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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

] met a gentleman who seemed
AS nice as he could be;
While ! could do him any good
He was a friend to me,
But when / wouldn't boost his game
He rose and took his hat
And made himself exceeding scarce
We've all had friends like that.
He stuck to me like liquid glue
AS long as ! would buy.
Laughed at the ancient jobes / told
And doomed me TO the sky.
When my resources vanished and
My money ceased to talk.
He folded up his tents and things
And straightway took a walk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

elk and evidently very much inter
ested in what he saw. We stopped
To see what he was looking at, and
when we reached the point where
we could see there, not six feet from
the fence, was a huge bull elk. Not
far from the bull, but partly hidden
by the bushes were several cows.
The bull was walking up and down
whistling, screaming and making a
number of very extraordinary noises.
He was greatly excited and his eyes
were staring and bloodshot. Present
ly We noticed that every time he
whistled another whistle answered in
the distance and that this whistle
kept growing louder. 1t came nearer
and nearer, until We could hear some
animal crashing through the bush
es, and a moment later another huge
bull elk walked out into the little
opening.
The one near the fence rushed
toward the newcomer. which at first
had no courage to await the charge.
The first bull did not follow him
far but came back and continued to
walk up and down whistling, and
presently the other bull returned
when he was again charged and again
ran away. This happened three
times, and then the newcomer SEEM
ed to screw his courage to the
fighting point, and the two charged
each other and came together at a
run, their antlers clashing loudly
as they met. The man who had
been watching them took out his
watch and timed them, and for thirty
five minutes they fought with great
fury. They seemed very evenly mat
ched and for the most part SIM
ply pushed head to head, though once
or twice one pushed the other back
a little way or twisted him about
in the effort to reach point from
which he could thrust his horns in.
to the others side. When this hap
pened the one that was being turn
ed would jump nimbly back and get
a fresh grip with his horns.
Not long after the fight began an
interested spectator appeared on the
scene in the shape of young bull
He came out of the bushes and stood
watching the battle, but every time
the fighting pair worked over toward
him the young bull turned and trot-
ted OF.
The fight was the most thrilling
thing ever saw, and it seemed hard
ly five minutes before one of the
two was tired out. He jumped back,
turned and tried to run away, but
slipped little, and in second the
other had knocked him down with
his horns. saw the conqueror jump
on the victim, and We started for
the keeper. When we returned with
him, we found that the victor had
gone away and the other was dying.
A point of the antler had passed
through his windpipe.
We rode on "a little further and
saw the victorious elk standing in
an open space with the cows. he
was painting hard, his antlers were
covered with blood, and the prong of
one of them was broken. His mouth
was open, his tongue hanging out.
and his eyes were bloodshot. He
presented quite a horrible appear
ance. He was wild with. rage, and
as soon as he saw us he rushed
toward US but brought up agains.
the fence. Then he would retire and
charge the fence again and again,
Once, when the young bull put his
head out of the bushes, the big bull
dashed after him and chased him
away.-Alberta correspondence Forest
and Stream.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

That is the way too oft. alas.
With some fair weather friends;
They hang around us like cloak
When we can serve their ends,
But when no longer we produce
As once we used to do,
They straightway rise and shake them
selves
And fit to pastures new.
Give me the friend who doesn't make
~ Too much of a parade,
But who is there when you're in need,
A very present aid.
Who comes when you are in the dumps
And no relief can see,
And gently says, "Cheer up, old man,
And kindly draw on me-"
From the Boston Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
FASHION NOTES

Folds of transparent materials on
opaque fabrics, or vice versa, pro-
duce graceful fichu semblances that
can be easily removed.
A gown for a mother Of grown
children is of a yellow pink chiffon
taffeta.
A very handsome collar Is made
of ermine skins from which depend
white silk tassels.
In the matter of arm coverings, all
sleeves or no sleeves seem to be the
rule for evening.
The transparent sleeves are becom-
ing to all kinds of arms, those that
are too rotund, and the altogether
too thin ones.
The vests shown are soft, rich, wo-
manly, and the most feminine of wo-
men need not hesitate to adopt 1t.
The front v of the decollete bodice
is filed with embroidery and is edged
at the top with a novel lattice ar
rangement of velvet ribbon and jew
els.
The skirt is one of the long cling
ing, swirling sort with two deep folds
near the hem.
The bodice more than suggests the
Japanese style with the embroidered
bands In shades of yellow.
Grecian pattern executed in velvet
ribbon makes a simple and beautiful
decoration for silk house gown.
Coats bear more than faint resem-
blance to mems overcoats. The sim
gle piece loose backs are taking with
the greatest number Of customers.
The art in Ipaking sleeves lies in
keeping them as transparent as posi-
BILE.
Serge, in the old weaves, is one Of
the leading fabrics for the season.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
A Wonderful Thina.

