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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
British Consul Robbed.

Mr.. Charles l.. st. John, the British
consul at New Orleans. called at police
headquarters Saturday night and COM
planned that some time during his abb
sence his apartments at No. 141 Caron-
delet street had been entered by a
thief. Sergeant Clifton visited the
place and found that Mr.. St Johns
room hm been entered by means of q
false fRey. The armoir had been
broken open, a suit of clothes, a black
coat and pair of shoes, ell valued at
$50, were stolen. The thief overlook
ed number Of pieces of silverware
and iewelry.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Thrown In the River.

While John Lobby was looking for
boarding house near Harvey's Canal,
in New Orleans, Saturday night, he
was knocked down and robbed of 50
by five highwaymen. After going
through their victims pockets and
securing the 50, the five men became
angry at the small amount they Sc
cured. They picked Lobby up and
threw him into the river. They then
made their escape. Lobby managed
to swim to shore and made his way to
the Louisiana ayenue ferry. He went
to the Berlin street station, where he
told his experience and ssked for a
nights lodging, which was given him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
A Cotton Compress Company.

Mr.. J. Y. Webb, Jr.. has been in
Ruston organizings stock company for
a cotton compress at that place. The
necessary stock was raised. The COM
press will be ready for operation by
the beginning of next season. A COM
press has been needed badly at that
place. Between 1000 and 10000
bales are shipped each season.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
rendered a site for an OilmilI.

At meeting of representative busi-
ness men of Lafayette, Saturday even
ing, held to consider a proposition
from outside capitalists to erect cot
ton seed oilmill at that place, it was
unanimously resolved to tender site
for the mill and exemption from tax a.
ton for period of ten years. Much
interest is felt in the enterprise, and no
doubt is entertained but that the move
will be successful.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
The Superintendent Murdered.

Griffin Roberts, superintendent OF
the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com
pany's collieries in Honbrooke district,
Pa, was found late Friday night with
his skull fractured. He died at the
hospital Saturday. A piece of gas
pipe stained with blood was found near
where the body lay, indicating that he
was murdered.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
LUMBER NM shuts Down.

The box and lumber mill at Kenner
has temporarily shut down for the
want of skilled labor to operate certain
departments. The management pro-
posed ten and a half hour day with
out increase of pay, and the principal
workmen refused to serve, but left for
other parts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Negro Murderer ESQ capes.

j. A. III. Pool, constable of Beat No.
l.. captured Ed Rens, negro, about
nihe or ten miles from Ellisville, Sat
urday evening, who is wanted in Wayne
county for the murder of another
negro in that county. While bringing
the negro to jail he got away and is
still at large.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Condensed into Short and Pithy Paragraphs
For Our Subscribers.
RusToA's COTTON PRESS COMPANY.
Lumber Mills Shut Down-shootins
at slapghte--Thrown I'm the River
rendered a Site for an OH MilI-
Murderer Makes His Escape.
Italian Shot Bx . Nerro.

About $50 O'Clock Sunday morning,
IN. the southern suburbs of FhibodEux,
an italian was shot by colored man
and so badly wounded that he died
few hours afterward.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Blue and Gray Honor Federal Dead

Representatives of the Blue and
the Gray met at the Chalmette Gene
terry Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock and
paid their annual tribute to the $4,000
Union veterans who lie buried there.
The decoration ceremonies were con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Union
Veteran Association of New Orleans,
being assisted by their many friends
from the Confederate military organi-
cations of that city. Col. A. s. Gra-
ham, president of the Union Veteran
Association, was the master Of cere-
monies. ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Mrs. FiIhoil Dies From Her iniuries

Mrs. Emily Filhoil died from inju-
ries sustained by an accident caused by
a horse running away with her last
week at Monroe. She was the wife Of
Hoppolite Fhilhoil, one of the oldest
and most highly respected citizens Of
Monroe.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
A Natatorium Accldent.

Percy Furber, manager of the Ga
dalcazar Quicksilver Mining company.
in the State of San Luis Potosi, while
bathing there Friday struch his head on
the bottom of the tank and hes in an
unconscious state.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Nol5.

