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and the other in Maryland, and thai
they used a set of pistols belonging TO
a member of the Philadelphia club, who
had used them himself on a previous
occasion. Three shots We're fired by
each man without result. They We're
both probably in a condition not to be
able TO shoot very we'll. Honor was
satisfied and each party left the field
separately. They went to Wilmington
and Bennett proceeded direct to New
York. Fred May went to Philadelphia
and was the lion of the set" at the
Philadelphia club for his gameness.
The country teemed with the news.
especially on account of Benefits
prominence. Inquiries We're earnest
and thick as to how he had insulted
Mays sister, but the Veil fell on shat
part of the affair. The woman was
indicated. Bennett could not stand
the ridicule of the weekly comics and
the satire Of his enemies. He sought
solace in Paris. and he has lived in the
French capital ever since, excepting
with occasional trips to this country.
Fred May went west and lived on q
ranch for years. He aftelward drlfted
to South America, where he died.
The men never spoke to each other,
and those who know the story declare
that May was justified.
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GLORY Be! HERE'S
MALE D|RECT0|RE
No, It's an Overcoat, Slit and
All-Color Will Be
Green.

Chicago, Special: LIE directoire
avercoat for RE is on the boards for
a fall and winter engagement.
John .Farson, the Oak Park banker,
has just ordered three. He greeted
them last night when they first came
to his notice with a loud acclaim.
1t is the grandest innovation in
clothes that I have seen in many
years. said Farson, as ne smiled
broadly. The "Farson directoire' or
"Irotector' coat, is split on the left
side just like the women's directolre
gowns. The skirt of the coat is long
and full. y large plat is taken in
the side. buttons sewed on the edge of
the incision, and straps placed across
the opening. Since the legs may get
cold, arrangements are made to keep
so the collar is made high, fits tight
and close, hence the yelled name, pro
%tector.' And the color will be green.
Men must wear green clothes. this
fall. 1t is the edict of the tal.ors.
Their plans are all made to force this
style upon the public.
Not alone will suits be green. over.
coats, hats. neclties and H"se Will
come in the list. Shirts viii nave
green stripes, and ven scarfpins VIII
be green.
Most of the green's W.; re &c az c!:9e
shade. But for those WHO do rot like
clothes SO pale there will be bright
sky greens, grass green's and WINDOW
blind green's.
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ALASKA FIND CLAIMED TO
BE A MIRACLE IN WHEAT
Chance Discovery Of a Farmer
May Revo!utionize the
Whole Wheat In
dustry.
tBy Oscar F. &. Day, in Saturday Even-
ing PoSt

tBy Oscar F. G. Day, in Saturday Even
ing Post
When the United States paid $50, 0o0,
600 for the territory of Alaska, it was
to The fur the purchasers looked for
a return GA the Investment. Whe!l
gold began to pour in from that great
country the investment was pronounce
good. But not in gold alone was Alaska
destined 10 repay those early states
men for their real estate speculation.
Years after The yellow metal was dis
covered. there came ar aged farmer 10
that ia; northland, and took back To
the state the basis tor wealth to his
country tN the side Of which The gold
from the hills and icy river beds should
pale jnto insigniicance.
II WAS in 1858 shat Abraham Adams.
g native of kcntucky, who had gone
with "tle star of Empire. To the great
West TO farm il. was taken with a de
ing his ranch in northern Idaho. he
made q "trip TO the land of promise and
of gold, but nothing came of his at
ienapts at discovery. Turning his at
ten1ion then 10 exploring, he drifted
along the coast of eastern Alaska,
where The Japan current flows near the
shore and makes of the and from
coas to mountains eternal spring. Many
miles he explored Investigating the pos
sibiiities of that country for future
EARNING and grazing. preparing himself
1of a report to The farmers of his con-
lnunl1y.
lie found srany beautiful bays. splen-
a1d peacAes, sweeps of timber, and
meadows heavy with juicy grasses.
Here and there were traces of gold,
put not OF promising quantity, and then
he ane upon u surprising discov-
cry. Lodged in a nook under protect
Ing rock, sheltered from the winds, was
a little familiar patch. Interested at
once, he Investigated and found thai
here u patch of wheat was growing,
far from any living human that could
have planted ii. On hands and knees
he pulled away the matted straws. Yes.
ii was certainly wheat That was just
ripcning. The explorer sought among
the thick stems for some heads. but
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Poor Old EIu.


