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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
New York World.

The New York World, Tri- Week
n, and the Weekly or the Sunday
Caucasian one year $3.50.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
River Forecast

Red River: The change will be ul.-
at Fulton and Shreveport
during the next is hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
Over Half Century.

Humphreys Specifics have
peen used by the people with
Satisfaction for more than 80
years. Medical Book sent free.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13

We would like 10 figure on your
printing Phones 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
Texas BanI< 0Uer entv Furd

Texas bank guaranty fund is 1851.
2275. II; in state treasury sl45, 347.2o;
balance with bankerI.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
Take Notice.

/ am applying for q pardon.
Feb. 1. 1912. BESSIE HILL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
Six Guinness Houses Consumed.

Fire Saturday consumed six bust
ness houses at Rockdale Tex, caus.
ing about $50, 900 loss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-13
Weather Forecast

Fair to unsettled tonight and
Wednesday, colder tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

political factor in the radical party in this state as soon as the Congress had overturned the civil government.
 J. C. Stanton, for the Northeast and Southwest road, and Chief Engineer John T. Mllner. for the Alabama and Tennes- see Central railroad that is the road from Moptevallo to Decatur as then surveyed, became active lobbyists.
 A series of state aid acts were passed, largely under their influence, as follows:
 On September 22, 1868, the act passed to increase the endorsement of first mort gage bonds of railroads from $12,000 to $16,O00.
 On November IS following, the Wills I Valley road was empowered 10 purchase the Northeast and Southwest road and the merged lines were to be thereafter known as the Alabama and Chatta- nooga railroad
 The act of merger was disputed on the ground that law to be constitutional must contain but one subject. The act of merger provided further that the Ala bama and Chattanooga railroad should succeed to all the rights and privileges of the two merged lines in the state aid act
 On December 3l, following the legisla- . ture passed An act to authorize the sev- eral counties. towns and cities of the state of Alabama to subscribe to the eaD- ital stock of such railroads throughout the state as they may consider most con- ducive to their interest,"" Not only so, but the counties, towns and cities might issue bonds and lay special taxes "to aid In the opening of and improving the nav igation of rivers in this state"
 This last named act was far reaching in It's oppressive possibilities. It opened the taxable resources of every county pp of t,. aI.g tion of the adventurers who might come to use the landless. no-property mass of negro voters to serve their ends.
 lt was pointed out that the military constitution forbade the state Ito engage in internal improvement. The answer was that the act only authorized "coun- ties, towns and cities" to engage Tn inter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
RELICS FROM INDIAN MOUNDS
Specimens From Red and Arkansas
 Rivers Rescued From Dissertation

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The ethnological collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences has been recently enriched by the acquisition Of all the specimens brought by Prof. Clarence B. Moore from his explorations during the last two years of the Indian mounds along the Red and Arkansas rivers. The expedition headed by Pro- lessor Moore was fitted out by the acade- my for the purpose of rescuing from des- ecration these last evidences of the abo- riginal tribes which inhabited the North American continent for centuries before the advent of the white man.
 Many difficulties stood in the way of the exploration of the ancient mounds in which the early Americans buried their dead The scientists frequently were forced to abandon their work by disastrous floods which compelled them to hastily close the excavations they had made after great labor to prevent the water from entering the mounds and seriously damaging the precious relics.
 In many cases preparations had been made by private parties to recover some of the specimens for the use of shows and exhibitions, while in others settlers in the vicinity, who were inappreciative of the immense historical value of the antiquities, had carelessly obliterated many important traces of the ancient works.
 Some of the specimens are in a re- markable state of preservation and are wonderfully wrought More than one thousand specimens of pottery, stone ware, brasses, wood carvings, shells and precious stones are included in the col lection, some of which are highly ar- tistic and reflect no little credit upon their makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
And There Was Pana

ffom the Kansas City Star.
 Notebook in hand, the newspaper woni- an wandered out 10 the country fair in search of types. Seeking secluded cor ner in agricultural hall to watch the passing throng she found herself beside meek little woman with five small ohil- dren in tow.
 This is the first that 1 have attended in years" confided the mother timdiy to the reporter. It's hard to get around with the babies, and I have sat here all day But it's been a real pleasure just to watch"
 The sentence was never finished for just then Master Harold came tumbling from his perch on the window. raising a great commotlon, which was followed by Little Sue's getting carried away In the passing crowd, Josephine's overturning the go-cart spilling the hapless infant on the hard floor, Boobies getting his toes troa on by 20o-pounder and then losing the balloon given him in compensation aB<a finally, the baby's dropping his bot tie, splling It's contents i'll the mothers lap.
 The reporter was on the point Of she'd ding few sympathetic tears for the harassed mother when Harold, who had again climbed on the window, announced:
 ' see papa!'
 But she frightened, instead, now that the father was coming to the rescue
 I see papai' again announced the small boy lustlly. He's on the merry go-roundl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
BALLADS OF STEAMBOAT DAYS
Real Melody in the Songs of the Old
 River Men
From the St. Louis Republic.

