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The next examination for teachers
certificates will be held at the Louis
ana State Normal School, Natchitoches
louisiana, on July "a, Is, 26 for whit
applicants; and at the Court House il
Natchitoches, Louisiana, on July 27
g, 20 for negro applicants.
A fee of $40 for first grade appli
cants, $3.50 for second grade applicant
md $1.00 for third grade applicant
lust be paid owe to the party conduca
.ng the examination before applican
IAN begin work. Every applicant mus
re on hand at $50 a. m, on the 24th o
uly, 1916, for white and at the samf
nour on the 9th of July, 1916, foI
solored.
Anyone desiring to take special frs
grade subjects must notify the Paris
superintendent before the 10th of Jul
norder that these special questions c.
Ne secured from the state office.
Every applicant must bring a pe
colder, everything else will be furnisi
! by the examining commute.
Very truly,
5-22 1t L. E, HUDSON, Sppt
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M

Pursuant to a resolution passed b.
the Parish Board Of School Director
of the Parish of Natchitoches. Louis
ana, at its recess session of regula
meeting held on the 10th d.
of June, 1916, /, Edgar Lew
School Directors, hereby give motto
,aat, III c3np.iarlce with said resolutiC
Il spa:i i elcction will be held j
? Jvlt.Al School District, Parish c
Natchltocbes. Louisiana. on Monda,
the oath day of July, 1915, for the pu
pose of submitting to the property ia
payers qualified under the Constitute
and laws of the State of Louisiana /
vote at said election, the following prt
position, to-wit: To levy a special ts
of 2 mills on the dollar on all the pr
perty in Powhatan School District, Pa
lsh Of Natchitoches, Louisiana, subjel
70 State taxation, annually, for Il
period of seven years, for the purposeo
giving additional aid to the Powhats
public. school of said school district.
For the purpose of said special elec
ton the polling places will be at Var
borough's Store Powhatan and the fol
lowing commissioners andclerks of ele
ton have been appointedlto serve at tn
election, all Of whom will serve withol
compensation: J. W. Williams, F. {
Ferguson and T. L. Rambln, Cor
missioners, and W. H. Young, Deputr
At said special election the polls Wi
open at sex en- O'Clock a. m. and close
five O'Clock p. m. and the election VII
be conducted in accordance with II
laws of louisiana applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at t.
o'clock a. m. on the 10Th day os July
1916, the said Parish Board of Soho
Directors of the Parish of Natchitoche
Louisiana, will meet at Natchitochec
Louisiana, and in open session procee
to open the ballot boxes and count til
ballots in number and amount, examin
and canvass the returns, and decIar
lie result of said election.
This the Goth day of June, 1916.
EDGAR LEVY,
President of the Parish Board 9
School Directors.
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PROCLAMATION

Persuant to a resolution passed b,
the Parish Board of School Director
of the parish of Natchitoches, La. a.
It's recess session of regular meetin.
held on the Goth day Of June, 1916, ]
Edgar Levy, President Of said Paris
Board of School Directors, hereby Civ
notice that, in compliance said resolU
ton, a special election will be held il
Chestnut School District in the Parish
of Natchitoches, La. on the oath day O
July, 1916, for the purpose of submit
ting to the property taxpayers qualif
ed under the Constitution and laws G
the State of Louisiana to vote at sal
election, the following proposition, to
wit:
To, levy a special tax Of 5 mills Or,
the dollar on all the property in Chest
nut School District, Parish of Match
toches, Louisiana, subject to State tax
alton, annually for a period of 10 years
FOR the purpose of giving additional aio
to the Chestnut schools.
For the purpose of said special cleo
lion the polling place will be IChestnui
la. and the following commissioner
and clerks of election have been ap
DOlllICu W SCI VIC at InIS SlCItfOu, oil VI
whom will serve without compensation
z. /. Pullin, R. B, Stewart and B. L
Bugman, Commissioners; and E, I
Weaver, Deputy.
AT said special election the poll
will open at seven o'clock a. m. an,
close at FIVE O'Clock p. m, and ths
election will be conducted in accord
ance with the laws of louisiana appli
cable thereto.
Notice is also given that at teI
o'clock a. m. OH the 26th day of July
1916, the said Parish Board of Schoo
Directors of the Parish of Natchito
ches. La, will meet at Natchitoche,
La. and in open session proceed to ope
the ballot box and count the ballots
lumber and amount, examine and ca
vass the returns, and declare the r.
suit of said special election.
This 10th day of June. 1915.
EDGAR LEVY,
President Of Parish Board of Schot
Directors
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SUCCESSION OF
henry Braxton and Ellen Braxton

