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

A great many election bets are being
oaid. but none more humorous than
that of a German citizen of the South
Side. who has the glorious jobsof pre-
paring a fine barrel of sauerkraut and
then wheeling it out to the cellar Of a
friend. He bet with an East Side man
who was to pay him IS in lieu of sauer-
kraut. providing he lost. The bet was
made on a certain precinct. "rl bet
that German friend of mine is groan-
ing over the bet" remarked the East
side man. Il know how good that
sauerkraut will be and know how /.
would hate to part with it. IL I had
made it."-Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31

mo. Maude. dear, watered stock
shouldn't affect the price Of milk
Philadelphia Record.
Stranger-And when the bank ex-
aminer got through unravelling the
tangle, what followed? Native-A re-
ceiver wound 1t up!-Puck.
Ma-Johnny got home from school
an hour earlier than usual today. Pa
Why, was he sent away? Ma-No, he
just wasn't kept in.-Cleveland Lead
er.
Rollins-I was out in a revenue cut
ter last night. Collins-I thought you
went sleigh-riding. Rollins-Well 1t
made quite cut in my revenue
Judge.
Hello, Dinny, you look prosperous
got job now?" "You bet, an it's a
good one!" What is it," "Gettin' in
early on de bank runs, an 'sellin' me
place in de line.
Stout Lady-Oh, yes, we saw quite a
lot Of her in Homburg; but now she
never takes the slightest notice Of me.
so I always make point Of always
cutting her dead!"-Punch.
Whats the trouble? You look as
II you had lost your last friend" my
wife has just found a place where she
| can do Christmas shopping and use
Clearing House certificates. Chicago
Record-Herald.
THAT sign O. yours" said Willie to
the soda clerk, says All Flavors,
Five Cents YES" assented the foun-
tain artist, with pleasant smile. Will
lie slapped his nickel on the counter.
Give 'em to mel" he demanded
Cleveland Leader.
| "Now," said Mrs. Goodart, III you do
little work for me, I'll give you a
good meal after a WHILE" Say, lady"
replied Hungry Hawkes.. you'll git OF
cheaper II yer gimme a meal now.
Work always gives me fierce appe-
title. "-Philadelphia Press.
After taking anti-fat treatment for a
week, an obese person received bill.
But, DOCTOR" he protested, Il haven't
lost an ounce. The bill is too big"
The BILL" the doctor informed him.
curtly, sis part Of the treatment
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Now. mother dear, don't be angry
with me for falling in love with her.
Besides. weren't you poor yourself
when you first met the GOVERNOR
"Yes, my dear son. But so was your
father. And l married him because
knew he would succeed" We'll, moth
er, and she is going to marry me be-
cause he did-don't you see?"-Life.
Now, we must admit" began Wood
by Wise, that woman is naturally
more hopeful than man" YES" in
terrupted Marryat, there's my wife
for instance; every time that she's
bought fish since we've been married
she has asked the dealer II they were
fresh, hoping, suppose. that some day
he'll say, No. philadelphia Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Ripe Cream.

During cold weather cream rises
slowly and much of 1t fails to ripen as
it should. The ripening is known by
its turning slightly acid without be-
coming bitter or in any way i'll flavor
ed. Not all the cream should be put
into the churning. That taken from
the pans latest will not be ripened and
its butter fats will all be wasted un-
less they are saved by churning the
buttermilk. The loss from this cause
is much greater in many small diaries
Fresh cream and ripened cream mixed
will always result in inferior butter.
The cream in the churn should be of
one degree of ripeness throughout
Epitomist.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
THE ORATOR.

Do YOU want to be factor
In the business OF the day7
Make a speech
DO you want to be an actor,
Not a dreamer. in the frayf
Even though you can't accomplish all the
things you advertise.
Inc art OF elocution makes a man seem
wondrous wise.
It's hard at first but any one can do IL
II he tries.
Make a speech!
DO you want to get a system
Inat viii let your fame expand?
Make a speech
lake familiar truths and twist 'em
iii they're hard to understand.
Make a speech!
10 not let the carping cynic fill your
modest soul with dread:
FOR good intentions well expressed to
work has often led
Even II there's nothing doing. let's at
teast have something said.
Make speech!
Washington Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Pin Feathers.

