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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-04-28

Clever stunt Of Fly Acrobat.
This Is an actual photograph OF ny
sftting in tiny chair trying to bal
saef cork. It Is part Of moving
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-04-28
Common Danger Sets Planter
and Laborer Side by Side
PiIing Sacks.

~ sippi valley is one Of fear and
IA "a danger to all that live in the
lowlands along the river from
Cairo to the gulf stretch. The fight
against the waters of the Mississippi.
which is never ended. is the fight of ali
those who have built their towns and
homes and planted their fields for hun
dreds of miles along its banks. The
levee's got to hold" is the slogan Of
every one, and the task of strengthen
ing it calls out every man in the bot
TOMS Armed guards patrol the river.
To tamper with the levee is to be shot.
with questions asked afterward. High
water talk is the one subject of every
one.
For the terrible loss caused by L
break in the levees is too great to suf-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-04-28

= Il &c thoroughly enjoyed the aero
kstic 'sstunt /"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-04-28
Crazy Snake
Was a
Famous Indian

~ RAY SNAKE, the Indian re-
sponsible for the last uprising
~ In Oklahoma. died recently
near Old Hickory. the stamp
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

the edge of the we'll and said he would
haul me up IL l would first climb up and
rig a windlass for him.
So as | was sliding down the mountain
side the brakeman came in and l asked
him when the train would reach my sta
ton.
passed your station miles back he
said, calmly folding up the train and put
ting 1t In his vest pocket.
At this iuncture the clown bounded into
the ring and pulled the centre pole out
of the ground, lifting up the tent and
all the people in It, while I stood on the
earth below watching myself go out Of
sight among the white above. T
Then | woke and found had been
asleep almost ten minutes,
Woodbury. Pulsifer. at the Maine soci-
ety's reunion IN New York, praised the
sturdy perseverance, of Names sons.
Perseverance,, pluck, self-denial,' said
Mr.. Pulsifer. those are the qualities
that bring Maine boys success.
ut was a Maine boy in Paris-he is a
successful sculptor today-who was
sought out in his garnet in the Rue
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
WILSON AND THE DEATH TRAPS.

HEN Governor Wilson vetoed the Pierce gradecross
WY ing bill, because, as he explained, it would cost the
railroad companies too much to abolish grade cross
Ings at the moderate rate provided in the bill, the whole state
was agape with surprise. The bill had been popularity regarded
as an extremely conservative measure and was bitterly opposed
In the Legislature because it did not go far enough. If the Gov
ernor had signed the bill it would now be in operation as a
law, but the complication caused by his blunder in sending the
bill back to the wrong house clouded its legality and threw 1t
into the courts. This treatment of a measure so earnestly de-
sired by the State, and pledged to the people by both party
platforms, did not escape the notice of Democratic voters in
other States. It was brought up against Governor Wilson in
Illinois, in Minnesota, in Massachusetts, in Maryland and other
States and it rankIes in the minds of Democratic voters in New
Jersey. In effect Governor Wilson in his veto put property In
terests above human life. The logic of the veto was that if the
railroad could not afford, by its own showing, to abolish a death
trap that was taking awful toll of human life it should not be
compelled to do so, and the killing should go on. 1t all de-
pended on the ability of the railroad to pay regular dividends.
Whatever action the courts may take in the dispute over the
bill, whether it be declared law or not, the act of the Governor
In yetoing it stands out as the worst reproach to his adminis
frafinn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

