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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25
GOOD ROADS.

Capt. T. G.. Dabney, in nm abb
communication to the vicksbur
Herald, endorses the building o
good roads. he claims that tn
only method by which this desira
! BILE end can be attained, will be t,
levy a small ad valorem tax on al
property, and let thas fund b,
used for working the roads under
the contract system; and we fully
sgfce with him.
Thigh ways ara laid off by com
potent engineers and put in first.
GLASS order by contract for travel,
the benefit to tho public would b,
incalculabIe. The saving in the
ioss of property by wear and teal
on stock and vehicles, to say moth.
ing of the patience of the traveller,
would much more than compen-
safe for the OUTLAY of money by
the tax payer. In the States of
the Union where this system has
BEEN pussaed, II fas met with the
greatest favor and has superseded
the old way of working the roads
By calling out the hands. 4
fsw hours work on the roads for
two or three days Of the year,
generally ends in nothing practi-
cal being accomplished. In this
parish our taxes have become such
y burden, most of it being in the
shape of tribute to the Mississippi
River, that proposed additional
tax for roads would not be popu-
lar. We blieve that,if it was tried
and resulted in good roads, the peo-
pie would regard it as the wisest
object to which they have ever con-
tributed. This is an age of improve
mont, and the bicycle people are
everywhere agitsting this subject,
and in few years the horseiess
vehicle will be used wherever good
roads can be found, but we in Ten
sas will be satisfied when we have
such highways established as TO
enable us to drive and haul over
comfortably.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25
HOME RAISED TOBACCO.


Mr.. w. M. Davidson handed us
three specimens of smoking tobac-
co prepared by the Calhoun Land
and Tobacco Co. Limited, " at the
Experimental Station at Calhoun,
La. The three grades have been
Submitted To- smokers whose judy
ment can be relied on, and they
pronounce the first grade as excel
lent and comparing favorably
with the best smoking tobacco in
the market The second and third
grades did not receive fiattering
notice. The price at which this
tobacco is offered is below that
made in Virginia and the Caro-
linas. This company also makes
chewing tobacco of various grades.
An effort has been made by Prof
Stubbs TO get our people to raise
tobacco in North Louisiana and it
has resulted in many farmers
planting it and they find a market
1t Calhoun. Et would be patril
,tic in the merchants of this State
f they would order some OF these
FOODS and introduce them among
he tobacco users of their section.
I would be step in the right d.
ecticn to cause diyersifcation
Z, The crn1>s of fhis cnnntnr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25
TIE NEW ORLEANS BANK
FAIL URES.

The failure of four National
Banks within q short time in New
Orleans, to-wit: the American,
Mutual. Union and Bank of Com
merce,. has alarmed the people
throughout Louisiana. The causes
assigned for the>failure of two OF
them are gross Encouragement,
and criminaEconduct on the part Of
the officers in charge It is said
that in China when bank fails
the law is to cut off the head of
tho man who is responsible for the
management of the bank, and
more than thousand years have
passed since one has failed in
"The Fl6wsry Kingdem."
Every one thought when the
IS, 00o. 0cesof sugar bounty money
was paid into the vaults Of the
banks it would make them safe
and sound, and nothing can make
up for the criminal course pursued
by the officers in. charge.of those
institutions.
A bank failed in Glasgow, Scot
land, some years ago, the effects
Of which we're felt far and wide
and much distress and poverty
rAs entailsds upon' the dspositors
on account of its failure. The'law
took hold Of this matter and-
avery director. no matter how
Eigh his station in. life, was held |
70 strict accountability for the
mismanagement of the Bank.
But in, this country it is unfortu-
nate the case that when a man
has money, power and influence
the ability of his lawyers
md influence of his; friends mol
lasttes Kew gailty, he almost in
very instance goes unwhipped'oft,
ustice~ How far the officers of
hese New Orleans. Institutions
ril1 be held accountable to. the
Nv Tor tkeir skostcomings rex
maine 10 be seem Tho truest test fl
{ . high coviiizstion is the man.
IS ID uh;oh its hes arr enforced
~ theory y that the Presiden, :.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25

