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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
GROWTH CT The HAIR.
How 1t - 9ronntcd Or Retarded by Ger
tall. Hiris OF Diet.

How 1t g 1rouptci Or Retarded by Ger
tall EIrLs of Diet.
The influence of diet upon TIE growth
Of hair j. Ia subject of paper in
which, aco1rding to the Washington
Star. the writer says: Several cases OF
aaed5in0 of hair after influenza has con-
Ir-lcd ~ opinion that diet has much
20 do with the production and with the
cure OF sympathctic alopecia Hair
confirms Eve per cent. of sulphur. and
it's ash wv, hty per cent. of silicon and
ten per cent. of iron and manganese
Solltion of beef Tor. rather, part Of
it). starry mixtures and even milk.
which constitute the diet of patients
with influenza AMI other fevers, cannot
supply these elements. and atrophy at
the roots and falling ont Of hair result
The color and strength of hair in
young mammals is not attained Sd long
as milk is tie sole food AS to drugs,
iron has pr .Inot influence. The foods
which most a1undaatly contain the
above-naued clements are the various
albumenoids and the oat, the ash of the
grain yielding twenty-five per cent Of
silicon.
have often folnd dietary largely
composed OF oatmeal and brown bread
to greatly promote the growth of hair,
especially when the badness was pre-
coded by constipation and sluggish
capillary circulation. Those races OF
men who consume most meat are the
most hirsute.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
SHOES IN JAPAN.
They Arc Made of Straw for Both Mon
and II rises.


In the land of the Milsado, II nowhere
else on earth. man and beast wear shoes
made of the same naterial-tO-wit,
straw One would naturally not think
that straw would make very good shoes
to be worn even by man, and worn.
too. in the most GinScr-y fashion Ger
tainly they would not be very durable
70 the average boy. who can "kick the
sturing" out of school shoes in a few
brief weeks.
How then can it be eSpected that they
would do horses any reasonable service
ut all? Wen, they don't: they wear out
so fast and have to be replaced 20 often
that anyone going for long drive will
have to carry about carload of them
along So often do the horses shoes
have to be changed that the people have
come to do so at pretty regular inter
walls when on a trip. and distance has
come to be measured by the length of
road q set of shoes will last. In the
parlance of tie country, one does not
travel so many miles, but so many sets
of shoes. Wh"n you ask a native how
far it is to any given p.a-e he will reply
SO many sets of shoes. We don't know
that such is the fact. but probably when
the horses are done with their old shoes
they cat them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
TcRRe eONNE'S SALAMANCA.

Wonderful Snake Charming by An Old
Nesro voodoo Woman In Louisiana
An aged negress Of great repute as a
"yoodoo," or witch doctrsss, among the
negroes Of this section, writes CORE
spondeut from Terre Eonne, La, ac
eording to the Chicago Times, is attract
ing rsuch attention, not only from
taose OF her own color, but from the
more intelligent portion Of the COM
rnunity, END the way in which she does
this is to apparently swallow q num-
Der Of small snakes Of variety I'M
known in this section. They ore OF .
dusky color, nearly black, pied with q
dull green about the fiat head, and Of .
dirty white in the belly. These rep
tiles remain secreted about old Nance's
cabin until she gives a peculiar whis-
Ting call, when they will come to her.
wriggling in great haste over the floor,
up her dress, and run into her open
mouth, kissing hideously. They disap-
pear and remain hidden sometimes for
minutes. She asserts that they are con-
oealed in her stomach until she recalls
them, when they will come pouring out
30 writhe about her scraggy neck and
coil in her bosom.
Where the snakes really 60 when
they vanish in her mouth Is q mystery
and has puzzled all the physicians
about, many having come from New
Orleans to witness the phenomenon
Some really believe that the snakes dc
90 down into the stomach, while Others
are convinced the witch is simply play
ing some sleight-of-hand trick on them
but II the latter is the case it is so clev-
erly done that there is no detecting the
performance.
The witch presents . most extraortli-
nary and hideous appearance sitting
with the snakes darting their fat head:
ia and out Of her toothless mouth, with
their little bead-like eyes swapping as 4
in fury all about their mistress. As
nearly as they can be counted there
are six or seven of these reptiles
though old Nance says there ere many
more, but they are all SO much of a slit
and color that they cannot be identified
They are probably of o harmless
nature, though old Nance declares the,
are highly poisonous and nc one wish
es to experiment with them
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
A Valuable Dog.