ton discussed the crown prince of Ger
many.
He gives his father a lot of trouble"
the diplomat said, with a frown. THE
Reichstag incident, where he showed
open disapproval of the Kaiser's peace
policy, is only one of many similar incl
dents that the public hears nothing
about.
"a friend of mine one winter night
was skating with the crown prince Mt
st. Morris, in the Swiss Engadine. The
sky. glanced and glittered splendidly
with its host of stars, and my friend,
pointing to a star of marvellous bril-
lance, said:
II wonder what that star is?'
Doubtless said the crown prince
with a sneering laugh, 1T is some new
decoration wherewith my father has
seen fit to honor the Ruler of the
Heavens.
Rudolph Blankenburg, the reform
mayo of Philadelphia, was praising the
Intelligence of woman.
Woman" he said. lis a realist. She
has no illusions. She sees the truth,
and, no matter what Ideals 1t skaters,
she accepts the truth bravely.
'She accepts 1t wittily. In German
town, one evening, as a family sat
grouped about the library table. the lit
tie son looked up from his book and
asked:
'Papa, what is an eCotist?'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Boissonade by a rich friend who wished
to invite him to a New Years luncheon.
1.-THE rich friend, who hadn't yet de-
clded on the hour for the luncheon, said:
81 don't know whether to set 1t for
II o'clock or /. By the way, old CHAP,
when do you lunch. as a rule?
!" Thursdays said the Maine boy"
Jerome s. McWade, the millionaire col
lector of Duluth. vas appealing for a
seaman's fund.
let the collection be generous" he
said. I'VE want none of the penny and
quarter parable here.
"a penny and a quarter, side by side
In a pocket, fell into conversation.
I'm worth twenty-five of you, said
the quarter. h~aughtily.
That's true replied the humble
uenny; but in one respect, sir, I am SUI
perior to yourself
.Pshawi How So? aid the quar-
ter.
- go to church, sir, far, far oftcner
than YOU replied the penny
Professor Brander Matthews said o.
literary criticism;
IA good deal OF 1t, too, Is biased. A
GOOD deal of it is like Mr.. Walton's.
MIR. walton's daughter, a college girl,
wrote at the age of Is a novel when
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
CITY LAND FOR A PLAYGROUND.

IT L the tract of land on Eighth avenue owned by the Board of
X Works is too valuable for a school site and playground
why should it not be too valuable for use for a stable and
abe storage of carts2s This tract is at the rear of the Seventh
Avenue School. 1t is desirable for a playground and as the
dimensions are about 300 by $50 feet there is also room for a
new school building. Land for a stable and storage can be had
nj a comparatively cheap price elsewhere if the city tract on
Frelinghuysen avenue is not convenient for the boards uses.
From the beginning there has been a stupidity reactionary spirit
of opposition in official circles to the acquisition of Fairgrounds.
Appropriations have been stinted and obstacles of all kinds put
In the way of the Playground Commission, which, with limited
means, has done splendid work under many discouragements.
At present the city does not provide, onehalf the playground
facilities that are needed. As Commissioner Aronson shows,
there are $500 names to a petition for a playground in the Fiji
teenth Ward, where there is a large child population, but there
is no money to provide for one. AS the playground question
is one of health as well as morals, and of saving children from
the peris of street traffic, a public board that is Indifferent to
these considerations should be sharply prodded by public
sentiment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

eTa He testimony that is coming out in the House committee
Ii Investigation of Federal meat inspection is horrifying.
The charges made and testified to seem incredible. For
example, a statement by an inspector at Chicago whose identity
is not given is to the effect that 100000 pounds of salt meat
that had lain for four or five days in sewage filth during a heavy
rain that backed up the sewage, was washed and then packed
and shipped South to market. This was done with the knowl
edge of the Federal inspection officers and under general instruc-
tons from Washington. What with its systematic protection
of food takers and prisoners, its collision with swindling land
companies in Florida and its connivance with the meat trust
III the sale of filthy or diseased meat Mr.. Tafts department of
agriculture is shown to be "A national menace. And there is yet
something to be disclosed of the relations of the head of the
department with the Western irrigation companies. There is
more than enough in the record of the agricultural department
in the last two years to wreck any national administration.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
RICHEsoN,s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