Perhaps you think we are unkind to
the mosquito and the hy-keejing after
these denizens too persistently, muck-
Taking them with too much virulence.
If you love the fly, therefore. skip this
paragraph. Another board of health,
that Of New York. is after him.. 1t in
forms the public that the fly's body is
covered with disease germs, and asks
us all not to allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate near our prem
Uses. All refuse which tends to fer
mentatton, such as bedding, straw, pa
per waste, and vegetable matter, should
be disposed Of or covered with lime or
kerosene oil. All foods should be
screened. All receptacles for garbage
should be carefully covered, and the
cans cleaned or sprinkled with lime or
Oil. All stable manure should be kept
in vault or pit, and screered or
s%prinkled with lime. kerosene or other
cheap preparation. The sewage system
should be in good order. and not ex-
posed to flies. Kerosene should be
poured into the drains. Food should
be covered after a meal. and table
refuse burned or buried. To kill the
flies in the house pyrethrum powder
may be burned. If you see flies, their
breeding place is near by. 1t may be
behind the door, under the table, or In
the cuspidor. If there is not dirt, there
will be no flies. This sounds much like
what we wrote the other day about
mosquitoes. There are differences, but
part of the same general treatment APP
plies to both. Cieanness. broadly UNI
derstood, counts for much in vigor.
health and comfort.
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and the finest looking wheat mortal a
ever seen! Abraham Adams began to
dream.
Having tested the grains as winter
wheat, Mr.. Adams saved his sever
pounds to try as spring wheat, and in
1906 he planted the whole seven pounds.
Sturdily it grew, and when it was haf-
Alaska find had broker the worlds rec
ord for wheat yield! More than 222
bushels to the acre was the ratio of
yield, and that without any special pet
ting or manipulation. With the worlds
average yield 1871 bushel to the acre,
and a fair yield for exceptional land Of
20 bushels. here was the prospect
of a miracle; a revolution in the wheat
industry of the world. But still there
was something that might dash every
hope of a wheat miracle. Was this
Alaska wheat of good quality? Would
it make good bread?
With this last idea in mind the eX-
perirnenting farmer carried q small
quantity of his wheat to the Idaho ex-
perimental station at Moscow. He
amy belief. He had something mar
Vicious in IA wheat that yielded equally
as we'll planted winter or spring. Did
he haVe n good wheat? The chemists
and pronounced it a good quality of
hard wheat. Hard wheat! That was
sufficient. But Adams knew he must
nave patience for another year.
Comparative Test.
iii the fall Of 1906 the 1,545 pounds
We're planted in fields by the side of the
famous Blue Stem and Club wheat
grown i'll that section. Watching their
comparative growth, Mr.. Adams picked
on the same day green heads of Club
wheat and greed heads of his Alaska,
wheat, the latter so maay times larger
than the ordinary wheat that the Club
wheat seemed hardly started. The
farmer was iubilant. Then nature tool
a hand, and hailstorms of the worst
kind came, beating down the ordinary
wheat until it was not fit to harvest.
The farmer. discouraged, went out to
his Alaska wheat fields and SAW that
the sturdy stems had partly withstood
The storms, and he finally harvested
%. 900 pounds of seed.
Now was the time to make his final
test. He had enough for a test from
winter growth. Taking this to the ex
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Roads in Japan Too Marrow for Motor.

TTOm tIle NV 1OFK Times.
The run through picturesque Japan was
attended by difficulties of their own pc
culiar kind. The roads were native roads.
naturally built In -consonance with the
~diminutive Japanese stature. They were
too narrow for motor cars of the regula-
ton tread and built SO steep at times
that the precipitous ascents were seem
ingly almost perpendicular. These ascents
no motor car could mount and it was
over these that coolies We're employed to
haul the car and lower it on the other
side. a task more difficult than its up
hauling, and attended by more danger to
car and over this road, which
might we'll have discouraged less resolute
and resourceful men, the Thomas car still
continued Its record breaking habit and 1T
made the trip in three days to Tsuruga.
beating the time of the French and Ital-
ian cars, which had preceded it across the
island
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Tests Made in Various
Soils Show This Grain Will
Develop a Marvellous
Head.

