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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
HE DOGS IDEA OF HIS MASTER.
He Probably Regards Him ~ IN Amor
NAL Member Of RiS Species.

He Probably Regards Him ~ IN Amor.
NAL Member OF His Species.
Our custom of ascribing human fac
ultics and modes of thought is an invol-
untary and invariable one when we are
dealing with the mental processes Of
other beings, says DR.. Louis Robinson
in Popular Science Monthly. Even
when we speak of the supernatural the
same habit is manifest, and human pas
sions, emotions and weaknesses are
constantly ascribed to beings presumed
to be infinitely more remote from US In
power and knowledge than we are from
the dog. Thus we see in the not very
distant past roasted flesh and fruits
were thought by men to be acceptable
to the gods, doubtless because they
were pleasing to the palates of the wor-
shippers, who reasoned by analogy from
the known to the unknown. This should
teach US to bear in mind that there Is,
affecting the dogs point Of view, al
most undoubtedly such q thing as cyno-
morphism. and that he has his peculiar
and limited ideas of life and range of
mental vision. and therefore perforce
makes his artificial surroundings square
with him. 1t has been said that Q man
stands 10 his dog in the position Of .
god, but when we consider that our
own conceptions of deity lead us to tho
general idea of an enormously power
full and omniscient man, who loves,
hates, desires, rewards and Furnishes in
human-like fashion, it involves no strain
Of Imagination TO conceive that from
the dogs point of view his master Is an
elongated and abnormally cunning dog;
Of different shape and manners certain
ly TO the common run of dogs, yet
canine in his essential nature.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
EAdicaIIY DlEere

Two things may look very similar on
the surface, but be entirely unlike At
bottom. aS in this case reported by the
Memphis Appcal-Avalanche:
I he landlady of boarding house in
this city had an eiCht-year-old son who
is remarkably precoeious. Not long
ago he went up to town and had his head
shaved. Among the barriers is q gen.
tlcrnan whose hair long ago babe him
fcrewcl This gentleman came to the
table the next day, and said:
why, Charley. you haven't any more
hair now than / have
Yes. sir" said Charley. ''that's 10;
but | havo lot more roots than you
have"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
Rustic Wit.

DR.. John Brown, Of Bedford. England.
told good story the other day ut q re
ception given him by Boston gentle
man. He said that the English rust. .
are sometimes regarded as rather feeble
minded and not very promising persons
for ministers to work among. but they
once in awhile show q native shrewd-
ness by no means to be despised One
Of them, one day, leading his donkey,
was met by a sportsman. well dressed
and equipped, who hailed him with the
request: What shall give you to have
. shot at that Donkey" 20. don't shoot
the donkey" draw.cd the rustic, "lst
brothcsly lore continue"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12

To refer to women a the weaker saz
. Germanscientist says, Is surely mis-
take. for they have always known hoy
to preserve their dominion over the "a
called stronger sex Men are. iad9 9
wos6en's most- obedicnt slsvea 8
mon said his wives were bitterer 4
death, and surely there never VI
greater slave TO woman. Stat
show that seven wives survive eve
famous men. Heloise survived {
Of her beloved Abelard TIVE
years. and, similarly, the wife
ington. though she declared
never get over the death Of =
eVtafvea hin thirty yesn
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
The Smallest Islaod.

The smallest sea island on record IL
nine feet across, and Ia reported by
Capt John Richards. Of the British ship
Cambrian Monarch. TO have been sight
Cd by him In latitude 90 degrees, 2
minutes north, longitude 1877 degrees, 80
minutes west The sea was smooth
sround it. and it was clearly IN island,
tsperinR upward in a pyramidal shape
from below the surface of the water.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
Didn't Kaov it Wa rhere.

A photographer in the Tyrol made .
negative Of ten tourists against Q back.
ground Of pine woodA When he de-
veloped the plate Q faithful present
ment Of large bear in the act of max.
ing for the denser timber appeared in
the edge of the forest Neither the
man with the camera nor any Of those
IN the group had known that the brute
W1s near.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
Fifth Dist. Levee Board

Reaching every home
the parish, it is an excelleI
medium for
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who desire the business
this section.
DEMOCRATII

in principles, it will ever
vocate what seems to I'll
the best interests of 4
generally, and the ri
particularly. T
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-01-12

Blanks of every desert
for Magistrates, Cons
and other Officials kerr
stantly on hand =
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ADVERTISERS.