From the St. Louis Republic.
 To the Editor: May draw from the chambers of my memory a few frag- ments of old ballads-steamboa or sen- timental?
 Near 1S4o-a little later, perhaps-there piled between Pittsburg or Cincinnati and St. Louis two passenger steamers called the Hudson and the Brandywine They were racers. I recall two--only two stanzas of famous river ballad relative to those boats. It was sung all up and down the Missouri river-perhaps all along the western rivers. The two stanzas were:
 The Hudsons a bully boat.
 She runs very fine, But she can't raise steam enough
 To beat the Brandywine.
 The captain on the boiler deck;
 He swears so very loud
 The ladies in the cabin
 Think it's thunder in the cloud. There is floating in my memory of things long ago, alone and disconnected, like a wee wisp of cloud in deep blue sky these-and only these--verses of an antique, true, folklore ballad:
 AS l walked out
 One moonshiny night
 There I spyed
 A lady bright.
 I have never since heard those verses in song seen them in print. The soul of a poet was in them. See the de- lures they make-moonshine and fair lady. The use of the adjective, bright after the noun, lady, proves them to have been writterA far back in the his- tory of the English language-perhaps as far away as in the days of Queen Bess.
 1 doubt if in any state in the union, in ante-bellum days, there was a great CT depth of content or sweeter life than in Tennessee. Hence, in those good, old days. some poet there, as conceive, comprised and Tennesseans and the peoples of other states warbled these dreamy words: IIi, Oli, Oli, ee, r. Counting down in Tennessee, i~s Tennessee Tennessee: I Counting down in Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Very Likely

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 Congressman Henry decred mercenary marriages in Waco.
 "Only the love match.' he said, .in- sures beautiful and vigorous children. Hence I advocate the love match, and I sympathize heartily with New York heiress to whom an elderly earl pro- posed
 The earl, gray, poverty-strcken and decrepit. said to the beautiful young girl:
 Dear lady, I love you more than words can tell
 She wrinked up her pretty nose.
 But I suppose you could tell me in figures she said, coldly."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

nal improvements and did not violate the letter or spirit of the constitution.
 Could the legislature delegate to cor poration, which was a constituent of the state, say, a county. town or city in- corporated q right which the state did not possess?
 Under the act of December 3l, 1sGs counties, towns and cities heaped upon the tax payers enormous burdens. We shall see In the next number how these laws were passed.
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBoSE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
A Second Burbank

From IIppIncOtt s.
 I'm very fond of watermelon" re- marked MT Chimney, but. 1t always gives me cramps"
 Just walt till my idea is perfected. :" remarked MT. Glanders and then you can eat watermelon with impunity."
 What Is you idea, may I asls?'
 "Fo graft the watermelon 10 the Jamaica ginger plant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

of the criminal the bank informed the widow of Totsuka and 1t is reported that come compensation will be made to her a.a the others who have suiiereo pS Wada's theft.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-18
loneliest Enqland.