Mr.. Brown had just had a telephone
connection between his. ONCE and
house, and was very much pleased
with 1t.
Il tell you, Smith," he was saying
this telephone business is a wonder
full thing. I want you to dine with
me this evening, and / will notify
Mrs. Brown to expect you"
Brown (speaking through the tele
phone)-My friend Smith will dine
with US this evening.
Now listen and hear how plain her
reply comes back
Mrs. Browns reply came back with
startling distinctness:
ASK your friend Smith II he thinks
We keep hotel."-Home Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
FIGHT BETWEEN ELKs.

Struggle to the Death Of Two Bulls
for Leadership Of the Herd.
Yesterday afternoon my cousin and
I were on our way back from the buff
falo range when as we were riding
along the road we saw a man stand
ing near the fence looking through 1t
into the enclosure for the moose and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

There is no city in the world where
so many special privileges are al
lowed to be enjoyed by the authori-
ties as in the American metropolis.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

Few New Workers are aware of the
fact that the East river was known
as the Salt river 200 years ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

In 1S4S, and again in 1903, people
walked across Niagara river dryshod.
The strange phenomenon was caused
by the banking up of the ice on the
lodges near the. head of Goat island.
Old Fogy means an old military
pensioner. The term comes from the
old pensioners of Edinburgh Castle,
whose chief business was to fire the
guns or assist in quelling street riots.
The "pons asinorum" refers to
Euclid's fifth roposition-that of the
isosceles triangle-the first difficult
theorem, which ounces rarely get
over for the first time without stun
bling.
II costs nearly as much to pay the
salaries of the municipal servants of
New York city as 1t does to support
the entire army of the United States.
The salaries amount close to $70,000,-
900 annually.
The present aeronautical activity
recalls the kite craze of 55 years ago
when kite carriages were being ex-
tensively built and experimental
with. With the aid of two large
kites a carriage was pulled rs miles
an hour.
North and east bound commuters
from New York city are wen salts
fed at having the Grand Central sta
ton in Forty-second street, bSt there
is considerable complaint that they
have to walk to Forty-sixth and For
ty-eighth streets to board the trains.
In the Cottonian library in Eng
land Is an old manuscript copy of
part of the Bible in Latin. This was
used at the coronations of English
sovereigns 800 years before the
"stone of destiny" was brought from
Scone to- Westminster by Edward I.
In other words, the use of this Bible
for the purpose in question dated
back to the year 1000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

More than one thousand callings
or occupations of employees in the
civil service are enumerated in the
new Blue Book for 1907.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

The average attendance at the New
York public schools is now $4,000.
which is about $4,000 more than one
year ago
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

Spain produces over three billion
corks every yeax.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

1t costs over $1,000 to fire a single
shot from one of the largest guns
used in the French army.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The emperor of Japan has no fewer
than thirty residences, each a model
of comfort.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

In 1S4S, and again in 1903, people
walked across Niagara river dryshod.
The strange phenomenon was caused
by the banking up of the ice on the
lodges near the. head of Goat island.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

Old Fogy means an old military
pensioner. The term comes from the
old pensioners of Edinburgh Castle,
whose chief business was to fire the
guns or assist in quelling street riots.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

