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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
AN UNDERGROUND ROAD.
London's Electric Railway L. Three Hun.
dred Feet Below the Surface

London's Electric Railway Is Three Hun
dred Feet Below the Surface.
London's electric railway runs from
The city" to Stochweu, a distance of
four miles, more or less, and lies buried
IN the ground at a depth of three hun
dred feet nearly, at the city end, and is
reached by elevators, says the Boston
Transcript. This great descent is
rendered necessary Tor two reasons
nrst, the road goes under the bed of
the Thames, and second the city COM
missioners of sewers, who had a great
say in the matter, agreed that if it
were SO low down they would only
charge a small sum for the ground.
The train consists of an engine and
four vestibuie cars, SO that it is pos
sible to pass from a smolling-carriage
to nonsmoker and vice versa. The
seats are not arranged like our Pull
man. but are fixed in the same manner
as are the seats in the electric cars
here.
The train is drawn by an engine
with storage battery and works very
well Unless the power gives out, when
there is delay sometimes of half an
hour-not very agreeable in tunnel
just large enough for the train, adj
mirably ventilated as the tunnel is.
Since the opening of this unique rail-
road the fares have been altered and
improved terms made, for now you can
go halfway d. e., TO Kensington OVAL
for one penny. and the journey from
Stockwell to the city is regularly done
in fifteen minutes. There are no
tickets, but you can get Communication
tickets for three. six. or twelve months
at reasonable rates. The air in the
tunnel is always fresh and, even in
summer cool
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
Glass Eyes Worn Secre.Iv

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, "ai
the large number of locomotive en-
gineers and firemen who have glass
eyes. OF course, an engineer could not
hold place on railroad an hour il
the fact that he had a glass eve
was known to his superior officers.
Consequently men in that line of bust.
ness exercise the utmost secrecy with
regard to their infirmity. When they
come into my store to buy a new
glass eyeor have some flaw in their old
one attended to they beg the privilege
OF transacting their business in nv
private Office. and they usually slip in
and out of the store when no other
customer is around"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
HE LIKED FISH,
Sam Wanted q Whale and Nothing
Short of 1t.

Short of II.
A party of young men who were on
fishing excursion on the Ohio river
some years ago were Joined by an &C.
centric man, skilled as a fisherman,
known in that region as "Barefooted
Sam" He was good cook, and made
himself useful in so many ways that
his presence, though unlimited, was
tolerated by the amateur sportsmen.
Que morning two members of the
party returned to camp with their ap-
petites well sharpened for breakfast,
and were greeted enthusiastically by q
third man, who said: "You Just come
along and see the finest baked perch
you ever laid eyes on"
They hurried to the table, but saw
only rick of bones. from which every
fiber of meat had been taken. Sam was
nowhere to be seen. When he returned
no comments were made upon the cir
cumstance; but in the afternoon, when
the company were lounging on the
bank, Sam drawled out:
I'D like to have all the fish I could
eat, jest onst. | amt had a mess sence
Pete Toilet ketched that big catfish,
three years back"
SAM" remarked one Of the group,
dryly, 81 thought you had quite fair
mess this morning. That perch weighed
about ten pounds, I've been informed"
"Oh, yes" replied Sam, with no sign
OF embarrassment on his placid coun-
tenance, Il ate that; but what / mean
is a reel, reg lar mess!'
The company pondered on this re-
markable statement in absolute silence
for some moments, until at last the man
who had caught the perch CALCULATED:
We'll, snum!" and nothing more was
saiI
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
THIS EARTH OF OURS.
It's Age According to the Researches 81
Geologists.