Of Jefferson. short distance above
what is knownas the Shrewsbury road.
The deceased is about five feet six
inches in height, with . dark NOUS
tache. He was dressed in pair of dark
jean trousers and dark coat. No one
in the vicinity of where the body was
found could identify it. The body was
made fast TO the bank and Coroner
Settoon, of the parish OF j efferson.
notified.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
Tom Overtou Killed.

The little town of Slaughter was
thrown into state of great excite
ment Saturday evening by the killing
of Tom overton by B. w. McClendon,
the result of an old feud.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29

Ihe famous Plcou trial Is ct an end,
and ''all three not guilty" was the vef-
dict by the jury at $50 o'clock Satur-
day evening at Baton Rouge: At $50
o'clock the jury had decided upon
verdict and as they fled into court
the utmost silence prevailed. The
jury was polled and the verdict handed
to Judge. s. G. Laycock. who, after
reading it, handed it to Deputy Clerk
f. NJ Wood, who read, ''all three not
guilty" At the announcement of the
verdict a murmur passed oyeT the
assemblage, which grew into vigorous
applause until suppressed by Judge
Laycock, who directed the sheriff to
clear the court room and adjourn court
until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
The crime for which Wallace and Lee
Picou and Barlow Edmonson were on
trial for their lives was the killing of
Albert and Henry 0'Neal at Antioch
church, on the third of last August.
The accused we're indicted under two
charges of murder, and were tried for
the killing of Albert O'Neal last Octo-
Der. A verdict of not guilty was re-
turned in this chse. The present trial
was for the killing Of Henry O'Neal.
and the evidence was substantially the
same as in, the first trial.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29

Wanted In Texas for Embezzlement.
Deputy Sheriff M. v. Lecase arrest
ed Col. B. Watts at Pollock, in Grant
parish, and he viii be held to await
the arrival Of the sheriff of Polk coun-
ty, Texas. Watts Is charged with
embezzlement at Livingston, in that
county and State, seven or eight years
ago, when he was engaged in the rrac-
tice of law. At the time of his arrest
he was member Of the firm of Watts
& Mcdowell, dealers in general mer-
chandise at Pollock. The Texas sheriff
has been advised of his arrest. Watts
has borne a good reputation since he
has been engaged in business at Pol
lock, and has made many friends, who
hope that he will be able to establish
his innocence.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29

also tho northeast quarter Of section nine
teen, township ten, range eleven, east, con-
tanning four hundred acres.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29

ship eleven, range nine, east, and the west
half Of section thirty, and the west half OF
section thirty-one one in township eleven,
range ten, east, containing four hundred and
eighty acres.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29

and north west quarter of The south east
quarter Of section twenty-six, township
eleven, range nine, east containing one hun.
dred and twenty acres.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-05-29
NOTICE
To All Unknown Owners of
Assessed Immovable
-. Property,
SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF
-. = TENSAS.

In compliance with section No. 50 Of act No.
80 5of the acts Of the General Assembly for the
year lSS8the following list of names of un-
known delinquent tax debtors, the amount
DUE by each on the assessment OF the year
1895, and the immoveable property assessed
to each is made public as follows, to-wit:
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

made in this country use the graphite mined at TicOnderago, Vt, where the only graphite mine of any consequence ID the United States is located. The graphite is taken in the lump from the mines and carried to the reducing mill, where 1t is ground or pulverized in stamp mills under water. The fine par ticles of the graphite float away with the water through number of tanks, collecting at the bottom of these reser voirs. It is packed in barrels in the form of dust and sent to the factory, where tens of thousands of lead pencils are turned out every day.
 The pulverized graphite is so fine that it really is dust, dingy in color and smooth and oily to the touch. It is divided into various grades of fineneSs by floating it on water from one tank to another The coarse dust sinks to bottom of the first tank, the next finer to the bottom of the second tank and so on down the line, the finest powder for the finest pencils settling in the last tank. In another series of tanks the German pipe clay, which is mixed with graphite to secure the different grades
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