Deeu the pTOQuct Vi Idmllldr LdlkS ny
teachers to their pupils, which some
times ran into story telling not unlike
that of the Moslem rawis, to which we
owe a good deal of the matter of the
Thousand and One Nights" These
books have preserved a great mass of
popular Jewish beliefs and fancies,
parallel to certain opinions and beliefs
found in the early Christian writer's,
and such beliefs come under the head
of folk lore, according to the wider
definition sometimes given that term.
The book of Esther. though 1t makes
no reference to religion, was a favor
lite among the Jews because 1t de-
scribes a great national triumph (which
is, However, not historically. Three
late paraphrases of the book have
come down to us, the second Of which
gives another list Of riddles, together
with an account of how the Queen
came to visit Solomon. After an ex-
traordinarily confused history of the
foreign monarchs who had oppressed
I, Israel, the writer turns to David and
then to Solomon (of which also he
had previously spoken) Of whom God
had given dominion over all beasts
birds, reptiles, demons and spirit, and
he knew the speech Of all these. o.
certain day when his heart wa,
warmed by wine he made a great feast
invited all the neighboring kings o.
the east and the west. had music OF
all sorts Of instruments, and orderet
all the beasts and demons to b
brought in order that the kings Nigh
zee his greatness. All these came ex
cspt the moorcock. whom the angr.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
When the Stars Fell.

Almost historic is the remark OF
the awe-stricken lad who, while OBJ
serving the great meteroic display OF
1888, turned his eyes to a familiar
corner of the heaven after an espe-
cially brilliant fight of meteors, drew
a long breath, and gasped:
well, the old Dipper's still there
anyhow"
Much more recently a similar spec
tacle, although in this instance a dis
play no greater than is ordinarily
looked for in August skies, disturbed
the tranquility of little girl whose
father, an enthusiastic amateur as
tronomer, had taken her up on the
roof with him to see the sight. He
expected her to be delighted with the
shooting stars, but he soon observed
that her expression was scarcely g
joyous one.
What is it, Ada?" he asked her
Don't you like to watch them?
Aren't you enjoying yourself?"
"Ye-es, papa" she answered, dubi
ously, conscientiously trying to har.
monte the dictates Of politeness and
truth. "At least I suppose we car
spare the stars, and I think 1 NIGH
enjoy it If only you can give me your
word we are sure of the NOON
Selected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25

The State Medical Society, in ses-
sion at Winston-Salem, elected DR..
J. S. Nicholson, of Richland; DR.. H.
H. Dobson, of Greensboro; DIR.
l.. B. McBrayer, of Asheville; DR..
w. w. Mckenzie, of Salisbury; DR..
B. X. Hayes, of Oxford; DR.. John
Rodman, of Washington; DR.. John
Bynum, of Winston-Salem, members
of the Board of Examiners for six
years. DR.. ]. F. Highsmith, of Fay
etteville, was elected president, DIR.
c. M. Poole, of Salisbury, first vice
president, and DIR. D. G. Dees, of
Bayboro, second vice president of
the society. The next meeting will
be held in Asheville. A resolution
was passed advising the Board of
Examiners to revoke the license of
any practicing physician who is
found violating the prohibition law
by promiscuously writing prescrip-
tions for whiskey.-Exchange.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Recipes and Household Hints, Useful
and Timely.


Dear Aunt Mary: | send you for
the Home Circle a little list OF use
full household hints and recipes. Try
them.
Bed-Bug POison.-Wood alcohol is
sure death to bed-bugs. 1t is poison.
Rain water and soap will remove
machine grease from wash fabrics.
To Scale Fish.-Fish will scale
much more easily by dipping for a
minute into boiling water.
Kerosene will soften boots and
shoes or harness that have harden
ed by water, and render them pliable.
Wetting the hair once or twice
with salt water will prevent it from
falling out.
To Clean Silver.-One teaspoonful
of ammonia to teacup of water will
clean silver or gold jewelry. Rub
with soft rag.
To Get Rid of Moths.-Sprinklin
furniture and cushions with benZine
is sure death to moths and Injuries
nothing, but should not be used
where there Is a fire or lamp, as ben
zine Is explosive.
Apply kerosene oil with a rag
when you put your stoves away for
summer and it will prevent them
from rusting.
To Remove Rusty Screw.-Apply
a red-hot iron to the head for a short
| time, the screw-driver to be used i'm
mediately while hot.
For Mosquito Bites.-Put 10 drops
| of refined carbolic acid into a full
| ounce of rose water; shake. well and
| apply when needed.
Charcoal freshly powdered and
put in the milk room, will Absorb
gases and impurities, and should be
used continually.
To Whiten ClOthes.-A teaspoon
| full of borax put in the last rinsing
water will whiten clothes surpris
| ingly. Pulverize so it will dissolve.
To Restore Color to Dress Goods
| When caused by an acid demon fol
instance), apply ammonia to neutral
iZe the same, and then chloroform
In most all cases it will restore the
| original color.-Mrs. G. w. Hardy il
Southern Farm Gazette.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Pointers for Boys.

