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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
THE PARSONS TEETH.

They Didn't Arrive In Time. So He Had
to Be Excused.
There Is . story Of a clergyman who
had taken temporary duty for q friend
and who had the i'll luck to ipjure his
false teeth during the week. The plate
was sent to the dentists for repairs, .
faithful assurance being given that It
should be duly returned by Sundays
post, but the dentist or the post proved
faithlcss."
With the assistance of the clerk the
clergyman managed to stumble through
the prayers, bat felt it would be impos-
sible to attempt to preach. lie there
fore instructed the clerk to make some
excuse for him and dismiss the congre-
CATION. $
But his feelings may be better imag-
lined than described when, in the Sc
clusion of the vcstry, he overheard the
clerk, in impressive tones. thus deliver
the excuse
Parsons very sorry, but 1t Is his mis-
fortune to be obliged to wear a set of
srtful teeth. They busted last Wednes-
DAY and he amt got them back from
London to-day, as he was promised
I've helped him all could through the
service, but can't do no more for him;
isn't any use for him going into the pull
pit, for you wouldn't understand q word
he said, so he thinks you all may as well
GO home"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
A STRANGE FRIENDSt;,P.
Dickens Account of n Cobbier's Love 10,
lis hog.

lis bog.
MY fathers love for dogs led him
into strange friendship during our
ssSy at Boalogne," writes the ia
md authors daughter in Ladies'
Homie Journal II here lived in a cot
taGe on the street which led from
our house to the town a cobbler who
used to sit at. his window working all
day with BIS dog-a Pomeranian-on
the table beside hiIn. The cobblcr, in
whom my father became very much in
terested because of tle Intelligence of
his poodle, was takel i'll and for many
months was unable tn work. My father
writes: The cobbler has boon ii these
many months. The little dog sits at
the door SO unhappy and anxious to
help that every day expect to see him
beginning par IL top boots Another
time father writes in telling the history
of this little animal: "A cobb.cr at
Boulogne, who had the incest of little
dogs that always sat in his sunny win
Gow watching him at his work, asked
me If would bring the dog home as he
couldn't afford to pay the tax for him.
The cobbler and the dog being both my
particular friends complied. The cob
bier parted with the dog heartbrollen.
When the dog got home here my man,
like an idiot as he is, tied him up and
then united him. The moment the gate
was open, the dog ION the very day af-
ter his arriva) ran out. Next day
Georgy and / saw him lying all covered
81. 81,
ing church. Low am ever to tell the
cobblcr? lie is too poor to come to
England, SD feel that mast lie to him
for life, and say that the dog is fat and
happy"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
Love OF AnIna,, tor Drink.

Close observers have noticed that hies
will gather upon half-drunken,
sleepy sot, while a dozen sober men in
the same room are not molested by
them. The flies will buzz around their
subject with great delight, frequently
alighting upon his perspiring face. Off
they go, and return again and again,
quaEing the alcoholic nectar issuing
from his pores After awhile their
flight becomes uncertain and eccentric,
and sometimes they come in collision.
Recently a drunken man raised his
hand and brushed them from his face.
Some fell to the floor and lay there par
alyzed. After awhile they got ON their
feet and YEARLY llcw OFF. half dazed.
Many animals yield to the seduction Of
rum drinking, especially elephants,
horses, cows and swine. Poultry, es-
pecially turkeys, will absorb the tempt
ing drink till they tumble over in .
leaden sleep. lying around as If dead.
and utterly ignoring their accustomed
roosts. On awaliing they stagger for .
few moments and soon recover, but it is
hours before they renew their cheerful
cackling.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
HEREDITARY FOES.
The Intense Hatred Of the Pir.,al for
At1-lrle-.

