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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
Book Treasures Of the Past.

The cost of materials aud copying.
Illuminating and binding books by
hand made them the treasures of rich
collectors and the pride of museums,
palaces and convent libraries. I'm
mense sums were invested In them.
and u rare or unusually original copy
became gem in value ms well as SEN
timent. Cicero. whose magnificent IT.
brary was almost ns famous MS Its
owners eloquence, declared that he
had seen parchment roll containing
the entire "Iltad" Of Homer. which
was compressed between the shells OF
a nut. a work Of extreme skill! ana pa
tience. which a French savant. NJ
Huet. has since demonstrated was
within the range Of possibility. Many
such tours de force are said to have
demonstrated the skill Of ancient copy
lists and their economy Of parchment
and vellum. In the eighth century Il
was with great difficulty that monk
Of the rich abbey of st. Gall. France
gathered piece by piece sufficient
parchment to begin the transcription
Of rare work. Later. in i120. mont
employed to prepare copy Of the Bi
BILE could not fnd in all England SUN
Client parchment for the purpose
charles winslow Hail In National Mag
axine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
REMARKED.

This ~ o true story OF John and
Mary.
Husband and wife. they came into
tho old squire's Office and asked that
papers Of separation be drawn up.
"Why. what's the matter, Maryrs
"Well. you see, Judge, John IL not a
bad man, but he will not consult me
about things. He goes ahead and buys
stun because It's cheap. And there In
the mortgage. I'm afraid we'll lose the
fnrm.
"He goes to public sales. Judge. and
buys old crowbait horses and harnesses
and wornout tanning mills and bob
slcds. He always bids. and they are
always knocked off to him"
How about It. JohnT
well, now. judge. | contend I'm the
head Of the family. don't want no
woman mixing up in my business.
don't think it's woman's place. Do
you, Judge"
The squire pondered.
John. will you let me talk to you In
q very plain mannerT
"Sure. squire"
"John. you have very sensible wife,
and you ought to be proud Of her. She
works hard and Is just as anxious to
get on In the world us you are. Mary
isn't meddling when she wants to know.
she IL your partner and good one.
1.-TWO heads are better than one.
John, especially If the other head Il
that Of sensible wife. And you know
your weakness Is buying things at pub.
lie sales.
And you. Mary.
you are a good woman. But you
know. Mary, you got temper from
your father. And when you get mad
your tongue Is pretty sharp. You mig
John about his trades when It Is too
late to do any good. Then he gets mad
and there Is trouble.
Now, John and Mary
1--WE known you both all your lives
and your people before you. You have
your troubles. but you would be mis-
cradle apart.
"John and Mary. stand up!
Join your right hands. BY virtue OF
the authority vested In me. command
you. John. to consult your wife about
all gyour business affairs. And you
Mary. 1 command you to BIO patient
with John and kind. Whom God hath
Joined together lot not man put asun
der. Amenw
And the sequel7
That was ten years ago. and John
and Mary get along nicely.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28

The capital city OF the Matmatas.
the cave dwellers Of Tunis. containing
about 5000 Inhabitants. Ii one Of the
strangest In the world. It IL not erect
cd upon the ground. but IL burrowsd
Ia the earth. the country being high.
rocky plateau. barren. sun baked and
swept by the simeon. When one OF
these people wishes TO build dwelling
he5 chooses his spot. traces 4 circle TO
show fts ioca ton and then digs until
he reaches the desired depth, which
varies according to the number OF
stories he desires. The rooms are
caves followed out In the sides OF the
circular covered pit. and the bottom of
the pit forms the courtyard. which In a
usual feature Of Moorish house. Be.
sides the rooms. a passage In also dug.
communicating with the outside world.
and q door 10 built at the outer end.
The soil IL malleabie clay. 10 easily
cut aud lends itself we'll to excavation.
the roof of each room requiring no
support as long as 1t In well arched.
The cave dwellers inhabit the territory
between the town Of Gabes. on the
Tunis coast. and the sand hills Of the
Sahara.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
Sl,crilT's Sale.

