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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
USING cAMeLs IN AUSTRALIA.
Much Moro Valuable Than the Bullocks
which Have Hitherto Been Employed.

Much Moro Valuable Than the Bullocks
Which Have Hitherto Been Employed.
Although the camel proved unsatis
factory for use as beast Of burden In
the mining regions of Nevada and Ari.
IONA, the animal is coming into favor
and profitable use in mining countries
in other parts of the world. 1t seems
probable to the Mining Industry that
in South Africa the camel will take the
place of the horse for most uses, as the
camel is not injured by the insects
which prove fatal to the horse and the
bullocks, nsr is it attacked by the dis
eases that destroy other beasts of bur
den. The Germans are already making
great use of thu camels in southwest
Africa. They IRE found to be very
valuable for making long journeys into
arid interior regions of the country, as
they are able to travel a whole week
without water or food. In Australia
the camel is fast taking the place of
bullocks for use in the barren interior
regions. 1t is stated that there are al
ready opened up and in regular work
In Australia fve lines Of camel traffic,
and that on these lines over two thou
sand camels are in daily use. Camcls
are found to be so useful that the num-
her employed will be increased as rap
idly as possible. With bullock teams
only about ten miles o day can be
made, but 1t is found that the camel
will travel eighty-four miles in eight
cen hours, carrying a load of three
hundred pounds. In the interior of
Australia ere over one million square
A,iles of almost unknown desert, and it
is on the great inland plains that it is
Intended to utilize the camel trains. as
by their use the various GASES of civil
cation may be more directly connected
than by the old bullock routes. On the
arid plains and among the mud flats
and brackish lakes the camel finds
plenty of coarse grass and thorny
shrubs on which to subsist. 1t is
claimed that work can be found IN
Australia for one million camels.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
SUNDAY BATTLES.
Some Of Them Were the Most Famous Of
/ History.

Some Of Them Were the Most Famous Of
History.
Many of the most famous battles Of
history have been fought ON Sunday.
To go ON further back than the begin
ming Of the present century, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, the battle
of Eylau. won February 8, 1907, by Ma
poleon over the Russians and Prus-
SLAMS. and the battle of Friedland,
June IA, 1907. won by Napoleon over
the same allies, were both fought on
Sunday.
On Sunday. May 81. 1909, Napoleon
was defeated at Essling; on Sunday,
May 2, 1918. won the victory of Lutzen,
and on Sunday, June 10, 1915, was over
thrown at Waterloo.
Wellington, besides Waterloo, won
several of the greatest victories at
Vimeira. in Portugal, August 81, 1908;
at Fuentes de Onoro, May s, 1911; at
Orthes. February 81, 1914: at Tarbez,
March 20. 1914, and at Toulouse, April
10. 1914, all of these battles being
fought on Sunday.
the first battle of Bull Run, July FL,
1851. was fought on Sunday, and the
battle of Chickamauga September 10
and 20. 1868, ended on Sunday.
Vieksburg was surrendered on Sat
urday. July 4, 1863. and formally occu-
pied on Sunday. the following day, and
on the same day Lee began his retreat
from Gettysburg. Petersburg fell on
Sunday. kpril ,, 1865. and on the fol-
lowing Sunday Lee surrendered.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28

A French statistician, who ha been
studying the military and other rec
ords. has found that in 1910 the aver
age height of man in Europe was five
feet nine inches; that in 100 it was
five feet six inches; in 1920 it was five
feet five inches and fraction. AT the
present time it is five feet three and
three-fourths inches. 1t is easy to de-
Guce from these figures rate OF rcgu-
lar and gradual decline il human
stature. The calculation shows that
by the year 1000 A. D. the stature of
the average man will be reduced to
tfteen inches.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
Order of tho Garter.

The insignia of the Order of the Gar
ter are: \ gold medallion of st. George
and the dragon, suspended from a blue
ribbon: the garter itself, of dark blue
velvet; blue velvet mantle, lined
with taffeta, with the star of the order
embroidered on the left breast: hood
and surcoat of crimson velvet and
hat of black velvet; a collar of gold
weighing thirty ounces, and the star
with the cross of St. George in the cen
ter encircled by the garter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
Aluminium for Drums.