fhe Intense Hatred Of the PIraaa for the
Apache.
The memory of the Pima nor do his
traditions run SO far bach that mortal
enmity with the Ape hes did not exist.
The first thing the lima child is taught
Is to hate the Apache. the vandal of the
great American le,-rt. and he seldom
forgcts his tea hing Though it is not
SO bad now that the Apa hes have sur
rendered TO the United States govern
mont st!ll the hatred exists, and when
the opportunity Is p''aScntci the Pima
siits II anc heaps all kinds Of contume-
~ uTon tie heads 81 the Apachcs.
as Is known. the Ii.ras seldom leave
ther valley homes, and. Is the Apaches
are row On The reservation under the
surveillance Of troops. it is rarely that
thcy meet. though last winter ccm-
Pany Of the Apache soldiers we're
Drought through this city under a
United States officer. Before they had
oeen here al hour their Old enemies.
the PiI2as and Maricocas, all knew of
II. and by the middle of the afternoon
iuliy two tnousand were in town to see
tGe'n. 1Ic Aca-he sentinel had been
.edSAt enough mi tary discipline to
Know that IL must not resent the in
suits heaPed upon him by the Indian
onloo.'ers. but it must have been a hard
TRIAL To his wild nature.
Years ago the Apa hes and the pinas
otten settled their differences by single
combat or pit he'd bactles, and there is
now one Pima living who killed six
Apaches in one day in single combat
near where the Sacaton agency is 10.
Gated The Pima used his ironwood
club. about two feet in length. and the
Apaehcs their spears and war clubs. It
Is wonderful how s.;illful these .Pimas
arc in the use of their clubs. fencing
with them equal to TIE exhibition of a
French master of the foils.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
cOINGS OF A vOoDocA
Negro Doctress In Louisiana swsnows
Snakes for Pastims.

a negro Doctress In LoUtsiAnA SWALLOW
Snakes for Pastims.
An aged negress Of great reprte as .
''voodoo." or witch doctress, among the
negroes of this section, is attracting
much attention, not only from those
OF her own color. bat from the more in
telligent portion of the community, and
the way in which she does this is to ap-
parentiy swallow a number of small
snakes of variety unknown In this
section. They are Of the dusky color,
nearly black, pied with dull green ut
the fat head, and of dirty white In
the belly, says a Louisiana correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
These reptiles remain secreted about
old Nance's cabin until she gives q Pc
culiar whistling 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 disappear and remain hidden
sometimes for minutes. She asserts
that they arc concealed in her stomach
until she recalls them, when they will
come pouring out to writhe about her
scragyy neck and coil in her bosom.
Where the snakes really go when
they vanish in her mouth is a mystery,
and has puzzled all the physicians
about, many having come from New
Orleans to witness the phenomenon.
Some really believe that the snakes do
go down into the stomach, while others
are convinced that the witch is simply
playing some sleight-of-hand trick on
them: but if the latter is the case it Is
so cleverly done that there is no deteot-
ing the performance.
The witch presents a most extraor-
binary and hideous appearance sitting
with the snakes darting their fiat heads
in and out of her toothless mouth, with
their little bead-lilSe eyes swapping a
if in fury at all about their mistress.
AS nearly as can be counted there are
six or seven of these reptiles, though
old Nance says there are as many more,
but they are all SO much of size and
color that they cannot be identified.
They are probably of harmless ma
ture, though old Nance declares they
are highly poisonous and no one wishes
to experiment with them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
ODD WAYS OF OSTRICHES.
The Males Brood Over the Young ae<
Capture Each Others Families

The Males Brood Over the Young o0o
Capture Each Others Families
The ostrich has many strange ways,
and | was particularly interested In
studying then, says writer in Forest
and Stream. They go in hocks of three
or four females and one male about
their nesting time. and for several
weeks before locating their nests the
hens drop their eggs all about the PAM
pas. These are called haucho eggs
pronounced "watcho''), and are much
more delicate in flavor than the eggs
taken from the nests. They have .
thinner shell, and when fresh laid are
of a beautiful golden color. We
cooked them by roasting them before
the fire. We would first break hole
in the small end of the egg.
large enough to insert teaspoon. The
egg would be set up among some hot
ashes. pinch of salt and pepper put in
to it. and the contents kept stirred with
a stick so that all would be done alike.
The flavor is excellent. and one egg
would satisfy a very hungry man.
As soon as the oscriches decide upon
a suitable place for a nest, the male
bird scratches away the grass and
slightly hol,ows out the ground for q
space of about three feet in diameter.
All the hens of the flock lay in the
same most until there are from twenty
GIVE to tairty-fve eggs laid. The male
birds then take possession and sit on
the eggs until they are Matched. As
soon as the flock can leave the nest,
the old fellow leads them away to feed
on flies and small insects. and every
thing is lovely until he espiess another
male bird with brood.
As soon as the old birds see each
other they make a peculiar booming
sound. AID every little ostrich disap-
pears in the grass. The old ones then
approach each other and engage in q
most deadly conflict. They fight until
one or the other is killed or runs away.
The remaining one will then utter an
other peculiar sound, and both broods
will spring up from their hiding places
and follow the victor. who struts off as
proud as peacock. have seen old
male ostriches with three broods, each
of different size. two of which they
had captured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
u spOlLS THE WOMEN.
Thss IL why the bachelor Won't CIV
rp Ills Seat o. the Carr.

