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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
A STRANGE FRIENDSHIP.
Dickens Account Of q Cobblcr's Low Cor
His Dog.


His Dog.
my fathers love FOR dogs led him
into a strange friendship during our
stay at Boulogna." writes the ia
nous authors daughter in Ladies'
Home Journal. There 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-s Pomeranian-on
the table beside MIN. The cobbler. In
whom my father became very much in
terested because Of the intelligence of
his poodle, was taken i'll and for many
months was unable to work. MY father
writes: The cobbler has been ill these
many months. The little dog sits at
the door so unhappy and anxious to
help that every day expect to see him
beginning pair of top boots Another
time father writes IT telling the history
of this little animal: A cobbler at
Roulogre, who had the incest of little
dogs that always sat in his sunny win
dow 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 heartbroken.
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 az
ter his arrivaD ran out. Next day
Georgy and saw him lying all covered
with mud, dead, outside the reighbor-
ing church. How am I ever to tell tho
cobhler? He is too poor to come to
England, go feel thxt must lie to him
for life, and say that the dog IL fat and
happy"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
A CURIOUS CASE.
1t Established the Fact That There Are
Some Rights Which Can't Be Waived.

1t Established the Fact That There Are
Some Rights which Can't BE Waived.
A defendant in a murder case in New
York state was once placed on trial be-
fore jury of twelve, says the Brook
Ign Eagle. A member OF the jury died
during his trial. The prisoners coun-
sci agreed with the district attorney
that the trial should continue before
eleven jurors and that no record of the
death of one of their number should be
entered on the minutes of the court.
The prisoner was convicted and sem
fenced to punishment. An appeal was
aftcrward taken to the eject that
neither his counsel nor the district at
torney nor the court nor the prisoner
had right to waive the latters right
10 trial by twelve jurors. The con-
viction was set aside for that reason.
AS, however, nothing in the record
showed in a formal and official way
that the trial occurred and that the
verdict was rendered by less than
twelve Jurors, it was also held that the
man had been put once in jeopardy
and could not be put twice in the same
position. He was, therefore, dis
charged. He was TINS tried and not
tried, found guilty and not found gull
ty, convicted and practically acquitted
all at the same time and under the
same proceeding. The contention was
that every man indicted and tried for
crime previous to his arraignlnent. and
everyone who might be 80 indicted and
so tried after his arraignmcnt had an
interest in his trial by twelve jurors, a
right to his trial by twelve jurors. and
that when he waived his own right he
impaired their right in their trial and
their right in his trial. and that the
thing could not be permitted. This
illustrates how a man holds some of
his rights in trust for all tie past and
for all the future. Of such rights he
cannot divest himself and cannot be
Invested
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
HIS MOTH RS EiSLE.
The Book on Which President Cleveland
Took the Oath of Of.ce.


Among the relics stored away in the
clerks Office of the supreme court of the
United States, writes q Washington cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Times,
is handsome morocco-covered Bible of
large octave size. 1t Is the Bible that
was purchased eight years ago to adj
minister the oath Of ofhce to President
Cleveland at his inauguration on March
4. 1t had been the invariable custom
before the inauguration o. Mr. Cieve-
land to purchase Bible for use at TIE
Inauguration ceremony and to present
this interesting memento aftorward to
some member of the presidents family.
Following this custom, the clerk pur-
chased Bible to use in the inaugura-
ton of President Cleveland, but Mr..
Cleveland notified the committee of ar
rangemcnts Of the senate tina. he wished
to take the oath on the Bible given to
him by his mother wnen, as a Young
man, he started out in the world to
make his fortune. The committee nat
urally respected this sentiment Of the
presidcnt-elect and so Mr. Cleveland
took the oath on his mothers Bible It
was small book, morocco bound and
gflt-edged So far as is known here,
DIR. Cleveland still has the book, and in
the belief that it will be used at the
coming ceremony the clerk of the su-
preme court has not purchased a
Bible to be used on that occasion. 1t
was planned four years ago to use the
Bible purchased in 1885 1T the ceremony
OF 1889; but after considering the mat
ter the clerk determined to purchase
another Bible for Mr. Ii arrison.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19