It is told in an English religious jour
nal that clergyman recently officiated
for brother clergyman. Being anxious
to know what impression he had made,
he asked the clerk: WAS my dis
course pitched in too high a keyP I
hope | did not shoot over the heads Of
the people" mo. you didn't do that,
sir" ''Was it a suitable theme?" asked
the clergyman. 'Yes, it was about
right" 'Was it too long?" mo. but
it was long enough" II am glad OF
that, for. to tell You the truth. the
other day. as was getting this sermon
ready my dog destroyed four or five
pages, and that has made it much short
err" ''Oh, sir" said the clerk, could
you let our vicar hsve pup o. that ere
3og3s
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
AN ODD PROFESSION.
Good Incomes Are Earned BY Finding
Lost Articles In shops.

Good Incomes Ara Earned BY Finding
Lost Articles In Shops.
Few women shoppers in their rush
tor bargains stop to think Of the num-
Der of things that are lost by that
great army Of bargain hunters every
day. Pushing and pulling at each other
Is they do in their attempts to get near
some special bargain, the unnoticed
dropping of q handkerchief, pocket
book or fan Ia q common occurrence, &C
cprding to the New YORK World
The manager of big store on Sixth
avenue says there is q regular company
Of women who do nothing else but pa
troll the stores ON the lookout for arti-
elcs ard money lost by shoppers
Nest Of these women, he says. are
we'll known TO the hoor-wailsers and de-
teetives, but as they break TO laws and
occasionally make small purchases they
are rot molcsted
At six o'clock each night, according
n his story, or when they meet at their
"of}re" and make q general division Of
their spoils, to the unique band it is no
uncommon thing to divide one hundred
dollars worth OF goods as the proceeds
If days persistent search
OF course they closely examine the
personel columns of thes papers. and d
8 large enough. reward Is offered the
ouu.nus who lnse things stand . pretty
~ e>aeoe q hlyinE shen returnef
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
A LAWYERS STORY.
The Peculiar Mistake .lsde By reies-
ra?hcr

ra2her.
A party of newspaper men and law
yers were discussing amusing typo
graphical errors, when n veteran New
Yorb attorney told of 4 peculiar mis-
take that had come under his notice,
made by telegraph operator.
81 was n young man at that Sme,"
said the lawyer. land had q small Office
across the hall from a successful attor-
ney who once in awhile bcfriended me.
One day ! was sitting in my Office with
my legs on the table and chair tilted
back, waiting for clients and dreaming
of sweet girl known to me as Ella,
who had been the sweetheart of my col
lege days the year before. | was
startled from my reverie by a boy with
a message directed to me. 1t was from
my friend across the way and dated Chi
cago. but its contents made my brain
whirl With Geographic brevity it said:
Ella is sweet. Don't delay Take it
up and try it | was just considering
the advisability of a proposal, and my
astonishment can be imagined. My
iirst impressions were that was either
asleep or the Windy City had driven
my friend insane But there was the
messenger boy. so ! read the telegram
up ide down, sideways. and everyway I
could see it, and the light finally
dawncd on me. took up a court calen-
dar. There it was: Ella VS.. Sweet,
and my friend was named as the de-
PENDANTS attorney"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
A HOTEL INCIDENT.
The Traveller Who Was Mistaken for
Dead Man.

