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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
WAY MAN WEARS A HAT.
Exposure or the Head Endangers tie Et.
ovation Of tho ginman Race.

Exposure or the Head Endangers tie Et.
ovation Of the Iinman Race.
Perhaps no article Of clothing has
been Eiorc freely criticised in respect 10
lis utii;ty than that which lexicog-
raphers describe as "A covering for the
head" Some. instructed by the ex-
ample of savage races and Others widely
different in various ways. among them
the leaders of feminine fashion, whose
crowns Of gossamer may practically be
disregardcd. would have it that the hat
less condition is that most character
istic of mankind. says the London
Lancet. Against their opinion we find
arrayed 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 if bOotless and guiltless Of such
minor trifles as waistcoat and coVar, 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 SD 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 Ia a clearly conscious need
which exists not merely in imagination.
1t Is thus practically admitted that
though the head, like any other part Of
the body, may, after having suffered
the attrition of atmospheric variations,
become Injured to their action, it still
loses somewhat in the process. In the
first place, it Is evident that in this con-
fict only the fittest can hope to sur
vive. Civilized man will not endanger
his chance of survival by risl1ing the
experiment. Further, he finds that
the inferior animals thus exposed un-
dergo external changes which do not
often. II ever. tend In the direction of
refinement. and instlnctively he shuns
the possible return of coarseness and
barbarism. He also recognizes the fact
that, given a wholesome custom in
head clothing, the consequent effect
will be as healthy as 1t is besoming.
Foremost among the sanitary prin-
Aples which ought to control usage in
this matter are two-the avoidance Of
any but the Eghtest 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 md sufficient protection be pro-
vidcd against changes of weather we
shall find the man the better not tic
worse. for wearing his covering. for
the head"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
ANOTHER IDOL SHATTERED.
The Ioonoclast Deals . Biew at Ons q
Our Nest Cherishsd Beliens.

The Ioonoclast Deals . Biew at Ons o.
Our Nest Cherished BeiisHs.
Countess Guiccioli, Byron's inamorata.
has her reputation for beauty sadly i'm
puRned by the author OF ''Gosap of the
Century" That literary iconoclast
says that several people who had known
tho countess told him that she was any
thing but beautiful "Onc assured me"
he says, that her comp!exion reminded
him Of boiled pork % ana an
other asserted that her figure was ab-
solutely shapeless; that she was not
beautiful, and that so far from possess
ing any grace or elegance Of style, sho
had the appearance Of . short bolster
with q string round its middle. Worse
than this, it seems that GuiccioI wad-
died like . duck; her feet, which were
~ large and fat as Mme. de Stael's-
immortalized by her enemy, Napoleon,
when he described her a. standing on
her grand pied de Stael'-aiding in
the suggestion Of this simile. As for
her manners, they were far from r.
fined"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
DEFENSE OF THE PEACOCK.
&c II Not True, as SAID. That Ris Feet Are
U=ly-IIow lie Courts.

&c - Not True, as SAID, That Ris Feet Are
USly-iIow lie Courts.
WHO says the peacock has ugly feet?'
remarked Taxideriuist Wood. of the
Smithsonian institution, to q Washing.
ton Star reporter. II have heard and
read that piece of nonsense ever since /
was a child, and understand that IL il
recorded as an archaeological truth In
classic Greek and Latin. You will come
across mention Of it even In fables. To
my mind it affords an illustration of
the fact that most people never use
their own physical senses actively but
depend for their notion Of life and
things upon the observations of others.
Il have just finished mounting this
pair OF peacocks. Isn't the male bird q
beauty? You can see for yourself that
his feet arc decidedly pretty and well
shaped and rather small in proportion
to his size. They are very slightly big
ger than those of turkey and are de-
cidedly handsomer. The same can be
said Of the hen bird, inattractive though
the latter is in other points. Wherever
IN the feathered kingdom the cock bird
Is the handsomer he does the counting,
while in the comparatively unusual
case where the female is more gorgeous
she 1t is that takes initiative In the
love making.
ut is q curious thing to observe that
the male peacock in counting his chosen
mate approaches her not with the
brightly colored face Of his feathery
fan toward her but backward. Then,
on coming close. he wheels suddenly
about with every plume trembling In
the sunlight and dazzles her all at once
with his beauty. As for the popular
misconception respecting his feet. there
can be no doubt as to how it originated.
When the peacock is pointed at, being
naturally a wild bird, he is apt to drop
his fan and scuttle away. Thus tho
impression was conveyed to the ignor-
ant that he imagined his feet 10 be OBJ
jects of attention and accordingly
sought to hide them. Ofcourse nothing
could be more absurd"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
An Ideal Wife.