*TM ICHESON. the ruthless slayer of gentle Avis Linnell, has
Jim paid the extreme penalty for a crime conceived in soul
less ~selfshness and deliberately and remorselessly. car
red out. Richeson was a clergyman and pastor of a church.
He preached from the pulpit even while he had on his soul
the guilt of his victims betrayal and while he was meditating a
method to murder her to put her ont of his path to an ambitious
marriage. He was received on an Intimate footing in families
and talked in honeyed words when his thoughts were engrossed
with a daboical plot TO murder an innocent and confding girl.
Posing as a saint, Richeson was a consummate villain. The
murder of one girl was to be the prelude of the moral murder of
another girl victim, and probably to secure any property advan-
tage or crafty a desire for a change, RichesOn would have put
her away, too. There was no evidence in Richeson's demeanor
of remorse, and even in his paroxysms of terror he did not recall
the figure of his victim. Only the fear of death anguished his
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST ARCHIBALD.

eTH He notes of the young woman stenographer read before
ii the House judiciary committee yesterday recorded con
ferences almost daily between Judge Archibald, of the
Commerce Court, and Edward j. Williams. his alleged partner
in crooked deals with Erie railroad officials. The existence Of
this evidence was evidently unsupported by Williams when he
attempted to clear the skirts of Archibald in his testimony before
the committee. The notes reveal an astonishing moral turpi
tude. BY reason. of the surprising interest in the presidential
contest, public attention has not yet been riveted upon the Arch
bald case, which promises to be one of the most sensational of
the kind the country has witnessed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

An egotist,' the father answered,
is a man who thinks he is cieverer
than anyone else
But the mother, laughing coldly. ap-
pended:
"'No, my son., that is not quite right.
An egotist is a man who says he is
cleverer than any one discovery man
thinks he is
Herbert e. March, the charity expert
Of Jacksonville. : was talking about
charity.
''The rich give far more In charity
he said. than is generally believed. It's
altogether erroneous, the prevalent idea
of the rich mans ~callous, stupid attitude
in the face Of poverty and suffering.
"The prevalent idea is Illustrated well
In the story of Mrs. Golde, to whom a
charity worker said:
Thousands of poor people freeze to
death every winter
"'Dear mel Mrs. Golde replied. why
don't they go to California? 2
A friend who had learned that some
times l suffered from insomnia told me
Of a sure cure. says a writer In a rural
Kansas paper.
Eat a quart Of peanuts and drink two
or three glasses of milk before going TO
bed said he, ''and Ill warrant you'll be
asleep within half an hour"
! did as he suggested, and my friend
was right. / did go to sleep very soon
after retiring. Then a friend with his
head under his arm came along and asked
me IL / wanted to buy his feet. l was
negotiating with him when the dragon
on which l was riding slipped out Of his
skin n left me aioat In mldair.
While l was considering how to get
down a bull with two heads peered over
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
DEMOCRACY AT THE BANQUET BOARD.

cH HE banquet of the time.honored Joel Parker Association at
the Hotel Navarro last night, attended by representative
Democrats of this and other States, was a notable and
significant event during the pending campaign. Given to the
anpledged Democratic candidates for delegates to the Baltimore
convention. il brought out an anti Wilson sentiment the strength
and intensity of which had hardly been suspected. AT the same
time there was exhibited an equally strong sentiment in favor
of Speaker Clark. The Joel Parker Association represents the
stanchest Democracy in New Jersey and the utterances at the
banquet last night voiced the great majority sentimen of the
PARTY as it will be expressed at the polls next Tuesday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
her father brought out for her at his W

her father brought out for her at his W
expense.
During the Christmas holidays Nj
Walton gave a party in his daughters
honor, and at this party the young girl
read, from an improvlsed platform, chap
tiers out of her book.
Her fond old father was carried away
by the reading. So tremendously, indee1
did his admiration for his daughter :
talent enkindle him hat as the girl read
on the man could be heard mutterins
over and over:
"Howells be hanged. lowell be
bangedv'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

"By glngerv' said Farmer Fodder
shucks, II know I'm a Reuben. but I'll
be burned eff I'm ez awkward ez Henry's
folks may make me out ter be. Went
ter supper at his fine house when / wuz
In the city t'other day. When | como
ter set down, blamed CT there wasn't
six forks at my place! s'pose they ng-
gered ia drop as many as tibet on tn
floor, an they lowed ter keep me spilled
with clean mes Henry's folks is pretty
high an mighty fer style. but that
there's nothin' less than unpolite!'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

