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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07
Succession of Albert Bickham
Deceased.

18th Ward judicial District Court
In and for Washington Parish La.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07


The Police Jury at their regu.
lar session this week refused to
order an election to srbmit to the
voters the question of whethe,
Washington Parish shall have
shall have saloons or not. Under
our present law the matter q
lett entirely with the Police
Jury aud unless there oeachange
Of sentiment with them no elec,
ton will he held for the next
four years as they all opposed to
such ar order.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07
SUBSCRIPTION SLIGO A YEAR
Fr.nkIinton, L., Meh. 2 1919
CA|T..CAAT.

NO lie CAL Oe pure Ill us Vul'
pose, and strong in it's strife,
and all life not be purer and
stronger thereby"
In a serman which l heard the
other day | was much impressed
by one thought.
The minister said-l quote from
memory, so you may ascribe any
rougl,ness of prasing to me,
rather than nim-"We are all anx.
ious to be something or do some
thing big ourselves. Perhaps it
is not included in the scheme of
things that we should, but it
may be that, instead, the Lord
means to let US say or do some
little thing that shall help or in.
spire. someone else to great
things"
Almost every one of US in his
early youth expects to astonish
the world in some way. He may
have some talent which he Sc.
cretly rates as great genious, and
may expect to accomplish wor.
ders with it. Or he may not
have any such definite notion Of
the exact direction his wonderful
career is to take. But W.
things almost every youth IS Ger.
tain-that he is a little different
from other people, and that lie
is goingto be great in some way.
AS he grows older, am gins
to feel with the iron OF 81 YES.
instead If with the phantod Enf
Of which drea,na are ~ aeg he
begins to have vague, ~ .leasant
suspicious that there IS rs chance
that he may be mistaken in this
high rating of himself. These
doubts grow more and more
until some day, some day when
the vision splendid has begun t.,
fade into the light Of common
day, he must definitely face ii.
realization that he is just Of com.
mon clay alter all, that he will d.
wall II hi. holds his own ara
!sg u lis family in ct,nfnrt. alu
Hal fi.i'lt is 10 i'ktiihupd iln,t
vi. LIVER nStOnj.,i, the world.
aft.i tile splendid hopes and
l.,s.i.f~ of yout!!, this is indeed =
ks'ay ,ntlNlh. but il need not l"
slicl, i, depressing. one If we viii
hut let III the sunshine of u.
ll,s,,lss.,sr'~ tl,ouvl,t We cann,s,
- p,.at inrsr YES, hut WHO
',f.Ase !sn' We E,ay tlo or ,.ay
81 .slI:ftllsng ali TIN itting;y, NJ.
llls,s which Wijlinspire or bring
ut or help OH greatness in
ulhprs.
Charles Spurgeon was a won.
B derfnl preacher with q great
intinen ceon many lives. He tells
B t's ths desire to be something
worth while was aroused il, him
bs sermon which he heard
lon q country minister. So 4
st.are in Charles Spurgeon,s
81 greatness belongs to that obscure
ctsilntty minister.
Into every great man or wo.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07

the above named court in the matter
Of schmitt 4 Zeigler Limited VS.. I.
A. fsurct, dated 18th day Of February,
1919, and tn me directed for execution,
l have seized and will Offer for sale
and sell to the last aud highest bidder
at the principal front door Of the
courthouse on Saturday %. Day Of
March l9l2, between the legal saie
hours for judicial sales the f0lloinwg
Described property to.wtt: The entire
stock Of Merchandise belonging to
I. A. Burch, including store and once
fixtures, as per list on 6le q Shsh6's.
Office at Frsnklinton 'ouisisns.i
Terms Of sale: Cash with benefit OF
sppraisement. This 22nd day OF Feb
ruary 1912. Joe N. Maxer.
Sheriff. J,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07

Notice 10 hereby given that 9.
Hampton lNckham has applied for
letters Of administration of Albert
Bickham deceased and that any oil
persons are hereby notified to file
their opposition thereto, II any they
hsve, within tea dayS, as provided BY
lSw.
In faith whereof witness my official
Gsnature and seal Of Office on this IL,
day Of Feb.19l2.
NJ. A. THLGPEN,
Clerk OF Court.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07