Awell known banker who had not
suppressed his opinion was asked what
his idea was Of what might be termed
IN IDEAL woman my wife asked mo
the same question the other day." he
replied. "apd ! told her my ideal was
embodied in the latter part of the thir-
ty-hrst chapter of Proverbs. She went
and read the chapter, and when she
came back she said she wasn't going to
Be- my ideal. and was rather glad of
IT. for I think perfection might be -
hard to get along with rs to gain"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
Al ANCIENT SAYING.
How the Th-nte f:eatrn 60 . Jelly =
Originated

Now the Th-nte &" F:catrn 60 . Jelly
Originated
The phrase beaten to q mummy has
been familiar TO me from my youth
AID up, and have always understood
it as beaten to jelly" says q writer
in Navcrly Magazine. docs it not re-
fer TO the medicinal substance formerly
known as mummy, which kept Its place
in our dispensatories until pretty late
In the last century? II was variously
composed and not always of the same
Conscience, but in general appearance
would probably resemble that Of soft
pitch. speak now of the spurious
kinds, which were doubtless most COM
mon. Even the genuine sorts were NOT,
however, necessarily Egyptian.
"Penicher, in his Traite dcs En-
composition of mummy from human
flesh expressly for medicinal purposes.
He recommends certain parts of the
body to be used. and these to he dried,
macerated and spiced out of all likeness
to their natural condition. Mummy 80
prepared entered into great variety Of
'balms' and other medicants, for
which Penichcr in his concluding chap
ter gives recipes from old writers.
Some of these have the consistency Of
oil, others that of an ointment II Is
clear, from the references In Mares,
that mummy and its preparations were
well known and from the mako
mummy of my flesh,' which Mares
quotes from m old play, to beaten to .
mummy is natural ind easy stop"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
A Singular Palm.

The Parapee palm Is cultivated BY
the Indian sborigines Of the Guianas
for its fruit, which they use largely Is
food. They plant 1t about their settle
ments, and where 1t is found apparently
wild In the forests examination will
show that such situations were former
~ occupied by the Indiana. In some
seasons the fruit is produced without
seeds, while in other seasons 1t contains
seeds, the variation occurring In the
fruit Of the same trees from season to
season. When boiled or roasted the
fruit has something Of the texture and
taste OF q dry. mealy potato. It is pal
atable and very nutritious The fruits,
which arc individually about the size of
, pigeons egg. are borne in punches Of
from forty to sixty together. There
arc two or three bearing seasons in .
year.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11

Seeds Of trees taken by birds, or BY
winds, frequently lodge in some decay.
Ing mortar crsck on the tops of high
buildings. and will grow out and make
quite large trees. One Of these is in the
city Of Utica. N. Y. where on the top Of
. city church tower Is . mountain ash,
which. about fifteen or sixteen years
ago probably sprouted. II still con-
tinues to grow, and has now reached .
height Of about seven feet. Tho roots
push their way into the craclts and
crevices of the mason work. During the
last two or three years 1t has blossomed
and borne clusters Of scarlet berries. II
Is said by some friend to be ono Of the
interesting sights of Utica
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11

There b ono Belfast (Me.) youth who
viii mako . geoersl some day, II hs
properly develops his natural traits -
they appear ut present He u but three
years and eight months old, but showed
engineering skill In getting out Of Q
scrape last week that few big boys
would have eousled. While 1t play In
. camp with some other boys he was 20
cidentolly locked In. and his oomrades
al went OF e school Finding himself q
prisoner. instead of sitting down and cry
ing our youngster first built up tho arti-
cles In the room until he could reach
. window, which he promptly smashed.
Next he threw out the various articles
which he could lift until the pile out
side was within safe dropping distance
from the window. when he climbed out
and dropped to the pile. He was Near.
~ two hours doing the work. but ssys
he wasn't going TO take any chances Of
breaking his neck b. jumping from that
h&Hh window.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
IMPOSSIBLE CLhSS.C HEROES.
The Characters Draw by Old Writers
Not at All '.rue to Life.