From che Natchez Demoer.t.l

From the Natchez Demoerat.]
A day or two since the write,
had the pleasure of making q triu
over the N. o. & N. w. r. r
through Concordia parish to the
Tensas River and up that stream
for several miles. Along the line
of the road through Concordia the
crops do not look so we'll; in most
places the plants are small, but
all are full of open cotton, with
but very few bolls yet to open.
The need of pickers was to be
noted on every hand, and if storms
of wind and rain should happen
to come at this time very much of
the staple would be seriously
damaged.
As the Tensas river was APP
preached the cotton began to look
better, and along the East bank of
that stream it was particularly
fine. The plants were very large,
extremely well fruited, and con-
stantly making. On the Flynn
place of Alderman Alex. Eltring-
ham there is as fine looking crop
as any one would wish.to see. On
the places of Mr.. Sam Martien,
Ben Clarke and the Althea plan
tation owned by Mrs. A. NJ. Car
man, of Richmond, Tex, and
managed by Judge S. L. Elam,
the crops were likewise notably
fine and fiourishing. Many of the
stalks contain more than a hun
dred bolls, open and ready to
burst, with still others forming,
and the planters look for their
plants to continue growing and
making until the frosts nip them.
There is a great need of cotton
pickers in that section also, where
the fields are perfectly white, and
the cotton falling out upon the
ground.
The people over there are satis-
fed with their condition, and most
of them have made their crops at
such a small outlay that they cal
culate upon making considerable
money this season if prices hold
up. One colored farmer, who has
nine in his family, told us that he
had taken up ninety dollars
worth of supplies since the first of
January, and another said that he
would make ten bales of cotton,
and had spent only twenty dollars
thus far during the year. These
people all have their truck gardens,
raise their own bread and meat,
and are IN consequence in very
comfortable circumstances, MAX
ing them happy and contented.
Cotton growing in this manner
is bound to pay, no matter to what
prices the staple may fall, and
when the quotations are up the
industry becomes a regular boz
nanza to them. 1t will not be
necessary for the State of Louis
lana nor the public to come to, the
relief of the resident of that Sec
ton, and the best thing of all is
that much of the money they are
going to make this year will be
spent in Natchez.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25

Ada May Porter who had Charge of Fashionable millinery the Swell Ret
New York will
i will be Advertised Prices Exceedingly Popular.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25
Bucklen'S Arnica SaIve.

The Best SsIye 10 the world for
Cuts, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rbeum,
Fever Sores, letter. Cbapped
Hands, Chilblsius, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptlons, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required, 1t
Is guaranteed to give perfect satls>
faction or Money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by j. p.
Kersbaw.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25
THE LOUISIANA PRESS
CONVENTION.


gers of many of the newspaper o
this State met in convention a.
Lake Charles, La, on Septembel
9th.
They were welcomed by Prof
s. A.. Knapp to the Inequalities
lot that thriving city. The Picay.
unewhen speaking of that conven.
ton said among good things: "Ai
to- the actual business done, its
importance is small in comparison
with the good which is accom-
|plished by the social and holiday
features of these gatherings. In
this connection, the Picayune is
glad to express the satisfaction
with which it views the steady
improvement which has been tax
ing place in the apparent prosper
ity of the State press.
"Let no man, when be puts an
advertisement in his local newspa-
per, permit himself to feel that he
is giving a charity, or that he is
throwing away his money in order
to encourage the printer. Such a
man would simply be expressing
his ignorance and lack of business
sense, bat he would be ut least
wiser than the man who seeks the
patronage of the public and refus-
es to let his business be known to
the people whose money he desires.
The Picayune is glad to see that
the papers are filling up with we'll
displayed home advertisements.
1t shows that the business men are
beconiag enlightened as to the
value of the public press in seek
ing the attention of the public.
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
BEATS ALL THE SIGNS PAINT
ED ON FENCES AND ALL THE
HANDBTLLS AND POSTERS
THAT CAN BE NAILED ON
TREES AND POSTS, OR EVEN
ON THE COURT HOUSE DOOR.
eff it were asked what feature of
the country weekly newspaper is
of most value to the metropolitan
city journalist, the answer would
be: the editorials. In this age of
special correspondents and tele-
graph, the city papers get all the
important news from every part
Of the State as soon as it occurs,
without waiting for the local pa
pers where the particular transac-
lions take place. Ordinarily the
news columns of the country ex-
,hanges are not of much use; but |
The editorial expressions are
watched carefully as they reveal
;he state of feeling and the condi-
.iou of public opinion on all SUBJ
ects of Importance. 1t is for this
hat the country papers are of
,reatest value; are, indeed, inval-
liable.
Nothing so much contributes to
rake the press thoroughly liberal
nd to free it from the local MARI
owness as these yearly excursions
o the various representative Sec
ions aud cities of the State, and
hey have done incalculable good
n broadening the patriotism of
he newspaper workers This is
eally the best result of these sn-
ual gatherings"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-25