No. i5.3Oi--ln the First judicial Dis
triCt Court Of CadLu Parish. La.
Mrs. Sophie II0urrrXru' ". :. +
Fisher. IT nj.
I,N virtue Of u writ If s"lLtIr" and
sale to ne directed from The iiOnur-
able First JudrcInI l'nIrIrt Court nl
Cahdo Parish, Louisiana. III tIlr
above nuuuhrrrd sud rntIiIrt SUIT
have SrIlrd and will offer for sol"
at public auction 'ur r.~. without
II" benefit OF apprHl4"lm"mI, ~ w."
vrlmrrpnI front "oor Of 'he court
house Of tadio tarl~l, ouuISrana
during 'l,r hR.I hourS ~ sa.s ssn
S\ll'nn%I, ttt. 3. SN|,
A certain srnc' "r tarr"I ~ ".t ~
'Nnlcd in thr southeast quarter ~
northeast quarter section :. Cow"
ship q. rang" q. and NOR" varllCn
lnrly drsrrIbrd rs fellows: NrEIn-
ming at n stake at the northeast cor
nrr Of said southeast quarter ~ elsr
northeast quarter section ;, Cor 4
starting point, anA running th"nrc
west 1886 chains ~ q stalk: Uo thc
right of way of Inc h. g.. :. Railway
thence along said right ~ way ~ a
souihcastcrIy dlrcCto" 1902 chains
to stake OU section vine: ehriNr
north 6.535 chains a. the place 81
beginning. Said tract 81 ennd con
tanning 5.Si acres ~ tand, situated
in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, win thr
buildings amt improvements shcre-
on. Said property seized as belonging
to the above drf"ndanNs and ~ BE-
sold to pay and satisfy thc deht 40
specified in said wrls. say IN Nhe sum
of $276.5O, less s2ii.i, paid '"s J'nr
20. 1910, lca~inx = balance NV on
principal and interest Of st32~'. and
all costs Of THIS sllst, ~ Ncit as esW
per cent interest NN said pri'r pA
and interest o. attorneys fees.
~. tINukNA.
khcviR. V-OfIicio \uc'"s,sst
Caucasian. pcs"'nh"v ~ S:HS,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28

7 ,nnifnftInna stirrDI ndinpa rnrg ana
| b,r. snb,;s,,nr, Vhv7 Thai she
p,i,,ht clos, th. ahuttera Of her win
d,n.s and r,,, her nrr.ra throurb the
gold pieces and rlnut over their vel
low fnrns
Htr,nvc nLucssion7
II certainly was hut when Won como
| ~ ttink Of II there nrr many WAYS by
| which ONE may Sell himself for gold
Ther. ARE huatno4. rIen who will
drnv ihruscIy.a the common ioya of
fricndsntn the commemorative Of their
r,,,i,tcv ,h, vnro,inns thnv suroIy
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28

rs paupers--so much OF beans and
pncon and conl.
The cost Is the same.
Illinois gives the mothers the money.
They know better than my superin.
tendrnt Of tn" poor how to use IT. TO
any nothing of the suspicion Of graft
that often attaches to the purchase of
supplies for the poor.
Let the mother keep her Riddles.
She will do better by them thnn any
stranger. lhry Rre her children. 70
bring Them into being Hhr has gone
into the jaws Of death
In II hundred years from now u will
be told of this generation ~ nU Nn.
Rpraknbe cruelty thnt society actually
soot children away from shcis own
mothers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
kl,criH's Hp%.