porlmental station. he soon received n
report which made him for the first
time sure that he had something worth
giving to the public. The station chem
list wrote:
THE kernels from the fall sown
wheat We're plump and sound and
doubtless will grade No. /. Judging
from the chemical and physical condi-
ton of this sample. it will probably
rank With the best grade of Blue
Stem for flour.
The sample grown from spring sown
wheat showed BY chemical analysis a
somewhat higher protein content (thiS
being an indication of its probable
strength for bread making purposes).
l an inclined to think that the wheat
that you have here is the equal. IT not
making purposes. l should Hike to
make a mill test whenever you can
send me a sufficient quantity for that
purpose"
derful wheat of which the world will
10 be talking. Farmers do not be-
lieve it; wheat spectators do not be-
lieve 1T; but those who have Travelled
to see 1t do believe it. Mr.: Adams had
his felds surveyed and has absolute
proof of the yield from c field. He
has tried his wheat in other lands,
and in some places 1t did better than
in Idaho. Alabama raised wheat from
1t with eaves seven-eighths of an inch
olodNs w INV
Broad Experiments.
AS a last test. Mr.. Adams sent single
heads of wheat to other parts Of the
country where he had men he could
trust to plant and ascertain the re-
suit. Reports are just coming to him,
Alaska wheat does better than on its
home soil. In Alabama a head was
planted December 81, vas up January
80, was waist high April l, With leave
July z was harvested. 1t showed to
be hard wheat of a fine quality, and
the one head yielded the same as the
first head planted in Idaho.
Under ordinary soil conditions the
new wheat will yield 200 bushels to the
acre, under extra conditions above
that
What Will be the outcome? Had all
America had Alaska wheat to seed
his year, the American crop alone
in the wheat industry? Will the food
Of the poor become so cheap that there
win be no ,. fam III Or VIII WIN farm ,5a
capacity for the yield? All this is con-
lecture, but these things are certain:
The wheat Alaska has given us will
Withstand hail if not too heavy.
1t will Withstand frost.
1t grows hard hea from fall SOW
1t yields up to 222 bushels to the
acre.
It It Win Win , grade tb up va .a acres Se: IN ! 9 mis.
souri, and the south and in the fan
west into hard wheat areas.
And, last and best of all. it will bring
back wheat raising to the worn out
farms of the east where, With wheat
yields 200 bushels to the acre, farmers
can afford to use manure and chem
icals, and make a profit.
If all America could seed with the
new wheat it would at only so cents
a bushel, add nearly two and a hall
billions of dollars to the wealth OF
the farmers every year.
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The Land of Approximate Time.

Here's 70 the Lani of Approximate Time,
Where nerves are a factor unknown,
Where acting as balm are manners calm,
And seeds of sweet patience are soWn.
Where tbs .ery ill-hred to go straight to
the point,
Where one bargains at leisure ali day
Where with method unique lat once"
means q week,
In the cool, easy japanese way.
Where every clock runs as it happens to
please,
And they never agree on their strikes;
Where even the sun often joins in the
yum,
And rises wherever he likes.
Then here's to the Land of Approximate
Time.
The Land of Letsurely Pow;
Where the overclarSed West may learn
how to rest
The Land of lnconsequent Now.
Helen Hyde, 'Jingles from Japan.
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The "kid" Again.

-Four year old Joe is very fond of
bible stories. and evidently follows the
example of his best loved hero as to
meditation lin the night watches"
He Weakened his mother one night,
after midnight, with the question::
Mamma, where is David now?"
I'm heaven, l guess, joe
"Will l go to heaven when l die?"
Il hope 50, Joe"
Mamma the little voice was very
eager now. do you s'pose when L get
there David will just let me hold his
slingshot a little while?"
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Episcopal Wit.

den City man, lis one of the few Amer
lean clergynlen VINO. being graduates
of the famous University of Oxford.
are entitled to wear the oxford hood.
a a certain service another bishop,
also an Oxford man. nodded toward the
officiating clergyman and whispered ex-
citedly to Bishop Burgess:
why, look. he has got an Oxford
hood on
SO he has, said Bishop Burgess.
''But he is not entitled to it. He has
no Oxford degree exclaimed the first
bishop. Why, the man is wearing a lie
on his back
".Hush,' said Bishop Burgess. Don't
call it a lie. Call it a false hood"
The horses of Iceland are shod with
sheep'S horns
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A Poor Provider.