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The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21

and knelt on his chest with grip like
steel on his throat
"You divill" the man said through
his teeth, his eyes sblAze with the
fierce passion OF rage 80 long pent up,
"fotesworn aaufdererl before God
YOU biasphelnedl You're my prisoner
this day till | hand you 0ver TO justicel'
"Let go-t'll, Shokc--ys daren't in.
form.' gasped the wretch, struggling
TO fling off his powerful captor, half
choking, half stunned by the back fall.
Was confession"
BE silent. Donovan Rorke, and keep
still or it's down the we'll I'll fling you,
till I'll get the police. What was told
to me in the confessional was told to
the priest and I've kept the seal un-
broken. But here under the open
heavens we two stood simply man to
man, and It's now that you have con-
fessed your crime to the man, Patrick
O'Brien, who's going to bind ye hand
and foot
"Ye divil-nevef-the curse 8 Crom-
well rs" With d frantic struggle
against this iron grip that held his
throat, half.strangled, the wretch
gave wrench up of head and shoul-
ders, but his captor dashed him back
again NTH force which this time
stunned him. Then stern and swift
the murdered mans brother and
avenger rose, cut the rope reihs OF his
horse and bound the senseless murder
er hand and foot, got him into the
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21

cart, and mounting the mare himself
drove the prisoner away to the village,
there to keep him bound, under close
guard till the police were fetched from
the nearest town.
1t WAS useless for Donovan Rorke to
deny the murder; the body of his VIC
tim and the pistol were found in the
old we'll, and one piece Of evidence led
to another, and in eorroboration of
Father O'Brien's damning evidence of
the open avewal to taunt him Of the
murder. OF the first confession of it
he, of course, never breathed word.
In the end the murderer Rorke was
condemned and hanged amidst the ex-
ecrations of the crowd outside the Jail
1.-THE facts of the above actually took
place some years ago in Ireland.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
HERE AND THERE.

Market the crops on the farm by
feeding stock and saving the manure.
1t costs nothing for transportation to
a home market.
With the proper kind of COWS and
conveniences butter-making is pleas
ant business, and with a conyenie mt
market will pay as we'll as any other
farm work.
Plenty Of shade in the hog pastures
is necessity and not luxury. 1t is
to your interest as well as for the good
of the hogs that they are not compelled
to endure the heat of the sun.
He who plants corn reaps this year;
he who sows wheat reaps next year; but
he who sets out an orchard is remem-
bered when he is dead.
The famous Berlin Thiergarten
lawn, on sandy soil, is said to have been
produced by equal proportions of the
seeds of English rye grass, Kentucky
blue grass and creeping bent grass.
Prof. Mingo, the horse trainer, says:
mo horse should ever be whipped for
shying or bolting for he is sure to
connect the pain with the object of
his fright and be more afraid of it
thereafter"
Owners of good and well-bred sad
die stations in Kentucky have done
well with them this season. There has
been disposition to breed this class of
horses, as they have proven to be more
profitable on the whole.
Two pounds of good butter is worth
as much as bushel of wheat, or seven
pounds of cotton. A good COW will
make 400 pounds Of butter in a year.
At twenty-five cent a pound this is
worth 500, or as much as three bales
OF cotton, and you have the COW left
The poultry-breeding season is now
practically over, and after the confine-
ment to the breeding pen and the
strain Of egg production and incuba-
ton has greatly reduced the vitality of
the hens, they now need all the stimu.
lating food they can get.
"A young orchard may be cultivated
for one or two years, or until 1t has
made too much growth and acquired
large roots. Potatoes and cabbares are
excellent, as they require clean cultiva-
ton, and the manure used in the rows
will also benefit the trees. If the
growth of the trees is too rapid, how.
ever, the orchard may be used for grass
for one or two years and then cultivated
again.
The new strawberry beds will last
for five or six years if the cultiva-
tion during the first year is thor
ough. The difficulty with the matted
rows is that in the second and third
years grass and weeds take possession.
To avoid this the young plants should
be worked frequently in order to kill
every weed or blade of grass that ap-
pears, and after the rows are filed with
runners the weeds must be pulled out
hY hand.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
PLENTY of Clean Water,