Drums made in st. Louis are shipped
to all parts of the world, and are ia
vorites with several musicians. Alum
mum, which is beginning to be looked
upon as universal metal, is the favor
lite material out of which the noise
creating instruments are now con-
structed, and it is said that out of the
ruins of Pennington's unfc rtunate air
ship quite a number of drums were
made. The manufacturers do not make
much noise abuu; their business, and
the exact number turned ont is not
large, but it must be a large percentage
Of the worlds output.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
H,cH.pRiCEo FOOD.

Tobacco and Gold on Par on tho OPPer
Yukon River. Alaska.
r. ID. Miles, q recent visitor In San
Francisco, gives the Call 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. he
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 VIII winter
in that country.
swell, I'll tell you, am glad to get
back to civilization again." he SAID.
"Gold is plentiful; in fact it Is an orui'
nary trick for man to wash out from
twenty to sixty dollars a 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 ! left that country trader
with q small stock of goods was making
his way up the river from some OF the
coast trading points in 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 out
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners had washed out in four
or five months of steady work.
'We ran short of provisions, and had
subsisted on bear meat and other game
so long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatablcs.
well. this trader-his name was En-
mons-sold the several sacks CT spuds
he had with him at the rate of from
thirty to fifty cents per potato.
Ellis flour sold for twenty dollars a
sack. and we were just glad enough to
pay five dollars a pound for the very
poorest quality of tea he had with him.
ale had several sides of bacon in his
stock. which he disposed of at about
one dollar n slice. A few sacks of the
despised bean brought one dollar o
pound.
1--WE had been out OF tobacco for near
ly 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 benefactor and gave him ounces OF
gold for plugs of tobacco. An ounce Of
gold brings sixteen dollars in Alaska
and nineteen dollars at the mint here.
I'VE bought a hundredweight of on
ions, for which we were assessed six
ounces of GOLD
Il tell you what, we poured out the
dust upon that fellow Emmons, and he
had SO much of it don't think would
like to take the contract to pack ii from
here to the city hall.
You must not think from this ap-
palling price list that we were starving
to death. We had plenty of game and
fish. but that kind of grub pals on the
appetite"
Tho boys" however, appear to have
made money on the Yukon river bars.
Mr. Miles states that all of them have
stakes" and he came down to Victoria
with several of them who had cleaned
up" from twelve thousand dollars to
twenty-eight thousand dollars apiece.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
Dusy Ingecfs.

Some silk worms lay from 1000 to
1900 eggs, the wasp 5000, the ant from
5000 TO 5000. The number of eggs laid
by the queen bee has long been in dis
pute. Burmeister says from 5000 to
5000, but Spence and Kirby both go
him several better, each declaring that
the queen Of average fertility will lay
no less than 10000, and probably As
high ss 50, 600 in one season.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28

Reaching every home in
the parish, it is an excelIon
medium for
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-28
THE
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A weekly newspaper pub
lished at
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

for searching all the pockets for a
note, only to be disappointed; and g
had sworn to make Nan sick of her
"blasted pride"
He had left his place in Hinckle's
store in Bridge City, where he had
been employed since boyhood, and
had gone to l., to take a place in
the iron works. And not word had
ever come from Nan.
A bitter loneliness filed his heart
as he entered his cheerless room with
window. The fire in the rusty little
stove had gone out, and the cheap
kerosene lamp on the wooden mantel
gave only a sickly light.
Heyser shivered and flung out Of
the room, muttering something be-
tween his teeth. 1t was too early to
go to bed, and he had lived SO entire
ly to himself during the past year
that he had no friends in the tenement
house upon whom he could drop IN
for an hours talk. What was he to
do with himself? Walk up and down
Main street, he supposed, and see peO-
pie stare at him because he had no
bundles.
As he went downstairs he heard the
Payne children laughing, and through
a door that stood little ajar saw them
hanging up their stockings.
Heyser's heart swelled with self
pity, and he tugged at the muller
about his throat as if it were choking
him as he went stamping down the
bare, dark stairway. In all this
Christmas festivity he had no share.
There was no one to give thought to
him, no one of whom he must think.
And it was all Mans fault. She had
ruined his life How could he help
hating her? Why had she never sent
that apology? Evidently she had
never repented her share Of their
quarrel.
Reaching Main street again Heyser
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
Christmas in Egypt.