Henry Braxton and Ellen Braxton
18th District Court, Parish of Nat
chitoches, State of Louisiana.
Whereas Henry Braxton has pet
Toned the Court for letters of Admin
istration on the estate of the lat
Henry and Ellen Braxton, decease
ntestate.
Notice is hereby given, to all who
it may concern, to show cause with
ten days, why the prayer of the sal
petitioner should not be granted.
By order of the Court.
D. j. HYAMS,
f-13 Clerk of Court
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The Work Of the Legislature.

The Work Of the Legislature.
The General Assembly which
adjourned last week placed MGR
important legislation on the sta
tute books than any similar body
that has met in this slate since
1875.
And it is legislation of a dis
tinctly constructive kind.
The law creating s. state board OF
affairs, which abolishes the boards
Of appraisers and equalization, is
a radical departure in the admins,
ration of our tax and assessment
laws. 1t is designed to cure the
long standing evils of unequal
assessments, and to confer upon
the state greater power in the
matter of providing revenues to
niaintain her institutions.
The law abolishing the peniten-
tjary board and placing the affairs
# the penal institutions in the
lrtnds of one general manager, is
along the lines Of a sound admin
I>IratIve policy. II is patterned
after the methods which are uni
! rsally adopted by large private
BIT ;inesses, and centralizes power
n Il responsibility in one indivi-
d Il.
The same may be said of the
hil which puts the affairs of the
c observation commission under the
ca..trol of one man.
The laws placing sherIffs, clerks
AIS assessors on a salary basis are
WISE from every standpoint; and
thy constitute a distinct triumph
! alblic sentiment oyer powerful
pr tcal interes s which have so
o.. opposed them.
lie act imposing a three quarter
MI! tax for one year to meet the
d'l" iency caused by excessive APP
b.tIpriations in the past, is un-
d.nlntly a sound measure. 1t will
cable the State to conduct her
feed affairs without having to
nj ut the slip shod methods of
borrowing from one fund to pay
d ITS on another, as has been the
u ttice for so long.
The primary law about which
81 much has been said, is not only
fer reaching in its political as
y cts, but it is a great victory for
pr. tical morality, for it crystalizes
j !, law what honest men have
always felt was dishonest-the
v,lation of the implied obligation
4 ling upon every voter to sup
Drt the nominees of his party
"a Ter he has participated in the
selection of such nominees.
Its purpose is not-as has been
clisrged-to perpetuate the power
Of one party and to destroy politi-
Gil independence but it is to pre-
srrve the integrity of all political
parties, and thereby increase their
ciiciency as instruments of free
. presentatiye government.
The above are only a few of the
most important laws created by
the late legislature.
They we're all, together with
y veral others, which we have not
tie space to discuss. %administra-
tive measures.
Governor Pleasant has the uni
,qle distinction of having secured
tue adoption of every bill which
lie specially recommended.
Thus far he has displayed rare
tlct and good Judgment.
The party under his leadership,
has made good its pledges to the
people of the State.
One of the notable features of
his work so far has been the
absence of friction and the often
sive display of executive power
which so impaired the dignity
and the efficiency too-of the last
two administrations.
He has made a most excellent
beginning, and is entitled to the
highest commentators by the
people whom he has so faithfully
narvnd
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Official Journal Parish of NatChitocheS
Parish School Board.
City of NatchtOcheS.
We are authorized to announce

We are authorized to announce
JUDGE w. T. CUNNINGHAM
as a candidate to succeed himself as
Judge of the 18th District Court, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
Party.
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Notice.
MEETING OF PARISH DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE.