i2.1AG IN the First .udcIN JhJ'N'
Court Of Caddn Parish, 10. w.
ClIIOugh-W Weaver Lunh"s &C.,
Ltd. vs.. y. G.. Richardson.
Ily virtue Of writ Of l'l"ri facIa>
to me directed fro NTH" Honorable"
the First Judicial District Court ~
Gaddo Parrish Louisiana. III On"
above numbered and entitled sui,
II have seized and will offer for sale
for cash and according 10 law,
at the principal front door Of the
Court House Of Gaddo Parish. Louis
lana, during the legal hours for
sales, on,
SATURDAY,, MARCH LIST. 1912
The northwest quarter of section
one, township nineteen. range six
teen aud twelve and one half acres
| (i2h) of land off Of the north side
Of Southwest quarter section one,
township nineteen. range sixteen;
also fractional south half section
twenty one. township eighteen,
range fifteen. all in CaddO Parish.
Louisiana, with buildings and i'm
jpr0vcmenis thereon. and also par
eel or tract Of land near tn" City
! Of Shreveport III section twelve,
township seventeen. range fourteen,
| in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. describe
cd as follows: Commencing at the
sOui Invest corner Of the lot Of
ground A95 acres allotted by parll-
ton to G. w. Lewis Of date May q.
1872 recorded in Conveyance Book
T., page 259 Of the recorders office
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, thence
run east along the south line Of said
lot allotted to G.. W. Lewis, tgA5
chains to the range line between
sections ~ and II, thence south
along said range line 1924 chains
thence west 1886 100 chains to the
Norris Ferry road, thence along said
road TO the place of beginning, the
course being north 8 and ga degrees
east and containing 1929 1000 acres
and being the same property acquir-
ed by William Shields, November 2
1872 by partition with Lewis anG
Strauss as per act recorded in Con-
veyance Book r. page 235 and by ID
&C.. Richardson from F.. f.. Harkey by
deed recorded November %, 1906 re.
Icorded in Conveyance Book a3. page
1910. records of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, with the buildings and i'm.
Iprovements thereon, said property
seized as belonging TO the above
named defendant. and TO be sold tt
pay and satisfy the debt as speci-
fled in said writ, say In the sum Of
$3500.00 with eight per cent interes
thereon from the nth day Of Aug
lust 1907, until paid and ten per cen
attorneys fees, less credit Of 1916
Isl paid August 80, 1903 and also less
credit of 5000, with all costs Of thi
suit. j. p. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer
Caucasian, Jan. 25, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TWO FARM HOMES,
By EDWIN n. NYI.

| visited two farm h0tIeR
On table IN the living room Of one
of these homes | found several lat"
magazines newspapers in plenty and
some good books In "A corner Of the
room wsa fair sized library contain.
Ing books ON agriculture. history. travel
aud fiction.
In the other home there WINS no pc
riodicnI literature save the county sea.
newspaper md books were scarce.
found what | expected To tind ms to
the character Of these two homes
In the home where good reading
abounded there were Intelligence. thrift.
economy. business system. prosperity
aEa! joyous home living.
In the other home there were btcker
ing and nnggIng. wastefulness, lack of
good management aud woeful igno-
rance concerning the progress OF the
world at large.
More than that
The boys and glrls 10 tho homo with
out maya zines and books found their
pleasures asyay from the home. Some
OF these pleasures were silly. and some
were harmful Gosslp took the place
Of reading The moral tone OF the
home was not high.
The difference7
Books and good rcadingi
without books and newspapers OF
general circulation the farmer can
know little or nothing OF current
events, of the news of church and
state. politlcs-the things that make for
good citizenship and intelligent activ.
ity In human affairs,
And
without books and farm papers and
newspapers father ana the boys will
knew scarcely anything of market tend
eneies or scientific farming methods or
farm management or horticulture or
breeding or veterinary and other lines
Of up to date farming.
Nor
without farm journals or magazines
will mother and the girls know very
much about domestic science or poul.
try or nursing or home management
But
Above all else there Is lacking the
silent influence Of good literature In
the building up Of character.
A good book not only gladdens the
heart, but broadens tho vision and lifts
up the life.
Books and good reading are infallible
induces Of the character Of home.
%
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
Stockholders MEETING.

AT special stockholders meeting
Of The Bensons Limited, held at
their Office in Shreveport all stock
holders being present either in per-
son or by proxy, the following reso-
luton was proposed and unanimous
ly adopted: Resolved, that the CAPT
tai stock of The Bensons Limited be
reduced from $4,000 to $4,000, with
$4,000 paid up.
NJ. NJ. BENSON. Chairman.
L. G. BENSON, Secretary.
January IL, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28

Speaking Of laws
One OF the most humane statutes Of
any state Is the mothers pension law
Of Illinois.
II Is this way:
In most states when mother is left
q widow With children she 10 unable to
support the state steps In and makes
the children metberless as we'll as IA.
therless.
That 10 to say. the state takes the
children from the mother and puts
them In an orphan asylum or some
charitable institution.
which when you come to think Of II
. This state takes the child from its
mother. who Of all persons IL most
able and willing to care for It properly
to mother it--and puts II into big
brooding pen with lot OF other chill
dren.
And Il calls that bsnevolencei
OF course the purpose Is benevolent
one. but Il Ii mistaken kindness. When
you rob child OF Ito mother you rob II
Of It's best friend. and when you rob a
mother OF her child you rob her Of all
that makes life worth while.
Now
Under the law Of Illinois instead OF
separating mother and child the pen.
sion act allows every deserving mother
from S. to $40 per month for each
child. The pension continues until the
child Ii self supporting.
And this pension Is Of right and not
Of charity.
How much better than to take chill.
dren from their natural mothers and
put them In a crowded pen under
charge OF matron.
Or
How much better than to put widow
and children under the care Of a super
visor of the poor. after the manner oil
most states. aud dole out to the familv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
A FALSE PHILOSOPHY.
/ nothing 10 It,"