The Kentucky colonel pointed with
extreme disgust at q man across tks
street. Then he said:
There goes that fellow Simpson
I'll bet he hasn't q drop Of liquor in
the house."
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Innocence.

she-Did you do much fighting dur
ing the war?
He-I did my share.
she-Did you make the enemy run?
He-You're right. 1 did.
She-Did they catch you?
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"1t was will that made me prosper"
Said he with the head swelied bad
"Tc that I credit success in life."
1T was q VIII left by his dad.
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~porIlnental station. he soon received Il
report which made him for the first
time sure that he had something worth
giving to the public. The station chem
isl wrote.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
FAIR INTANCIPAHOA
SECRETARY BARROW OF AGRI-
CULTURAL BOARD BUSY.
FIVE In SHOOTING ScRAPE
Brothers-in-Law Engage in Duel With
Shotguns, But Neither is Serious
ly Wounded. Inocent Bystanders
the Chief Sufferers.

Baton Rouge.-Secretary c. j. Bar
row of the State Board of Agricul-
ture and immigration for Hammond
and other points in Tangipahoa, to
make efforts to interest the farmers
and business men of that section in
the establishment of a parish fair,
which will be representative of the
entire district lying adjacent to the
Illinois Central in East Louisiana.
This section has always been noted
for its agricultural progress and en-
ergy and the multiplicity of its pro-
duets, and having been settled by a
thrifty and progressive class of peo-
pie from Illinois and other western
states, where fairs are considered a
necessity, it is strange that no efforts
have been made in this direction in
that neighborhood. The secretary will
endeavor to interest the people of
that section in parish fairs, and Is
assured that they will readily see the
expediency of such move and es-
tablish a fair in that section which
will be credit to the state and to the
people in the surrounding country,
where the fair is located.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Postal Matters

Postmasters appointed Louisiana
Raccourci, Pointe Coupee parish, 0s-
ward E. Lecour; Zwolle, Sabine par
ish, Floyd C. Mitchell. Mystic, Cal
casieu parish, Benz. F. Davidson
Presley, Natchitoches parish, George
W. Bolton.
Mississippi-Hub, Marion county,
VIM. B. Arnett. Neel's Ferry, Quit
man county, Thomas M. CARROT.
Earlee Moore was appointed regu.
lar and ]. B. Moore substitute rural
carriers, route 1; Rufus Sinquefeld
substitute, route 2, Jesse T. Mabry
regular, John Turner substitute, on
route 8, at Senatobia, Miss.
A postoffice was ordered establish
ed at Lewisburg, st. Landry, La,
with Albert R. Burleigh postmaster.
The following Mississippi postef-
fees have been ordered discontinued:
Eureka Springs, Pamela county; Fin
ger, Tippan county; Society Hill,
Gwinville, Jefferson Davis county;
Crockett, Cypress, Eliphaz, Locust,
Goode, Tate county; Mt. Zion, Pokal,
Simpson county; Big Black, Warren
county; Pine Grove, Benton county;
Sorin, Harrison county.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Appointment Held Up

Postmaster Wyman's reappoint-
ment has been ''held up" in the
Senate Postofice Committee by Sena-
tor Warner, and there is no assur-
ance that it will be confirmed by the
Senate before adjournment. Messages
from st. Louis saying that Secretary
Taft is in danger of losing the Mis-
souri, delegation as 9 result of Wy
mans APPOINTMENT, have caused the
delay. These messages, both by wire
and mail, received by the Taft mana
gers here, tell of conference Of Re-
publican leaders who opposed Wy
mans reappointment. They are the
same st. Louis men who stopped Wy
mans appointment in December by
declaring that it would cost Taft the
Missouri delegation. .n.ly -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Chinanan Won't be Deperted

The Supreme Court Of the United
States decided that Lm Hop Fong,
a Chinaman who came to the United
States in 1899 as student, but who
has since been found working, should
not be deported, as was decreed by
the United States District Court Of
Nebraska. The latter declared that
Hoy had only studied to the extent Of
taking lessons in a Sunday School,
and, finding that his certificate de-
claring that he was coming to the
United States for the purpose of en-
gaging in the pursuit of scholastic
knowledge fraudulent, ordered that
he be sent back to China. This opinion
was by Justice Day and reversed the
order of the Nebraska Court. Justice
Day took the position that there was
no testimony before the District Court
to justify the disregarding of the Ger
tifcate as was done by that Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Shooting Scrape.