A man who was described as LIVING
IN one Of the loneliest parts OF Eng.
land has been given a parliamentary
vote by the revising barrister at
Rrampton. Cumberland. The conser.
vasive agent said he had visited the
place-a farm situated on a fell be.
" zen Newcastle and Maltwhistle on
HE border Of Northumberland. In
an AREA Of 10000 acres there were
only four cottages. The members Of
this farmers family had lived in the
cottage concerned for 600 years and
tradition said that the kitchen fire had
never been extinguished for 200 wears
Tho claimant. William Goodfellow
slept In q bedroom eight feet square
tie would have to walk fifteen miles to
vote. The Liberal agent said he ON.
deavored to reach this remote snot
and finding the route SO difficult and
dangerous turned back when he had
sun twelve miles to travel. He nm.
aerstood = child was at the place who
nao not seen another child for tvo
yeao-Iondon Evening Standard
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-18
PlacE APPOINTED
Mistake in Posting Letter Proves
Right Thing.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Join Brett WAS IN the SevenIi
heaven o. happiness on Saturda.
mori.n.. and there were three dis
rlncl contributing causes. First. i
sas SaIurda. and he did not have Il
g. TO aork that day. secoad. his new
suir had co..... home. third. and i'm
meas Hrably greater, though in a meas
ure round up with reason two he haG
iecei cd 4 letter f:em Georgia Gaines
Yes. | shall BE- in town Saturday
but Oa!y for a couple of hOurg," shs
wrote. And then. perhaps. shall
answer The question ycu want to ask
me-:f YOU decide to ak it, shall
arrive about ~ O'Clock. shall do my
shopping at -, shall expect you OFT.
side"
Brett skinned the letter hastily.
Later he would read it at leisure.
lingering over each letter of every
word of tina, Handwriting which al
way thrilled him. even before he had
torn open the envelope. On such DC
casiOns the address-even the simple
superscription. John Brett. Esq"
overwhelmed him with emotion.
Reason two turned to gall and
NORWOOD. The suit did not at. II
did not fit approximately. 1t might
have fitted the Living Skeleton or
made a passably good garment for
the Elastic Man. but it was not built
for John Brett Aud there was no
possibility of changing it.
I'll take 1t to the circus-I'll give
1t to Marcelline. the Clown he solil
Oquized, when the first burst of anger
had spent itself. mo. | won't, either
| feel 90 fine today-here. Bill"
The janitor looked up from the
yard at the man in the window.
Here's . new suit for YOU" cried
Brett, and flung the garments down
to him. Then. after DOMINIC his or
binary attire. with a little sigh for
lost impression, he finished his break.
fast and went downtown.
Now, whers are We 10 meet?" he
asked himself little later and felt for
the letter. His pockets were empty
Suddenly the appalling consciousness
came to him that he had left the let
ter in the discarded suit.
lie rushed back and summoned the
janitOr. i've got to have the letter
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-18

"Poe'man." he said, there's a let
i. there posted by mistake. Its
,4-..ssed 10 John Brett, in a slantine
.i4li4ine hand. ! want it back
You'll have to go to the postofiice
erartLaent if you want ii before II
/, liyered." the postman answered
lilaf'll take three days You'll get II
,onieiit if you go home and sit down
and cool OF a little
Does money talk" inquired John
! taying a ten dollar bill in the air.
Well. | amt against free speech.
answered the other taking the bill
I'd handing John the letter He seiz-
it. and then. so great was the re
Ion. he was unable to open it for
'-ral moments. At last he did so.
inside vas a communication from
i unknown man. John made out
glarure with difficulty. Clo--ClO-
los' fit. Then his senses reasserted
ael selves 1t was the bill fer the
nit. which the tailor had enclosed
h TIL: inside pocket. And he must
lave left Gaorgia's letter at home
lfter all.
There was NO time tn get it now
not the ghost of chance that he
eould return within a half hour Of
The time, for he knew that Georgia
must have made it 1880 or 11:45.
And it was HES now. He tore the
etter into a hundred pieces and then.
sery slowly. with down-hanging head.
he walked down Fourteenth street.
He would 90 home. he would write
20 Georgia and telT her what an ass
he had been-no. he would take the
first train to her horne and crave for
givsness. At the thought he swung
round. nearly colliding with . young
and attractive lady. and started in
the direction Of the terminal. But
before he had gone three steps he
felt . touch on his arm and looked
around.
Well, you are rude. running away
from me like that" she said petu-
lantly. Il"
Georgia." exclaimed John Brett.
Well didn't you expect to meet
me ? Didn't you come here for that
And didn't you get my let
Ter appointing this place."
What place. Georgia." John NUT
tered.
why. this place." said Georgia
"Peterman's Misfit Parlors.
John. IL you don't prove to me in
stantly that you haven't been drink
ing ! may change my answer"
Copyright. 1912, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-18
WHY THEY DID NOT RETURN
Little Story Lacked Pathos Promised
by the Altogether Grewsoms
Introduction.