It's Age According to the Researches q
Geologists.
Biologists have ascertained that the
rate at which erosion takes place can
be measured; by applying their scale 70
the sedimentary rocks they have formed
hypothesis as to the time which has
elapsed since erosion began.
The stratified rocks attain an average
thickness of 100000 feet. The material
OF which they consist was all washed
down from high planes, deposited ana
left to stratify. By the inspection OF
river banks it is found that in places
the surface of the land which has been
carried down rs sediment in rivers has
been reduced at the rate of foot in
$50 years, while in other places. where
the land was more stubborn or less
flexible. 1t had taken $500 years to
lower the surface one foot. The de-
post must be equal to the denudationn.
We find that while some OF the sedl-
mentary rocks have grown foot in 730
years others have taken $500 years to
rise that height. Thus the period OF
time that was required to build up l0o,.
900 feet of sedimentary rock has varied
according to locality from 73,000,00
to $50, 900, 900 years. 1t follows that the
active work Of creation lasted for .
cycle intermediate between these two
figures. The cycle varied with endless
succession of periods of disturbance BY
volcanic force and glacial action, and
the frequent submersion of dry land,
alternating with the emerging of conti-
nents out of the seas. These may have
retarded the growth of sedimentary
rocks, but they cannot have accelerated
1t.
A study of fossils teaches the steady
uniformity with which the work Of Gre
alton proceeded. Since man began to
observe there has been no change in the
forms of animal and vegetable life. A few
species have disappcared-not one new
species has been evolved. Not only do
we find TIE fauna hid fora of ancient
Egypt as depicted on monuments which
are probaoly 5000 or 10000 years old
identical with those which are found in
that country to-day, but shells which
inhabited our seas before the ice age
and grew in an ocean whose bed overlay
the Rocky mountains are precisely the
same species that are found in the bay
OF Monterey and the waters of the
Chesapeake. 1t is evident that there
has been no essential change in the con-
ditions of life since these animals and
these vegetables we've first created, yet
how vast the shortest period which we
can assign to the gap that divides US
from that remote epochi
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
A HOTEL INCIDENT.
me traveller Who wss Mistaken for q
Dead Man.

me Traveller Who wss Mistaken for q
Dead Man.
Inc most singular thing that ever
happened to me at a hotel" said the
travelling member of the club. accord
ing to the Detroit Free Press, Iva,
TINS; l was stopping over night at a
large hotel in Chicago, and retiring
late | left word to be called in the
morning. intended getting up in time
for a late breakfast
Il was awakened by a knocking at
the door of the room next to mine.
mysterious whisperings and orders
given in a suppressed voice. I Law
still, wondering what time it was, and
whether / should get up or not, when
there came loud racket against my
door, and sound of the transom NOV
ing. / sat up-my bed being close by
the door-in time to see 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, he gave yell that made my blood
thrill
"'Open the door, commanded mans
voice on the outside.
"'He's alive yelled the boy,
sprawling on the floor in abiect ter
ror.
81 thought everybody was crazy as 1
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
''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 man had killed himself the
previous night. They had looked in at
his transom, and seen that he was dead,
but when the boy came up with a step
ladder to climb in and unlock the door
they had helped him into my room by
mistake. q That was ALL"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
WHY MAN WEARS A HAT.
exposure OF the Head Epdangers this h
ovation Of the Human Race.