That 10 why tho bachelor Won't CIV
TIP His feat q, the Carr.
why don't get up and give my seat
In car to a woman whom happen to
see standing after am scatcd?" said .
broker the other day whose reputation
for good breeding, according TO the
New York Herald. is beyond reproach.
"Well, I'll tell you frankly that it Ii
due to the women They become more
ill-bred and holder every year. They
demand a courtesy as q right They
never think of looking ut q car rs it ap-
proaches to see whether it is full or not
or as to whether it would be better to
wait for the next They just board the
FIRST to come along and look at the men
deprecatingly II they do not rise ct
once.
Personally have often waited for
four cars TO End . seat. Then | hang
on to It, except in the case Of a woman
with babies or an elderly lady. am q
bachelor and propose TO remain SO un-
til a woman thanks me for giving her
my seat In either IN elevated train or .
horse car. To such q one | think I'd
propose marriage At once. But then
I'm going to be careful to whom ! give
up my seat Pretty soon we men will
have to surrender our seats In the the
ater to the woman who buys an en-
trance ticket.
And why not? Your seat in the
theater costs perhaps one dollar and
Fifty cents and your seat in the car costs
only five cents. Still the principle is
the same, and no woman with a proper
sense of delicacy ought IN accept any
thing from q stranger which costs
money.
What would q woman think at the
postage stamp window in the post Of
fee II man ahead Of her In the line
turned around ard said: Pardon me,
madam, won't you take my stsmpr
Yet . stamp is only two cents"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
Ercarements In Germany.

When maiden is betrothed in Ger
many she is called bride by her sweet
heart, who addresses her thus until it
becomes time to call her wife. Imme-
diately upon betrothal the lovers ez-
change rings, which, if the course of
true love runs smooth, are to be worn
ever afterward until death parts them.
The woman wears her tetrothal ring
on the third finger of her left hand I'M
til she is married, and then it is trans
ferred to the third finger of her right
hand. The husband continues to wear
the ring just as the. wife wore hers
when she was bride, so that one can
tell easily at glance if man be or DC
not mortgaged as TO his affections A
young German matrou on being told OF
the careless American custom of allow
ing the man TO go unfettered exclaimed:
..Oh. how dreadful! How unjust TO the
young wivesl How could expose my
Wilhclm--eo young-only twenty-five
70 the temptations of the world. il be
were not to wear a marriage ring The
girls would make love to him ! would
not lire in America for the world"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
IT'S HER NOSE That SUFFERS.
While . Man Goes Along Trying to
Warm His Lars.


Speaking of cold weather, have
discovered that the cold Affects men and
women differently" says writer in
the New York Herald. Il mean that
despite the fact that both sexes are of
the human kind they have not the
same vulnerable points for Jack Frost
to nip.
"You may have noticed as | have,
that woman when outdoors in a cold
day goes along apparently comfortabl
except for her nose. She covers it with
her mittened or gloved hand, or if she is
very nice she holds her handkerchief up
in front of it.
1T is the tip of her nose that the cold
takes hold of and won't let so. Her
cheeks and her chin never seem to suffer,
but her nose always gets red and cold
and frostbitten.
~ believe that physicians say the
yulnerability of the feminine nose is
caused by corsets, or rather by the
lacing which the wearing of corsets i'm
plies. At any rate it forces the blood
to the nose and makes red noses as well
as tender noses.
''And the only moral can see in it is
that If the girls would shed their corsets
they might not in course of time be
forced to the undignified proceeding of
holding on to their noses
Now, with man it touches him on
the ears. There's where man feels the
cold first. It's his ears that tinglc when
the mercury slips down toward the zero
notch; it's his ears that freeze when he
stays out in the winter weather long
a-D~oh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
A Witty savage.