to dry. The ends of the strips are even ed off under sandpaper wheel, and then the strips are fed into a machine which cuts out the individual pencils, shapes them and delivers them, smooth and ready for the color and polish. in six streams.
 The coloring is done in liquid dyes. after which the pencils are sent through the vanishing machine. Then follows the stamping and finishing. all done by automatic machines, and final ly the finished pencils are packed around the oval, grooved blocks, tied. papered and shipped out. The pencils are counted at various stages of the making, and the counting is done in way as simple as 1t is accurate. The counting bOard' is board on which two strips of wood are fastened the length of the board and about four inches apart. In each strip are IA grooves. The workman grasps hand ful of pencils, leaving a pencil in each groove. In this way he counts a gross of pencils in few seconds, and does 1t without a mistake, for only IA pen- cils can be placed on the board at one time, and if any grooves are empty the workman notices the mistake at once.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
HuxIey's Exclamation.

"Can you tell me the reason for the fresh, healthy appearance of the En glish people?" inquired an American tourist of an English friend, according to Larks. Your complexion is far superior to ours or our countrymen over the herring pond"
 "Well, I know what Prof. Huxley says"
 And what reason does he advance?' "Well, Huxley says it is all owing to the old maids.'
 lowing to the old maids! You sur prise me-"
 Fact. Huxley figures 1t out this way: Now, you know we English are very fond of roast beef"
 But what has that to do with old maids?"
 Wait a bit This genuine English beef is the best and more nutritious beef in the world and It lmparts d beautiful complexion"
 "Well-about the old maids%
 Hold on. You see, the excellence of this English beef is due exclusively to red clover. You mark that?
 'All but the old maids. They are still lowering in the shadows"
 Well, this red clover is enriched, sweetened and fructified by humble bees"
 But where do the old maids come inT" said the inquisitive Yankee, wip- ing his brow wearily.
 "Why, it is as plain as the nose on your face. The only enemy of the humble bee is the field mousse"
 ''But what have roast beef, red clo- yer, humble bees and field mice got to do with old maids?
 'Why, you must be very obtuse Don't you perceive that the humble bees would soon be exterminated by the field mice if 1t were not for" ''Old maids?"
 ''No; if it were not for cats, and the old maids of England keep the coun- try thoroughly stocked up with cats and so we can directly trace the effect of the rosy English complexion to the benign cause of English old maids at least that's what Huxley says about it. Science makes clear many mys- terious things"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Mexican Sheen.

The old Mexican sheep are the direct descendants of the original Spanish Merino brought over two hundred years ago by Spaniards to Old Mexico. They have been bred with scarcely any out cross, and are very distinctly marked breed. They have long legs, long, thin body, not very deep; small. rather long neck, and long, thin head, carried high. The wool is fine and thin. To the eye they appear almost worthless as mutton, and of still less value for wool. Their good points are that they are hardy, excellent travellers, will keep in good condition on the poorest and driest of ranges, are fairly prolific, and can be herded in punches of almost any size. They fatten easily, though never getting plump and fat like the Northern sheep. When they reach the Chicago market, if in good condition, they out sell all other sheep, for they shrink very little in dressing, the meat has an excellent flavor, and the hide is so thin, firm and soft as to command the high est price.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

condition for the butcher, and topping off the last few weeks with a cleal corn diet. Many farmers prefer that pork for their own use shall not be thus topped off. It is sweeter but less firm in texture, containing more moisture. This, however, only means that theepis killed after being fed so as to waste in cooking is by that fact shown to be in healthy condition. All animals in perfect health are composed largely of water. This is evaporated when inter nal levers evaporate the internal mois- ture, and the meat is then said to be firm, solid and will waste little in cook ing. Whenever pork of this kind is not wanted. 1t should be fattened with boil ed vegetables or fruit mixed with wheat middlings and bran to make the right proportion of nitrogeneous matter. We have often more than half fattened hogs on boiled pumpkins and windfall apples, and never had pork that tasted better than that thus fattened. Even before we knew that it was unwhOle some, we never much liked the pork fattened on corn alone.-American Gull tiyatOr
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
To Make Life Brighter.