The Traveller Who Was Mistaken for .
Dead Man.
"The m ost singular thing that ever
happened to me at a hotel" said the
travelling member of the club, accord
ing to the Detroit Free Press, was
this: was stopping over night at
large hotel in Chicago, and retiring
late / left word to be called in the
morning. intended getting up in time
for late breakfast
81 was awakened by knocking at
the door of the room next to mine,
mysterious whisperings and orders
given in a suppressed voice. l lay
still, wondering what time it was, and
whether l should get up or not, when
there came a loud racket against my
door, and a sound of the transom NOV
ing. / sat up-my bed being close by
the door-in time to see a small boy
backing in over the transom. Hanging
full length, he held by his hands and
then dropped to the floor. AS he gained
his feet he turned toward the bed, and,
seeing me sitting up and looking at
him, Ne gave yell that made my blood
thrill.
"'Open the door, commanded a mans
voice on the outside.
"'He's alive yelled the boy,
sprawling on the floor in abject ter
ror.
81 thought everybody was crazy as
heard the noise outside, and, unlock
ing my door, asked what was the mat
ter. The hall was full of chamber
maids, bell boys and porters, all OF
whom took to their heels as soon as
they saw me, and ran as If possessed
with demons.
1.-The landlord and one of the clerks
came up to explain matters, which they
did quite smilingly. 1t was a slight
mistake, that was all; they had mis-
taken my room for the one next door
where a man had killed himself the
previous night. They had looked in al
his transom, and seen that he was dead
but when the boy came up with step
ladder to climb in and unlock the door
they had helped him into my room BY
mistake. That was ALL"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
Glass Eyes Worn Secretly.

A New York optician. was relating
to party of friends the other day some
of the peculiar features Of his trade.
You would be surprised" he said. "a,
the large number Of locomotive en-
gineer5 and treIncn who have glass
e-es Cf course. an'enrineer could not
hcld a place Oh railroad an hour II
the fact that he had a glass eye
was known to his superior officers.
Consequently men in that line of bust
ness exercise the utmost secrecy with
regard TO their infrm;ty. When they
come into my store to buy a new
glass eye or have some cav in their old
one attended to they beg the privilege
OF transacting their business in my
private Office. and they usually slip II
and out of the store when no othe'
customer is around"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
HlGH.PRiCED FOOD.
Tobacco and Gold a Par on the Upper
Yukon River. Alaska.

Tobacco and Gold Par on the Upper
Yukon River, Alaska.
R. d. Miles, q recent visitor in San
Francisco, gives the Call a graphic &C
count of the prices current for ordinary
commodities on the upper Yukon river.
Alaska.
He has, according to the Call, just re-
turned from that country, where, no
states, there were over one hundred
men at work during the last summer
washing gold from the river bars and
riffs The majority of them will winter
in that country.
well, I'll tell you, am glad to get
back to civilization again." he said.
"Gold is plentiful; in fact it is an ordi-
nary trick for a man to wash out from
twenty to sixty dollars day, but
man needs all that to live anyway COM
Portable in that country, and he has but
little to show after q season OF hard
work.
"When I left that country a trader
with a small stock OF goods was making
his way up the river from some of the
coast trading points in a canoe. In
fact he had several of them loaded with
provisions. He was assisted in his jour
ney by half dozen Indians.
well, when he left, after selling ont
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners had washed out in four
or five months of steady work.
eve ron short of provisions, and had
subsisted on bear meat and other game
20 long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatables.
swell. this trader-his name was En-
mons-sold the several sacks Of spuds
he had with him at the rate OF from
thirty to City cents per potato.
"His flour sold for twenty dollars
sack, and we were just glad enough to
pay five dollars a pound for the very
poorest quality of tea he had with him.
HE had several sides of bacon in bis
stock. which he disposed Of at about
one dollar slice. A few sacks Of the
dospised bean brought one dollar q
pound
ave had been out OF tobacco for near
IL two months, and had drawn but lit
tie solace out of pipefuls OF dried leaves
and moss. When this fellow appeared
on the scene we took him to our hearts
as a benefactor and gave him ounces o.
gold for plugs of tobacco. An ounce Of
gold brings sixteen dollars IN Alask'
and nineteen dollars at the mint here
1--WE bought hundredweight OF on
ions, for which VIC were assessed si1
ounces of gold.
II tell you what. we poured out tn
dust upon that fellow Emmons, and h
had so much of it don't think would
like to take the contract to pack it from
here to the city hail
You must not think from this ap
pailing price list that we were starving
TO death. We had plenty of game an
esh. but that kind of grub pals on tn
appetite"
The boys" however, appear to hav
made money on the Yukon river bars
Mr. Miles states that all of them hav
stakes" and he came down to Victori
with several Of them who had 'cieane
up" from twelve thousand dollars I
twenty eight thousand dollars apiece.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
COMPETITION AVOIDED.
Shops In France Not Allowed to Crowd
Each Other.