! hereby certify that the above
andforegoing II ! true and correct
list Of Petit Jurors drawn Tor
service a the March term Ut the
8tl. judicial District Court of
Louisiana. for Washington Par
ISL. Given under ny hand and
s''al officially this 10Th day II
February 1917.
'l1Ilofrs
iyrk. 81 I AZ 4, 3; q
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-03-07

Notice il hereby given ~ virtue Of
vrjs 81 Fie,i Facias issued out Of
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-18
SUMMONS

In the. Justice Court Of Elko
Township. Of the County of Elko,
State Of Nevada.
L. L. Bradley Plaintiff J. r.
Allen Defendant.
The State Of Nevada Sends
greeting to j. R. Allen Defendant.
You are hereby required to
appear before me at my office in
Elko Township, County of Elko,
State Of Nevada, in an action
brought again5t you by the above
named plaintiff in the Justice
Court of said Elko Township, in
said County and State, and to
answer the complaint filed therein
within five days after the service
on you Of this Summons-if served
within this township; or withlhin
ten days If served out Of said town.
ship but within this county; and
within twenty days if served else
WHEREOF plaintiff will take
judgement against you, according
co the paryer of said complaint.
Said action is brought to re-
cover judgement against you, the
said defendant, and in favor of
plaintiff for the sum of $685.
alleged to be due plaintiff from
you on account of board and lodg-
ing furnished you ct the Com
mercial Hotel in Elko, Nevada,
during the months, of May, June
and July. 1911. as more fully
appear by the complaint on file
herein a copy of which accom-
panies this summons aud to which
you are referred or judgement
will be AIKEN against you for said
amount to wit: $685., together
with costs of this suit if you fail
to appear and answer.
Given under my hand this 18th
day Of Ocober 1911.
Ben Katie
Justice of the Peace for said
Township. t..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-18
Township.

In The District Court OF The
Fourth Judicial District Of The
State Of Nevada, In And For The
County OF Elko.
In The Matter OF The Estate
Of Dillon Roberts, Deceased.
Notice OF Probate Of Will.
Frank Winchell and ]. E..
Roberts having filed with the
Clerk of the above s.:itled Court
a certain Document rurporting to
the Last Will And Testament of
Dillon Roberts, deceased, and hav-
ing also filed their Petition pray
ing that said Instrument be
admitted to probate as the Last
Will and Testament OF said Dillon
Roberts, deceased, and that
Letters Testamentary thereon be
issued to them. and the hearing Ut
said Petition having been fixed by
the Clerk of the above entitled
Court for Thursday, the 18th day
Of January, A. D. 1912, at the
hour of ten o'clock A. M. Of said
day in the court room of the Dis
trict Court of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State Of Nevada, in
and for the County of F,lko, in
the court house at Elko, Elko
County, Nevada.
2 All parties interested IN said
estate are hereby Notified to file
their objections in writing, if any
they have, on or:bsfore said date, :or
to be present in court at said time
to present their objections, if any
they have, why said instrument
should not be admitted TO probate
as the Last Will and Testament of
Dillon Roberts, deceased. and Let
tiers Testamentary thereon be issu-
ed to said Frank Winchell and said
j. E. Roberts according to their
Petition on file herein.
In Witness Whereof have hsre-i
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District of the
State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Elko, this 9th day Of
January, A. d. 1912.
(SEAL) Fred G. Weight Clerk. |
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
Questions in Science
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

regarding the nature OF life, what II is,
nor Of its cause or origin. We cannot
even think Of life. and cannot compare
1t to anything within range OF all human
experience. 1t Is fact that IL We cannot
compare any discovery with anything
known We cannot gain knowledge Of the
discovery. l may add. no trace Of a clue
to the nature OF anything whatever has
yet been detected. However, the word
YET family implies that man may yet
stumble upon some now hidden clue. re-
vealing what something is. IL Is. thought
that II il could be found what electricity
is. the nature OF other entities could be
discovered Here is trouble. for I have
printed hundred times that nothing ex-
lists but electrons.
OILS anthropology-the knowledge or
science Of man--an exact science? Or
what Is the present state of this sciencag'
A.-This Is a difficult question. Anthro-
pology would be supposed to tell us OF
our origin. Nothing is now known OF the
origin OF man The science Of man IN
Guides ethnology. anatomy. physiology.
craniology, mentology, sociology. and the
like--all in a gigantic study Of science.
All Of these are now in q state Of chaos.
Mathematics is the only study not
chaotic. So little Is known regarding man
that anthropolosy Is not yet a science.
How can there be q science Of man when
not even faint clue has been discovered
as to what mind. thought and personality
are? Really there is at present no science
not directly based on mathematics. the
only science capable Of anything like
proof.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
Some Humorous Thing About Marriag
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER.

