subn unwillingly and has IN
him the ma z Of a man better take
him down to e corner and leave him
there in thu midst of a few aCti}"
hustlerS Of own size and age
He may 60 back whipped and cry
ing. but den ding that he be dressed
like other DO Put plain toys on hilI
and turn hiU nose again.
He may GO ! back whipped. but not
crying. or may come back disar
ranged, but tor Anyway
Boys will boys, not babies,
When Sa ny protests his hair
ought to be It short better send hin
to the barbe Top.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

IN certNin New York town there
lived an eccentric character whom ev-
cry one called Uncle Hi In his old
age Uncle HI experienced religion
and one night was asked to lead the
prayer meeting. AS he could neither
read nor write. the request might cas-
liz have daunted him had he been a
less courageous man. But Uncle HI
was not one to be daunted. Very SOL
EMMY he rose and, drawing his unusu-
ally tall form to its greatest height,
said:
Brethren. sing the one thousandth
psalm"
After silence, broken only by an
occasional litter. some one said,
''There aren't as many as that"
''Sing as many as there be, then."
Numbered Uncle Eli. - Youths Com
panion
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
A RAVE WOMAN.

For sever: Years this woman suffer
ed the infic III of a drunken husband.
He finally / her the heritage of tive
small childr and some bitter memo.
rieS.
For twcnt Ecars now she has leclr
ianitress Of building.
Out of h earnings she gave her
children Il '.umon school educatiO0,
Also she ny threw up against 4
rainy day t dixie Of savings barA
account
The foods me.
Inheriting .!>pased tendencies from
the father ." children died one after
the other. her of them coming t.
adult age
The Hines the doctors fees, the
funeral expe 4es and the two modest
headstones the cemetery took the
poor woman entire savings.
The days lowing each funeral she
went back her work. her face a
shade paler nj with sad smile.
Now she b =, thrown up a second bar
rier against misf0rtune-another saw
ings accoun And never in twenty
years has 81 been known to whine or
whimper or Itrude her troubles. And
despite her my sorrows there is sun
shine in her zee.
One day was asked the secret OF
her brave fl It and contentment with
her status the world, whereupon
she replied:
ut never 'hanges a thing to COM
plain. and p, ole do not like it."
A common lace story?
1t Is not. t is the story of an I'M
usual woma who has made an I'M
usual strus: g, and kept sweet; a wo-
man who, yugh uneducated. is in
possession IN intrepid spirit and an
unusual phi ''1phy.
Read agai what she says:
ut never changes things to COM
plain" Do 1t? If not, why COM
plain? 1t is useless. 1t is worse than
useless W ming and moping make
things wors.
"People d, not like it." -..&'
They do t They have troubles of
their own persistently complain Is
to make ere of oneself II You
have trouble grin and bear them. II
you can't 81 /. bear them anyway.
The world is quick to answer Cry
of real distr ~. but 1t has no patience
with quit or grumbler.
Let the w liner follow the brave lit
tie woman II need be. scrub the
f1oors-and snile. -.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
IN .IAEF AN HOUR.
n half an hour Won can

In half an hour you can
Toss pleasant joke to half score
Of persons and tighten their daily task
or help some youngster do his difficult
sum or lift him over some barrier.
Or
You can hold friendly converse WITH
some discouraged neighbor. or write &
postal card to some lonely one. or mat'
a message of fraternal greeting,
Or
You can speak the little word in sea
son to your wife or husband to shorten
the weary day and bring the often
smile or get in touch with the optimism
of nature AMI give yourself an impetus
for the duties Of the morrow.
Or
You can read page or two of Tenny-
son or Rusiin or Hugo or the other
masters and think their thoughts and
feel the beat of their emotions after
them
Or
You can relax your tired nerves and
strong bent energies and while rest
ing link yourself with the infinite
forces that make for strength and
righteousness
All this ron can do-and more-in
one short t.a'f hour.
On the Other hand
In one ha;f hour you can move
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
] English Wit.

One Of til best of the Labouchere
stories conce ms Sir Henry Irving. The
latter, goo deal inflated by his sue
cess-both 'tistic and financial-said
to Labby. no at one time managed
the Queens theater, ITO think that I
was once 81 d to get f5 week from
your
Three. m dear Henry" was the
cheerful cor action.
Here is Mother Labouchere story
that was toI | in Cleveland some time
ago byla. lea ing English player:
A young ] ondoner who had outdis-
tanced the income his father settled on
him went tn I-abouchere for advice.
I'm going in for journalism" he an
nvunced. u suppose they'd start fell
low at something like "a a week and
he could work up" ..
"No,'' said Labby quickly: IF they
started you at "a a week you'd work
down."
After all If doesn't take very deep
foundation % get the reputation of a
wit.-CieT end Plain Dealer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
NOtiOce

A meeting of the stockholders OF
the Humason Rail Joint Company
will be held April oath, 1912 at 8 P
NJ, Room 240, First National Bank
Building, for the purpose of consid-
ering an increase in the capital
stock of the company. an increase
of the number of directors, and any
further business which may proper
ly come before said meeting.
By order of the board of directors
c. P. MUNDAY, Sec.
Shreveport, La, March q, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
SA OR INSANE.