Talking about Omens," said the ex.
Canadian soldier. "a queer thing hap.
pened in the Boer war
"A troop OF mounted rifles were re.
turning after hard days scouting
to our camp near Middleburg, in the
eastern part Of the Transvaal On our
way back we had to pass the town
cemetery, which was on the side of
hill Near the gate Of the cemetery
stood shed in which was kept the
town hearse.
The doors Of this building were
open as we were riding past, and in
some manner the blocks which were
usually kept under the wheels Of the
hearse must have become dislodged,
for the hearse slowly moved out OF
the shed and rolled down the hill into
the middle Of our party, who scatter
ed in all directions.
THE officer in charge Of the troop
ordered four men to dismOunt and
take the hearse back. Now comes the
queer part. Soon after this we went
to Cape Town and took ship for home.
Every man OF that scouting party re-
turned alive and we'll to Canada ex-
cept the four men who handled that
hearse. Not man of that four re-
turned"
The former warrior paused and
heaved sigh.
Good men. true comrades they
were." said he
Have another drink" said the bar.
tender. and tell us how the poor fel.
lows died"
Silently the soldier drank to the
memory Of his comrades, set down
the empty glass and edged toward the
door.
The reason they did not come
back was because two of them got
good jobs in Cape Town. the other
two married Roer widows and settled
down on FARMS" he said.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-18
"Postman. There's a Letter In There,
Posted by Mistake"

OSNSO ~ 's'oS0NSs
! left in that coat" he explained.
Hurry, Bill, or I'll miss an important
engagement"
The janitor looked sheepish. why,
Mr. Rrett, he stammered, IL
haven't got ii nov, | let it go"
You sold it. you mean" cried
Fret Where"
Why. Mr. Brett. I've had some
dealings with Mr.. Peterman's Misfit
farlorS on Fourteenth street, and"
John Brett waited not ali instant.
but. hurrying out of the house. leaned
ABOARD a moving car. and Is minutes
later found himself at his destina.
ton.
You bought suit this mornine. :"
he explained. n brownlsh tweed.
, 1t"
our purchases run to five dozen
suits morning. mister" said Mr..
feterman. Among SO many"
hut surely You'll remember IT,"
persisted Brett 1T had ali import.
ant letter in the pocket. II WA
brought In by colored janitor-r
y, sure. remember" sad thu pro.
prletor affably. That suit lust sold
not three minutes ago to-say. youne
Teller. you hurry down tina, srreet
and you'll meet 1t walking ava. on 4
oiggish man. but thin"
l bet he was thin" mut,er.d John
hurrying out Of the store.
he ran like q mailman in Tho a,.o>,.
ton which Peterman had indicated
looked here and there and round the
corners-then. to his understandable
Joy ne saw the very suit in question
hanging on-or draping, rather--the
osck OF tall. ascetic-lookins man
VINO was leaning against a street Lot,
Ter box. John Brett ran up to him
You've just bought that suit =,
Peterman's." he painted. Il want "a
get . letter out Of the inside pocket
H. boSAes
Letter." inquired the a.cetio
cneerlessly. "WhyIl thought that
vas the letter my wife gave M. IN
post I'm sorry. but it's in that Latter
oox. Better ask the postmau" And
ne sauntered away. enveloped IN ~
coats voluminous folds
John felt like murder. but At that
sery moment postman stepped
across the street. whistlins br,stlv
ana unlocked the box. John inter.
vened. '
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-18
ProcAutlon Aaainst reiehi..

A temperature Of about lSo ae.,...
Fahrenheit kills the parasite rasnon.
siole for the disease Trichina =.
nesh worm. as it Is more commo,- i.
known. Fresh pork should be cooked
until It becomes while and is no lon ..
er red In color. In all portions ~ ~
piece. at the center as well "A ne..
the surface, 1es'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17
GERMANS SAY HEAT.
NOT MILK. KILLS BABES

Some notions as TO why babies
die in summer viii have to be swept
into the discard ii investigations
now under way in Berlin be further
verified. some ol the conclusions
arrived at in Germany are disclosed
IA a special report on infant Nor
tality and MllS stations.
The MIX Committee eives the
Berlin conclusions for what they are
worth, in as much as the concls-
ions in question are opposed to cer.
tain conclusions long held.
NJ Brfin experiments are m
der the direction Of Experts Lief.
mann and Lindemann., Tuey Say
they believe hat atmospheric heat
AZ owe 1874 degrees Fahrenheit has
2 directly Injurious effect upon la
fants, They consider ID great
number Of deaths ia hot weather are
dne TO heat stroke just as in
adults
Artihcial feeding. to their mind.
IS usually faulty in quality and
quaintty 10 hol weather. COWS
mills under these conditions Berlin
says causes an injury u the in
testinal tract whieh makes babies
particularly susceptible ID the IN
fects Of heat
Certain experiments Oh animals
seem 10 bear ou this theory. Dr
Llefimann ann0uuces
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17
FORTUNE
AWAITS
THIS MAN
FATHER, WORTH 100000,
WANTS TO RIGHT A
GREAT WRONG