Don't keep culls in the flock.
Lime is wanted for egg shells.
Don't forget to study the feed bill.
Don't breed from inbred stud birds.
The Leghorn is the common fowl of
Italy.
Roosts should only be foot from
the ground.
Never fail to supply fresh, clean
water daily.
Don't feed maize in SUMMER; it is
too heating.
Avoid overcrowding chi.ksns in
small houses.
Don't waste time by keeping barn
door mongrels.
Soft shelled eggs are sign Of want
Of lime In the soil.
Get rid Of all old hens; they are the
drones in the flock
Green food should be regularly sup
piled in summer months.
You cannot make money out Of
poultry unless you work.
Don't fail to keep shifting the chick
en- coops to fresh ground.
Don't forget that wry tail is sure
sign of weak constitution.
Don't fail to infuse fresh strains
through the flock each season.
Poultry farming is profitable IL car
ried along on economical lines.
Don't keep the incubator in room
which has not good ventilation.
Be up early in the mornings and feed
your chickens soon after sunrise.
Don't use hens for Matching il you
are farming poultry on a big scale.
Don't forget to use preservatives for
keeping summer eggs for winter use.
Don't buy your poultry feed at retail
prices if you can secure it at wholesale
rates.
- Look out for hen lice in the roost-
| ing places; cleanliness is the best pre-
ventive.
In summer all poultry keepers should
decide on having well ventilated poul-
try houses.
Breeders who keep the light varieties
for egg production are now busy rear
ing young stock.
Look out for hen lice; hens won't
give good results in egg production II
troubled with vermin.
Don't keep the drinking water for
fowls in the sun; keep 1t under shelter
or in a shaded position.-National Co.
Operative Farm Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Water is music when a fountain
plays
Laziness is a habit that grows fast
and ciings close.
Usually it is the green youth who
paints the town red.
Pawnbrokers are the advance
agents of hard times
When the husband reigns the wife
does lot OF storming.
1t is easier to learn some things
than 1t is to unlearn them.
Most Of us expect a lot of things
we have no reason to expect.
Mustard plasters also come under
the head of drawing materials.
A man has no right to stone his
wife, but he may rock his baby.
Some people devote most of theii
energy to the making Of excuses.
Pantaloons of justice can hardly
be termed breaches of the peace.
Sometimes the doctor is called in
to help those who help themselves.
And the charitable man never has
to wait long for chance to get busy.
Astronomers and theatrical manag-
ers are always looking out for new
stars.
A woman detests a man who fat
tiers almost as much as one who
doesn't.
Be not oversuspicious, but keep
your eye on the man who boasts OF
his honesty.
Do you happen to know a father
who would want his SON to follow in
his footsteps?
Most of a mans friends are his
friends because of what they don't
know about him.
1t is possible to draw out a man
and make him interesting-but it's
different with a sermon.
A soft answer has turned many a
young mans thoughts toward the
furniture installment houses.
The man who seeks office for the
public good Is apt to consider him.
self the entire public after he lands.
From Pointed Paragraphs" in the
Chicago News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
SPENDS TWO WEEKS IN JAIL.
How Judges in Baden Learn Value or
Prison Sentences.


Prison Sentences.
The Judge and the District Attorney
lunched together at the end Of the
coal stealing case.
Three months" said the District
Attorney. was a merciful sentence.
SIR"
Perhaps, perhaps" the Judge
agreed. did you ever spend three
months In jail?'' he asked.
"Ha, ha, no." laughed the District
Attorney. "Of course not! Ha, ma,
hal"
"Well, II you had" said the Judge.
perhaps you wouldn't think so lightly
of it." He knitted his brows. "The
evil tasting food. the prison smell,
the prison morals--pah!
a." he went on, spent week In
jaif before entered on my judgeship.
ate the prison food. slept in q
cell. conformed with all the prison
rules. wore the prison clothes.
did the prison work.
"Thus learned the value Of the sem
fences l was to mete out later on.
got to know what week, month. q
year in jail meant. AS result | am
more merciful than most Judges. !
81 think 1t would be good thing IL
every Judge, before taking once.
would spend little while in Jail as
did. He would then know the value
of prison sentences, thing he doesn't
know now. Now he is like q cashier
who attempts to pay out money in
coinage of which he is ignorant.
I'm Baden this thing speak Of must
be done. Every Judge in Baden, be-
fore he takes his -seat on the bench.
is required by law to pass two weeks.
like a common prisoner, In JAIL
From the New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
The Gypsy Curse.