APosure OF the Head EDdnngers tbs kb-
ovation OF the Human Race.
Perhaps no article of clothing has
been more freely criticised in respect to
ats utility than that which lexicog-
raphers describe as "a covering for the
mead Some, instructed by the ex-
ample of savage races and others widely
uiHerent In various ways, among them
the leaders of feminine fashion, whose
crowns'of goesamer may practically be
oisregarded, would have it that the hat
lass condition is that most character
istic of mankind, says the London
Lancet. Against their opinion we find
arraycd the combined force Of civilized
usage In every climate.
From pole to pole we find that man,
II he dresses at all, dresses his head.
Even IL bootless and guiltless of such
minor trifles as waistcoat and collar, he
covers the head with some form OF
clothing Nay, the very savage, though
he may know nothing of silk or felt,
Will often so decorate his vortex with
Feathers or so weave his own natural
wool that not even the conventional
European cylinder could protect 1t
more effectually. Surely there must be
reason in all this.
There is a clearly conscious need
which exists not merely in Imagination.
IL is thus practically admitted that
though the head, like any other part Of
the body, may, after having suffered
tne attrition of atmospheric variations,
become Injured to their action, it still
loses somewhat in the process. In the
nrst place, it Is evident that in this con-
met only the fittest can hope to sur
we. Civilized man will not endanger
ms chance of survival by risking the
experiment. Further, he finds that
the inferior animals thus exposed I'M
oergo external changes which do not
often, If ever, tend in the direction OF
rennement. and instinctively he shuns
the possible return of coarseness and
oaroarism. He also recognizes the fact
.hat, given wholesome custom in
mead clothing, the consequent effect
VIII be as healthy as it is becoming.
Foremost among the sanitary prin.
c,pies which ought to control usage in
TINS matter are two-the avoidance of
any but the lightest pressure and the
admission through the texture worn or
by special apertures of sufficient air for
free ventilation of the head. If these
elementary considerations be duly re-
garded and sufficient protection be pro-
Vided against changes of weather we
shall find the man the better. not the
worse, for wearing his covering for
the head -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
ECHO RIVER.
Peculiar Acoustic Qualities of This Vault
ed Stream.

Peculiar Acoustic Qualities Of This Vault
ed Stream.
One of the famous curiosities of the
Mammoth cave is the Echo river, body
OF water estimated to be some three
fourths of mile in length, and from
twenty to two hundred feet in breadth.
Its depth at ordinary times is from ten
to forty feet. DR.. II. C. Hovey, in q
paper read before the American Geo
graphical society, gives vivid descrip-
ton of the peculiar acoustic qualities
of the vault by which the river ID
arched.
Last summer, In company with q
party OF four persons, no others being
on the river at the time, we tried the
effect of rocking the boat as violently
as we dared to do. also striking the sur
face of the water with our paddles, and
In other ways making as much agita-
ton Of the body of the stream as posi-
BILE, and then awaiting the result In
silence.
timed the concert thus created, and
found its duration to be exactly half an
hour. First came sounds like the tink-
ling of silver bells. Then larger and
heavier bells took up the melody as the
waves sought out the cavities in the
walls. Then it was as if all chimes of
all cathedrals had conspired to raise q
tempest of sweet sounds.
For moment there was utter silence,
soon broken by low mutterings, ghostly
whispers, sudden shrieks, as If of men
In agony. Then silence again. We
were about to speak, when the guide
motioned to us to remain quiet; when,
10! as from some deep recess, hitherto
forgotten, came a tone tender and pro.
found; after which. like gentle men,
cries, all the mellow and mysterious
sounds that had gone before were re-
awakened, until the hall rang again
with the wondrous harm ony.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
SHOES IN JAPAN.
They Are Made of Straw for Both Men
and Horses.

They Are Made of Straw for Both Mon
and Horses.
In the land of the Milsado, II nowhere
else on earth, man and beast w ear shoes
made of the same material-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 gingerly fashion. Ger
tainly they would not be very durable
TO the average boy, who can "kick the
stuffing" out of school shoes in few
brief weeks.
How then can 1t be expected that they
would do horses any reasonable service
at alp Well, they don't; they wear out
so fast and have to be replaced so often
that anyone going for long drive will
have to carry about a 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 a set of shoes will last. In the
parlance of the country, one does not
travel so many miles, but so many sets
of shoes. When you ask q native how
far it is to any given place 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 eat them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
OLD WOMEN,
Their Great Age Due to Their Great Talk
ing. Says Tissot.