The Characters Draw by Old Writers
Not at All Hruc to Life.
Some OF tho older novclists in dealing
with old lone, the feudal days in
france. Germany or England, or with
pioneer life. make their characters be-
long simply to another time N the new
world, instead OF to another race and
world of their own. says q writer in the
New England Magazine In endcavor-
ing to reproduce scopes and social con-
ditions which have passed away, many
historical nove.ists confuse the condi-
tons and perennial human nature
They label their characters according
10 their social station and confuse these
social distinctions with the qualities of
the spirit. They give US men and
women whom God would fail to recog-
nize, but whom the critics, more acute.
readily >ail as models and types for all
other students of human nature. Their
characters are nearly oil mounted on
stills; they are animated by motives
and considerations which are quite i'm
possible, and they talk as human be-
.~gs never talked in this world. They
deal not with the exceptional, which is
possible and artistic, but with the i'm
possible, which is caricature.
Their old Romans and barons and
highwaymen, etc, stalk through the
scene mouthing platitudes and ''senti-
ments." whereas we may be quite GER
tain that they occupied themselves
chiefly with cheating, lying, cringing,
stealing. scheming, dining, drinking,
dissipating, working. gossiping, gam
ing and talking slang, just as men are
doing in the streets, marts, public Of
fees. theaters. etc, Of Paris. London
and New York to-day. And beneath all
this action there was always q crude
philosophy, classifying and analysing
both motives and actions One would
imagine from the romantic representa-
tions of these phases of life that this
reflective habit of mankind was an in
vention Of yesterday, and did not really
date beyond the decline Of the Roman
empire to the philosophy and civiliza-
ton of Greece. These same virtues and
vices exist to-day, and never will be en-
tircly eradicated. no matter how high
the title of civilization rises; but, ex-
cept In the very lowest plane of human
life, where the relation to humanity is
scarcely more than that Of the human
form, men In all ages have sought for .
solution Of the riddle Of existence, and
hence have, In Q more or less crude fash
lon, reelected upon action
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
Sows end Pigs Of IrOn.

Tho word pig" as applied tn iron ID
. mere play on the word SOW" When
iron is melted it runs of into Q channel
called . SOW" the lateral branches Of
which are called the pigs" Here the
iron cools and is called pig iron"
Now, 'sow" has nothing whatever to
do with swine, but is from the Saxon
''sawan," to scatter, German, ''sawsen,"
to rush, and ought to be written saws"
(sows). Having q sow for the parent
channel it required no great effort Of
wit to make the lateral grooves the
little Olga
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
iMArreNrive HOUSE MEMBERS.

4 New Yerk CesGroaoooa Thloks fhS1H
Writing Dssas sAsaid n Tsksa Away.
There II but ono way In which this
can be made . decent Legislative BODY, {"
said . member from New York 10 Q
Washington Post reporter - b. sur
veyed the house aud heard one man
speaking while ono hundred and sixty.
elk others ohewed gum or rustled pa
pers, and that way u to take from the
members their deslcA They should b
given no opportunity 10 write while
Legislative business = on tap II plaosd
upon etraight, hard beaches With moth
ing to do save talk or listen they would
know moro Of what h going On. Long,
long ago the English realised this faoe
In the house Of commons there u never
disturbance Of any kind unless IN ex.
tremely heated and faetional debate u
on Everybody In the chamber hsars
what the nan who has the right Of wsy
l. saying. II tho members wish 10
write or read the newspapsrs OF swap
yarns that used 70 Be funny many oors
ago they 60 into . room provided for
that purpose. I I'm not much Of a.
myself. In fact, think
that eoclrney immigration ought 70 be
permanently barred But there 60
things other than trousers that Va
might copy from England md - moth
ing the Woese for ~"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
tONDON'S COAL CONSUMPTION