When a maiden is betrothed In Ger.
many she is called bride by her sweet
heart. who addresses her thus until IL
becomes time to call her wife Imme-
diatelv upon betrothal the lovers ex-
change rings. which, il the course of
true love runs smooth, arc u be worn
ever afterward until death parts them.
The woman wears her betrothal 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 a glance if man be or be
not mortgaged as to his affections. A
young German matron 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 wivesI How could | expose nv
Wilhelm-so young-only twenty-five
20 the temptations of the world, il he
were not TO wear q marriage ring. The
girls would make love TO him. would
not live in America for the world"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
ALLIGATOR SHOOTING,
An Exciting Sport Which L. Pursued h
Darkness.

DarGnesS.
Mr.. Kirk Munroe describes In the
Cosmopolitan canoe trip in company
with two young Seminole Indians, Mic
cochee and Kowika, who were engaged
In their regular occupation of hunting
alligators for their hides. The canoe
was dugout made by Miccoehee him.
self out of a huge cyprus log The trio
made camp late in the afternoon, and
after awhile Mr.. Munroe discovered
what he had not before suspected-that
the hunting was to be done at night.
Darkness had hardly fallen before
the believing of alligators was heard
a sound much like the roar of an angry
bull Miccochee listened with evident
satisfaction. "Allapatta plenty. Me
catch 'em, UncahI"
We had killed five Of the monsters
when we turned our prov up stream.
Miccochee welded his push pole from
the stern, Kowika sat in the middle of
the canoe, while |, with jack light on
my head and rife in hand, occupied the
position of honor in the bow.
The alligators had ceased their mutt
Verlngs ana had begun to think that
we had killed or frightened them al.
just then | was startled by slight
motion on the bank but few yards
away. AT the same instant two Goals
of fire CLEANED through the blacl,ncss.
What could they be? was about to
speak, when a sharp hist from be-
hind told me that the moment for
action had come. Taking hasty aim
at one of the lurid Goals, fred.
The report of the rifle was followed
by such wild rush into the water. such
whirling and splashirg, such showers
of spray and bloody foam that it was
as if small cyclone had been dropped
from the heavens into that quiet spot
Little Kowiba screamed in his excite
ment, but Miccochee only expressed his
displeasure at my pad shot by mutter-
ing: "Ho-le-wa-gus! Heap badr'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
VETERANS PASSING AWAY,
In Forty Years There VIII Be Few Bur
vivors OF the Clvi' War.

IN rorty Tears IheIe VIII Ee Few bur
vivsrs of the Clri' War.
Interesting in connection with the de-
partment encampment is the report of
the medical director, DR.. j. r. Hayes
in part as follows, says the Washington
Post:
Our annual death rate equals 2.75
per cent. of the whole number in the
Grand Army Republic In This depart
ment This is equivalent to death rate
Oh twenty-seven in a Thousand, larger
death rate than usually pertains to any
given number Of people. Our band Of
nearly 1900 is being rapidly mustered
out. and if we apply the simple rules of
arithmetic, and provided that we re-
cruit no more, in the year 1850 not one
of our 1900 would be alive to tell the
story of the past.
1--WE are dying faster than any other
class of our population, because out Of
the 1000 in our organization more than
one-half arc daily suffering from loss of
limbs, from wounds. injuries and disa-
bilities contracted during the war. Re-
suits of prison-life and the exposure and
deprivation incident thereto now cause
more suffering than the bullet. Lossof
a limb shortens the life, but the rheu-
matism and scurvy contracted in prison
also yearly call for their premature vic
Tins. Premature aging of all the or
gans, diminished vital resistance to ell
disturbing causes, and more especially
diseases OF the heart, now so alarming
~ present with many surviving COM
rades, are mainly due to the rheuma-
tism and scurvy of prison life.
81 have never seen survivor from
the prison at An1crso-ville, Ga, that
did not have disease Of heart in some
form or other. So, taking our little
band of 1900 to-day, in about forty
years all who have lost limbs or been
seriously wounded or suffered the hard.
ships and horrors of prison life will
have passed away"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
ZONE SYSTEM IN HUNGARY.
Oncial Figures show IL II . Complsts
Success.