The Parish Democratic Execu-
tive Committee is hereby called to
meet at the Court House, Monday,
July 18th, 1916. To provide for
the nominations of candidates for
School Board Members for Wards,
3, 9, and 10.
A full attendance is requested.
u. P. BREAZEALE,
Secretary.
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ing things to the snow. When she was
through with the scribbling she went
downstairs for cup of tea and up
stairs for her outdoor fxings, and
through the front yard gate. Then she
noticed Tommy again. He was still do
ing things to the snow.
Being spinster of the type that
feels called on to mother the universe,
regardless of color, sex or age, the
woman tipped over the slushy asphalt
to order Tommy home to his waiting
mother. But Tommy wouldn't be order
ed. He preferred to explain:
This here is the Union station. You
don't have to pay to ride in the cars.
You can go ev'y whicherway for moth
in This hotel here is for white peo-
pie, and that one over there is for col
ored people. You can live in 'em for
uothin, an have evything to eat you
can stuff. This here puddle is the free
bavin' beach-an all these here things
is parks an playgroun's with bandser-
music in 'em. an Wait a minute.
forgot to make a peanut stan. You
don't halter pay for peanuts in this
city, nor candy, nor soda water, nor
movies-bofe of them piles is movie
shows
The kiddie nodded his peanut stand
out of a dab of muddy slush, and the
woman in sympathy with the glamour
of make believe. which none of us may
carry beyond childhood, expressed her
admiration OF the altruistic outlay:
why, you've made the finest city in
the world! You don't have to pay for
anything. do you?"
.Yessum you do You haster nay for
youalls wash. Ev'ybody who lives in
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| "Polonaise," by Mcdowell, Miss John
ston: From the Land of the Sky Blue
Water" by Cadman; THE Cuckoo: by
Lehman; ''Blackbird's Song" by Scott
and "a June Morning." by Willeby, Miss
! Fay.
The third recital in the series by Nc
Henry McChord organist and choir.
master of the Church of the Epiphany
will be given Wednesday afternoon Al
$40 O'Clock His program will include
| FESTIVAL March, by Faulkes: Pas.
toral' in A. by Lemare: first and SECOND
! mant; Meditation" by Borowsh
! Swing Song by Barnes. and Inter
mezzo from "Cavaleria Rusticana,' b,
Mascagni.
The thirty fourth organ recital will
be given by Edgar Priest at the Bethle-
hem Chapel. Washington Cathedral, this
afternoon at ) O'Clock.
Miss Alice Stuart was heard in recital
Yesterday afternoon. giving in good form
two movements from Beethoven soma
ia. "Impromptu." by Schubert: a group
by Chopin. another by Mcdowell. Bar
carole." by Rubinstein; ITO Spring by
Grieg. and "Polacco Brilliante," by
Weber.
At the First Presbyterian Church to-
night at 1:45 Miss Elizabeth Leckie and
| NiS SSuull Will give d recital. MISE
Leckie will sing But the Lord Is Mind
full of His own" from the oratorio of
ST. Paul. by Mendelssohn. and "Gloria. -
by Buzzi-Peccia. and Mrs. Schutt will
play ''Chant Triumphantal." by c. ].
Grey: Communion in c." by Batiste.
At the morning offertory Miss Leckie
will sing 20 Divine Redeemer," by
Gounod.
Miss Florence Steffins and Mrs. Paul
Ewing. the latter formerly Miss Edith
Larimore, sang at the ladies night
entertainment of the Washington Canoe
Club last evening. Miss Steffns was
heard in che saro senza Eurydce," by
Gluck: The Gypsy Trail" by Galloway.
and Creole Love Song" by Smith, and
Mrs. Ewing gave 1.-THE Swallows" by
Cowen: eff Thou Vert Blind" by John
son: June Morning." by Willeby, and
AN for YOU by DHardelot. Miss
Stetfns sang for Nine Homer after her
recent concert here and was given much
praise by the artist, both for her voice
and her method.
Gertrude Lyons, soprano. sang "a
June Morning and Baby Clover" both
by Willeby: ''Fruhlingslied," with violin
oblisato. by w. Maase. and ''Sere-
made. with violin obllgato. by Gou-
nod, the violin obigato being played
by Mrs }. Raymond Dickey and
the piano Accomplishments by Mrs.
Charles Brooks Smith. for the College
Equal Suffrage League. at the residence
OF Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner Thursday
evening.
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TfdVelette
lRcNikIak.
Bokhara

