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Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

Vines Growing in Vineyard the First
Year, Showing Single Shoots Tied
to Stakes.

ton, climate, soil and other features
Of It's environment, and the principles
governing its life must be considered.
A statement of some of the more
important of these life principles fol-
lows: The sap flows with greatest
force to the outer extremities the
more upright a branch is, the more
sap flows into It; the sap when abund-
ant and active produces wood; the
more abundant the flow of sap, the
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

TOR Planting. z. Vines Grated Ac.
cording to the Cleft.Graft Method,
at the Left With Two scions, at the
Right With One Scion.
mating new varieties, seedlings must
of course be used. The individual
seedlings differ so widely that they
are seldom used by the intelligent
planter even for grating stock.
There are many so-called methods
Of grating. The mechanical opera
lions performed are similar and the
underlying principles are the same,
the essential difference being the
place where the work is done-as i'm
piled by the names--bench, nursery
and vineyard grating.
Bench grating is done on benches
or tables, usually indoors during win
ter The grating of vines growing in
the nursery is called nursery grating.
Rooted cuttings Of other varieties are
grated in the nursery and the result
ing vines planted in the vineyard. In
vineyard grating the vines growing
where they are to remain are grated.
In cleft grating, the vines are cut
off at a smooth place near and prefer
ably little above the surface of the
ground, unless it is desired to have
the CRAFTS establish themselves on
their own roots, as 1t makes the re-
moval of water sprouts AMI roots
starting from the scion much easier
and lessons the danger of injuring the
scion before It is thoroughly knitted
to the stock.
To prune intelligently, the age, size
and condition of the plant, the loca.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

Arno and the harbor town on the North Sea did
not interfere in a more discouragng manner be-
tween artist and engraver.
For more than half century that studio In
Florence, of which Stradanus gives us in one OF
his arts and crafts SERIES, called the Nova Re
perta, characteristic picture. SENS to have gone
on supplying busy hands in distant Antwerp with
material of the most heterogeneous kind. Saints
and devils popes and emperors. holy legends and
scenes from purgatory wars and sieges land bat
ties and naval engagements, royal progresses and
peasant fetes. hunting. fishing and fowling scenes
galore, the horses of all nations, the crafts and
trades Of the civilized world, the discoveries of
Columbus and Vespucci scientific inventions OF
the day, the working of the silkworm and scores
OF other subjects of the most diverse nature we're
one and all depicted with a realism and with a
power OF imagination that really amaze one 1t
shows what extraordinary demand for illus
trations had suddenly sprung up in the second
half Of the sixteenth century among the nations
OF northern Europe, they awoke from the intel
lectual stupor that had unclaimed them during
medieval times
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

ture Of elephant.huntlng its
amusing details, such as
the long file Of natives
carrying OF loads OF
dismembered elephant on
their heads and shoulders.
are curious enough. The
picture OF the bear-hunt Is
more true 10 life, though we
may express some doubt
whether horses could be
got to charge bears in the
way Stradanus pictures.
Our last drawing repre-
sents the Florentine artists
ideas of heron-hawking 1t
tells its tale fairly plainly.
though, Of course, the incl
dents it represents are far
too crowded together. 1t
was considered the noblest
OF all hawking, and though
II Is not so long ago that
more than two hundred
heronries existed in the
British lsles-some of them
comprising as many as a
hundred nests with four or
hve eggs in eaCh-the sport
Is now extinct. Mr.. Harting
tells US that in the last cen
fury Mr.. Edward c. New
come Of Norfolk. who was
the last English falconer
who kept heron hawks Che
died in lS7D, killed in two
seasons with his two ia
nous hawks, Sultan and De
Ruyter, which he had i'm.
ported from Holland. no
fewer than one hundred and
eleven herons. This shows
that the royal sport became
extinct in England not in
consequence of any dearth
or herons In the Neither.
lands it is still kept up,
though the celebrated Hawk.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09
Since Teacher Did Not Know.

Since Teacher Did Not Know.
u was In the primary class OF a graded school
in western city. and the day was the 22d OF
February
Now, who can tell me whose birthday this isr"
asked the teacher.
little girl timidly
Well Margaret. you may tell u.s." said the
teacher.
Mine" was the unexpected reply.-Every body's
Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09
Ie<AE- ZA~,<t.eN-.
Stereotyped Reply.