! Rome and aris are asking, is the
paiuter Ante ID Mancini mad or only
q genius?
Certainly is a genius.
! His picture bring big prices, and he
never has t, solicit orders. Some of
his critics I'll him as the coming
great painte and others say his &c
centricities |" ut to insanity.
! These are IL 'eccentricities:'
He cares u lin, about high society.
Nothing attr IS him except the COM
mon people. HON he loves and finds
interesting. Te finds them less spoil
ed, more nat al
He studies re with the veneer off
down to the ,esh, bones. sinews and
blood Ber tn. at the heart Of
things, he fiji > their disappointments,
Joys. sorrow and puts them on can
vas.
Moreover
He has b studio above a stable
among plain dwellings, When he cell
ebrates the ,.npletion of a picture he
does SO by eating the entire neigh
borhood to much macaroni as they
can eat. r q feast lasts for hours,
and as the b party troops out Of the
banquet ROOF they shout:
sLong live Nntonio Maneini"
Another -entricity of this great
painter Is tn his one idol is his IA
Their. I'd -
Mancini sa the most Of the pleas
ure he gets rom the large prices he
Is paid for t pictures Is that he can
spend none. to make the old father
happy. One # his famous pictures ID
Of his father
He Is his ather's boy"
/ He forgets he Is man with great
reputation a. | treats his father as he
did when he was a struggling art stu
dent. His g It impulse on seeing his
father enter his studio Is to embrace
him In the lme way he did when a
child
Mancini plains that bis father
struggled an made many sacrifices to
enable him get his art education.
Now, IL til ,se ''eccentricities" show
Mancini to ',e insane give US more
such mad na aters.
We have ard much Of 1.-The eccen-
tricities of -enlus." but few of this
sort
Psycholosi S and pathologists may
disagree as % what is sanity or in
sanity.
But
A great r IN who loves the coJamon
people and Who shares his succ, sses
with them snd who dearly loves The
old father r-ho for his sake In The
days of prir ton ate many short din
ners-why, he is glorious, sane or ~
sane.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
Lost or MiSlaid

Certificate of deposit of the Com
mercial National Bank of Shreve
port No. 1883, dated Feb. End, 1912
for si5O0.OO, Mrs. Frances Shuttle,
worth.
Also certificate No. 5,040 LoaI
Scholarship endowment fund, fol
$4,000, dated Feb. 29th, 1912, La. F
w. Clubs, Mrs. F, Shuttleworth
ch'm'n.
And certificate of deposit of the
First National Bank of Shreveport
La, No. 1903, for $i23.7s, dated Jan
6, 1912. Tn name of Parks and Play
grounds Com.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

''The Times believes that the action
of the parish executive cymmitte,
will meet the full apprOv;N Of the
voters. It is in lire with progress
i've political thought and Democratic
ideals and principles. It isbrOceed,
ing on the theory that since full
power comes from the people, the
people should be consulted. not only
in the election, but in the nOmina-
ton of their officials. If suffici-
emf number of parishes hold these
primaries, the result will afford an
excellent guide for the Democratic
State Convention wien it assemblies
in June.
ut is to be hoped that the Demo
cratic voters Of this parish will avail
themselves of the opportunity which
is thus afforded and manifest the in
terest in the primary that its impor-
lance deserves. The plan is being
tried for the first time and largely
upon the interet it arouses will de
pend the question of its adoption as
the settled policy of the party il,
this State
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
CHI LES DICKENS.