With Loss Waste Chill and Peru Woald
Not Usve to be Rsusaeked.
Some ls,ooo. 900 tons of coal are burned
in London yearly. About 1000. 900 srs
utilized ny the gss manufacturing CON-
panies; 9,0oo, 900 are burned In house
hold and industrial FIRE CRATES, says tho
National Review. Each tou contains
sufficient ammonia to produces, II treated
with sulphuric acid, twenty-five to
twenty-eight pounds Of sulphate of am
monia- The total loss of this fertilis-
. ing agent is, therefore, say $3.50 tons.
As the price Of sulphate Of ammonia II
9pounds and 10 shillings per ton. tho
monetary loss is 94,905 pounds every
year. II we were less wasteful we
should not be 20 much obliged 70 ran
sack Chill and Peru for artificial ma
nures- It Is agreeable TO learn that tho
heterogeneous matter In the 1000, 900 tons
OF coal which are used every year by
the gas manufacturing companies Il now
being made . considerable source Of
revenue The value OF sulphate of
ammonia % a fertilizer u now beyond
dispute. Where nitrogen has been de-
Acient In the soil the application Of
$50 pounds Of sulphate Of ammonia to
each acre gave an increase OF nearly
four tons Of potatoes Sulphsts Of sm-
monia. although not quito % active .
fertilizer a. nitrate, b held In tho soil
with greater tenscity. It contains ~
per cent. Of ammonia, which Ia equal to
20 per cent Of nitrogen. Then there
are the tarry hydrocsrbon compounds,
from which (thanks to the discov.
cry Of Kirlkham and Perkins) beau
tiful aniline dyes can b OK
tracted The tar has been Q source
Of such revenue to the gas companies
that 1t may Be seriously stated that
every year there u moro colorin2 mat
ter sent into tho atmosphere of London
than would dye all the fabrics woven
by English looms within the Same time.
II we take tho waste Of the hydrocarbons
to equal 20 per cent Of the fuel burned,
we shall dnd that In the 1900. 900 tons
OF coal burned in tho metropolis 1900.
900 tons Of Hydrocarbons sre lost In
other words, some 10000. 900 cubic feet
Of rich hydrocarbons arc every year
uselessly thrown into the air of London,
and the loss Il 40o, 900 poundA
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
EIts PrOOr~uoO.

A new story BY Charles r. Browne
(Artemus Ward) Il published BY the
New York Advertiser. Az young
Brownies health was delicate and his
father and only brother had died young.
he was urged by his friends TO give up
certain indulgences and iave himself
This caused him TO relate the following
anecdote to Mr.. Knight: II once knew
an old fellow In the west, living mainly
by himself, who said he had always
been making sacrifices - to appetite.
giving up one thing after another for
the sake of health. At length. when no
was about eighty years old. he had
his diet until he was 'just liv.
ing on whisky and pork. But one day
he said to me: i guess rye got to give
up the pork-'fraid it's hurtin' me-"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11

The cat-tail Of the American swsmps
Is almost exactly the Same plant Is the
Egyptian bulrush- II 10 no longer used
for making paper. as 1t once was, but
from its root is prepared an astringent
medicine, while its stems. when pre-
pared dry. are excellent for the manu-
faceure of mats, chair-bottoms and the
like.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
Strict stage CssssrsAip.

The strict censorship Of tho italian
stage after the fall of Rome u graphic
ally described by Sslvini Tho words
'God." "Redeemer," madonna. AN
gel" saint" ''pontif, purple"
''monsigncr," priest" were forbid.
den Religion" republic" unity"
French" '.jcsuit," ''Tartuffe." for
eigner." patriot" were equally In tho
index. The colors green. white and
red were prohibited; yellow and black
and yellow and white were also for
hidden. Flowers thrown ON the stage
must not show any Of those colors
prominently. and II It CHANGED that one
actress had white and green In her
dress, another who wore rod ribbons
must not come near her.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
sTockAoEs OF rUsKS.