At gatherings when speechmaking was
expected Mark Twain preferred to do his
part after Others had lone theirs, for
what was said before made opportunities
for him later on. An instance Of his oc-
Cured at a breakfast In London given
during his last visit to England relates
William H.. Rldeing in his volume of
"reminiscences Augustine Birrell, the
Irish secretary, preceded him, and, re-
ferring to the demands made on him in
what is probably the most irritating and
laborious of all parliamentary Offices, de-
clared. Il am sure / don't know how |
got here"
That gave Clemens the chance he mad
waited for, and he lost no time III
making the most of 1t. No other Ameri-
can who ever visited London received
half the applause bestowed on him. not
Henry Ward Beecher, DIR. Holmes. ecu
eral Grant or even Mr.. Choate.
Mr.. Birrell," he began very slowly
and with a more expansive smile than
usual. "Mr. Birrell has just said he
doesn't know how he got here" Then
he bent over the Irish secretary and
looked into his wine glasses. Doesn't
KNOW HOW nc kOt GIG very bsBniii-
cantly. Mr.. Birrell was puzzled behind
his spectacles and everybody was on the
qui vive just as the speaker liked to
have them; 1t was part of his game.
well, he hasn't-had-anything''-a
prolonged OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
drink-since he came. and we'll at least
see that he gets home all right
The infection breathed encouragement
It said by implication what many more
words could not have said better, that
Mr.. Birrell was in the hands OF a self
sacrificing friend who would look out for
him. II surely was not the sort of hui
NOR they were used TO, but bishops In
their frocks, deans, cabinet ministers,
and judges-they as well as the rest OF
us yielded to 1t in uncomfortable laugh
ter, while the speaker demurely shook his
head as If he were compassionating the
fraiity of humanity.
Representative Henry. of Texas. at a
kluncheon in Waco, drank the health OF
kthose American heiresses who marry
| American men.
"Apropos OF international marriages.
he said, 81 am reminded OF a saying OF
Vicomte rOignon.
"fThese American heiresses,' srumbled
the vicomte to his friend, the Chevalier
Tete de Veau, are a cold. calculating,
designing lot
Yes? said Tete de veau.
Yes, said, rOignon. I've just beer
accepted by Miss Billia Mare, and
though Billia is worth twice as much as
Lolita Code, the latter declines posi-
lively to release me from our engage,
ment.'"
A diplomat at A dinner In Washing
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
HE EXPLAINS

"Ah!'' sighed the
$ o young
woman, smiling the
air, there's no mis-
taking the spirit of
spring IN this glori-
GUS morning. How
mysterious Is the
pungent perfume In
the air {
But" suggested
the. practical young
man. maybe that
pungent smell amt
so mysterious, after
all. | think it's the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Some Fall Nonsense in the Spring.
Twas at Palm Beach last winter,
Where such things oft occur,
While walking by the sea that I
Glanced to fall in with her,
And strolling on the pier one night,
talked with her-and then
When none was nigh. we slipped, and |
Fell In with her again.
It sngered her, this falling in,
| haven't any doubt,
And we might be there yet-but we
Then had a falling out
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
All In.

Dottie-Oh, Mr.. Scott. I've had a per-
fectly delightful evening. All those mag
nifcent roses. the box at the opera, and
that delightful supper afterward, How
can l ever repay your kindness?
Scotty-Well, you might lend me street
car fare TO get home on, II you have 1t.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

NC Nof@ Soo'S
ran into an island
ten miles long and
seven miles wide
that did not show
on his good ships
chart, he named the
island st. Helena.
That was May q.
1921. There may be
lonely AND more
olate places than st.
Helena. but none
had been
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

JUST BY THE WY.

The Place for Him.
City Editor-In your story of the fire
You say: "A crowd of at least 100000
peaple quickly collected In front of the
burning building.
New Reporter-Yes, sir. Don't you
think the figures are large enough?
City Editor-oh, yes. Only you're
wasting your time on the local staff.
The paper needs you In. the circulation
department.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
A Needed season.