Philadelphia July l7-"In the
S. rius 90 1850 lcV miles rom Ian
Caa ater III Doy child was horn 10
German Gin named Caroline. who
3 hort tImc after died, hut The child
lived. lt auy one can sive any in-
iegmai.oa abogt th.s. kindly write 10
& j. Nyholm. SO. as North Third
street. Philadelphia
u1estsagou ,oday of lie above
pofice which recently appeared IN
iaueastel papers, brought TO light a
story oi q wrong los unhappy conse
Qucnces and finally repentance ana
we desire to make amends by the
settlement ot 100000 on the child
now man. II alive
The bo has NOT been seen hv his
aiher since lSSS, at which time he
.8d started for either Kansas or In
tan Territory The father. who lives
n Philadelphia, Us moderately
ecallh according 90 Mr. Nyholm.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17
IBy Assoclatod prossl

Brownsville, Tex. July l7-Twon
VliNe mites north OF here 4 the
Fiendai town OF Harlinger.
You'd never know 81 was fcudal
Town, 70 ooE ii II, It's not az an
Ike the feudal towns You read
! N1out It's a hustline. npto.date
! place OF 25oo people, the center OF
q rich agricultural district. and it
looks like any other thriving Texas
town OF its size II isn't walled or
moated, And there's no donioined
and turreted castle there for it's
orerlord to live in.
Nevertheless It's overlord IS
lhere, and on the job is Ion Hin.
ne owns H1rnger and an the land
lnereabouis lin fact an the land
between there and Brownsville.
lie is worth SG.O00.000
lie has twelve automobiles.
lie is a graduate OF two colleges
And he holds q worlds record for
wealth.
For he is thu richest Indian in the
world. Hill is tullblooded Choc-
taw.
Lon didn't get his money from the
governments rs most on the rich IN
dams got theirs Tie made it. He
esan az the bottom, raising cattle |
~ indian territory, ana has accuIn- |
U'"ieu MS millions by sheer busi- |
ness ability
early IN life ne decided that he
mas be edue4ted IL he would win. I
SO ne put himself Through the Uni
'ers.ty OF Texas aud the law school
ll the tn.versity Of Virginia.
For years he pfacticed law. But
le ald only fairly wen Ten years
'so at the age ol AZ. ne was sull /
long way from success
he vent 70 Brownsville. He
aAaed there wdower with eieht
'ldren and no other assets. He
va ven little in debt. about
4 But he had a scheme in his ,
lie leased deserted hotel ana &
1ened IT, lie col options on thous
Aus cl acres oil semIarid valley 4
nd az 81 TO $3.50 an acre. Ehen 4
g laid a railway scheme before Il
f Yoakum. hea1 Of the Frisco Il
]ad. Yoa6um saw the possibilities Il
la asreed to build the road that Il
III wanted. II
Hin went hacE j brownsville |!
ld organized irrigation companies. III
The railroad was buiit. The II
lehes were das Hhe land bios II
med like the rose And most of II
was Lon Hi9's land II
Ion Hi now owns some 100000 II
rsf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17
Lo, the Poor Indian! He's
Only Worth 5000, 900

, an Indian can hold his own with the
foXiest of the whites at their owl
game.
Poor Los Record.
Born poor Lon Hill has made
$G,00o000 aud without depending on
government land allotments for his
start.
Owns the whole town of Harlm-
ser, Texas.
Owns 100000 acres of land
Sports ~ automobiles.
owns two cane plantations and
sugar mill.
rs a graduate of two universities.
- paid for the education of 100
children.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17
COL. sUGGs WILL co

President Logan Walter Page, of
l;he American Good Roads congress,
has written to Colonel Sidney Suggs.
tate highway commissioner. asking
the latter to attend the congress
which opens in Atlantic City. Sep.
tember 80, and continues until Octo-
her ; Colonel Suggs is asked to
serve on the good roads and mainte-
nance section