Friday is the weekly fraud; every
thing goes wapper-jawed; and the sail
orman who sails finds himself food
for whales, and the man who killed. a
friend, on Friday meets his end; on
a Friday trade is slack, all the trains
run OF the track: William Doe. to his
amaze, draws ten dollars and ten days;
brickbats fall from buildings high,
break your neck and make you cry;
fevers, fires, and frosts abound, earth
ouakes come and snort around. Old
subscriber, In a pet. comes to swear al
the Gazette; everyone is feeling blue
everything is hind-end to; yet scme
comfort we may seek. Friday comes
but once a week.-Emporia Gazette.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Bones for Food.

The amount of cut bone to be fed
depends on the variety of other foods
given and the range. Once or twice
4 week is enough in summer and fall
while the range is good. Sometimes 1t
is not needed at all on range. Twice
week is usually enough even in the
winter, and never more than three
times a week.-Farmers' Home Jour-
nal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Potatoes, New Kinds and Old.

Tests of various potatoes for produc-
tiveness at the Massachusetts Expert
ment station showed yields of'over two
hundred bushels per acre for the fol-
lowing four varieties given in order OF
their yield: Climax, Chenango White,
Hammond's Wonderful and Simmons
Model. The old varieties, Beauty OF
Hebron and Early Rose, made a show
ing equal to most of the twenty-five
new kinds tested.-American Cultiva-
tor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Hot-Air Treatment of Hay Fever.

DR.. Hurlimann, in two serious cas-
es Of hay fever which resisted all
kinds Of treatment succeeded in caus-
ing all the symptoms to disappear
by the employment of hot and dry
air. He used an apparatus with six
electric lamps (red light arranged
in a fitting manner. The patients
breathe in the hot air by the nose
and expel 1t by the mouth, from
twenty-five to thirty respirations at
each seance.
DIR. Hulimann does not know IL the
red light acts by reason of its color
and hopes that later experiments
made by other medical men may elu-
cidate the question.-Swiss Medical
Journal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Reward of Faithfulness.

The hired man on the farm will re-
ceive good wages if he will make him.
self indispensable to the farmer. He
should know what to do and take an
interest in the progress of the work. If
he waits for orders and does only what
he is directed to perform, he will not
prove as valuable as when he under
stands what is required and needs no
advice.-Epitomist.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Sulphur to Prevent Scab.

My experience (have used a couple
Of barrels of it, is in harmony with
that of some of our experimental sta
tons, that while thorough coating OF
sulphur goes a great way towards pre-
venting scab in potatoes, it is not as
reliable as soaking in solution OF cor
rosive of sublimate or formalin.-J. j.
H. Gregory, in the American Cultiva-
tor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
For Brittle Feet.

A correspondent of the Breeders
Gazette says that he has used with sue
cess the following: Two parts OF oil
Of tar and one part Of balsam OF mr.;
mix them together and put on every
other night where the hair connects
with the hoof. We pass it along and
hope somebody will try it and report.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
cats 70 the Wolf.

A St. Clair county man has wolf
In captivity and feeds him on cats. The
wolf likes chickens, but dotes on cats.
Instead of drowning their superfluous
kittens the people Of that neighbor-
hood save them for the wolf. and he
leafs 'em alive."-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
A Manly Woman.

Teacher-of what profession Is
your father?
scholar--Am I Obliged to tell you!
Teacher-Certainly.
scholar-He's the bearded lady In =
.how-Floh (Vienha).
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
Selecting Dairy Cows.