The following Christmas experience
in Egypt is related by a writer in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. He
was at the house of Greek who was
apparently not a Cresus, az the entire
furniture Of his cafe consisted of
stone-and-mud fireplace in one corner,
a pahn-branch divan occupying the
remainder of that side of the banquet
ting hail, and lot of rush mats on
the earthen floor. took the place of
honor on the divan, says the writer,
and soon the Arabs commenced drop
ping in and squatting on the floor.
Our Copt had made SO much noise that
he had awakened the whole village.
1t was Christmas Eve, or, rather,
imorning, and felt liberal, so I or
dered coffee and mastic for the party,
and kept the landlord busy until I had
filed the whole lot-a feat never be-
fore accomplished in Tel-eI-Baroud.
I began to feel hungry, and the land
lord fished out from under the divan,
(which also served as chicker-coop
three squads, which he killed, plucked,
lbroiled and served up on Arab bread.
This bread is baked of unbolted -four
in round cakes, seven inches in dame
ser. It is hollow like doughnut, and
,of about the consistency of heavy
ablotting paper.
After breakfast everybody went on
ia hElnting expedition. After their re.
turn they all went for their bath,
change of clothes, then to dinner
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
Christmas Feasting in Old Times.

There are certain dishes which are
peculiarly dedicated by custom and
tradition to the Christmas feast. The
plum pudding is almost the sole sur
vivor of long list of equally savory
ones. There was the boar's head, al
ways the herald of the feast, and al
ways seasoned with mustard. Next
in Importance was the peacock. The
skin was carefully stripped of, with
the plumage adhering; the bird was
then roasted; when it was done and
had cooled, it was served up again in
its feathers, and, with gilded beak,
was sent to the table. Sometimes the
whole body was covered with gold
leaf, and piece of cotton, saturated
with spirits, placed in its beak and
lighted as it made its gorgeous entry.
The noble bird was not served by COM
mon hands; that privilege was re-
served for the ladies most distin-
guished by birth and beauty. Geese,
capons, pheasants, and pies of carps'
tongues also helped to set out the
Christmas table in days gone by. But
while Christmas, as far as its eating
was concerned, always had its special
ties, its liquor carte was unlimited.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

hesitated, gave a quick glance around
him to see If any one were looking
who might suspect his purpose, and
then turned abruptly down a street
that led directly to the river. He
walked rapidly, with his head down,
the collar of his coat high above his
ears, and his slouch hat pulled down
over his scowling brow.
It wouldn't do any harm to go and
give a look at his old home-that
pretty brown cottage in which he and
Nan had lived for four short months.
He had nothing else to do-and he
needed the exercise.
The wind blew stitfly as he crossed
the bridge. On the other side wo-
man was crossing IN the opposite di-
rection. She had shawl about her
shoulders and wore white hood. Hey
ser remembered that Nan had worn d
white hood on Christmas Eve just
year ago. The keen air had made her
cheeks rosy, and given a sparkle to
her black eyes. People had turned to
look at her on the street, and he had
felt proud of his pretty wife. He had
not dreamed then that in less than
three months from that time he and
Nan would have gone separate ways.
1t was only short walk from the
bridge to the heart of Bridge City,
and the little brown cottage Heyser
had bought stood on one Of the steep,
ungraded streets. He felt q chill sense
Of disappointment when he reached it
and saw that it was dark and all the
blinds were closed.
He stood at the little gate and stared
at the cottage for a long, long time.
Nan had deserted it, Of course, aud it
had stood empty all these months. He
ought to have known she wouldn't
stay there alone, and yet-somehow
he had always thought of her as keep
ing home there, waiting for him to
come back.
He was stiff and chilled when at last
he turned from the gate and went
slowly up the hill, with vague idea
of walking through the village before
returning to l.. Not that he ex-
pected to meet Nan-that was most IN
likely. In all probability she had left
Bridge City and was following her
trade of dressmaking in some larger
place.
AS he reached the top of the hill he
saw a sudden tongue of flame shoot up
from the roof of an old house which
stood back from the street at some dis
tance from any other. It was the
home of old Mrs. Wisk and her weak
minded daughter, and Heyser sprang
forward as if electrified, wondering if
| any one were inside.
As he approached the gate he saw
the imbeclle girl run out from the
front door, and at the same moment
the flames burst from half a dozen
places IN the roof.
els any one in there?" shouted Hey
ser, seizing the girl by the shoulder.
She only whimpered and smiled in
reply, and Heyser released her, and
with one bound was at the door and
had dashed it open.
Before the wide, open hearth was a
wickerwork carriage, and in it, staring
up with bright black eyes, lay baby
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