We want to see more beauty and greater abundance in fruits about the farm house. We want to see more con- tentment and pleasure there. We urge the cultivation of flowers for the pleas ure it affords, and the raising of more fruits and better gardens for the in- creased vigor and health such things lmpart.
 We have vineyard that begins to ripen its fruit about the first of August, when there is a certain amount of lan- guor and listlessness in the atmosphere, time when levers are apt to take root In the system, and when every one feels more or less run down. But since our vineyard has been bearing, and we can go to 1t of an early morn, before break fast, and eat the fresh, sweet, ripe grapes, there comes a revived feeling, breakfast tastes better, and the system is toned up for the day. It is one of the wise provisions of nature to ripen grapes just at the time of the year when they are best suited to the health and appetite.
 We urge the planting of vineyards and other small fruits. A fruit garden Is of greater necessity, in so far as the health and happiness of the family are concerned, than the corn field. The peasants of Spain, 1t Is said, eat fruit more than anything else, yet they are noted for their strength and vigor. Fresh fruit is filled with the very es- sence of the life-giving principle. It is natures storehouse of the most beauti- full and pleasant elements of the soil and the air, such as are bound to inn part renewed strength to the consumer. It is beauty and vitality combined and condensed.
 How much more of happiness and pleasure there is sure to be in the home that Is surrounded by beautiful flowers, and fresh, sweet fruits! How superior in every respect is such a home in which to raise our children, compared to the barren home of the thoughtless and shiftless, that give no heed to the better and more elevated system of liv- ing that comes of cultivating nature in her higher branches. Think this mat ter over.-Colman's Rural World.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Salt Boxes for Cattle.

In order to secure a regular salting with large herd of cattle 1t is neces- sary to have salt continually before them for use at their leisure. Many farmers use rock salt, scattering it about over the pasture, but even with this there is waste in wet weather, and some danger that cattle will lick out large Jumps in such a way as to make cavity, which sometimes will fill with water and become brine, and too much of this will produce more or less disor- der. Where barrel salt is used there is much waste in wet times from melting The Denver Field and Farm" sug- gests a salt box for cattle where barrel salt Is used that seems to meet the case, as follows:
 "In salt boxes for cattle in pasture the writer likes the kind resembling in appearance an ordinary school desk It is entirely homemade, and the stock will soon learn to lift the lid and help themselves. In order to teach them how it Is done cut semi-circular open ing in the top part of the front side, just below the lid, and fill with salt so as 1t can be licked without raising the lid. They will come and taste the salt and keep helping themselves right along, lifting the lid to get to 1t. The lid protects the salt from rains and saves from waste and from getting packed in hard lump. Fasten the box at the height that will be convenient for the stock, making fast to a post or tree"
 A box of this kind is easily made and is worth trying.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Odds and Ends,

4 person broken out with prickly heat will find great relief if the parts affected are dusted over several times day with rye flour.
 If hot meats and soups are covered before they are perfectly cold they will surely spoil; the hot air must have a place to escape or the meat will be af. fected.
 A common cause of failure in mak- ing fancy bread and rolls is mixing the dough too stiff; 1t should be soft to be easily worked, without being iu the least sticky.
 Bread that has been cut in slices and become stale may be freshened by lay ing the slices together and folding d damp napkin around them; put the napkin in a paper bag and place the bag in hot oven for fifteen minutes.
 The most wholesome way of cooking a potato, says the New York Sun, is to bake it. A small piece of the skin should be cut from the ends before put ting the potatoes in to bake. If baked potato stands after it is cooked it is likely to become soggy. To avoid this, when the potato is done fold 1t in a nap kin and roll the potato between the palms of the hands until it cracks open. Treated in that way, the potato will all ways be mealy.
 For sprain use hot lamentations or a very hot bandage, and rest the hurt limb until 1t is knit together we'll. In all cases of sprains and broken bones the patient should be kept perfectly quiet until a physician arrives. Burns are painful and hard to heal if not we'll cared for. If the skin is off, creosote is a good remedy. Do not remove any dressing until a skin is formed under 1t. If nothing else is available, four or cornstarch are good, as they keep the air from the skin and allow 1t to heal.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
The Dairy,