Mrs. A.-Well, If it isn't Mrs. B.
What stranger you are! Why, it's
quite FIVE years since saw you.
Mrs. B.-Yes. Why haven't you been
to see me?
Mrs. A.-Oh, dear! you know how
bad the weather's been.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

!. i !. 4.
xup HE discoveries Of prehistoric designs In a
M cave in the south OF France confirm the assertion
made by medieval writer's that sport formed
the subjects OF the earliest designs the disciples
4 A@A ! OF Nimrod rightly claim 20 have given he
! first impulse TO Unfortunately for us, the Ola
= skinClad sportsman artist who covered the walls
Of his PerEOrd with outline drawings OF MS
Observation-Disclosures mammoth the giant bear and the
Enthusiastically securing for himself undyng fame as the
most archaic Of all artists endowng that underground
gallery with the distinction Of being the ancient OF all
art repositories failed to depict HIS divine In con
nection with the trong mammoth the hambling bear
True. the spirit Of sclfehacemen which this omission be
trays evnces refreshing absence the personal element
II proves convincngy than could library OF volumes
what an infinite vista Of nteryenes between that flint
welding and the modern presshe
button sportsman But stay! Are Judging this Instance
81 archaeological selfobteaton quite Justly? Was that
troEiodytos failure leave single indication the
relative position OF and beast really the result OF
tne didene? What evidence have that this artist OF
the Pestocene Age had already from that prmeva
condition when man sim the hunted Instead Of the
hunter? How do know that the huge Elepha primigen
nus or the formidable Ursus speloes portrayed that Peri
gotd Louvre hunting him the pigmy homunculus?
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

LIANT flowers In the souls front
A&A yard,
Set out new shade and blossom trees,
An let the soul once froze an hard,
SprOut crocuses OF new idees,
Yes. clean yer house, an clean yer shed,
An clean yer barn In evry part;
But brush the Cobwcbs from yer head,
An sweep the snowbanks from yer
heart. Sam FOss.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

and the receipts from the lecture were $l4,763.
On the other hand Alexander Graham Bell used to
lecture for s25 a night in schoolhouses and the
struggling inventor was glad enough Of the fee
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

larger and later the fruit; the ascend
ing sap grows richer the farther it
flows: checking the flow Of sap makes
the plant bear earlier and produces
more and richer fruit The v..e usu-
ally bears its fruit on new shoots
growing from the wood Of the pre-
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09
Curing Lemons.

Curing lemons in the Gwoa'a'.."'
by exhaust from gasoline engine -
stead OF by coal oil stoves - ----'
tried In California
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09

What proof have we that
these crude traclngs were not
drawn with trembling hand
after a horror struck retreat
90 his cave, when his senses.
which then were still as keen
as those Of the hawk. the far.
seeming deer, or the acutely.
hearing wolverine, warned
him Of the approach Of his
relentless foe? Indeed. have
We not evidence supporting
such doubts In the shane OF a
stone hammer found embed.
ded In the skull Of a Megace-
ros hibernicus? Had that
blow been dealt by a hunter
10 an animal already down in
order to dispatch il, the prec.
ious flint tool, which to pro
duce had cost such Infinite
labor, would not have been
left where Professor Wau.
choppe found 1t untold ages
later. What more likely
than that the blow was In.
nicted as a desperate act OF
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-09
DheKFFGHEN
.2esE6ABINET
4 " II. If the berry that stains my
N ~ linz

Could teach me the woodland chat,
Science would bow TO my scholarship
And Theology don the hat.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
10 John Coleman

You are hereby notified that 81
the tax sale for the unpaid State and
Parish taxes for the year 1911 I
purchased the following property
assessed IN the name Of John Cole
man:
Lot T. E. NJ. Smith Subdivision,
winch tax sale is dated June 20, 1912
ana 1lled for record June 18th, 1912
recorded in Conveyance Book 70
page 227.
The amount of taxes. penalty and
costs being $3.50.
Address all communications in re-
cara thereto to w. H. Matthews. Box
1926, Shreveport, La.
L. n. MATTHEW'S.
caucasian, July %, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
judicial Sale
No. ,162-William Winter versus
Minors Of Grant Berry