perhaps two months of age. Heysert
seized it in rough but careful grasps
and rushed out-iust in time, for thel
old roof fell with a crash behind hin, 4
sending the sparks flying over h1mt
and his precious charge.
The yard was full of people now
who had come running from every
direction, and as Heyser staggered
forward with his burden he heard a
loud, piercing cry, and young wo-
man in big shawltand a white hood
sprang through the gateway and tore'
the baby from his arms. She was.
weak and almost breathless from4
fright and her run up the hill.
Heyser looked down at her, passing
his hands over his eyes as If to clear
away a mist.
'sNan!' he cried.
Jerry 20 and around his neck wentl
one round arm, while the other held
the baby close to her heart.
"Let's get away from here, Nan, }"
said Heyser, thickly; and he led her
through the gateway and down the
hill, paying no attentions to old Mrs.
Wisk who ran after them, crying and
wringing her hands Rnd saying she
had gone out only for minute to
borrow little molasses, and II the
baby had been burned she never would
have forgiven herself-neveri
Heyser's brain seemed strangely
confused; but just at the base of the
hill he stopped.
'What did she mean, .Nan?" he
asked; "and-what's this ?'' he asked.
touching the baby.
Didn't you know?' she cried.
ooh, Jerry! I thought some one
would surely tell you.
Heyser shook his head. He couldn't
answer her just then.
Nan stopped at the gate of the lit
tie brown cottage and drew the key
of the door from her pocket but
just as she put it into the lock Heyser
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

A Amovement is contemplated TO secure the
construction Of light railways in remote dis
trIcts OF the United Kingdom 50 as 10 bring
farmers into closer touch with the markets.
Present Board Of Trade regulations made 1t
all but impossible 10 build a railroad for less
than $50 900 or go, 900 per mile, which is
practically prohibtive Of the employment Of
lines for the development Of any particular
industry The Board has arranged TOR n
conference of traders and municipal bodies
70 discuss how far present regulations may
be relaxed and whether additional legal
facilities for obtaining powers TO construct
tramways and light railways are desirable.
In the west and northwest OF Scotland par
ticuinriy, light railways would prove ser
yiceable in a variety Of ways, but in none
perhaps more than in advancing the hshlng
Industry There are districts in lreIan and
England where they would be equally bene-
fetal. The promoters Of the movement are
very much in earnest, since they believe that
light railways would go a long way toward
removing the pressure Of foreign competi-
tiOU In certain directions.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