ing. Says Tissot.
1t is an acknowledged fact that q
great age is attained by women often
or than by men Tissot, with doubt
full gallantry, accounts for this by de-
elaring that the large amount of talk
ing for which women are famous is Q
very healthy exercise and promotes
circulation of blood without overex-
crting the organs. The true reason,
probably. lies al the quieter and more
regular life usually led by women,
whose nervous systems and brains are
consequently not worn out as quickly,
As rule. as those of men, says the St
-t-I Post-Dispatch.
One of the most famous female cente-
narians was the countess of Desmond,
who lived to be one hundred ana forty.
five, and died in the reign or James I.
from the effects of an accident. This
wonderful woman found herself, at
the age of one hundred, SO lively and
strong as to be able to take part in a
dance, and when she was one hundred
and forty she Travelled all the way
from Bristol to London-no trifling
journey in those days-in order to at
tend personally to some business af-
fairs.
Lady Desmond is, however, quite
thrown into the shade by a French
woman, Marie Prion, who died in St.
Colombo in June, 1S3s--it is said-at
the wonderful age of one hundred and
fifty-eight. Toward the end of her
life she lived exclusively on goats
milk and cheese. Although her body
was so shrunk that sire weighed only
forty-six pounds, she retained all her
mental faculties to the last.
II is an extraordinary but incontesta-
bic fact that some women, at the age
when most people die, undergo a sort
of natural process of rejuvenation-the
hair and teeth grow again, the
wrinkles disappear from the skin, and
sight and hearing reacquire their for
mcr sharpness.
Marquise De Mirabeau is an exam
pie of this rare and remarkable phe-
nomenon. She died ct the age of
eighty-six, but few years before her
death she became in appearance quite
young again. The same change hap
pened to a nun of the name of Mar-
Guerite VerGur, who. at the age of six
ty-two, lost her wrinkles, regained her
sight and grew several new teeth.
When she died, ten ears Later, her ap-
pcarance was almost that of a young
girl.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
A BROKEN ENGAGEMENT.
The Sacrifcial Fire .;uilt by Disappoint
ed Damsel.

The Sacriiicial Fire Suilt by a Disappoint-
ed Damsel.
speaking of broken engagements"
remarked young girl to an Argonaut
man the other day. makes me think
of a funny story. A friend of mine
was expecting 10 be married. and had
everything ready but her gowns. All
the table and bed linen was hemmed
and marked and put away in lavender.
while dozens of tray cloths, doilies and
bureau scarfs were made. She had
even prepared large supply of all
kinds of house cloths for windows. sill
yer. etc, and had put away six rolls of
linen bandages in case anyone should
cut finger or sprain ar arm. Well.
the engagement was broken, and what
do you think she did with all those
things upon which she had lavished so
much loving care? She made a big
bonfire in the backyard and upon the
flames. started by means of a match
and an old barrel. she heaped her
treasures. Never did vestal virgin
feeding the sacred fires on ancient
Roman affairs make moro forvent vows
than did this nineteenth century
maiden when sacrificing her dainty
linen in the hope of assuaging her
heartache. That all happened some
years ago. On a cabinet in her own
room stands large gar, which people
declare contains the ashes of her heart
and of her bridal linen cremated to-
gether CD that fateful day."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
STRANGE ADOPTIONS,
The Strength OF the Maternal Instinct In
Animals.

no ceAChkth VI tn6 mbteF08l l00tlnCG In
Animals.
] lately met some friends who had
with them a little dog called "yic"
which had adopted the family of q
cat in the house, and while in DOS
session would not let the mother come
near her kitten, says n writer in the
London Spectator. The kittens were
kept In very tall basket, and ''vic"
would take them one by one and then
carry them into the garden and watch
over them, carrying them back in the
same way after time, at other times
lying conteptedly with them in the
basket. OF course, Vic had to be
forcibly removed when the adopted
family required their mothers atten-
ton for their sustenance / also have
met friend who saw a hen hawk,
which was in cage, mothering a young
starting. Three young, unfedged
starlings were given the hawk to eat.
She ate two and then brooded the other
and took the utmost care of it. Unhap-
PLY the young starting died, and from
that moment the hawk would touch no
food, but died herself in a few DAYS.
The same friend was on a mountain one
day when sheep came up to him and
Enthusiastically begged him to follow
her, going just in front and continually
looking around to see if he was follow
ing. The sheep led him at last to some
rocks, where he found a lamb fast
wedged in between two pieces of rock.
He was able to liberate the lamb, to the
evident Joy of the mother. myself
once saw cat "brooding" and taking
care of a very small chicken, which,
being Matched first Of a brood, had been
brought into cottage and placed in a
basket near the fire. 1t managed 10 get
out of tho basket and hoped up near
the cat, which Immediately adopted it
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
BAD HABIT OF EXERCISE
a London Critic Says One May Become
Slave to 1t for Life.