In selecting dairy cows w. NJ. KEEL
ley makes this contribution to one of
our exchanges. He says that the ideal
type is not large but bony and mus
cular. long between the nose and eyes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
lmit. HIs Acquaintance.

Husband latter introducing a Wis
itor TO his wife)-Would you like to
he introduced TO my daughter, also?
Visitor Thanks; this Is quite sus-
dcient.-Fliegende Blaetter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21
The Coming Primary

On or before May %, the county
auditor appoints three judges for each
precinct, for the primaries OF June 8,
upon RECOMMENDATION OF the chairman
of the county central committees.
On or before June Z. the county
central commi ttee fixes the hour and
place of the county convention OF July
Z, tixes the ratio OF representation
from each precinct and issues and
publishes for 80 days the call for the
county conventioa.
June 8, Primary Election, from a.
10. to 5 o. m, TO nominate candidates
for national, state and county offices,
members of legislature, delegates to
state and county conventions, national
committee men aud members OF state
and county central committees.
All candidates who comply with the
foregoing requirements and no Others,
will have their names prlnted upon
the official ballot,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21

WEEKS ago the COURIER, In re-
sponse 10 Gov. Crawford's challenge,
pointed out and printed law passed
by a stalwart legislature severely
limiting a public service corporation.
Gov. Crawford, however, has not kept
his word. He promised to resign as
United States senate If anyone would
find such law, but UP to the hour o
going TO press today he has not done
so. Will the governor please resign
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21
POINT. SOUTH DAKOTA MAY 2,, 1908

arrjed for years and years, happy and
contentedly, in the tabernacle of the
republicans where things were done
which wrought injustice to the peo-
pie. Eliza said she was a favorite wife;
she got full share, at least, OF the
good things, but her highstrung
notions of right and wrong would not
permit her To remain. Does any read
er of these lines believe that that the
Crawford Eliza bolted the tabernacle
because his moral nature was shocked?
He was no mere drudge of the re-
publican inner no, s4bo'd! He could
rummage the bureau drawers, help
cut the pies aud now aud then put his
fingers Ia the jam jar! While un
doubtedly not The biggest toad in the
republican puddle, he WAS far removed
from being Il mere voting republican
poly wog. He admits that for years
he was the statewide attorney for the
Northwestern railway, and, as such
trusted counsellor, was given sIache W
that company's passes TO distribute
among members of the Legislature.
Like Eliza, the insurgent spouse, he
knew all the wrongdoing that was be-
ing hatched and carried out, but
there was no jolt ia the code of moral
ity which then governed him. 1t took
him longer to flop than it did Eliza,
but he finally did SO. The conversion
came when he conceived the poss lbili ity
of becoming governor, and now that
ne aspires To ec0me United States
senator, he feels more acutely The
gladsomeness that comes from tread
ing the latefound path of rightdoing.
The speech was severe denuciation
of republican management in the
state, showing as it did the ablecl
serVinty of the party leaders to rail
way and public service corporations In
bygOne years.-Sturgis Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21
A BIG NEWSPAPER
The Daily ArGus-Leader will Issue the
Largest Newspaper Ever Printed
i'm the state

On Mondav, May the 25th, the Daily
Argus Leader of Sioux Falls will issue
State Edition, which will be with
out exception the greatest, most at
tractiye, and best selling number OF
that great newspaper ever Issued. IL
will contain 10 the neig borhood OF 80
fuil-eize newspaper pages. III Will
cost 81. 800 10 print and distribute the
issue. there wall be illustrated articles
on the following subjects: South
Dakota Great Agricultural State,
Dakota's Educational Advantages,
Cruiser South Dakota, Commercial
Club of Sioux Falls, the Black Hills
Country, South Dakota's New Capitol
Building, Special Industries of South
Dakota, Church Interests, Manufactur
ing Interests, and other articles OF in
terest in booming this great common
wealth.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21
LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE LAR
son