Mr.. Froude tells a story of how . ma
tive Maori chief. Tekoi, managed to
turn the tables upon his missionary
teacher The chief had been frequent
ly warned by him against the evil of in
diligence in ''firewatcr A day came,
however. when the missionary, in dan
ger of catching cold. felt constrained to
fortify himself with . glass of whisky
toddy At the moment he was about
to raise the tempting nuid to his lips, q
dusky figure appeared. and, laying his
finger on the glass. said: stop, little
father! II you drink 6rewater. you will
lose your health. you will lose your
character. Perhaps you will lose your
life Nay, little father, you will lose
but that shall not be. Your immortal
soul is more precious than mine. The
drink will hurt me less than it will hurt
you. To save your soul. ! will drink II
myself" Which he did forthwith.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
KICKED By A DEAD MAN.

4 Government Mail Carriers ExperieneO
with . Lynched Robbsr.
81 had my hat kicked of one dark
night by dead man." said John A. Ed
wards to st. Louis Globe Democrat
reporter. when youngster of nine
teen I was riding star mail route in
southwestern Missouri. II was tust
after the war, and footpads were very
plentiful.
''One dark night . couple Of these
gentry tried to hold me up. but was
mounted on q mettlesome horse and I
socl1ed the spurs home and rode over
them. I went plunging on through yhs
darkness for several hundred yards
when my horse stopped 90 suddenly
that inadvertently left the saddle and
sat astride his neck.
my roadster was trembling AL over
with fright, but, to save me. could
zee nothing. I thought it must be more
footpads and spurred the horse for
ward. while held nay pistol ready for
the expected attack
"As passed large Talnut tree that
nearly covered the road . big muddy
boot struck me in the face and scraped
my hat OF. concluded that did not
need hat, so did not stop to recover it
ION my way back next morning I
found that the kicker was q dead man
who was swinging from limb with .
piece Of paper pinned to hissshiyt, on
which was scrawlcd: Thou shalt not
steel-speshally cows and mewls'"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
SPORT IN SUMATHA.
Tigers and Buhlees Engage In . We
Tame Hattie.

Tigers and B1hlees Engage In . vGy
Tame Battle.
The following particulars Of IN o@-
cial tiger aud buffalo fight that took
place at Padang PanjanS, in the resi-
dency of the west coast of Sumatra, are
given by the Batavia Nieuwsbald: Tho
assistant resident of the district had do
termined upon giving this performance
to the people, owing to the capture OF .
large tigress in that neighborhood. The
tigress had vainly been offered TO tho
geological gardens at Batavia and Ans
terdam, and by the time of the fight
had lost much of her fiercenesA The
people Of the place got together stout
bamboos to fence round the arena, .
circular piece Of ground more than
thirty feet broad, with galleries for
spectators, who were charged admission
fees.
A few weeks before the fight the ~
sistant resident secured tiger, and tho
people provided two stout buffaloes to
measure themselves in the arena with
1t and the tigress. On the div Of bat
tie crowds thronged the arena, into
which the tigress stepped at about ten
a. m. to meet a buffalo. The latter
quietly held its own against the tiRreas
which, reduced by her long imprison-
ment, showed no inclination for further
attack. To stir them up both ANIMALS
were priclsed now and then with bam-
boo darts The buffalo then got some
spear thrusts, tho wounds being freely
drenched with extract of chilliea The
tigress was aroused by the application
of burning torches and crackers, and,
in short, every effort was made to give
the onlookers their moneys worth.
Despite all this neither buffalo nor
tigress wsuld Aght, % that n the end
orders were given to kill the tigrosA.
After her corpse had been removed the
second buffalo was let into the aroma.
followed by the tiger. This buffalo.
aided by it, comrads, attacked tho
tiger, which soon had enough Of It. and
sought safety by clamberinR mp the
palisading until several spear thrusts
made il let 70. No amount of urging
with pricks, thrusts and fire proved OF
any avail In arousing the champions 70
battle until the prolonged torture OF
the tiger was ended by killing It with
spears Both corpees were taken to tho
assistant resident, but the skins proved
worthless from being scorched and
pierced. The spectators left disap-
pointed at seeing . fight which they
had paid 70 high to see. What would
be done with the balance Of the fses
after deducting expenses was MOI
known, but 1t was hoped that the gov
eminent would spend It In relieving the
distress caused by . recent earthquake
there.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
VANISHING ANIMALS.
Man In Hunting Them on Completely
from tho Earth.