As an egg is more than nine-tenths
water, the Importance of supplying the
hens with all the water they require
can not be too strongly urged. Water
not only enters into the composition Of
an egg as the leading substance but 1t
fulfills other purposes. 1t is essential
to the bird as solvent to the food,
when hard grains are fed as the giz-
zard that grinds the grain to powder,
but the water is thus necessary to ass
sist the digestion and to convert the
food into blood. 1t is generally sup
posed that birds are not partial to
clean water and will drink from filthy
pools. But the fact is the hen is rather
fastidious and will always prefer pure
water and clean food when she has
leave to attain such. II she is expected
to lay we'll she will require more than
fOOd.-SOutheru Farm,
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calling which can be adorned with the
rraces of home and social life: 10 oo
this he must still be q. practical anu
mot 4 sentimental farmer. If flowers
btogtn ubottt his house, the corn VIII
stiti t.,ss It's tall tassels and hang out
its weighty ears In the fields Music by
bis daughters In the house Will not
snpersede the melody Of the plowsnare
lii his efoutidl The farmer is man
whose home can sho~ comfort beauty
and utility all combined.
Much has been wisely written aoouS
the necessity Of improving the farmer :
home life. and line must t-be- added 10
line and precept to precept until living
In the country comes at last 10 parry
with life In the town. To this end the
grouping Of good homes must receive
more attention. The road that leads to
market, to the church and to the neieh,
Dor must, by common consent and uni.eo
endeayor, be improved. The school,
house ought to be a better structure
and the churches must be near
i.fell ME abeHt home life," said .
philosopher, Aid Will fpvtetl the des-
tiny 81 your country. AS the, family,
so the nation of families, and as the
farm home appears, SO may we judge
the real prosperity of the land. Sad
indeed the situation of land where all
its glory is just the gliding that ap.
pedts In the vain show of municipal
wealth. where the homes Of the people
express by mournful dilapidatioh
either that poverty prevails or the ad-
vantages of the country home are not
appreciated
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
THE COUNTRY HOME.
1t Is Capable of Being Made Attractive Be
yond That of the City.


yond That of the City.
The following excellent article,
gracefully written, sound in sentiment
and fruity with good advice, was writ
ten some time ago by Gen. Clement A..
Evans, of Georgia;
There is claim about the story of
old Obed Edom, the honest, the brave
old farmer, who took the ark into the
house and kept it there until it could
be established in it's national position.
1t is certain that according to the laws
of his country it was his house, held
by good title and unencumbered by
mortgage. Doubtless the earliest duty
that man owes to himself, his family,
society and state is to provide home
where he can enjoy the sweets of fami-
ly and social life, and which he can hold
as free citizen of his commonwealth
This is sometimes difficult to do, and
oftentimes unforeseen difficulties pre-
vent the attainment of his object. But
''happy is the man who is in such a
case" where he can call his home his
own, however humble it may be.
The farm home is capable of attrac-
tions that can not be given the houses
in the cities by the expenditure of
thousands of dollars. The site on the
hill, the natural growth in the yard.
the broad view unobstructed by brick
and mortar, the sweet, fresh air, the
pure water from the well or spring,
are all advantages which nature pro
vides for the family in the country
h"me. What splendid place in which
TO rear the tender offspring of the
family into well-rounded maturity, free
from the excitement that overstrains
the forming nerves. Perhaps this has
something to do with the fact that so
many successful men in cities proudly
point to the fact that they spent their
early years as toilers on the farm.
BY all means make the country home
the most attractive spot on earth.
True enough that the farmers toll i.
not often rewarded with riches, and he
has many obstacles TO overcome il
order to succeed even in making a liv
-. Int admitting all that, he has a
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21