 A gallon of milk weighs clever pounds.
 When the cows have been long ir milk, the churning becomes more diff. cult.
 Divide the pasture into two or more lots and you will gain in food and milk The rate of consumption of cheese in America Is about three pounds per capita per annum.
 A good dairy COW should be trained to stand quiet in milking, so that the milker can readily use both hands.
 It is less work to wash the butter milk out of the butter when in a gran ular form, and it can be done more eff fectively.
 Once in full year should be consid- cred often enough for a milker to bear a calf and for younger cows once iD fourteen to sixteen months.
 How have you got the best results from your milk-sending to the factory, making butter at home or peddling to local customers?
 Let one person do the milking, if pos sible. Cows get used to a milker, and almost invariably ''hold up" their milk when a new milker comes. Too ire Quent changing of milkers has ruined many a COW.
 Don't hire at any price man who has bad temper; he will ruin your cows. Don't hire one who is not a good milk CT; he will dry off your cows. Don't en- ploy a man or boy who is not willing to learn to carry out your instructions.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
REMARKABLE DIVING.
An Anchor Brought Up from Ten
 Fathoms of Seq.

An Anchor Brought Up from Ten
 Fathoms of Sea.
 Had 1t not been for the skill and en- durance of a Kanaka shell-diver, the chances are that the barkentine John D. Spreckles, which plies between this port and the Hawaiian Islands, would have had to sacrifice a costly anchor and chain while at Mahukona recently. The vessel made her usual visit to that little harbor, and having discharged her supplies and taken on considerable sugar, tried to take her departure. The seamen found, however, that the an- chor had become fast to the rocks at the bottom, and they could not dislodge 1t. They waited for the turn of several tides, and still they could not free the anchor. Captain Christiansen did not want to lose the anchor, and yet that seemed to be the only way out of the predicament. At last happy thought struck him. He sent ashore for a Kanaka who was reputed to be skill full diver, and when the dark-skinned fellow arrived made a bargain with him to release the anchor, which was lying fin ten fathoms of water. This did not seem to bother the Kanaka in the least, however, and he plunged overheard for a reconnoItering tour. He was gone about two minutes, and then returned to the surface to report that the anchor was clinging to a conical-shaped boul- der, and would have to be dragged away from it. One of the sailors warn ed the diver to be on his guard, as seV- eral sharks had been seen in the vicin' ity. The fellow only grinned.
 Sharks no bite Kanaka," he said, and then started for the bottom again, after giving instructions to have the chain slackened.
 This time the diver was gone nearly three minutes, says Captain Christian sen. By the time he returned to the surface the rapid drifting of the vessel told those on board that the anchor had been released. The Captain says the anchor was by no means a light one, and he is still wondering how the Kama ka could handle 1t and yet survive in that depth of water.-San Francisco Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Ashes for Sandy Soil,

Almost all sandy soils lack potash. Even when 1t is present, unless there is also some vegetable matter in the soil to furnish carbonic acid gas. the potash forms a union with the sand. and thenceforward can only be releas- ed as it is some way made soluble. The benefit from applications of potash to sandy soil is direct. They supply the kind of plant food in which 1t is def. cient. But the use of potash in the form of ashes Is not restricted to sandy soils. Most heavy soils have more or less potash in insoluble form. AS the caustic potash in the ash changes it makes the potash and phosphate in the soil near 1t soluble also, and thus pot ash will sometimes oblige the soil to supply to the plants the phosphates they require to make a grain crop. But in such cases the potash does not take the place of the mineral. It simply enables the plant to get phosphate that was In the soil but not in soluble form.