The Str. Lula Prince struck a
snag on Monday last in the At
chafalaya River at Merriok's Land
ing and sunk ina short while. The
boat and cargo were a total loss.
No lives were lost,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30

This particular Lord Holland is surprising
ly obnoxious, because lie insists upon
carrying his head in his hands us he walks
about the apartment, CHANGING now and
then at the fine pictures adjoining tho
walls
Norfolk is another English county which
teens with ghosts. There is pale, long
haired woman who runs Shricking among
the pits on Aylmerton heath. There is Il
great black ''shucll dog" - the word
''shuck' is said to mean the dcyil-who at
Boltishall bridge is headless and at Sal
house has blazing eye in the center of his
forehead, and who has Il brother at Peel
castle, in the isle of Man, the spirit of a
murdered prisoner known as the mauthe
dog. Then young Lord Dacre, who was
murdered in 1868 by his guardian, Sir
Richard Fulmerston, who arranged that "a
rocking horse on which the hoy sat should
fall, still Frances about on a headless rock
ing horse
Anne Boleyn still rides down the avenue
OF Blickling park once year in a hcarse-
like coach, drawn by four heaGless horses
and driven by headless driver, with her
head in her lap, and her father, Sir Thom-
as, does the same thing. At Caistor castle
there is another coach and headless team.
and yet another near Great Melton. This
last rises from pool every midday and
midnight and, with its load Of four head
less, dripping white robed ladies, passes
slowly round the field and sinks again, and
tradition says that at this spot long ago a
bridal party were upset into this pool and
never seen again.
Huntington Hall, the residence of the
"alpoles, earls Of Oxford, has its ghostlv
associates. Horatio, second earl, removed
all tie tombstoncs of the ScalIners the
former possessors of the hall. from Wick
mere church, and one Of the buried ladies
Is still believed 70 walk around the church
yard To atone for the sacrilege every earl
OF Oxford at his burial was driven in his
nearse three times around ruined Wick
mere church before being finally laid to
rest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30

were the.r eioshea' CT the desks their let
tiers and papers 1rihLcts lag on the tables
forgotten Tie doors were Locked. the cur
tains pulled down, and the house closed for
al time.
A man In black IS said to walk that
house every night. mumhling and moan
ing he passes up and down the broad
stairway Scores Of people assert that they
have heard him, and a few say they have
seen him. One of the latter describes him
rs follows: His hair was long and carly
and parted on the side, his eyes were
bright. his features clearly cut and his
face pale. He was smooth shavcn and
wore "a high standing collar and "a black
bow and stock He was in evening dress
and wore no jewelry except gold fob
For moment he ceased mumbling, and
then began moaning and walked away
He passed the door, walking toward the
stairway. The ghost hunter tiptoed To
the door and watched him ascend the stair
way until he was half way 10 the ton
when he stopped though he had EN-.
counTered another person. He raised his
hands .,ppealingly and fell backward with
i shrek that rang throughout the Lots..
and was answered by the echoes. His head
struck marble step. and, thinking lac
had been inlu tie watcher ru shed To
the spot He saw nothing
The history Of this ghost is tightly
locked with the family, who now live in
the old Forbes mansion, on Fifth avenue,
New York. Paul Simeon Forbes purchased
the manor house in 1850 from the Van
Rensselaer1. with 900 acres OF land He
paid so. 900 for it. which was consider
ably less than the cost of tho house. the
land being practically thrown in. The
manor house is now the property of a Bos
ton man. Nathaniel Stone
The ancient houses of England hive al
ways been favoritc haunts of ghosts. Sus
sex, which. of all the English counties.
has retained its old characteristics the
most, has Il good many ghosts who are still
realities in the eyes of the rustics OF that
little visited district, which was once the
center of England iron industry There is
the headless man of 1t Leonard forest
known as squire Paulett, who jumps uyou
the crupper of a horSe,nun entering I'm,
forest and remains there until clear Of il
There is the drummer of Hurstmonceaux.
Black dogs, Il tayOritc shaps assumed nv
ghosts all over England. haunt all durj,
lanes and lone byroadS, and under many a
sequestered wooden bridge a woman may
be seen spinning. while on the old cattle
road between Kingston, near Lewes, and
the Marshes known as the Drove wav. a
goblin may he seen ON any dark, wild
night necessarily spinning charcoal
London has many ghosts Many houses
remain untenantcd from year to wear be
cause of the belief in resident ghosts The
most notable of the London ghosts is that
OF Lord Holland, who is said to walk in
the Sir Joshua room of the Holland House
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30
They Walk THE NIGHT
Wraiths That Stalk Abroad
When Churchyards Yawn.
THE GIANT GHOST OF BENTON, IND.
1t Has Startled Many People Who Claim
to BE Free From Superstition - The
Forbes Manor some Famous
English Ghosts.