Man In Hunting Them on Completely
from the Earth.
No one can read q book Of travel in
wild countries without having brought
forcibly before him the grave fact that
many of the most interesting forms on
this earth are on the brink of extermina-
ton.
The bison is practically gone as .
wild animal from North America The
quagga is not now to be found in South
Afr ca. The harmless and interesting ant
bear appears also to be going the way
OF the mammoth and the mastodon.
The London Zoo cannot get giraffe
The price Of animals in the market
has gone up to unprecedented figures.
We carefully provide their native majes-
ties OF Africa with repeating rifles to
accelerate the process of annihilatione
Travellers warn US that the dismal
slaughter proceeds with an ever accel-
Grated pace SO long as animals cen be
found to be killed.
The destruction apparently must soon
result in most of the larger wild ami
mails becoming as extinct as the dodo
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
Illitsrato Russians.

Russian merchants do very little Cd
vertising. principally because the great
majority Of the humber classes cannot
read, and this Is not to DO wondered ct
- there are thirty-dx letters In the
Russian alphabet which ssem to have
the combined di@c1ltiss Of the 0rsek,
Chinese and Arabiaa chsrac4erA The
signs on the stores In Russia arc most
ly pictorial; for instance, the dairy
signs are cows; the tea signs. Cinnamon
shipping tea; barber sign. . bare
armed man shaving another, etc.
Russia uses more candleSr than any
other county, 10000, 900 pounds . year
being the estimate. A large part Of
these are made In houses instead OF
large factories. One estimate shows
that $1,000 men make e750, 0o0, 900 Of
goods In their own homes. The nns
shawls, known a. ring shawn" ars
made entirely BY hand BY the peasants
OF Oremburg. and Russian laces, vel.
vets, carpets, bronzes, silverware and
enamel ware are beautifully made, some
Of these things being the finest in tha
world
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
HANDShAxiNo WAS A TRIAL
Peculiar Aversion Of . Fs0oas osotsh
Architoet.

Peculiar AveEsjon Of . EaDoas ooOtoh
Architect.
George Meiklc Kemp, the architect Of
the Scott monument ut Edinburgh, was
. man who raised himself from obscur-
ity by the sheer foree Of talent and do
termination, saga the Youths Compan-
lon.
He had Q retiring nature and shy
and shrinking manner toward
strangers The habit Of handshakins
created in him an embarrassment and
aversion which he could scarcely oon-
troll, and one of his friends gives IN
amusing description Of tho manner In
which he accomplished the deed when
II became inevitable.
The two were walking along one OF
the streets In Edinburgh In the full
dow Of An animated conversation,
when Kemp suddenly became aware
Of . friend approaching Thorn from the
opposite direction
Instantly the current Of his thought
was arrested. he lost the thread Of con
versation and then became silent alto.
gether. A whimsically troubled az.
precision crcpt over his face and . nerv.
GUS commotion developed itself In hia
manner.
Extraordinary movements began b
his right hand and arm, which he kept
dangling and jerking backward and
forward in q helpless way, - II he had
entirely lost control Of them. Grad
ually the hand appeared to stiffen and
rose With the arm until they were .,
right angles with the body.
With . powerful effort he shot out
his hand and grasped that Of the friend
who had approached and then, thu
ordeal passed, with sigh Of relief, b
briskly resumed his part Of the CONVEX
sation with the air Of man who haa
performed "a UNPLEASANT but meritori
Gus action.