~
Slave to 1t for Life.
Some persons get on perfectly we'll
without exercise. / am one of them,
SAYS the editor of London Truth, be-
cause | never fell into the engrossing
habit of exercise when a young man.
Naturally person who passes his youth
in violent exercise finds later on that
he cannot do without it. The habit ia
as easily acquired as that of drinking or
opium smoking, and, once acquired, q
person becomes a slave to 1t for the rest
of his life.
Most people. however, eat far too
much. and then often find themselves
incommoded, if they do not work off
this excess of food 1t is easy to get up
an artificial appetite. remember Mr..
Bright once explained this to me. He
said the stomach is artifcially distend-
ed, the void which is created owing to
this artificial distension produces a per
petual craving for food, and this is
termed being hungry. Gradually re-
duce the an cunt Of food, and the stom-
ach becomes normal, with the result
that half the amount of food is satisfy
ing. The world is divided between thoss
who eat too much and those who do not
have enough to eat
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
A Lawyers STORY.

The Peculiar hllstat Made BY . Teieg-
II raj
A partybf newsr smen and law
graphical errors, We veteran New
York attorney told o "a peculiar mis-
take that had come under his notice,
made by telegraph operator.
81 was young man at that slime"
said the lawyer, land had a small office
across the hall from a successful attor-
ney who once in awhile befriended 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 boy with
a message directed to me- 1t was from
my friend across the way and dated Chi
cago, but its contents made nv brain
whirl. With telegraphic brevity it said:
Ella is sweet. Don't delay. Take il
up and try it was just considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of proposal, and nv
astonishment can be imagined. NV
first 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
upside down, sideways, and everyway
could see it, and the light finally
dawned on me. I took up a court calen-
dar. There it was: Ella VS.. Sweet
and my friend was named as the de-
fendant's attorney"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
Incomes of Prussia.

Out Of population of $4,000, ooc in
Prussia only 2.435, SIS persons possess an
income of over 900 marks year. which
is equal to about 1925 This fact is
shown by the first years results in the
new income tax in Prussia. Two mil
lion one hundred and eighteen thou
sand nine hundred and sixty-nine pay
income tax on the lowest scale-that is.
on incomes of between 900 and 5000
marks. Only l0,06s persons have in
comes of over $4,000 marks, or about
$1,000 year The highest income de-
clared is 6,76o,0oO marks, and from the
locality where it was registered the per-
son Is supposed to be Krupp, the gun
maker of Essen.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-17
GROWTH OF THE HAIR,
How 1t Is Promoted or Retarded BIZ C
tain Kinds OF Diet

How 1t Is Promoted or Retarded BIZ Ger.
tain Kinds OF Diet.
The influence Of diet upon the Growth
OF hair is the subject of a paper in
which, according to the Washington
Star, the writer says: Several cases of
shedding of hair after influenza has con.
frmed my opinion that diet has much
to do with the production and with the
cure OF sympathetic alopecia. Hair
contains five per cent of sulphur, and
It's ash twenty per cent. of silicon and
ten per cent. of iron and manganese
Solution Of beef Tor, rather, part Of
itl, starchy mixtures and even milk.
which constitute the diet of patients
with influenza and other fevers, cannot
supply these elements, and atrophy It
the roots and falling out of hair result.
The color and strength of hair in
young mammals is not attained so long
as milk is the sole food. As to drugs.
iron has prompt influence The foods
which most abundantly contain the
above-named elements are the various
albumenoids and the oat, the ash of thu,
grain yielding twenty-five per cent of
silicon.
have often found a 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.