Minors Of Grant Berry:
By virtue OF a commission 10 sell
to me directed 1IvIn the Honorable.
the FIRST judicial District Court OF
CaddQ' Parish, Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled sult
will offer for sale at public auction
for cash and according TO law, al
the principal front door Of the Court
House Of CaddO Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1912
4 part Of certain tract Of land pur-
chased by J. b. SIattcry from Johr
NJ. Ieacle as per act i'll conveyance
book 8, page 0li and 545, February
q. 1890, more particularly describ
ed as follows: Commencing at
point a as per map recorded in said
book 8, page 500 and run northeast to
.'uint b on said map 24.72 chains
towards point C. a sufficient distance
Oy running on line parallel with
first described line to a point on
line A H and back to point A and so
as to embrace the said quantity of
forty acres, all i'll Cadd0 Parish,
Louisiana, together with the build
ings and improvements thereon, said
property seized as belonging to the
parties litigant for cash according
to law for the purpose of effecting
partition J. p. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian July %, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06

No. l6i54-Tn the First judicial Ibis
trict Court of CaddO Parish, La:
NJ. Strauss VS.. ]. NJ. Kaufman
ct al.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale TO me directed From the Homer
able First Judicial District sourt of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled suit,
have. seized and will offer for sale
at public auction for cash without
the benefit of aPpraisement at the
principal front door of the court
court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours of sales, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. T, 1912,
That part of lot fiftee2 of block fle-
ty-nine of the City of Shreveport,
La, described as fellows: Commence
ing on Commerce street distance
of seven feet from the dividing line
between lots fourteen and slfteen of
said block as a starting point; run
thence parallel with said dividing
line one hundred feet; thence paral-
lei with Commerce street towards
lot sixteen. twenty-five feet; thence
in zine parallel WITH Texas street
one hundred Sect; thence along Com
lnercc street to the place of begin
ming, together with all the buildings
ans improvements thereon. Said
property seized as belonging to the
above named defendants, and to be
sold for cash without the benefit OF.
lppraiseINent, to pay and satisfy the
1ebt as specified in said writ, say in
the sum of fifteen hundred and
no-iO0 dollars, with eight per cent
per annum interest thereon from
the Goth day of March 1911 until
paid, and all costs of dhis suit.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sherie, ex -Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, August 1, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
COnStable'S Sale.
In Seventh Ward Justices Court OF
Parish of Caddo. State Of Louis

In Seventh Ward Justices Court OF
Parish Of Caddo. State Of Louis
lana: S. Gluek vs.. A. Tujague.
Notice is hereby given that by viz
tue of a writ Of fleri facias issued b!
]. F. Henderson, justice Of the peace
of the Seventh Ward of the Parish
of Caddo, in favor of S. GIuGk and
against A. Tujague, and to me direct
ed, | will, at 10 O'Clock am, on
SATURDAY, AUG. 10, 1912,
at the place of the residence OF the
said A. Tujague in the Cedar Grove
addition in the Seventh Ward of the
said parish, offer for sale at public
auction the following describes.
property, to-wit: Four iron bed
steads, four mattresses, two rocking
chairs. two stool bottom chairs
three sets Of bed springs, three bee
sheets, one cook range, one set o.
dishes, one ice box, one center table
four cotton pillows, one cot. Seizee
as the property Of A. Tujague under
said writ of fieri facias.
E. G. HOWARD,
Caucasian, July 20. Constable
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
10 Matte S. Marshall and Lula 6
hurry

You are hereby notified that at
the tax sale for the unpaid State and
Parish taxes for the year 1914, I
purchased the following property as
sesed in the name of Matte s. Mar
shall and Lula S. Murry:
il Lot Egan Subdivision which tax
sale is dated June 20, 1912 and filed
for record June 25th, 1912, recorded
IN Conveyance Book 70, page, 285.
The amount of taxes, penalty and
costs being Sft.35.
Address all communications in re-
gard thereto TO w. H. Matthews. Box
1926, Shreveport, La.
l.. n. MATTHEW'S.
Caucasian, July 20, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
Sheriff's Sale.