Omctal Figures show It 10 ComPisss
Success.
Three years ago the hungarian gov
ernment adopted the zone system OF
rates for railroad fares The principle
involved large reduction in rates, es-
pecially to long-distance travellers. With
Buda .Pesth as a center, the circumfer-
ence of the first zone was about one hum
dred miles away, the second two hum
dred, and so on to the extreme limits OF
Hungary. Only slight reduction In rates
was made in the first zone, much larger
In the second, and increasingly larger
in the outer zones. The gross reduction
was in the neighborkood of sixty per
cent. Hungary was an ideal place for
trying the plan, as all roads run to
Buda-Pesth and the city itself was prac-
tically in the center of the country.
Railroad men everywhere declared the
plan foredoomed to failure, even where
the conditions were as favorable as in
Hungary.
The first official figures ON the sys-
tenn have been published. Commenting
on them, Transport says:
Excellent results have. according to
the official figures just published, been
shown by the working of the zone sys-
tenn on the railways of Hungary. The
eyes of Europe have been turned with
good deal of curiosity and interest to
this, the most daring and systematic
method Of discrimination in favor of the
long distance as against the short dis
lance traveller in the world. The vari-
Gus zones OF circles within which GER
tain fares are charged are fixed by reg
ulation, the principle adopted being the
greater the distance from the capital
the less the proportional rate per mile
Travelled. The system has been greatly
appreciated by. the people living in the
more distant parts of the country, al
the result shows For some years be-
fore the introduction of the system the
number of travellers averaged 6,0o0.eo0
annually. IL the first year of the zone
tariff the number rose to 10000. 600; the
second years returns showed that 49,
900, 900 had used the railways, while
during the third year the number of
travellers to.aled %. 0OO, 000 1t is salts
factory to note a corresponding rise in
the receipts, advancing from o,7o5, 900
yulden during the last year of the old
system to 38,SoO.00o gulden during the
year just closed"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
UNDERGROUND AvALANcues.
Evidences OF subterrane~n Convu,.,o.
Among the Mountains of PennsvIv.,,.

Evidences OF subterranean Convu,.,o,.
Among the Mountains of PenusyIvsn,.-
The curious phenomenon formerlv
exciting the wonder OF people living in
the vicinity of Thick Head and sand
mountains. south of TusseyviIle. Cen
ter county, Pa, which has not been
noticed tor i've years. has made its pres-
ence known again. For twelve wears. at
irregular intervals, the dvellers in that
part OF Center county had been dis
turbed by loud and mysterious noises
which came from the ground between
the two mountains named. In the
sn:ln9 OF 1888 these noises were heard
Gaily, with increased volume for a
week. The noises, accoriino IN ,b.
Chicago Herald, were sometimes ike
tie rumble of distant thunder and then
Ike the deadened crash of thunder
herd IN the air close by. On the sew
enth day OF this procracted disturbance
D. heath these two mountains a resi-
d2rt OF Tusseyville was climbing
mex Head mountain, when the
ramoling began in the mountain OBJ
posite' At first it was deep and low,
ana 1t increased in violence until it be-
c"e as the tumult of a mass of rock
rolling down a mountain side. The
person who heard the sounds said that
tiey convinced him that they were
caused by subterranean avalanche,
rs 1t began at the very top of the
mountain, increasing in violence and
speed as 1T went down, and terminal
ing IN terrible crash at the bottom
After that day the Thick lead noises
ceased, and were not heard again until
week ago, when they began just as
tAey had terminated in similar sub
terranean land or rock slide, except
taat this time the hidden avalanche oc-
Cured somewhere in the depth of
Ialck Head mountain. instead Of in
Sand mountain. In Potter county, Pa,
between Roulette and Burtville. is q
hill in which rumblings of the same
nature are heard at irregular inter
walls. This elevation is called Thunder
hill, and it rises from the south bank
OF the Allegheny river. The noises
that occur in this hill sometimes make
the earth tremble for long distance
around, and they have been heard for
a mile away. The theory of local saw
ants Is that a strong vein of natural gas
underlies the hill, and that when the
great retort is disturbed by some I'M
der-round convulsion it rises in its
might and tunblcs rocks and things
around in the confines of the hill until
everything huns. Still no enc has con-
fdeDce enough in this theory to hand
out the money that is being asked for
t. send n drill down into the alleged
gas cauliro1 let out its treasure and
make everybody in that bailiwick rich.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
A Cats Trip to India and Bacr.