Each Other.
In France two shops selling the same
thing are not allowed to exist within
certain area. In provisions this absence
of competition materially increases the
price, but says a woman who has
large experience in housekeeping in
France, your taxes are less. and you
have in return clean streets, good gas.
constant water supply and perfect
sewerage. In addition, by virtue of
state supervision, you never receive
short weight or inferior goods. There
is no quantity so small that the grocer
will not sell it. And in doing this and
in delivering it he is as scrupulously
polite and careful as in buying larger
amounts. The butcher is the cook :
friend and will trim the meat and take
cut the bones with loving care. Meat
is dear Good beefsteak costs from
thirty seven cents to fifty cents a
pound fish is very expensive. but
poultry is reasonable and good and
comparatively cheap A good deal OF
cooking in small households is done
with gas. and gas stoves are loaned by
the gas companies for this purpose.
Sugar. matches and all imported arti-
Giles are dear. owing to the high tariff
The lowest price for servants is ten
dollars month. Charwomen ask SIX
cents by the hour Engl;shwomen say
that life on the continent is much
more agreeable for Americans than
for themselves, owing to the fact that
in each consular town the consul and
his family maize nucleus for colony
which soon gathers about them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04

e Blanks ,1 Of every description
for Magistrates, Constahlas
stantly on hand 0'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
ADVERTISERS

who desire the business Of
this section.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
DE II &C r ATTIC

in principles, it will ever ad
vocate what seems to 1T is 10
the best interests of State
generally, and the Parish
particularly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26
uNcERTAInTY.


what gifts has Fate In store for mcs
The coming year DAVIS soon)
Shall at Indian summers fire
Forget the flowers of June
Press grapes through days OF purple haxA
Dream through the autumn noon
Stir 10 the speckled qualls clear note
On chill DEFENDERS noons
Shall descry through bare black trees
That shape dread and know.
>. gaunt gray wolf with hungry eyes
A-skuking through the snow
All. down breads lane Death sings q SOM
20 strangely sweet and lows
lie says: why hasten on Thy path
! give thee peace for woe"
And down Hopes lane Slcep binds wreath
o: poppies wrought with bay;
He gives the pilgrim happy dreams
To speed him on his way:
For Hope. WIN tempting promises
Through summers golden day.
Tuflls in autumn's fruitcd store
The presage OF the May.
Apast the lanes OF Hope and Dread
Where Druid oak trees wa.A
Fate spins the thread Of destiny,
Nor pauscs soon or late.
j. IL strand Of rainbow hue
or black 40 night grown late.
Ny heart is but towards heart
aare not question Fate
Nancy NJ. Waddle, in y. y. Independent
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26
Aissr giving figure =. :: % European

e<mis9 MI Sockr1u - s
:, you ssy No" 90 ysu
derssand the grsvth Of the , rotecuve sen'i
rnent in Europe: Now DO yor realize that II
may be necessary 70 the exisscneA OF country
from military point OF Hes, 70. g war
measure IL - competent for goa 'umeht 20
pro tees its industries. which Is siapl2 bounty
- private individuals los the benefh OF the
people; but In no case II y adr,iss1bls give
tnrm bounty for the beEsnt OF the nselS~ II
tins protective tariff wall we're 10 se thin wn
down In Germany or France, the fncusssfas OF
'hesr countries would grow With giant strdea
anc there would be demand for iabcs whio6
could not be supplied while the goverameuts
were maintaining in military idlsncss countless
hundreds of thousands Of men In the very
hover OF their youth And that Is one OF ne
reasons why those military countries keep
their protective tari6s"
Mr.. Cochran then said his republican
colleague from New York (Mr. Payney
had told the members of the committee
that the Wilson bill was unpopular
with the people throughout the coun-
try; that men could walk through any
city In New York and see the evidence
OF It's unpopularity at any corner. An
nntried policy. Mr. Cochran said, Wa
likely TO be looked upon somew du-
bionsly. but he had found no such evil
dence Of appropriately. He believed that
1t was a question which would grow in
popularity as its provisions became
known and understood. while he knew
that the Mckinley policy would have
but an ephemeral existence and was
only passing policy. Mr.. Cochran
continued:
As the chairman Of the committee on ways
and means the gentleman from West Virginia
tMr WILSON, has stood here In the house and
launched the tari6 bill on It's successful voyage;
- he stood here and withssood the angry pro-
tests OF some men In his own state some OF
whom added threats to rcmonstrancea Ger
tainly We. who have - - lose, can do the
same.
The Wilson bill! II . step Ia the direction Of
economic reform and the commercial freedom
81 the country. Let Us pass this bill and |
promise you that l, viii take more than six
nonshso OF hard times 70 put soup kitchens in
every city. Mr.. Wilson told US. in words that
viii last long after he has disappeared from
his scene OF his activity which he has done so
much 10 adorn: he has cold us that the pros
'er.ty OF this country depends not on the tariff
'ut on its labor; no: its mines. but on its men:
lot on the republican party, but on Almighty
iod-"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26