"Tberes nothing in H.
Which was my friends way OF ex.
pressing the result Of his inventory OF
human life and the values supposed to
reside In human living.
| knew his manner Of life.
He was inordinateiy selfish. From
boyhood he had sought only his own
personal pleasure His education, bush
ness, habits even his marringe=had
been considered entirely from the
standpoint of his own personal good.
He was successful
His ambitions had been largely real
lied. But he was not happy. He was
disseminated and pessimistic. Almost
angrily, he demanded:
"What are we here for. anyway
said to him that | had found life
very good and Its values OF a satisfy
ing character. l believed that one
should live
For the future In the distance.
For the good that I can do. .a
To be sure. I had not lived up TO my
ideal, but Il was my Arm belief that
mortals are shut up to the proposition
that In order to be happy they must
plan 10 make othegs happy. Where.
upon he said:
II don't believe that rot"
am sure he did not believe It. II
was totally contrary to his entire phi
losophy. He said:
.Look about you. Every fellow Is fos
himself, and the devil takes the hind
most The only Golden Rule believe
In Is the David Harum rule to do the
other fellow first. The man who doe.
otherwise will get left"
There are a lot Of people who pro
coed on that philosophy.
But IL does not work!
Those who live the David Haruu
philosophy David didn't-some
how miss the way. Though SUCCESS
ful." they are weary and disguised
with life.
The PHILOSOPHY IL wroag.
Put the other systeunA- the plan OF un
selfishness -oa tho very lowest plane
the plane Of success. sad--it werksl
ID mere personal hsppiness your high
ct desire1
II so you are doomed to disa appoint
ment, tiisillusicn. The time viii com
when you will dnd nothing In ME tina
d worth while.
Mortals are built that way.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28
honoNANlAcs.

A woman died In Peru. Ind. the
other day 10 q mean and ugly room
and supposedly dependent upon char
ity. In an old leather bag was SAT 900.
which was discovered by wondering
neighbors.
Miserable creaturel
Consider what the bag OF gold
might have brought the woman. She
could have had pretty clothes and
comfortable surroundings. plenty to
eat, medical attendance in her sick
ness. perhaps a proicngation OF life.
She might have had the countless
little delicacies and the attentions
craved by the normal woman who can
afford them.
But
She evidently preferred barren and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28

"What in the world do you want
with so many garden seeds?' inquired
the patient congressman. "You surely
don't plant all Of them" NO. re.
piled the constituent. I'VE put little
milk and sugar on them and use them
for breakfast food" - Woman's Jour
nal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-28

Better see about your supply Of
bill heads and statements before the
first. You'll need 'em then.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-13
GENERA.

The temperature at st. Paul, Minn.,
was4for several days 81 degrees below
Richard T. Crane, head of Crane
company and foe Of universities, die
at his home in Chicago.
A total of eleven deaths from the
extreme cold was the record in New
York for the winters coldest day.
Records for cold weather for years
over Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma
were broken. with temperatures cf
to u below.
The home Of Horace G. Burt, Of
Chicago, former president Of the Un-
ion PacHic, was destroyed. by fire,
LOSS. 100000.
Twenty laundries in St Louis have
ceased operations because. Of q short
age Of water supply which threatens
to become q famine.
Radical reduction Of freight, rates
on livestock have been prescribed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
on western railroads.
In full view of passing crowds and
in ..the principal business street OF
Newark. Ohio, burglars looted a jew.
elry store Of 10000. 0
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-13
FOREIGN.