The numberless superstitions which be-
set humanity IL the past are almost gone,
and with rapid strides the world becomes
daily more matter of fact Still il con
TIMES To zee ghosts and To believe in them.
Its habit nowadays is 10 want 10 par its
hands On things. 10 know by touch "a well
as sight that the things ale there before il
beiieVes, but nevertheless ghosts move here
ana there lii the thrOngs. ana Intelligent
people are convinced that they are actually
supernatural visitors A case in point i,
the Benton tInd ghost. which is attract
ing much attention. 1t has been seen and
investigated by many people with reputa-
tons for intelligence and good sense but
so Tar no explanation of the strange appear
ance has been found
A farmer named John W. French and
his wife were the first to see the appari-
ton. They live in the country near Ben
ton ana Were driving home one night from
a nelShDor = he road passed an old
church, moss covered and surrounded by
graveyard, oyergrown with sirulilcry and
filled with the bones of hundreds who once
titled the soil in the locality. Ten wears
ago an aged man who lived alone not far
from the old church and visited the grave
yard almost daily to pray over the resting
place OF some relative was iouliy murder
ed for the store OF gold he was supposed to
have hidden about his hermit abode The
robbers and murderers escaped justice, and
the luckless graybeard was buried in the
graveyard where be spent 81 much time.
Just rs French and his wife drew within
sight OF the white headstnleS III the church
yard the horses reared back on their
Launches and snorted in terror. French
was alarmed and, slispcrti1ig highwaymen
had been scented by the horses. lie reached
for a shotgun which lay in the bottom of
the wagon for just such AN emergency.
But before his hand touched it lie was
startled by a scream from mis- wife. Clutch
ing his arm. she pointed straight ahead
and gasped: Look, John Lookr'
Far down the road, just beside the slim-
mering monuments of the old graveyard,
he saw an apparition. 1t was that of IA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30
A Fault In Modern Wood Carving,

The wood carvings and wrought me:
al work OF the middle ages attract the
lover Of the picturesque by certain ,r.
regularities Of line and anyulariiios Of
curve and plane. which do no injury "a
the whole. Yet give ii "a character nor
found Ill the worl, of the rounded. sand.
paEcrcd school Of today. The tool, of
these masters were often crude. ana
many q these accidental accents were
doubtless due t. this fact. Yet these
men expressed grand ideals. and their
work as II stands today has all indivIdu
atty which Is largely due To TINS very
plcturcsGucncss. There are cumpara.
lively few workers III wood TO-DAY who
appreciate this quality. and only recent
~ has really artistic wood carving been
done by American c.rvcrs One of our
most eminent architects. in speaking OF
the desire of his wood CIryers To DESTROY
I'll character hy the s;.rdrapcring proc.
cis. says that X - uec.-~..i: - stand
over these mon ana 80 tx. thcir vol;
from them Will" they stIll consider II
unfinished. -. William FosdIck IN
Century
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30
THE GIANT GHOST AT BENTON, IND.