OF underwood, just beyond the road
side, towards which the priests back
was turned, as he stood nearly in the
center of the crossroads; then a mans
figure reared itself up, moving for
wards, an evil leer on the fellows
coarse face, as the other, hearing foot
steps, turned quickly to see Donovan
Rorke before him.
"He-he-he; the top o. the morning to
yer riverence!' said he. grinning, just
enough ION" to be trife off his guard
in the gloating insolence OF his brutal
triumph.
If in that very moment the priests
blood and heart turned with a
sudden, fierce passion that almost
mastered him in the maddened impulse
to crush the life out of the wretch be-
fore him-his brothers murderer-who
dare blame him? Surely Heaven itself
would count such wrath with the "an-
ger that sins not" But he did keep
self-mastery, and made neither answer
nor movement, though his teeth were
set, and those handsome Irish gray
eyes steadily, if slowly, bore down the
insolent stare of the vengeful assassin
before him. This calm dignity, that
disdained to show even the loathing,
incensed the british animal nature
that thirsted for some sign of the tor
ture it SO gloated over infiicting. Rorke
had taken just enough whisk y to be
incautious, and over-conHdent alto
gether, and was. besides, too ignorant
to see the vital antithesis Of their mu-
tual position Of to-day and that Of the
Friday. He could not now resist the
jeering taunt, which he knew must
cut deeper than ever, because Of the
seal of silence, which bound the priest
in such terrible impotence toward his
brothers murderer.
Maybe" said he, chuckling. che
he-he-maybe yer honors reverence
will be plaised to know that jist near
where the auld mares grain is the
dried-up well; an the ground ye'se
stsndin' on is where yer honor's
brother Terrence fell when shot him
dead! Thrue for ye, kilt him entire
ly and pitched him into the well-and
h-help-murther!"
II was a sudden strangled yell OF
terror, like wild beasts, for in that
moment Patrick O'Brien had flung
himself on the murderer, hurling him
backwards, crashing to the ground,
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
Pigs at Pasture.

The breeding sows and all young
pigs should be turned to pasture through
the summer mohths, says an exchange.
1t promotes health and thrift to give
them the free air to breathe in, the
clean earth to live on and burrow in
and the fresh grasses to pasture on
Don't be afraid of the roofing. 1t does
the piss good and never hurts the land
But, it is sometimes said IT the pigs
are all ut pasture we lose the large pile
of manure that would be made in the
cellar, and the fields will suffer to that
extent. Not at all. The pigs make as
much manure at pasture rs when con-
fined in pens. The only difference is
that in the case of the pasturing it is
scattered over the land where it is al
ways needed.
II one wants the effect of this method
of manuring on his titled fields a good
practice is to fence Of lot proportions
ate to the number of gs and give them
the run of it for the ison. The mat
ter of distribution of the manure is
easily provided for by changing their
feeding grounds from time to time dur
ing the summer. The next season the
lot can be plowed and cropped, the ma.
nuring having cost no labor or carriage
while the pigs are changed to pastures
new.
In many cases there are lots on the
farm rough and foul with brakes,
shrubs and bushes, that may be cleared
through such management But on a
larger scale, more intelligent manage
ment and the appropriation Of means
easily within reach, there may much
more of this kind Of stock be made prof.
table on our farms than is now kept
Southern Farm.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
SWEET BROWN EYES.

How They Were Made to Sparkle, Winh
and Water.
The conductor knew the man in the
rear seat, and when the tickets had
all been punched sat down beside him.
They rode in silence for some time.
Then the man in the rear seat asked
abruptly: whats the matter?"
The conductor took his left leg of
the right knee and crossed the right
one over the left Il Ike ep thinking
about man that travels with me
sometimes" he answered.
What about him?'
"It's what he told me about his
wife. She ran away, you know, and
he's trying to find her. He says she's
pretty woman, with large, soft,
brown eyes, and sweet, tender
mouth"
The woman in front of him had
large brown eyes, but they were hard
and cold, and her mouth was very
scornful.
"He asked me TO be on the lookout
for her."
The woman in front seemed to be
counting the telegraph poles along the
road.
at breaks me all up when / see
him, and he says, so sort Of despairing:
so, you haven't run across her yet,
have you, old man% and then it keeps
running in my mind all the time
what am to say to the woman when
find her."
The woman in front moved uneasily,
then tried to count the cattle in pas
ture that they passed.
What is it?" asked man in the rear
seat.
"'You won't forget, now, will you?
he'll say, putting his hand on my
shoulder. You're to give her my love,
you know, and tell her that it has been
hers all the time. Tell her that the
other fellow may tire Of her, but l
never shall. Tell her that If she will
come home she'll find me waiting for
her, and trying to keep things the way
she'd like to see them, and then he'll
clear his throat and turn away with
that wistful look on his face.
Zone time he told me to tell her he
was saving up to buy new carpet fol-
the sitting-room, because she didn't
like the blue one, and last time he said
to tell her that he'd planted flower
seeds, because he knew she loved gar
den, and then he always tells me thai
am to know her by the soft, brown
eyes and sweet, pretty mouth"
Hes fool" said the man in the
rear seat, bluntly.
"Of course he is" assented the con
ductor, though smart fellow other
wise; but he's clear crazy on that point
for there never was a woman liveG
worth loving like that"
They were nearing station, and the
conductor went out on the platform.
The man in the rear seat took up hi.
newspaper and began to read.
A change had come over the face Of
the woman in front. She had a sweet
tender mouth, that was trembling with
emotion. and she was vainly trying to
see the landscape with pair of soft
brown eyes, suffuse1 with tears.-Al-
bany Post.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
New Dress ON an Old joke.