threw both arms arms around her and
strained both mother and child to
his breast.
ooh, Nan, I have missed you SO !"'
he whispered, huskily. 'tAnd to,
think you've been living here ali thist
time -
81 knew you'd comes back, Jerry,"t
she said, and then she drew him into.
the warm sitting room, stirred the,
fire, put the baby in it's cradle, and:
then seating herself beside him on,
the old sofa gave him the history of
the months she had spent apart fromi
him.
81 left baby with Mrs. Wisk while
l went to l. to leave note for
you," she said, as she nestled against
him, her arms about his neck, and
her rosy cheek against his rough and
bearded one. 81 couldn't let Christ
mas go by and not-Jerry, we must
never, never quarrel again.
"Never !" rejoined Heyser, ferv-
emily. '*And now I'm going back to
L. I've got to buy you and the
baby something for tomorrow. / can
keep Christmas now as well as other
people.
And any one seeing him coming
across the bridge on his way home,
two hours later, would almost have
imagined him Santa Claus himself, SO
| loaded down was he with bundles of
every shape and size.
Impatient as he had been to return
| to Nan and the baby-which as yet he
| hardly realized as his own-he had
taken time to go to his lodging house
| for Mans note, and he read the words
it contained with eyes suspiciously
| dim.
How gayly his heart beat as he
tramped across the bridget How happy
he felt! Christmas was glorious
timel He didn't wonder people en-
ioyed it
And this time when he reached the
cottage it was all aglow with light and
| warmth, and Nan met him at the door
and exclaimed over the number of his
bundles, and laughed because he haG
bought the baby a drum and a toy
engine.
But we can save them for him.
she added; "and just come out into
the kitchen, Jerry"
Jerry followed her, wondering what
| he was to see, and gave little gasp of
surprise when he found a nice supper
spread upon the table and delicious
aroma from a coffee pot filling the
! room.
eve learned to cook, Jerry. Mrs.
Bosley says can't be beaten at it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
Az CHRISTMAS TIDE,

so blithe this hour, when once again
The Star glows stea dfast in the sky;
So hope attuned, when human pain
Grows less, for faith that help is nigh;
So ohalIowed, when the angel train
With song and harp are passing by.
Once more, between the nidnight's gloom
And the pale rose OF breaking dawn,
Heavens matchless lilies wake and bloom,
And far athwart the east are drawn
The pencilled sunbeams which illume
All pathways men must journey on.
Again the Sages and the Seers
B-ni low before a little child;
AMI DER the long and stormful years,
The desert spaces vast and wild,
The strife, the turmoil, and the tears,
He looks, and smiles, the undefed.
'Tis Christmas tide! At Mary's knee
The shepherds and the princes meet!
Love-bound in dear humility,
To clasp the Infant Saviour's feet.
The Star is bright ore land and sea;
The Gloria song is full and sweet
Margaret f. Sangster, in Hnrper's Bazar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

tsai1 Nan, Laughing, though her eyes
Ewere full,s of tears.
/, Jerrys lips qlivered, and he swal-
flowed lump in his throat. Then he
tput his arms around his little wife and
t1rew her close to his happy heart.
. "This is Christmas, sure enough,
NAN" heswhispered, huskily. indie
spendent
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
and such O. dinner

and such dinner
The bill of fare could scarcely be
equalled at that season of the year in
this country; the little oysters from
Alexandria Harbor they we're first
planted there by McKillop Pasha, who
was admiral of the Egyptian feet un
der Ismail Pasha), soup, fish from the
Mediterranean, turkey, ham, ducks,
snipe, fresh vegetables of every de-
scription, figs, grapes, oranges, ba-
nanas and the flaming English plum
pudding.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
An Old Christmas Custom.

It was an old custom in Oxfordshire
for the maid servants to ask the men
servants to bring in ivy and other
greens with which to decorate the
house. If any man refused, the maids
stole a pair of his trousers and nailed
them On the gateway. AS still
greater punishment, the uncomplying
men were debarred from the privi-
leges of the mistletoe.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21

L was Z O'Clock on
Christmas Eve,
and the streets of
the busy factory
town of L were
crowded wit b
eager, e. xci t e d
shoppers. Sill's
variety store was
like a great bee
hive, and the
clerks were kept
busy wrapping up
dolls, trumpets,
drums, toy pistols
and other toys
dear to the heart
of child b o o d; :;
while the buyers
jOstled and crowd
ed each other
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
AS Usual.

tDid any one remember you on
Christmas Day" inquired Jhoaes.
"Oh, yes. responded Smith, show
ing a handsome collection of lately
opened envelopes, my creditors
did"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
Sold "A Cat for Lamb.

A Paris butcher has been sentenced 10 ten
lays Imprisonment an SD fine for having
sold magnificent Angora cat, suitably
dressed for the occasion, as a lamb, 10
restaurant keeper.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
HEYSER'S CHRISTMAS,
BY FLORENCE B. HALLOwELL,

[ was 7 O'Clock on