When the north bound passenger
train on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific pulled into Bernice a
shooting ARRAY occurred, in which
four men and a boy were injured.
Barham and Morton, brothers-in-law,
were the principals, and were both
wounded, but neither seriously. Con-
ductor Afford of the passenger train
was shot through both hips and one
leg with buckshot, and A. ]. Blanche,
an engineer and a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
was hit in the left side with a buck
shot and it is thought he will die. He
was seated in the smoker. The boy,
Charles Morton, was hit in several
places and an operation disclosed
that his liver had been perforated.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
TEDDY WON'T GIVE in
MUST HAVE APPROPRIATION FOR
FOUR BATTLESHIPS
HE WILL VETO THE MEASURE
The President Declars That Rather
Than Accept a Bill as Passed BY the
House and Reported in the Senate
He will Veto il

Washington.-Pr President Roosevelt
has evidently not yet given up his eff
forts to secure the authorization Of
four battleships by the present ses.
sion of Congress. He has called at
tention to the fact that the naval ap-
preparation bill as passed by the
House and as reported in the Senate,
Authorizing two battleships, fails to
make any appropriation for the con-
struction Of these ships. The Presi-
dent declares that rather than accept
such bill, which really makes no
provision for battleships at all, he
will veto the measure. The omission
of an appropriation for the two ad
ditional battleships by the House was
based upon the calculation that the
contracts for the new ships would
not be given out for some months,
and that no payments on the vessels
would be due until some time after
the opening of 1909. This would be
tantamount to saddlng upon the next
session of Congress the necessity for
making an appropriation, and should
that session likewise refuse to appro-
pirate, the construction of the battle
ships which have been authorized
would be indefinitely postponed. Pres
ident Roosevelt feels thoroughly JUS
titled in insisting upon proper ap-
preparation. He declares that he
would sign a bill that contained no
provision for battleships whatever,
but he cannot approve a measure
which commits the government 10 the
construction of two battleships, yet
makes no provision for the payment
for same. While there will undoubt-
eddy be further efforts made to in
duce the Senate to authorize four in
stead of two battleships, there would
appear to be little chance Of success,
as the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs is as strongly opposed to au-
thorizing more than two ships as was
the Committee of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Suit Against Oil Company.

George F. Hammer, of Parsons,
Kans., formerly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the Louisiana Gas Company, of
Shreveport, fled suit here against ].
w. and ]. B. Atkins for $4,000,
which he claims as damages due to
his arrest Dec. 13 at the instance Of
Messrs. Atkins. Hammer was alleged
to have embezzled $4,000 in bonds
from the Louisiana Gas Company,
with which the Atkins are heavily
associated. The governor of Kansas
failed to recognize Governor Blaneh-
ards requisition, and also no indict-
meat was found against Hammer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Black Hand Man Guilty.

The jury in the Looney Black Hand
case at Alexandria brought in ver-
dict of guilty as charged, and recon-
mended the accused, Henry Looney,
to the mercy Of the court. Looney
is Fl years old, and was charged with
sending a Black Hand letter to Paul
Lisso, President of the First National
bank of this city, threatening death
to one of Lisso's daughters if $4,000
was not placed for him (Looney) at
a given point. The letter was re-
ceived by Mr.. Lisso March 1. Loon
ey was arrested on March 80.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01
Skull Fractured.

Alexander Duffey, of New Orleans,
aged about 43 years, fell from a west
bound freight train near the coal
chute, while passing through Lake
Charles and received serious injuries.
Duffey is an employe of the United
Fruit Company, and was in charge
of large consignment of fruit which
was being shipped to Texas points.
Just how he came to sustain the fall
is not known as nobody saw the ac-
cident and he himself was uncon-
scious when found.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-01

The st. Paul, Minneapolis & Sc
atle Railway Co., incorporated in
South Dakota, with capital of $500,
100000 fer the purpose of construct
ing third rail electric railway from
st. Psul to Seattle, was debarred
from the mails by a fraud order.
Three other corporations, the Coop
erative Construction Co., with $780,
900 capital; the Great Northwestern
Fiscal Agency and the Northern In
vestment Bureau, each with the same
officers as the railroad company, were
included in the fraud order. All the
companies had Offices in the New
York Life BUILDING, St. Paul.