man with long white beard sweeping
over his breast. The figure appeared to be
feet in height. and in one hand it carried
n club, such as the brains of the old man
had been beaten out with ten years before.
Slowly raising one arm. the ghost with n
majestic sweep beckOrCd French to come
ahead. He was too startled to do ANYTHING
except try to restrain the prancing horses.
which were straininc at the harness in at
tempts to break away and run A cold
sweat started out all over the body of the
farmer as he realized that inc was at Last
looking at ghost, and then the sound of
his wifes voice came To him, begging hin,
to return the way they had come ard es-
cape the doom which seemed intending
French was still too much scared and OK
cited to contrLN the horses and as he srazed
stcadfastly ut the fearful white object in
the road il slowly began to move toward
the wagon The club was now raised To
its shoulder, rs a soldier carries Il rifle. and
1t seemed to move forward without touch
ing the ground, like II winged thing
Then the farmer recovered his faculties.
Whirling his team around. he lished the
horses into arun and began the trip To the
house of the friend tie had Just left. When
they arrived there. both the man and his
wife We're almost fainting from fright
The next man To see the ghos, was Mil
ton Moon. He had the reputation for being
not only a man of intellige.sce, but one
without fear. His experience was much
the same as that Of the Trenches and il
brought about several Investigations by
parties of citizens. In each ease they saw
ana We're convinced of the actual presence
OF the ghost without being able 10 discover
any satisfactory explanation.
Ghosts 20 down into history often. as this
one seems likely t.. without any cxplIna-
tion Tor their presence. There are, how
ever, exceptions. The famous Anboytl
ghost, which excited Montreal many years
ago, was seen by hundreds OF people and
thoroughly believed in. When the matter
WAS finally prohed to the bottom, the iudi-
crous side came out, II was sick turkey
perched on the top of a tall tree. In some
way long white sheet had become en-
tangled III its wings When any one climb
Ell the tree, the sick bird disappeared in the
foliage, ana it Was aitcrui.rsi found tina, II
had III great cavity in tho trunk
An interesting American ghost is that
which is said To dwell III the Forbes manor
house at Bath-on the Hudson. near AL
bany. One night about 81 years agu the
manor house was the blazing s,enc Of a
social gathering just what out Of the
ordinary happened that night nooody in
Bath knows But something did happen,
Tor everybody in Bath says sn. At any
rate, IT was a gala night, but the next
morning all the servants, excepting four
faithful ones, who had been with the fam
lily for many years. were discharged and
shortly after breakfast all the inembers Of
the family left the I!.anCr hau>e in car
riages. No goodbys were said Behind
them they left their beautiful home rs il
had been the day before On the Inanteis
and dressers We're the pictures of friends;
IN the bureaus and lockers and cbessa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30
TiiE HEART AND The BLOOD.
V:eE-s CT Scientists Who Differ With liar.
YES Theory en- Their Re,srtous.

seJs Theory On Their Relations.
Dc you know that some Of TN. very
best physicians N tie land are far from
oeing satisfied that the heart is the OF
| gan which causes the blood TO circulate
III the v"lnS and arteries? The theory of
Harvey, which maintains that the i'm
puisive stroke of the heart is 'sthe sole
motive power Is disputed hy persons
who know more about blood circulation
III minute than no ever did in his life
Narlous causes for the phenomena of
blood circulation are assigned bv the
GlneTent students of the subject, but
the majority Of those who differ from
Harvey say that the true cause Of circu-
iation IL to be founa in respiration
That function brings carbon into The
lungs. This carbon mikes with the
N'iious bioud, the inlStuI. forming the
true i;cl II animal life. The oxyye,
Which Is also taken into the lungs with
every breath minslrS with tie carbon.
ana Il slow form II combustion ensu-s'
wherever combustion IL going up heat
l. evolved. la this ease the heat is com
munlcaied 10 the blood. which is about
seven-e ighths water
The lungs being III partial vacuo and
having temperature Of ut least 81 de-
SrecS above that required 10 change Wa
ter into vapcr (whcn the water in ques-
ton Is III "a complete vacuum), steam is
generated. This cnlargcs the volume of
the blood and cxcrts "a specific force.
Ih" valves on the right side cf the heart
ciosc against this force. whilo those on
the lett open to give it free passaSc.
Thus, according to this theory, the true
motive power is produced which first
causes and then keeps up the circulation
of the blood.
When this theory is elaborated, il is
very c"Eciusively proved that The heart
has nothing whatever 10 do with the
circulation of the blood but To al. ter.
nilic, 10y its valves, ia. course of ia.
current and, 10y the mechanical force
Of the strohr. 10 tqualizc TIE 1iow.-s..
Louis Republic.