other they stopped doing so long ago.
The little god has a way Of starving 10
death when he is not fed. or Of freezing
to death when he Is left out In the cold.
Sometimes he Is stifled for lack Of air.
not strangied suddenly. so that he cries
out and calls attention to his sufferings,
but Is slowly asphyxisted and dies with
out q struggle. And the people who have
killed him go on their Indifferent way.
Still another humorous thing about mar
Rage Ia that, no matter how much some
couples quarrel and disagree they call
each other affectionate names. Dear.
you are unpardonahiy carelessl" exclains
the husband. Or Darling. for heavens
sake do stop talking long enough to give
me a chancel' Or Sweetheart" plead
ingiy. don't make a fool Of yourseifg'
Does It sound exaggerated Perhaps II
Is. but only little. Have we not all seen
a look Of animosity In the eyes Of bus
bands and wives who have. nevertheless,
gotten SO into the habit OF addressing
each other by pet names that they Keep
up the custom even IN their quarrels:
Surely 1t Is a custom that 10 more hon
ored IN the breach than IN tho obzsrv-
ance.
II the self-supporting wife OF a stingy
man has humor she will smile to herself
when her husband reproves her for ex-
travagance In her manner Of dressing her
self and the children. II she Is wise she
with not fet him see her smile. nor VIII
she say anything In the hope Of opening
his eyes. She will not even remind him
that he Is supposed TO provide for her
and his sons and daughters. and that as
he fails to DO this. she surely has q right
to clothe herself and her offspring as she
pleases. There are some things that a
woman cannot say to a man and stu
live in any semblance Of peace with
him. aud there are some things she has
no right to say. II a husband cannot
support his family. It would be cruel to
remind him Of the fact and II he will
not support them. the reminder would
but incur his enmity. Some features of
marriage are amusing enough as they
are without adding to the irony OF the
situation by quarreling with the man to
whom one is bound by church and state.
Marriage is either comparatively happy
or actually miserable. There is no
medium, even though we talk as IL there
were. II one is happy, let one thank
heaven and make the most of her good
fortune: but II one is unhappy, an ap-
probation OF the ridiculous phases Of the
condition may become a saving clause.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29

In Landon. whore good cooking 10 only
moderately appreciated. q short theatsr
dinner Is served for people dining at
restaurant or hotsls who wish to set
20 the playhouse on tlms
This Is called the email dinner and
presupposes a supper Later on.
In Paris the plays begin much later.
That Is to say the main play does. and
the people who are enjoying their dinner
are willing TO forego the curtain-raiser'
which starts at the regular time, about
SIS, and 10 over BY o'clock. when the
fashionable people appear. having dinsd
IN a Ielsurely way. which 10 the only way
TO eajoy meal.
Besides tho damage DOM TO n good food
by hurrying the process Of eating II. one
entirely kills the finer elements Of the
sense Of taste.
or what use u IL TO eat Of well-pre-
pared dish II you are not going to allow
your palate time 20 analyze the flavor
10 get the after taste or the "bouquetT
People who eat hastily or carelessly do
not perceive the delicate flavonng OF
food, and IL they say that eorned bssf Is
az good as roast pheasant done TO turn
they are speaking what 10 true for them
at least. for they don't know the taste Of
either.
They haven't taken the time to taste
the food they swallowed.
The feeling Of hurry Is ruinous. both
to the preparation OF good food, the thu
enjoyment Of the dinner ana to his al
gsstion-
No good dinner was ever cooked Ia
haste or enjoyed in gulps
Good food must be prepared at lsisurs
and eaten with attention. I might aisC
say, with respect and without haste.
II your dinner Is really worth while y
should not be swallowed In half an hour
to leave yoa two hours to devote to YOU
cigars ana liquors.
Don't expect your cook 10 be able Il
prepare a dinner worthy OF you or oi
your guests in fifteen minutes.
The cook who is forced 10 hurry mus
slight the preparation Of some dish, Of
must resort 20 culinary snbterfuges
which are becoming becoming more and
more used in order 10 hasten the pre-
partition Of viands ana sauces which II
oldsn time required hours OF preparation
In the hands Of chef. or what yo1
would call a born cook. these subterfugeI
or ready-made foods are never discovered
II is only when ignorant cooks grappl'
with them that they shed their dis
guises.
This country Is full Of devices to saw
time. but. with all Of them, people seen
TO have even less time then they haf
before. and feel that with a NOR
Ieisurely way OF cooking and eating on
can get the feeling that time is not 81
very Important and need not be saved IL
such an economic manner.
So my first word Of advice is, TAX
your time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
GROUND FLOOR FLAT
By PERCY SHAW.