A good cat story, says the London
correspondent of the Yorkshire Post,
comes from Bombay. In August q
Liverpool resident proceeding to Bonn
bay took out with him a cat which
he intended to present to y friend
in India. Some days after the arrival
OF the steamer IN bombay pussy was
missed. aud, though she was searched
Tor high AID low, she was nowhere to
be found. Her owner had quite given
her up for lost when he received in
telligence from England that the cat
had made her appearance at her old
Liverpool home on the 18th of October
as calm and collected as though a trip
to India and back was quite in the or
binary course of her life. The facts are
vouched for by a Bombay paper. and
there Is no reason to doubt their sub
stantial accuracy.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
She'll Mountka of EIorida.

A ships officer who has spent much
time on the St. Johns river, Florida,
thinks that he has solved the problem
as to the origin of the shell mounds
that occur along that stream. The
river twists about in an extraordinary
way SO that in many places q view
along the water extends for only few
rods, but he finds that tall object or
the smoke of a fire shown from the top
o. one Of these mounds could be seen
from those next below and above. and
he believes that these eminences were
lndian signal stations. by means of
which the natives were able to an
nounce the approach of hostile force
aion9 the river, as the Greeks signaled
,he news OF the fall Of Troy 10 they
home cities by lights on the mountain
tops, that were repeated from peak to
peak
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
SAVED BIZ HIS HORSE.
Very Peculiar Escape OF n Man from q
Break in the Ice.

Break In the Ice.
The story comes up from below the
city, says the Lewiston (1ie.l journal,
about a man who attempted to cross
the AndroscoCgin on the ice and was
had bcea hauling wood across the river
for several days, and had just one more
load to haul
AS the water was up on the face of
the ice I've first thought to pat of haul
ing it, but the thought that perhaps
there would not be another chance to
haul It made him 20 across When he
started back ne thought he wouldn't 90
in the same track where he had hauled
the rest, SO he went a little above.
The ice began to crack slowly when
he got 70 the middle. Quick as n fash
he unfastened the two tugs and one
hcldeack. Then he struck the horse
violently with the whip. At the same
time the sled load of wood went
through with crash. He commenced
to sink with it, but when the horse had
been struck he jumped ahead and,
breaking the off holdback, jcrked the
man of the load and dragged him to
the shore with the reins. There he
stopped and the man got up.
When he locked back the top Of the
WOOD and the shafts could be seen stick
ing out of the hole in the ice. Ee saws
that Re had rather lose the wood than
60 near the hole again. 1t is frozen In
now
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
MODERN ATHENS,
It In Raising Its Standards to These of
Classical Greece,


Classical Greece.
81 once had a chat with the late
Prof. SophOcles, the famous native
Greek professor of Harvard, on the
subject of the pronunciation of our
language as taught in America, =" said
the Greek consul, Mr.. ID. T. Timayen-
sis, recently, to a reporter for the los
ton Herald. II asked him why he taught
pronunciation which he know was
not right.
1t doesn't make any difference
what pronunciation we teach he re.
Piled, because these boys will never
know anything anyway.
The Germans have been the most
conscientious and thorough students of
the ancient Greek language" contin.
ued the consul. ut is but fair to say.
however, that very learned Greek
lady, who has been in this country
studying your institutions, says tia,
sac found a class of girls in Wci,es:.x
college who were better versed IL
Greek classics than the girls in Gu,
own schools in Athens should say
they must be very good, then, for
great revival in Greek classical study
has taken place within a few wear,
The spoken language is conforrnir.,
more and more closely to classical
standards Foreign words that have
crept into the language are being cas-,
aside. noticed the increased ,n;rit1
Of the language when | returned ,c
Greece and met some of my univers;t,
classmates They were following elias.
zeal Greek 50 closely that though. q,
drst it was joke or an affectatiop. bu,
soon saw that the set were ali talk
ing that way"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
Hired Cue ;ts,