The filthiness of the printing Office
towel is traditional, and the joke
about the country editor who slew his
''devil'' by striking him blow with
the Office towel has long since lost it's
force. The other day saw suspended
on the wall of printing Office black
object. which was labeled: "Armor
plate, tested on the Indian Head prov.
ing ground and found to be impene-
trable.' Upon close inspection the
article was found to be that same old
towel. -Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21
THAT VERY SMART YOUNG MAN.

E0reka!" said young Loatherhead.
And he laughed In his boyish glee,
Just walt till start out and then
I'll let these fogies see
That they're too slow for to-day, you know,
They canne& strike lis Rait.
ri teach them how TO capture fame
And fcrtuuc while you wait"
And he smiled smils rs he thought awhile.
And he laid him out plan
10 win more gold than q bank wasld hold.
Did the very smart young man.
: Ny sife's = good old soul" said he:
But. ohi Il would drive me mad
10 save and slave from here to the grave
As ha8 my poor old dad;
And after I've been gone awhile
It will be JOY profound
To come and show folks how III SOW
Ny stack OF wealth around
And he saw did he, glad things to DO,
When he his course began.
And he paused TO get . cigarette,
Did the very smart young man.
And there came day when he went away.
This youth who would fortune win.
He had nxed scheme. twas pretty dream.
To somehow scoop Il In.
And he told his pa, and be told his ma,
And he told the neighbors, too.
n glowing etyle and happy smllo,
OF the wcndrous things heM do
But the world went roand and the sun went
down,
As they have slhce the world began,
Yet the days that came brought wealth Aef
fame
10 The very smart youns man.
In ragged coat one day he wrote
There words to his loving ma:
Dear mother, can't you plan some way
And NJ Il up with pa
10 send NO ticket TO bring me home,
q hope be won't oppose
HIS eon's rctarn). and. by the by.
A cast-U6 suit Of Clothes"
And thu boy came back to his pa, slsc!sl
And begged Of him to plan
Some happy way three meals day
To get for smart young man.
Nixon Waterman. In Chicago Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21

The various stamps of the Swiss
cautions in 1850 were replaced by those
of the federal administration, which
remained current four years, and were
in turn superseded by a new issue OF
uniform type for the whole country
In 1852 these were replaced by new
set varying in value from ten eentimes
to one franc. with the name Hal
vetia' upon them.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-21

AITH, Msvour-
neen. and he'd
need to look sad
and worn then,
for isn't it just
brea X ing his
heart his river
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-04
GOING TO CUT DOWN.

Council man Bradford Says the Election
OmmissIonship Costs Too Much.
Councilman Bradford as chairman of
the committee claims and accounts
proposes to see that the expenses in the
department of the commission of cleo
tions are reduced. While there has been
retrenchment to the greatest degree in
other departments, Commissioner Frank
Herald has been carrying in his Office
two clerks where one has always done
the work heretofore, and there isn't
enough to keep that one busy.
1t is the duty of these two clerks to at
tend to the registration. Some days no.
body registers, and some days a dozen
do. Mr.. Bradford thinks one clerk is
all that is needed to attend to this ardu-
Gus job. Councilman Bradford has told
Mr.. Herald and Mr.. Yount that they
ought to be willing to exercise little
economy in view of the fact that all the
other departments are doing so. The
law emily allows the election commission
er $50 ii month for clerk hire, but N T.
n orth and T. L. Whitaker are getting
that amount each. After this mouth the
city will refuse to pay one of these two,
hence one will have to go. It is believ-
ed that North will stay.