No. 46,229-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
w. c. Agurs vs.. VIM. Bryant ct al.
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 num-
bered and entitled suit, have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton for cash without the benefit OF
appraisement, at the principal front
door of the court house Of Caddo
Parish, La, during the legal hours
of sales on
SATURDAY, AUG. 81, 1912,
Lot three and Onc-half of lot two
adjoining lot three of the West
Shreveport Subdivision of the City
of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La.
Said property to be sold as belong
ing to the above named defendant
fer cash without the benefit of ap-
praisement to pay and satisfy the
debt as specified in said writ, say in
the sum OF one hundred and eighty
five dollars, less credits as follows:
Paid $1,000 Jan. rs, 1908, 1890 paid
| March Is, 1903; $500 paid Aug. Is,
1903; 5000 paid May q, 1910, and
$1,000 paid July 6, 1911, and all costs
Of this suit, as we'll as ten per cent
on said principal and interest as at.
torney's fees.
J. p. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex- Officio AuctioReer.
| Caucasian, July IS, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06

Of the capital stock at stockhold-
ers meeting called for that purpose
after due notice given as herein
above provided. and as provided by
law. Whenever this corporation is
dissolved by Limitation or other
wise its affairs shall be liquidated
by two commissioners elected by
the stockholders for that purpose
who shall have full power to wind
up its affairs, settle its indebted
ness and distribute the proceeds
among it's creditors and stockhold-
erS.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable for the con-
tracts or faults of the corporation
in any further sum than the unpaid
balance due the corporation on the
shares owned by him, nor shall any
informally or irregularity in Or
ganization have the effect of render
ing this charter null or of exposing
a stakeholder to any liability be-
yond such unpaid balance.
Done and passed at my office in
the city of Shreveport, Caddo Par
ish, La, In the presence of the I'M
dersigned legal and competent wit
nesses, on the day and date first
above written.
GEO. w. ROBINSON.
T. E. WILLIAMS.
J. E. KNIGHTON.
J. C. WILLIS.
C. P. MUNDAY.
P. C. BUTLER.
Attest: BYRON E. CARL.
PROTHRO.
GA. HUMASON,
OTIS W. BULLOCK.
Notary Public.
Z: State Of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Having examined the above and
foregoing act Of incorporation Of
the Hercules Rail Joint Company,
and finding nothing therein con-
trary to law, l hereby approve the
same. Shreveport, La, July 3, 1912.
E. BARNETT,
Acting District Attorney.
(Endorsed): Filed and recorded
July 3, 1912.
S. 0. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Of1icio Deputy
Recorder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: / hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the original act, as the same
now appears On file and of record in
my Office. Given under my hand and
seal of office this Ord day Of July
1912. s. O. WILLIAMS,
deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
Recorder. IA.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
J. p. FLOURNOY,
Liquidation Sale.

In District Court, First Judicial Dis
trict: L. A. Dyer VS.. Mrs. Robert
Stinette.
By virtue of a commission from
the Honorable First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
and TO me directed, will sell for
cash, subject to appraisrIn"nt, the
merchandise accounts and all effects
of the partnership Of Dyer 4 Stl-
nette at the store Of l.. a. Dyer IN
the town of Vivian, Caddn Parish,
La, on Saturday, August II, 1912, be
tween the legal hours Of sale, ~ am.
and pm.
RIVES BROWNING,
Caucasian Aug LjquldatOr.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
ARTICLE TX.

The officers Of this library shall
be president, a vice president, a
secretary, a treasurer, elected By a
majority vote at annual meeting. All
voting shall be by closed ballot The
secretary and treasurer shall give
bond in such sum as the board of
governors may determine, and shall
act in their proper capacity when,
ev.r required by the board at its
meetings. The following shall! be the
first officers Of this library and shall
serve until the first Tuesday in Au-
gust 1912, or until their successors
shall be elected and qualified: Pres
idcnt, Geo. A. POLICEMAN; vice presi
dent, f. S. CayCe: secretary and
treasurer. J. M. Blackman. There
shall be membership committee
of three members, none of whom
shall be members Of the board, who
shall be elected at annual meetings.
All other committees shall be named
by the president
ARTICLE \.
This act of incorporation may be
amended, modified or altered except
for purposes of dissolution, by a
vote of a majority of the members
present at annual meeting or meet
ing called for that purpose. The cor
poration may be dissolved by vote
of twO-thirds of the entire member
shall at a regular annual meeting
or a special meeting called for such
purpose after notice has been given
by publication for ten consecutive
days in daily newspaper in the
city of Shreveport. in which notice
the object and purpose of this meet
ing shall be clearly stated. When
ever this corporation shall be dis
solved its affairs shall be liquidated
or settled by five commissioners de-
Signated by majority of the mem
bcrs present at annual meeting or
meeting called for such purpose. In
case of death or inability to act Of
any commissioner or commissioners
4 surviving commissioner shall act
as eacting president of the library,
convene a meeting to fill the va
rancy.
This done and passed at Shreve-
port, Caddo Parish, La. this 18th day
Of July 1912, in the presence Of 8.
Eiseman and J. O. Flores, good and
competent witnesses. residing in
this city. who have signed their
names with incorporators and with
me, notary, after reading of tho
whole.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06