Throughout the English speaking
world the oil bundredth anniversary
of the birth # Charles Dickens was
celebrated OF Feb. Z.
Dickens!
What pic ire gallery Of characters
appears at t mention of his name
Pickwiek an his friends and the I'm
mortal Samu /: Tiny Tim. the embodi-
ment Of che .fuiness and love: David
Copperfeld. Dliyer Twist and Fagtn;
the Cherryb brothers: Marley. who
war desd as , doornail. and Scrooge:
Dick Swivel and Little Nell.
He was a PREACHER OF righteousness
and kindnes. aud business.
And purity
There is NJ word In all those thir-
" volumes his thirty years Of writ
ing that, dyii :. he would wish to blot
not a word nat pure child cannot
read
And
How he In I'd cruelty and hypocrisy
and meanne ]! And how he exalted
goodness an truth and beauty His
high purpose nd earnestness are lfy-
ing rebuke t. the fiimsy novel writer's
OF our day J, are all for art and moth
ing for the art
lie put al end to the prison for
debtors.
He closed re doors of the Yorkshire
type of scho, IS
He made hypocrisy hideous in the
tumble Trial Heep and crime repul-
sive in Bill l;es.
He made pcksniff an adjective and
wrote it in Fl ut of very pious humbug
Every pomptus neer-do-well Is Mi
cawber.
Why does the world continue to read
and love Dickens? Because he photo.
graphed life Ee of all artists held the
mirror up to nature. His wonderful
power of observation made the por
traits clear
Note this:
One reads Dickens and gains the fac.
ulty of seeing humans and things The
name sort of people he pictured live
about US today. and we know them not
until we have learned to look at them
with his eyes.
To know Dickens is to have an OBJ
servant. kindly friend at ones elbow.
He is also an inspiration
He saw the good and emphasized it
He saw the bad and characterized it.
Ii there Is any book of his you have
not read. read it. It will not hurt you
1t will help you.
Honor to his memory!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
BOYs WILL BE BoYs,

Little Sammy Elster Of New York
ran away from home. A search was
made, the newspapers printed the
story. and the mother wept for her
boy.
Which is nothing new.
But In Sammy's case there was
reason. He wanted his hair cut ike
pas.
His mother forced him to wear loaG
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
Notice to the Public

This is TO inform the public that
certificate No. SO for fOshares OF
stock of the Purified Petroleum
Products Co. of Louisiana, issued to
me, Oct. 81, 1911, has been lost or
mislaid and a duplicate certificate
has been applied for.
w. H. LITLEIOHN,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
Mot as Bad as He Expscted.

1--WE have decided" said the head Of
the firm. addressing Hogan, to jani-
tor, ito dispense with your services"
Thanks. The elevator man told me
yez were goin' to bounce me. but I
knew ye wouldn't be doin' anything as
ondaycint as that. Chicago Record
Herald
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
A PRESIDENTIAL PRINAR

We reproduce from the Shreve,
port Times, issue Of March 81, it,
editorial, in part, complimentary tC
The action of the Parish Democratic
Executive Committee of which the
editor Of the Caucasian is a member
The committee stands for pro
grcssive Democracy.
The Times says:
at is TO be hoped thai the other
parishes Of the State will follow
CaddO,s lead in the matter of hold
ling a preferential primary to de-
Itermine the choice of the Democrat
Tic voters Of nominee for President.
The parish executive cOmmitte at
It's meeting yesterday took an advall-
Icrd step along progressive Demo
cratic lines and this action went a
long way toward remedying the fail
ure of the State Central Committee
TO order a Statewide primary in Or
der to get an expression from the
rank and file on the presidency and
also in the selection of National
committeeman and delegates to the
National Conventions
'f all or a great majority of the
other parishes follow Caddo'S cX-
cmple. the effect will be to place
Louisiana III the column Of primary
states in the nomination Of a Demo
cratic candidate for president, and
the holding Of a State Convention
at Baton Rouge in June will be sim
ply a fOrma.ity. For the delegates
to that convention from CaddO will
90 there instructed by the Demo
cratic voters not only for their
choice Of a candidate for president.
but also as to their choice Of n Ma
tional committeeman and of the del
egate from the Fourth COMPRESSION
al District to the Baltimore COnven-
ton
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

When quality and price are the
considerations, we believe it is to
your interest to let us fgure on your
print that kind fer you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

When eu are locking for the bet
ter kind Of statisaery, remember we
are at yf7 Edwsr6s street and will
show you. Phonss 100.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
Notice of Removal.

DR.. George A. Harper, Dentist, has
removed to the Hutchinson building,
on Texas street, opposite the court
house. Old phone 623.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24
THE WEEKLY CAUCASIAN AND
WEEKLY TINES-DENOCRM

For the price Of One Dollar The
Weekly Caucasian and the Weekly
will be mailed to
any address jim the United States.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

We would like to figure on your
printing. Phones 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-24

Throughout the English speaking
world the OIL hundredth anniversary
of the birth # Charles Dickens was
celebrated OF Feb. Z.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-02

MIR, Ia Toilette wrote and sold his
biography TO the American Maya.
kino for practically enough 10 con.
duct his campaign. A few person.
al friends have helped.