Tommy Twaddles-Ma, why is 1t that
there amt no dances an parties in
Lent?
Ma Twaddles-Because our winter
clothes are all worn out and 1t isn't
warm enough for our spring clothes yet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

The Fat Girl-which do you take first,
your dancing lessons or your exercises
to gain flesh?
The Thin Girl-0h, the dancing lesson.
"Grace before meat" you know.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Geraldine-Want to marry me? Why,
Mr.. Fuzzytop, I've only known you for
a week!
Ferdinand-well, you're taking no
more chances than I am. I've only
known you for a week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Al De M~ustahd-Your wife's costume
tonight is charming. 1t simply beggars
description.
Justin De Bunch-And that reminds me
of a conundrum-why am I like descrip-
ton?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
A Rainy Day Exhibit.

There were ruffies on her gown,
There were ruffes on her hat.
were ruffies from her shoulders to
her dainty little toes;
But from what she said, when down
On the icy walk she sat
I gathered that her temper was more
ruffed than her clothes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Premature Repentance.
The sick man seized his wlfe's hand In
his feeble grasp.
Tell me the truth at once" he
begged.
"Oh William It's all right. The
crisis is past and the doctor says you
will recover"
us he sure of that"
Perfectly"
my partner that l didn't mean what
I said yesterday about not foreclosing
that mortgage. l was delirious. you
know"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

OF the last years SUITS 50
many fellows are wearing today,"-The
Standard and Times.
"Nrs. La Moone must miss her de
parted husband dreadfully."
"What makes you think soF
"She has advertised in the papers for
a parrot that can swear fiuently."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Dottie-Why- don't you take off your
stockings?
Johnny-All of 'em off that1l come of,
Ma bought these at a bargain sale for
eight cents a pair.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

up to 1916, when Napoleon was exiied.
and these polar explorers are sucn mars
you can't be sure even yet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
Works Both Ways

."I'ye heard, at various times and places
That circumstances alter cases"
Thus spake my lawyer, Billy Francis.
81 started peor-fm getting rich
with money earned from lawsuits
which
Proves cases alter circumstances"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Dolly Nothingbut-No, Freddy, ! can
not be your wife.
Freddy F~ewscads-But You almost
promised me you would a few minutes
ago when | was waltzing with you.
Dolly-Ohi but you should not hold
me TO q promise made under PRESSURE!
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
SWEET ADVERSELY.

Johnny" said. the pretty young
schoolma'am to the youngest member
of the class. what did Shakespeare
mean when he wrote, Sweet are the
uses of adversity?'"
He meant, replied Johnny, that
when you keep one of the. older boys
after school for not getting his les
son he can make love to You all he
likes and nobody will know the diff
ference"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
A Compliment.


Zones threatened to pull my nose.'
"Well, he'd have his hands full IL he
attempted 1t, all rightl'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
Question of Faith.

.sDoes Miss Skreacher sing"
THAT all depnds on whether you be-
lieve her mother or the n~elghbors."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

There" said the Suit Case. rueiudiy:
"Tbat baggageman forgot TO give me
check, and now I'm broke"
81 wish l could help you" said tne
Saratoga Trunk. s"but the fact Is, I'm
strapped myself"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
Easy.

What is a buttressf"
"A buttress i~s-er-why-a %nannygoat,
Of course. Why don't you use your head
a little and not ask so many questions?''
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21

Two men were holly discussing the
merits of a book. Finally one of them,
himself an author. said to the other:
mo. John, you can't appreciate 1t. You
never wrote a book yourself" =.
mo" retorted John. and | never laid
an egg, but I'm a better Judge of an
omelet than any hen in the State"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-21
DINNER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ICY" Warman. the poet and humorist,
tells the story Of an a%fter-dinner speaker
who was called on to speak on THE
Antiquity of the Microbe." He arose and
said: Adam had EN-" then sat down.