English society Is raising national
lament because men no longer dance
uostesscs have for long time been a,
their wits end to secure partners for
young women at balls ard dancing par
ties Now the situation is worse than
ever and remedies are being eagerly
sought. The suggestion is publicly dis
eussed that dancing agency be esiab
l1shed similar to such institutions in
faris and Berlin Hired guests, armed
WIN guarantees Of fitness and respecta
oillty' would appear at the proper hour.
warranted to dance every number OF
the card and not give more than three
uances to one young woman Some
such plan seems to be the only hope of
SAVING the art Of dancing in England.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
HEREDITARY FOES.
The Intense Hatred OF the Pimss for t.
Apaches.

The Intense Hatred OF the Ptmss for t.
Apaches.
The memory of the Pima nor do his
traditions run so far back that mortal
enmity with the Apaches did not exist
The first thing the Pima child is taught
is to hate the Apache. the vandal Of tho
great American desert, and he seldom
forgets his teaching Though it is not
so bad now that the Apaches have sur
rendered to the United States govern
ment, still the hatred exists, and when
the opportunity is presented the Pima
splits at and heaps all kinds of contume-
ly upon the heads of the Apaches.
AS is known, the Pimas seldom leave
their valley homes, and. as the Apaches
are now on the reservation under the
surveillance Of troops, it is rarely that
they meet, though last winter a com
pany OF the Apache soldiers were
brought through this city under q
United States officer. Before they had
been here an hour their old enemies,
the Pil1as and Maricopas, all knew OF
it, and by the middle of the afternoon
fully two thousand were in town to see
them. The Apache sentinel had been
taught enough military discipline to
know that he must not resent the In
suits heaped upon him by the Indian
onlookers, but it must have been q hard
trial to his wild nature.
Years ago the Apaches and the Pimas
often settled their differences by single
combat or pitched battles, and there is
now one Pima living who killed ak
Apaches in one day in single combat
near where the Sacaton agency is To-
Gated. The Pima used his ironwood
club. about two feet in length, and the
Apaches their spears aud war clubs. It
Is wonderful how sl1illful these Pimas
are in the use OF their clubs, fencing
with them equal 20 the exhibition OF .
French master of the foils.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
Engineering Skill.

Speaking of the remarkable feats of
marine engineers, the Marine Journal
recalls the achievement of Richard
Peck. who at one time had charge of
he single engine of the old City of Vera
rue coming up from Havana South
4 hatteras the piston rod went to
mash, breaking into three pieces. But
Peck, after twenty-four hours of con-
inuous labor, actually mended that
1iston so that it was strong and true
nough to do its part with the rest of
ne machinery, and he brought his ship
nto New York harbor steaming six
cnots This was a deed which, in the
pinion OF the Boston journal. quite
clipses even the recent notable per
ormance of Engineer Tomlinson. of the
mbria-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-19
Thought Re Had Lost His Pension.

In small village in Maine thcr,
lives an old soldier who has for ,nany
years received pension from the gov
ernment, which with his small earn.
ings by occasional joys. makes hin.
comfortable. One day, while at WORK
in the house of neighbor. he siipr1.!
at the top of flight Of stairs and fel,
to the bottom The lady Of the hous,
heard the noise. and hurried 20 lean.
the cause. why, Ambrose" she said
rs that your Did you fall dow.
stairs9' YES, marin. / did. answered
the old man, land for about q ,oupi,
OF minutes ] thought I'd Loaf my pen
sion"