Harbin advices say that all the high
tr Chinese officials have already been
expelled from Urga, the capital OF
Mongolia -f''&
The influences being brought to
bear in order to induce Italy to renew
or not 10 reney the triple alliance
with Germany and. Austria-Hungary
are becoming daily more pressing.
= The coast provinces OF Ecuador have
recognized the provisional government
proclaimed at GuayaQuil BY Gen. Pedro
Montero. Dec. 2s, six days after the
sudden death Of President Emilio Es-
frada. y " d, ia
Two important developments have
Intensified the interest in the situation
In China, These were a renewal Of
hostilities and the demand Of the Rus
sian government that China recognize
the independence of outer Mongolia.
Shen Chow has ben captured. =.
Unless Yuan Shi Kai yields to sua-
sion and the armistice is extended.
fighting will be resumed in China. The
republican troops will commence the
march on Peking. The carefully
guarded movements OF the troops, cou-
fpled with the deficiency Of .communi-
rtatfon. makes It almost impossible to
I-estimate correctly the strength of the
but it is certain that it
,apprOximates 10000 men. 80
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-13
SPORT.

After eighteen months Of idleness
Jack Johnson. champion heavyweight
pugilist Of the world. has signed arti.
cles to fight q finish battle with Jim
Flynn. the Pueblo fireman, generally
regarded as one Of the best white
hopes" The fight win take place
somewhere in Nevada. next July. Az
tentative date. July 22nd was se.
lected. but this may be changed at
any time. The fight win be, ataged
at Windward or Metropolis. For his
services johnson is to receive ys1, 100
and one-third Of tho receipts from the
sale of the moving picture rights.
Flynn's share Of the purse was not an
nounced. He will be paid BY his
smanager:s Jaek Carley, who repres .nt.
ed the promoters. Their identity IN \
secret T- m
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-13
WESTERN.

Five inches is the average depth OF
snowfall over northern Idaho. In the
southern part of the state the fall Wa
less. u.
The intense cold and deep snow
have brought severe suffering among
homesteaders In the Black Hills IN
South Dakota.
Arthur Lewis, accused Of numbering
his Ssteppiece, Helen Rumbali, by
breaking her neck. at Oroville, Cal.
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment in San Quentin penitentiary.--A
Jury found him guilty of manslaughter.
The new county grand jury at Los
Angeles has determined to renew the
dynamite investigation, and subpoe-
naed five persons formerly connected
with the McNamara defense. The
principal charge is that Of jury brib-
cry. f, =: i"E
A sympathetic strike OF more*than
100000 members of the Federated
Railroad Shop Employees. to be called
within a month and possibly within
two weeks, was predicted by Ernest l.
Reguin, president of the Federated
Shop Employees of the Hartman lines.
State Health officer Steiner at Aus
tin, Texas, announces. that the com
monwSaIth board OF health would meet
in Daliay to consider the spread OF
spinal meningitis in Texas. Dallas
has had about 14O cGses and Waco
eighty-four cases since oct.1 l.
Montana. is covered with snow. the
fslF having been the heaviest for sew
eral years. Zero weather. with some
reporting kven lower temperatures, Is
gen erai thf6tghoIt the state High
winds have drifted the snow in many
sections and country roads are i'm
passable
/, Most short railroad lines in the
Black Hills of South Dakota are
blocked with, snow and the cold. and
the Burlington & Northwestern, while
they keep trains moving, are expert
encing ifucfs difficulty and. all the
traffic is considerably behind schedule
The temperature is SO, degrees below.
Unable to see the station lights In
the binding snowstorm which swept
over western Kansas Engineer c. C.
Deming Of the Santa. Fe passenger
train No. Fan past the station at
Wright. Kan. Before he could back
his train into the siding after he had
discovered his mistake. his train ~as
hit by the Newton-Dodge City local
westbound. Deming :, vas fatally
scaided. Engineer J. w, .Chalfant- OF
the local was killed and twelve pas
'sengers were hurt.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-13
Colorado Files Demurrer.

Washington.-Berj jamin Griffith, at
torney general for Colorado. filed in
the Supreme Court demurrer to the
complaint OF the state Of Wyoming,
which seeks to restrain the state OF
Colorado. the Greeley-Poudre Irrigar
ton district and the Laramie-Poudre
Reservoir & Irrigation Company, from
civerting the waters of the Laramie
river in Colorado and preventing their
flow into Wyoming. The demurrer
states that the bill of complaint Is
without equity and asks that it be DIS
missed. .t.. ;