The old cities of romance are dead
This is the day of electric light COM
panies. sanitary water works, commits
sion government and municipal engi-
neers. Irreverent progress spares moth
ing Bokhara is the exception that
proves the rule
The heart of Asia beats here dark
and inscruta BILE as ever Europe may
conquer, but she can never understand.
Bokhara today is scarcely changed
from the city of five centuries ago. and
another five centuries will see her still
the same.
You can go within ten miles of Box
hara on the happy-go-lucky Russian
railway. The main line originally
stopped here because the natives dis
trusted it, and Russias authority was
too delicately balanced to risk an up
set. Now the people of the country
are enthusiastic about railway travel.
and ride up and down the line for
around to finishing the track yet.
1t is just as well. because you do
not want to miss the ten-mile drive
over a country road, through the won
baned Mohammedans pass you, walking
sedately: country folk go by on dom
keys, men of the desert sway along on
leisarely. scornful camels. The riders
regard you as scornfully as do the
beasts You feel rather uncomfortable
and superfious, like man with Ger
man name who has just been PACED in
an English hotel.
Bokhara has many charms. but super
cleanliness is not one of them. Old
records show that Alexander the Great
and his mobiles. hunting in the royal
chase. slew 1000 animals in a single
day. An irreverent American remarked
that that was nothing-he had killed
1000. without leaving the hotel. II
Bokhara had a delicate sense of humor
that American might have been hurled
from the tower of punishment. which
rises over the stone flags of the court
of great mosque.
The tower of punishment is used to
execute criminals by pitching them
from the top. The method Is much
more picturesque than electrocution or
hanging. and usually draws a small
crowd There is not much excitement.
Audience and chief performer regard
the ceremony with that mixture of
fatalism and indifference that is the
keynote of the east.
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leghorn, with an inside lace ruche.
scattered with pink rosebuds. and
quilted all around with featheredge
white ribbon. no wider than that.
half inch of tremulous finger, and the
human buck eyed it before making
her remark.
ut must have been lovely.
''Oh. it was. And my mantle was of
green silk. with three rows of mar
row black velvet all around. and bows
of the same, back and front-light
apple green shot with satin spots. I've
got a piece of it yet
THAT must have been beautiful
Everybody said it was-and it went
so well with my dress-white berege.
you know. with fiounces to the waist,
land a spencer body with a lace berthe
fastened with my cameo pin. set with
pearls that father gave me on my six
teenth birthday: | gave it to Kate. my
Oldest daughter on her bridal day,
and ! suppose she'll give it to Pauline
when the proper time comes"
The buck towel inquired as to we'd
ding shoes.
were bronze slippers with elastic
strapped crosswise over the instep.
And clocked stockings = white, of
course
"They must have been pretty"
''Oh, they were, but l really pre-
ferred the embroidered ones that went
with my morning after wrapper. John
said that was the sweetest frock l had.
He said that the pink and brown plaid
silk just matched my cheeks and curls.
and it opened over a white petticoat
that took me two years to work "a
grape pattern in eyelets, from band to
hem
The buck must have known that the
little bent-over creature was happy In
her glimpse back to girlish bridehood.
and that the happiness given was hon
est pay for information received.
1t isn't what you could exactly call
heightened to entice a confidence for
the purpose of putting it down on
pad, but-one must wear diamonds.
Which brings in Tommy:
Tommy was dragging a plank set on
wobbIy wheels. On the plank was bas
ket of somebody's laundry. Alongside
the pavement stretched a slice of alley
that divided two houses. and reached
back to a fence. A bank of snow left
over from that last storm and piled
against one of the brick walls caught
the small brown boys interest and de-
veloped within him sudden and Vlo-
lent attack of architecture.
Across the street a woman sat at a
window and scrubbed things on a pad.
Whenever she looked out she could see
Tommy, her laundry woman's boy, do
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Gray; registrar. Mrs. Jesse RamGburG;
historian. Miss Martha L. Schmidt, and
auditor. Mrs. l.. b. Latta.
The principal speaker of the evening
was william A. Reid. who has just re-
turned after tour of ten countries in
South America. Photographs and min
erals were brought to the United States
by Mr.. Reid, and these and personal ex-
periences formed the basis OF his talk.
A musical program was rendered by
Mrs Douch and Mrs. Melville Lindsey.
Mrs ponch singing ''Where'er You
Walk" by Handel: "Berceuse." by
Jocelyn. and an aria from Aida by
Verdi. Mrs. Lindsey. accompa MED by
Messrs. Abbott. Aldrich and Lindsey.
sang Dreams. by Strlezki: "Lifes
Gift" by Barnard. and Through Fairy
land by DenZa. Mrs. William H.
Goodman gave several Rotations in
negro dialect Miss Martha Louise
Schmidt assisted with the decorations
and was chairman of the program COM
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