4 Csnsary's sappiy Of Iveey HsspsA %
In the lntsrise q Afrsea.
"Tho ivory trade shows . most 70
Variable increase" Commercial Agent
Mohun writes from tho Congo to tho
state department. Ivory Is tho most
valuable article exported II all comes
from the high Congo. both north and
south Of the river. Steamers bring it
Is far Is Stanley pool. and from there to
Matadi 1.-TWO hundred and 6fty miles)
nntive carriers bring II on their backs.
l have seen in one day Two hundred car
riers come 70 Matsdi, each man casrv-
ing tusk averaging sixty-flve pounds
in weight. When tusl1s weigh two hum
dred pounds, which not infrequently
happens, four men carry them.
most of the ivory now coming down
Is known as dead ivory Some of tho
elephants from which these tuslrs came
were killed one hundred years ago and
the kings Of villages have been storing
Il. placing the last tusks brought In
on top of tho pile. and when they
required some goods from tho coast
traders tho tuslrs from the bottom
layers were taken This system has
prevailed for years, and It IL estimated
that there Is enough ivory stored In tho
interior to supply the world for the
next century. It il estimated, but
upon whose authority I cannot discover.
that there are still ut least two hundred
thousand elephant In central Africa.
Tho only live or new ivory which
now comes down Is that procured BY
hunters attached 10 the different trad
ing houseA Imsy add that live ivory
commands . higher price than the dead.
A state expedition visited . native king
some months ago In the interior Upon
leaving the commanding officer pro-
sented the king with . eniform coat
cooked hat and sword The king. In
return, presented the officer with ono
hundred and Hfty tusixs Of ivory. .ver-
aging two hundred and twenty pounds
each, and provided carriers TO take
them to the river. .,2hese people do no<
recognize the value, and laugh at tho
trader for buying. Some Of these kings
have stockades Of ivory built around
their dwellings,"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
A PLEA FOR HARVEST"

Fall" Not IN Americsnisu. But IN OaA
English Term.
. have been reminded BY several
friends that the word fall Is not exclu'
sively Amer. an. but that it Is used
for autumn in some parts Of the coun-
try to this day, says . writer in the
Queen.
J had learned this fact before, though
fcannot remember ever to have heard
the word used by any country people.
Like most so-called Americsnisms, II
was doubtless taken over by emigrants
and spread. think that most Ameri-
canisms come from the strong Now
England stock. They wero the stout
est and sturdiest Of the English race,
therefore the stoutest and sturdiest
people in the world. (Let us always
my friends, when we can. be patriotic-)
1t is a pretty word; but those who use
1t contemplate, rs we said before, tho
season rs . time of decay and decline
and approaching death. Those vho
speak of autumn think of full barnsand
granaries OVERLOOKING.
am sorry we have not kept our own
old English word. Could We not revive
1t, and speak of the season Is that of
harvest9 Spring, summer, harvest, win
ter. These are four names-all good
Anglo-Saxon words
Nay. the word ''harvest"-herfest-
Is actually the Anglo-Saxon for su-
tumn. September is herfest monad-
the month of harvest. Let US abolish
autumn-it can 60 back to the Latin
dictionary-and speak henceforth Of
harvest.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
BISMARCK'S WIFE.
The Cause Of Many OF the Iron
Chanoellors Troubles.

Although Bas Little Kno~n to the Ous-
side World the Priaosss Il . Power
Aaous German Mobiles Al
tipathy for the Emperor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
Board of School Di't0rS
AND OF THE
Filth Dist. Levee Board

Reaching every homo in
the parish, it is an sxcellen
for
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
+" !. ). Ut il ATTIC
-:O- ..

IN principles, it will ever ad
vocate what seems to IT is 10
the best interests Of State
generally, and the Parish
particularly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
ADVERTISERS
--:O:--.-

WI" desire the business Of
this section.
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Blanks ofevery description,
FOR Magistrates, Constables
and ether Officials kept con-
stantly on hand
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