In mothers old scrap book we
recently came across the following
choice counsel for boys:
% To Throw Stones.-Fold each
one carefully in a feather bed, and
give notice to all the neighborhood
when and where you are going to
pitch it.
(2) To Garry Gunpowder in the
Pocket.-Soak it well in cold water,
and then wrap it up in a cover of
oiled silk.
CD To Slide Down the Banister.-
Let a surgeon sit upon the lower
stair. Also, carry pail full of poul-
tfce in each of your hands, as you
may need it.
ca To Cure Creaky Boots OF
Shoes.-Wear them always in going
into the pantry to get some of moth
er's cakes and pies.-Exchange
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25

A month later the three girls were
looking st each other with dazsd
eyes. They must take care Of moth
or. of course. but how Corinne' 8
music7 Barbara's artg They had
been studied only for accomplish
ments--they never had supposed that
they would need them. Then the let
ter came from Mr. Marshall with the
wonderful offer OF a weiI-paid posi-
ton for Jean.
lean" Corinne cried. why. shes
the youngest"
And never studied typewriting ir
her Iifet" Barbara chimed in
For Miss JEAN" Mrs Randall
read. "A young lady who always
tackles her hard things first in tbs
determination that they shall no
conquer her morals is the kind o
young lady that We need ffty-twe
weeks In the year"
who would have thought that {
little thing like that"-Barbara sail
brokenly.-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Better Things.

Better 10 feel love within.
Than be lovely 10 the sight,
Better a homely tenderness
Than beauty's Wild delight.
Better TO love than be beloved.
Though lonely all the day:
Better the fountain in the heart
Than the fountain by the way.
Better 10 be a little wise
Than learned oveTmuch.
Better than high are lowly thoughts,
For truthful thoughts are such.
Better TO have a quiet grief,
Than a tumultuous joy;
Better than manhood. ages face,
II the heart be OF Il boy.
Better a death when work is done
Than earth's most favored birth:
Better a child in Gods great house
Than the king of all the earth.
George Macdonald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Like q Man.

Ia walking, hold yourself we'll to-
gether Walk erect and from the
hips, swinging your arms easily.
Never hump along or toe in. 1t is
perfectly simple to do this, and the
easiest thing In the world to have
style and verve in walking. And yet,
not more than one man or woman in
a thousand walks decently well; the
rest amble, sprawl, SLOUGH or weave
along in a manner to disgrace pedes-
trianism. Cultivate a chest well for
ward, the soft flannel shirt, the hip
movement. and the carriage of a man
and a soldier! Notice a West Point
err Why, he handles himself like a
greyhound Seek for an erect car
riage, so that when you are seventy.
men will turn and say: HE carries
himself like a nr'-McGaffey s
Outdoors.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Eat More Honey.

Honey, one OF the most nutritious
and delicate OF foods. should be eaten
more than 1t is" said cooking ex-
pert. Bought in the comb. 1t Is
bound to be unauthorized, and this
pure honey will keep It's friends free
from sore throat and bronchial trou-
bles.
Il have not had a sore throat since,
six years ago, took to eating honey.
My doctor tells me he often recon-
mends honey, with excellent results
for diseases of the throat.
Honey is excellent to use instead
OF sugar for sweetening cakes. II
gives the cakes a most delightful
flavor. 1t is also excellent. in place
of butter, on hot biscuit, on toast
and on buckwheat cakes"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
Do the Hard Things First.