I must admit the ground floor fiat.
With woodwork white and paper gray.
Against our wills convinced US that
We ought to sign lease and stay.
For everything was spick and span,
The bathroom tiled. the kitchen neat.
The bedroom done in restful tan.
With parquet floor and window seat.
So we succunbed, moved in and sighed
With Joy at being richly blessed
To feel that after all we'd tried
We'd found the perfect city nest.
We hung our pictures. fixed our rugs.
sat down with zsst TO mutton stew,
Until with horrifying chugs
An auto stopped across our view.
/ looked at Madge, she looked away;
We held cur breath and then she said:
How long do you believe twill stsyf'
Alas! / sadly shook my head
With salad came q new machine;
Ten boys on roller skates vhixzed by;
Five nurses chartered on the scene,
An old clo'man raised piercing cry.
Midnight arrived. we heard the walls
OF babies echo down the court;
The clang Of iron cans and pals.
The shrieks Of cats that sang and
fought.
What could we do? the lease was signed.
There was no way to alter that.
So. reader. pause. II you should find
LIES perfect dream-the ground flocr
fiat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
Not a Modern Maid

| Let US consider tho horrors Of the iifs
. sptnster leads these days. She has her
own income. she n not dependent on
tives as was the spinstsr Of forty years
ago. E
She docs not become a chattel. be-
cause Of her failure to become . wife.
She is not an upper servant with mona
Of the rights OF a lower servant, On the
family OF any relative.
She has her home. her friends. her
position IN business and social life. when
abe is bored with her own company. she
has the privilege Of seeking others.
Few are cane-free In this world. The
Lord didn't intend any one should be.
but the spinster comes as near to beiux.
eare-free as any human being oan come.
She In happy. with Ii all, and usually
deyofes much time and energy making
others happy.
You are afraid. my dear girl. that you
may roach the uncertain age which
means the div .ding line between maid
hood ana spinsterdom; you are afraid
that some day you may become one OF,
these happy. selfrenant hopeful and
helpfui "old maids" This fear causes
you to remain engaged for four years
to a man you DO not love; whose COM
pany you can not enjoy. and who bores
you.
II he bores you before marriage, when
there 10 bound TO be some illusion. what
will your life be after you are his wife,,
/ and all illusion has baen dlspeiieds
My dear girl. you couldn't make .
more serious mistake than marrying o.
man toward whom you sustain such fsel.
ing. You are wronging him to let the.
engagement continue. and You are wrong
Ing yourself.
lie has been faithful and true TO q
| half hearted love for four years. and
deserves something better than thu be-
lated trufh you owe him. lie has been 30
| determined 10 win you, that he has let
you SEQ he would be content with half q
| loaf Of love II he can not get the whole.
Doubtless he Is good man, as yeu
say. Humility is a Characteristic Of
goodness. But II he had been less pstient,
more domineering. and more Of man
and less OF sheep am sure he could
have wen your whole heart.
When you suggested you were un-
suited, he should have given you the
right to your beiief.. and transferred his
slave-lIke devotion elsewhere.
4 When you have let him see. which do
| not doubt you have. your absorbing tear
| OF dying an old maid" he should have
been man enough to refuse TO marry any
girl 90 old-fashioned foolish.
He owes something 10 himself. Hs
owes 1t to himself to be no woman's hus-
band. when that woman marrtes him
for no other reason than that he op'sns .
way TO escape spInsterhood.
You win not wreck his life II you break
the engagement. He has been engaged
10 you so long. being engaged has become
a sort of habit. and while II hurts 10
break established habits, the hurt dossnt
last long.
Break the engagement, and Try 10 ae-
ouIre a httie OF the self-relianoe and
i poise OF the women who are not making
| marriage the beginning and end Of nfe-
Your lover will find YOU. II 10 In
tended that you shall marry some day'
| II certainly never was intended You
should marry a man you DO not foTe.
That Is the supremsst OF Tragedies
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29