A. A. HEROLD.
E. BARNETT,
Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Cad
do: Having examined the above and
foregoing amendments to the char
ter of The National Computing Bin
Company Limited, and finding moth
ing therein contrary to law, | here
by approve the same. Shreveport,
La, June a.. 1912.
E. BARNETT,
Acting District Attorney.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded
July 2. 1912. W. NJ. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
Recorder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is true and correct
copy of the original act as the same
now appears on file and of record in
my office. Given under my hand and
seal of office this End day of july
1912. W. NJ. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Offfeio Deputy
Recorder. IA.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
OF RE National Computing BiI
Company, Limited.

Be it known that on this the oath
day of the month of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, before me, Ed
ward Barnett, notary public in and
fer the Parish and State aforesaid,
duly commissioned and qualified,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared Hen
ry A. Bauman, a resident Of the
Parish and State aforesaid, and sec
rotary Of The National Computing
Bin Company Limited, corporation
organized under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
as will more fully appear by refer
enee to the original act Of incorpor-
alton passed on the fourth day of
January one thousand nine hundred
and eleven. duly registered In book
66, pages TIC and 7i7, Of the Office OF
the clerk and ex-ohlcio recorder of
the Parish of Caddo, State Of Louis
lana, who declared that under and
by virtue of Article TX of the said
act of incorporation of The National
Computing Bin Company Limited, a
meeting of the stockholders of the
said corporation was convened and
held at the Office of the corporation
at its domicile IN the city Of Shreve-
port, La. on the goth day of June
one thousand nine hundred and
twelve, after mailing to each stock
holder notice In writing of the In
tention to hold such meeting and
advising of the purposes for which
the said meeting was to have been
held, and also after publishing such
| notice for ten days in the Shreve-
port Times, daily newspaper pub
lished in the city of Shreveport
La, at which meeting more than
three fourths OF the stockholders OF
the corporation in number and in
amount attended and participated
| the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
aBe it resolved By the stoekhola
| ers of The National Computing Biz
Company Limited, that Article ~
of the act of Incorporation or char
ter be amended SO as TO read as fol
| lows:
1.-THE capital stock of this cofpor'
alton shall be one million dollars
which shall be issued In shares Of
ten dollars each: but the corpora
ton shall be empowered to do bust
mess as soon as five thousand dol
lars shall have been subscribed ant
paid up in full. Stock shall never
be issued except for cash or it:
equivalent. The stock certificate!
now outstanding shall be returned
to the corporation and new certifl
Gates issued in lieu thereof in thu
denomination of ten dollars TO eacf
share of stock.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
SIsePiE'S Sale

No. l6,i54-In the First Judicial Ibis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
NJ. Strauss VS.. J. NJ. Kaufman
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06

II it is a question Of quality and
price when it comes to stationery,
you are looking for us. Phone 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06

Attest:
S. EfSEMAN.
J. o. FLORES.
F. A. BLANCHARD,
Notary Public.
Having examined the above and
foregoing act of incorporation and
finding nothing therein contrary TO
law, approve same this 18th day of
July 1912. J.. NJ. FOSTER,
District Attorney
Endorsed: Filed and recorded
July i8, 1912. so. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oflicio Deput,
Recorder.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Cad
do: | hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is true and correct
copy of the original act. as the same
now appears on file and of record in
my .f1ice. Given under my hand and
seal of office this 18th day Of July
1912. S. 0. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and exOfficio Deputy
Recorder. 7-2t.