THE Paris exposition Of 1900 will b
held on both sides Of the Seine, the
site including the Champ dc Mars.
grounds Of the Palnis de Trocadcro.
the Quai d'Orsay, Esplanade dcs Inval-
idcs. the Quail de Ia Conference. tho,
Cours In Retns and the Palais de I'm,
dustrie
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26

-Level-headed men will take no
stock In the sseription Of tho hard
times to fear Of the democrsti0 tariff
bill This Is IN old and decidedly dis
reputable trick Of the high protection
istA The Wilson tariff bill win helm
every considerable department Of
american industry - certainly - the
Mckinley bill prostratsd two-thirds Of
the departments for ths bsusnt a one.
shird -Brooklyn CiUssn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-22
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Grows Plurality. I69,594, and 1t May he
Increased to 10000.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. February 2t.-
Complete returns from three fourths Of
the sixty-seven counties in the State and
close estimates of the remaining counties
show plurality of 1854 for Grow CRe-
publican) for congressman-at-large. This
Is the largest plurality ever given by the
State for any candidate and IL may be
increased to 1900.
The Republicans made almost clean
sweep OF the counties, only eleven OF the
sixty-seven giving a plurality for Han
cock (DemocraD. In 1892 twenty-eight
counties gave pluralities for the Demo-
cratic candidate for t-large.
Among the counties which flop over to the
Republican column is Lycoming, which
has never before given a Republican ma
jority on n State ticket. The anthracite
coal counties-Schuylkil and Luzerne-are
among those that Topped. Those that re-
main in the Democratic column all show
greatly reduced pluralities. Berks county.
whose majority usually ranges from 7.Je0
TO 1000. gives Hancock only 2.3l0 plu-
rallty, and York county, which could al
ways be relied upon for a majority OF
5000 to 1900 for the Democratic candi-
date, gives Hancock a plurality of less
than 800.
The eleven counties which give plurali-
ties for Hancock are Berks. Clarion, CO.
lumbia, Cumberland. Lehigh. Monroe.
Montour, Northampton. Pike Sullivan.
and York. Philadelphia county gives
Grow plurality OF $500. and Allegheny
county dn which Pittsburg Is located
foots up nearly 5000. Nearly every county
in the State shows Republican gains. as
compared with the vote OF lS92. with the
single exception of the strong Republican
county Of Lancaster, which gives Grow
s,322 plurality, 33s less than was given for
general Lilly In 1882.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-22

There r. decided Improvement f, ,..
demand FOR stores ami hu.n... .r...s ..
the past few days. Mrs.r. a. Tt.r,...... f.
Brown 4 co. report they itt. u.. .-.....
contracts and leases Tor tlr f.I1eIr r..,
business openings:
Main-streot store. No. ~. % Alr.l lf.--,.
Hrschberg. general dn p.s 4.l Do.
tions.
No. II Seventeenth ue1r N.n ..,..t ta
II. Bluemingfeldt, OF BlHmr. ,.n.,.f
clothiers.
No 30j east Broad strn B.. % T.r.'.y AZ.
Co. new line OF fumIur.
Store. Main and Thlrt.Hfl s'n..t. nr
barber emporium
The Masonic Temple Hal. rr ilr.. iu-s
food exposition.
The same firm is In Negotiation vI'h o.f.
of-town parties looklug n tf. establish.
ment Of a large stor3-. lYI-. r.n I.n.
tai Office and furnishlnss $3.50 oi.,r l.r e.
The enquiries for thU.' anl Htl,r b..l.
ness openings is an indication thar hl.l
ness Is improving.