There are about matrimony many anus
Ing things, seen only by those who have
the sense OF humor that will enable them
to perceive joke on themselves. and the
keen vision that will not let them look
past things as they seem to be to things
as they are.
One feature that is universally ae-
knowledged TO be funny Is the part Of the
marriage service in which the bride Is
heard promising to obey the groom.
She won't do II, OF course. so why make
her perjure herself? And why should
shes Is not marriage a partnership:
But that point has been discussed so
much lately that we can let 1t pass. still
there are other amusing phases relative
to the eonjugal estate.
with all my woldly goods l thee en-
dow!" declared bridegroom with much
JUNCTION at wedding / attended.
I have a fair control OF my features. so
I did not smile. But I knew the girl--a
pretty little stenographer who had been
engaged TO this fellow since she and he
had left school. They had waited for some
years, hoping that Henry would get a
Job that would warrant their marrying.
But he didn't He was q rolling stone and
went from one situation to another. re-
tanning none. So. at last. when he OBJ
tanned a Job at IS a week. and suggested
that the girl and he marry-she to keep
on with her work as stenographer and
ypewrfter-it was virtual proposal
that they marry and let her support them
both. Some girls are foolish when they
are in love. so she agreed. happened to
know that II was her money that bought
the wedding ring. Yet-"with all my
worldly goods thee endowr' he repeated
with as much fervor as II he were a mil
lionaire and she King cophetua's beggsr
maid He owned his own clothes. having
purchased them himself, but his wife
could not wear those,
They are still married. in spite Of the
divorce fashion so popular now. He has
another situation at the same wages as
before, and she has had a raise" But
he talks Of my apartment and OF what
he does with his income. Yes. 1t is funny:
Another very amusing feature with re
gard to matrimony Is that each party to
the contract which Is the result Of a niar-
rage for love seems to feel that love will
last right on forever. no matter how much
Il Is abused, beaten or starved. That IS
the attitude Of married couples and their
friends until a rupture comes and they
and those who know them are made
aware that IL they ever did love each
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
chempiop Woman walker.

Undoubtedly the champion woman
walker Of the world Is Mrs. Dwight H.
Wooif Of Kansas CITY. Kan. Accom-
panying her husband. who was walking
for the benefit Of his health, Mrs. wooIf
on three journeys has trudged distance
Of more than 1000 miles. She had no
though Of walking 50 far when she first
set out, but the habit grew. She came
to love the ouEloOr life, the camping and
tramping. the cooking of frugal fare over
fire built Of twigs and sieeping undo.
the silent stara
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29

with US in France or In Europe generally,
and these conditions have such an effect
upon the art Of cooking that IT is lmpos-
sibIs to speak of culinary matters IN the
same way as / would do IL were speak
ing to my own countrymen and women.
The economic conditions which have
made the great American fortunes pos
sibIe, and which have brought forth so
much wealth and luxury. are not, In a
way. auspieious to the quieter arts Of en-
joyment under which l class that of good
cooking.
There is over here a very great class
of people who understand the ordering
Of perfect dinner. according to gas
tronomla rules. and who can eat and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29

criticize with finesse and appreciation.
do.
On the other hand. the life Of the aver
age New Yorker and his wife Is so filled
with engagements Of business or social
kind that they lack the one great ~
quisite which the best Of foods require
and without which all cooking fails. They
lack time.
We are frequently asked to hurry be-
cause people want to get to the theateE
on time. and while that is certainly a
commendabie intention on their part. II
is disastrous to the dinner and the eook
LONDON and Paris have solved the
theateT problem in their several Ways
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
sashes Here Again.

The sash is being reintroduced, and
many pretty Interpretations Of this style
are ulanifesting themselves. The sash is
made In soft silk. In black or In darker
tone Of the gown with which II is worn.
II Is fastened at the side. one long frtnged
end reaching nearly to the hem Of the
skirt and the othsr three or four inches
shorter. Occasionally a small outstanding
bow or two Is seen. Taffetas sashes are
made to match the gowns and are a
very smart finish. Sashes Of chenille
ribbon adorn the soft muslin and lace
dresses for evening wear