Jean unstrapped her books, and
took pad and pencils from the closet.
I'D like to be polite, Mr.. Mar
SHALL" she said. laughing across at
her fathers old friend, who was
spending two days with him, "but !
never dare to be polite till my alge-
bra is DONE"
What makes you like it so
much?" Mr.. Marshall asked, smil-
ing. young ladies don't generally
have much taste for algebra
Like it," Jean repeated vehement
". ST despise 1t. That's why I do
it first; if I gave myself the tiniest
margin of excuse, I'd never get ii
done. And I may be stupid am
stupid in it-but it shan't conquer
my morals anyhow"
ST see," the guest replied, rising.
well, good luck to it-and you,
Miss Jean. Perhaps you'll like IT
better after a while"
Never" Jean returned emphati-
cally.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
The Catfish,

When de nights is warm en- de moon
is full,
You kin ketch mo- cats dan you cares
to pull.
No trouble bout de bait;
A grub III do or 1i'1' fat meat,
Fer all he wants is supp'n' to eat,
En- he amt no han to wait.
Ner dar amt no trouble bout luck
wild him.
You kin tie yo' line to a swingin'
limb,
En- when you goes to look,
You'll fin dat limb a-dodgin' roun',
En- bubbles risin' en- f1oatin' on
down,
En- a catfish on yo' hook.
But chooses to take a pole in mine
En- git in a splotch er bright moon
shine
En- fish dar wild my ham;
1 knows, den, when he hits his lick
(He swallows de hook; you needn'
be quick),
En- I let's him show his man.
When sings him out on de good dry
grass,
He don't complain, but he's full Ell
sass.
He kicks little while,
Den lays dar, wild a pleasing look,
He takes it wild a smile.
John Charles McNeill, in Lyrics
from Cotton Land"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
II 10 safe to Feed Cosfonseed Mesl
Co HorMex and Hogxy

Mesars. Editors. To the subScrfb-
er that wanted TO know whether II
would be- weIl 20 feed mules on cot
tonset-d. wiIi say for bis and Others
information that very few will "a.
the costonseed. but very few will re-
fuse the meal. The meal Is fine fos
them II fed wIih half corn meal OF
ship stuff II you xilI not give then
over three-foufihs gallon per day. II
keeps them in good healthy condl
ton. and is better than all corn. Il
Is ALEC fine for hog. | fatten III
hogs with il. ship stun. and corn
meal. G. 8. WILLIAMS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25

Editorial Answer: Il Is pretty gen
orally agreed that a horse or mule
should not have over about two
pounds of cottonseed or cottonseed
meal day. and that when over two
pounds a day Is fed for considerable
periods the result is not entirely sat
isfactory.
Cottonseed or the meal when fed
to swine in considerable quantities
for a prolonged period has repeated
ly proved so dangerous that IL can
hardly be recommended for swine.
seed or the meal is fed TO the swine
direct or Is picked up by them from
the droppings of cattle, IL the drop
pings are from a ration OF concen-
trate feed in which the seed or the
meal constitute a considerable pro-
portion. Swine that are fed either
| the seed or the meal direct usually
begin to get sick thirty to fifty days
after such feeding begins, depending
| on the amount fed, and the resisting
power OF the individual animals
| and the losses increase with the pro-
| longation Of the feeding. Among the
| symptoms of the disease are mopine
| and sluggishness In the animals, loss
of appetite and a tendency to lie
apart from the herd. The heart &C
| ton is weak and the breathing is la
| bored. Post-mortem examination:
show the digestive tract to be highly
| inflamed.
| Various causes have been assigned
for these bad results, but what thu
cause is, is not as certain as the baC
results themselves are. Such results
follow when not more than onefourtt
of the ration is composed Of cotton
seed meal. The hogs that have beer
killed by cottonseed and cottonsee'
meal mount in value into the million
Of dollars, yet there are those VIII
occasionally report success with thes
feeds for swine. While success ma
be attained with these feeds, it /
unlikely in the long run-indeed, tn
evidence to date is very much agains
Southern Farm Gazette.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25

The Teachers AssembIy.--The best
attended and one of the most inter-
esting of all the sessions of the
North Carolina Teachers Assembly
met last week in Charlotte The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Supt. 7. r.
FOust, of the Guilford County
schools; vice president, Prof. d. II.
Hill, of the A. & M. College, of Ra-
leigh; secretary, r. ID. w. Conner
secretary of the State Historical
Commission, of Raleigh; executive
committee: Miss Edith Register, of
Raleigh; Supt. Harry Howell, OF
Washington; j. r. Bridgers, Supt
Webb, of Granville; Supt. l.. G. Brog-
den, of Kinston, and Supt. r. l..
Moore, of Madison.