Monday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. V. Linton, 1928 I'd street northeast.
DIR. Loretta kress, District superin-
tendent of Mothers Clubs. also made
an address The committee in charge
announced that the entertainment.
The Union Station" under the auspices
of the lexington and North Capitol
unions. would be given in the United
Brethren Sunday schoolhouse. North
Capitol and R streets. reports of Of
ficers and various superintendent
showed the departments to be in excel
lent condition.
LIVINGSTON MANOR CHAPTER, D.
A. r.
Livingston Manor Chapter. d. 4. r.
gave a large reception Wednesday al
the New Ebbitt, the officers of the
chapter being: Regent. Mrs. e. w
Brown: vice regent. Mrs. II. =. Mcln-
tosh; recording secretary. Mrs. j. c.
Hoyt: corresponding secretary. Mrs. +
L. Whitney. treasurer. Miss Bertha
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She was a bent over little woman
who used her umbrella as a cane. Her
dress was as plain as black could make
it. and the bonnet that showed sparse
white hair was tied in a bow under
her chin.
She was standing before the spring
hat display in the window of a big store
in the shopping section. and when an
other woman-a plain soul. who looked
like say a human huck towel. paused at
the window. the old woman opened
her heart.
Il don't see why they don't wear
sensible clothes nowadays. When | was
young, women wore bonnets. The
prettiest bonnet / ever saw was the
poke I was married in. 1t was white
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

Eosie's welfare which panned out
better.
''All right. then. Miss Smarty. come
along. if you want to; Why. Ro-ses!
What's the matter with your hand
Rosie composedly explained.
Il fell down an skunt it
why. child, its turned into blood
poison-hasn't it. Mabel? Now you're
going to die. Run home to mamma,
quick. before you drop down dead"
Rosie grinned and stuck.
And be put in white coffin with
crepe on the door,
The small face clouded over with
swift, terrifying fear. Rosie believed.
And as she flew off to mamma big
sister and friend Mabel renewed their
confidential talk.
About boys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

/; This here city rotfer NAN ,nuh r,,nvyen
| for washi,. al, III. ,loSe.s
/ The miIieppium had ito business and
! Another kiddie-same SNOW.
/, hatcb of hoys ,ror. sIeddin. dou,r
/ =, sIono
| ~, Han ,, ,, ~ ., ,i
| un,c,,aa '@' ivy '''" VII '"' "'"e a'''
49, , , ,,, ,
| W. pht !e" cutter hash'd uowh an"
.iInpieo us owner our the victim, IN
r.Sh ,,s nus craft called out TO the
smallest hoy
feilo. Jackie where's your sled"
Haven't got il any more. Mommer
made me sell it for the fun
Huh. What's the fun of selling it,"
Il don't mean that kiner fun. II was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Good Advice,
! the Louisville Courier Journal

rom The LOUISVILLE Courier journal
NOW. gentlemen said the dean Of
the law college, let each of Won make
resolve not to descend to pettifop-
sins or to put himself upon a leve,
with the criminal classes
Here he looked around the classroom
I'm other words. be !. legal light. not
a legal dark lantern" ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Just a Lapse.
From Life.

Hokus-l actually caught Longbow
telling the truth yesterday.
Pokus-Wasn't he emba ira ssed?
Hokus-Only momentarily. He imme.
diately tried to lie out OF. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Too Tired.
From Puck

Wont you take my seat?" said the
man in the street car. as he lifted his
hat to the pretty girl.
NO. thank you" she replied. i've
been skating all the afternoon. and I'm
tired of sitting down."