Alcester, ). d., May ID, 1908
Chas. r. Bruce,
Editor UNION COUNTY COURIER,
Elk Point, S. ID.
Dear Sir:
la reply to yours OF the Sth inst"
concerning my stand on the election OF
United States senator. beg leave TO say
that | fail to see wherein my former
statement, pub ished in the COURIER
on May 7th, is defective. or how 1t can
possibly be mispnderstood. However,
if there is any chance for a misunder-
standing, | certainly appreciate your
kindness in calling my attention to 1t
and shall try to remove the las'
shadow of any obscurity that may
exist in my former reply,
AS the law provides, the candidate
for United States senator on the re
publican ticket who receives tbs
highe st number of votes cast in the state
at the June primary election will re
ceive from the stat board OF can
vassers certificate of nomination, un
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21

Their charges against the senator are
50 weak shat they dare net rest them
on the facts, but must need perforce
embellish them with their own ideas,
or, In other words, they seek to do the
thinking for the people and prevent
an honest conclusion.
The people of South Dakota are
too intelligent and loyal to be guided
or lead by such small bore tactics as
is being adopted by the opposition 90
Senator Kittredge. LII the people OF
the state want to know how valuable
and strong senator they have In
Washington, let them make enquiries
al the capital aud thev will soou dis
cover that Senator Kit.redge ranks
among the very few strong men In the
senate. !"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21

let up to the present time. If 1t was
a matter of principle with the in
surgente the excuse might not be so
bad, but their only ambition has been
to get into the Offices of the state and
nation. What possible peason can
Governor Crawford offer for his
opposition to Senator kttredge,
whose record in the senate of the
United States stands out resplendent
for the big things that he has
accomplished? Does he figure that he
can do more for the state or nation
Is that the reason that his ambition
lies ia that direction and that he Is
moving heaven and earth TO attain
II? The governor is simply possessed
OF the desire to gsf toto the senate
and 1t cuts no figure with him how
much he retards the interest of the
state by trying to usurp the place
that is so we'll and so eapably filed u
another.-M Mitchell Republican.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-05-21

der the great seal of the state, declar-
ing him TO be the regularly nominated
candida of said party for the Office OF
United States senator, TO be hlled by
the mex. regular session OF the legisla-
lure of this state. (See Sec. 62, Chap
l39, Ses. L,ws 1907 Now, if there is any
other way by which candidate Tor
the above mentioned office can re-
ceive the party nomination at the
June primary except this one, namely,
to receive The most votes In the sta e,
| must say have failed to find ii in
the primary election law. And II /
understand Sec. 63 OF the same chap
ter Alright, all republican me mbers
of the next leslature that are nomlnat-
ed at the same primary as the candI :
date for United States senator, are
aulomatically, as it were, instructed To
vote for such candidate in the legisla
ture. Therefore, to vote for any
other candidate than the one who re-
ceived the highest vote in the state
at the June primary, is equivalent 10
boiling the party. And | can assure
the republican voters of Union county
The good old county in which l was
born and raised, that if they should
again decide to confer upon me the
honor and privilege of representing
them in the legislature, | will not bolt.
| I will vote for Crawford or Kit
| tredge, whoever receives the
| highest vote in the state. And, should
such an occasion arise that there
would be dead lock ia the Legislature,
| / e, no candidate able to muster a
majority, would still cling 10 the
primary nominee to the last ditch. But,
rather than see the legislature adjourn
| without electing a senator, l would,
when the impossibility of electing the
| regular nominee was absolutely certain,
use my best judgment and consult
my constituents as to which other
candidate they wished me to support
| OF course, such a situation is not likely
to arise, and still it may. Under nc
circumstances, however, will | vote
for any one but Il republican for
senator. OF course it is TO be hoped
that there will not at this session o.
the legislature be any boIting re
publicans. The will of the majoritl
in The state should settle the sen itol
question for good and then we can al
get right down to business again ant
roll up the biggest republican majorit.
the state. ever saw.
This covers, in brief, NY stand OF
the senator question aud the possible
contingencies that may arise in cou
nection there with. If there are an,
further questions that the publl
would like 10 hear discussed, | sha
be only To glad to give all possible
publicity to the views hold.
Very truly yours,
j. r. LARSON